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DS9 s2e22 “The Wire”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - March 20, 2024 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsA tour de force from recurring character Garak in bizarrely play-like long scenes hooks Andy and Matt, as Mr. Fasc-tastic (Mr. Fascistastic? Mr. Fascistic?) Odo checks the cameras he's hidden all around DS9. [Episode discussion begins around 58:00, takes a Letterman detour, then ac...
DS9 s2e21 “The Maquis, Part II”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - March 04, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThe second part of this Maquis de Sade-centric two-parter, one of the few Treks to follow the possible Best of Both Worlds/Godfather II template of 2 being better than 1. To Andy's shock, Odo show the Mr. Fantastic powers he always assumed he was hiding, and Dukat starts to live up to ...
DS9 s2e20 “The Maquis, Part I”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - February 27, 2024 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsIs Bernie Casey a badmiral or a badactor? Or neither? And Dax is dating a Ferengi offscreen - is it Quark, who we are led to believe is making a turn from creep to charmer? Meanwhile, Matt has HAD it with the Maquis. Even though this is their first episode. [Episode discussion st...
DS9 s2e19 “Blood Oath”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - February 02, 2024 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsJadzia gets tangled in a Klingon plot with bat'leths and convos about honor galore and Andy loves it! Matt, predictably, feels otherwise. Also predictably: Trill Talk!™ [Episode discussion begins around 1:15ish]
DS9 s2e18 “Profit and Loss”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - January 19, 2024 23:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsQuark falls in love with a Cardassian and Andy tries to give Susan from SEINFELD her due. [Episode discussion begins around 1:25ish]
DS9 s2e17 “Playing God”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - January 09, 2024 19:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsJadzia Dax looks back on Jadzia's experiences, while Jadzia wonders what Curzon Dax was thinking - or is it Jadzia Dax that's wondering what Dax was thinking? Also, a mini-universe, dead vole puppets, and Jake tries to get with a Dabo girl/woman. [Episode discussion begins around 52 m...
DS9 s2e16 “Shadowplay”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - December 29, 2023 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsGet ready for some hot wormhole action as Kira gets busy with a classic weird Trek "handsome man," Dax fixates on another tech monolith but doesn't immediately beam this one up, while Matt and Andy debate if Odo is connecting with an imaginary friend. [Episode discussion begins around ...
DS9 s2e15 “Paradise”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - December 06, 2023 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsSisko gets boxed, O'Brien goes Rambo, DS9 introduces us to another loathsome class A psycho fanatic, Matt tries to avoid eviction, and Andy engages in the longest vamp ever. [VAMP WARNING: Technically the episode discussion begins around 1:03, but at 1:05ish Andy begins the LONGEST VAM...
DS9 s2e14 “Whispers”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - November 13, 2023 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsO’Brien sorta thinks there’s an unspecified conspiracy when everybody (except Jake) starts acting a little weird! Matt and Andy debate whether Bashir has diversified his creep interests into grabbing O’Brien’s strike zone for too long or if he’s just poking him in the tummy, like all f...
DS9 s2e13 “Armageddon Game”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - November 02, 2023 15:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsO'Brien gets sick with a highly non-contagious biological weapon virus, Andy still sees no evidence of why Bashir would ever become beloved by fans, and Maurice Hurley is excited about a double homicide investigation which Keiko solves... or doesn't? [Episode discussion begins around...
DS9 s2e12 “The Alternate”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - October 15, 2023 16:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsOdo meets his daddy - is he a monster or a good daddy? Meanwhile Matt has some issues with Dax having an itchy transporter finger and Bashir is back in gear as everybody’s favorite Deep Space Incel. [Episode discussion start :59ish in]
DS9 s2e11 “Rivals”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - October 03, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsO'Brien is a RIVAL with Bashir in the episode, and Quark has a RIVAL in Chris Sarandon! And WHAT ELSE happens?? There's some little luck machines. Odo wanders around in the back of some shots. Kira trips (offscreen). Don't bother buckling up for this one, crew. [Episode discussion be...
DS9 s2e10 “Sanctuary”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - September 18, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThe Bajorans give refugees the cold shoulder, the crew is SHOCKED at a matriarchal society, and the Universal Translator has more trouble with a new species than it even did in Darmok. [Episode discussion begins around 1:20ish, along with a lot of hails demanding we not tamper with the...
DS9 s2e9 “Second Sight”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - September 02, 2023 16:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsMatt and Andy debate whether an alien is a vanishing figment of Sisko’s imagination… or Batman! Meanwhile, the crew outdoes Alexander Rozhenko in HA HA HAs. [Episode discussion begins around 1:01ish]
DS9 s2e8 "Necessary Evil”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - August 18, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsWe're in full-on Terok NOIR mode and Constable Odo is on the case! Meanwhile, Matt has a theory about what a "Cardassian neck trick" is, and a lizard extra needs a few more classes at the Andrew Secunda School of Specific Acting. [Episode discussion begins around 1:05]
DS9 s2e7 “Rules of Acquisition”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - August 03, 2023 23:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsAre the Ferengi adorable scamps or truly despicable? Hard to tell in this light farce minus fun episode. Tongo seems enjoyable, tho. [Episode discussion begins about 53:00]
DS9 s2e6 “Melora”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - July 27, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsDr. Bashir works overtime to engage in some extracurricular anti-gravity activities with a visiting alien while Matt and Andy wonder why Dax suddenly has super strength. [Episode Discussion begins 1:07ish]
DS9 s2e5 “Cardassians”
Star Trek The Next Conversation - July 18, 2023 16:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThere's intrigue afoot and Gashir is on the case! Plus, a new couple of Andy's Theories™ and Matt and Andy debate who's more of a speciesist -- O'Brien or Keiko? [Episode discussion begins at about 1:08] Sign up for our Patreon for weekly coverage of STRANGE NEW WORLDS season 2, plus...
DS9 “Invasive Procedures” s2e4
Star Trek The Next Conversation - June 14, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsDax gets into hot water as Odo stands around wishing he had some special ability which would stop intruding criminals, while Matt and Andy play another round of "Is Bashir being a creepo or just a caring friend-doctor?" [Episode discussion begins at a blisteringly fast 39:00 minutes!] ...
DS9 “The Siege” S2E3
Star Trek The Next Conversation - June 01, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsAndy is excited that Dax is finally employing the main reason it'd be cool to be a Trill, Steven Webber kills it as a slimy Bjoran (doing double-duty on WINGS?), and Matt shares a dumb opinion on French Onion Soup. [Episode discussion starts 55:00ish. If you're the type of crewman t...
DS9 "The Circle" S2E2
Star Trek The Next Conversation - May 16, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsIt's Part 2 (?) of this three-parter, and the boys are in fine mistake form here on "the best Star Trek podcast." Matt rebounds from his boredom in part 1 and is back on board, while Andy asks if Kira just had sex with that glowing orb. [Episode discussion starts roughly 56:00 in - ...
DS9 “The Homecoming” s2e1
Star Trek The Next Conversation - May 09, 2023 22:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsLET'S GET READY TO SERIALLLIZZZZZE! Or at least start to as Matt and Andy discuss Frank Langella's refusal to take credit, whether Cardassians and Bjorans are into each other in general, and the fastest and most uneventful prisoner breakout in Trek history. Also, SOMEWHERE IN TIME (sta...
DS9 “In the Hands of the Prophets” S1E20
Star Trek The Next Conversation - April 29, 2023 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThere's been a murder and nobody's on the case! O'Brien sort of is, but he's mostly looking for one of his tools. Matt fends off the reaction to his take on "Duet" in a super long hailbag, we hear from Maurice Hurley, and Andy wonders why Vedek Winn didn't pick someone who was a bette...
DS9 “Duet” S1E19
Star Trek The Next Conversation - April 02, 2023 16:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsMajor Kira goes head-to-head with an alleged Cardassian war criminal as Matt and Andy go head-to-head over whether this episode deserves its highly-ranked status - or whether it even has that status? Also - is this file clerk the greatest living actor of the 24th Century? Episode dis...
DS9 “Dramatis Personae” S1E18
Star Trek The Next Conversation - March 20, 2023 06:13 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsAre we getting Naked Now? Are we back wearing our Masks? Is Masaka waking? Not really, but it’s definitely another “the crews’ minds are being messed with and they’re not acting like themselves” episode! Matt and Andy try to untangle who’s paranoid, who’s spacey, and who’s inexplica...
DS9 "The Forsaken". s1e17
Star Trek The Next Conversation - March 06, 2023 16:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsAndy likes the character development in this episode and Matt was putt off by the utter lack of stakes and or plot movement. Episode discussion begins around 1:07:00
DS9 "If Wishes Were Horses" S1E16
Star Trek The Next Conversation - February 27, 2023 17:33 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsMatt and Andy watch an episode where the crew's imaginations start to become reality. Sadly not a single crew-member imagines a plot or stakes. episode discussion begins around the 1:07:00 mark.
DS9 "Progress" S1E15
Star Trek The Next Conversation - February 13, 2023 23:43 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsGreat news, we get to visit another Bajoran village this week. But instead of a cloud monster, we are greeted with a curmudgeonly Brian Keith! episode discussion begins around the 01:05:00 mark.
Picard Season 2 Recap
Star Trek The Next Conversation - February 13, 2023 01:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsAfter sifting through the ashes of season 2 of Picard, I wanted to know if I was crazy so we recorded an episode with everyone's opinions being heard. Season 3 starts this week and you can hear us talk about it in the Patreon
Picard season 2 ep 1
Star Trek The Next Conversation - February 07, 2023 22:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsSeason 3 is almost here. Andy and Matt dig up the patreon archives and unearth our season 2 opener. Boy did it start in a promising fashion. Soon We will release the Season 2 wrap up. If you like what you hear, consider joining our patreon where we will be covering Season 3 of Pic...