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The Eye of the Beholder (TAS)
Super-intelligent elephant slugs who are telepathic zookeepers and vague off-screen resolutions—are humans just amusing pets? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy A…
4 months ago
Catspaw (TOS)
A haunted castle, mysterious aliens, and Star Trek’s first Halloween-themed story! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler unpack the spooky …
4 months, 1 week ago
A Night in Sickbay (ENT)
Is A Night in Sickbay the worst Star Trek episode ever? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler rip into its bizarre writing, inappropriate s…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Twisted (VOY)
Can a spatial anomaly make a ship boring? In Twisted, the Voyager crew wanders endless corridors while Neelix’s jealousy hits new lows. Dom Bettinell…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Paradise Lost (DS9)
What happens when fear hijacks Starfleet’s ideals? In “Paradise Lost,” Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler examine Admiral Leighton’s cou…
5 months ago
Homefront (DS9)
What happens when fear overrides freedom? As changeling paranoia grips Earth, martial law looms and trust fractures. With Sisko and Odo at the center…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Defector (TNG)
A tense moral chess match. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin ask: Was Picard right to cross the Neutral Zone? Cold War stakes, Henry V …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Slaver Weapon (TAS)
A shape-shifting “soft weapon,” Kzinti honor, and billion-year tech—are some powers too dangerous to exist? Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin connect TAS…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Operation — Annihilate! (TOS)
Parasites, pain, and ethics: Was McCoy’s cure a betrayal? Should Kirk have tried talking to a hive mind bent on torture? Dom Bettinelli, Father Jason…
6 months ago
Dead Stop (ENT)
A sinister “free” fix hides a brutal price. Is brain-harvesting the real currency? Too cheap can be deadly. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason…
6 months, 1 week ago