Every time it came up
Extensive discussion of Star Trek TNG episodes, primarily the Borg two-parter and The Inner Light; recommendation for uninitiated viewers
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“to the uninitiated who wants kind of more of an action thing that tells a big piece and chunk of star trek lore uh that's the one for me”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“that's the inner light uh that's when picard gets put into that other man's body and lives an entire lifetime comes back playing the flute uh that's a sweet episode”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“If you're going to watch one episode, you need to watch Star Trek The Next Generation. You need to watch the two-parter that's at the end of season three”
Discussion of Counselor Deanna Troi's effectiveness and performance as the ship's therapist
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Bad acting and bad writing, if we're being honest. But she's just terrible.”
Woody · unverified▼ negative
“It does seem like Jordy did more for Barkley than Deanna Troi ever did.”
Discussion of Gene Roddenberry's direction, Wesley Crusher character hate, fan-written episodes, improvement after early seasons
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“the show flourished because you had better writers. One of the best episodes, I can't remember which one, a fan wrote in.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Wesley Cruster was a shithead. He was a little kid who was a genius, and he was annoying to be on the ship.”
Discussion of Star Trek's fast production schedule, visible technical imperfections due to 4x3 aspect ratio, and filming techniques that were quick and dirty.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“they used to have one season and put 25 goddamn episodes in it. They would film an hour's worth of Star Trek in two weeks”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“no they shot it quick and dirty you can like there's places where you see the the shadows of the boom mics”
Discussion of Patrick Stewart, Wesley Crusher character, uniform design, and holodeck episodes including Sherlock Holmes/Moriarty
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I skip his episodes like the episodes that are wesley centric i find to be hyper annoying”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“the red shirt survivability rate is approaching zero”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“she's a recurring character she sits behind picard and she died died and she stayed dead mostly”
Discussion of two-parter season finale episodes and how different writing teams had to write themselves into and out of cliffhangers
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“I was just watching something last night that was talking about how Star Trek The Next Generation would write their two-parter episodes. Their season finales were always two-parter cliffhangers.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“That's a bad system. It's a terrible system. It leads to terrible stories.”
Comparison between Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica series
Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“When you watch the Star Trek Enterprise run around in their fucking luxurious spaceship that is overpowered compared to everything. Half of the engagements that the Enterprise gets in, there's a moral dilemma on how bad ”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“Star Trek season one is atrocious and then it gets a little better. Battlestar Galactica before we change off of it.”
Long discussion of watching Star Trek episodes including favorite episodes like The Drumhead, the Data trial episode, and Worf's character arc across multiple shows
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I really liked the wharf episodes, The whole Worf tale is wonderful”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“If there's any actor you could swap in all of Star Trek, I can't think of a better candidate than Michael Dorn.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Jackie and I are watching Star Trek together 10 out of 10 recommendation”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“Yeah, the drumhead is one of my favorite Next Generation episodes.”
Discussion of Worf's character arc, story lines involving his family honor and battles, particularly episodes from Deep Space Nine and TNG movies
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I fucking like it great character yeah that be cool Captain Worf with his own fucking ship running at the fucking Klingon way and doing his own, he's about the same age as Picard was”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“My favorite episodes are the Worf episodes when he regains his family honor and fights in the Klingon Civil War and all that shit. He has some good story arcs.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“That's a good line. He's 68. If you were any other man, I would kill you where you stand. Great fucking line.”
Discussion of Star Trek TNG episodes. Comparison of Spock vs Data as crew members. Episode plots involving aliens and anomalies.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“tng is where it's at and then deep space nine afterwards and everything else is a fucking abomination”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Data. Why? I mean, he's incredibly advanced. He's super intelligent. He's 100% loyal. there's an episode where there's a, they stumble upon this alien race that doesn't want to be discovered”
Extensive discussion of the show's quality, episodes, and characters including Captain Picard's diplomatic approach
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“and picard just walks in front of them no and just fucking lays it out there just lays it down brings up these historical references and fucking points fingers and hurts feelings”
Taylor · unverified● neutral
“the philosophical star trek and then the action star trek and i don't know where strange new worlds is that”
Extensive discussion of The Next Generation series, specific episodes like Daxok (Season 5 Episode 2) and The Inner Light. Debated the quality of Patrick Stewart's theatrical approach to the role versus entertainment value.
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“this is like a really [ __ ] good episode for people because like if you really hate this episode then you'll you'll probably never find any beauty in it but if you could if you could find the beauty in this one there's ”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“he brings that to a Starship Captain I've watched movies where he and data sing back and forth to each other on the [ __ ] shuttle and I'm like bro you're not in a theater right now this is a TV show about space and lase”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the all the captains are different and they've all got their nuances um and I think and but they didn't acknowledge that it's cool yet that you could play the [ __ ] flute”
Discussion of signed memorabilia from TV series
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I've got the full cast of Star Trek the Next Generation Um signed by everybody whoopies in there”
Discussion of TNG episodes featuring Worf and claymation segments
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I loved when he abandoned his kid Taylor he had this boring [ __ ] annoying kid named Alexander”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love that Warf is Champion standing at the Kling on bat left tournament on Kronos or whatever the [ __ ]”
Discussion of specific episodes featuring Data and Deana Troy characters, including stretching scene and romantic subplot
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“this is one of my favorite scenes in All Star Trek this is Deana and the doctor stretching out”
Taylor · unverified◆ mixed
“Deana Troy is an Ugo she has an ugly face she got a flat she has the flattest ass in Starfleet”
Discussion of Captain Picard series and serialization in Star Trek
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“The Next Generation is to some extent it's the one with Captain Bard with the bald head and Warf and all those people that was made from roughly 1991 to like the the later 90s”
Multiple discussion questions about Star Trek species and Data's cat Spot
Taylor ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“what species known to the Borg as species 329 were deemed Unworthy of assimilation”
Kyle · unverified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“data had a cat what was data's cat's name”
Discussion of classic Star Trek series and proper viewing order for spinoffs
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I've been watching the series recently where these two guys watch Star Trek the Next Generation episodes together and one of them's never scene Star Trek”
Discussion of watching Star Trek TNG with Jackie and enjoyment of the show
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I'm gonna keep reminding you to tell Jackie to watch Star Trek because that's so good it's so cool it's so much Nostalgia and member berries I love it”
Discussion of Beverly Crusher character, stretching scenes, and ghost episodes
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“they're stretching out right now talking about how limber they are after she got [ __ ] by her Grandma's ghost lover”
Taylor discussed rewatching the series in high definition on Paramount Plus and appreciating it despite production limitations
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i've just been watching gordon ramsay oh and i've been watching star trek the next generation again but on paramount plus where it's in crystal clear high definition”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i like the [ __ ] sci-fi of it all but i also like the gamesmanship”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“i grew up watching that show with my dad from the time i was like five years old and uh i don't know i've always loved it”
Discussion of the TNG episode 'The Inner Light' where Picard lives an entire lifetime in a probe's consciousness.
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“the uh he was like 2001 a space odyssey where like the whole point is the science fiction”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“what i always liked about that episode is it kind of makes like when you're uh like a federation captain your most valuable thing is wisdom so who to be a better federation captain than a person who's lived two full live”
Discussion of the TNG episode 'Darmok' featuring the alien species communication through metaphor.
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“i love that episode it's just two really good actors on a planet they're like the plot is kind of silly the issue is silly there's a monster that's invisible so it's just two really good actors carrying this like silly c”
Extended discussion of Star Trek TNG featuring Worf and other characters; Kyle and Taylor discuss favorite characters and episodes, particularly Worf's story and Klingon culture
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“klingons are [ __ ] great uh they're my they're my favorite race in in all of uh star trek”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“dwarf is my favorite character in all star trek”
Harley discusses watching Next Generation and comparing it to other Star Trek series
Harley · unverified▲ positive
“it doesn't i don't vibe with it one bit uh but then i watched next generation and it was hard and like we brought this up kyle”