Podcast

Newbie Star Trek

From Fugitive Frames TV & Film, TV Reviews

Ricardo and Sara have never watched Star Trek before! So Marvin and Dan are taking them on a journey to watch it all, one episode at a time! From unhinged unrelated tangents to deep philosophical discussions, you'll never know what the week's episode might draw out of us!

We're currently going through Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, alternating by air date! New episodes every Tuesday!

Newbie Star Trek is part of Fugitive Frames.

TV Reviews chart
#43
Episodes
247
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 35 min
On air since
2020
Latest episode
18 hours ago

Episodes

247 episodes, newest first

  1. NST: DS9 - Equilibrium - Season 3, Episode 4

    Season 10, Episode 5

    Show notes

    Equilibrium! RIP Jadzia.

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    0:00 - Intro (RIP)

    10:45 - Around the Sun

    18:13 - Sponsor (Uncommon Goods)

    23:26 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:08:49 - Mailbag

    1:15:36 - Outro

    1 hr 17 min
  2. NST: DS9 - The House of Quark - Season 3, Episode 3

    Season 10, Episode 4

    Show notes

    The House of Quark! Witness the rise of the most honorable Ferengi-led family in the Klingon Empire! This is a technically true statement! Quark got there by confronting the Klingons with their greatest fear: taxes!

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    0:00 - Intro

    6:16 - Around the Sun

    17:52 - Sponsor (Ekster)

    24:03 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:03:31 - Mailbag

    1:15:05 - Outro

    1 hr 17 min
  3. NST: TNG - Season 5 Tier List

    Season 5, Episode 28

    Show notes

    TNG Season 5 Tier List! Conventional fandom wisdom says that everything went downhill after season 4, but this might be... the best TNG season so far? Tune in to see how Dan and Marvin rank this wacky season!

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    0:00 - Intro

    10:55 -Redemption II

    17:47 -Darmok

    23:00 -Ensign Ro

    27:50 - Silicon Avatar

    31:25 - Disaster

    36:50 - The Game

    40:50 - Unification I

    44:03 - Unification II

    50:49 - Sponsor (Ekster)

    54:29 - A Matter of Time

    58:18 - New Ground

    1:02:59 - Hero Worship

    1:05:58 - Violations

    1:09:15 - The Masterpiece Society

    1:14:39 - Conundrum

    1:18:59 - Power Play

    1:22:32 - Ethics

    1:30:23 - The Outcast

    1:36:29 - Cause and Effect

    1:41:35 - The First Duty

    1:46:16 - Cost of Living

    1:49:14 - The Perfect Mate

    1:58:36 - Imaginary Friend

    2:01:35 - I, Borg

    2:06:34 - The Next Phase

    2:12:47 - The Inner Light

    2:27:14 - Time's Arrow

    2:34:48 - Final tier list and discussion

    2:46:55 - Outro

    2 hr 52 min
  4. NST: DS9 - The Search, Part II - Season 3, Episode 2

    Season 10, Episode 3

    Show notes

    The Search, Part II! Odo finds his family and learns about Changelings and where he came from! How heartwarming! Meanwhile, Sisko and gang get rescued, and now the Dominion and the Federation are getting all buddy buddy. How suspicious! Two completely separate plots! How strange!

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    0:00 - Intro

    9:15 - Around the Sun

    12:57 - Sponsor (RIFF)

    16:46 - Episode recap and discussion

    58:17 - Mailbag

    1:19:47 - Outro

    1 hr 21 min
  5. NST: Ask a Trek Expert with Marc Scott Zicree

    Season 10, Episode 2

    Show notes

    Ask a Trek Expert with Marc Scott Zicree! "First Contact" is considered one of the best episodes of TNG ever made, and "Far Beyond the Stars" is considered one of the best episodes of DS9 ever made, perhaps all of Star Trek. And Marc Scott Zicree wrote the story for BOTH of them! He's also had a very long writing career before and after that, including working on many beloved animated shows like He-Man, The Real Ghostbusters, Super Friends, as well as live-action sci-fi shows like Babylon 5, Sliders, TekWar, and much more. He's also had quite an independent streak over the past 20 years or so, writing, directing, and helping to finance the Star Trek fan film "World Enough and Time," his own sci-fi series Space Command, and now the Showrunners Network, an initiative he and his wife, Elaine Zicree, are launching together to help get multiple independent sci-fi projects funded at once. Marvin interviewed him solo because, well... dicussing "Far Beyond the Stars" would result in quite a few spoilers for our newbies. But it was a fascinating chat with an industry veteran!

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    47 min
  6. NST: DS9 - The Search, Part I - Season 3, Episode 1 (Season Premiere)

    Season 10, Episode 1

    Show notes

    The Search, Part I! How does Sisko respond when faced with an existential crisis that threatens the entire Federation? He speaks softly and carries a big Defiant! Also, Odo REALLY needs to get to this friggin' nebula, sheesh!

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    0:00 - Intro

    9:48 - Around the Sun

    30:05 - Sponsor (Ekster)

    37:13 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:29:18 - Mailbag

    1:39:42 - Outro

    1 hr 40 min
  7. NST: DS9 - The Jem'Hadar - Season 2, Episode 26 (Season Finale)

    Season 9, Episode 26

    Show notes

    The Jem'Hadar! An episode that should've been titled "The Dominion" instead. A light-hearted sitcom-style camping trip turns into an encounter with the greatest threat the Federation has ever seen. Sheesh, that escalated quickly!

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    0:00 - Intro

    13:23 - Around the Sun

    17:32 - Sponsor (Ekster)

    23:35 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:31:49 - Mailbag

    1:42:03 - Outro

    1 hr 45 min
  8. NST: DS9 - Tribunal - Season 2, Episode 25

    Season 9, Episode 25

    Show notes

    Tribunal! Boy, Miles O'Brien continues to suffer, and this time this trial feels very Kafkaesque, wouldn't you say?

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    0:00 - Intro

    8:11 - Around the Sun

    28:02 - Sponsor (RIFF)

    31:45 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:25:16 - Mailbag

    1:33:41 - Outro

    1 hr 35 min
  9. NST: TNG - All Good Things... - Season 7, Episodes 25-26 (Series Finale)

    Season 7, Episode 26

    Show notes

    All Good Things... must come to an end. Well, not the podcast, in fact we'll eventually be going through three shows at once: continuing DS9, starting Voyager, and livestreaming our discussions of TOS! But for now, our journey with TNG has come to an end. And what better way to end this crazy ride with a timey-wimey episode that jumps back and forth so wildly that that it would make Kurt Vonnegut blush!

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    0:00 - Intro

    3:17 - Sponsor (Libsyn)

    4:22 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:41:08 - Outro

    1 hr 51 min
  10. NST: TNG - Season 4 Tier List

    Season 4, Episode 29

    Show notes

    TNG Season 4 Tier List! Coming off of the high of The Best of Both Worlds, TNG in season 4 is considered by many fans to be amongst the best season of Star Trek ever made. But do Marvin and Dan agree? Also, will Marvin be able to remember the titles of every episode this season?! Tune in to find out!

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    0:00 - Intro

    7:05 - The Best of Both Worlds, Part II

    15:23 - Family

    24:19 - Brothers

    30:10 - Suddenly Human

    35:25 - Remember Me

    42:23 - Legacy

    47:07 - Reunion

    53:41 - Future Imperfect

    59:14 - Sponsor (Ekster)

    1:00:25 - Final Mission

    1:04:39 - The Loss

    1:10:20 - Data's Day

    1:16:19 - The Wounded

    1:21:30 - Devil's Due

    1:27:50 - Clues

    1:32:20 - First Contact

    1:37:03 - Galaxy's Child

    1:41:15 - Night Terrors

    1:45:01 - Identity Crisis

    1:49:56 - The Nth Degree

    1:54:00 - Qpid

    1:57:10 - The Drumhead

    2:02:50 - Half a Life

    2:09:05 - The Host

    2:18:36 - The Mind's Eye

    2:24:02 - In Theory

    2:30:37 - Redemption

    2:35:58 - Final tier list and discussion

    2:47:36 - Outro

    2 hr 50 min
  11. NST: DS9 - The Collaborator - Season 2, Episode 24

    Season 9, Episode 24

    Show notes

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    The Collaborator! After a weirdly long time of putting off the Kai election, things finally get underway, and it seems like Kira's main squeeze Vedek Bareil is a shoo-in! Certainly a civilized planet like Bajor wouldn't elect an unhinged Kai like Winn, would they? Would they?!

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    0:00 - Sponsor (Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown)

    2:14 - Intro

    14:24 - Around the Sun

    21:54 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:40:01 - Mailbag

    1:41:52 - Outro

    1 hr 46 min
  12. NST: TNG - Preemptive Strike - Season 7, Episode 24

    Season 7, Episode 25

    Show notes

    Preemptive Strike! Ro Laren returns and is immediately thrown into a high stakes undercover mission to infiltrate and take down the Maquis. Meanwhile, Picard finally finishes his villain arc and goes full CIA handler, evil threats and all. What is it with Picard and sending young Bajoran women into dangerous undercover missions?

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    0:00 - Intro

    6:09 - Simpsons update

    8:24 - Sponsor (Ekster + random meandering)

    22:43 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:15:36 - Mailbag

    1:21:01 - Outro

    1 hr 22 min
  13. NST: DS9 - Crossover - Season 2, Episode 23

    Season 9, Episode 23

    Show notes

    Crossover! The episode that activated a legion of Star Trek fans. What's better than one Kira? Well, two Kiras, of course! Also, there's commentary about the immoral nature of empires, slavery, backstabbing, etc., but hey, that's Mirror Universe, baby!

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    0:00 - Intro (new Picard Marmoset shirts at https://FugitiveFrames.Store !)

    13:06 - Around the Sun

    15:44 - Sponsor (Ekster)

    19:44 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:24:07 - Mailbag

    1:37:45 - Outro

    1 hr 44 min
  14. NST: TNG - Emergence - Season 7, Episode 23

    Season 7, Episode 24

    Show notes

    Emergence! Well, pretty much everyone on the Enterprise-D has had some sort of parent-related storyline this season. So why not have the Enterprise-D itself also finally have parent issues? That's right, the Enterprise-D is pregnant! And the holodeck is involved somehow. Discuss.

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    0:00 - Intro

    15:06 - Simpsons update

    17:57 - Sponsor (Ekster)

    33:46 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:12:12 - Mailbag

    1:17:40 - Outro

    1 hr 19 min
  15. NST: DS9 - The Wire - Season 2, Episode 22

    Season 9, Episode 22

    Show notes

    The Wire! A really bad headache leads to Garak finally opening up to Bashir about his past. Except he really doesn't since pretty much every single thing he says is a lie. So it's basically a bunch of lies with a bunch of accidental slips of truth, and by the end even Bashir's a little sick and tired of it. But what do we think?! Tune in to find out!

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    0:00 - Intro

    3:35 - Around the Sun

    16:49 - Sponsor (Ekster)

    30:04 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:22:37 - Mailbag

    1:30:46 - Outro

    1 hr 39 min
  16. NST: TNG - Bloodlines - Season 7, Episode 22

    Season 7, Episode 23

    Show notes

    Bloodlines! So now that Picard's de facto son Wesley has left the show for good, he gets a new fake son, the main guy from Robocop rip-off Super Force. Man, this season really loves family stuff, doesn't it?

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    0:00 - Intro

    4:20 - Simpsons update

    7:27 - Sponsor (Ekster)

    13:48 - Episode recap and discussion

    1:11:42 - Mailbag

    1:20:08 - Outro

    1 hr 21 min
  17. NST: DS9 - The Maquis, Part II - Season 2, Episode 21

    Season 9, Episode 21

    Show notes

    The Maquis, Part II! So, we're not gonna sugarcoat it, the actual best part of this episode is Sisko giving his famous "saint in paradise" speech, but other than that, uuuh... let's just say that the main antagonist got so annoying that even Michael Piller was like, "yeah, we should've killed him off."

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  18. NST: TNG - Firstborn - Season 7, Episode 21

    Season 7, Episode 22

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    Firstborn! The one where Worf's parenting got so bad that Alexander had to go back in time to become his own better dad. But then that didn't work so he decided to shoot himself. Boy, that escalated quickly.

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  19. NST: DS9 - The Maquis, Part I - Season 2, Episode 20

    Season 9, Episode 20

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    The Maquis, Part I! TNG creates the problem, and DS9 has to fix it. That's right, the Cardassian border dispute that Captain Picard thought they had resolved in Journey's End turns into a bigger problems for the actual colonists in DS9. Surely Sikso's old friend that shows up in this episode won't end up being secretly part of the Federation resistance movement named after the French Resistance during Nazi occupation in WWII, right? Right?!

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  20. NST: TNG - Journey's End - Season 7, Episode 20

    Season 7, Episode 21

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    Journey's End! Y'know, the idea of Wesley quitting Starfleet because he wants to pursue his own path in life is actually kind of a neat idea for a TNG episode. It's just too bad that it's wrapped up with weird American Indian cultural appropriation and, uh, an overall kinda bad script.

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