Remember when Geordi re-created Leah Brahms on the holodeck — well this time he uses the Holodeck right! It’s an exciting return …. Wait, was this the same show that just had Deana Troi on wires? Geordi and his ex commander Susanna Leitjen return to a past mission where fellow mission-eers are beginning to go missing. The only two left are Geordi and Susanna, and Susanna is strangely compelled to return to the planet where five years ago their team was infected or maybe even cursed! Susanna’s compulsion turns to obsession as she turns alien! Luckily the Enterprise “Houses” the ex head of Starfleet Medical: Doctor Bevahlee Crushah! (Did you see what I did with “Houses”? ‘Cause she’s like on a medical show, like “House”! Did you Dave, did you? O. R. you missing it — Get it Dave “O.R.” Like in the Operating Room?) Bev get’s her orange head in the game and figures Susanna is host to a parasite that is turning her into a mother-flipping alien, and guess who’s next — that’s right: the ex-host of Jeopardy: Geordi La Forge! Geordie is in a race against time to figure out how they got infected and for some reason he won’t ask for anyone’s help, including his best pal Data! Geordi re-creates their original encounter on the holodeck as he starts going alien himself! Will Geordi be able to figure out how not to evolve into an invisible alien? Will they lock the shuttle bay doors, so people can’t escape back down to the planet? Will the power of love conquer all, even alien parasites? Or maybe just the power of old friends, dear, dear old friends!
When the Enterprise comes across a fellow Starfleet ship, the Brittian, and everyone onboard is murdered, it’s Picard and company’s job to figure out why they all went bananas before the bananas happen to them! Well to figure this death-conudrum out (DEATH-UNDRUM), Picard actually doesn’t do much, and Ri-dog neither. Luckily this high-falutin Galaxy-Class death trap comes with a robot because the Captain’s got to hand over the wheel. Seems the crew on the Brittain killed each other save one mumbling Betazed who’s the only one left alive (so this dude probably killed the last person — right? They never talk about it!) It’s not only Data but Deanna Troi doing the heavy lifting on this one — I mean look at the cleavage when she’s flying. Support your back counselor! –as she is the only one on the ship who can dream. But they ain’t dreams, honey — they’re nightmares! The crew continues on a downward spiral as Bev and Diana take leadership roles while Picard gets his mind blown by a nightmare elevator accident and Riker gets snakes on his feet. Things ramp up when O’Brien becomes crankier than ever, and Whoopie pulls an automatic! Whoopie! Whoopie? At least this sister act get’s to fire an actual laser! Can Diana communicate with the dream ship on the other side of the space rip thing in time? Can Picard put his trust in his android pal, Data — yes, yes he can. Can Data show us that he can run this Galaxy Class bitch all by himself?
The Enterprise D is playing host to a special guest. Why, it’s Leah Brahms, the engineer who created the engines that drive our favorite Galaxy Class vessel! Remember when Geordi created a hologram of her to help the ship escape a booby trap in the episode “Booby Trap”? Remember how cringey that got? Yeah, this is a whole lot worse as Geordi never bothered to delete his browser history. And while Geordi is in the midst of the Cringiest Moment of His Life, Jean-Luc is busy playing surrogate mom to a space pasta after he ignores Worf’s advice and ends up killing its mom. Smooth move, ExLax! Now a giant space kid is using the Enterprise as a Galaxy Class nipple! Will Geordi be able to salvage his relationship with Leah and his reputation? Will Jean-Luc be able to wean the child off of his ship? Will Leah Brahms waste her whole visit in HR doing paperwork?
The Malcorian medical staff of Silka Medical Facility seem to have a problem. There’s an alien in disguise recuperating in one of their rooms! Rivas Jakara, the suspected alien, is suffering injuries inflicted in a riot, and while the hospital staff works diligently to cure him, the halls are rife with suspicion about his origin. Meanwhile, Chancellor Durken courageously attempts to weigh the challenges of attempting warp travel as advocated by Mirasta Yale with the extreme caution urged by Minister Krola. Tensions build when mysterious visitors from another world magically appear and offer to initiate what they call “first contact” between themselves and the Malcorians. The situation grows dire when the Chancellor learns about the alien hiding in their midst! Will Krola be able to protect the traditional values of his people? Will the Chancellor be able to resolve this crisis without angering the aliens from above? Will Mirasta Yale be held accountable for her treachery?
So the Enterprise is killing time having gotten whatever they do done early. These folks seem to have a serious amount of time on their hands, so they decide, “Hey, maybe this episode we should explore something.” Isn’t that in the opening and all? The Enterprise encounters an M Class planet with a handy dandy wormhole nearby that throws the crew and the ship for a loop, except Data. He seems fine and tells them they only lost 30 seconds. No big, right? Well it would be if it weren’t for Bev’s pesky moss. It seems to have grown much more than it should, and she feels compelled to tell Jean-Luc all about it. More discrepancies begin to make themselves known, and soon, the crew begin to give Data the eye as his explanations aren’t really adding up. Is it possible Data is . . . lying? Nah, Data can’t lie, right? Right?
It’s the 100th episode of TNGeez! To celebrate, special guests Shereese and Andrea from “The TNG Podcast” and “Sci-Fi Sampler” join Dave and Andrew as they look back at “Space Seed, ” an episode from the original series. The Enterprise stumbles across a ship floating in space sending out a signal in Morse Code and discovers that it’s filled with “sleepers,” people placed in suspended animation from the 20th century. One of the sleepers wakes up, a man with a commanding presence and really good hair. They take him aboard and try to question him while he recuperates, but he resists answering questions until the crew determine that he is Khan, a genetically enhanced warlord who fled earth with his followers at the end of the so-called Eugenics War. Kirk orders Khan be placed under guard. However, with help from the smitten historian Lt. Marla McGivers, Khan beams over to the sleeper ship and revives a handful of allies. Back on the Enterprise, he and his followers seize control. Khan then tortures Kirk in an attempt to persuade the command crew to join him in his conquest of the universe.
Red-flippin-alert as the Enterprise D receives yet another distress call. This time, it’s from a science station on Ventax II where the locals believe the world is coming to an end and are losing their shit. It seems the deal they made with the devil has come to term and she’s come to collect! Wait, did I say “she”? That’s right, baby! Ardra is her name, and she claims Ventax II and everything on or around it, including the Enterprise! Picard calls bullshit on that! In fact, he calls bullshit on the whole deal, especially on Ardra herself. Convinced she’s nothing more than a con artist, Picard is dedicated to sending this devil straight to Heck! He demands arbitration, and Ardra agrees, but she chooses Data as the arbitrator and Picard as her prize! Will Ardra best Picard with Data’s help? Will Geordi be able to figure out the secret to Ardra’s magic? Will Picard ever just say fuck it and sleep in the raw?
Dave and Andrew descend into the vaults to bring you one of their patented bonus episodes! This time, they go deeper than ever before to unearth their very first attempt at podcasting with a look at a classic episode of Star Trek, the original series, “Mirror, Mirror.” It all starts when Kirk, McCoy, Uhuru and Scott beam up in the middle of a storm and end up on an unfamiliar Enterprise where the Federation has been replaced by the Empire, a brutal regime dedicated to universal domination. Crew members carry sidearms and daggers on their sashes and are subject to ruthless discipline courtesy of the Agony Booth while jockeying for position and power. Supremely savage Spock sports a sassy goatee and exercises harsh punishment with violence and the fearsome Agonizer (the Empire is big on agony). Will Kirk and company be able to get back to their universe? Will the Federation’s Enterprise survive under the command of a savage Kirk? Will Dave and Andrew ever run out of these old recordings? Find out in this exciting episode of ST:TNGeez, Not Another Star Trek Podcast!
The Enterprise is on an honest-to-gosh mission as they are tasked to intercept a Starfleet captain gone rogue! Capt. Ben Maxwell and his ship the Phoenix are about to break a hard won treaty between the Federation and the newly created enemies, the Cardassians, as they cruise around destroying Cardassian ships and bases! Picard calls on newlywed Chief O’Brien who served with Maxwell to help him understand the man while three Cardassian observers breathe down his bald neck. Suffering from PTSD himself, O’Brien wrestles with his demons while trying to help Picard avoid war. All this, and O’Brien’s wife is serving him kelp for breakfast! The horror . . . the horror . . . make him a sandwich for Christ’s sake! (Wes: Really missing me now, aren’t ya!). Not so much, Wes. Will Picard manage to avoid all out war? Will the Cardassians spin off to their own reality show franchise? Will O’Brien get a decent meal?
No distress call, no sudden stellar anomaly, no pesky entities! It’s just the Enterprise D tooling through space and doing what it does. This time, it’s chauffeuring a Vulcan ambassador to the Romulan Neutral Zone, so that’s Picard’s day settled. What about the other 1000 people on the ship? They got stuff to do, too, and Data is happy to tell us, or rather Bruce Maddox, all about it via his voiceover blog post. O’Brien is getting married, Riker’s getting horny, and Bev has her toes a tappin’ in this exciting episode of ST:TNGeez!
Ever think to yourself, “I wonder what it was like to be a woman writing for TNG, your favorite sci-fi TV show in the universe? Well, you’re in luck because Andrew and Dave interview Kasey Arnold-Ince, the writer of Wesley’s swansong as a series regular, “Final Mission” on this bonus episode of ST:TNGeez! Not Another Star Trek Podcast!
When the Enterprise D runs out of story ideas…. I mean, when the Enterprise D runs into a field of two-dimensional entities, the ship’s resident empath loses her empathery! That’s right, it’s a Deanna Troi focused episode! She holds her forehead, she emotes, She buries her face in Riker’s chest — It’s Deanna! Deanna! Deanna! Now at the Pantages! The Enterprise encounters invisible lifeforms that drag the ship in their wake. Eventually that dragging is going to take them into a Singularity String. You might say “ Singularity String, what the hell is that?” And the answer is “Who the fuck knows?” but it’s bad… Real bad. It’s going to destroy the Enterprise, all the kids on board, and Deanna Troi, too! Meanwhile, Troi has lost her powers and is dealing with what it’s like to be a regular ol’ human, aaaaand she’s really not that good at it. Troi gets cranky, loses her shit, and gets down right tired of everyone not understanding how disabled she is. Will the Enterprise break loose of the two-dimensional threat? Will Deanna get her empathic powers back, Will Jean-Luc fondle a crystal while he’s trying to figure things out?
Hankering for one of those tight crust cut finger sandwiches, you better hurry up and order because the Enterprise’s Motzart is about to take his skills off-ship and over to Starfleet Academy. That’s right, it’s another Wesley and Jean-Luc shuttle craft episode, but this time, things go way, way off course! Pappy Picard takes Wes on one last trip before Wes fucks off to the Academy at long last. Unlike last time, though, things go cattywampus, and the pair end up ass over tea kettle on a desert planet with a cranky shuttle pilot. While they struggle to survive, the Enterprise has its tractor beam full of a garbage scow leaking lethal radiation all over a planet named after Indonesian ensemble music. Will Wes and Picard finally bond and find water? Will Riker be able to empty the trash? Will Picard finally feel all the feels?
Uh oh, after an away mission goes all gassy, Riker passes out and comes to sixteen years later! Now Riker is the Captain of the Enterprise, and he has a trombone-playing son named Jean-Luc of all things. In this future, the real Jean-Luc is a Romulan War Bird piloting Admiral, and Deana wears an actual uniform! And Beverly! Guess what happens to Beverly? She has advanced to chief medical officer of the Enterprise! Wait, she was already chief medical officer — what is up with the women on this show? Anyway, Riker has lost his memory and has to go about putting his life back together. Did we say he has a son? Well he does, and he doesn’t mind blowing a bone — just like his dear old dad! But Riker being Riker starts seeing the holes in what ends up being an illusion! Riker’s mind is being manipulated into thinking he’s in the future! Who’s behind this cruelty? Could it be . . . The Romulans!?
K’Ehleyr’s back, and she’s not alone. Meet Worf’s son, Alexander! But Ambassador K’Ehleyr isn’t here to collect child support from Worf. She’s here to stop a Klingon civil war! Old man K’mpec, head of the Klingon ruling council, is on death’s door, and his replacements are hotter than a two peckered Targ to replace him. K’mpec throws one last curve ball by appointing Picard Arbiter of Succession. It’s up to Johnny to navigate the murky waters of Klingon politics while also solving the mystery of who poisoned old man K’mpec. And while Picard has Duras and Gowron jockeying for influence and advantage, Worf has K’Ehleyr asking questions about his discommendation and Alexander asking how to use a Bat’leth. Will Picard be able to choose K’mpec’s successor? Will Worf be able to handle Alexander every other weekend? Will any of the other regulars have anything to do?
On this bonus episode of STTNGeez, Andrew and Dave interview Suzie Plakson who played fan-Favorite K’Ehleyr! That’s right Suzie-flipping-Plakson drops by and shares insights on the late, great Klingon badass as well as sharing behind the scenes stories of her time on Trek!
And yes, if you didn’t know, they kill K’Ehleyr in a not so cool way, (they being the Klingons, and well, the show— and Suzie and the boys talk about it.
Join us for a “Reunion” with K’Ehleyr on your favorite Next Generation re-watch podcast: STTNGEEZ, Not Another Star Trek Podcast! And don’t forget to pick up Susie’s audio book, “The Poor Dead K’Ehleyr Show: an Audiobook for Trek Fans” at https://suzieplakson.com/
How is the Enterprise ever going to complete a mission with all of these distress calls?! This time, they’re diverted from what sounds like a fascinating archeological survey to rescue some dumb ship in trouble over Turkana IV. That’s right, Turkana IV, birthplace and the late, lamented Tasha Yar! The dumb crew of the dumb ship end up crashing their escape shuttle onto the planet’s surface where they are now hostages of the fearsomely named Alliance! Oooo! In order to free the hostages, Picard and crew end up in an alliance, ironically enough, with the rival cadre, the equally fearsome Coalition, and guess who’s a member? It’s Ishara Yar, younger sister of poor dead Tasha! She assumes the role of liaison with the Enterprise crew and dishes the inside scoop on the Alliance, but . . . can she be trusted? Huh? Can she? Can the crew rescue the dumb hostages? Can Riker really tell you which card is yours?
Gates MacFadden stars in her one-woman show as Dr. Crusher accidently gets shunted into a warp bubble. Seems our little man Wesley is playing Fun with Warps when he creates a field that eats his mom, but from her point of view, she’s still on the Enterprise. Slowly but surely, Bev discovers crew members are vanishing and no one else seems to remember them. Jean-Luc orders a full investigation using all the members of the bridge crew, even Troi, but to no avail as they keep disappearing. Meanwhile outside the bubble, Wesley and company are reunited with the mysterious Traveler. Will Beverly solve the mystery of the vanishing crew? Will Wes and the Traveler be able to bring Bev back? Will anyone ever stop Wesley from performing dangerous experiments all over the ship?
The Enterprise rescues the crew of a Talarian observation craft and finds it chock full o’ boys! But what’s this?! One of the boys is human! It turns out Jono is the survivor of a Talarian raid on a Federation outpost during a recent war, and the raider-in-chief, Endar, decided to keep himself a souvenir. When Beverly suspects child abuse, Picard and crew decide that Jono belongs with his own kind, especially his grandma, a Starfleet admiral. Endrar disagrees and threatens war with the Federation to be reunited with his adopted son. Will pappy Picard finally realize his true destiny as the ultimate space daddy? Will Jono be allowed to bay openly? Will someone get Wesley and new banana split?
Believe it or not, there are still kids on the Enterprise D, and good news! They’re still exposed to deadly alien life forms on the regular. This time, little Willie gets jacked up by parasites after his brother Jake’s prank makes him all emo and shit. Good thing he’s on the flagship of the Federation where Beverly Crusher can fix that right up with a hypospray, right? Right? While the Enterprise warps ass over to Starbase 416 to get Willie deloused, Data goes rogue and hijacks the ship. Locking out the captain and crew from all ship functions, Data heads to parts unknown in response to a mysterious signal where he meets Dr. Noonien Soong, his creator who was presumed dead. The family dynamics kick into 12th gear when Lore drops by to pay his respects as well. Will Data get the answers he’s been searching for all his life? Will they make it to Starbase 416 in time to save little Willie? Will someone call intergalactic Child Protective Services already and get those kids off the ship?
Recovering from their epic struggle with the Borg, the crew of the Enterprise are focused on healing their wounds, inside and out. While the ship is being repaired and refitted, Jean-Luc Picard takes some rare shorleave to visit his family while Worf’s family come to visit him. Meanwhile, Beverly Crusher unearths a forgotten hologram from her late husband Jack to their precious little man, Wesley. The emotions run fast and deep in this gutting episode of ST:TNGeez, Not Another Star Trek Podcast!
It’s Captain William T. Riker of the starship Enterprise versus Locutus of Borg, formerly known as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard for the fate of the known universe! With Picard captured by their cyborg invaders and promptly assimilated, Riker must devise a way to outthink the uber powerful enemy who knows him better than he knows himself. A daring raid brings Locutus onboard the Enterprise, and Data jacks into his Borg brain while the Borg Cube rockets to earth, laying waste to Starfleet. Can Riker and the crew escape the specter of Picard and save earth? Can Data reach the ghost in the machine? Can you believe TNGZeez is in its fourth season?
The launch of the Enterprise B signals the retirement of Kirk and his crew. Kirk, Chekov, and Scotty are on board to see her off when they receive a distress call from two ships caught in something called “The Ribbon.” The rescue goes awry, and Kirk seemingly sacrifices his life to save the Enterprise. Meanwhile 78 years later, the Enterprise D receives a distress call from a space station in the Amargosa system. There they rescue Dr. Tolian Soran who is secretly working with Klingon sisters Lursa and B’Etor. Soran is developing a weapon that destroys whole solar systems in an effort to change the course of the Ribbon which ends up being a gateway to an extra-dimensional world called “The Nexus” where all of your dreams come true. If Soran can alter the Ribbon’s course, he can re-enter the Nexus and be reunited with his dead family. Picard and Data suss out Soran’s plan, and Picard trades himself for kidnapped Lt. Geordi LaForge in an effort to reach Soran and stop him from destroying another solar system. While Picard deals with Soran on the planet Veridian III, Riker and the crew have to battle Lursa and B’Etor resulting in the destruction of the sisters and their ship and the crippling of the Enterprise D. The flagship of the Federation ends up crashing into Veridian III in a spectacular manner.Meanwhile, Picard fails to stop Soran and is drawn into the Nexus where he recruits James T. Kirk to return to Veridian III in an effort to try again. Will the two captains be enough to stop Soran, or are we doomed to watch Deep Space Nine movies for years to come? Let’s find out . . . together! Wow, what a summary! And this is without all the nonsense with Data’s emotion chip and Picard’s dead nephew!
Dave and Andrew sit down with two special guests, Star Trek mavens Nicole Goux and Dave Baker, to look back at an episode of the original series in a bonus episode celebrating the roots of Trek. Has Spock gone wild? So it seems when the usually logical first officer hijacks the USS Enterprise! That nutty Vulcan abducts the retired Christopher Pike, his first commanding officer who is badly scarred, confined to a wheelchair and barely able to communicate. Spock locks the Enterprise on course for the forbidden planet Talos IV and submits to be court martialed for treason by Kirk, Commodore Mendez and Pike himself. Spock offers his defense through a series of mental projections from Talos IV that tell of an early adventure where a healthy Pike is kidnapped by the Talosians who experiment on him along with a human woman, Vina, in an effort to get them to mate. The Enterprise crew lead by Pike’s first officer, Number One, and Spock attempt to penetrate the Talosian’s fortress to rescue their captain. Will the early Enterprise crew be able to rescue Pike? Will Spock be acquitted for his crimes? Will Kirk ever be able to trust his first officer again? Will anyone tell young Spock to quit with the yelling and get a haircut?
So it’s Episode five of Season Four and the boys manage to bring music videos from the 1980s and 90’s into Trek. It makes sense, the episode features a vortex after all, anything could get sucked into it. Andrew: The Vortex Effect, they do it with lasers and dry ice The first time I saw
Do you remember the science fiction show that turned the moon on its ear? It was Space 1999, from the 1970’s and Andrew and Dave remember the shit out of it in Season Three, of ST:TNGEEZ! Not Another Star Trek Podcast. Admiral Andrew: Do you remember Space 1999? Commander Dave E Dave: Oh my god…
The San Diego International Comic Convention is about to return live and in the COVID- soaked flesh for the first time in two years. The convention has been deemed “The CON” by those who know it well, like Andrew. Admiral Andrew has attended The Con ever since the 80’s when Stare Trek the Next Generation was actually still on the air. On STTNGeez!, Episode 2.6: “The Schizoid Man,” Andrew and Dave talk about The Con, and Dave (that’s me), well, I go on one of my charming rants about some of the darker corners of the worlds largest comic convention.
It’s season two of a show and your podcast hosts are still talking about poop! If you thought Andrew and Dave were going to let up on the fecal funnies, well, you should know better by now. But really, they’re talking about matter and how the transporters and the more importantly replicators deal with it
In episode four of season two, “The Outrageous Okona,” we meet a “rogue” played by Billy Campbell. The Enterprise comes across Thadiun Okona, the self-described rakish character with a huge eye for the ladies. It was hard to keep track, but Okona beds four to five crewmembers the first day he’s on board, one of
As promised in episode 2.6, here’s the picture of me with actor Mark Shepherd at Comic Con. This was around 2011 because he had been in “The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon” arc in Doctor Who which is why he was able to spot him in the crowd. It’s properly blurry because a stranger was
It’s season three of a show where a bunch of people are flying around the galaxy doing shit, like watching a dying star collapse! That’s right, another dying star! Season three starts as everyone’s favorite, a Wesley episode. A Wesley episode? At least the season doesn’t start with someone getting impregnated by a wayward entity! Dr. Paul Stubbs is onboard to witness the stellar explosion when the Enterprise begins to go wickity wack for an unknown reason. Just as the head-scratching begins, a young acting ensign realizes it just might be his experiment that’s sent the Enterprise into a potential solar death-spiral. Uh-oh, Crusher has released some “Nanites” that may be fudging around with his favorite Galaxy-Class vessel! Luckily his mom’s back on board to become a potential victim! (I mean couldn’t he have done these experiments when Pulaski was still on board instead of our beautiful Bev?) Will Picard and crew be able to out-evolve the micro-bots that Wesley Crusher has let loose? Wait, what? Is that the premise of this episode? Will prickly Dr. Stubbs, a character we have zero investment in, be able to see his life’s work fulfilled? And how many times WILL Guinan compare Crusher to Dr. Frankenstein?