The Brothers Trek Podcast

This Week: The Underrated (??) Spock's Brain. Matt wonders if not using the word brain may have made this episode better. Ken suggests that some of the ideas of this episode are before their time. Why would Gene Coon produce a stinker like this? All this and more!!!!

This Week! Matt talks about box office failures and how the composition of this episode shows it, Ken compares this episode to a mummy movie. Matt worries about the PTSD that many of the characters will have to endure, while Ken then sums up some Jung and Freud for us. All this and more!

This week! Matt makes jokes Ken doesn't think are funny. Ken draws on history for parallels in this story and Matt recalls the Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas. All this and more!

This week! We talk about using similar ideas from one episode to the next and if it's a good thing, we talk again about the Disney movie Smith!, how Playboy in the 60's could get you an acting career, and we discuss how small pox made the Native Americans look even more primitive. All this and more!!

This week: Matt sometimes says Klingen. *Shrug emoji* Ken elaborates on hidden storyline in this episode. We discuss a darkened Enterprise Bridge and Matt does a sometimes good sometimes bad Kirk in the episode. Plus our regular recap and review and Spock's brother Sperk.

This Week we qare back with the start of Season 3. We discuss telepathy in Star Trek, Aliens of Star Trek, how time travel might make you uncouth. Spock keeps forgetting who's in charge of all this. Until he doesn't. ANNNDDD we discuss the cheap price they produced this episode at. All this and so much more!!

It's Lucille Ball week as we discuss the new documentary and new movie starting Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. We take Lucy through her career and marriage to Desi. We talk about Desilu's formation and how Lucy became sole runner of the studio which produced Star Trek. After the first half hour we discuss the the write-in campaing that kept Trek on the air, Nimoy's requests, and we discuss a new Star Trek preview and how Picard used Star Trek: Online to find new types of shifts. All this and more!!!

This week: 2001 A Space Odyssey. We discuss THE movie that influences Lots of Sci-Fi to come including the Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Wars. We discuss the Lynchian mood of the end of this film with a toe dip into Season Three of Twin Peaks. Matt talks about how this movie is full of the things he usually hates but yet succeed in this movie. We discuss parallels of 2001 to Star Trek:TMP all the while Ken describes the movie as an art piece.

This week: It's a quick overview of the politics, pop culture and television of 1968. This week discuss the Rural Purge of television and what this means for the medium. We discuss the the Vietnam and how TV brought that to life for audiences of the sixties. And we discuss why Matlock and Murder She Wrote were so popular in the 90's and we somehow always bring back to Trek. All this and much more!

This week: Ken loves the episode, Matt is less sure. Ken discusses ideology while Matt pokes holes. There's also a lot of laughter in this episode on both sides. Ken reminds us to never underestimate the fountain of youth, a recurring Trek trope. We also discuss the many different ways people enjoy content and we bring up Lower Decks a couple of times. All this an much more!

This week: An extra long episode of our show for a still relevant episode the Original Series. Daystrom worries he's another Newton peaking way to young with nothing new to give. Matt and Ken make too many jokes about computers. Ken pulls out a reference to Enterprise Matt doesn't know. Hero Shatner does not like to be short. And Matt makes a commercial for the M-5! all this and more!

This Week: Space Nazis, Another Prime Directive broken. Another space land where everyone dresses in the 40's, George Lucas walks by set, and Teen magazines and torture! All this and so much more!!!

This week! So much Behind the scenes! What does a class M planet mean and what are the others? Too Much Shatner? Also No Tears For Caeser. Nimoy is a whole other character...All this And So MUCH MORE!!!

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THIS WEEK! A very up and down episode for Matt. Scotty gets people drunk! SEX on the Enterprise? The only crew woman in red to die in TOS. Matt tries to rewrite this episode a few too many times. Persnickety is used. All this and more!

This Week: Shatner has fun. The Final Laugh from Gene Coon. Fizzbin. Mel the Cook on Alice... and so much more in the final comedic gem of the Gene Coon era.

This week: The Enterprise meets a giant Space Amoeba! We discuss why Trek isn't hard SCI-FI. What things sometimes get lost in the rewrites. Why sometimes you got to tell Geordi to die. Actors vs. Directors and Spock has the Force. All this an more in today's brand new EPISODE!

THIS WEEK: Another Moby Dick Story, Kirk might beat up McCoy, why superhero movie work, and Kirk does something that could cause a class action suit! All this and more as we talk about Star Trek's Obsession!

We are back! Here's a little info about where we've been and what the future plan is. THEN: We discuss Lower Decks, Star Trek: Picard and updates from Strange New Worlds. See you in 2 weeks!

this week! We discuss why Gene Coon was able to get away with another comedic episode. Ken discusses the Planet-of-hats trope. Mel the Cook on Alice! The useless computer trope also returns. Matt does loses his voice doing all the accents and even Ken enjoys this humorous episode. All this and more!

This Week! It's the Immunity Syndrome. Ken deep dives into Star Trek as either Hard or Soft Science. Since this episode is the final episode with director Peveny Matt talks about how actors changed in the 60's due to Method acting from where they once were. We discuss summer reruns. We debate the idea that Vulcans can feel the deaths of Vulcans across the galaxy. Is it possible? And then we discuss Sybock cause why not? All this and so much more! Give this great episode a listen.

This week! Gamesters or Gamers? Matt discovers the oft referenced quatloos. Matt harps on the fact this 'B' story doesn't hold it's own. Another rumor gets floated that the the show is on it's way off the air. Bones discusses a transporter malfunction that Scott will use in a few decades to end up in TNG. Matt gets a little sassy with the dialogue, while Ken disagrees and enjoys some of it! All this and more!

This week! We discuss SDCC news! And how excited we are for that PIcard show. We then pick up where we left off with A Private Little War and it's Recap! Is it sex or is it medicine? Blonde hair = good guy== Dark hair = Bad guy or gal. These aren't flint-lock rifles they are muskets! And Matt sings some Hamlton while Ken fills in some back informatin from the Federalist papers that and more in this extra wide double cab of an episode!

This week! Ken talks in depthly about the Vietnam allergory. I mean totally. It's a lot but all fascinating. Matt tells us Twiggy had a sitcom. Which then sets Ken off on a conversation about art and just being entertained by what you are watching. All this and so much more! And Look for Part 2 next week!

Happy Fourth of July weekend to those of you in the States. THIS WEEK! We discuss a most amazing and layered episode. Family intrigue, political intrigue and sassy Vulcans. This episode has it all. We discuss some DC Fontana lore about Spock. Would Amanda really blurt all that important young Spock information like that? And finally, Ken hears Matt make a mistake when discussing a drug not a jug and Ken Spends 5 minutes laughing at it. All this much more!

This week! Matt says "One of the best shows of us I edited in a while. Great discussion." We talk about what 1960's Rome might look like. We discuss what slavery was in times of ancient Greece and Rome and how modern conviences led to the end of the household servants. Ken tells us his about some Barbarians of ancient times. Ken blows Matt's mind by telling him that this show contains some slams against NBC. All this and way more!

This week is pure behind the scenes goodness. We discuss the buyout of Desilu by Paramount. We discuss the tension on Gene Coon which led to his leaving. And we discuss a bit about the publicity tour that Shatner and Nimoy went on all. Back next week with Bread and Circuses!

Happy memorial Day weekend! This week! Ken talks about a fan fiction he wrote. The writer discusses Roddenberry's "Meddling" as he calls it and thinks it why this episode works so much better than it could have. We discuss comedy in Star Trek and how to use it and Matt Makes a case for Star Trek VI as his favorite movie and why it works so well. We talk a little about Koloth and William Campbell, and it's interesting to note how SOME people feel this episode isn't TREK worthy at all and most people feel this is essential TREK. All this and more!

This week! The return of Mudd. Matt discusses the sad spoiler in the title despite it being written before spoilers were a thing. More behind the scenes drama. Spock is funny again. Matt talk about logic problems that throw him for a loop. All this and much more!

This Week! The APPLE! We discuss right at the beginning how boring space travel would probably be. Ken discusses the problem between realism and drama. We discuss the weird sexual politics both on and off the screen during this episode. Robert Justman and Spock have some snappy comebacks. We discuss how unsafe television effects were in the 60's, and Ken rewrites some They Might Be Giants on the fly to fit this episode.

This week! We introduce a new important member of the production crew, we talk about Swahili and Uhura. DC Fonatana's dislike of this script, how Nomad gets left a lone alot, the importance of Nomad as a character, how the force of 90 torpedoes sounds like it might be too much, and we discuss Astro-cartography and how it's not what you think. Now you know!

This week we cover so much! We discuss the finale of season 2 while also covering a bit about the entire season as a whole. Ken talks a bit about the difference between Star Trek and Star Wars and how ths battle leans on the Wars. Ken then expresses his annoyance at the major warp away from Canon. Matt questions the durability of a THAT blast door. And we discuss the very sad goodbye between Spock and Burnham and then how much we disliked the contrivance to never hear about Burnham or Discovery again. AND SO MUCH MORE!

This week! We discuss fan expectations as it relates to Game of Thrones and Discovery. We discuss the new Enterprise redesign. Matt wonders why Burnham let the crew come with her, we try and guess what the future will bring for season 3, Burnham's importance to the show, and if getting away from the canon we know is good or bad idea. All this an much more!

This week! Ken and I try and remember the Walk through the valley of the Shadow of death Line. Ken reminds of the Menagerie. Ken does an impression of Culber trying to get friends. We discuss why time wars are impossible. Matt tells us we don't need to asnwer for every little question which leads us to discuss why conspiracy theories also fall apart. All this an much more.

This week! Matt fixes a mistake, pats himself on the back for correct guesses, then forgets to talk about things. We discuss Mama Burnham and her troubles. We discuss Time as a character. And Ken reminds us how all of this relates to Trek as we know it. All this and more!

Back From Vacation: This week are 2 Episodes in one! This week, we discuss the trolly problem, again! Matt wonders about the Grandfather Paradox as used in this episode. We discuss the amazing work being done by Ethan Peck with his Spock and how the 2 best scenes in these episodes involved him and Burnham. All this and much more. An Hour worth of fun!

This week! Matt apologizes and then gushes about this episode. We discuss the how this episode is the perfect sequel to The Cage and the better set up for the Menagerie. Matt discusses Nostalgia and Ken talks some more. All this and more!

This week! We talk about Event Televison and how that differs from watching TV in the Past. Matt also recalls for our family there's always been event television. Ken mentions our love for Torchy's Tacos. Matt seems to be content to believe Georgiou thinking the writers are softening her while Ken still believes that she is not to be trusted. We talk about Amanda and Sarek and their relationship. All this and more!

This week Matt and Ken take on those who don't think Season 3 should happen and those who don't think this true show is Star Trek. Also this week Saru does what Matt wanted and saves his people, it just doesn't go the way he thought. We discuss the similarities of Fantastic Beasts and and Discovery. Matt throws a theory which then turns not to be true about the Kelpians. And lastly, not suprisingly we deep dive into the Prime Directive. All this and, as always, more, more and more!

Finally back! Work was killer last week, so sorry. But we're here! This week we discuss where the Georgiou character is going. We want more of the arc a little more often! We discuss the return of Culber and speculate where his journey might end up. We talk a lot about Section 31 and how they are like the CIA as we know it today. We discuss Tilly and Mae's new friendship, Ken drinks a Coke, and Matt discusses his wish for more Chris Pine Kirk.

This week! Matt is worried that the big reveal of what Burnham did to Spock won't live up to the hype and Ken is there to talk him down. Also we discuss the New Picard show. Does this #1 reconcile with the one we see on the Original TOS Pilot? We deep dive into the structure of this episode and realize why last week's didn't work. Also wik the Universal Translator, how much we'll miss Pike when he leaves, and Matt realizes that while he hates the Saru story in this episode he loves where it's going to go. You can't miss this!

Welcome back, and as always, thanks for listening. This week we discuss the Discovery episode Point of Light. We discuss how this title intersects with a Next Generation episode. We talk about how much Matt was back and forth on liking this episode which to him felt a bit rushed and not connective to the 2 stories. Ken discuss radio bursts IRL that are occurring in another Galaxy! The real red angel? We discuss Ash and Burnham, how this Amanda matches TOS Amanda, and how Matt hates documentaries about wigs. All this and more!

Before you watch Episode 3 this week listen to our breakdown of New Eden. This week, we discuss the Prime Directive, we discuss Spock's whereabouts, we deep dive into story structure, we discuss faith and Star Trek and we meet Ariam on the bridge. All this and more and more and more!

Finally! This week Episode 1 of Season 2 Discovery. We discuss Pike, Ken discusses some ships of the fleet and their aesthetic, we discuss the new information we have on the character of Sarek and his "Humanosity," we speculate where the Enterprise really was during the Klingon War, and discuss the big tease this episode is to get to get Spock.

This week we're back watching Star Trek: Discovery Short Treks. We're recapping them so you don't have to watch them. 4 Great Trek stories that give us further insight to the characters of Discovery. We discuss the language of Trek, we discuss the silliness of Tilly finding someone who can regrow dilithium crystals, and we discuss the sadness of Calypso. We also ramp up to Episode of Disocvery! All this an more!

This week it's Wolf in the Fold. We talk about Belly Dancing and it's origins. We discuss why Scotty was a better choice for the accused in this episode over Sulu or Bones. Ken discusses the idea of this being on another planet sometimes just feels like being in another country. We discuss Piglet, for reasons. We discuss Jimmy Doohan's missing finger, not for the last time. And finally for some reason whenever Matt reads the prefects lines he yells them. We don't know either.... all this and more and more and more!

Happy New Year! As promised a second episode this week for the New Year. This week it's The Doomsday Machine. This week, Ken idly wonders what Robert Justman would think of Discovery. Matt decides he really likes this episode. How amazing the Special Effects are with just a windsock and plaster of paris. Ken starts to understand why Shatner acts the way he does. We compare Decker to Lorca, talk about Star Trek:TMP and we question putting the Impulse drive into the warp drive and all the behind scenes information you would want to know plus fun! All this and more!!!

Hey we're back! Due to holiday obligations and more end of the year craziness we're late! But we're bringing you not one but TWO new shows this week. First off it's Amok Time! Spock goes home. He has to get married. But he's in a fever with the Pan Farr! We get more Kirk/Spock love in this episode. "He's saved my life 100 times, isn't that worth a career?" Plus then a fight with Kirk and SPOCK! what??? All this is discussed an more this week!

This week we're trying to figure out Who Mourns for Adonis? We discuss Carolyn's instant love for Apollo and how her actions in the script are ultimately what brings down this mighty God. We talk about the well used speech pattern of Apollo and the awkwardly titled Rape of the Wind. And last;y, we discuss more behind the scenes problems around the set. All this plus our normal recap of the show!

This week it's Friday's child! We discuss DC Fontana's original take on this script. And how we lose some of the story in Roddenberry's translation. We talk about the Prime Directive and why the Federation an Klingons are even here! Or Klingens as Chekov and Alena call them. Why Matt hates names like Ma'a, why Julie Newmar held up production and Ken complains about the SOLO movie. All this an more on this week's episode.

This week it's Metamorphosis! Episode 2 of Season 2 For the first time we meet Zephyrm Cochran, creator of the warp drive. We discuss how such a well known historical figure doesn't get recognized right away... to which then Matt solves the puzzle. We discuss this week's co-star Elinor Donahue who was on a sitcom in the 50's and the 2 important tricks to acting on screen she learned during this episode. We talk about the Universal Translator for a bit since it makes it's debut in this episode. Plus we discuss the ins and outs of abandoning a historical figure on a planet And lastly, there are BONGOS in the opening theme now! All this and much more!