Matt and Sean ask whether you should skip Star Trek TOS Season 3, Episode 22, "The Savage Curtain." Abraham Lincoln floats up to the Enterprise, and rock aliens make historical figures brawl to test good and evil. Shatner plays Kirk like a kid meeting his hero. The story still falls apart. Matt rates it below the animated series, and Sean explains why a costume from this episode ended up on Mork.

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 * 01:38 - Mailbag
 * 09:50 - Episode Description
 * 10:48 - This Time in History
 * 16:45 - Episode Discussion

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248: Star Trek TOS "Savage Curtain" Review - Lincoln in Space

Matt and Sean talk about androids and emotion in Star Trek TOS Season 3, Episode 19, "Requiem for Methuselah." Flint builds a brilliant android who can't survive her own feelings. Sean draws a line from her to Data and Lal in The Next Generation, and to the AI agents answering customer service calls today. Matt says Vision Quest asks the same old question better than any show right now.

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 * 00:00 - Intro
 * 01:44 - Mailbag
 * 05:07 - Episode Description
 * 07:06 - This Time in History
 * 11:19 - Episode Discussion

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247: Star Trek TOS "Requiem for Methuselah" - Did 1969 Trek Predict AI?

Matt and Sean ask why this was the finale in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 10, "Tomorrow's Enterprise." Two Uhuras swap places across time, and the hosts land on "whelmed." They enjoy the nods to the original series, from the 1960s hairdos to a secret Scotty and Uhura romance. They still can't see why the season closes without a single tease for what comes next.

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Chapters:

 * 00:00 - Intro
 * 02:51 - Mailbag
 * 06:36 - Episode Description
 * 07:09 - This Time in History
 * 09:23 - Episode Discussion

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246: Star Trek SNW, "Tomorrow's Enterprise" - Why End Here?

Matt and Sean call this a season low for Strange New Worlds in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 9, "Once La'an a Time". They argue that the fantasy plot leaves La'an's character arc without enough room to land.

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 * 00:00 - Intro
 * 01:55 - Mailbag
 * 04:28 - Episode Description
 * 04:51 - This Time in History
 * 07:04 - Episode Discussion

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245: Star Trek SNW, "Once La'an a Time" - A Season Low

Matt and Sean talk about Kirk's family legacy and the cost of meeting your heroes in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 8, "Orders of Magnitude." Sam and Jim Kirk learn the truth about their father's stalled career. Kirk pulls a bluff any poker player would love. Uhura earns her battlefield promotion. Sean puts it right up there with "Off Hour.”

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 * 00:00 - Intro
 * 02:13 - Mailbag
 * 09:22 - Episode Description
 * 09:53 - This Time in History
 * 11:53 - Episode Discussion

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244: Star Trek SNW, "Orders of Magnitude" Review - Kirk's Bluff

Matt and Sean talk about the gimmick episode that finally lands in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 7, "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass." Trelane traps the crew inside a soap opera, and only Pike knows something is wrong. Matt calls it a breath of fresh air after the puppets. Sean gives it a C plus and pitches the second draft he wishes they'd made.

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 * 00:00 - Intro
 * 02:34 - Mailbag
 * 05:12 - Episode Description
 * 05:45 - This Time in History
 * 07:51 - Today’s Discussion

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243: Star Trek SNW, “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass”

Matt and Sean talk about one of the best Star Trek episodes in years in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 6, "Off-Hour." A disaster hits the Enterprise in real time, and every crew member fights to save the ship. After a season of gimmick episodes, this one leaves them with a hard question. If the show can do this, why doesn't it do it every week?

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 * 00:00: Intro
 * 01:46: Feedback
 * 03:56: Episode Description
 * 05:08: This Time in History
 * 10:06: Today’s Discussion

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242: Star Trek SNW, "Off-Hour" - Among the Best Trek Ever?

Three of the first five episodes this season are gimmick episodes, and Matt has had enough. Matt and Sean talk about the puppet hour, and what a 10 episode season can afford, in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 5, "Level Five Transporter Accident." The puppets are beautifully built and the jokes land, but the dream reveal arrives in the final two minutes with no setup. So is this a charming lark? Or is it 45 of the season's 450 minutes spent on a sketch?

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Chapters:

 * 00:00 - Intro
 * 01:36 - Listener Feedback
 * 06:14 - This Time in History
 * 10:09 - Today’s Discussion

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241: Star Trek SNW, "Level Five Transporter Accident" - Too Many Gimmicks?

Matt and Sean talk about how Strange New Worlds keeps borrowing other genres in Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 4, "A Case of Chiaroscuro." A musical, a horror hour, and now film noir shot in black and white. Matt calls it Andor filtered through Doctor Who, and he means that as a compliment and a complaint at once. Sean argues the story earns the style, from Una's con at the end to La'an's quiet unraveling in sickbay. Pike also climbs the captain rankings along the way. So is genre play the smartest tool this show has? Or is the peanut butter getting into the chocolate?

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 * 00:00: Intro
 * 02:32: Today’s Episode & Mailbag
 * 08:27: Episode Description
 * 08:55: This Time in History
 * 11:37: Episode Discussion

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240: Star Trek SNW "A Case of Chiaroscuro" Review - Is Trek Now Doctor Who?

Matt and Sean ask whether Star Trek SNW Season 4, Episode 3, "Human Best Friend" works better as a live-action Lower Decks episode. The shore leave setup gives Strange New Worlds room for drunk-planet chaos, La’an taking over a gang, Spock mind-melding with a plant, and Scotty and Ortegas turning into a buddy comedy. But with only 10 episodes in the season, they also question whether this much goofiness helps or hurts the larger story.

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Chapters:

 * 00:00: Intro
 * 02:46: Today’s Episode
 * 03:07: Episode Description
 * 03:44: This Time in History
 * 05:25: Today’s Discussion

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239: Star Trek SNW, "Human Best Friend" - A Lower Decks Episode?

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