Category: SNW

While on a routine supply mission to a colony planet, the USS Enterprise comes under an attack from an unknown malevolent force. Pike brings all his heart and experience to bear in facing the crisis, but the security officer warns him that the enemy cannot be dealt with by conventional Starfleet means.

This audio is a short sample of a much longer discussion that Clay and I had about the Star Trek: Strange New World’s fourth episode, “Memento Mori”.

To listen to the entire discussion, head over to Patreon and support the show. For only $5 a month, you’ll get full access to our coverage of Strange New Worlds.

In this episode of the podcast, Wes and Clay discuss “Memento Mori” and re-imagining the Gorn. Plus! The guys chat about similar dialogue, the saving grace of episodic television, and balancing character and plot.

Una must confront a secret she’s been hiding when a contagion ravages the ship, incapacitating the rest of the crew.

This audio is a short sample of a much longer discussion that Clay and I had about the Star Trek: Strange New World’s third episode, “Ghosts of Illyria”.

To listen to the entire discussion, head over to Patreon and support the show. For only $5 a month, you’ll get full access to our coverage of Strange New Worlds.

In this episode of the podcast, Wes and Clay discuss “Ghosts of Illyria” and callbacks to an all-timer of a Star Trek: Enterprise episode. Plus! The guys chat about exponential name growth, shades of nu-Trek, and concerns about sci-fi technology.

While on a survey mission, the USS Enterprise discovers a comet is going to strike an inhabited planet. They try to re-route the comet, only to find that an ancient alien relic buried on the comet’s icy surface is somehow stopping them. As the away team try to unlock the relic’s secrets, Pike and Number One deal with a group of zealots who want to prevent the USS Enterprise from interfering.

This audio is a short sample of a much longer discussion that Clay and I had about the Star Trek: Strange New World’s second episode, “Children of the Comet”.

To listen to the entire discussion, head over to Patreon and support the show. For only $5 a month, you’ll get full access to our coverage of Strange New Worlds.

In this episode of the podcast, Wes and Clay discuss “Children of the Comet” and its take on Imposter Syndrome. Plus! The guys chat about Peck’s Spock, determinism vs free will, and the pull towards serialization.

When one of Pike’s officers goes missing while on a secret mission for Starfleet, Pike has to come out of self-imposed exile. He must navigate how to rescue his officer, while struggling with what to do with the vision of the future he’s been given.

This audio is a short sample of a much longer discussion that Clay and I had about the Star Trek: Strange New World’s pilot episode, “Strange New Worlds”.

To listen to the entire discussion, head over to Patreon and support the show. For only $5 a month, you’ll get full access to our coverage of Strange New Worlds.

In this episode of the podcast, Wes and Clay discuss the latest Star Trek pilot, “Strange New Worlds”. Plus! The guys chat about bird-murdering wind towers, the tangled motivations of Chris Pike, and getting specific with the vague.