Episode 178 Affliction / Divergence / The Changing Face of Evil. We go further into Dominion war and Pay Wrath antics on DS9 as the 8 parter started t heat up.  On Enterprise we finally learn why the Klingons have smooth foreheads on TOS. Affliction / Divergence combined Ratings:  Bob 9, Eric 8.25. The Changing Face of Evil Ratings:  Bob 7.5, Eric 8.5. 

Question: How do you think Travis Mayweather's potential could have been better realize don Enterprise?

Episode 177 Babel One / United / The Aener / Strange Bedfellows. We forge onward with part 3 of the 8 part finale arc on DS9. And we experience the seeds of the aeration and the Romanian war with Tellarites, Vulcans and Andorians on the Babel trilogy on Enterprise. Babel One / United / The Aener combined Ratings:  Bob 9.5, Eric 9. Strange Bedfellows Ratings:  Bob 6, Eric 6. 

Question: How would the Pah Wraiths plan a bachelor party?

Episode 176 Observer Effect / Til Death Do Us Part. We get further into the Season 7 fail arc on DS9 and another standalone bottle show on Enterprise. Til Death Do Us Part Ratings:  Bob 6, Eric 6. Observer Effect Ratings:  Bob 8.5, Eric 8.25. 

Question: What would you give up for immortality? 

Episode 175 Penumbra / Daedalus. We Begin Star Trek DS9 8 part finale arc with Penumbra. And we dive into transporter history on Enterprise with one of the few standalone episodes. Penumbra Ratings:  Bob 6, Eric 6. Daedalus Ratings:  Bob 6, Eric 7. 

We also discuss who the biggest ladies man in Trek is: Kirk, Worf, Riker or Trip.  

Bearing in mind our apathy to O'Brien and Keiko, we also cover all the major romance/pairings in Trek and decide which ones Eric and I are actually supportive of to redress the balance.

Question: Who do YOU think is the biggest ladies man on Star Trek (any series)? 

Episode 174 The Forge / The Awakening / KirShara / Inter Alem Silent Leges. On Star Trek Enterprise we deep dive on the Vulcan Forge trilogy with Surak, conspiracies and a Vulcan reform. On DS9 we get a Section 31 mind bender with Bashir and OBrien that gets crafty and trippy. The Forge, The Awakening,  KirShara combined 3 part Ratings:  Bob 9, Eric 8.5. Inter Alem Silent Leges Ratings:  Bob 8, Eric 8.5. 

Question: Do you feel the Forge Trilogy did a good job connecting Vulcan lore to TOS?  How do you feel they represented Surak?

Episode 173 Borderland / Cold Station 12 / The Augments / Badda Bing Badda Bang. We Begin Star Trek Enterprise with the Eugenic War inspired trilogy about the Augments and Brent Spiner guest starring.  We also talk DS9 with a Vic Fontaine Vegas Heist side step as we lead up to the finale of the series. Borderland, Cold Station 12, The Augments combined 3 part Ratings:  Bob 9, Eric 8.5. Badda Bing Badda Bang Ratings:  Bob 7.75, Eric 7. 

Question: Was there any good to come out of the Eugenics Wars- where's the line for human improvement?

Episode 171 Storm Front Parts 1 and 2 / Field of Fire. We continue on DS9 with an Ezri Dax mystery episode complete with a transporting bullet. We also begin the Manny Coto Enterprise Season 4 with the 1940s 2 parter that wraps up the temporal Cold War.  Storm Front 1 and 2 Ratings:  Bob 7, Eric 7. Field of Fire Ratings:  Bob 7, Eric 7.25. 

Question: Wha are your favorite Time Travel or Murder Mystery Movie?

Episode 170  Countdown / Zero Hour / The Emperor's New Cloak. We Begin Star Trek Enterprise as we continue onwards on Deep Space Nine with the final Mirror Universe Episode which was a bit of a let down. On Enterprise We finish the Xindi Arc with the nick-of-time explosive finale episodes.  Countdown Ratings:  Bob 8, Eric 7.25. Zero Hour Ratings:  Bob 7.5, Eric 7.25. The Emperor's New Cloak Ratings:  Bob 4.5 Eric 5.

Question: What are your fav Season 3 Enterprise episodes?

Where do the gold slips go when Ferengi bribe their god idol?

Eric's Top 5 Season 3 Enterprise Episodes:

1. Twilight

2. Similitude

3. Proving Ground

4. Stratagem

5. The Council

Bob's Top 5 Season 3 Enterprise Episodes:

1. Twilight

2. Proving Ground

3. Stratagem

4. Countdown

5. The Xindi

Episode 169  E2 / The Council / Prodigal Daughter. We continue onwards on Deep Space Nine with the rather lackluster Ezri Dax Goes Home to meet the family story (but O'Brien's Shirt is fantastic). And on Enterprise We near the end of the Xindi arc with a Time Travel Future Enterprise story and the big Xindi Council debate story.  The Council Ratings:  Bob 8, Eric 8. E2 Ratings:  Bob 6.5, Eric 7.25. Prodigal Daughter Ratings:  Bob 2, Eric 4.

Question: If you were on the NX-01 and traveled 100 years into the past what would you do?

Episode 168  Damage / The Forgotten / It's Only a Paper Moon. We  continue onwards on Deep Space Nine wit the superlative Nog Post Traumatic Stress story with Vic Fontaine.  on Enterprise Archer faces some tough choices as he gets desperate and pulls a pirate maneuver on innocent aliens. And we explore T'Pol's addiction and crew loss in The Forgotten. The Forgotten Ratings:  Bob 7.5, Eric 7. Damage Ratings:  Bob 8, Eric 9. It's Only a Paper Moon Ratings:  Bob 9.5, Eric 8.

Question: Did Archer do the right thing with his actions in Damage?

Episode 167 Hatchery / Azati Prime / Covenant. We continue onwards on Deep Space Nine with a religious Cult Gul Dukat episode. And on Enterprise Archer gets influenced by Insectoid Parental Duty and things heat up as the NX-01 crew get closer to their goal. Azati Prime Ratings:  Bob 8.5, Eric 9. Hatchery Ratings:  Bob 7, Eric 7. Covenant Ratings:  Bob 6, Eric 6.

Question: Do you like where the writers took Gul Dukat in Covenant/Season 7?

Episode 166  Harbringer / Doctor's Orders / The Siege of AR-558. We Begin Star Trek Enterprise as we continue onwards on Deep Space Nine as Eric enjoys Bermuda Triangle in Space story, Bob Loves it. Doctor's Orders Ratings:  Bob , Eric. Harbringer Ratings:  Bob , Eric. The Siege of AR-558 Ratings:  Bob , Eric.

Question: Was Sisko in the right to stay and help the people at AR-558?  Was this too dark for a Star Trek Episode?

Episode 172 Home / Chimera.

We cover the proper wrap up to the Xindo arc with the return of the NX-01 to Earth and a Heroes Welcome. We also discuss Odo's reunion with another of his own kind when when of the other lost 100 finds him. Home Ratings:  Bob 7, Eric 6. Chimera Ratings:  Bob 7.5, Eric 6.5.

Question: What do Listeners think of a Japanese Star Trek with Starship robots?

Episode 164 Chosen Realm /  Proving Ground / Treachery, Faith and the Great River. We dive into a pretty cool Odo with Weyoun story on DS9, then hop over to talk 2004 Time Travel and a Religious Cult who worships the spheres on Enterprise. Chosen Realm Ratings:  Bob 6.5, Eric 5.5. Carpenter Street Ratings:  Bob 3.5, Eric 3.5. Treachery, Faith and the Great River Ratings:  Bob 7.5, Eric 7.5.

Question: How would you have fixed Carpenter Street?

Episode 163 North Star /  Similitude / Chrysalis. We dive into the one sided Bashir love story on DS9, the personal Trip gets cloned Story and the lightweight Western episode on Enterprise. North Star Ratings:  Bob 6, Eric 7. Similitude Ratings:  Bob 8, Eric 8.75. Chrysalis Ratings:  Bob 6.5, Eric 7.5.

Question: Was it ethical for the Enterprise crew to have condoned the creation and death of a clone of Trip to save his life?

We also discuss which Doctor Who would make the best Star Trek Captain and the Star Trek Day Panels from Paramount. 

Episode 162 The Shipment / Twilight / Take Me Out to the Holosuite. We deep dive on the somewhat weak filler Baseball episode on DS9, a decent mythology/arc building block episode on Enterprise and an excellent time travel memory loss episode for Archer and T'Pol. The Shipment Ratings:  Bob 7, Eric 7.25. Twilight Ratings:  Bob 10, Eric 10. Take me Out to the Holosuite Ratings:  Bob 3, Eric 3. 

Question: Do you think Archer and T'Pol started a romantic relationship in the alt timeline presented in Twilight?

Episode 161 Impulse / Exile / Afterimage.

We dive further into Enterprise and the Xindi Arc.  First with some good old fashion horror Zombie Vulcans and then with a tepid Bluebeard/Beauty and the Beast storyline with Hoshi and a telepathic alien. On DS9, we see the further set up of Ezri Dax as well as confronting some latent guilt with Garek. Impulse Ratings:  Bob 7, Eric 7. Exile Ratings:  Bob 3, Eric 5. Afterimage Ratings:  Bob 6, Eric 6.5.

Question: What would it take to convince you personally to stay with the alien in Exile?

Episode 160 Extinction / Rajin / Shadows and Symbols. We continue with Sisko's search for the prophets on Deep Space Nine and the next two installments of Enterprise with body changes, lost alien civilizations and a space concubine who is not all she seems. Extinction Ratings:  Bob 4.5, Eric 7.25. Rajin Ratings:  Bob 5.5, Eric 4. Shadows and Symbols Ratings:  Bob 8, Eric 7.

Question: Is it a good thing that Sisko is now half prophet/half-uman or does this ruin the character/story of DS9?

Episode 159 The Xindi / Anamoly / Image in the Sand.

We dive into the 7th Season of Deep Space Nine with a bunch of set up plot lines on Image in the Sand and the 3rd Season of Enterprise is off to a bang with a prison break and space pirates in The Xindi and Anamoly. The Xindi Ratings:  Bob 7.5, Eric 7.75.  Anamoly Ratings:  Bob 8, Eric 7.75. Image in the Sand Ratings:  Bob 7, Eric 6.

Question: How long would you be able to hold out on T'Pol's offer of a back massage?

Episode 157 Bounty / The Sound of Her Voice. We dive into the penultimate DS9 for Season 6 with a character introspection story that we liked the idea of more than the execution.  on Enterprise, we get a rather same runaround with a kidnapped Archer and T'Pol in Pon Farr/Gel room plot. Bounty Ratings:  Bob 3, Eric 5. The Sound of Her Voice Ratings:  Bob 6.5, Eric 6.75. 

We also take a mid episode break to discuss Superman, Lois Lane, Ursa and Christopher Reeve films.

Question: Should Phlox have slept with T'Pol during her Pon Farr?

Episode 156 First Flight / Time's Orphan. We dive into the Molly O'Brien time travel story on DS9 which Eric has issues with.  And on Enterprise we get an Archer flashback story which Eric has never seen before! First Flight Ratings:  Bob 7, Eric 7.5. Time's Orphan Ratings:  Bob 6, Eric 5.

Question: If you were Molly's Parents how would you have reacted?  Would you have tried to send her home or kept her on the station?

Episode 158 The Expanse / Tears of the Prophets. We wrap up season 2 of Enterprise with the set-up/Game Changing episode of the Expanse setting up the Xindi arc. We Also cover the ramp up with the Dominion War, Sisko losing touch with the prophets and Jadzia's Death on the Season 6 DS9 finale. The Expanse Ratings:  Bob 8, Eric 7.75. Tears of the Prophets Ratings:  Bob 8.5, Eric 8.

Question: Do you feel they handled Jadzia Dax's Death well?

Eric and Bob's Top DS9 Season 6 Episodes:

1. Far Beyond the Stars

2. In the Pale Moonlight

3. Rocks and Shoals

4. Sacrifice of Angels

5a. Waltz (Eric)

5b. Honor Among Thieves (Bob)

Honorable Mention: Wrongs Darker Death Night (Bob), Inquisition, The Reckoning, Valiant

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Eric and Bob's DS9 Season 6 Episode Lows:

1. Resurrection

2. Profit and Lace

3. Sons and Daughters

4a. The Magnificent Ferengi (bob)

4b. Time's Orphan (Eric)

5a. Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night (Eric)

5b. You Are Cordially Invited (Bob)

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Bob and Eric's Enterprise Top Season 2 Episodes:

1. Dead Stop

2. Minefield

3. Regeneration

4. Future Tense

5a. Cease Fire (bob)

5b. Canamar (Eric)

Honorable Mention: Cogenitor, Catwalk, Carbon Creek

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Eric and Bob's Enterprise Season 2 Episode Lows 

1. Precious Cargo

2. A Night in Sickbay

3. Horizon

4. Singularity

5a. Bounty (Bob)

5b. The Breach (Eric)

Episode 155 Regeneration / Profit and Lace. Enterprise continues with the great action Borg Episode Regeneration that acts as a sequel to First Contact.  And on DS9 the final Ferengi Episode with the cross dressing episode Profit and Lace. Regeneration Ratings:  Bob 9, Eric 9. Profit and Lace Ratings:  Bob 3, Eric 7.

Question:

What were your thoughts on this final Ferengi DS9 story?

Did you feel bringing the Borg into Enterprise helped or broke canon?

Episode 154 Cogenitor / Valiant. We continue Enterprise with the infamous third gender episode Cogenitor. This spawns quite a lot of speculative and deep discussions in the best tradition of Trek.  Over on DS9, we both are impressed with the Jake/Nog story aboard a Cadet ship Lord of the Flies style out on their own in the Dominion War. Cogenitor Ratings:  Bob 7.5, Eric 8. Valiant Ratings:  Bob 8, Eric 8.5.

Question:

Do you think Archer’s reaction to Trip in the final scene was appropriate?

Episode 153 The Breach / The Reckoning. We continue on Enterprise with the personal Phlox story on racism. On DS9, we see a showdown with the prophets and the Pah-Wraiths on The Reckoning. We also go off on a Firefly/Serenity Tangent for the final ten minutes.  The Breach Ratings:  Bob 7.5, Eric 7. The Reckoning Ratings:  Bob 9, Eric 8.

Question: What is your favorite onscreen wizard duel?