Out of Contreks

This Voyager episode raises a lot of questions about the Borg. What is their ultimate purpose? Should there even be a Borg queen? And why are they so squeamish about the nude human form? Ryan and Brady set out to answer these questions and more in their 20th release.

In this sleepy episode, Ryan and Brady talk about a throwback TNG outing that sleepily condemns Reagan-era foreign policy. They also puzzle over a strange idiom left by a hologram from a dead civilization.

The holodeck shenanigans never end on Star Trek, especially on Voyager. In this episode, Ryan and Brady explore Janeway's dalliance with a holographic man, whether it's creepy or not, relationship dynamics, and whether you can murder a computer program.

Brady is your guide to Voyager during this episode, explaining the reasoning behind the Kazon and Seska's updated fashion choices. Ryan is along for the ride, and they both get some licks in on a bad speech at the end of ep!

What would the human body look like if you sucked all the water out of it? What is an acceptable trade-off for immortality? Why is Captain Kirk patriotic about the USA when he was born more than a century after it ceased to exist? Brady and Ryan explore all of these questions and more in an episode of The Original Series that really goes for it in the best way.

This episode of Star Trek: Enterprise features two dogs. We know one of them is an Earth dog, but where's the other one from? Ryan and Brady talk about this and more quandaries in our discussion of "Two Days and Two Nights," a Star Trek episode that could almost be an episode of a modern day soap opera instead.

Why don't Ryan and Brady *get* DS9? We continue to explore this question in DS9's first episode set in the Mirror Universe! Tell us why we're wrong at outofcontreks@gmail.com!

Join Ryan and Brady as they cast a skeptical gaze on this highly mystical episode of Deep Space Nine. Apologies for the sounds of yard work and children in the background; it was a busy day at Ryan's old apartment. This is a pretty fun episode, though!

To be honest, we just can't get away from the subplot where an ensign is assigned to find out a crew member's favorite food during the middle of a life-threatening attack in this, our auspicious first watch of an Enterprise episode.

We discuss what might be the most emblematic Star Trek episode we've yet covered, digging into the metaphors for parenting and the overall human experience in "The Offspring." Plus, we note a throwaway moment where The Next Generation was ahead of its time and mull the merits of Troi.