026 - Kirk is Grits

This week we discuss: The Tholian Web, Plato’s Stepchildren, and Wink of an Eye We continue last week’s debate and how Nate is wrong A traditional Star Trek episode Ratings with qualifiers Episode and series hero journeys Scotty the full-blown alcoholic? A weak spot in the episode? Explaining to the audience instead of the characters Grown-up storytelling Shatner stepping back in an episode Could this have been a TNG episode? Star Trek memorabilia at auction Scotty’s hair Another back-in-time episode First television inter-racial kiss, at least in the US Abbie wants internal consistency Subtle vs overt messaging in shows then and now Motor control vs mind control We can again see why the series was canceled Things that take us out of the story Inception and X-Men did it better Star Trek Customizable Card Game How the series was experienced in the late-1960s Cinematography Kirk’s coffee Why didn’t they harness the power when they had the antidote? Abbie is refusing to watch The Animated Series Star Trek graphic novel Getting rid of Kirk? Hanlon’s Razor? A Waffle House story