EPISODE · Feb 9, 2026 · 1H 1M
The Final Frontier Podcast Season 2, Episode 11: Who the F*** is Friday?
from The Final Frontier Podcast · host Arete Media
🏔️ - Get your first 7 days of Paramount+ FREE: https://paramountplus.qflm.net/GKnjLL💰 - Check out the Startup Corps Podcast💻 - Visit our website: https://aretemedia.org/This week on Final Frontier, we warp back to Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2, Episode 10: Friday's Child—the one we accidentally dubbed “Friday Stepchild” (and honestly… it kinda fits). 😅We break down the episode’s weirdly-relevant premise—two superpowers fighting over a smaller world for mineral rights—plus the very 1967 vibes that hit harder than a Capellan warrior with a spear. Along the way we dig into:-Why the title “Friday’s Child” is a deep-cut reference to the “Monday’s Child” poem-Topaline: the “vital” mineral the episode barely explains (classic Trek)-The Capellans’ strict honesty—and why one lie actually works-The Klingon envoy who feels… oddly un-Klingon (until he isn’t)-Scotty in the captain’s chair (and why he’s criminally underrated)-McCoy’s intense cultural clash + the childbirth sequence (so much to unpack)-Julie Newmar trivia + that “Star Trek planets look like Southern California” energyWritten by D. C. Fontana and directed by Joseph Pevney, this episode is a solid watch—even if modern audiences would absolutely light it up online.If you’re watching along, tell us: Is “Friday’s Child” secretly more relevant than it should be… or is it just 60s TV doing 60s TV things?And don’t forget: Like, comment, and subscribe—help us get that watch time up. 🖖#startrek #startrektos #finalfrontierpodcast #tos #startrekreview #FridaysChild #klingon #scotty #mccoy #scifipodcast #podcast #aretemedia
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🏔️ - Get your first 7 days of Paramount+ FREE: https://paramountplus.qflm.net/GKnjLL💰 - Check out the Startup Corps Podcast💻 - Visit our website: https://aretemedia.org/This week on Final Frontier, we warp back to Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2, Episode 10: Friday's Child—the one we accidentally dubbed “Friday Stepchild” (and honestly… it kinda fits). 😅We break down the episode’s weirdly-relevant premise—two superpowers fighting over a smaller world for mineral rights—plus the very 1967 vibes that hit harder than a Capellan warrior with a spear. Along the way we dig into:-Why the title “Friday’s Child” is a deep-cut reference to the “Monday’s Child” poem-Topaline: the “vital” mineral the episode barely explains (classic Trek)-The Capellans’ strict honesty—and why one lie actually works-The Klingon envoy who feels… oddly un-Klingon (until he isn’t)-Scotty in the captain’s chair (and why he’s criminally underrated)-McCoy’s intense cultural clash + the childbirth sequence (so much to unpack)-Julie Newmar trivia + that “Star Trek planets look like Southern California” energyWritten by D. C. Fontana and directed by Joseph Pevney, this episode is a solid watch—even if modern audiences would absolutely light it up online.If you’re watching along, tell us: Is “Friday’s Child” secretly more relevant than it should be… or is it just 60s TV doing 60s TV things?And don’t forget: Like, comment, and subscribe—help us get that watch time up. 🖖#startrek #startrektos #finalfrontierpodcast #tos #startrekreview #FridaysChild #klingon #scotty #mccoy #scifipodcast #podcast #aretemedia
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