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The second half of the 1st season of Discovery took us to a new universe. Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory discuss this as the moment when the show really started to get its legs under it and why that is. Plus the mystery of Ash Tyler and the reveal of Captain Killy.

The second half of the 1st season of Discovery took us to a new universe. Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory discuss this as the moment when the show really started to get its legs under it and why that is. Plus the mystery of Ash Tyler and the reveal of Captain Killy. The post Despite Yourself (DIS) appeared first on SQPN.com.

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 3 Episode 11 – Su’Kal We’re back!!! Ruthie and Brian talk through Star Trek: Discovery, Season 3 Episode 11, titled Su’Kal. This episode was written by Anne Cofell Saunders, and it was directed by Norma Bailey. For the final four episodes, we are switching to a Saturday morning recording schedule due to the holiday season. Because of that, we are extending the deadlines to Saturday morning. Keep this in mind, especially for you European listeners. You have an extra 11 hours to get in your feedback to us! That may mean that the episodes may come out later than normal as well. Unfortunately, if I can’t get the episode’s editing completed by Sunday night, most weeks, it turns into a several night thing. SPOILERS AHEAD!!! If you haven’t seen this episode of Star Trek: Discovery, stop right now!!! Go watch it, then come back!!! We’ll be here for you! Chapters 00:00:00 STDP 058 – Su’Kal (Star Trek: Discovery S3E11)00:00:17 Intro00:01:08 Feedback for Previous Episodes00:18:22 About Su’Kal00:19:57 Ratings00:24:47 Yeses00:47:10 Nos01:16:47 Hold Your Horses01:35:59 Listener Feedback02:07:55 Our Notes02:11:41 Shipwide Announcements02:24:04 Wrap Up Subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to catch our Discovery episodes! Make sure you have subscribed to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to get these episodes when they come unless you listen to us on the All-Inclusive feed, or on YouTube. Next, we will be discussing Season 3 Episode 12 of Star Trek: Discovery titled There Is A Tide… (formerly believed to be The Good of the People). The deadline for the rest of the season will be Saturday, 6 AM Eastern/5 AM Central. Check the Facebook group for any updates. Your feedback is SO important to us!!! Links to us… Want to participate? Join our Facebook group! And follow us on Twitter! And don’t forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts! While you do, we’d appreciate it if you can leave us a review, hopefully, a 5-star! Or, if not, a rating will do!!! You can do the same on Podchaser. You can leave us a review on several different platforms here. Also, you can leave us a review on the Talk Through Media Facebook page. And don’t forget to sign up for our Patreon to get access to our Patreon episodes. Sign up to CBS All Access! Help support the podcast! If you sign up from this link, you’ll help support the podcast, as CBS gives us a small referral fee, and it costs you nothing! Star Trek: Discovery is now streaming on CBS All Access! Click this banner to sign up, and you’ll help support the podcast! Speaking of our Patreon… We have released our eighth Patreon calls so far. We were hoping to schedule a Patreon this weekend, but we were unable to due to the power outage. If you want to listen to it when it comes out, sign up to our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/brianandruthie for as little as $1/month and you’ll get access! Become a Patron! Watch this episode on YouTube!

Ruthie & Brian talk through S3E11 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled Su'Kal. Discovery finds the source of The Burn, and Osyraa finds them.

Ruthie & Brian talk through S3E11 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled Su'Kal. Discovery finds the source of The Burn, and Osyraa finds them.

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 3 Episode 11 – Su’Kal We’re back!!! Ruthie and Brian talk through Star Trek: Discovery, Season 3 Episode 11, titled Su’Kal. This episode was written by Anne Cofell Saunders, and it was directed by Norma Bailey. For the final four episodes, we are switching to a Saturday morning recording schedule due to the holiday season. Because of that, we are extending the deadlines to Saturday morning. Keep this in mind, especially for you European listeners. You have an extra 11 hours to get in your feedback to us! That may mean that the episodes may come out later than normal as well. Unfortunately, if I can’t get the episode’s editing completed by Sunday night, most weeks, it turns into a several night thing. SPOILERS AHEAD!!! If you haven’t seen this episode of Star Trek: Discovery, stop right now!!! Go watch it, then come back!!! We’ll be here for you! Chapters 00:00:00 STDP 058 – Su’Kal (Star Trek: Discovery S3E11)00:00:17 Intro00:01:08 Feedback for Previous Episodes00:18:22 About Su’Kal00:19:57 Ratings00:24:47 Yeses00:47:10 Nos01:16:47 Hold Your Horses01:35:59 Listener Feedback02:07:55 Our Notes02:11:41 Shipwide Announcements02:24:04 Wrap Up Subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to catch our Discovery episodes! Make sure you have subscribed to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to get these episodes when they come unless you listen to us on the All-Inclusive feed, or on YouTube. Next, we will be discussing Season 3 Episode 12 of Star Trek: Discovery titled There Is A Tide… (formerly believed to be The Good of the People). The deadline for the rest of the season will be Saturday, 6 AM Eastern/5 AM Central. Check the Facebook group for any updates. Your feedback is SO important to us!!! Links to us… Want to participate? Join our Facebook group! And follow us on Twitter! And don’t forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts! While you do, we’d appreciate it if you can leave us a review, hopefully, a 5-star! Or, if not, a rating will do!!! You can do the same on Podchaser. You can leave us a review on several different platforms here. Also, you can leave us a review on the Talk Through Media Facebook page. And don’t forget to sign up for our Patreon to get access to our Patreon episodes. Sign up to CBS All Access! Help support the podcast! If you sign up from this link, you’ll help support the podcast, as CBS gives us a small referral fee, and it costs you nothing! Star Trek: Discovery is now streaming on CBS All Access! Click this banner to sign up, and you’ll help support the podcast! Speaking of our Patreon… We have released our eighth Patreon calls so far. We were hoping to schedule a Patreon this weekend, but we were unable to due to the power outage. If you want to listen to it when it comes out, sign up to our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/brianandruthie for as little as $1/month and you’ll get access! Become a Patron! Watch this episode on YouTube!

Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Our episode review spreadsheet NEWS • Chris Doohan EVENTS • Dec 26, 2020 @ 9pm PT - #TOSSatNight - Friday’s Child • Dec 29, 2020 @ 1pm PT - #StarTrekHour - Su’Kal OUR WEEK IN TREK • John Billingsly (Phlox) on The Hungry Trillobyte podcast • The Trek Files is back for season six! with Grace Lee Whitney’s son, Jonathan Whitney Dweck • How To Kill An Hour podcast with David Ajala TEN FORWARD WITH CHRIS ON TWITTER • This Week's Question: What qualities does a person must have in order to be a good villain in Star Trek? EPISODE INSIGHT DSC S3 E11 Su’Kal Spoilers begin at 23:58 • The Ready Room • A 360-Degree View Of A Curious Scene From Season 3 • Dilithium Planet graphics • Captain Killy moving painting ~~~ If you’d like to help others find This Week in Trek, please leave us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts!

Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Our episode review spreadsheet NEWS • Chris Doohan EVENTS • Dec 26, 2020 @ 9pm PT - #TOSSatNight - Friday’s Child • Dec 29, 2020 @ 1pm PT - #StarTrekHour - Su’Kal OUR WEEK IN TREK • John Billingsly (Phlox) on The Hungry Trillobyte podcast • The Trek Files is back for season six! with Grace Lee Whitney’s son, Jonathan Whitney Dweck • How To Kill An Hour podcast with David Ajala TEN FORWARD WITH CHRIS ON TWITTER • This Week's Question: What qualities does a person must have in order to be a good villain in Star Trek? EPISODE INSIGHT DSC S3 E11 Su’Kal Spoilers begin at 23:58 • The Ready Room • A 360-Degree View Of A Curious Scene From Season 3 • Dilithium Planet graphics • Captain Killy moving painting ~~~ If you’d like to help others find This Week in Trek, please leave us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts!

Ruthie and Brian talk through S3E10 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled Terra Firma, Part 2. Georgiou is back in the Mirror Universe but determined to rule things differently than before, trying to get Mirror Burnham back in the fold, saving herself in the process.

Ruthie and Brian talk through S3E10 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled Terra Firma, Part 2. Georgiou is back in the Mirror Universe but determined to rule things differently than before, trying to get Mirror Burnham back in the fold, saving herself in the process.

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 3 Episode 10 – Terra Firma, Part 2 We’re back!!! Ruthie and Brian talk through Star Trek: Discovery, Season 3 Episode 10, titled Terra Firma, Part 2. This episode’s teleplay was written by Kalinda Vazquez, with the story by Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt & Alan McElroy, and it was directed by Chloe Domont. For the final four episodes, we are switching to a Saturday morning recording schedule due to the holiday season. Because of that, we are extending the deadlines to Saturday morning. Keep this in mind, especially for you European listeners. You have an extra 11 hours to get in your feedback to us! That may mean that the episodes may come out later than normal as well. Unfortunately, if I can’t get the episode’s editing completed by Sunday night, most weeks, it turns into a several night thing. SPOILERS AHEAD!!! If you haven’t seen this episode of Star Trek: Discovery, stop right now!!! Go watch it, then come back!!! We’ll be here for you! Chapters 00:00:00 STDP 057 – Terra Firma, Part 2 (Star Trek: Discovery S3E10)00:00:17 Intro00:01:13 Feedback from Previous Episodes00:20:14 About Terra Firma, Part 200:22:29 Ratings00:27:51 Yeses01:03:17 Nos01:23:33 Hold Your Horses01:37:13 Listener Feedback02:01:57 Our Notes02:05:34 Shipwide Announcements02:14:12 Wrap Up Subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to catch our Discovery episodes! Make sure you have subscribed to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to get these episodes when they come unless you listen to us on the All-Inclusive feed, or on YouTube. Next, we will be discussing Season 3 Episode 11 of Star Trek: Discovery titled Su’Kal (formerly believed to be titled The Citadel). The deadline for the rest of the season will be Saturday, 6 AM Eastern/5 AM Central due to the holiday season. Check the Facebook group for any updates. Your feedback is SO important to us!!! Don’t forget! If you have been listening to us on the Star Trek Picard Cast feed, subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast to get the Discovery episodes. If you’re listening to us on the Talk Through Media All-Inclusive Feed, there’s nothing for you to do. Links to us… Want to participate? Join our Facebook group! And follow us on Twitter! And don’t forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts! While you do, we’d appreciate it if you can leave us a review, hopefully, a 5-star! Or, if not, a rating will do!!! You can do the same on Podchaser. You can leave us a review on several different platforms here. Also, you can leave us a review on the Talk Through Media Facebook page. And don’t forget to sign up for our Patreon to get access to our Patreon episodes. Sign up to CBS All Access! Help support the podcast! If you sign up from this link, you’ll help support the podcast, as CBS gives us a small referral fee, and it costs you nothing! Star Trek: Discovery is now streaming on CBS All Access! Click this banner to sign up, and you’ll help support the podcast! Speaking of our Patreon… We have released our eighth Patreon calls so far. We were hoping to schedule a Patreon this weekend, but we were unable to due to the power outage. If you want to listen to it when it comes out, sign up to our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/brianandruthie for as little as $1/month and you’ll get access! Become a Patron! Watch this episode on YouTube!

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 3 Episode 10 – Terra Firma, Part 2 We’re back!!! Ruthie and Brian talk through Star Trek: Discovery, Season 3 Episode 10, titled Terra Firma, Part 2. This episode’s teleplay was written by Kalinda Vazquez, with the story by Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt & Alan McElroy, and it was directed by Chloe Domont. For the final four episodes, we are switching to a Saturday morning recording schedule due to the holiday season. Because of that, we are extending the deadlines to Saturday morning. Keep this in mind, especially for you European listeners. You have an extra 11 hours to get in your feedback to us! That may mean that the episodes may come out later than normal as well. Unfortunately, if I can’t get the episode’s editing completed by Sunday night, most weeks, it turns into a several night thing. SPOILERS AHEAD!!! If you haven’t seen this episode of Star Trek: Discovery, stop right now!!! Go watch it, then come back!!! We’ll be here for you! Chapters 00:00:00 STDP 057 – Terra Firma, Part 2 (Star Trek: Discovery S3E10)00:00:17 Intro00:01:13 Feedback from Previous Episodes00:20:14 About Terra Firma, Part 200:22:29 Ratings00:27:51 Yeses01:03:17 Nos01:23:33 Hold Your Horses01:37:13 Listener Feedback02:01:57 Our Notes02:05:34 Shipwide Announcements02:14:12 Wrap Up Subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to catch our Discovery episodes! Make sure you have subscribed to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to get these episodes when they come unless you listen to us on the All-Inclusive feed, or on YouTube. Next, we will be discussing Season 3 Episode 11 of Star Trek: Discovery titled Su’Kal (formerly believed to be titled The Citadel). The deadline for the rest of the season will be Saturday, 6 AM Eastern/5 AM Central due to the holiday season. Check the Facebook group for any updates. Your feedback is SO important to us!!! Don’t forget! If you have been listening to us on the Star Trek Picard Cast feed, subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast to get the Discovery episodes. If you’re listening to us on the Talk Through Media All-Inclusive Feed, there’s nothing for you to do. Links to us… Want to participate? Join our Facebook group! And follow us on Twitter! And don’t forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts! While you do, we’d appreciate it if you can leave us a review, hopefully, a 5-star! Or, if not, a rating will do!!! You can do the same on Podchaser. You can leave us a review on several different platforms here. Also, you can leave us a review on the Talk Through Media Facebook page. And don’t forget to sign up for our Patreon to get access to our Patreon episodes. Sign up to CBS All Access! Help support the podcast! If you sign up from this link, you’ll help support the podcast, as CBS gives us a small referral fee, and it costs you nothing! Star Trek: Discovery is now streaming on CBS All Access! Click this banner to sign up, and you’ll help support the podcast! Speaking of our Patreon… We have released our eighth Patreon calls so far. We were hoping to schedule a Patreon this weekend, but we were unable to due to the power outage. If you want to listen to it when it comes out, sign up to our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/brianandruthie for as little as $1/month and you’ll get access! Become a Patron! Watch this episode on YouTube!

WWE: Saru SLAM! Spoiler alert - Torture, Betrayal, Murder, and Death all come to this episode. The Mirror Universe scenario plays out from last week: Georgiou gets weighed, Saru can body slam you off of the ceiling, and mystery man Carl turns out to be quite the throwback Trek reference. -Brought to you by Section 31- Nathan Adams Heather Ferris Rocky Robinson Patrick Hall 00:00 Welcome to show 50! 01:00 Playing Horsey - Referencing the ongoing "HR" joke 02:00 Not pleasant? No! Welcome to our show! 02:20 Kids warning 02:40 The Tribbles have band? or OH! that's Brown Chicken Brown Cow 03:45 Brought to you by Section 31 04:20 News - Lower Decks Season 2 coming in 2021 - Deep in production - and more Tendi/Rutherford 05:30 Mr. Frakes aka Will Riker 06:00 News - Picard Season 1 on Blu-Ray and more Jan 25th, 2021 07:00 News - Lower Decks Season 1 releasing world wide Jan 22nd, 2021 08:00 If you watch them, you can listen to our older shows! *Shameless plug 09:30 Testing the filters 10:00 Along with us for the ride. 10:30 Cortical Stimulators are becoming real? Yeah Science! 11:20 Trans-ducers? 12:00 Can you feel it? 12:30 It was the podcast before Christmas... 13:00 Hard times 13:13 Star Trek: Discovery - Season 3, Episode 10 - "Terra Firma, Part2" 14:00 Did you see the opening credits? 15:00 Spit Take 15:30 Scared Spit less 16:00 That quote sounds familiar... 17:00 Nature vs. Nurture, vs. Captain KILLY!!! 18:10 Rot in Hell, Bitch! 18:30 Learning from pain 19:30 Motivated by pain 20:00 Sometimes it's just a booty call 20:20 Remote Control Control 21:10 Act I: Betrayal 22:10 Autocorrecting yourself 23:00 Night Terrors 23:30 Fireflies 24:20 Slice of Wonder...Bread 25:00 The long game 25:30 She's got the Tantalus thing...Wait, are we talking about sex? 26:20 Tantric Sex 27:30 This Georgiou 28:30 Your best weapon 29:00 Georgiou and Mirror Saru 30:00 Landry killed again! 30:50 Mirror Detmer 31:45 I'm gonna make it rain! 32:15 Stabby Stabby Stabby 32:45 It actually happened 33:00 Democracy is Fragile 33:30 Space Force?! Don't even go there! 34:00 Act II: Double-cross 35:15 Saru Body Slam! 36:15 All defensive vs all offensive 38:00 My Michael 38:40 Stab and Head-shot 39:20 Killy knew 39:40 Terran Friendship 40:20 Once a traitor, always a traitor 40:50 Torture stories 41:50 That's too quick 42:30 Big Belly defense 43:15 Act III: The Doors 43:30 The GUARDIAN OF FOREVER!!! 44:30 That was kinda cool 45:50 Guardian built by ancient version of Q 46:15 Didn't like becoming a portal of death 46:30 Star Trek TOS: City on the Edge of Forever 46:50 The Clerks connection 47:20 That whole thing was real. Saru's ripples 47:45 Killy and Kelpian taste 49:00 Where/When did Georgiou go? 49:30 The portal stripped her? 50:20 The headlines 51:30 Jett Reno! 51:40 This is not food 52:20 RTFM, RTTM 53:00 The goodbye salutes 53:30 You are my Philippa 54:00 The three month day 54:30 The fucking weather 55:10 Happy accidents in film 56:50 A good photo-bomb 57:15 Act IV: Deceased 58:00 Two snaps up and a backspace 58:50 She's like the best character 59:00 Thoughts of Harry Kim 1:00:00 Voyager Nookie 1:01:30 She had no tact. God I loved that about her. 1:02:00 That sounds like fan fiction...Or our show?! 1:02:40 Saru's discussion with the Admiral 1:03:20 There's a life-sign on that ship 1:03:40 Get his Kelpy-On 1:04:00 Pronunciations 1:04:30 Why are we talking about Stargate? 1:05:00 Watch the 4400 1:06:00 And The Stand is on CBS All Access 1:07:00 And Watch Spielberg's Taken 1:08:00 Dinner with salad? 1:08:10 Thanks for listening! Email: thecollective@starfleetunderground.com Website: starfleetunderground.com Twitter: twitter.com/StarfleetUnderG Instagram: instagram.com/starfleetunderground Facebook: facebook.com/starfleetunderground YouTube: www.youtube.com/Qtsy16 Explicit

Today we discuss the conclusion to "Terra Firma Part 2" in Star Trek Discovery Season 3. We see the culmination of Georgiou's character arc, which I felt was nicely done. This two-parter has definitely change the way I see Mirror Georgiou and I'm loving it. So let's dig in and see what we can find to talk about in this episode. ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven I’m Adam David Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars And I am a nerd   This is episode 47 of the podcast. Today, we’re talking about Star Trek Discovery “Terra Firma Part 2”   And big news. It’s just been announced that Star Trek Lower Decks has an international distribution deal. It’ll be arriving on Amazon Prime in the U.K., Europe, Australia, New Zealand,  Japan, India, and more on the 22nd of January.   This has been a long time coming, but we’re finally going to be able to see it. Of course, at this point, I’ve pretty much had the entire first season spoiled for me, because, you know….I have access to the internet. Still, it’s good news.   So let’s talk about Terra Firma Part 2.   The description on memory alpha reads Georgiou uncovers the true depths of the plot against her, leading her to a revelation about how deeply her time on the USS Discovery truly changed her.   The teleplay for this episode was written by Kalinda Vazquez Based on a story by Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt & Alan McElroy It was directed by Chloe Domont​ And it first aired on the 17th of December 2020.   Make it so. We pick up where we left off, in the mirror universe, onboard the ISS Discovery. We won’t see our prime characters until this whole thing with Georgiou is over.   .Michael is dragged kicking and screaming into the brig. Begging to be killed. That’s the honourable way out for a failed traitor. The Terran empire have a lot in common with the Klingons when you think about it. And that’s nothing new.   Michael says “every moment you keep me alive proves further how weak you’ve become. We learn the reason Lorca moved against her, the reason he got to Michael is because Mirror Georgiou was already being considered weak. She was losing her harsh edge, even before she met prime Michael. It turns out half of her biography opera was a lie. One thing I forgot to mention last week was how the story portrayed Georgiou as a peasant who rose up the ranks to emperor. I wonder if this part was true or false. This is a fascinating insight into her backstory, and while it may be a little bit of a retcon, it helps to make sense of the arc the character has been on.   Now that she's back in the mirror universe, Georgiou is learning just how much she’s changed. And Micahel is noticing. Rescuing Kelpiens, fretting over artists.   Interestingly, Gorgeous is starting to see what mirror Spock ultimately saw, with a little help from prime Kirk. The Terran Empire is not sustainable. They can’t go on like they are forever. Its downfall is inevitable. She tries to explain this to Michael.   Georgiou is only holding on to her power, at present, because of the loyalty of those who still serve her, like Owo and Killy. But how long will she be able to hold on to their loyalty if she really pursues peace?   Michael mentions an alliance is forming against them. This is the coalition we saw in season 1. Vulcans, Klingons, Andorians, Tellarite. Michael mentions a bunch of other races including the Denobulans, which was cool.   I have to assume the coalition of this time will eventually morph into the alliance that we saw in the mirror universe during Deep Space Nine. At that time, the empire had fallen and the alliance ruled the galaxy with almost as strong a fist as their predecessors. The main powers behind the alliance were the Klingons and the Cardassians.   The first thing Killy asks when she has a minute alone with Georgiou is “Why is Michael Burnham still taking up oxygen on my ship?” Killy already has her doubts about the emperor. Could Michael be right? Is Georgiou weak? I’m sure Killy has seen it. She knows Georgiou has changed. The only question she needs to wrestle with now is “what do I do about it?” Which option will best serve Captain Killy? She remains loyal, and I don’t think it’s because of anything Georgiou says here about trying to reforge a broken michael into a loyal subject. It’s because Killy doesn’t currently have the resources she needs to lead a revolution of her own. Terrans don’t really care about loyalty. They look out for number one. And she still thinks it’s in her best interest to support Georgiou.   I also think she is genuinely enamoured with the idea of being given the job of breaking Micahel. That sounds like a fun challenge to her. One she will embrace. Apparently, there is no greater interrogator than Killy. And that scares the hell out of me.   And then we get mirror universe opening credits. Just like Enterprise did with In a Mirror Darkly. Though they’re not as changed as what Enterprise did. The inverted colours work for me. The upside-down imagery not so much. I don’t really get that.  Had it been me, I’d have changed the starfleet logos to Terran empire logos. That kind of thing. But that would have taken a lot more work than just turning everything upside down.   Michael is pretty confident they won’t break her. At least, that’s what she says. I imagine that Terrans have a higher tolerance for pain than we do. I understand it was a little bit like that in the middle ages. When pain is a normal part of life, it’s not pleasant, but it’s accepted more readily. At least, so I’m told.   Killy’s interrogation doesn’t last long. She asks Michael to pledge her loyalty. Then zaps her with the agoniser booth. And then says “we’ll try again tomorrow. You don’t mind sleeping in there do you?” And this is pretty horrifying. She’s left in the booth all night. And every now and then, when she’s least expecting it, it will fire up and put her into incredible pain.   The agnoiser technology itself is horrific. The human body eventually shuts down to protect itself from pain, but this technology is designed to circumvent that, so the victim continues to feel the agony. So Detmer comes to see Michael. They all know these two were working together. Detmer tries to convince her to give in, because she won’t be able to cope with uch more. Plus, nobody has heard from Lorca. Which means he has abandoned Michael. There is no sense remaining loyal to him. And all of this makes a lot of sense. Lorca knows his rebellion is beaten. He can’t do it without Michael. That’s why he went through so many hoops to bring prime michael into the mirror universe. This also means they don’t have to bring Jason Isaacs back again. Which is a shame.   It also makes sense that Michael gives into Georgiou at this point. IF she is being offered a chance to redeem herself she’d be stupid and stubborn not to take it.   Then there’s a rather sweet scene as Georgiou shares a memory of walking with Michael through her night terrors to see the fireflies. She leaves a jar of fireflies on Michael's bed. And we get the impression that Georgiou is finally getting through to Michael.   And I think she actually is.   It’s obvious that Georgiou loves Michael as a daughter, and always did. And so she presents herself. I’m ready to pledge my loyalty to you.   But there’s a question here we’re all asking. Is she genuine, or is this all just part of Michael’s plan?   Michael goes and kills all her co-conspirators. (at least, those who are nearby. Lorca and his offsider are gonna be harder to find. There’s a cool shootout with Landry.   When Michael and Detmer come in with the badges of all the dead conspirators, it becomes clear that the forgiveness Georgiou is showing Michael doesn’t extend to Detmer. The kitchen is no longer serving Kelpien. Another of Georgiou’s changes. She can no longer stomach the idea of eating sentient beings. She no longer sees them as animals. She’s gotten to know Saru.   I think Michael is being honest when she says she no longer loves Lorca, and is willing to kill him. He abandoned her.   The culmination of Georgiou’s transformation comes when she tells Saru the truth about vahari. Essentially she frees the Kelpien people by revealing this information to him and telling him to share it with others.   Goergiou’s transformation has been accelerated by coming back to the mirror universe. Had she not come here, it would have remained the slow and steady change we’ve seen over the last few years. Sometimes you have to be reminded to who you were, in order to appreciate and embrace who you are becoming. This is all very well done, and is the heart of this two-parter.   And Georgiou says this world is her home. She vows to remain here and re-shape it into what it needs to become. Much as Spock will later on.   So now they’re on the hunt for Lorca, and they’re going to find him through his off-sider, Duggen. They find him in orbit of Risa.   And this is really cool. LAst week, we saw the return of Hannah Cheesman, who played Arium in season 2. She was just in the background, wearing a Terran uniform, but it wasn’t made clear exactly what role she was playing. Was this just an easter egg, like how they got all the alien actors to play humans in Vic’s bar in the final episode of DS9?   Now, we get confirmation she is indeed playing Arium. Remember, Arium was human, but she was injured in an accident and made into a cyborg in order to survive.   It seems that the mirror arium had no such accident and remained human. This also confirms that her name was Arium even when she was still human.   I love this. Very nice touch.   So they beam Duggen aboard to question him about Lorca.   And this is when the surprising but inevitable betrayal happens. Nice little nod to Firefly for you. All through this episode, I’ve hoped that Georgiou was successful in rehabilitating mirror Michael - turning her into something new. But deep down, always knowing that at any time, she may turn on Georgiou. So we’re really not surprised when it happens. Gorgeous isn’t surprised either. She’s become a lot more soft-hearted but she’s not stupid. She knew this was a likely scenario when Michael pledged her loyalty. She hoped for the best but she prepared for the worst.   Michael knew, the minute Goergiou spared her life, that she could never respect her mother again.   I love it when Georgiou says “I have changed. I have seen another way to live. Another way to rule.”   The prime universe has really had an impact on her.   So the battle begins. And again, it’s a cool fight. Discovery has always done action well.   Michael had a lot of people loyal to her. Were Culbert, Nilsson and the others co-conspirators all along, that Michael chose not to kill, or has she recruited them since her false return to grace? I suspect the latter.   Sadly, Georgiou is left with no other choice but to kill her daughter. Again.   Georgiou wakes up back on Dannus 5 with Michael and Carl.   She’s been in the mirror universe for months. From Michael’s perspective she passed out for less than a minute, but her wrist monitor has recorded 3 months of bio-readings.   She wasn’t transported bodily. She shared the body of an alternate Georgiou.  Carl has essentially spun off a new timeline off the mirror universe we know. A timeline that Georgiou has affected greatly. One where the Kelpiens may gain their freedom from the terran empire. Where some good has been done, at least.   Michael and Georgiou keep asking Carl, who are you really. The same question we’ve been asking. And finally, he answers. I am the Guardian of Forever. And they use the original voice recording from the original series. I thought the guardian was voiced by James doohna. I know he did a lot of alien voices, but no, the guardian was played by Bart LaRue. Apparently Doohan voiced the Guardian in the animated series, though. But I haven’t seen that episode. I really need to finish watching the animated series. It’s not great, but it’s still Star Trek.   Sadly, I didn’t feel anything much from this reveal, because it was spoiled for me. I woke up Friday morning, and within minutes, I saw this big reveal spoiled on Instagram. I was quite unhappy.   Spoilers are an interesting thing. I think there’s some responsibility on both sides. I’ve seen people on social media who’ve said things like “I plan to see this movie months after it releases, and heaven help anyone who spoils it for me.” That seems unreasonable. If you’re gonna wait that long, you have to take a little responsibility for protecting yourself, and understand that spoilers likely will happen during that time. But for a spoiler like this to be posted before the episode has even gone live on most of the planet, well, I think that’s a bit unfair. But, those who posted it have apologised and are going to hold to a 24 hour grace period, which I think is a really good idea.   Lower Decks is an interesting case. I’ve had much of that spoiled for me, because I move in the Star Trek circles online. I mean, that’s how I market this podcast. I don’t blame those who have posted spoilers. You can’t expect them to wait 6 months to talk about anything. I can’t even fully blame CBS. COVID kinda messed up their plans for releasing Star Trek.   Anyway, the door breaks apart and re-forms into the familiar stone portal from City on the Edge of Forever. I’m kinda surprised they went there. There was always a lot of controversy and disagreement around the use of the Guardian of Forever in Star Trek while Harlan Ellison was alive. I guess some agreement was met between CBS and his estate.   But this reveal is kinda like the reveal of Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness. It’s played as this big dramatic reveal, but it means nothing to Michael and Gaorgiou. It’s all just for the audience. Personally, I would have dispensed with the artificial suspense and just revealed the guardian properly in part 1. There’s no real reason for it to disguise as a door. A slight reason, perhaps, given it’s in hiding, but then why reveal itself now?   So we get some backstory of what’s happened with the guardian since TOS. When the temporal wars began, everyone kept trying to use the guardian as a weapon to kill each other. It wasn’t pretty. I can well understand the guardian not wanting to be used like that. So, it hid. It removed itself from its original location and hid here on Dannus 5. That makes sense. I kinda like how they tied the guardian into the temporal wars.   But what do I really think of this reveal? Well, it’s cool to see the guardian of forever again. No questions. It was one of my favourite things introduced in TOS. In fact, City on the Edge of Forever is my favourite TOS episode. But is this a good use of it?   I like the character of Carl. He’s cool. He has a fun personality. But, that’s not a personality I associate with the guardian of forever. The appeal of the guardian was it’s mysterious nature. Part mechanism, part being. Both and Neither. That big booming voice. And part of it’s appeal was also it’s setting. That mysterious ancient alien city left in ruins. Where did it come from? How and why was it created?   As much as I like Carl, I feel that he humanises the Guardian of Forever too much. I don’t want it to be humanised. I want it to remain mysterious and alien. That doesn’t mean I don’t want answers to some of the questions about it, but …. I don’t want it to be turned into a pleasant gentleman from the  1930s.   So ultimately, I think this was a mistake. I think they should have either: Made it obviously the guardian from the beginning and do away with Carl altogether. Or Forget the guardian, and just have Carl be a Q (which I still think really fits his personality) or have him be something new. Some new alien with Godlike powers.    I’ve always wanted to see the Guardian of Forever again, but just not like this.   But all of that aside, let’s look at what is explained next, because I do really like it. Georgiou is still dying. She wasn’t sent back to be cured. She was sent back to be weighed. To be tested. To see if she was worthy of the Guardian’s help. Would she make different choices? Has her time in the prime universe changed her? She doesn’t belong here, but sending her somewhere else could cause a lot of problems. The guardian doesn’t want to inflict another time or place with the dangerous Emperor Georgiou. But is she still dangerous?   What’s interesting is that Georgiou assumes she’s failed the test. She killed her daughter. Again. Carl is more interested in her heart than the outcome. And I like that.   Georgiou doesn’t want to go back to the mirror universe. Why would she? But that’s not carl’s plan. He’s going to send her to a time when the prime and mirror universes were still aligned, where her cells won’t fall apart. He doesn’t say exactly where or when. And we’ll talk about that shortly because I have some thoughts.   Carl believes Michael is just where she needs to be, so she can’t go with Georgiou. It’s nice that Geirgiou wants her, though.   So we have a very touching farewell between these two characters. It was wonderful.   We get a brief mention of Husan, the name mentioned in Georgiou’s episodes. She still doesn’t explain who he is, or what he meant to her. Michael tells her to tell the people she’s about to meet. So I guess this backstory will be revealed in the section 31 show. okay.   Georgiou has one final word of wisdom for Michael. This century is more Terran than the 23rd. Saru has navigated the change admirably but he’s not the only one suited for the captain’s chair. I’m not sure exactly what they’re trying to imply, but I thought we were done with the whole, will Michael take the captain’s chair thing. The way I see it, the only way for Michael to become captain of Discovery in any way that I'll accept is to get Saru out of the picture. Either kill or promote him. And frankly, I don’t want that, because Saru is one of my favourite characters.   And then she steps thorough, and is gone.   It’s funny. I really liked the prime Georgiou character, but never quite warmed to mirror Georgiou in the same way. But now, well, I’m really going to miss her.   So …. Where has she ended up?   For a long time, fans have been saying that Georgiou has to return to the 23rd century so she can star in the section 31 show. Now while I’ve never dismissed that possibility, my response has always been “Why are you assuming the section 31 show will be set in the 23rd century. We’ve never been told anything that would suggest that.” But people have been treated that as gospel.   I always thought there was at least an equal chance that the section 31 show would be set here in the 32nd century. Georgiou would leave Discovery to work with section 31 as she had in the past.   Well, we know that’s not the cast anymore.   The most obvious answer to the question is that she has returned to the 23rd century, as so many fans always assumed. And that’s a very likely scenario. But is it the only possibility?   Carl said he was sending her to a time when the prime and mirror universes were aligned. We know they were closely aligned in the 22nd, 23rd and 24th centuries, and on into the 27th, that was the time of the last incursion.   So Goergiou could be going anywhere within that window.   Here’s a wild theory for you. What if she’s going to the 24th, or early 25th century? That’s the time where we first learned about section 31, in Deep Space Nine. That’s where section 31 was used most effectively in story-telling.   This newly changed mirror Georgiou would fit in well with 24th-century section 31, and might even make them a little more moral than they are.   What if the setting of the Section 31 show is just after DS9, or more likely, around the time of Star Trek Picard? I can see that making a lot of sense, and I’d definitely be up for that.   Here’s an even wilder theory. She has been sent back to the time of Enterprise, and she ends up being the founder of Section 31.   I really like what they’ve done with Georgiou’s character. I used to complain that she was not evil enough, given who she was. But now, I have a different perspective. I see now that her time in the prime timeline has gradually changed her. Made her better., And I love that. And I really like the person she has ended up being. I think the arc could have been done a little smoother. I think they were kinda making it up as they went, rather than planning it from day 1, which is a shame. These things always work better for me when they’re been planned in advance.   So .. I’m not totally ready for a Michelle Yeoh lead spin-off. My only concern about the show is how they’re going to treat section 31. I felt that Discovery season 2 kinda ruined section 31. They didn’t handle it well. Have they learned from this? Will the section 31 we see in the new show be more like the section 31 we saw in Deep Space Nine? I can only hope. But I’m very eager to learn more about the show now. I’m especially keen to learn what the setting will be.   I’ll probably be disappointed if I learn it’s back in the 23red century. Strange New Worlds has that era covered. And honestly, I’m not pinning to have Tyler back. I didn’t like this character in season 2, so I don’t think he needs to be part of the new show.   Time will tell.   We finally return to Discovery, to see what our other characters are up to. Adira and Stamets are still trying to hack into the Kelpien ship’s sensors. But they’re having trouble. Book turns up with a device that will help. It’s emerald chain technology. So they finally check in with Vance, who is very concerned about using Chain technology on a Starfleet ship. It could be dangerous and Starfleet can’t afford to risk having their only ship with a spore drive compromised. Book is absolutely convinced it is safe. But I’m still concerned. They’re obviously setting something up here. I think it’ll become problematic in the next couple of episodes.   So this whole thing of Saru delaying his report on the Kelpien ship. I’m not fully following that.   Saru hasn’t seen another Kelpien in a long time, and this is a Kelpien ship. But ….. So what? It’s not like the Kelpiens are extinct. They’re a Federation member. Kaminar is still out there. I don’t quite understand Saru’s reason for not reporting the information to Vance as soon as he knew it. Did he think Vance would not want them to rescue it? I just don’t get it. I don’t know what the writers are getting at here.   Then we get another touching scene. It’s not quite a funeral, it’s just a little get -together to remember their friend who they’ll never see again. It was a lovely scene.   And this ends the story of Phillipa Gaorgiou, closing a story that began with the first episode of season 1.   In a way, this two-parter has seemed a bit like a distraction from the greater season plot, but I’m totally cool with it. The character arcs are just as important to this season as the burn story is.   And I, for one, have really enjoyed Terra Firma Parts 1 and 2. We’re getting close to the end now. Just 3 episodes to go. Next week we’ll be talking about episode 11 “The Citadel.” I’m excited to see what happens as the season’s plot arc goes into top gear. It should be cool.   And I’ll be watching that episode on Christmas day. But I’ll be on holiday by then.I plan to get my podcast out Monday morning, Australian time, as always.   I’ve revamped the books page on my website, so if you’re interested in trying out some of my fiction, you can see it all nicely laid out at AdamDavidCollings.com/books I’d encourage you to check it out.   Until I see you next, have a great week, Merry Christmas, live long and prosper.

Ruthie and Brian talk through S3E9 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled Terra Firma, Part 1. Georgiou's condition worsens and the Discovery computer sends them to a distant planet for a remote chance for a cure. What happens there may surprise you.

Ruthie and Brian talk through S3E9 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled Terra Firma, Part 1. Georgiou's condition worsens and the Discovery computer sends them to a distant planet for a remote chance for a cure. What happens there may surprise you.

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 3 Episode 9 – Terra Firma, Part 1 We’re back!!! On this supersized episode, Ruthie and Brian talk through Star Trek: Discovery, Season 3 Episode 9, titled Terra Firma, Part 1. This episode’s teleplay was written by Alan McElroy, with the story by Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt & Alan McElroy, and it was directed by Omar Madha. Sorry about the lateness this episode is in getting to you. Unfortunately, I had to work over the weekend and later into the week, so my editing time was compromised. That said, I got this episode released (mistitled, but I’ve since fixed it) on our YouTube Channel. Remember to smash that Subscribe button and ring the notification bell to get notified as soon as new episodes come out! For the final four episodes, we are switching to a Saturday morning recording schedule due to the holiday season. Because of that, we are extending the deadlines to Saturday morning. That may mean that the episodes may come out later than normal as well because we are switching to a Saturday morning recording schedule for the rest of the season. Keep this in mind, especially for you European listeners. You have an extra 11 hours to get in your feedback to us! SPOILERS AHEAD!!! If you haven’t seen this episode of Star Trek: Discovery, stop right now!!! Go watch it, then come back!!! We’ll be here for you! Shocked! Shocked I say!!! Georgiou’s condition worsens and the Discovery computer sends them to a distant planet for a remote chance for a cure. What happens there may surprise you. May surprise you??? I was DUMBFOUNDED!!! For the first time in more than 200 episodes of podcasting, I could not rate this episode!!! It was SO out of left field for me. I did not expect them to go to the Mirror Universe, though, in retrospect, I should have. Opinions were many and spirited for this episode. After re-watching it more than once (I only got to watch it once this week prior to recording), I can tell you that I appreciated the episode a LOT more after the shock of it wore off, but you’ll hear me talk about that a lot this week. All in all, I knew it was (mostly) a great episode this week, but I had so many questions about it, I had to defer my rating. Ruthie also had a lot of questions, but she gave it a rating. Going to the Mirror Universe now seems like it’s a natural thing to do, given Georgiou’s condition, but we questioned its place in the season, and it taking away from the main plot. Next week, I’ll bring something up about how it seems like a back door pilot and only placed here because they decided to bring Michelle Yeoh and Georgiou into Season 3. Chapters 00:00:00 STDP 056 – Terra Firma, Part 1 (Star Trek: Discovery S3E9)00:00:17 Intro00:01:58 Feedback for Previous Episodes00:12:28 About Terra Firma, Part 100:14:19 Ratings00:27:47 Yeses01:02:11 Nos01:13:46 Hold Your Horses01:54:47 Listener Feedback02:22:42 Our Notes02:31:44 Shipwide Announcements02:41:42 Wrap Up Subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to catch our Discovery episodes! Make sure you have subscribed to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to get these episodes when they come unless you listen to us on the All-Inclusive feed, or on YouTube. Next, we will be discussing Season 3 Episode 10 of Star Trek: Discovery titled Terra Firma, Part 2. The deadline for the rest of the season will be Saturday, 6 AM Eastern/5 AM Central due to the holiday season. Check the Facebook group for any updates. Your feedback is SO important to us!!! Don’t forget! If you have been listening to us on the Star Trek Picard Cast feed, subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast to get the Discovery episodes. If you’re listening to us on the Talk Through Media All-Inclusive Feed, there’s nothing for you to do. Links to us… Want to participate? Join our Facebook group! And follow us on Twitter! And don’t forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts! While you do, we’d appreciate it if you can leave us a review, hopefully, a 5-star! Or, if not, a rating will do!!! You can do the same on Podchaser. You can leave us a review on several different platforms here. Also, you can leave us a review on the Talk Through Media Facebook page. And don’t forget to sign up for our Patreon to get access to our Patreon episodes. Sign up to CBS All Access! Help support the podcast! If you sign up from this link, you’ll help support the podcast, as CBS gives us a small referral fee, and it costs you nothing! Star Trek: Discovery is now streaming on CBS All Access! Click this banner to sign up, and you’ll help support the podcast! Speaking of our Patreon… We have released our eighth Patreon calls so far. We were hoping to schedule a Patreon this weekend, but we were unable to due to the power outage. If you want to listen to it when it comes out, sign up to our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/brianandruthie for as little as $1/month and you’ll get access! Become a Patron! Watch this episode on YouTube!

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 3 Episode 9 – Terra Firma, Part 1 We’re back!!! On this supersized episode, Ruthie and Brian talk through Star Trek: Discovery, Season 3 Episode 9, titled Terra Firma, Part 1. This episode’s teleplay was written by Alan McElroy, with the story by Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt & Alan McElroy, and it was directed by Omar Madha. Sorry about the lateness this episode is in getting to you. Unfortunately, I had to work over the weekend and later into the week, so my editing time was compromised. That said, I got this episode released (mistitled, but I’ve since fixed it) on our YouTube Channel. Remember to smash that Subscribe button and ring the notification bell to get notified as soon as new episodes come out! For the final four episodes, we are switching to a Saturday morning recording schedule due to the holiday season. Because of that, we are extending the deadlines to Saturday morning. That may mean that the episodes may come out later than normal as well because we are switching to a Saturday morning recording schedule for the rest of the season. Keep this in mind, especially for you European listeners. You have an extra 11 hours to get in your feedback to us! SPOILERS AHEAD!!! If you haven’t seen this episode of Star Trek: Discovery, stop right now!!! Go watch it, then come back!!! We’ll be here for you! Shocked! Shocked I say!!! Georgiou’s condition worsens and the Discovery computer sends them to a distant planet for a remote chance for a cure. What happens there may surprise you. May surprise you??? I was DUMBFOUNDED!!! For the first time in more than 200 episodes of podcasting, I could not rate this episode!!! It was SO out of left field for me. I did not expect them to go to the Mirror Universe, though, in retrospect, I should have. Opinions were many and spirited for this episode. After re-watching it more than once (I only got to watch it once this week prior to recording), I can tell you that I appreciated the episode a LOT more after the shock of it wore off, but you’ll hear me talk about that a lot this week. All in all, I knew it was (mostly) a great episode this week, but I had so many questions about it, I had to defer my rating. Ruthie also had a lot of questions, but she gave it a rating. Going to the Mirror Universe now seems like it’s a natural thing to do, given Georgiou’s condition, but we questioned its place in the season, and it taking away from the main plot. Next week, I’ll bring something up about how it seems like a back door pilot and only placed here because they decided to bring Michelle Yeoh and Georgiou into Season 3. Chapters 00:00:00 STDP 056 – Terra Firma, Part 1 (Star Trek: Discovery S3E9)00:00:17 Intro00:01:58 Feedback for Previous Episodes00:12:28 About Terra Firma, Part 100:14:19 Ratings00:27:47 Yeses01:02:11 Nos01:13:46 Hold Your Horses01:54:47 Listener Feedback02:22:42 Our Notes02:31:44 Shipwide Announcements02:41:42 Wrap Up Subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to catch our Discovery episodes! Make sure you have subscribed to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast feed to get these episodes when they come unless you listen to us on the All-Inclusive feed, or on YouTube. Next, we will be discussing Season 3 Episode 10 of Star Trek: Discovery titled Terra Firma, Part 2. The deadline for the rest of the season will be Saturday, 6 AM Eastern/5 AM Central due to the holiday season. Check the Facebook group for any updates. Your feedback is SO important to us!!! Don’t forget! If you have been listening to us on the Star Trek Picard Cast feed, subscribe to the Star Trek Discovery Podcast to get the Discovery episodes. If you’re listening to us on the Talk Through Media All-Inclusive Feed, there’s nothing for you to do. Links to us… Want to participate? Join our Facebook group! And follow us on Twitter! And don’t forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts! While you do, we’d appreciate it if you can leave us a review, hopefully, a 5-star! Or, if not, a rating will do!!! You can do the same on Podchaser. You can leave us a review on several different platforms here. Also, you can leave us a review on the Talk Through Media Facebook page. And don’t forget to sign up for our Patreon to get access to our Patreon episodes. Sign up to CBS All Access! Help support the podcast! If you sign up from this link, you’ll help support the podcast, as CBS gives us a small referral fee, and it costs you nothing! Star Trek: Discovery is now streaming on CBS All Access! Click this banner to sign up, and you’ll help support the podcast! Speaking of our Patreon… We have released our eighth Patreon calls so far. We were hoping to schedule a Patreon this weekend, but we were unable to due to the power outage. If you want to listen to it when it comes out, sign up to our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/brianandruthie for as little as $1/month and you’ll get access! Become a Patron! Watch this episode on YouTube!

Dr. Sheree Becker beams up from Bath, England, with her new research into sports science, focusing on exclusionary policies, transphobia and transgender athletes, a study which includes our Karleigh Webb. We also chat with her about women with doctorates and the title of "Dr." Plus Dawn has a clip from her one-on=one interview with "Star Trek: Discovery" actress Mary Wiseman for Forbes.com. Wiseman plays Ensign Sylvia Tilly, as well as Captain Killy of the Mirror Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of Priority One is brought to you by Eaglemoss Hero Collector and the brand new Official Star Trek Online Starship Collection.  Check out all the exclusive ship models – including the U.S.S. Gagarin and the U.S.S. Chimera – at priorityonepodcast.com/ships and use code PRIORITY10 at checkout to get 10% off your purchase with FREE SHIPPING. This week on Episode 488 of Priority One, we ‘Trek Out’ Noah Hawley’s thoughts on the future, Tartantino’s beef with Pegg, Dan Curry’s artistry, and MEGA PUBLISHERS. In Star Trek gaming, there’s Klingon Adventures, Star Trek Online’s Winter Wonderland, and Grudge! Later, Dr. Robert Hurt joins us for an Astrometrics Report and joins us for “On Screen” to review Discovery’s Season 3 episode, “Unification III.” Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages.Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan Hawley Trek Hardly Likely If you were looking forward to “Fargo” creator Noah Hawley’s vision for Star Trek, then we have some bad news. According to the creator, “it doesn’t appear to be in the immediate future." The 53 year-old Hawley sat down with Deadline this week to talk about the aforementioned “Fargo” series 4 finale, a possible “Aliens” series, and Star Trek. On the latter, Hawley told Deadline that ”It doesn’t appear to be in my immediate future. I think when Emma came in, she took a look at the franchise and wanted to go in a different direction with it. But you know, life is long, we were very close to production but in this business that doesn’t mean much. You got to get out of the gate to be in the race if you know what I mean.” Nothing definitive, but it doesn’t sound great. Image linked from FX Networks Is Tarantino Mad, Bro? Moving on to another likely-dead Star Trek film, is there a feud between director Quentin Tarantino and star Simon Pegg. Back in July of 2019, Tarantino told Deadline ”I get annoyed at Simon Pegg. He doesn’t know anything about what’s going on and he keeps making all these comments as if he knows about stuff. One of the comments he said, he’s like “Well, look, it’s not going to be Pulp Fiction in space.” Yes, it is! [laughs hard]. If I do it, that’s exactly what it’ll be. It’ll be Pulp Fiction in space. That Pulp Fiction-y aspect, when I read the script, I felt, I have never read a science fiction movie that has this sh*t in it, ever.” Image linked from Deadline But was Tarantino mad, bro? According to Simon Pegg, no. In an interview with Radio Times, Pegg said ”I was just saying the opposite of what people were assuming it was going to be. Then I heard this story that Quentin was mad at me! I haven’t read his treatment [of Star Trek], but I’ve heard it’s very ‘Quentin Tarantino does Star Trek’, you know. And it’s everything you would hope from that.Actually, I saw him at a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood thing. I was like ‘You’re not mad at me, are you?’ He was like, ‘No, man, no! The press are blowing it all out of proportion!’ We had a good laugh about it.” So...good? Image linked from TrekMovie.com The Artistry of Star Trek with Dan Curry Releasing on the day of this recording, December 1st, a new book outlining the visual beauty of Star Trek, titled Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry will hit bookshelves. The creator of the art, Dan Curry,  sat down with Space.com to talk about his time with Star Trek. Image copyright Titan Books, linked from Space.com Curry reflected on his time with the Peace Corps, and how his travels through Asia affected his designs ”when you see exteriors of Klingon cities or Klingon outposts, most of them were matte paintings by the great Syd Dutton. I'd work with him on evolving a style that was a composite of Thai, Lao, and Nepali architecture. I did some of the matte paintings myself, like the Klingon Lamasery, which is a Tibetan-looking building on a mountaintop inspired by a train trip I took through the Canadian Rockies.” In regards to his on-set memorabilia, Curry says ”It was frowned upon. Anything I wanted, I'd ask the producers for. I do have Bat'leth #1 and Mek'leth #1 and I have a little hand prop from "Deep Space Nine," a Cardassian device like an alien iPad that has my face on it as a deceased mad scientist. I have some of the shards left over when we'd blow up a model. Sometimes I'd make space debris made out of plastic parts melted over a candle. If we came upon a destroyed spaceship, the random plastic parts would be the debris that would fly by. I did keep a lot of my storyboards and concept sketches.” To read the article, or for a link to purchase “Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry” - written by Curry and Herocollector’s own Ben Robinson - you can follow the link in our show notes. Simon & Schuster Sold to Penguin If you’re a fan of Star trek novels, listen up! ViacomCBS has struck a deal with publisher Penguin Randomhouse to sell its publishing arm - Simon and Schuster. The deal was struck on Wednesday, November 25th for a whopping $2B dollars, which according to the New York Times creates the first “megapublisher." The deal will certainly shake up the publishing world, giving Penguin Randomhouse access to authors like Stephen King and Doris Kearns Goodwin, as well as the Star Trek catalogue - but what does it mean for the Star Trek novels?  Penguin Randomhouse CEO Jonathan Karp said in an interview ”This is a company that respects the creative autonomy of publishers.  We’ll all still be competing against each other. Publishing is a business driven by individual passions for books and for writers.” Best case scenario - the books keep coming, but get more push from the megapublisher. Worst case - the books stop all together. For now, it's a waiting game. Stay tuned, we'll bring you more as we hear it! ASTROMETRICS REPORT by Dr. Robert Hurt and Thomas Reynolds Via con Dios, Arecibo On December 1st, the Arecibo Observatory's main telescope suffered catastrophic structural failure when its instrument platform fell into the 305 m dish. Footage from the main control tower and an aerial drone captured the collapse, as one of the three support cable sets failed and the falling platform pulled the rest down into the dish. Image source: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images and Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/drone-video-shows-dramatic-moment-of-arecibo-collapse-1845799543 Severely damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017, and subsequent earthquakes in 2018 and 2019, the telescope was slated for controlled deconstruction mere weeks ago. The Observatory's visitor center, secondary radio telescope, and LIDAR array were fortunately left undamaged and are expected to continue operations. https://gizmodo.com/gut-wrenching-photos-show-damage-at-arecibo-observatory-1845790190 Mergers & Astrometrics: The Blue Ring Nebula For the better part of two decades, the enigmatic Blue Ring Nebula has been a picturesque astronomic puzzle. Invisible to the human eye, ultraviolet imaging from the NASA GALEX satellite showed a thick dust ring around the structure's central star (thus the name). For all purposes it looked like a dead star's remains, but with an active star in the center that shouldn't be there. So...what gives? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8J8hFHhiw According to simulations by Hoadley et al., it's actually wreckage from a head-on stellar collision from thousands of years ago. Stars crashing into each other is nothing new in our galaxy, but until now we've only had examples that are hundreds of times older. Therefore the Blue Ring isn't just the most recent stellar merger for astronomers to study, it's also one of the most valuable. Blue Ring Nebula (historical re-enactment). Image via Center for Sacramento History STAR TREK GAMING NEWS by Thomas Reynolds Tokens of Our Aggression The virtual role-playing tabletop endures, now more than ever, but there’ll always be something satisfying about physical space. And if Klingon warriors understand anything, it’s getting physical. No, not like...well actually, yes like...anyway, Modiphius understands as well, and has the tools of violence to accommodate. Preorders are open for the Star Trek Adventures Klingon Empire Dice Set and Gamemaster Toolkit, with expected release next February. The Dice set includes four Star Trek Adventures-branded d6s and two d20s for $19.96 US. For $46.59 US, the Toolkit combines PDF and printed and GM screens, player reference sheets, and a 20-page one-shot story. The Toolkit also offers double-sided maps of Klingon space and Alpha/Beta Quadrants, but in the original Klingonese. Good thing you have until February to learn the language. Image linked from Modiphius.net The Winter of Our Disco-Content Image linked from Startrekonline.com Everyone knows what’s the best temperature for serving revenge. But what about holiday cheer? Is it the steamy heat of a mug of mulled bloodwine? The thrilling chill of a full-impulse snowball to the face? The searing torment of Grethor’s flames? Who knows? The omnipotent Q does, and he’s oh so ready to share with you. Hang the gummi fish and prime your snowblowers: Q’s Winter Wonderland approaches. The 2020 Winter Event runs from December 8th to January 7th on all platforms. This year, all your favorite activities contribute to daily progress towards the new T6 Gok’tad Carrier. We only have a beauty shot of the flaming Fek’Ihri boat to go on for now. Image linked from startrekonline.com Until ship stats are released, let’s journey through the catalog of this year’s wonderful new toys: The Purple Nanopulse Discovery-Era Bat’Leth finally bridges the so-called Red vs. Blue divide in Star Trek Online. Sort of. Image linked from startrekonline.com Be the pride of the Quadrant with rainbow winter coats and faction-appropriate winter sweaters Image linked from startrekonline.com Judge friends and family this year, with the one chair that outranks the Captain: the consumable Q’s Chair, specifically Image linked from startrekonline.com Sing holiday carols of ice and fire with Grethor-themed training manuals and kit modules Image linked from startrekonline.com Help is always on the way with the Rescue St. Bernard ground pet, which--oh who cares about holiday theming, IT’S A PUPPY Image linked from startrekonline.com, and also PUPPYYYYYY!!!!! Tweetwatch: Feline Fine in Star Trek Online Closing out this week’s news with some light frivolity because, dang it, we’ve earned some. On November 30th, the STO Twitter shared a picture of Grudge, Discovery season 3’s break-out star, in NCC 1031-A’s captain’s chair. Cryptic mused that they’re “Wondering what her VO rate is like,” but it’s undoubtedly worth it. Grudge’s vocal performances are second only to Morn’s, and would only enrich the game further. No word on how Captain Killy (remember her?) might react, should they cross paths in-game. But consider this, captains: Grudge is already a queen. Might she, dare we suggest, be an Emperor as well? Image linked from Twitter https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/1333535891063664640?s=20

This episode of Priority One is brought to you by Eaglemoss Hero Collector and the brand new Official Star Trek Online Starship Collection.  Check out all the exclusive ship models – including the U.S.S. Gagarin and the U.S.S. Chimera – at priorityonepodcast.com/ships and use code PRIORITY10 at checkout to get 10% off your purchase with FREE SHIPPING. This week on Episode 488 of Priority One, we ‘Trek Out' Noah Hawley's thoughts on the future, Tartantino's beef with Pegg, Dan Curry's artistry, and MEGA PUBLISHERS. In Star Trek gaming, there's Klingon Adventures, Star Trek Online's Winter Wonderland, and Grudge! Later, Dr. Robert Hurt joins us for an Astrometrics Report and joins us for “On Screen” to review Discovery's Season 3 episode, “Unification III.” Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages.Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan Hawley Trek Hardly Likely If you were looking forward to “Fargo” creator Noah Hawley's vision for Star Trek, then we have some bad news. According to the creator, “it doesn't appear to be in the immediate future." The 53 year-old Hawley sat down with Deadline this week to talk about the aforementioned “Fargo” series 4 finale, a possible “Aliens” series, and Star Trek. On the latter, Hawley told Deadline that ”It doesn't appear to be in my immediate future. I think when Emma came in, she took a look at the franchise and wanted to go in a different direction with it. But you know, life is long, we were very close to production but in this business that doesn't mean much. You got to get out of the gate to be in the race if you know what I mean.” Nothing definitive, but it doesn't sound great. Image linked from FX Networks Is Tarantino Mad, Bro? Moving on to another likely-dead Star Trek film, is there a feud between director Quentin Tarantino and star Simon Pegg. Back in July of 2019, Tarantino told Deadline ”I get annoyed at Simon Pegg. He doesn't know anything about what's going on and he keeps making all these comments as if he knows about stuff. One of the comments he said, he's like “Well, look, it's not going to be Pulp Fiction in space.” Yes, it is! [laughs hard]. If I do it, that's exactly what it'll be. It'll be Pulp Fiction in space. That Pulp Fiction-y aspect, when I read the script, I felt, I have never read a science fiction movie that has this sh*t in it, ever.” Image linked from Deadline But was Tarantino mad, bro? According to Simon Pegg, no. In an interview with Radio Times, Pegg said ”I was just saying the opposite of what people were assuming it was going to be. Then I heard this story that Quentin was mad at me! I haven't read his treatment [of Star Trek], but I've heard it's very ‘Quentin Tarantino does Star Trek', you know. And it's everything you would hope from that.Actually, I saw him at a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood thing. I was like ‘You're not mad at me, are you?' He was like, ‘No, man, no! The press are blowing it all out of proportion!' We had a good laugh about it.” So...good? Image linked from TrekMovie.com The Artistry of Star Trek with Dan Curry Releasing on the day of this recording, December 1st, a new book outlining the visual beauty of Star Trek, titled Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry will hit bookshelves. The creator of the art, Dan Curry,  sat down with Space.com to talk about his time with Star Trek. Image copyright Titan Books, linked from Space.com Curry reflected on his time with the Peace Corps, and how his travels through Asia affected his designs ”when you see exteriors of Klingon cities or Klingon outposts, most of them were matte paintings by the great Syd Dutton. I'd work with him on evolving a style that was a composite of Thai, Lao, and Nepali architecture. I did some of the matte paintings myself, like the Klingon Lamasery, which is a Tibetan-looking building on a mountaintop inspired by a train trip I took through the Canadian Rockies.” In regards to his on-set memorabilia, Curry says ”It was frowned upon. Anything I wanted, I'd ask the producers for. I do have Bat'leth #1 and Mek'leth #1 and I have a little hand prop from "Deep Space Nine," a Cardassian device like an alien iPad that has my face on it as a deceased mad scientist. I have some of the shards left over when we'd blow up a model. Sometimes I'd make space debris made out of plastic parts melted over a candle. If we came upon a destroyed spaceship, the random plastic parts would be the debris that would fly by. I did keep a lot of my storyboards and concept sketches.” To read the article, or for a link to purchase “Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry” - written by Curry and Herocollector's own Ben Robinson - you can follow the link in our show notes. Simon & Schuster Sold to Penguin If you're a fan of Star trek novels, listen up! ViacomCBS has struck a deal with publisher Penguin Randomhouse to sell its publishing arm - Simon and Schuster. The deal was struck on Wednesday, November 25th for a whopping $2B dollars, which according to the New York Times creates the first “megapublisher." The deal will certainly shake up the publishing world, giving Penguin Randomhouse access to authors like Stephen King and Doris Kearns Goodwin, as well as the Star Trek catalogue - but what does it mean for the Star Trek novels?  Penguin Randomhouse CEO Jonathan Karp said in an interview ”This is a company that respects the creative autonomy of publishers.  We'll all still be competing against each other. Publishing is a business driven by individual passions for books and for writers.” Best case scenario - the books keep coming, but get more push from the megapublisher. Worst case - the books stop all together. For now, it's a waiting game. Stay tuned, we'll bring you more as we hear it! ASTROMETRICS REPORT by Dr. Robert Hurt and Thomas Reynolds Via con Dios, Arecibo On December 1st, the Arecibo Observatory's main telescope suffered catastrophic structural failure when its instrument platform fell into the 305 m dish. Footage from the main control tower and an aerial drone captured the collapse, as one of the three support cable sets failed and the falling platform pulled the rest down into the dish. Image source: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images and Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/drone-video-shows-dramatic-moment-of-arecibo-collapse-1845799543 Severely damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017, and subsequent earthquakes in 2018 and 2019, the telescope was slated for controlled deconstruction mere weeks ago. The Observatory's visitor center, secondary radio telescope, and LIDAR array were fortunately left undamaged and are expected to continue operations. https://gizmodo.com/gut-wrenching-photos-show-damage-at-arecibo-observatory-1845790190 Mergers & Astrometrics: The Blue Ring Nebula For the better part of two decades, the enigmatic Blue Ring Nebula has been a picturesque astronomic puzzle. Invisible to the human eye, ultraviolet imaging from the NASA GALEX satellite showed a thick dust ring around the structure's central star (thus the name). For all purposes it looked like a dead star's remains, but with an active star in the center that shouldn't be there. So...what gives? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8J8hFHhiw According to simulations by Hoadley et al., it's actually wreckage from a head-on stellar collision from thousands of years ago. Stars crashing into each other is nothing new in our galaxy, but until now we've only had examples that are hundreds of times older. Therefore the Blue Ring isn't just the most recent stellar merger for astronomers to study, it's also one of the most valuable. Blue Ring Nebula (historical re-enactment). Image via Center for Sacramento History STAR TREK GAMING NEWS by Thomas Reynolds Tokens of Our Aggression The virtual role-playing tabletop endures, now more than ever, but there'll always be something satisfying about physical space. And if Klingon warriors understand anything, it's getting physical. No, not like...well actually, yes like...anyway, Modiphius understands as well, and has the tools of violence to accommodate. Preorders are open for the Star Trek Adventures Klingon Empire Dice Set and Gamemaster Toolkit, with expected release next February. The Dice set includes four Star Trek Adventures-branded d6s and two d20s for $19.96 US. For $46.59 US, the Toolkit combines PDF and printed and GM screens, player reference sheets, and a 20-page one-shot story. The Toolkit also offers double-sided maps of Klingon space and Alpha/Beta Quadrants, but in the original Klingonese. Good thing you have until February to learn the language. Image linked from Modiphius.net The Winter of Our Disco-Content Image linked from Startrekonline.com Everyone knows what's the best temperature for serving revenge. But what about holiday cheer? Is it the steamy heat of a mug of mulled bloodwine? The thrilling chill of a full-impulse snowball to the face? The searing torment of Grethor's flames? Who knows? The omnipotent Q does, and he's oh so ready to share with you. Hang the gummi fish and prime your snowblowers: Q's Winter Wonderland approaches. The 2020 Winter Event runs from December 8th to January 7th on all platforms. This year, all your favorite activities contribute to daily progress towards the new T6 Gok'tad Carrier. We only have a beauty shot of the flaming Fek'Ihri boat to go on for now. Image linked from startrekonline.com Until ship stats are released, let's journey through the catalog of this year's wonderful new toys: The Purple Nanopulse Discovery-Era Bat'Leth finally bridges the so-called Red vs. Blue divide in Star Trek Online. Sort of. Image linked from startrekonline.com Be the pride of the Quadrant with rainbow winter coats and faction-appropriate winter sweaters Image linked from startrekonline.com Judge friends and family this year, with the one chair that outranks the Captain: the consumable Q's Chair, specifically Image linked from startrekonline.com Sing holiday carols of ice and fire with Grethor-themed training manuals and kit modules Image linked from startrekonline.com Help is always on the way with the Rescue St. Bernard ground pet, which--oh who cares about holiday theming, IT'S A PUPPY Image linked from startrekonline.com, and also PUPPYYYYYY!!!!! Tweetwatch: Feline Fine in Star Trek Online Closing out this week's news with some light frivolity because, dang it, we've earned some. On November 30th, the STO Twitter shared a picture of Grudge, Discovery season 3's break-out star, in NCC 1031-A's captain's chair. Cryptic mused that they're “Wondering what her VO rate is like,” but it's undoubtedly worth it. Grudge's vocal performances are second only to Morn's, and would only enrich the game further. No word on how Captain Killy (remember her?) might react, should they cross paths in-game. But consider this, captains: Grudge is already a queen. Might she, dare we suggest, be an Emperor as well? Image linked from Twitter https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/1333535891063664640?s=20

Welcome to the Michaelogical Network, a Star Trek: Discovery recap series with our past/present/future Star Trek correspondent, Eleanor Tremeer. In this episode we recap the happenings in DISCOVERY's season 3's sih-ih-ix-th episode: “Scavengers,“ in which Michael Burnham goes rogue with her not-quite-maternal gal pal Georgeou to save Book the smooch-smooch while Captain Killy and Saru are left holding the Discovery together ... as well as Grudge the cat's imaginary leash. What's left? We pray Discovery doesn't bury another gay by way of Philippa G.'s flashbacks, argue over whether cool-looking tech is even remotely important compared to tech that actually works, and imagine plot arcs for everyone from Captain Killy––ahem, *future* captain but current ensign Tilly––to poor Willa, who may indeed give us the semi-impotent villain (or future-version Wesley Crusher?) we've long dreamed of. Join Tony, Eleanor, and Kend as The Imaginaries sets out to unpack each episode of this season. (And listen to our regular four-episode series with Eleanor, currently airing weekly on the cast.) ------------- Like our content? Our website is www.imaginaries.net, and you can drop us a line at imaginarypod@gmail.com while we are avoiding the 2020 socials. You can listen to our episodes on - iTunes (https://apple.co/3aFR64l) - Spotify (https://spoti.fi/2tERDTD) - Stitcher (https://bit.ly/38ukyZc) and - SoundCloud (https://bit.ly/2TVno5i) If you like our cast, we'd love to hear from you by way of a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. You can also celebrate our queer take on science fiction and fantasy by honoring the Black trans women and other diverse peoples who led the charge at Stonewall and elsewhere. On theme, you can put some bucks towards your state's bail fund, and/or the official George Floyd Memorial Fund.

Welcome to the Michaelogical Network, a STAR TREK DISCOVERY recap series with our brand new past/present/future STAR TREK correspondent, Eleanor Tremeer. In this episode we recap the happenings in DISCOVERY's season 3's second episode: "Far From Home". Many of our questions from the last recap have now been answered. (And some of our speculations were even correct! Michael Burnham really *has* had to wait a significant amount of time for her crew to arrive in her present, the future. This is also a fabulous season for everybody's hair styles.) That said, many more questions have been raised, and we can't wait for the showrunner to answer them. (Please, please, do the right thing by our bridge crew! And more Captain Killy and Commander Georgiou moments, please.) Join Tony, Eleanor, and Kend as The Imaginaries sets out to unpack each episode of this season. (And watch for our near-future regular episodes with Eleanor in the weeks to come.) ------------- Like our content? Our website is www.imaginaries.net, and you can drop us a line at imaginarypod@gmail.com while we are avoiding the 2020 socials. You can listen to our episodes on - iTunes (https://apple.co/3aFR64l) - Spotify (https://spoti.fi/2tERDTD) - Stitcher (https://bit.ly/38ukyZc) and - SoundCloud (https://bit.ly/2TVno5i) If you like our cast, we'd love to hear from you by way of a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. You can also celebrate our queer take on science fiction and fantasy by honoring the Black trans women and other diverse peoples who led the charge at Stonewall and elsewhere. On theme, you can put some bucks towards your state's bail fund, and/or the official George Floyd Memorial Fund.

Jobob, Warden, and Willy break down their impressions of the tenth episode of season one of Star Trek: Discovery: "Despite Yourself".We discuss multiple predictions that have been borne out or seem about to be borne out. For those who are wondering Willy & Warden can personally attest to the fact that Jobob is, in fact, a corporeal being and we are reasonably certain he wasn't merely processing a corporeal being at the time. The dude likes sex, food, and video games far too much to be a proper wormhole alien.

We're joined by friend of the podcast Jules to discuss religion in Star Trek, and to interrogate the alleged secularism of the franchise. You might know Jules as "the woman in the Captain Killy cosplay who asked Alex Kurtzman about the implications of erasing the Discovery crew from the record" at San Diego Comic Con -- and we talk about that, too. But by the end of this episode, you'll also know her as "the woman with elaborate and amazing headcanons about Worf's Seders". Also covered:  Blair Imani, the hijabi fan whose Geordi LaForge-inspired cosplay gave us the idea for this episode Roddenberry's evolving beliefs What else is lost if humanity "evolves beyond religion"? Anika argues that all the TOS movies (including Generations) are full of overt religious themes Liz defends Kai Winn, and we have a semi-related discussion about education on Deep Space 9 Discovery's depiction of religion, particularly in "New Eden" (which is Jules's cue to start drinking) Con artists who claim to be deities Q as the Jewish devil  The false science versus religion dichotomy AND MORE! You can find Jules on Twitter at @juleshastweets, and her DS9 rewatch blog at badpajamas.space. Check out antimatterpod.tumblr.com for more detailed show notes and links to our social media.

After the crowd-pleasing highs of Despite Yourself last week (Captain Killy ftw!), we're about due for some downtime in the Mirror Universe, right? Not so fast! This week hosts Cam Smith and Tyler Orton, along with special guest Janine Smith, pledge allegiance to the glorious Emperor and grapple with the latest epic shakeup in the Discovery universe! For not only does the show's latest thrilling hour offer up new takes on the Andorians and the Tellarites, it also at last pays off the mystery surrounding frequently conflicted security officer Ash Tyler. In addition to discussing the ramifications of these major happenings, the trio also ponder the future of poor Stamets, the vagaries of L'Rell's plan and the comic possibilities of DSC's cumbersome new Klingon accent.Right-click to download.Read more »

What if you could podcast into a mirror universe and can't find your way home? Well that's easy, you just dress up like the locals! This week we're talking episode 10 of Star Trek: Discovery, "Despite Yourself"! Secrets are revealed, friends are lost, and boots are licked. It's kind of hot. Into the Wormhole is brought to you by our patrons on Patreon! Join us today at www.patreon.com/wormholepodcast!

Tilly. When we first met Discovery's fiery cadet, Sylvia Tilly, she was a bright-eyed but socially awkward character serving in engineering. But she quickly befriends Michael Burnham and the two develop a mutually beneficial relationship, one that nurtures her goal of becoming a captain. At the end of the first season, she is promoted to ensign and sets out on the command track that could lead her to the captain's chair. In this episode of The Edge, hosts Amy Nelson and Patrick Devlin are joined by Brandi Jackola of Warp Five to discuss Sylvia Tilly, how she helped Stamets with the spore drive, her interactions with the crew, and her short-lived command stint as Captain Killy in the Mirror Universe. Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Welcome (00:01:05) Tilly Introduction (00:02:10) First Impressions (00:03:37) Social Awkwardness (00:10:42) Contributions to Engineering (00:15:17) Captain Killy (00:35:09) The Last Episode (00:42:56) Ode to Silvia Tilly (00:52:03) Final Thoughts (00:55:41) Closing (01:04:55) Hosts Amy Nelson and Patrick Devlin Guest Brandi Jackola Production Patrick Devlin (Editor) Amy Nelson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Tony Robinson (Associate Producer) Lisa Slack (Associate Producer) Tom Puleo (Associate Producer) Shoaib Mirza (Associate Producer) Richard Rutledge (Associate Producer) James Muldrow (Associate Producer) Cornelia Reutner (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1, Episode 14: The War Without, The War Within There was a lot to say about Star Trek: Discovery S1E14, which is titled The War Without, The War Within. In fact, it took extra time to get this episode to you as a result. More about Season 1, Episode 13: What’s Past Is Prologue We got more feedback about last week’s episode, which was a big one! Before we get into the discussion, we share that feedback. Fred’s pics… Part 4! Fred from The Netherlands shared more pics again this week, showing us more wonderful use of lighting in this series! I have used one of those pics as the featured image for this episode, but I am not going to feature the rest here, since it takes the extra time it to create the blog post when I do, and you’ve had to wait long enough! You can see Fred’s image collection from the episode here. The War Without, The War Within, The War Goes Badly For The United Federation of Planets… Soon after the pseudo-ISS Discovery becomes the USS Discovery again and rejoins its own universe, albeit nine months later than when they left it, we see Cornwell and Sarek forcibly take over the ship. They make Saru subject himself to a mind meld from Sarek. That was something you wouldn’t normally see a Federation Admiral and Ambassador do! You could see that they were pretty freaked out. We learn that Captain Killy’s ISS Discovery was destroyed in the Prime Universe, so they thought that Discovery was no more. We know things are bad when they are trepidatious of the Discovery warping to Starbase 1. Cornwell’s reaction to the 80,000 people gone from the starbase, probably many if not most of them dead, and a damaged base, tells you all you need to know. The Federation is losing badly, and with them installing Emperor Georgiou to captain Discovery, impersonating her doppelganger, that can only mean they are desperate, to the point where the very tenets of the Federation may have to be ignored to continue its survival. However, is there ANYONE out there who thinks this is a good idea??? This has BAD IDEA written all over it. The War of Lorca’s Legacy Lorca, or the shadow of him, is all over this episode. If you had any doubt, Lorca (Mirror version) was a jerk. A real jerk! By jumping into the Mirror Universe before transmitting the cloak breaking algorithm, he has doomed the Federation, taking them to the brink of annihilation. Would Cornwell, the former psychiatrist, prescribe shooting up Lorca’s remaining bowl of fortune cookies? For me, this was a highlight of the episode. The War of Fan Expectations I thought that The War Without, The War Within would either have time travel in the episode or set up a time travel episode for next week’s finale, to correct the timeline. The finale may still go that way, but it doesn’t look like it will be now. The show continues to keep me guessing, and I love that about the show. The Canon War Speaking of the finale, it’s going to have to address several elements of the story. We know there’s no spore drive going forward. The war with the Klingons, though we know very little about it according to canon, seems to be going worse than makes sense from what we know of the Federation in TOS. Those are the most glaring examples, but there are more. I will assert to listeners one last time to wait on judging the show on those matters until the finale. I have faith that they will be addressed, and if they aren’t, it will

There was a lot to say about S1E14 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled The War Without, The War Within, and we also got a lot more feedback about S1E13 What's Past Is Prologue. So, sit back, put on your favorite set of headphones or take your favorite driv...

There was a lot to say about S1E14 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled The War Without, The War Within, and we also got a lot more feedback about S1E13 What's Past Is Prologue. So, sit back, put on your favorite set of headphones or take your favorite driv...

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1, Episode 14: The War Without, The War Within There was a lot to say about Star Trek: Discovery S1E14, which is titled The War Without, The War Within. In fact, it took extra time to get this episode to you as a result. More about Season 1, Episode 13: What’s Past Is Prologue We got more feedback about last week’s episode, which was a big one! Before we get into the discussion, we share that feedback. Fred’s pics… Part 4! Fred from The Netherlands shared more pics again this week, showing us more wonderful use of lighting in this series! I have used one of those pics as the featured image for this episode, but I am not going to feature the rest here, since it takes the extra time it to create the blog post when I do, and you’ve had to wait long enough! You can see Fred’s image collection from the episode here. The War Without, The War Within, The War Goes Badly For The United Federation of Planets… Soon after the pseudo-ISS Discovery becomes the USS Discovery again and rejoins its own universe, albeit nine months later than when they left it, we see Cornwell and Sarek forcibly take over the ship. They make Saru subject himself to a mind meld from Sarek. That was something you wouldn’t normally see a Federation Admiral and Ambassador do! You could see that they were pretty freaked out. We learn that Captain Killy’s ISS Discovery was destroyed in the Prime Universe, so they thought that Discovery was no more. We know things are bad when they are trepidatious of the Discovery warping to Starbase 1. Cornwell’s reaction to the 80,000 people gone from the starbase, probably many if not most of them dead, and a damaged base, tells you all you need to know. The Federation is losing badly, and with them installing Emperor Georgiou to captain Discovery, impersonating her doppelganger, that can only mean they are desperate, to the point where the very tenets of the Federation may have to be ignored to continue its survival. However, is there ANYONE out there who thinks this is a good idea??? This has BAD IDEA written all over it. The War of Lorca’s Legacy Lorca, or the shadow of him, is all over this episode. If you had any doubt, Lorca (Mirror version) was a jerk. A real jerk! By jumping into the Mirror Universe before transmitting the cloak breaking algorithm, he has doomed the Federation, taking them to the brink of annihilation. Would Cornwell, the former psychiatrist, prescribe shooting up Lorca’s remaining bowl of fortune cookies? For me, this was a highlight of the episode. The War of Fan Expectations I thought that The War Without, The War Within would either have time travel in the episode or set up a time travel episode for next week’s finale, to correct the timeline. The finale may still go that way, but it doesn’t look like it will be now. The show continues to keep me guessing, and I love that about the show. The Canon War Speaking of the finale, it’s going to have to address several elements of the story. We know there’s no spore drive going forward. The war with the Klingons, though we know very little about it according to canon, seems to be going worse than makes sense from what we know of the Federation in TOS. Those are the most glaring examples, but there are more. I will assert to listeners one last time to wait on judging the show on those matters until the finale. I have faith that they will be addressed, and if they aren’t, it will

Ruthie and I discuss Star Trek: Discovery S1E12, titled Vaulting Ambition. Our heroes continue to try to make it back home from the dog eat dog Mirror Universe, but get deeper and deeper. We both LOVED Vaulting Ambition!

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1 Episode 12: Vaulting Ambition Ruthie and I discuss Star Trek: Discovery S1E12, titled Vaulting Ambition. Our heroes continue to try to make it back home from the dog eat dog Mirror Universe, but get in deeper and deeper. Don’t read further if you haven’t seen the episode, because there are HUGE spoilers ahead!!! Fred’s pics… Part 2! Fred from The Netherlands shared more pics this week, showing us more wonderful use of lighting in this series, specifically this episode! I share them with you throughout this blog post! Fred’s STD S1E12 beautiful lighting screen shots (09:28) – Emperor Georgiou Michael, I am your mother!!! We learn something that I hypothesized during the last episode, that Emperor Georgiou is Burnham’s mother in the Mirror Universe. This made a lot of sense, and when we found out that Georgiou was the Emperor and Sarek didn’t seem to know Burnham last episode, that was a piece of the puzzle that fit into place.

Ruthie and I discuss Star Trek: Discovery S1E12, titled Vaulting Ambition. Our heroes continue to try to make it back home from the dog eat dog Mirror Universe, but get deeper and deeper. We both LOVED Vaulting Ambition!

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1 Episode 12: Vaulting Ambition Ruthie and I discuss Star Trek: Discovery S1E12, titled Vaulting Ambition. Our heroes continue to try to make it back home from the dog eat dog Mirror Universe, but get in deeper and deeper. Don’t read further if you haven’t seen the episode, because there are HUGE spoilers ahead!!! Fred’s pics… Part 2! Fred from The Netherlands shared more pics this week, showing us more wonderful use of lighting in this series, specifically this episode! I share them with you throughout this blog post! Fred’s STD S1E12 beautiful lighting screen shots (09:28) – Emperor Georgiou Michael, I am your mother!!! We learn something that I hypothesized during the last episode, that Emperor Georgiou is Burnham’s mother in the Mirror Universe. This made a lot of sense, and when we found out that Georgiou was the Emperor and Sarek didn’t seem to know Burnham last episode, that was a piece of the puzzle that fit into place.

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1 Episode 11: The Wolf Inside Ruthie and I discuss Star Trek: Discovery S1E11, titled The Wolf Inside. Our heroes continue to try to make it back home from the dog eat dog Mirror Universe. We see new but familiar races, several alternate versions of people we know, and struggle to maintain their humanity, while one discovers something else entirely. Ruthie LOVED The Wolf Inside, and I did, too, but not quite as much as she did. Fred’s pics… Fred from The Netherlands shared some pics in his feedback, showing us the wonderful use of lighting in this episode, as these first two of the bathtub scene! I share them with you throughout this blog post! Fred’s Star Trek Discovery written feedback S1E11 – Bath tub scene (4:40) Fred’s Star Trek Discovery written feedback S1E11 – Bath tub #2 (4:40) SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Be warned, if you haven’t seen this episode yet, you will probably not want to read the rest of this post! We spend a lot of this episode aboard the Shenzhou, and some on an away mission.

Ruthie and I discuss Star Trek: Discovery S1E11, titled The Wolf Inside. Our heroes continue to try to make it back home from the dog eat dog Mirror Universe. We see new but familiar races, several alternate versions of people we know,

Ruthie and I discuss Star Trek: Discovery S1E11, titled The Wolf Inside. Our heroes continue to try to make it back home from the dog eat dog Mirror Universe. We see new but familiar races, several alternate versions of people we know,

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1 Episode 11: The Wolf Inside Ruthie and I discuss Star Trek: Discovery S1E11, titled The Wolf Inside. Our heroes continue to try to make it back home from the dog eat dog Mirror Universe. We see new but familiar races, several alternate versions of people we know, and struggle to maintain their humanity, while one discovers something else entirely. Ruthie LOVED The Wolf Inside, and I did, too, but not quite as much as she did. Fred’s pics… Fred from The Netherlands shared some pics in his feedback, showing us the wonderful use of lighting in this episode, as these first two of the bathtub scene! I share them with you throughout this blog post! Fred’s Star Trek Discovery written feedback S1E11 – Bath tub scene (4:40) Fred’s Star Trek Discovery written feedback S1E11 – Bath tub #2 (4:40) SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Be warned, if you haven’t seen this episode yet, you will probably not want to read the rest of this post! We spend a lot of this episode aboard the Shenzhou, and some on an away mission.

He’s finally back, performing for you! That’s right, the long wait is over, and Discovery, and by extension Jack’s Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery Podcast, is back!  And they are both on FIRE!  Joining Jack for the first time in 2018 are old buddy Barm and Ferengi expert Kregg Castillo, to enlighten us all on such topics as the mechanics of the Mirror Universe, what kind of costumes they liked to wear as children, proctology and the necessity of not keeping assholes waiting, how great Captain “Killy” is, what Jonathan Frakes brings to the table as a director, that new Star Tarantino project, and so much more silly little friendly neighborhood bullshit.  Plus, stick around to hear possibly the greatest email that has ever been written.  Hail the Empire!

The Mirror Universe. When we last saw Discovery, a spore drive malfunction had thrown the ship to an unknown region of space—at least it was unknown if you had not been paying attention to the many clues leading us there and had never seen Star Trek before. The second half of Star Trek: Discovery's first season opens, unsurprisingly, in the Mirror Universe—or at least in a mirror universe. In this episode of Notes from The Edge, in which we deep-dive into connections between Star Trek: Discovery and the broader Star Trek universe, host C Bryan Jones shares his thoughts on this turn of events and characters developments, delves into some of the connections to the greater franchise—including a rather obscure one—and explores the Mirror Universe and how “Despite Yourself” connects to what we've seen before (and how maybe it doesn't). Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Initial Thoughts (00:02:55) Is Our Lorca Mirror Lorca? (00:11:42) Captain Killy (00:18:01) Ash Voqler Lives (00:19:33) The Culber Matter (00:25:15) Who Is the Emperor? (00:30:31) Organia (00:32:10) Isik (00:36:06) USS Defiant (00:37:47) The Mirror Universe (00:43:28) Closing (00:50:52) Host C Bryan Jones Production C Bryan Jones (Editor and Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Tony Robinson (Associate Producer) Thomas Puleo (Associate Producer) Lisa Slack (Associate Producer) Shoaib Mirza (Associate Producer) Richard Rutledge (Associate Producer) James Muldrow (Associate Producer) Cornelia Reutner (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

“Despite Yourself” AnalysisStar Trek: Discovery returns with a mid-season premiere that puts our crew in the Mirror Universe ... and starts killing people off. The trio is join by Lee Hutchison to not only gauge the accuracy of Captain Lorca’s Scottish accent but how we should handle all the plot twists in this episode. Are the myriad of “surprises” getting you excited about the rest of season one? Or does the producers’ chants of “trust us” make you nervous? Let us know!

Susan Arendt of the Continue podcast and Genii Online fills in for Sabriel as Discovery returns to the airwaves. Are we surprised that our heroes have found themselves in the Mirror Universe, or that hot tortured guy may be a Klingon? We gush over Captain Killy and Jonathan Frakes’ directing, puzzle over Lorca’s origin and …

Despite Yourself. After eight weeks of speculation, the answers are finally here! Trapped in an unknown region of space, the USS Discovery is attacked by a Vulcan ship. The crew soon learns they have jumped to a parallel universe in which the Federation has been replaced by a sinister organization known as the Terran Empire. Meanwhile, in sickbay, Stamets is recovering from the effects of his last spore jump and Ash Tyler is concerned that the Klingons may have done something more to him than physical torture. In this episode of The Edge, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Guinevere Liberty Nell of The Briar Patch and Suzanne Williamson of To The Journey to discuss the first episode in chapter two of Star Trek: Discovery's first season. We also discuss writing tropes, the Mirror Universe, Jonathan Frakes, and Captain Killy. In news, Mike Schindler is joined by John Mills of Stage Nine to discuss Aaron Harberts's statement about what is to come in season two. Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Season Two (00:01:05) Despite Yourself (00:13:26) Spoiled Before It Started (00:18:24) Voq (00:28:42) Culber (00:35:57) Captain Killy (00:50:17) Threat Ganglia (00:54:14) Jonathan Frakes (00:57:47) Final Thoughts (01:00:01) Closing (01:06:24) Hosts Brandon-Shea Mutala and Mike Schindler Guests Guinevere Liberty Nell, Suzanne Williamson, and John Mills Production Mike Schindler (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Tony Robinson (Associate Producer) Thomas Puleo (Associate Producer) Lisa Slack (Associate Producer) Shoaib Mirza (Associate Producer) Richard Rutledge (Associate Producer) James Muldrow (Associate Producer) Cornelia Reutner (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Star Trek: Discovery returns from its mid-season break with Chapter 2 and just a killer episode focusing on aspects of Trek lore we’ve all come to love over the franchise’s history. We’ll discuss the episode in detail including the infamous Captain Killy, so spoilers ahead! What did you think of “Despite Yourself”? Is Discovery hitting...

On this episode of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, new co-host Ruthie and I discuss the mid-season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, S1E10, titled Despite Yourself. In the long standing tradition, Discovery travels to the Mirror Universe. Go Captain Killy!

On this episode of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, new co-host Ruthie and I discuss the mid-season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, S1E10, titled Despite Yourself. In the long standing tradition, Discovery travels to the Mirror Universe. We both LOVED this episode, and we especially loved "Captain Killy". Read More... The post STDP 013 – Star Trek Discovery – S1E10 – Despite Yourself appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1 Episode 10: Despite Yourself On this episode of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, new co-host Ruthie and I discuss the mid-season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, S1E10, titled Despite Yourself. In the long-standing tradition, we find out that the USS Discovery has traveled to the Mirror Universe, after not knowing where it ended up last time. We both LOVED this episode!!! Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the Emperor of them all? So much happened in this episode! We discover that Burnham is the Captain of the ISS Shenzhou, or at least was before being presumed dead. Lorca is a fugitive in this universe, and although he captained the Buran as he did in the prime universe, was never captain of the ISS Discovery. Instead, Tilly is the captain, and she has earned several nicknames for her command, including Captain Killy. Who’s Got a Secret? We learn more about the Tyler/L’Rell situation, and it gets really complicated, while we lose a valued member of the crew as a result. Get in your feedback! Please submit your feedback to the next episode, Star Trek: Discovery S1E11, titled The Wolf Inside. Please remember to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Subscribing to us helps us move up in the rankings, so it’ll help us out tremendously! You’ll also get new episodes when they’re released. And while you’re in there, leave us a rating or review! It only takes a few minutes and it also helps us out! Want to participate? Join our Facebook group! And follow us on Twitter!

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1 Episode 10: Despite Yourself On this episode of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, new co-host Ruthie and I discuss the mid-season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, S1E10, titled Despite Yourself. In the long-standing tradition, we find out that the USS Discovery has traveled to the Mirror Universe, after not knowing where it ended up last time. We both LOVED this episode!!! Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the Emperor of them all? So much happened in this episode! We discover that Burnham is the Captain of the ISS Shenzhou, or at least was before being presumed dead. Lorca is a fugitive in this universe, and although he captained the Buran as he did in the prime universe, was never captain of the ISS Discovery. Instead, Tilly is the captain, and she has earned several nicknames for her command, including Captain Killy. Who’s Got a Secret? We learn more about the Tyler/L’Rell situation, and it gets really complicated, while we lose a valued member of the crew as a result. Get in your feedback! Please submit your feedback to the next episode, Star Trek: Discovery S1E11, titled The Wolf Inside. Please remember to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Subscribing to us helps us move up in the rankings, so it’ll help us out tremendously! You’ll also get new episodes when they’re released. And while you’re in there, leave us a rating or review! It only takes a few minutes and it also helps us out! Want to participate? Join our Facebook group! And follow us on Twitter!

On this episode of The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, new co-host Ruthie and I discuss the mid-season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, S1E10, titled Despite Yourself. In the long standing tradition, Discovery travels to the Mirror Universe. Go Captain Killy!