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First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episodes 13-15

This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, we continue our first-time, release-order journey through Star Trek with three episodes from the fourth season of The Next Generation.

This week, we get:

• Feeling like a TOS episode
• Ron Swanson’s favorite Star Trek episode
• What h...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episodes 10-12

This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, we continue our first-time watch of Star Trek: The Next Generation with The Loss, Data’s Day, and The Wounded.

This week, we get:

• Counselor Troi working through the five stages of grief after losing her empathic abilities
• Data d...

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4, Episodes 7-9: Reunion | Future Imperfect | Final Mission

This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, Aaron and Nate continue their release-order watchthrough with three more episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

This week, we get:

• Worf confronting the consequences of his past decisions
• Riker trapped inside Star ...

This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, Aaron and Nate continue their journey with the next three episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4: Suddenly Human, Remember Me, and Legacy.

This week, we get:

• Different cultures, children making decisions, and abuse
• The importance of appreciating people when they are still around
• A not-very-good episode, so we talk about other ...

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4, Episodes 1-3: The Best of Both Worlds, Part II | Family | Brothers

This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, we kick off Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation with the fallout from one of the biggest cliffhangers in Star Trek history, a quiet but powerful family story, and Brent Spiner putting on a full acting showcase.

This week, we get:

• Tri...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episodes 25-26

This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, Abbie is back as we finish Season 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation with “Transfigurations” and “The Best of Both Worlds.”

This week, we get:

• A conversation about evolution that may be more interesting than the episode itself
• A retur...

This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, Aaron and Nate continue their release-order watchthrough with three more episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation: "The Most Toys," "Sarek," and "Ménage à Troi."

This week, we get:

• Evil, terrifying characters
• Allegory
• Shakespeare

We covered:

• The Most Toys
• Sarek
• Ménage à Troi

In "The Most Toys," Data is left for dead and finds himself in the possession of a truly evil co...

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episodes 19-21: Captain’s Holiday | Tin Man | Hollow Pursuits

This week on To Baldly Go, we continue our first-time watchthrough of Star Trek: The Next Generation with Captain’s Holiday, Tin Man, and Hollow Pursuits.

This week we get:

- An archaeological adventure looking for artifacts from the future - All the elements to make a great episode, but just missing the mark - Imposto...

This week on To Baldly Go, Aaron and Nate continue Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 with The Offspring, Sins of the Father, and Allegiance.

We get a major Data episode that leads to a surprising split in ratings, a huge leap forward in Klingon lore, and a Picard mystery that feels a little like Star Trek: Among Us.

This week we get:

- Humanity and parenting - The Scarlet K - Do intentions matter?

In The Offspring, Data creat...

This week on To Baldly Go, we continue our first-time watch of Star Trek: The Next Generation with Season 3, Episodes 13-15: Deja Q, A Matter of Perspective, and Yesterday’s Enterprise.

This week we get:

• Q becomes human and mortal

• Judicial standards in the 24th century

• A masterpiece?

In Deja Q, Q returns to the Enterprise stripped of his powers and forced to experience life as a human. We talk about Q growing...

In this lost episode of To Baldly Go, we return to early Star Trek: The Next Generation with Season 1’s “The Big Goodbye,” “Datalore,” and “Angel One.”

This week we get a decent episode with a weak close, a possible “Enemy Within” redux, and an episode that may be a bit too clever for its own good.

We discuss Crusher’s strong showing in “The Big Goodbye,” the l...

In this episode of To Baldly Go, we continue Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 with “The Defector,” “The Hunted,” and “The High Ground.”

This week, we get:

• One hell of an episode to come back to
• Have we seen this before?
• An interesting concept, poorly executed

We start with “The Defector,” a tense Romulan story featuring the return of Tomalak, a powerful ending, Data ...

This week on To Baldly Go, we continue our first-time watch of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 with episodes 7 through 9: “The Enemy,” “The Price,” and “The Vengeance Factor.”

This week, we get:

• Worf going against expectations
• The ethics of the empath
• Personal connections to Star Trek

In “The Enemy,” Geordi is stranded with a Romulan on Galorndon Core, giving us a s...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 03, Episodes 04-06

Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, in which I – a newbie to the Star Trek universe – am watching through Star Trek from the beginning, in release order, and discussing with some of my long-time Trekkie friends.

This week, we get:

• Explanations for things we don’t understand
• No man can step in the same river t...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 03, Episodes 01-03

Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, in which I – a newbie to the Star Trek universe – am watching through Star Trek from the beginning, in release order, and discussing with some of my long-time Trekkie friends.

This week, we get:

• Twister in space
• The less-funny Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• The Man Trap, ...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 02, Episodes 19-22

Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, in which I – a newbie to the Star Trek universe – am watching through Star Trek from the beginning, in release order, and discussing with some of my long-time Trekkie friends.

This week, we get:

• Betazoid chaos
• Klingon honor and worldbuilding
• Strategy, competition, and AI
• A very w...

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – “What Does God Need with a Starship?” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast

First-Time Watch – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, in which I – a newbie to the Star Trek universe – am watching through Star Trek from the beginning, in release order, and discussing with some of my long-time Trekkie fr...

Star Trek TNG S02E16-18 Q Who?, Samaritan Snare, Up the Long Ladder – “Nobody Asked Your Opinion” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 046)

First-time watch of Star Trek: The Next Generation continues as we cover Season 2, Episodes 16–18.

This week, we get:

• A new big bad
• Federation road trip
• “I think I’m a clone now”

We covered:

• Q, Who?
• Samaritan Snare
• Up ...

Star Trek TNG S02E13-15: Time Squared, The Icarus Factor, Pen Pals – “Podunk Bunnyville” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 045)

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2, Episodes 13–15

Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, where I – a first-time Star Trek viewer – watch through the series in release order and discuss it with long-tim...