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A Star Trek universe podcast covering all series, films, timelines, and mediums. Join us for reviews of new content including Star Trek: Picard and Discovery as well as upcoming series Lower Decks. Catch-up on the latest Star Trek news and take a walk down memory lane with deep dives into classic Star Trek episodes and films. LLAP
It’s Been a Long Road…! getting from there to here. It’s true. We started this podcast a little over 3 years ago with the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery and our first new Star Trek on TV since the end of Enterprise. Since then, we’ve covered both season of Disco, Picard, Lower Decks, all of...
Lower Decks Ep. 8 & 9 Double Episode! Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 8 “Veritas” & Ep. 9 “Crisis Point”! Trials, fan dances, holodeck programs, and Q! Plus, Derreck is re-watching Voyager and Discovery and there’s a new movie with giant tribbles? We’ll be back each week to review all...
Lower Decks Ep. 7: Much Ado About Boimler Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 7 “Much Ado About Boimler”! Transporter accidents, temporary Captains, and freaky dogs! Plus, CBS All Access is getting rebranded in 2021! We’ll be back each week to review all 10 episodes of Lower Decks Season 1, so...
Lower Decks Ep. 6: Terminal Provocations Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 6 “Terminal Provocations”! Holodeck malfunctions, rogue computer components, and voice cameos! Plus, we talk Star Trek Day panels including the new Discovery Season 3 trailer and some nuggets from the Strange New Worlds dicussion! We’ll be back each week...
Lower Decks Ep. 5: Cupid’s Errant Arrow Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 5 “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”! Alien girlfriends, new scanners, exploding moons, and a brand new starship! Plus, we talk some Star Trek news including Blood Wine, our two new Discovery cast members that include a non-binary and a transgender...
Lower Decks Ep. 4: Moist Vessel Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 4 “Moist Vessel”! Generational ships, another California Class, ascension, and goo! We talk Mariner and Freeman’s relationship as daughter and mother, the rough tasks Mariner had to take on, as well as Tendi’s story about ascension and the great...
Lower Decks Ep. 3: Temporal Edict Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 3 “Temporal Edict”! Kirk-fu, away missions, time management, and boarding parties! Plus, watch Short Treks for free, snag the new Prime movie collection release, and the return of Wil Wheaton to the Oasis! Have an opinion about “Temporal Edict”?...
Our animated journey continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep. 2 “Envoys”! Klingons, Ferengi, and job fairs, oh my! Plus, Star Trek scripts and how to watch Lower Decks Episode 1 for free on YouTube! Have an opinion about “Envoys”? Head over to our Twitter to vote in the grade poll AND join us on...
We’re back, baby! We’ve returned and set course for the animated Star Trek universe of Lower Decks! Derreck is joined by friends of the show Rae and Zach to review Star Trek: Lower Decks Ep 1: “Second Contact”! We also reintroduce ourselves for any new listeners and talk Trek news including the Nickelodeon series, Discovery...
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of your two podcast hosts. This episode’s message, to explain to you the state of the Redshirts & Runabouts podcast and our plans moving forward, including some ideas we have for future Star Trek TV series! Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts Hey,...
This short statement is being released on all active Heroes Podcast Network podcast feeds. This week, there will be no Screen Heroes podcast. Echo Station will also released delayed, on Friday, instead of Wednesday. We do this in hopes of supporting and honoring the Black Lives Matter movement and those protesting police brutality throughout the...
We conclude our Starfleet Starship discussion by using a wormhole to travel to an alternate reality, the Kelvin Timeline! First, we kick things off with our thoughts on the newly announced Star Trek: Strange New Worlds CBS All Access series starring Anson Mount (Captain Pike), Rebecca Romijn (Number One, AKA Una), and Ethan Peck (Spock)!...
We continue our Starfleet Starship discussion by moving on to 21st century productions including Star Trek: Enterprise, Discovery, and Picard. We discuss the NX-01, Shenzhou, Crossfield Class, La Sirenna, Shenzhou, the Disco Enterprise, and more! Plus, we break down our poll about the best Enterprise bridge! Also, please note that we have moved to a...
Greg is back! And we finally touch on a topic he’s wanted to discuss since we started the show, Starship design! Derreck & Greg sit down to talk about Starfleet ship design from The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and the first 10 films. We don’t get to everything, so this...
All good things must come to an end, even Picard. Derreck is joined by recurring hosts Rae & Zach to discuss the two-part Season 1 finale of Star Trek: Picard along with our overall thoughts for the show’s premiere season. There will be spoilers, lots of emotions, and plenty of opinions. So sit back, download...
We return with an impossible box filled with broken pieces of Nepenthe. See what we did there? This week we kick things off with some news about Short Treks before diving back into the world of Star Trek: Picard! We cover episodes 6-8, also known as “The Impossible Box”, “Nepenthe”, and “Broken Pieces” as well...
Set a standard orbit for Freecloud, throw on some weird clothes, and let’s hit the club! It’s time to talk Star Trek: Picard Episode 5 “Stardust City Rag” and the long awaited return of Jeri Ryan and Seven of Nine! We kick things off with a big announcement before providing some spoiler-free thoughts. Then it’s...
We’re back, baby! It’s time to catch up on Star Trek: Picard and we do it in style! Well, we do it. We cover Episodes 2, 3, and 4… also known as “Maps and Legends”, “The End is the Beginning”, and “Absolute Candor”. We cover the general plots, along with what we like and don’t...
Star Trek: Picard is officially here on streaming services! Greg and Derreck sit down to first wrap-up their #Prepping4Picard conversation by discussing some other important moments and episodes that didn’t make the original cut. Then, it’s off to an in-depth spoiler-filled discussion on the premiere of Star Trek: Picard! Don’t worry, we’ll give you a...
Short Treks wrapped up last week with “Children of Mars”. This week, we sit down to discuss the three episodes we didn’t cover yet, “Ephraim and Dot”, “The Girl Who Made the Stars”, and “Children of Mars”. Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts What do you think of these episodes? Did...
Prepping4Picard concludes with our 9th episode in the series! This week, we cover two Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include the two-part “Gambit” and the double length series finale, “All Good Things…”! Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts...
Prepping4Picard continues with our 8th episode in the series! This week, we cover Part 2 of our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes includes four episodes, “Tapestry”, “Starship Mine”, “Lessons”, and “The Chase”! Don’t forget to join our brand new Facebook community! Facebook.com/groups/RedshirtsAndRunabouts...
Prepping4Picard continues with our 7th episode in the series! This week, we cover Part 1 of our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes includes two two-part episodes, “Time’s Arrow” and “Chain of Command”! We also talk a bit about the sad news for...
Prepping4Picard continues with our 6th episode in the series! This week, we cover our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include “Darmok”, the two-part Spock episode “Unification”, and “The Inner Light”! Rae returns to help Derreck discuss these Picard focused episodes. Check out...
Two episodes in one week? We’re at warp speed as we continue our Short Treks discussions with Season 2, Episode 3 “Ask Not” starring Anson Mount as Captain Pike and Amrit Kaur as Cadet Thira Sidhu! Derreck and Rae discuss this short yet intense episode along with our thoughts on the newly announced writer\director for...
Prepping4Picard continues with our 5th episode in the series! This week, we cover our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include the Season 3 finale and Season 4 premiere episodes “The Best of Both Worlds” as well as their conclusion, “Family” and the...
Prepping4Picard continues with our 4th episode in the series! This week, we cover our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 episodes off our Top 20 Quintessential Picard list. This week’s episodes include “Yesterday’s Enterprise”, “Captain’s Holiday”, and “Sarek”! Plus, we talk about our first look at Admiral Picard’s uniform from the IDW comic cover...
Prepping4Picard returns with our third episode discussion, The Next Generation Season 2’s “The Measure of a Man”. We also have a very special person taking part in this week’s episode. You just might recognize them! We also talk some Deep Space Nine rewatch thoughts and the Star Trek mod, New Horizons, for Stellaris! Don’t forget...
Two episodes in back to back weeks? Thrusters are on full as we continue our Short Treks discussions with Season 2, Episode 2 “The Trouble with Edward” starring Rosa Salazar and H. Jon Benjamin! Derreck and Rae discuss this Tribble focused episode along with the results from a personal Star Trek ship poll from Twitter....
We are clear from dry dock. Ahead 1/4 impulse power. We are back! This week, Derreck returns with guest SirynRae to talk Short Treks Season 2 opener “Q & A” along with the biggest news out of New York Comic Con including the new trailers for Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Discovery Season 3!...
Derreck returns with an important announcement and some thoughts on the state of Redshirts & Runabouts. Have questions about our announcement? Just want to talk with us? Hit us up @RedshirtsPod on Twitter! Stop by our Patreon to see what kinds of cool perks you can get for being one of our contributors: patreon.com/HeroesPodcasts Not ready...
Prepping 4 Picard continues this week with the Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 Episode, “Conspiracy”. Catch the full list in our Top 20 Quintessential Picard episodes! Derreck & Rae discuss the “Coming of Age” sequel, the impact of the plot on future Trek, and how the episode showed various sides of who Jean-Luc...
Prepping 4 Picard begins this week with Star Trek: The Next Generation’s pilot episode, “Encounter at Farpoint” and the first episode on our Top 20 Quintessential Picard episodes! Derreck & Rae discuss the introduction to Picard, the new Enterprise, the new crew, and Q. Comment below or hit us up @RedshirtsPod on Twitter! Don’t forget...
Star Trek: Picard is slated to boldly go later in 2019. With that in mind, we put together a list of the Top 20 Quintessential Picard episodes from The Next Generation. In this week’s episode, Derreck is joined by recurring guest host, Rae, to talk through all 20 episodes and why they made the cut...
We finally did it! We wrap-up Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 and talk a bit about our thoughts for Season 3! This episode is not a review of direct episodes. It includes our thoughts and feelings on overall plots, characters, actors, designs, and concepts. We talk about what we felt didn’t work, what we loved,...
Schedule change! Due to a number of scheduling issues, Derreck goes it alone this week with a short episode to discuss big news from the upcoming Picard series as well as some information, spoiler-free, on What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Deep Space Nine, a crowd funded documentary from Ira Steven Behr. We’ll be...
May 8th, 2009 marked the return of Star Trek after a long 4 year gap that started with the end of Star Trek: Enterprise. Now, 10 years later, Greg & Derreck take a walk down memory lane to discuss the state of the Kelvin timeline created in the 2009 film that includes Star Trek (2009),...
Greg and Derreck are back together to break down the two-part Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 finale, “Such Sweet Sorrow”. We talk news first, including Picard show details, more on Michelle Yeoh’s Section 31 show, and where Discovery actually starts Season 3. Then it’s off to the in-depth spoiler-filled discussion on the Disco Season 2...
I am joined by returning guest, Rae, to review two Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 episodes, “Perpetual Infinity” and “Through the Valley of Shadows”! With a double episode, there’s no time for news, so it’s spoilers abound for the last two weeks of Discovery! We focus on the Red Angel, Culber\Statements, Spock\Burnham, and Pike’s own...
We’ve got a special episode for you this week as Derreck & Greg are LIVE from Planet Comicon! Check out this live panel as our hosts build the Ultimate Star Trek Crew with the Planet Comicon audience! We cover characters from all 6 live action TV series (TOS, TNG, DS9, VGR, ENT, DSC). We’ll be...
Without news to cover this week, we jump right into our new segment, random Memory Alpha article before diving into the main topic this week, a discussion of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 10 “The Red Angel”! There’s spoilers abound in this week’s episode, so make sure you are caught up on Discovery before...
Without news to cover this week, we jump right into our new segment, random Memory Alpha article before diving into the main topic this week, a discussion of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 9 “Project Daedalus”! There’s spoilers abound in this week’s episode, so make sure you are caught up on Discovery before jumping...
We’ve got a ton to cover on this week’s episode! In addition to our discussion surrounding Talos IV and Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 8 “If Memory Serves” and the return of “The Cage”, we also talk about the overall Star Trek timeline and where the events of Discovery fit in with the other...
It’s a big news week in the Trek fandom with pre-production moving along with the unnamed Picard series with news on directors, casting, and possible series titles, plus some about Discovery’s future! Then we turn our attention to the episode of the week, Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 7 “Light and Shadows” which provides...
With a light news week (yeah we know stuff came out after we recorded), your two Redshirts hosts focus on the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery “The Sound of Thunder”, the first episode to have a direct and significant connection to an episode of Short Treks, specifically “The Brightest Star”. We’ll be back next...
It’s our 60th episode and it’s a big one! This, we take on the last two episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, “An Obol for Charon” and “Saints of Imperfection”! That’s right, a double episode! We also talk a bit of Trek news including the state of CBS All Access, another new animated series...
Discovery continues with Episode 3 of the new season, “Point of Light”. We finally return to L’Rell, Ash Tyler, and the Klingon Empire, learn more about Tilly’s new friend, and get a surprise visit from Vulcan! Plus, we talk news including details on the Picard series straight from Sir Patrick Stewart himself, along with details...
Discovery continues with Episode 2 of the new season, “New Eden”. This episode tells us more about the journey our crew is undertaking, what kind of commanding officer Captain Pike is, and a bit more about the Spock of this era. We discuss all of this along with the overall plot of New Eden, spoilers...
Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery is officially here with the episode “Brother”! We are finally introduced to Anson Mount’s Captain Pike, along with some new crew members! Before we kick things off with a discussion on the season premiere, we talk Trek news including a unique casting change and the state of Michelle Yeoh’s...
Greg returns to the show just in time to prep for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2! We spend the episode talking about the various Trek news including details on Lower Decks, the Picard series, more Short Treks, the fate of the next film, and the announcement of a brand new series following Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa...
We enter the future year of 2019 to discuss the final Short Treks of its first season, “The Escape Artist”. Known as the Mudd episode, “The Escape Artist” features Rainn Wilson’s Harry Mudd. Wilson also directed the Short Treks episode. Additionally, we talk about some of our hopes and concerns about Star Trek: Discovery Season...
We close out the 2018 year with a review of Short Treks episode 3 “The Brightest Star” which stars Doug Jones as Saru. We begin with some news pertaining to the upcoming Picard series as well as some thoughts on the latest Discovery season 2 trailer. Finally, we discuss plans for 2019 including our new...
Our journey through the first season of Short Treks continues with Episode 2 “Calypso”. Rae & Zach join Derreck for another episode review. Calypso is available through CBS All Access and takes place within the Star Trek Prime Timeline with connections to the Star Trek: Discovery series. Due to recording this podcast review directly after last...
As we enter the final month of 2018, we decide to take a leap and dive into Short Treks, the new short-form live action series based on Star Trek: Discovery. We begin with episode 1, “Runaway”, also known as the Tilly episode. Spoilers are abound but first, we talk about the new Star Trek mobile...
We’re back from our break with a special episode. Next week, we begin our Trek back to Discovery but this week we’re taking a look at something Star Trek adjacent, something many fans have adopted into Trek fandom due to its spirit and message. Of course, we’re talking about the 1999 sci-fi comedy, Galaxy Quest!...
Celebrate 50 episodes with us as we conveniently complete our Star Trek movie reviews with the third Kelvin timeline film, Star Trek Beyond! We also discuss the rumors surrounding the Michelle Yeoh Philippa Georgiou Star Trek spinoff series. Let’s make some noise! We’re taking next week off to celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US but we’ll...
Next up in our Kelvin journey, we discuss Star Trek Into Darkness. The second J. J. Abrams film in the franchise, Star Trek Into Darkness takes the franchise is a different yet familiar direction after the 2009 reboot. We are introduced to new but old characters with a story that makes this film one of,...
Alright Acting Captains. It’s time to punch it, fire everything, and elicit some emotional responses! We take a trip over the Kelvin timeline this week with our review of Star Trek (2009), the reboot\sequel\prequel from J. J. Abrams. Before beginning our Kelvin journey, we talk some news, specifically the details surrounding the newly announced Star...
We conclude our TNG film era reviews with one of the more controversial Star Trek movies, Nemesis. Nemesis is the fourth TNG cast film and the tenth Star Trek movie, the last in the Prime timeline. Rae and Zach join Derreck for this movie review continuation. We discuss budgeting differences between the TNG era films,...
We continue our Star Trek: The Next Generation era movie reviews with Insurrection, the third installment from Picard’s Enterprise crew. Rae and Zach join Derreck for this movie review continuation. We discuss budgeting differences between the TNG era films, overall plot, how Insurrection might just be the most “Trek” of the TNG films, things we...
With Greg still on his very important Away Mission, Derreck brings back last week’s guests Rae & Zach to review the second TNG era film, Star Trek: First Contact. We discuss tons of Trek news too including the new Discovery trailer, our first looks at Spock and Number One, as well as Klingons with hair!...
We’re back! We’ve been away for a bit but return with two special guests to review the first of the TNG era Star Trek films, Star Trek Generations. Now, Greg is still on his away mission, so Derreck takes the reigns with two Heroes Podcast Network veterans, Rae and Zach. We also talk a little...
We are doing something a little different this week on Redshirts & Runabouts. First off, Derreck talks a bit about how the show will go for the next few weeks with some things up in the air. Then, it’s a recap discussion of the special Ultimate Star Trek Crew panel from Wizard World Tulsa. Be...
We return to our TNG Mek’ba series as we enter Season 3 of The Next Generation. This week, we are joined by returning guest Zach for the Best Guest Appearance of TNG Season 3. Zach picked the introduction to Barclay who would go on to guest star on Voyager and even the First Contact film....
Before we return to our TNG Mek’ba next week, Greg and Derreck sit down to talk about the Tones of Trek. In short, how did and do they tones of the various Star Trek TV series and films vary? How do the characters grow? What might have caused the tone of one show to be...
As you might have heard by now, Patrick Stewart announced his return to the Star Trek franchise at Star Trek Las Vegas. The return of Jean-Luc Picard is something that ignited a lot of emotion, conversation, and analysis… so we’re here to join in on the Trek fun! Greg and Derreck discuss their thoughts on...
With Star Trek Lax Vegas 2018 in the books, it’s time to discuss some of the more personal experiences from STLV. Our host Derreck gets on the phone with three guests who attended this year’s STLV convention. They talk about their experiences including panels, guests, social functions, and initial reactions to the big Patrick Stewart...
There was just too much Star Trek news out of SDCC for us to cover on last week’s Screen Heroes, it’s Derreck & Greg decided to take a deeper dive on all the Star Trek news including Star Trek: Discovery season 2 and the new mini-series, Short Treks! Comment below or hit us up @RedshirtsPod...
It’s our SDCC 2018 recap episode! This episode will be longer and cross-posted to our Redshirts & Runabouts feed since we cover so many topics! What do we discuss? Well, tons from DC Entertainment including DC Universe’s Titans, Young Justice, and Swamp Thing, plus Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Shazam! But that’s not all, we cover...
We conclude our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2 Mek’ba challenges with our favorite note so great episodes that have silver linings! Show co-host Derreck defends his episode, “The Royale”, while our guest, Zach Story, defends his pick, “Pen Pals”. We also discuss the results of last week’s listener poll for our Best Pulaski...
We continue our Star Trek: The Next Generation series of Mek’ba challenges with the Best Pulaski episodes of Season 2! Show co-host Greg defends his episode, “Unnatural Selection”, while our guest, Timothy Jackson, defends his pick, “Up the Long Ladder”. We also discuss the results of last week’s listener poll for our Best Riker of...
This week we warp into Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2 with another Mek’ba! In our Best Riker of TNG Season 2 episode, Jeremy and Derreck go head-to-head with the episodes they think are the best of Riker for the season. Jeremy brings “The Icarus Factor”, an episode that showcases double the Riker. Meanwhile,...
Join us as we end our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 journey with the Best Alien Encounter Mek’ba! We’re joined by special guest, Angie from KC Geeks! She enters the Mek’ba defending “Where No One Has Gone Before” while Greg brings in “The Neutral Zone”! Which episode will Derreck pick? You’ll have to...
Our journey on the Enterprise D continues with this week’s Mek’ba! Jeremy and Derreck must bring two different episodes to the table in an epic debate for the best Romance of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1! Jeremy bring “We’ll Always Have Paris” to the Mek’ba while Derreck’s pick for best Romance is “Haven”. We...
This week we jump ahead to The Next Generation and introduce a new format we’re calling the Mek’ba! Each week, two of us will go head-to-head, making our case for why a particular episode is the best of a given topic. The third host will need to determine the winning episode. First up, we’re tackling...
It’s time to finish up our Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 journey with “Miri”, “Space Seed”, and a special guest! We promise not to bonk you on the head but we will certainly talk about the significance of Khan’s first appearance in the franchise that led to The Wrath of Khan saving the...
For our big episode 30 “Charlie and the Horta”, we bring on our show’s first guest (if you don’t count our convention floor interview with Doug Jones)! Hearth Barker of The Tricorder Transmissions network joins us to talk about two classic TOS episodes, “Charlie X” and “The Devil in the Dark”! Just like we’ve been doing,...
Jeremy and Derreck tackle the first appearance of Harry Mudd in “Mudd’s Women” along with Mark Leonard’s first appearance in “Balance of Terror”. While Harry Mudd is one of the more iconic recurring characters from Star Trek: The Original Series, he only appears in two live action episodes plus an episode of The Animated Series....
Paramount announces two new Star Trek movies are in development, CBS releases some behind-the-scenes footage from Discovery’s Season 2 production, and we talk about two episode of The Original Series! We take a look at the episode largely considered to be the greatest episode ever made, “The City on the Edge of Forever”, along with...
Let’s be honest, a lot of podcasts have talked about Star Trek’s second pilot “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. But don’t worry! We’ve got our own fresh take on the classic Gary Mitchell episode, especially since this is Jeremy’s first viewing! We also announce our new format going forward that will make covering classic...
We kick off our TOS watch with the very first episode of Star Trek ever made, The Cage. This episode, which did not air in its full form until the 1980s, includes a different Captain, a different First Officer, a different doctor, and a fairly different tone when compared to the test of The Original...
With all three hosts back in the studio for the first time in over month, Greg, Jeremy, and Derreck sit down to talk about Star Trek’s most secret and covert organizations, Section 31, the Obsidian Order, and the Tal Shiar. Who are these organizations? Well, three of the galaxy’s biggest groups, the Federation, Cardassian Union,...
While our show might be best in the original Klingon, Jeremy and I decide to take a stab at reviewing the sixth and final original series cast Star Trek film, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The big Trek Cold War movie pits Kirk and the Enterprise against an invisible and unknown adversary right at a...
What does God need with a Starship? Go climb a rock! And don’t forget to tell your friends about your siblings. Greg and Jeremy tackle what is widely considered to be the worst original cast Star Trek film, if not the worst of them all, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. It’s got mountain climbing,...
Star Trek has been around for over 50 years. We have nearly 750 episodes across six… maybe even seven (yeah, I’m looking at you The Animated Series) shows. Sure, there’s been some issues with consistency and canon, but there’s also been some highly controversial moments both from episodes themselves and behind the scenes action. This, Greg...
Welcome to our first live episode! Last weekend, we were at Planet Comicon and recorded our Discovery Season 1 Wrap-up panel just for you! We had a lively discussion with the audience about the first season of Star Trek: Discovery including the prelude, characters, ships, design changes, and more! How do you feel about Discovery...
It’s that time, time to discuss the Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 finale, “Will You Take My Hand?”. We dive straight into the details, so there’s an early spoiler warning. We’ll discuss the basics, overall plot, characters, location designs, references, and of course, the ending. Plus, we talk a little about our first ever live...
All three hosts return to discuss Star Trek: Discovery Episode 14 “The War Without, the War Within”! We dive into Klingon-Federation history, their many conflicts, the legitimacy of the Four Year War, the incredible position Georgiou has been placed in, and what we think will happen with Ash Tyler and L’Rell. What did you think...
This week, Greg and Jeremy go it alone to discuss Star Trek: Discovery Episode 13 “What’s Past is Prologue”. Derreck is on an away mission but there’s plenty to discuss like Lorca’s ruthlessness, Saru captaining the Discovery, the possibility of Lorca wanting to eat Saru, and just how action-packed Discovery is compared to the previous Star Trek...
This week we discuss “Vaulting Ambition” from Star Trek: Discovery. In this week’s episode of Redshirts & Runabouts, we discuss the big confrontation between Georgiou and Burnham, what’s been going on with Ash Tyler and L’Rell on Discovery, how Saru is handling command in the Mirror Universe, the Anthony Rapp battle (yes, that just happened),...
This week we discuss “The Wolf Inside” from Star Trek: Discovery. In this week’s episode of Redshirts & Runabouts, we discuss the big Ash Tyler reveal, the mirror universe’s Voq, and how evil goatees are the uniform for Vulcans. We also dive into the Discovery story arc focusing on Tilly, Saru, and Stamets. What did...
Star Trek: Discovery returns from its mid-season break with Chapter 2 and just a killer episode focusing on aspects of Trek lore we’ve all come to love over the franchise’s history. We’ll discuss the episode in detail including the infamous Captain Killy, so spoilers ahead! What did you think of “Despite Yourself”? Is Discovery hitting...
Our Trek back through the original Star Trek movies continues with our discussion on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home… or… the one with the whales. In our first episode of 2018, Greg, Jeremy, and Derreck complete the Original Series trilogy by traveling back to 1980s San Francisco to look for a couple of humpback whales,...
We wrap up 2017 by completing our Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie pitch and reviewing Star Trek III: The Search for Spock! If you missed the majority of our Tarantino movie pitch, please check out Episode 12 but if you don’t have time for that, we do a short recap. We’d love to know what...
With Quentin Tarantino behind the helm of the next Star Trek movie AND Patrick Stewart showing interest in returning to the role of Picard, your three hosts work together to pitch the movie we think could come from such a partnership. We get through the basic premise and the first two acts before running out...
We continue our Trek down memory lane with a review of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan! From the new uniforms, to the Kobayashi Maru, Eugenics wars, and space battles, we talk about everything we love about the classic Khan revenge flick, along with a few spots the film slipped up. It’s true. It’s not...
In our first non-Discovery episode, we go all the way back to the franchise’s new beginning, The Motion Picture. We discuss the legendary space pj’s, Goldsmith’s iconic score, the new ship model, and of course, V’Ger itself. Where does The Motion Picture land in your Star Trek movie ranking? Is it essential Trek? Should future...
We take a look back at the first nine Star Trek: Discovery episodes during the first week of the show’s winter hiatus. Discussions include our thoughts on the first chapter of Discovery including what we loved and what we thought could have been better. Then, we talk about our personal favorite characters. Did we pick...
We’ve got a special interview with Doug Jones, the man behind Saru as well as many other incredible creatures and characters! The interview comes from Kansas City Comic Con and Doug Jones was gracious enough to talk with us on the convention floor about his upcoming projects and his thoughts on Star Trek: Discovery! Then,...
Saru gets an away mission but before that, non-corporeal aliens show up a lot in Star Trek. In fact, the Q and Voyager’s Kes are among some of the more well known energy beings. This week, we talk about our favorite non-corporeal alien episodes of Star Trek and we manage to cover three different series...
It wouldn’t be Star Trek without a convoluted time travel plot, which Discovery delivers with episode 7, “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad.” This week, we are joined by cosplayer and Trek aficionado Michael Nguyen (sitting in for Derreck). We start the episode with a discussion of our favorite time travel themed episodes...
Family has been a cornerstone of Star Trek since The Original Series. In the spirit of Star Trek: Discovery Episode 06 “Lethe”, we first discuss our favorite family-centric episodes of Star Trek. As luck would have it, we each picked an episode from The Next Generation. Then, we take our discussion to the details and...
What is the most controversial episode of Star Trek? We discuss some of the ones that come to our minds like “Measure of a Man” and “Tuvix”. Then, we dive into Star Trek: Discovery Episode 05 “Choose Your Pain” which provides the introduction to Rainn Wilson’s Harry Mudd. We discuss the details of Lorca’s plot...
What alien species was the most misunderstood? Whose motives did we not quite get? We discuss this and then take a deep dive into Star Trek: Discovery Episode 4 – “The Butcher’s Knife Cares not for the Lamb’s Cry”. We talk about the tardigrade, dilithium, the Klingon plot, Captain Georgiou, and how the design of...
Discovery continues with Episode 3 “Context is for Kings” and we finally get to see the USS Discovery and meet Captain Lorca! This week on Redshirts & Runabouts, we break down the episode and talk about what it did better than the prelude to the series, as well as things we might not have enjoyed. We...
Enter the finale frontier, thrusters on full, with our brand new Star Trek themed podcast series! We introduce ourselves, talk about what Trek brought us into the fandom and then dive into the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery along with the first episode of After Trek. Join our three-man crew for a journey that will span decades,...