Star Trek Picard Cast: Recent Episodes
Brian Meloche & Ruthie Rink
The Star Trek Picard Cast is an in-depth, long-form, community-driven episode discussion of Star Trek: Picard, the new series shown on Paramount Plus in the US, CTV Sci-Fi Channel & Crave TV in Canada, and Amazon Prime everywhere else. We’re Brian Meloche and Ruthie Rink; we're two long-time Star Trek fans, especially of Star Trek: The Next Generation. We cover the story, characters, and the show’s placement both within the Trek universe and the continuation of the life of legendary Federation Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Together with our listeners, we rate each episode, discuss the highs, lows, and share other thoughts. Thanks for listening!
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e20: Favorite Son where Star Trek embarrasses itself with an episode more appropriate for the 1960s.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e19: Rise where Neelix and Tuvok bicker their way through survival on a space elevator.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e18: Darkling where the doctor gains some unwelcome and violent personality traits.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e17: Unity where Chakotay and an ill-fated ensign stumble into a community of former Borg drones.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e16: Blood Fever where Vorik is about to introduce the Pon Farr to B'Elanna (and not in a good way).
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e15: Coda where Janeway thinks she's stuck in a time loop., but then her Dad turns up and it gets weird.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e14: Alter Ego where Harry and Tuvok fall for a holodeck character and nobody thinks it's weird.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e13: Fair Trade where Neelix makes a few desperate moves to try and raise his value on the ship.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e12: Macrocosm where Janeway becomes a one-woman army against an invading virus.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e11: The Q and the Grey where the Q Continuum is in a civil war and Voyager gets dragged into it.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e10: Warlord where an alien tyrant takes over Kes's body and tries to get his gang back together.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e9: Future's End Part II where Janeway needs to wrap up this time paradox and get back to her time.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e8: Future's End Part I where the Voyager crew needs to stop a tech genius from destroying the future.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e7: Sacred Ground where Kes stumbles into danger and Janeway goes into savior mode.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e6: Remember where B'Elanna relives some intense memories of a visiting alien.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e5: False Profits where we bump into some Ferengi from TNG (and we should have just ignored them).
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e4: The Swarm where the doc starts losing his memory and Janeway takes a huge risk.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e3: The Chute where Tom and Harry are thrown into a dungeon with little hope of escape or survival.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e2: Flashback where Tuvok flashes back to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S3e1: Basics, Part II where Paris, Suder and the Doctor attempt to retake Voyager and rescue the crew.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager Season 2 Wrap Up where we talk about the highs and lows of both seasons 1 and 2.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E26: Basics, Part I where Seska is back with a better plan and manages to finally get her wish.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E25: Resolutions where Janeway and Chakotay are stranded alone leading to some sexy hand holding.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E24: Tuvix where Neelix and Tuvok merge into one being in a transporter accident.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E23: The Thaw where a creepy clown tries to suck the brains of Harry and B'Elanna.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E22: Innocence where Tuvok's crash lands on a moon where he meets some creepy children.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E21: Deadlock where the ship and crew are duplicated and have to fight for survival.
Welcome to our Aaron J Waltke Interview special where we talk to the co-exec producer and co-head writer of Star Trek Prodigy.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E20: Investigations where Tom's "issues" finally come to a head and Neelix invents YouTube.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E19: Lifesigns where the doctor helps a Vidiian woman and gains a girlfriend.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E10: Ouroboros Parts I and II where we wrap up season 2 with a bang and set the crew up for the future.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E18: Death Wish where the Q Continuum makes its way into the Voyager universe.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E9: Brink and Touch of Grey where we build up the drama before the season finale.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E17: Dreadnought where a mistake from B'Elanna's past comes back to haunt her.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E8: Ascension Parts I and II where Asencia is back and she has some frightening new toys.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E16: Meld where Tuvok does an ill-advised mind meld with a murderer and begins to lose control.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E5: The Devourer of All Things Parts I and II where some nasty time creatures are out to get us!
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E15: Threshold where all sense goes out the window and Paris and Janeway make salamander babies.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E5: The Devourer of All Things Parts I and II where some nasty time creatures are out to get us!
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E14: Alliances where we manage to find yet another enemy in the Delta Quadrant.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E5: The Devourer of All Things Parts I and II where some nasty time creatures are out to get us!
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E13: Prototype where we find a robot floating in space and B'Elanna is compelled to save it.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E4 where we cover The Fast and the Curious and Is There in Beauty No Truth.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E12: Resistance where an injured Janeway must rescue her crew from some evil dudes called the Mokra.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E3 where we cover episodes 5 and 6: Observer's Paradox and Imposter Syndrome.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E11: Maneuvers where Seska is back and Chakotay does some very stupid things when his ego is bruised.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E2 where we cover episodes 3 and 4: Who Saves the Saviors and Temporal Mechanics 101.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E10: Cold Fire where we track down the Caretaker's ex and Kes learns some dangerous new skills.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S2E1 and E2: Into the Breach where our young crew is back and they are on board a new Voyager!
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E9: Tatoo where through flashbacks we learn the origin of Chakotay's face tatoo.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E8: Persistence of Vision where Janeway sees a ghost and starts to worry she's losing her grip.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E7: Parturition where Neelix and Tom foster a chicken lizard baby while trying to find the meaning of friendship.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E6: Where Voyager appears to change shape making it difficult for the crew to operate the ship.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E5: Non Sequitur where Harry wakes up in an alternate reality where he never boarded Voyager.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E4: Elogium where Voyager encounters some life forms that cause Kes to jump into puberty.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E3: Projections where the doctor is unable to distinguish what is real from what is a hologram!
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E2: Initiations where Chakotay gets entangled in some Kazon drama with guest star Aron Eisenberg.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S2E1: The 37's where Voyager bumps into a red Ford pickup truck floating in space. Buckle up.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E16: Learning Curve where those little gel packs catch a virus and Tuvok learns to flex (sort of).
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E15: Jetrel where a dark figure from Neelix's past arrives with a dire message.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E14: Faces where B'Elanna's human and Klingon sides face off against each other.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E13: Cathexis where Tuvok and Chakotay return from an away mission with an invisible guest.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E12: Heroes and Demons where Harry disappears AGAIN and the doctor becomes the hero of the story.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E11: State of Flux where Seska's true colors are revealed and Chakotay doubts his leadership skills.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E10: Prime Factors where we once again think we've found a way home but these new aliens are jerks.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E9: Emanations where Harry accidentally gets sucked into another dimension.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E8: Ex Post Facto where Tom is accused of murder and Tuvok tries to unravel the mystery.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E7: Eye of the Needle where we think we've found a way home but it's only season 1.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E6: The Cloud where we search for coffee in a nebula and Neelix somehow gets even more annoying.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E5: Phage where our quest for resources once again does more harm than good.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E4: Time and Again where Janeway and Paris are trapped in a doomed time conundrum.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E3: Parallax where Voyager gets trapped in the event horizon of a dying star.
Welcome to Rebinge Star Trek Voyager S1E1: Caretaker where we meet the Voyager crew and travel 70,000 light years away from home with them.
Introducing Rebinge Star Trek Voyager! We are going to go deep into Captain Janeway and her crew as they try to find their way back home.
Brian here! We're back for Strange New Worlds! This time out, LT and I talk through Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, S2E3 titled Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. This episode was written by David Reed and directed by Amanda Row. Overall, though we liked the episode, we both rated it the lowest episode so far. We both had some issues with the problematic aspects of the implications to the timeline. Enjoy!
Brian here! We're back for Strange New Worlds! LT and I talk through Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, S2E2 titled Ad Astra Per Aspera. This episode was written by Dana Horgan and directed by Valerie Weiss. Overall, LT rated it the lowest episode so far, and the first sub-9.0 rating for the series, while I liked it a little more than LT.
Brian here! We're back for Strange New Worlds! LT and I talk through the season premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, S2E1 titled The Broken Circle. While we both enjoyed it, LT gave it his lowest rating of the series so far. I liked it a little more than he did but still thought it disappointing because there was not enough of Pike in the episode.
Welcome to our Star Trek Prodigy Season 1 Wrap up where we sum up season 1 and guess what might be coming in season 2.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy a RebingeIt Podcast! Be a part of our season 1 wrap up episode by sending us your feedback and predictions!
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E20 Supernova, Part II where Hologram Janeway teaches the crew one more important lesson.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E19 Supernova, Part I where the Vindicator unleashes the living construct on Starfleet.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E18: Mindwalk where Vice Admiral Janeway and Dal have a Freaky Friday moment and it's not to be missed.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E17: Ghost in the Machine where the crew is stuck in the holodeck and we discover a saboteur on board!
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E16: Preludes where we learn a bit more backstory for some of our characters and we meet The Vindicator.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E15: Masquerade. In this episode, we find more than one secret hiding behind a mask!
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E14: Crossroads where the Prodigy crew crosses path with the Dauntless crew. And Murf gets legs.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E13: All the World's a Stage where the Prodigy crew bumps into a very peculiar group of people who seem to be out of Starfleet's past.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E12: Let Sleeping Borg Lie where the crew encounters one of the most terrifying enemies in Trek history.
Brian and LT finally talk through the season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1E10, titled A Quality of Mercy. We thought it was one of the best episodes of this great season of Trek!
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E11: Asylum where the crew seeks out Starfleet without knowing the dangerous secret of their ship.
Brian, LT, and Kim talk through Strange New Worlds S1E9, titled All Those Who Wander. We all enjoyed it immensely.
Brian and LT are joined by Trey as they talk through Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1E8 titled The Elysian Kingdom. We all enjoyed this episode a lot, and it's Trey's favorite!
Brian and LT are finally back with an episode recorded in June, covering Strange New Worlds S1E7 The Serene Squall. Although we both considered it a good episode, we also found it our least favorite episode in an outstanding season.
Brian and LT are joined by Rebinge Deep Space Nine and Star Trek Prodigy by RebingeIt co-host James Rowan, as they talk through S1E6 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, titled Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach. Brian and LT didn't like this one as much as the last five episodes but it still got a high rating (9.5). James loved it.
Brian & LT are joined by Wes Huntington, co-host of the Twin Cities Trekkies Podcast as they talk through Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1E5 titled Spock Amok. This episode was written by co-executive producer Henry Alonso Myers & Robin Wasserman, and Rachel Leiterman directed it. This episode had a great homage to Amok Time, while also being a good character-based romantic comedy. They all loved it, but Brian a little less, he thought probably due to a poor viewing experience.
Brian & LT are joined by James the Augmented Sailor as they talk through Strange New Worlds S1E4, titled Memento Mori. This episode was written by Davy Perez & Beau DeMayo and Dan Liu directed it. In this episode, the Enterprise gets ambushed by a new enemy that we only see a little of in TOS. This was a great episode, definitely one of the best so far!!!
Brian and Kim talk through Season 2 Episode 4 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Watcher. This episode was written by Juliana James and Jane Maggs and was directed by Lea Thompson. With time running out to save the future, Picard takes matters into his own hands.
Brian, LT, and Kim from Rebinge Deep Space Nine and Star Trek Prodigy by RebingeIt talk through Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, S1E3 titled Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. This episode was written by co-executive producer Akela Cooper & Bill Wolkoff, and it was directed by Leslie Hope. We get to see more of Number One in this episode, as a light contagion affects the crew. We all LOVED this episode. Kim enjoyed it more than the first two, while LT and I enjoyed it less, but only by a fraction.
Brian & LT talk through Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, S1E2 titled Children of the Comet. This episode was written by co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers & Sarah Tarkoff, and it was directed by Maja Vrvilo. We get to see Cadet Uhura in action in this episode. We LOVED this episode even more than the first one!
For the inaugural episode of the Star Trek Strange New Worlds Talk Through, LT and I talk through Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 1 Episode 1, simply titled Strange New Worlds. This episode's teleplay was by Akiva Goldsman, the story was by Akiva Goldsman & Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet, and it was directed by Akiva Goldsman. Overall, we LOVED this first episode and have high hopes for this show. Brian and LT will be two of the three hosts doing this podcast. We're still looking for a third co-host. If you're interested in being a guest or a full-time co-host, please let us know.
Ruthie and Brian talk through Season 2 Episode 3 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Assimilation. This episode was written by Kiley Rossetter & Christopher Monfette and was directed by Lea Thompson. Picard and group time travel back to 2024 to fix the timeline.
We are finally back to covering episodes of Star Trek: Picard, and on this episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Ruthie and I talk through Star Trek: Picard, Season 2 Episode 2, titled Penance. This episode's teleplay is by Akiva Goldsman & Terry Matalas and Christopher Monfette (in other words, Akiva and Terry wrote as a team, and handed it off to Christopher who finished it), based on a story by Michael Chabon and Akiva Goldsman & Terry Matalas and Christopher Monfette, and it was directed by Doug Aarniokoski. Picard and the gang end up in a very dark alternate 2400, thanks to Picard's old nemesis Q.
Ruthie & Brian are back and they discuss Star Trek: Picard S2E1, titled The Star Gazer. This episode was written by Akiva Goldsman & Terry Matalas and it was directed by Doug Aarniokoski. Picard is summoned by a species he knows too well, only to be greeted by another foe from his past.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E10: A Moral Star, Part 2. In this episode the crew tries to take back their ship while the Diviner divides Gwyn's loyalties.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E9: A Moral Star. In this episode the crew heads to Tars Lamora to make a deal with the devil (or the diviner).
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E8: Time Amok. In this episode the crew is torn apart and must find a way to trust each other across oscillating time!
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E7: First Con-tact. Dal and crew make first contact with an alien species and they run into Dal's "mom."
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E6: Kobayashi. We knew we were in for a treat with that title, but we had no idea how much of a treat!
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E5: Terror Firma! The crew battles its way to the crashed Protostar with an injured Gwyn and the Diviner in pursuit!
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E4: Dreamcatcher where the crew is excited about having an away mission! But this planet has some dark secrets and our crew does not stick together!
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E3: Starstruck where Dal tries to play captain (badly) while Janeway schools us all on the Federation and Starfleet.
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy S1E1: Lost & Found Parts 1 and 2! In this ep we meet all of our young characters and get a glimpse of Janeway!
Welcome to Star Trek Prodigy a RebingeIt Podcast! Join us each week for a recap and review of the new Star Trek animated series.
Brian, Kyle, and LT talk through the Lower Decks season finale, S2E10 titled First First Contact. Like last season, the last three episodes ended up being the best of the season, and these were even better than last season. We see an old acquaintance from the Enterprise-D now make it to captain, and the Cerritos saves the day, but not without some twists and turns and an unexpected ending. We can't wait for Season 3!
Brian and LT talk through Lower Decks S2E9 titled wej Duj. Showing the Lower Decks of some of the other ships, this was one of the best episodes of the series. The crew gets some downtime before the biomatter hits the plasma manifolds.
Brian, Kyle, and LT talk through Lower Decks S2E8, titled I, Excretus. This may be the best episode yet of Lower Decks, as the Cerritos Lower Decks and senior officers switch roles and go through the situations of the past!
Brian, Kyle, and LT talk through Lower Decks S2E7, titled Where Pleasant Fountains Lie. Boimler and Mariner have to take an evil computer voiced by Star Trek legend Jeffrey Combs to the Daystrom Institute but crash land on a planet, while Chief Engineer Billups is tricked into a good time by his mom, the Queen. We're not going to explain that one.
Kyle and Brian are joined later in the podcast by LT and the three of them talk through Lower Decks S2E6 The Spy Humongous. This one was good, though it suffers a bit from the issue that is the Pakleds. They are funny, as long as you don't overthink them. Once you do, they don't make a lot of sense.
Brian and Kyle talk through Star Trek: Lower Decks S2E5, titled An Embarrassment of Dooplers. The Cerritos escorts a diplomat with a very weird quirk to a conference at Starbase 25, Boimler and Mariner try to crash a big Starfleet party, while Tendi and Rutherford play with model starships.
Brian and LT talk through Star Trek: Lower Decks S2E4, titled Mugato, Gumato. The Mugato are back, maybe too much.
Brian and Kyle talk through Star Trek: Lower Decks S2E3, titled We'll Always Have Tom Paris. Tendi takes Mariner on a mission, Rutherford is haunted by a mystery, and Boimler's having security issues. And, oh yeah, Tom Paris shows up on the ship!
Brian and Kyle talk through Star Trek: Lower Decks S2E2, titled Kayshon, His Eyes Open. Boimler's got his hands full on the Titan, while Mariner, Rutherford, and Tendi go on an away mission to dispose of dangerous materials belonging to a dead collector.
Brian, Kyle, and LT talk through the season premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks S2E1, titled Strange Energies. While Mariner and Freeman work on their working relationship, Ransom gets the Gary Mitchell treatment. Rutherford likes pears and goes on a third date with Barnes, and Tendi thinks he may have a condition and will stop at nothing to prove it.
Brian, and Kyle talk through the season finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks S1E10, titled No Small Parts. Now that Boimler knows Mariner's secret, it doesn't take long for the rest of the crew to know, too. With the last several episodes being outstanding, we had some trepidation about this episode. Would Mike McMahan and crew stick the landing? We think YES!!! THEY DID!!!
Brian, Kyle, and special guest LT talk through Star Trek: Lower Decks S1E9, titled Crisis Point. Mariner turns Boimler's holodeck crew simulation into a movie. We all thought this was the best episode of the series.
Brian & Kyle discuss Star Trek: Lower Decks S1E8, titled Veritas. A departure from previous episodes, we thought it was the best of the season. Our ensigns are caught off guard when aliens force them to testify about a series of seemingly unrelated events.
Brian & Kyle discuss Lower Decks S1E7, titled Much Ado About Boimler. From the title, you may think this was a Boimler episode, but his character was very much a part of the B story this week. Instead, the Cerritos gets a substitute Captain, and it's an Academy classmate of Mariner's, Captain Adira Ramsey.
Brian & Kyle discuss Lower Decks S1E6, titled Terminal Provocations. Lovable but awkward Ensign Fletcher makes it difficult for Mariner & Boimler. Rutherford introduces Tendi to his new holodeck training program and its new assistant, Badgey. The Cerritos & The Drookmani fight over Starfleet salvage.
Brian & Kyle talk through S1E5 of Lower Decks, titled Cupid's Errant Arrow. The USS Cerritos and the USS Vancouver team up to implode a moon but the natives are not happy. Boimler meets up with his girlfriend on the Vancouver and Mariner thinks she can't be real. Tendi and Rutherford compete to keep a new device.
Brian & Kyle talk through S1E4 of Lower Decks, titled Moist Vessel. The USS Cerritos and the USS Merced team up to tow a generational ship in when things go awry. Captain Freeman and Mariner team up to get them out of distress. Tendi helps an ascension.
Brian and Kyle talk through the third episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, titled Temporal Edict. The end of Buffer Time on the USS Cerritos brings a frazzled crew; a second contact for Ransom & Mariner goes badly and leads to deadly combat with a new Federation world. We both enjoyed this one, maybe a little less than the last but still good and we're getting used to the show as a whole.
We are unfortunately several days late this week, but we talk through the second episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, titled Envoys. We both liked this one a lot better than the first episode. It had some real laugh out loud moments and some interesting character development. We're enjoying the series so far and look forward to the next one.
My TWDTT/FTWDTT co-host Kyle McAdams and I bring you this new animated show on CBS All Access. Ruthie will be back for Discovery in October. This episode, we talk through the first episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, titled Second Contact. This one was pretty much a split vote. I loved it and thought it was very respectful to the TNG era of the 1990's. Kyle had a lot of issues with it, especially the pacing and format.
This is our August Patreon call-in show, recorded on August 1, 2020. Joining Ruthie and me are Kyle McAdams, who you may know from The Walking Dead Talk Through, Kim Voegle from Rebinge DS9, Lawrence Todd, Arend Mayes, Geoff Gentry, and Jim Matthews.
For Patreon call-in show #5, Brian and Ruthie are joined by Kim Voegele, Laurence Todd, James Robbins, Brian Shiro, and Jim Matthews. We discuss Star Trek: Picard - The Last Best Hope and the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds announcement.
Ruthie & Brian sit down with Uma McCormack, author of Star Trek: Picard - The Last Best Hope and discuss writing the novel, finding the characters' voices, and other story details from the novel. If you haven't read the novel but are planning to, you may want to read it first. There are spoilers in this episode!
We're back for Episode 15 with our latest Patreon call-in show, which we are bringing to our regular listeners later than Patreon subscribers got it. This was recorded on April 18, 2020. Joining Brian and Ruthie are Kim Voegele, Laurence Todd (AKA LT from NC), Leigh Radtke (AKA Cybermam), Wes Huntington, Arend Mayes, and Mark Boaldin. We discuss Picard Season 1, Discovery Season 3, and the new Rebinge DS9 and Let's Talk Through podcasts.
Kyle, Mark, Ruthie and Lara discuss Sci-fi, Cons, Pop Culture influences that the movie Galaxy Quest beautifully portrayed and the behind the scenes shown in Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary.
James and Kim dive into Season 1 Episode 1 of DS9: Emissary. They discuss PTSD and debate rampant ear touching.
James and Kim introduce themselves and kick off their rebinge of Star Trek DS9. Come along for the ride!
For episode 14 of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie talk through your feedback on Season 1, Episode 10 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2. This episode's teleplay was by Michael Chabon, its story was by Michael Chabon & Akiva Goldsman. It was directed by Akiva Goldsman. This was better than the previous episode, though not as good as it could have been.
For episode 13 of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie talk through your feedback on Season 1, Episode 9 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1. This episode's teleplay was by Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman, its story was by Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman & Akiva Goldsman. It was directed by Akiva Goldsman. The short version: We didn't like this one very much.
For episode 12 of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie talk through your feedback on Season 1, Episode 8 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Broken Pieces. This written by Michael Chabon, and directed by Maja Vrvilo.
For episode 11 of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie talk through your feedback on Season 1, Episode 7 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Nepenthe. This written by Samantha Humphrey and Michael Chabon, and directed by Doug Aarniokoski.
For episode 10 of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie talk through your feedback on Season 1, Episode 6 of Star Trek: Picard, titled The Impossible Box. This written by Nick Zayas, and directed by Maja Vrvilo.
For episode 9 of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie talk through your feedback on Season 1, Episode 5 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Stardust City Rag. This episode was written by Kirsten Beyer, and it was directed again by Jean-Luc Picard's former Number One, Jonathan Frakes.
For episode 8 of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie talk through your feedback on Season 1, Episode 4 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Absolute Candor. This one has us meet someone we've been waiting for, and someone else Picard left behind.
For episode 7 of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie talk through your feedback on Season 1, Episode 3 of Star Trek: Picard, titled The End is the Beginning. We're finally in space! It was a decent episode, but Brian took some issue with the cold open. And then, there's the long-standing issue with the Federation economy... but we got to see Hugh! We also respond to some feedback we have gotten back from our listeners about the acting. And we had to talk about Commodore Oh's ears, which you'll see in our blog post!
For episode 6 of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie talk through Season 1, Episode 2 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Maps and Legends. Another great episode, although this one was a lot more exposition than the premiere.
Brian and Ruthie are so happy to give you super-sized talk through of S1E1 of Star Trek: Picard, titled Remembrance. As usual, we received have tons of feedback for the episode, and we bring it all to you, along with our reaction to it, and add our own thoughts and reactions. TLDR: We both loved it... a lot!
Brian and Ruthie are joined by Dr. Trek, Larry Nemecek from The Trek Files podcast on the Roddenberry Podcast Network, Portal47.net, and Trekland Tuesdays Live on Facebook, Mark Kirkman of The Walking Dead Talk Through, Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, and the Panels to Pixels Podcast, and Patrons Fred Petrij (AKA Fred from The Netherlands), James Robbins (James the Augmented Sailor), and Laurence Todd (LT from NC) as we discuss a topic submitted as a Patreon perk by LT: What makes Picard such a compelling character? After going a couple of rounds around the roundtable on that topic, we give our thoughts about this show just a few days before it debuts! We give our impressions, hopes, and fears for what is the biggest event in Star Trek fandom since Discovery premiered!
Ruthie and Brian discuss the finale of the Season 2 Short Treks, Children of Mars, written by Kirsten Beyer & Jenny Lumet & Alex Kurtzman, and directed by Mark Pellington. This Short Trek is categorized as an episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast because it has ties to Star Trek: Picard. We both loved it, Brian probably more than Ruthie.
For the second episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast, Brian and Ruthie focus on the other Star Trek characters that are returning for Picard that aren't Picard. We speculate on what they might be doing on the show. We also speculate on what other characters we think might also return to Picard, and what other characters we'd like to see return.
Welcome to the first episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast! We bring you this introduction to us, Brian Meloche and Ruthie Rink, if you don't know us already from The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, and details everything we know so far about Star Trek: Picard!