RE-WATCHES ON A THEME
In the last year, many of us have watched a lot of Star Trek, so this week, we’re going to mix it up for you a little–and we do mean that literally!
We’ll be joined by our friend and PoliTreks co-host Barry DeFord to discuss the themes for our episode marathons and which installments we’ve selected to watch!
FIVE YEAR MISSION
The music of Trek Geeks comes from none other than Five Year Mission and Episode 32 of Five Year Mission: The Podcast is available now on the Trek Geeks Podcast Network! This time, the guys have another installment of “What Are Little Songs Made Of?” as they look the episode “Space Seed” and the song it inspired!
Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you download podcasts!
5YM, of course, is every note of music you hear on Rewind, and we couldn’t be more grateful. Go get yourself a copy of all their CDs: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Spock’s Brain, and The Trouble With Tribbles. It’s easy head on over to FiveYearMission.net RIGHT NOW and get that physical media in your hands! We just KNOW you’ll become huge fans of the band and their music!
OUR MIXTAPE TRACKS
Vulcans are Jerks
| TOS | s02e10 | Journey to Babel | Our introduction to Sarek and his fractured relationship with Spock. |
| DS9 | s07e04 | Take Me Out to the Holosuite | A Vulcan Captain has a rivalry with Sisko about baseball and needs to demonstrate his superiority. |
| ENT | s01e01 | Broken Bow | Vulcans ruin everything, including our desire to explore the galaxy. |
| ENT | s01e17 | Fusion | T’Pol is assaulted by the rarely used Vulcan Mind Meld. |
| ENT | s04e07 | The Forge | A great examination on Vulcan culture and the snobbery of the Vulcan High Command and the terrorist Syrranite Vulcans. |
| ENT | s04e08 | Awakening | Part 2 |
| ENT | s04e09 | Kir’Shara | Part 3 |
| DSC | s01e06 | Lethe | Sarek literally chases Michael Burnham out of his mind, with good reason. (Joe Menosky & Ted Sullivan) |
Hitch a Ride
| TOS | s01e02 | Charlie X | Creepy God-like kid who doesn’t understand a lot of stuff. Here you go, Kirk. |
| TOS | s01e13 | The Conscience of the King | Traveling actor could be a mass murdering dictator from the past? Who knew? |
| TOS | s03e13 | Elaan of Troyius | Spoiled brat of a ruler controls Kirk with her alien tears. |
| TNG | s01e05 | Where No One Has Gone Before | I can’t stand The Traveler, but he fits this mixtape. |
| TNG | s01e12 | Datalore | The old evil twin trope. |
| TNG | s02e01 | The Child | Deanna is pregnant with an alien baby and no one freaks out. |
| TNG | s02e10 | The Dauphin | Wesley falls in love with a shape shifting alien. |
| TNG | s03e09 | The Vengeance Factor | Really old woman makes Riker Parthas a la Yuta and wants to kill a dude. |
| TNG | s03e10 | The Defector | Romulan defector is not what we think. JAMES SLOYAN. |
| TNG | s03e11 | The Hunted | Escaped prisoner turns out to be super soldier. |
Addiction
| TNG | s01e22 | Symbiosis | Fellecium addicts. |
| TNG | s03e21 | Hollow Pursuits | Holo-addiction. |
| TNG | s05e06 | The Game | Video game/pleasure addiction. |
| DS9 | s02e22 | The Wire | Garak’s addiction to an implant in his head. |
| DS9 | s04e03 | Hippocratic Oath | Bashir works to cure the Jem’Hadar of their addiction to Ketrecel White. |
| ENT | s03e19 | Damage | T’Pol’s addiction to Trellium-D. |
| PIC | Season 1 | All Episodes with Raffi | The importance of Raffi’s journey through her addiction. |
Sentience and Interspecies Empathy
| TOS | s01e25 | Devil in the Dark |
| TNG | s04e16 | Galaxy’s Child |
| TVH | Movie | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
| DSC | s03 | Book’s Character Arc |
| TMP | Movie | Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
| TNG | s06e09 | Quality of Life |
| TNG | s02e09 | The Measure of a Man |
| TOS | s02e03 | The Changeling |
