Face of the Enemy

It's a good Troi episode, listeners. The premise is insane, but who gives a crap because it serves a good story. And honestly, anyone who can't get over that has decided not to get over it.

Like a lot of TNG's best episodes, there isn't much more to add. 

It does lack a 'moral core' because it's all driven by Troi's desire to survive, but if we were to add a moral choice to it, what would that look like?

The Beige and The Bold is hosted on Anchor and is available on most podcasting platforms. New episodes usually go live on Sunday nights at 10:00 PM CST.

source https://anchor.fm/tbntb/episodes/Face-of-the-Enemy-ek8u49

Fanfic Review: Enterprise One, Ep 1

 

I reviewed a Star Trek fanfiction/fanproduction called Enterprise One, where everyone from TOS, TNG, DS9, and VOY are all on Kirk's Enterprise together. It's a wild idea.

Q-Less

At least we learned the very important lesson that uh...uh...damn.

So we learned nothing, underused John de Lancie, and made an episode that would taste like vanilla frozen yogurt, if you could order a "mild" vanilla frozen yogurt.

At least we can all agree this is the worst Q episode right? Even the one where the asks [REDACTED] to [REDACTED] him isn't as bad or the time where he uses the USS [REDACTED] as a boarding [REDACTED].

Nine Deeps of Space is a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine watchalong podcast. New episodes go up Wednesday evenings at 10 PM CST. Episodes are hosted on Anchor, but are available on most podcast platforms.

source https://anchor.fm/ndos/episodes/Q-Less-ek3902

Captive Pursuit

New life forms and new civilizations? Check. O'Brien suffers a bit? Check. Needlessly mysterious aliens? Double-check. Strong, moral idea at its core?

...uh-oh.

There's a lot to be said for this week's aliens. Like, "Is there a planet full of filthy gym socks in this universe?" and "Can those aliens go and suffocate in its core?"

It's fun, but I feel like we stretch a bit to get the story beats we want and it's ultimately unsatisfying. Am I being too harsh? Should we just accept Sisko's decisions here as being reasonable, in-universe?

Nine Deeps of Space is a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine watchalong podcast. New episodes go up Wednesday evenings at 10 PM CST (except when it   doesn't). Episodes are hosted  on Anchor, but are available on most podcast platforms.

source https://anchor.fm/kris-m/episodes/Captive-Pursuit-ejod5d

Ship in a Bottle

This starts a period of The Beige and The Bold where some episodes include Derek and me, and others include a special guest co-host instead of Derek. This week's special guest co-host is Brady Hendricks of The City Within the Walls Podcast. We talk about Moriarty, holodeck programming, and Inception.

Brady raises a good question: After everything we've been through with Barclay, do we trust him with the holodeck? He's familiar with it, but is he too familiar with it?

You can check out The City Within the Walls Podcast on itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-city-within-the-walls-podcast/id1446805578

The Beige and The Bold is hosted on Anchor and is available on most  podcasting platforms. New episodes usually go live on Sunday nights at  10:00 PM CST.

source https://anchor.fm/tbntb/episodes/Ship-in-a-Bottle-ejd3i4