134. Android Butt (TNG 1.13)

"Hey, someone left a naked disassembled android lying around! We should definitely rebuild him!" Anika and Liz, minus their evil twins, discuss "Datalore" … with some Picard spoilers along the way. Skip to 00:49 to avoid the big spoiler and also Liz singing (Liz actually pronounces French words even worse than she sings, so, um, apologies to France) "I apologise to everyone for comparing Beverly Crusher to Darth Vader, however…" This is an episode about family, and not just the Soongs Breaking down the "Shut up, Wesley" scene Picard spoilers from 26:03 to 26:15 And again from 27:05 to 27:32 If you are a Wil Wheaton who was forced to participate in the "Shut up, Wesley" scene, you may be entitled to compensation But seriously, fandom's treatment of Wil was NOT OKAY and it's alarming how little has changed (from alt.wesley.die.die.die to Facebook comments complaining that Bella Ramsey isn't playing a sexy 14 year old) Very, very mild spoilers for Picard from 41:49 to 42:11 Bigger spoilers from 45:06 to 50:24 "It's almost like they can't understand women as something that are unrelated to men." THIS APPLIES TO EVERY ERA OF STAR TREK (except Discovery) "I mean, just because something is bad doesn't mean you can't love it. We're Voyager fans!" #SynthIntensifies Extra credits: this episode uses a drop created by Adam Ragusea for The Greatest Generation (go listen), and portions of compositions by Ron Jones. We're calling it fair use since we were discussing those pieces.