180. A Flower Crown Cult (Prodigy 2.08)

Anika and Liz don their finest flower crowns and make an appearance at a feast. What's that? You want us to go for a nice run? No thank you, we will stay comfortably seated, talking about the Star Trek: Prodigy episode "Is There In Beauty No Truth"... Star Trek bringing the anti-running agenda for 2024 Maybe these non-corporeal adrenaline junkies should look into rollercoasters It's a really nice bit of worldbuilding that telepaths are bad at consent and boundaries, but accidentally gives rise to a subtext which feels transphobic Which is not to say that this is not a wonderful episode or a great allegory about both the trans experience and disability!  But it's complicated! We talk about it at length! ALSO this Feast of Senses would have been so much creepier if Gene Roddenberry or Rick Berman were around Jankom Pog dances like a Bluey character Dal and Gwyn and relationships that exist in small moments