PAT TREK
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsPatrick O'Rourke loves Star Trek: The Next Generation. Patrick Winegar has never seen it. As Pat O. introduces Pat W. to the series episode by episode, they discuss the good and the bad of Star Trek, and the strange universe that surrounds it.
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Episodes
S2E21: Peak Performance
January 04, 2017 14:21 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBOooops, with all the holiday rush we screwed up. Pat accidentally skipped The Emissary. Sorry, we will make it up next week. In Peak Performance, the Pats finally get to see what happens when Riker and Picard match wits in a battle simulator, and Data and some guy with gills go head to head in a board game with milking attachments on it.
BONUS: Star Trek Adventures pt 2
December 31, 2016 17:58 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBIt's part two of our special three part series! Will the ensigns find the science station? Or will their fear hold them back? For more information on the game, visit Modiphius Entertainment. Playing with the Pats are Chris Geiger, Lindsay Baish, and Stephen Kropa.
BONUS: Star Trek Adventures pt 1
December 30, 2016 23:35 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBWe got our hands on the alpha version of the Star Trek Adventures Tabletop RPG from Modiphius Games. We had a blast playing it, so Pat O. couldn't help himself and edited together a special 3 part mini-series. Playing with the Pats are Chris Geiger, Lindsay Baish, and Stephen Kropa.
S2E19: Manhunt
December 21, 2016 14:23 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBSurena Marie from The Dungeon Rats joins the Pats to watch Manhunt, an episode featuring the return of Lwaxana Troi, a Dixon Hill holodeck adventure, and a certain British soft-rock star in a full-body alien fish costume.
S2E18: Up the Long Ladder
December 18, 2016 23:18 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBIn Up the Long Ladder, pandemonium erupts on the Enterprise as hundreds of ethnic stereotypes from a Thomas Nast cartoon seek refuge on the ship. Pat and Pat dissect this poorly received second season episode, full of dropped subplots, broad comedy, and clones.
S2E17: Samaritan Snare
December 07, 2016 02:20 - 1 hour - 64 MBBen Vigeant of Space Lincoln joins Pat and Pat to talk about Samaritan Snare, an episode packed with personal revelations from Captain Picard and villains from the 1991 Dan Aykroyd film Nothing but Trouble.
S2E16: Q Who
November 23, 2016 01:28 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBThis week's Pat Trek sees the return of both Chris Geiger and Q in Q Who, an episode featuring everyone's favorite multidimensional trickster, as well as the first appearance of the Borg (and baby Borglings).
S2E15: Pen Pals
November 16, 2016 01:06 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn Pen Pals, the Pats break down an episode where Wesley takes his first command, the Enterprise crew saves a planet from destruction, and everyone wrings their hands over the Prime Directive for 40 minutes.
S2E14: Icarus Factor
November 09, 2016 04:02 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBIn The Icarus Factor, Pat and Pat dig deep into Riker's relationship with his father, Klingon bar-mitzvahs, and wrestling your dad.
S2E13: Time Squared
November 02, 2016 00:37 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIn Time Squared, the Enterprise crew gets thrown for a loop once again by the complexities of space time. Pat and Pat break down a mostly forgettable episode where Picard murders his future self and Riker screws up scrambled eggs.
S2E12: The Royale
October 26, 2016 03:40 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBEric Scull guest stars on Pat Trek to discuss one of his favorite episodes: The Royale. Once again, the Enterprise crew is trapped in a film noir story full of swaggering gangsters, high-rolling gamblers, and terrible dialog (but on purpose this time).
S2E11: Contagion
October 19, 2016 13:04 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBThe Pats continue their slog through middling season two episodes with Contagion. After the USS Yamato mysteriously explodes while studying an ancient alien graveyard, the Enterprise crew must uncover clues as to what destroyed their sister ship (SPOILER: it was the ancient alien graveyard).
S2E10: The Dauphin
October 12, 2016 13:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBComing down off the high of Measure of a Man, Pat and Pat trudge through a more forgettable episode: The Dauphin. The Enterprise crew handles some delicate alien diplomacy, Wesley falls in love with a shapeshifter, and the Holodeck is surprisingly used for something other than death or sex.
S2E9: Measure of a Man
October 05, 2016 13:03 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBBrian Sebby returns to Pat Trek to talk about one of TNG's most critically acclaimed episodes: Measure of a Man. Data fights for his legal rights as a person, Picard reunites with an old flame, and Pat W. struggles not to laugh at the words "JAG officers".
S2E8: Matter of Honor
September 28, 2016 03:39 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBThe Pats recap A Matter of Honor, a fast-paced, action-packed episode where Riker has an adventure on a real Klingon vessel, not a Holodeck sex fantasy or a sad desert.
S2E7: Unnatural Selection
September 20, 2016 23:44 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBCinemajaw's Matt Kubinski joins the Pats to dissect Unnatural Selection, an episode featuring everyone's favorite single-season filler character, Dr. Pulaski.
S2E6: The Schizoid Man
September 14, 2016 12:52 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBPeaches & Hot Sauce's own Schuyler Weinberg talks with the Pats about The Schizoid Man, an episode where the Enterprise crew learns about what it means to be human. Also, Data gets a horny old man stuck in his android brain.
S2E5: Loud as a Whisper
September 06, 2016 12:51 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBPat W and Pat O try their hand at diplomacy in Loud as a Whisper, an early Season 2 episode where viewers learn a lesson about sign language, a war is (maybe) averted, and not much else happens.
S2E4: The Outrageous Okona
August 30, 2016 12:51 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBPat W.'s older brother Thomas guests on this week's edition of Pat Trek to talk about the Outrageous Okona, an early season 2 episode with a CBS version of Han Solo and special appearance by Joe Piscopo for some reason.
S2E3: Elementary, Dear Data
August 23, 2016 12:37 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBOnce again, the Enterprise crew nearly destroys themselves by playing dress-up in the Holodeck. Carlos Luna joins Pat and Pat to chat about Elementary, Dear Data, the nature of life itself, and why Starfleet installed this death machine on the ship in the first place.
S2E2: Where Silence Has Lease
August 16, 2016 14:07 - 44 minutes - 41 MBLindsay Baish-Flynn returns to the show to talk to Pat and Pat about Where Silence Has Lease, a bizarre episode that finds the Enterprise crew trapped in a black hole by a sadistic late-80s CGI face.
S2E1: The Child
August 09, 2016 13:51 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBPat and Pat begin the journey into season two with "The Child", a confusing story that combines a deadly virus and an immaculately conceived space Jesus.
Pat Trek Beyond
August 02, 2016 14:33 - 1 hour - 70 MBPat, Pat, and Zack venture outside the studio and the TNG universe to see Star Trek Beyond, a summer flick that's one part Star Trek, seven parts action movie. (SPOILERS AHEAD)
S1E25: The Neutral Zone
July 26, 2016 14:55 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBPat and Pat sit down with Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity to talk about "The Neutral Zone", the final episode in the long, strange journey of season one.
S1E24: Conspiracy
July 19, 2016 13:53 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBPat and Pat break down Conspiracy, the most violent and graphic episode of Star Trek TNG yet, chock full of mind control grubs, phaser shootouts, and an exploding pile of meat that once was a Starfleet officer.
S1E23: We'll Always Have Paris
July 12, 2016 14:40 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBPat and Pat explore the streets of Space France in "We'll Always Have Paris", an episode where Picard rekindles an old flame, Data travels through five seconds of time, and not much else happens.
S1E22: Skin of Evil
June 28, 2016 14:12 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBPat and Pat sit down with Jason Baker to talk about Skin of Evil, a controversial episode where not much happens, other than a main character getting killed by a puddle.
S1E21: Symbiosis
June 21, 2016 14:20 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBPat and Pat break down Symbiosis, an episode where the Enterprise takes on a planet full of drug-pushers, the Prime Directive is stretched to the limit, and Wesley enrolls in D.A.R.E.
S1E20: The Arsenal of Freedom
June 14, 2016 14:13 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBImproviser TJ King and P&HS contributor Zack Mast join the Pats to discuss The Arsenal of Freedom--an episode in which LaForge's command skills are put to the test, and Picard outsmarts a homicidal chatbot.
S1E19: Heart of Glory
June 07, 2016 13:59 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBPat and Pat discuss one of season one's better episodes, Heart of Glory. This week, the Enterprise crew pick up a band of Klingon outlaws, Captain Picard almost kills his away team by babbling about Geordie's visor, and Worf finally delivers more than one or two lines for once.
S1E18: Coming of Age
May 31, 2016 15:47 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBBrian Sebby returns to the show to discuss Coming of Age, a Wesley-centric episode that surprisingly holds up. This week, the Pats discuss a shadowy conspiracy threatening the Federation, and rigorous Academy exams that look a lot like hazing.
S1E17: Home Soil
May 23, 2016 23:01 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBPat W. literally phones in this episode of Pat Trek from vacation in Omaha to discuss Home Soil. In this episode, the Enterprise crew must solve a murder on a terraform base, and suffer the insults of a sentient talking rock.
S1E16: When the Bough Breaks
May 17, 2016 16:28 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBPeaches and Hot Sauce contributor Zack Mast sits down with Pat and Pat to discuss When the Bough Breaks, an uncharacteristically good Season 1 episode, until it takes a bizarre turn in the third act.
S1E15: Too Short a Season
May 10, 2016 17:08 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBThis week, the Pats discuss Too Short a Season, an episode where a diseased Muppet must help Picard negotiate a hostage situation on an alien planet, raising big questions about the Prime Directive.
S1E14: 11001001
May 03, 2016 11:36 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBThe Enterprise takes a break from deep space exploration to get upgrades from an alien race of binary cybernetic creatures. Alcohollywood's Clint Worthington sits down with the Pats to talk about Bynars, Starfleet, and Riker's questionable use of the Holodeck.
S1E13: Angel One
April 26, 2016 14:19 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBThis week, the Pats sit down with Kathryn Fallucco to discuss Angel One, a mysterious planet where the Enterprise crew must negotiate with a female-dominated oligarchy, rescue a rogue band of Men's Rights Activists, and control Riker's libido.
S1E12: Datalore
April 20, 2016 03:29 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBThis week, the Pats dig further in to the first season to discuss Data and his twin brother in Datalore. Where did Data come from? Why does he talk like that? Why was he built to resemble character actor Brent Spiner? Some of these questions will be answered, and more on this episode of Pat Trek.
S1E11: The Big Goodbye
April 12, 2016 15:48 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBFinally, the Holodeck gets used for something other than a place for Riker to mope about girl problems, as Picard takes a virtual-reality vacation to live the life of a 1940s private eye. Brian Holden of Starkid joins Pat and Pat to discuss his Star Trek fandom and whether or not the Holodeck is actually an elaborate execution chamber.
S1E10: Haven
April 05, 2016 14:57 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBLindsay Baish joins Pat and Pat to talk about Haven, an episode supposedly set in the 24th century, but is clearly inspired by the 1980s. Deanna Troi deals with a surprise arranged marriage, big-haired aliens hail the Enterprise, and Armin Shimerman makes another Star Trek appearance as a talking silver box that poops out jewels.
S1E9: Hide and Q
March 29, 2016 14:59 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBStephen Kropa joins Pat and Pat to discuss the return of Star Trek's most famous transdimensional being in Hide and Q. Meanwhile, Riker is given godlike powers, which he surprisingly does not use for sex.
S1E8: The Battle
March 22, 2016 15:04 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBOn today's episode, Carlos Luna joins Pat and Pat to discuss the second appearance of the Ferengi in The Battle. Enemies come to the Enterprise bearing gifts, skeletons are pulled from dusty closets, and Picard gets tortured by a weird globe.
S1E7: Justice
March 14, 2016 13:25 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBVishnu Boray joins Pat and Pat in the studio to discuss the seventh episode of season one, Justice. In today's episode, the Enterprise encounters a living god, and Picard nearly ends Wesley's life by sending him to explore a quasi-fascist sex planet.
S1E6: The Lonely Among Us
March 01, 2016 16:03 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBPat O.'s mom and dad stop by the studio to talk about The Lonely Among Us and the O'Rourke family's love of Captain Picard. Pat W. gets further in to the universe of Star Trek in an episode full of beings of pure energy and slapstick alien cannibalism.
S1E5: Where No One Has Gone Before
February 23, 2016 02:13 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBPat and Pat venture where millions of viewers in 1987 have gone before as they review Where No One Has Gone Before, the fifth episode of Star Trek: TNG. Mel Fox joins the Pats as they wrap their heads around long-distance space travel and Wesley Crusher's messiah complex.
S1E4: The Last Outpost
February 10, 2016 16:49 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn The Last Outpost, an away team uncovers an ancient mystery planetside (again) and the Enterprise crew nearly dies (again). Join Pat, Pat, and The Nerdologues' Chris Geiger as they chat about TNG's fourth episode, as well as the first appearance of the Ferengi.
S1E3: Code Of Honor
February 01, 2016 23:52 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBOn this week's episode of Pat Trek, Pat & Pat finally come into agreement over Code of Honor, an almost universally panned episode of TNG. Special guest Brian Sebby joins the Patricks to pick apart the wreckage of this televised train wreck.
S1E2: The Naked Now
December 22, 2015 18:58 - 54 minutes - 50 MBSean Kelley of Improvised Star Trek joins the Patricks to discuss The Naked Now. In this episode of Pat Trek, they debate whether the second installment of TNG was any good, as well as the ethics of programming a robot for sex.
S1E1: Encounter at Farpoint
December 22, 2015 18:55 - 52 minutes - 48 MBOn September 28, 1987, Star Trek returned to television for the first time in almost 20 years with Encounter at Farpoint. In this episode, Patrick O. guides Patrick W. through the complexities of Starfleet, the mystery of Q, and why Jean-Luc Picard has a British accent.