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Well if y'all have watched that documentary on Biosphere 2, you know how this episode ends. If you haven't, here's what you should know. Sealing 4 people up in a terraforming base that could be on that "Tiny House" show is a bad idea, especially when one of the actors moonlights as...a Bond KGB antagonist! Just to be clear though he's not in the KGB in the Star Trek Universe. Anyway, these terraformers really suck at their jobs and are killing off the native population of the planet, which is sooo not Prime Directive of them.Crusher touches a ball of electricity and suddenly knows science, which is a reach and really incites anger in me as she struggled with unfolding blankets in earlier episodes, but what do I know, I don't magically have PhD level knowledge in unrelated fields to medicine. Picard and crew are called "ugly bags of mostly water" and he has no chill and calls the alien species that the terraformers have accidentally been massacring for decades "microbrains" which is really freaking rude. They don't go to your house, kill your friends, and mock your height, Picard! Rude!Featuring: Crusher being fed science knowledge through an earpiece! A rant on why the film Prometheus is actually awesome and gets an unfair rep! A private bathroom for the programmers! A mullet bearing scientist who just wants to be with his one true love,  a laser! Someone with a bigger ego than Riker?! And a set I bet they built for less than $500!PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, Y'ALL! <3 Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Well we got a doozy this week. This is a pretty middle of the road episode, gotta say. Long story short, a childless planet kidnaps a few kids off of the Enterprise, including Wesley (they have kidnapper's remorse like immediately) but I guess it's bad manners to return kidnapped kids so they're just stuck with him?No one seems to understand radiation, Chris Hansen is nowhere in sight, and we find out that children have a trombone value, which Riker would like to evaluate further as he wants to beef up his trombone collection. It remains unclear what the trade value of a child to trombone is though, so don't expect much of a resolution.In fact, lower your expectations for any resolutions because except for some kid getting out of of three days of calculus homework, it's a pretty bland episode. And I'm fairly certain this has a really morbid resolution but Dave tries to talk me out of it. Featuring: No Stardate WHERE AND WHEN ARE WE it's total chaos! Terrible, just awful slight of hand! Questionable parenting! The age old question, how many trombones is a child worth? The awkward incest question in the room that no one is talking about! Skynet if it got infected by something that made it super chill and just let humans eradicate themselves! P.S. Our giveaway is over! Congratulations to our winners, we hope you like your mugs! :) Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

So we have this dude in super terrible prosthetics who is like in his mid 20s pretending to be 100 and it takes you out of the episode right away. I mean, these are really embarrassing prosthetics. I'm guessing the make up dude responsible for them was just dumped by his significant other and was just phoning it in that week. It's bad. And they forgot to do the actor's hands, so he has the hands of a 20 something.You can guess where this goes, young actor pretending to be old magically Benjamin Buttons and there's an unnecessarily  complicated and inconsistent plot to move this along. His name is Jameson, which is a respectable whiskey, so there's one positive thing about this episode. Also at first I think he has a trophy wife who's decades younger but then this Jameson fellow ends up being the trophy husband, so that's gotta be a weird social dynamic we don't get into.Appartently you get promoted for arms dealing in Starfleet, because Jameson gave them out like candy to this one planet and now that planet's leader wants revenge! But no one wants to know where the hell Jameson got this youth serum from? I warned you, this plot makes as much sense as Picard getting hair extensions.Also, our station manager Chewbie attempts to get a raise via chemical warfare.Featuring: Space Burt Gummer from Tremors! Terrible prosthetics! Picard having to deal with a high maintenance Admiral! Arms dealing sanctioned by Starfleet! Imaginary hostages! Tasha Yar being the only g-d person to actually make a shot! Troi feeling things! A very confused (trophy?) wife! Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Well well well, this is exactly why Starfleet needs to update their IT staff and not make them as disposable as Singh, because then episodes like this wouldn't happen. The Enterprise stops by a space base for some R & R and software updates to make the holodeck a little bit less murdery only for it to go awry when the software starts acting crazy!Picard third wheels a holodate with Riker, I assume Crusher opened spam to print out a fake MD or DVM Diploma which is why the software probably needed updating in the first place (note: this is Amara's take, not actually in the episode, as is Crusher's project on cybernetics and regeneration). Data paints super well, Riker is a negging jackwagon to him and Levar for no reason, and no one can explain why everyone in space wears onesies. How are they practical? I just don't get it. Also, for people working on a starship, the staff really suck at evacuating. Like did they not go over how to walk on bridges connected to space stations from the spacecraft you are evacuating from at Starfleet? Someone really needs to do an audit of that place.Featuring: Casual disregard for safety by using the holodeck again! Riker falls for AI! Riker boning (get your mind out of the gutter it's not that)! Parcheesey Squares! Casual walking with only five minutes until your ship blows up! Ferengis in disguise? Why you should always backup your planet's data! Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Hi guys, so Dave is sick with a stomach flu and yet again we've been foiled by our own weak human blob bodies. We wanted to do something to celebrate hitting 3,750 downloads, so we are giving away three custom mugs (including shipping) to the first three people who get the questions asked in this segment correct! You have to be speedy and accurate!Email your answers to anecdotesforawkwardfolks@gmail.com when you think you have them, and may the odds be ever in your favor!We will have episode 15 ready for release hopefully by Sunday and then be back on track for future Tuesday releases. Hope y'all are doing well!Amara & Dave Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

If you really like left nipples, this is episode is for you! The team visits a matriarchal planet where the women make their men wear navel necks that expose their left nipples. And very tight pants, probs with padding. Because male writers in the 80's totally know what women want to see, so chill ladies, this is for your benefit. But don't worry everyone, the diplomatic issue on the planet is solved by the ladies of Starfleet! Psych! Riker solves all of the problems with his "gesture of good will" aka his penis. And also marginalizes Tasha and Troi on a WOMAN RUN PLANET, so yeah, that checks out.Crusher is left alone to take care of medical stuff while her residents take a much needed vacation, but gets thwarted by the common cold! Oh no! Should she inject chicken soup mixed with tea into people to cure them? Her answer may surprise you!Featuring: Virtual Ski Lessons! Shirtless Picard! Casual Use of the Holodeck Built by Skynet! Pants Padding! Deep V-Necks On Men- For the Ladies...Shh Just Enjoy It! A Lack of Right Nipples! Amara's Fanfic Origin of the Reading Rainbow! Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Honestly though, what are they teaching at Starfleet Academy? Because it's definitely not good leadership. Or empathy. Picard needs to memorize some Hallmark apology cards or something.The crew (not Data) decide to invite themselves to Data's home planet where they poke around his past and bring up a homicidal Data doppelgänger  that maybe was left dissembled by the now dead colonists for a reason?  But no, Picard knows better.Lore, Data's double, is Lore-din over Data how much more human he is and that he's super cool. Spoiler, Lore sucks.Featuring: COVID ridden hosts! Wesley actually being right! "Shut up, Wesley!" Robot roofies! Disturbing child art! Robot Botox? And people treating Data like s*** for absolutely no reason.  Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Despite depriving his entire crew of some much need free massages and relaxation after the whole "Troi's betrothed jumping ship to chill with ebola Farrah Fawcett," Picard decides he's just too stressed to do his work and instead goes on a selfish adventure in the 1940s on the Holodeck, which apparently is like the Matrix in this episode because if you die in it...you die for real!This is because it breaks down, so maybe they should read up about mechanical failures at places like Jurassic Park, because if your malfunctioning Holodeck can kill you, WHY ARE YOU USING IT!?Dave mistakes a Vanderbilt at a 1940s police station clearing up some tax issues for a "lady of the evening" for no discernible reason, and I divulge pronunciation woes.Featuring: Dr. Crusher clapping when her shipmate is shot! Wesley willing to take a 50/50 shot at saving his mother, with absolutely no emotion whatsoever or hesitation! Gangsters, seeeee? Up and coming young women Dave thinks are sex workers because boooooo shame on him! Appropriate hats! Picard causing his bff AI to have an existential breakdown!  Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Troi's in for a surprise this episode when a disembodied head spewing rubies announces she's about to tie the knot! But things do "knot" go to plan! Which is good, because Troi's betrothed is obsessed with Farrah Fawcett.Riker gets pouty as he ponders the loss of his potential friend with benefits, everyone gets psyched for a visit to a spa planet only to thwarted YET AGAIN BY PICARD. We meet Troi's mom and Dave & I both experience flashbacks to cringey parent teacher conferences when she interacts with Picard.Featuring: Pouty Riker! Embarrassed Picard! Troi's mom hitting on everyone! Beaver damming! Vegas casino gals from 90's Caesar's Palace! Lurch! Data loving reality TV! Creepy drawings! Wedding drama! No Wesley! Space Ebola but it makes you sexy! Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Finally! They give the people (meaning me and apparently a ton of fan fic writers) what we want! Q reappears and sets his sights on hunky hard to get Riker, they have a playful back and forth and Dave cannot convince me this isn't just a massive set up in the form of a "humanity test" just so Q and Riker can have a lovely date together.Also, Starfleet is all uppity about warp travel and stuff, but they do not know what methane is/how to detect it. Once again with the Osha violations, y'all! Oh, and a young girl dies because she's wearing those jelly shoes popular in the early 90's that gave you mad blisters and I guess she got sepsis from her jelly shoe wounds? That's my take.Featuring: Q costume changes! Elton John? Amara's take on Too Fast Too Furious! Amara being a little too invested in the potential Q and Riker loves story! Jelly Shoes! Overworked medical residents! War games! Crappy pig human costumes! Napoleonic props and costumes! Picard vs doors! Wesley getting bayonetted! Riker being a douchecanoe! And everyone ignoring that Riker is a douchecanoe.  Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

You guys. My (Amara’s) favorite burrito place closed down permanently and we found out an hour before recording this episode, so I’m like at an eleven the entire time, sorry in advance.  Picard is dodgy as heck in my book, and Dave and I recorded over two hours of heated debate about Picard and Ferengi relations which is why this episode is a bit jumpy in some places (I had to trim it down majorly), it got intense, may have been fueled by my burrito angst. In this episode, Picard may or may not have committed a war crime, the circumstances of a historical event are really nebulous and Picard has completely blacked out a major event in his life, I am super confused about who is actually in the wrong this episode, and Dave is bewildered by my stance, which is fair.  Featuring: Fancy mind balls! Three fish! Heated debate! Spacism! Confusion! Assumptions about Ferengi! A ship full of Singhs! PTSD? Amara ranting! The USS Indianapolis! Indiana Jones! Amara's Anna Delvey impression! And more! Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Hold on to your space britches, the crew finds a super sex positive planet and are about to have a wild party when Wesley wesleys and we end up with a political situation, and is a giant beaver dam/c***block.Dr. Crusher pretends to understand mechanical engineering, Riker leers, the poor male aliens in this episode have some major discomfort in the crotch region due to odd costume design, Picard is mad inconsistent with space law, and Yar ready to drop ALL the hats (that's a euphemism apparently, but good for her).The Enterprise is glitching again, perhaps Starfleet will learn not to buy their spaceships from Wish.com.We'll see y'all in the new year! Thanks for listening! Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

So we finally get a South Asian member of the cast and I am totally psyched, but it's short lived. RIP Singh, we hardly knew ye. Palpatine makes a surprise guest appearance, we find out Space Apple Pencils may electrocute you, and the Enterprise gets the White Lotus treatment. Also there is some heavy pro vegan messaging from Riker and Yar in this episode y'all.Happy Holidays, everyone! Thanks for listening!-Amara & Dave Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Oh the depths of the writers' room to which they must have descended to write a more irritating character than Wes, in an attempt to make Wes more likeable.Introducing: Space Elon! He works his assistant basically to near death, doesn't actually know what he's talking about, and basically wrecks everything, tearing the social fabric of the Enterprise asunder. Featuring: Warp ponchos! A friend for Wes! Targs! Unicorn Pigs! A cute cat! And a lonely guy who just wants buddies with which he can play his violin wearing 18th century costumes.*Sorry we didn't upload this Tuesday, someone who's name starts and ends with "A" forgot to back up the episode and the audio file got corrupted as we were uploading it. Whoops.Thanks for listening, and check out our other podcast: Anecdotes for Awkward Folks! :) Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

So Dave disagrees, but I am team Ferengi all the way. Listen to the episode and find out why - the Enterprise basically provokes like 90% of the drama.Oh - Zordon makes a surprise cameo from The Power Rangers, and people are just being rude to Data for absolutely no reason!Also Picard gets a little too flag happy. Oh and "Doctor" Crusher doesn't understand how cold weather works, and considers euthanizing Wesley.We also learn that those Ferengis really pull focus. The camera loves them.What a wild ride! Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

YIKES.We recorded an entire episode for "Code of Honor," the episode between "The Naked Now" and "The Last Outpost."We aren't going to say this TNG episode didn't age well, because it should not have been made in the first place! To be honest, it was tough finding the humor in such a crappy episode - that's not just us saying it, Riker's actor has called it "a piece of sh**." It doesn't add (in fact it super detracts) any value or character development, and I wasn't confused going into the next episode, so if you're a newbie, I vote you save yourself 45 minutes and watch Westworld instead. #savewestworldIn any case, we decided the best thing to do is to just move on to "The Last Outpost." So we're uploading that today!  We recorded a five minute clip with more details in lieu of our episode, if you're curious. You can also check out this great article that we cite from Chris Peterson at: https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/jonathan-frakes-refers-to-star-trek-episode-code-of-honor-as-an-embarrassment-but-is-optimistic-for-radical-real-change-in-the-future Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Today we listen to the weirdest episode of Season One,  where people are infected with "Polywater" which is some kind of aphrodisiac or confidence booster, like oysters mixed with cocaine? Dave doesn't know, Amara is just along for the ride. We learn what a "wild party" is by Starfleet standards, and spoiler, it's pretty lame and boring. Amara begins to doubt Dr. Crusher's medical credentials. Oh, and Amara really, really, really, wants to throw Wesley Crusher out of the airlock. To quote Hicks and Ripley of Aliens fame, "It's the only way to be sure." We get a tour of Troi's poncho collection, and meet Dr. Crusher's cousin who works in engineering.  Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

In our inaugural episode, we take a journey to Farpoint Station, meet Space Hamlet, Riker's* immaculate hair, Wesley's stupid sweater, Troi's feelings, potential psycho droid Data, colorblind Dr. Crusher, and a really chill guy named Groppler who is toootally not sinister AT ALL, in fact he could make his mark as a weatherman since his name rhymes with doppler. Ohhh, also, we meet Professor X pre-wheelchair, wannabe frenchman Picard.*This summary was written by Amara, Dave wants no part of this gibberish. Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!

Join us for the thrilling conclusion of something* something at Farpoint! In which we see a grumpy Levar Burton (probably because his glasses won't let him read books), Riker does not show appropriate deference to Levar which makes me mad as the Reading Rainbow was an important part of my developmental years, Space Hamlet (Q)'s costume budget runs out, the Weather Groppler has a courteous torturer, and we maybe see some X-rated Jellyfish action? Troi gets a little toooooo into reading some "joyous" emotions if you know what I mean, keep it PG Star Trek TNG!*Again, Dave does not approve of this write-up, Amara is happy to take credit for it. Check us out at www.start-trek.com, and if you like us, please subscribe!We have another podcast called Anecdotes for Awkward Folks if you like bizarre historical stories, so give it a listen if that sounds appealing! Thanks for listening!