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Next Generation's First Generation

143 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

Journey with Pat and Sascha as we re-watch and evaluate STNG comparing our experience first watching the show as children and interpreting the show now as adults. Born in 1982 and 1979, Patrick and Sascha were the first generation to grow up with the cast and crew of the STNG Enterprise.

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Episodes

S2E7 Unnatural Selection

January 30, 2019 14:26 - 53 minutes - 75.6 MB

Genetic Engineering, old people complaining about their aches and pains, something about a shuttlecraft and an amped-up teenager making senior citizens mad.  Oh, and there is no way we are going to use the transporter today…at least for a hot second…well let’s just see how Patrick and Sascha figure this out.

S2E6 The Schizoid Man

January 23, 2019 08:00 - 51 minutes - 73.2 MB

Yes it's that time to meet the first member of Data's family...'creepy grandpa'.  Does he want love? No Does he want family? No.  Sadly we realize he only want's Data for his body or more specifically the space between his ears.  Join Patrick and Sascha as we explore yet another example of Mind Uploading Science Fiction....because we could not get enough of it from the motion picture apparently.....

S2E5 Loud as a Whisper

January 09, 2019 08:00 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MB

Famed arbitrator and diplomat Reva and his entourage hope to sooth tensions between two waring parties.  Fortunately for us all his aids get shot and we get to see what happens next!  This is an exciting episode with action, romance and language skills.  Listen along while Patrick and Sascha try to figure this one out.

S2E4 The Outrageous Okana

December 12, 2018 08:00 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MB

Only slightly overdriven is Patrick, Sascha and the gang.  We get to see a space pirate Riker wannabe help two kids fall in love while Joe Piscopo help Data tell jokes…well I guess that’s more than what we deserve…meanwhile Patrick and Sascha try to figure it all out.

Angel One in under 3 Minutes!

December 07, 2018 06:11 - 2 minutes - 1.89 MB

The crew beams down to a planet where the women are men and the men cant believe it's not butter!  If you like this 3 minute short then you are sure to enjoy our full podcast "Next Generation's First Generation", find us on iTunes, You Tube, Google Play and Libsyn.

30 Years ago Today, Riker falls in love on the Holodeck, 11001001

December 07, 2018 06:11 - 2 minutes - 1.98 MB

The Binars reprogram the holodeck to capture Riker!  Checkout our full review of 11001001 on our podcast"Next Generation's First Generation".

Datalore in 3 Minutes!

December 07, 2018 06:10 - 3 minutes - 2.11 MB

Data has a brother, and he is an evil robot...sad Christmas.  Set phasers to crocodile tears. Why does everyone in STNG have such sad family origin stories?  A very important episode otherwise, give this 3 minute short a listen, and perhaps check out our podcast "Next Generation's First Generation" to get the full scoop.

S2E3 Elementary Dear Data

December 05, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MB

Data and the Gang melt our hearts by bringing life to the holodeck in a bolder incarnation of murderous rage.  In this episode we ask a simple question, can we create a challenge that can beats Data.  Patrick and Sascha try to figure out how this all goes down...and heck...why didn't that paper dematerialize when they walked of the holodeck???

S2E2 Where Silence Has Lease

November 28, 2018 08:00 - 51 minutes - 28.8 MB

Perhaps this is an ode to the poem 'The Spell of the Yukon', or perhaps it has noting to do with that at all.  A gigantic space monster comes to KILL and analyze Troy's expressions and scare Worf.  But Picard....never, he'd rather blow up the damned ship, Captain Ahab has to go hunt his wale...oh wait that's in another video.  Enjoy this review as we try to figure out what the heck is going on!

S2E1 The Child

November 21, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

WE ARE BACK for season 2! Picard is not amused by Sascha and Pat's surprise baby shower for Counselor Troi.  Unexpected kids, dangerous virus that could kill everyone and an edgy old time country doctor.  So MANY changes, what the heck is going on???

Bring Hairspray for Shore-leave!

November 16, 2018 01:05 - 1 hour - 134 MB

It's the 60's, good music, great fashion and just some awful awful racism.  We dance to the beat of integration, positive body image and gender fluid acting.  We sure had a lot of fun with this one, please enjoy some hairspray with us.

Shore Leave with Beetlejuice

October 31, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 98.2 MB

It's our favorite time again!  Lets kill our heroes, bring them back not so dead and run them through a bureaucracy!  Oh it's so refreshing to see that kicking someone out of your house is just as much fun dead as it is living.  We enjoyed this episode as Patrick, Sascha and friend try and figure out what the heck is going on.

Shore Leave with Willow!

August 29, 2018 01:21 - 2 hours - 176 MB

As our good friend Aaron would say: "Madmartigan! Brownies! Two elderly women flinging arms wildly while trying to kill each other! A mystical prophecy that doesn't really do anything! All this and more in Willow! Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to take this life-sized cardboard cutout of Sorsha and stare at it for a very long time in my bedroom."  Yup, it's time for Willow, are you ready for it?

Shore Leave is Big!

July 28, 2018 02:27 - 1 hour - 114 MB

Stand up, sit down, sit up stand straight!  Did you get all of that, you're a grownup now, ACT LIKE IT.  What a bummer....in this episode of shore leave Patrick and Sascha try to remember what being a kid was all about, by watching a grown man act like one...and doing a fairly good job at it too!

Shore Leave in the City of the Edge of Forever, by TTF

July 02, 2018 00:21 - 2 hours - 83.2 MB

This is a tribute re-broadcast episode in memory of Harlan Ellison.  This episode was recorded and produced by the True Two Freaks, from their regular podcast, Star Trek Monthly Monday and re-aired with their permission.  Enjoy this little gem while on shore leave!

Shore Leave in a Land Before Time

June 28, 2018 04:10 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Welcome to our Shore Leave series!  We  reviewed our old childhood favorite Land Before Time.  This was Sascha's first time through and we realized this film is a lot darker than we remember!

Season 1 Wrap Party

June 15, 2018 00:36 - 1 hour - 97.7 MB

Season 1 is finished and the group reviews each episode.  We had a lot of fun and ended up picking out favorite top 10 episodes!  We had a lot of fun along the way and made some new friends!  I had so much fun having everyone on board as guests :)

S1E26 The Neutral Zone

May 16, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MB

Low Mileage Pit Woofies?  Nope, just Romulans I'm afraid.  But that does not stop Data, Worf, the Dr. and whom ever else happens to be in the room from helping three lost time traveling humans from building a memory.  Patrick and Sascha have fun with this one, it's cute, gives some credible intro to the Romulans but lacks some umph.

S1E25 Conspiracy

May 09, 2018 07:00 - 58 minutes - 41.4 MB

Was this a bad attempt at introducing the Borg?  Was this an attempt to introduce a long lasting story arch that would define Trek as we know it?  Nope...a big bucket of nope...so ever disappointingly not even close.  But we still had a lot of fun watching it, and we get so see an old dude kick Worf's tuchus.

S1E24 We'll Always Have Paris

May 02, 2018 07:00 - 52 minutes - 37.1 MB

Well, It's happened...we get to meet Picard's old girlfriend.  Is she the hotwife of a dying scientist?  How is data going to save more than 9 with a stitch in time?  This episode is a lot of fun on paper but just terrible when you watch it.  So watch it along with us and have some laughs!

S1E23 Skin of Evil

April 25, 2018 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.7 MB

The death of Tasha.  Good by, your loss was too soon and we thank you for your service.  It was empty and meaningless.  Goodbye Sunni Gummi...

S1E22 Symbiosis

April 18, 2018 07:00 - 57 minutes - 40.4 MB

Space drugs gone BAD!  Cheese it, it's the cops...I mean the enterprise.  Yes...sadly the Enterprise encounters a drug deal gone bad...in space...with that cool lightning effect.  Mehhh...But is was actually cool because this was so bad it was actually fun to watch!  Check it out as Patrick, Sascha and friend figure this one out.

S1E21 The Arsenal of Freedom

April 11, 2018 07:00 - 53 minutes - 38.5 MB

This is one of Pat's favorite season 1 episodes and Sascha's as well.  We had a lot of fun with the good ship lollipop and we know it's size and compliment, but we wont tell you...you drone spy ship thingy that's my dead buddy from the academy.  Watch a long as we see some good kick but sci-fi writing from an otherwise not so ok season of STNG.

S1E20 Heart of Glory

March 21, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MB

A significant Worf episode!  Not only do we get to know where he came from Sascha and Patrick dive deep into how he came to be himself.  We also pay tribute to an unnamed extra, Dexter Clay.  With guests Matt and Bryant, we have a lot of fun with this one.  Oh, did I mention Geordi Vision?

S1E19 Coming of Age

March 01, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MB

Oh no!  Wesley tries to get into the academy, by going to a planet, taking a test and pulling a dude from wreckage...only to not quite make it off the show.  That's ok, he'll have a couple more tries.  Also, another kid steels a shuttle OMG!  and there's an investigation about Picard WTF, dont mess with our BAE!  Yup, you guessed it, Patrick, Sascha and Gem have fun with this face palm.

S1E18 Home Soil

February 22, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MB

Dodge the Death Lasers as fast as an android can move!  It's another crazy episode of "try not to kills the locals" episode of STNG.  A seemingly empty plant is ripe for terraforming, only one problem the SALT IS ALIVE!!!  Patrick, Sascha, Matt and guests try to figure out if this is global genocide or just spilling the salt.  There is a cool ray gun involved so its go that going for it....

S1E17 When the Bough Breaks

February 15, 2018 08:00 - 54 minutes - 38.7 MB

The Enterprise encounters a post modern environmental mess that keeps everyone from having babies!  What's that, they want Wesley, that's ok...wait you want all the other kids too...NO WAY!!!  Patrick, Sascha and guests try and figure this one out, and spoilers...its actually a Wesley episode!

S1E16 Too Short a Season

February 08, 2018 08:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

A throw back that feels WAY too much lick a TOS episode.  An admiral takes some drugs, gets young and shows up an early career bully and tries to prove he can fix all the things.  Sascha feels this episode is a real face palm but he and Pat had a great time seeing it to the end!

S1E15 11001001

February 01, 2018 08:00 - 51 minutes - 36.3 MB

The Binars redesign the holodeck for Riker's full enjoyment!  But IT'S A TRAP and the end up with the ultimate honeypot.  What's the deal, well apparently they want the largest hard drive around and the Enterprise is it.  Patrick and Sascha voyage out and hit this one head on!

S1E14 Angel One

January 25, 2018 08:00 - 52 minutes - 37.7 MB

The Crew beam down to a planet where the role of the sexes have been switched!  Women are in charge but the men are just as confused as ever!  Originally an episode that was meant to provide social commentary on the Appartide of South Africa, the writers really missed the mark on this one.  Patrick and Sascha are here though to help you out and ease the pain through some of these more questionable episodes!

S1E13 Datalore

January 18, 2018 08:00 - 53 minutes - 36.2 MB

Data has a brother, and he is an evil robot...sad Christmas.  Set phasers to crocodile tears. Why does everyone in STNG have such sad family origin stories?  A very important episode otherwise as it provides the foundation of one of our favorite characters of the show and pull at the strings of our hearts.

S1E12 The Big Goodbye

January 11, 2018 05:30 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MB

It's another Holodeck Adventure as Patrick, Sascha and Matt join the crew of the Enterprise!  It's all fun and games until you make tom foolery of the local photonic organized crime ring.  Then BANG! your'e dead...

Adventures In Babysitting!

December 07, 2017 04:31 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB

STNG took a regular production break around the holiday season.  To keep in stride with the 30 year release of every episode and to keep the good stuff coming, we've decided to do movie reviews of the period to keep you entertained!  In this episode we break out teeth into "Adventures in Babysitting"!

S1E11 Haven

November 30, 2017 08:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MB

In this episode of Next Generation's First Generation, Troi is getting married!  Complete surprise, especially to her ex-Riker!  She's gonna do it, until a plague ship arrives, what do you know...her new man is a Doctor...  Also Mrs. Troi shows up and is a hot mess but is in complete control of the situation.  This is a fun little diversion that is not mostly terrible, but on the bright side Yar is dressed up to the point where we are reminded of Sunny Gummy!

S1E10 Hide and Q

November 23, 2017 17:00 - 51 minutes - 33.2 MB

Riker just won the lottery but he does'nt like who he has to thank.  He COULD save the child, solve homelessness and obtain world peace, but no...Picard insists he not use his powers.  Patrick, Sascha and the party crew try to solve this mystery.

S1E09 The Battle

November 16, 2017 17:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MB

The Ferengi have a fire sale, and everything MUST go, need a ship? You've got it!  Want your old life back with all the crippling PTSD?  You've got it!  And all you need to have a few headaches and respond to command hallucinations, just make sure not to blow up the enterprise.  Patrick and Sascha try and figure out what exactly has happened to Picard and what the heck is going on with this possible Ferengi reboot.

S1E08 Justice

November 09, 2017 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MB

The crew finds an orgy planet after settling some colonists.  Everyone beam down! Wesley go play ball or something...but don't...get...into...trouble.  Uh-ho, its a Wesley episode, but that's ok "because we're Starfleet and we don't lie."  So Patrick and Sascha just have to figure out if god is ok when he is just a dude in orbit.  Oh and something about the prime directive?

S1E07 Lonely Among Us

November 02, 2017 16:00 - 48 minutes - 34.7 MB

Dogs and Snakes go to Pairliament to GET FUNKY!  What's that?  A Nebula??  Lets check it out and then beam Picard into space.  Patrick and Sascha try to figure out what the heck actually hapend in this episode.

S1E06 Where No One has Gone Before

October 26, 2017 16:00 - 48 minutes - 35 MB

The Traveler comes for a visit and blows the Enterprise off course.  In a land of where space and time and thought aren't the separate things they appear to be.  A terrible Wesley episode, but space bubbles!!!!

S1E05 The Last Outpost

October 19, 2017 16:00 - 47 minutes - 35.1 MB

In this episode of STNG, we encounter the Ferengi for the first time!  That's right, our favorite fur wearing, jumping salesmen people who like naked women, but not in space...or in clothing.  Listen for Pat's and Sascha's reactions, and watch out for finger traps!

S1E04 Code of Honor

October 12, 2017 16:00 - 48 minutes - 34.3 MB

Episode 4 of STNG with Patrick, Sascha and Matt with this hilarious and very unusual STNG episode where apparently the writers decided to take lets say...a very questionable route.

S1E03 The Naked Now

October 05, 2017 16:00 - 47 minutes - 33.4 MB

Episode 3, the Naked Now with Sascha, Patrick and guest Matt!

S1E01 & 2 Encounter at Farpoint

September 26, 2017 03:07 - 1 hour - 68.8 MB

Episode 1 and 2 of STNG with dialog from Patrick, Sascha and special guest Gem!