Episode 157: Jinaal in the Family

Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter Remembering John G. Trimble | Star Trek Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Renewed, Lower Decks Ending ‘Hopefully We Find a New Home’: Jack Quaid Reacts to Star Trek: Lower Decks Ending at Paramount+ Paramount announces yet another Star Trek prequel Star Trek Captain’s Choice …

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Subspace Chatter

Remembering John G. Trimble | Star Trek

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Renewed, Lower Decks Ending

‘Hopefully We Find a New Home’: Jack Quaid Reacts to Star Trek: Lower Decks Ending at Paramount+

Paramount announces yet another Star Trek prequel

Star Trek Captain’s Choice Pre-Ground Coffee – Pop Culture Coffee

Star Trek Vulcan Vanilla Pre-Ground Coffee – Pop Culture Coffee

Fun 1982 Video of Leonard Nimoy Asking Fan if They Think Spock Really Died in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN — GeekTyrant

Long-lost model of ‘Star Trek’ Enterprise makes voyage home – UPI.com

Redstone’s Dilemma: Give Paramount Investors a Vote or Not?

Sony wants to buy Paramount, massive debt and all

Sony Deal for Paramount Would Draw Added Regulatory Scrutiny – BNN Bloomberg

Byron Allen Makes $30 Billion Bid For Paramount Global In Debt & Equity

Here are links to dozens of  additional stories broken out by series, movies and other categories. 

CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: The Original Series

Cutting Just One Scene Turned Star Trek’s Court Martial Into A Confusing Mess

How Star Trek’s Gene Roddenberry Coaxed Elinor Donahue Out Of Acting Retirement – IMDb

The 10 Plagues of Star Trek: The Original Series | Star Trek

Star Trek: The Next Generation

This Underrated Star Trek: TNG Season is Actually the Show’s Best

Star Trek Creator Nearly Banned From Paramount | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

The Star Trek TNG Episode So Hot It Was Almost Unfilmable | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek’s Biggest Plot Twist Decided At The Last Minute | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek’s Most Underrated Series Became Great By Ignoring Gene Roddenberry | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek’s Worst Pilot Episode Responsible For Its Best | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

I’m Glad Robert Picardo Changed His Mind About Star Trek: Voyager’s Big Doctor Twist

STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Premiere Explained: Who Are the Progenitors?

Secrets, Sequels, and a Synth Named Fred — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Red Directive” & “Under the Twin Moons” – Reactor

Star Trek: Discovery’s Final Quest Will Take Faith of the Heart

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 1 Ending & TNG Treasure Explained

‘Star Trek: Discovery’: Why the barrier-breaking series is important

31 Years Later, Star Trek Just Resurrected a Wild Canon Twist

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 5 episode 2 sows the seeds of seasonal plot threads (Under the Twin Moons recap) | Space

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ opens its 5th and final season in unremarkable fashion (Red Directive recap) | Space

REVIEW: Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Premiere ‘Red Directive’

Discovery Is Opening Star Trek’s Biggest Pandora’s Box

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Eps. 1-2 Review: Burnham’s Last Crusade

Star Trek: Discovery Cast Says Goodbye After Five Historic Seasons – The Knockturnal

Star Trek: Discovery’s Huge Season 5 TNG Connection Explained By Showrunner

RECAP | Star Trek: Discovery 502 – ‘Under the Twin Moons’ | Star Trek

Voyager Is Why Star Trek Is Replacing Discovery’s Spore Drive

Star Trek: Discovery – Like Old Times | Star Trek

Sonequa Martin-Green Talks About Exhausting Last Day On Set For ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ – TrekMovie.com

Preview ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 503 With New Images And Clip From “Jinaal” – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Discovery Introduces Its Own Data

‘Star Trek: Discovery’: Stamets & Culber ‘Connect in a Different Way’ in Season 5 | Entertainment | elpasoinc.com

Star Trek Is Ditching Discovery’s Spore Drive – And That’s Good!

FIRST LOOK | Star Trek: Discovery – ‘Jinaal’ | Star Trek

Star Trek’s Most Hated Series Should Be Made Into An Alternate Timeline | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Season 5 of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Starts Off With a Bang | The Workprint

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 5’s Legacy Star Trek Connection, Explained

The ‘Star Trek’ Universe’s Best Black Characters

Star Trek Discovery’s Doug Jones Reveals How He Said Goodbye to Saru (And It Involves Whitney Houston)

I Love That Star Trek: Discovery Season 5’s Premiere Cut To The Chase

Star Trek: Discovery Teases DS9 Aliens As 32nd Century Federation’s Next Major Enemy

Moll & L’ak: Star Trek Discovery Actors Eve Harlow & Elias Toufexis Explained

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Preview Offers Intriguing Clues And The Return To [SPOILERS] – TrekMovie.com

“Star Trek: Discovery” makes a case for Michael Burnham as the last great Starfleet captain | Salon.com

Star Trek: Discovery Fixed Saru’s Problem, Then Repeated The Same Captain Mistake

Star Trek: Discovery’s Wilson Cruz Ponders the Galaxy’s Biggest Questions on The Ready Room | Star Trek

Star Trek: Discovery Writer Teases Significant Consequences Following Dr. Culber’s Season 5 Trill Transformation

Star Trek: Discovery “Face the Strange” Review: Embarking on a Temporal Odyssey – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion

Watch: Things Get “Odd” In ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Trailer And Clip From “Face The Strange” – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Discovery Ending Is a Blessing in Disguise

FIRST LOOK | Star Trek: Discovery – ‘Face the Strange’ | Star Trek

Preview ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode 504 With New Images And Clip From “Face The Strange” – TrekMovie.com

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 5 episode 3 ‘Jinaal’ is a slow but steady affair | Space

Star Trek Points Out What’s Off About Discovery’s Starfleet Uniforms

Star Trek: Discovery’s Elias Toufexis Addresses Fans Comparing Eve Harlow’s Moll To Ahsoka’s Shin Hati, And He Didn’t Hold Back | Cinemablend

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 4 Recap and Ending Explained

Why Lorca Isn’t In Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Explained By Sonequa Martin-Green

Interview: Sonequa Martin-Green On Facing Her Past On ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ And Her Hopes For The Future – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek Villains Behind Latest Mystery Revealed | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Scotty played by Scottish actor for first time

Actor Talks “Authentic” Scotty On ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’; Season 3 Production Passes Milestone – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Needs Another Lower Decks Crossover

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

We Asked Star Trek: Discovery’s Mary Wiseman About The Starfleet Academy Series, And Her Response Is All I Need | Cinemablend

Mary Wiseman Really Doesn’t Want To Talk About Tilly Returning On ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ – TrekMovie.com

Section 31 streaming “event movie

Star Trek’s Newest Movie Isn’t Shy About Its Mission: Impossible Influence – IMDb

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Why Leonard Nimoy Directed Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Trek into Darkness

Star Trek’s Shocking Reason For Resurrecting Its Best Villain | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond Had A Deeper Backstory For Krall’s Army That Fans Never Got To See

Untitled Star Trek “origins” movie [set for release during the 2025/2026 season]

‘Star Trek’ Origin Story Movie Will Be Set Decades Before 2009 Film

Untitled Star Trek Kelvin-verse movie [currently not on Paramount announced roster]

Star Trek Actor Zoe Saldana Still Hopeful For Star Trek 4

Star Trek 4 Is Still Stuck In Development Hell

Star Trek 4 Has To Happen In 2026

OTHER MEDIA
Star Trek books, audio books and DVDs

‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 4 blasts onto Blu-ray and DVD on April 16 | Space

Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines

Star Trek Explorer #11 Delivers A Difficult Encounter Between Captain Shaw and Seven of Nine | Star Trek

Star Trek Sets the Stage for Wesley Crusher’s Galaxy-Shaking Return

Star Trek: Defiant #14 – Comic Book Preview

MISCELLANEOUS

Star Trek related science news

Star Trek Replicator Becoming Real | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

4 “Star Trek” Technologies That Have Come to Life Thanks to AI | by Centric Consulting | Centric Tech Views | Apr, 2024 | Medium

Engineers recreate Star Trek’s Holodeck using ChatGPT and video game assets

Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous

A Guide to Star Trek: Discovery’s First Contacts | Star Trek

A Brief History of the Progenitors in Star Trek | Star Trek

Walter Koenig Points Out A Star Trek Trope That Is “Repeated Again And Again”

4×4: John Jeter talks about Fort Smith Symphony’s season finale, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Why Star Trek: Discovery Is My Favorite 21st-Century Star Trek – Reactor

The Best Star Trek Siblings | Star Trek

Star Trek’s Last 2 Live-Action Shows Are Discovery Sequels

Star Trek 101: Trill History | Star Trek

Here’s the reason 5 seasons is not the new normal for a Star Trek series

Star Trek May Be Returning To Rick Berman’s Era In 1 Big Way

Elon Musk, Silicon Valley Should Hold on to Star Trek Dreams – Bloomberg

Actor Watch

Sonequa Martin-Green on Prepping for Discovery and Rewatching Past Trek

Sonequa Martin-Green bids farewell to historic role on “Star Trek: Discovery” | Sandhills Express

Making TV History with Star Trek: Discovery

Q&A: Callum Keith Rennie joins ‘Star Trek’ in final season of ‘Discovery’

‘Star Trek’s’ Patrick Stewart – YouTube

WARP FIVE: Callum Keith Rennie on Discovery’s Gruff First Officer | Star Trek

Watch: Did This Moment On ‘The View’ Just Accidentally Hint Whoopi Goldberg Is In The Next Star Trek Movie? – TrekMovie.com

Main Mission, Part 1

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 5, Episode 3
“Jinaal”
Written by Kyle Jarrow & Lauren Wilkinson
Directed by Andi Armaganian

Main Mission, Part 2

Season 5, Episode 4
“Face the Strange”
Written by Sean Cochran
Directed by Lee Rose

End Of Show

It’s about time to refill the dilithium chamber and get on out of here. 

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