Star Trek Minute

In which the credits roll, and we catch up on the topics we missed during the season... Thanks to everyone for another great season! We'll be back soon to share our pain and discuss Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, one minute at a time. Remember, there will be hiatus episodes available on Patreon! Head to www.startrekminute.com and click Become a Patron for more details.

In which Scotty praises Kirk on high, the crew holds their collective breath, and we return to a familiar, but new, starship... Guest starring Kevin Miller from The Mortified Guide!

In which Sarek takes his leave, McCoy can't be happy about anything, Sulu and Scotty strongly disagree, and we discuss the very long character arc of Spock... Guest starring Kevin Miller!

In which Spock shares how kind he thinks his father is for making the effort, Sarek admits it was possible his judgement was incorrect, and we celebrate Patreon Week... Guest starring Kevin Miller!

In which Gillian and Kirk say their goodbyes, and we fill in some blanks from the novelization... Guest starring Kathy Stoker and Candice LaSalle!

In which we are introduced to Rob Gordon and the employees of Championship Vinyl as they apparently navigate the complex world of dating in Chicago... Music credits:"I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder"Town Called Malice" by The Jam

In which Kirk gets a lecture and is sentenced, the audience erupts in applause, and we discuss whether we prefer Admiral Kirk or Captain Kirk... Guest starring Kathy Stoker and Candice LaSalle!

In which we discuss more charges against the crew, the missing charges - what could they be, Dr. Gillian and her transformation, and we thank our patrons...

In which we discuss how much Dave dislikes the shuttle shot, the intersellar cast of characters at the trial, the accused being brought in and we go over the charges, one by one...

In which we discuss how this minute is joy for all of Starfleet, Chris really dislikes Rand's overexuberence, where is all that water going, and why does the Bird of Prey not sink...

In which we discuss our disappointments for this minute, arguing about hearing something underwater, and it is patron Friday and we thank all of them...

In which we talk about how the Traveler and Gracie spin with her eye looking right at us, the Monster from Looney Tunes, the discussion between Gracie and the Traveler and the idea of flames shooting out of the Traveler across the sky...

In which we discuss a quick recap from our mini hiatus, Dave believes that one of the whales is dead, where the lighting comes from on the Traveler, the brain special effects, and how things stay in orbit...

In which George and Gracie get free, Kirk impatiently waits for them to sing, and Starfleet Headquarters wonders what the heck is going on...

In which Kirk hunts underwater for the explosive override, finds it, pulls it, and blows the cargo bay doors...

In which Scotty saves Gillian, Kirk saves Scotty and Gillian, and Kirk make a dive without any thought...  

In which the HMS Bounty splashes down, the crew begins abandoning ship, the whales are trapped, and we digress from this minute so many times...

In which we return to Minute 30, the Bird-of-Prey fails at everything, and we speculate if there are two Birds-of-Prey in the solar system at this moment...  

In which Spock demands thruster control, the Sun gets whipped around, and our heroes find themselves back in the future, and back with The Traveler...  

  In which Gillian makes her case for coming with Kirk and the gang, the Bird-of-Prey experiences a power fall-off, and Spock reassures no one...

In which we discuss the cleanliness of the water, how long the whales can hold their breaths, Kirk has the poem in his back pocket, Dr. Gillian living a longer life, Kirk is to blame if they all die, and Chris is still working on his theory about Star Wars existing in Star Trek...

In which we discuss what is everyone calling Spock these days, Star Trek tension builders, it is canon that you can use warp speed in the atmosphere, Dr. Gillian makes a friend in Uhuru, we don't believe they couldn't figure out how much the whales and water weighs, and Spock makes a guess...

In which we discuss Booger and the Captain still evading the Bird of Prey, the alert noise by the whaling ship, the strain put on the ship beaming in the whales and how great Scotty really is...

In which we discuss how they did the harpoon special effect, whether or not Booger from Revenge of the Nerds makes an appearance, messing with the timeline again, the Captain lending a "helping hand" and both Chris and Dave want to destroy the whaling vessel...

In which George and Gracie are on the run (swim?) from whale hunters and... that's about it...

In which we discuss the length of time a movie should be, Chris puts his soapbox away but Dave gets on his about Dr. Gillian's awe and wonder, and we imaging what would have happened if Sulu locked phasers on the whales...

In which we discuss Spock's and McCoy's interaction - what is messing with Spock's computation and McCoy's smiles of satisfaction, Apple remotes, Uhuru's workstation madness and we started another hashtag, #followthetruck...

In which the Bird-of-Prey heads out, we get some fun procedural dialogue, and we do a LOT of impulse power math...

In which Gillian nearly kills Kirk and herself, Sulu forgets how to fly, and Todd and Margot wonder what the hell that was...

In which Chekov's slapstick rescue comes to a conclusion, Kirk and company are beamed safely back to Golden Gate Park, and Gillian makes her case for going to the 23rd century...

In which Chekov dreams of being an admiral, cops are fooled again, and the escape begins...

In which McCoy continues his rant against medievalism, Kirk chastises folks for their unprofessionalism, and a phaser makes an oh-so-brief appearance...

In which McCoy is on fire - criticizing interns, talking his way past security guards, and arguing with medieval surgeons...

In which we discuss tic tacs curing kidney problems, McCoy giving great bedside manner, Kirk's ability to use a three-ring binder, Kirk and company being in disguise, and we get to see Hall and Oates in the elevator...

In which we discuss McCoy's humor, Chris wonders what is wrong with Chekov while Dave was concerned that Chekov was going to die, Dr. Gillian running the show, and we both wonder if McCoy is an elitist...

In which we discuss Dr. Gillians first beaming and her demeanor, the package that is now a clear wall, amount of time it takes to ship whales to Alaska, are Vulcans actually elves in disguise and Chris sometimes thinks this is Wrath of Khan...

In which we discuss Scotty’s missing finger, bad special effects, bad miming, Scotty’s choice of yelling down to Admiral Kirk, Dr. Gillian and the transporter, and Chris is going to play follow the package...

In which we discuss how we were duped into believing that was a real helicopter, the state of the art windshield wiper special effects, Dr. Gillians run in with the ship, and how we are going to question every effect from now on...

In which Gillian finds that George and Gracie are gone, smacks the hell out of Bob, throws a haymaker at her truck, and Sulu flys a chopper...

In which Kirk gets in a snit, Spock has an insight about the Admiral, and Gillian arrives at a closed Cetacean Institute...

In which Chekov makes a run for it, marines and sailors hit the deck, and Chekov may or may not be dead at end of the minute...

In which we get a "who's on first" interrogation, an FBI agent gets close to blowing a fuse, and Chekov makes a break for it...

In which Mr. Chekov tries to get beamed out, Mr. Scott loses Mr. Chekov, and the Marines capture Mr. Chekov...

In which Uhura quietly asks Scotty to beam her out, things happen, and Uhura beams out...

In which we discuss Kirk getting salty with Spock in front of McCoy and Scotty, how board Uhuru and Chekov are waiting for the photons to be collected, the command duty officer appears to be overdressed and Chris things every minute is from Close Encounters…

In which we discuss the size of the pizza pie, the transporter lights and sounds - are they real, would Dr. Gillian turn around and look for Kirk, Dave thinks Kirk has had his fill of Spock and we wonder if McCoy is managing Scotty…

In which we discuss walking around a spaceship, messing with the timeline, breaking the Prime Directive, a self imposed time crunch, and we get word what Checkov and Uhuru are really in front of…

In which we debate whether the reactor is the real reactor, what the red room contains with all that smoke, a lot of backlights in the park and Spock’s photon collector looks almost too perfect…

In which we discuss how a whale could be very pregnant, Kirk telling us there is no money in the future, but Vonda tells us something different, how a German Shepherd is known as a Alsatian, and we give thanks to our patrons…

In which we discuss how a future person would tell a person in the present about how they are from the future, McDonald’s in Star Trek, finding out Kirk if from Iowa and we get some background from Vonda…

In which we discuss a Michelob taste test on air, beeper and pager and portable phones, do communcators have mute buttons, and does Dr. Gillian even know their names?