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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…
6 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…
6 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…
6 months, 4 weeks 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…
7 months 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 …
7 months, 1 week 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…
7 months, 2 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…
7 months, 3 weeks 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…
8 months ago
New Life and New Civilizations (SNW)
Cosmic destiny or narrative shortcut? Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin test the SNW S3 finale’s bold claims—Batel’s fate, Vezda stakes…
8 months, 1 week ago
Terrarium (SNW)
Can empathy with a Gorn change Trek’s future? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler unpack “Terrarium”—Metrons, La’an’s shot, and Ortegas’ …
8 months, 2 weeks ago