Episodes
5 days ago
Ep. 134: "Regeneration" (ENT S2E23)
5 days ago
5 days ago
What if the Borg but in Enterprise? That's basically all that's on the mind of this episode, and Ryan and Brady get into it. Ryan forgot to post this one early this morning, and now he's doing it in a rush before recording a new batch, so sorry for the lack of episode notes.
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Ep. 133: "Such Sweet Sorrow" (S2E13)
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Ryan and Brady do a brief overview of this Season 2 Discovery episode and riff on modern progressivism, the bloat of serialized storytelling, and a Christian pop-punk band of the early 2000s.
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Ep. 132: Charlie X (TOS S1E3)
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Ryan and Brady discuss one of the first Star Trek episodes to ever air, the creepy and atmospheric Charlie X! Join us as we discuss the brilliance of D.C. Fontana, science fiction on a budget, the show still figuring itself out, and which actor's head looks like an upside-down triangle.
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Ep. 131: "Crossroads" (PRO S1E14)
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
An episode of Star Trek in which so little happens that Ryan and Brady spend a large amount of time talking about movies, both real movies that currently exist and future Star Trek movies that might one day exist. There is also this one really rude Tellarite in this episode, and we get some juice out of that guy.
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Ep. 130: "Storm Front, Part 1" (ENT S4E1)
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Sunday Mar 03, 2024
Ryan and Brady get into what starts out as a pretty promising episode of Enterprise Season 4 and what turns out to be... an OK episode of Enterprise Season 4. Join us as we discuss a Star Trek board game, time travel rules, and how Nazi Germany is listed on Memory Alpha as one of the combatants in the Temporal Cold War.
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Ep. 129: "Metamorphosis" (TOS S2E2)
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Sunday Feb 18, 2024
Ryan and Brady talk about an episode of The Original Series that is very important to the series canon but is primarily notable for its aggressive (and perhaps unintentional) heteronormativity. Consider this, however: When Brady emailed this episode to me, he wrote "I'm very proud of us for making it through the whole episode without using the phrase 'Cochrane blocked.'" So, mission accomplished, I guess?
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Ep. 128: "Shockwave, Part 2" (ENT S2E1)
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Sunday Feb 04, 2024
Ryan and Brady cover the second season premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise, and in typical Out of Contreks fashion, neither of them has any idea what happened in the finale of season one. Join them as they talk about Archer's Max Headroom cameo, Suliban skin, and Enterprise's trademark "prude sexuality."
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Ep. 127: "Miri" (TOS S1E11)
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Ryan and Brady tackle an early TOS episode that has some pretty uncomfortable views on teenage sexuality, as well as a disease that makes people break out in blue makeup. Along the way, we discuss why exactly this episode is set on an identical copy of Earth, annoying future abbreviations, and the strange decision to cast an actor to play a character who is supposed to be literally half his age.
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Ep. 126: ”I, Excretus” (LD S2E8)
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Ryan and Brady discuss one of their favorite, as well as one of the most infamous, Lower Decks episodes of all time in this holodeck bonanza. Listen in as we attempt to weigh what makes a callback more than a callback, explore which Lower Decker Brady most identifies with, and, of course, give our thoughts on that scene.
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Ep. 125: ”Babel” (DS9 S1E5)
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
Sunday Dec 24, 2023
In a small scheduling change prompted by the holidays, Ryan and Brady are releasing this DS9 episode just a touch out of order. Fortunately, it's a fun one, as we talk about hacking in the Star Trek universe, undercooked B-plots, and how this small little episode of DS9 strangely predicted COVID-19 (which, by the way, Ryan has, so go easy on him).