All Episodes - Beam Me to Sick Bay: A Star Trek TNG Podcast
Experienced TNG viewers Mira and McFreeze guide Star Trek newbie Hace through the ups and downs of Star Trek: The Next Generation in an episode-by-episode breakdown.
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66: Violations / The Masterpiece Society
CW: rape for the first half of the episode This week, we cringe at the most mind rape of episodes, and then later Geordi gets some owns in on a colony of eugenicists.
65: New Ground / Hero Worship
After our long unannounced absence, Beam Me To Sick Bay is finally BACK with this appropriately short podcast about two episodes featuring the shortest among us: children. Worf comes to terms with what a bad dad he is as his son Alexander returns to the Enterprise, and Data gets a traumatized kid to follow him around and dress like him.
64: Unification I and II
This week, we talk about guest stars Leonard Nimoy and Stephen Root as Picard and Data infiltrate Romulus to see what that Spock doing. Meanwhile, Riker travels to a seedy Star Wars-esque bar to hear the blues.
63: The Game / A Matter of Time
This week, Wesley Crusher is back to save the Enterprise from the evils of gaming AND drugs. Later, some bozo from the future shows up and is an asshole to everyone. We're recording out of order to do both parts of Unification in the same episode next time!
62: Silicon Avatar / Disaster
This week, the Enterprise catches up with its old friend the Crystalline Entity. Later they deal with the aftermath of being in a space earthquake.
61: Darmok / Ensign Ro
This week, we discuss the classic TNG episode everyone's been waiting for, the one where Picard has to learn to talk to an alien in memes. Later, Bajorans appear in the Star Trek universe in a proto-DS9 episode.
60: Redemption I and II / Season 4 Wrap-Up
We've finally arrived at the end of season 4 and we're here to give you our favorites and worsts. Then we delve into the exciting world of Klingon politics as the Klingon Empire heads into a civil war, with some visits from surprising Romulans.
59: The Mind's Eye / In Theory
This week, Geordi gets a little brainwashed by some Romulans hoping to tear apart the alliance between the Federation and the Klingon empire. Later, Data tries the domestic life with a girlfriend but instead just transports us all back to season 1.
58: Half A Life / The Host
Wow! Two episodes in one! This week, we talk about how much of a queen Lwaxana Troi is as she struggles with the concept of senicide, and later, Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill and ends up having sex with Riker.
57: The Drumhead
We are BACK and we talk about going to Combo Breaker 2023, and then Picard gives a moralizing speech and everybody claps.
55: The Nth Degree
Barclay's back and more powerful than ever.
54: Identity Crisis
This week, Geordi turns into an invisible lizard person. No, seriously. That's really what happens.
53: Night Terrors
This week, we talk about a lot of different things as we try to avoid talking about how they made this horror episode boring. Also, Troi flies.
52: Galaxy's Child
This week, Geordi LaForge breaks our hearts by being more cringe than any human should be. Also, Picard murders a space whale.
51: First Contact
This week we get to experience the Federation from the point of view of a more primitive, 20th century type alien. Also Riker fucks his way out of trouble.
50: Clues
In this episode 50 spectacular special, we get nostalgic for the radio, discuss Picard's enthusiasm for mysteries, and learn how many people on the Enterprise can break Worf's wrist.
49: Devil's Due
This week on Star Trek The Original Series, Captain Picard is in some sexy danger when he meets the devil and she's a babe who wants to bang him.
48: The Wounded
Finally Beam Me To Sick Bay covers an episode of Deep Space Nine, as presented by TNG.
46: The Loss
This week, Commander Troi becomes a real person for a minute when she loses her empathic abilities.
45: Final Mission
This week, we yell about how bad Wesley's send off from the main cast of TNG is.
44: Future Imperfect
This week, we take a journey with Riker to the future... but is it REALLY the future? [dramatic pause] No.
43: Reunion
Welcome to 2023, where Worf is here and he has a kid now! Also Gowron grins and glares a lot.
42: Legacy
We're back with the promised (temporary) half length episodes to talk about Legacy, Tasha Yar's sister, and how the writers neglect Worf. We also ramble about Final Fantasy XII for a while.
41: Suddenly Human / Remember Me
This week, Picard adopts a teenager. Later, everyone in the universe but Dr. Crusher vanishes.
40: Family / Brothers
This week, it's about family as Picard visits his home village in France after his incident with the Borg, and we get to meet Worf's human parents. Later, Data has a family reunion of his own.
39: The Best of Both Worlds / Season 3 Wrap-up
This week the Enterprise has a harrowing encounter with the Borg who have finally made their way into the Alpha quadrant. Afterwards, we rank out favorite and least favorite episodes of season 3.
38: Ménage à Troi / Transfigurations
This week, Lwaxana's back in town and giving some top-tier oo-mox. Later, Dr. Crusher saves an alien's life and he turns out to be space Jesus.
37: The Most Toys / Sarek
This week, Data is kidnapped by the nefarious Collector, and Spock's dad shows up to make Picard cry.
36: Tin Man / Hollow Pursuits
This week, a very psychic man is a big asshole, and our dear, socially anxious friend Lt. Reginald Barclay finally appears.
35: Allegiance / Captain's Holiday
Season 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation roars along as this week Picard is replaced by a singing doppelganger, and later gets to visit the pleasure planet Risa for some Indiana Jones style adventures.
34: The Offspring / Sins Of The Father
This week, we got a real "daddy" of an episode as we talk about Data's daughter Lal, and then Worf's family drama on the Klingon homeworld.
33: Yesterday's Enterprise
This week, we talk about Yesterday's Enterprise, when a rift in space-time alters the course of history and puts the Federation in a 20 year war with the Klingon Empire. Also Tasha Yar wasn't killed by a tar monster and is here again! Wow!
32: Deja Q / A Matter of Perspective
This week, Q is BACK and he's worried about balding, sneezing, and getting a pimple. Also, Star Trek does Rashomon and Riker might be a rapist.
31: The Hunted / The High Ground
This week, we talk about burgers and Rambo with our guest Ruggington, and then we talk about the episode too hot for UK television (because of the Troubles.)
30: The Vengeance Factor / The Defector
This week, we discuss the ever-growing lore of food replicators, and how cool Romulans are. Meanwhile, Riker licks a forehussy.
29: The Enemy / The Price
This week, Geordi makes a Romulan frenemy, and Troi dates a jerk. Some Ferengi show up.
28: The Bonding / Booby Trap
This week, we delve into some heavy shit as we and TNG discuss death and grief. Later, Geordi marries his car.
27: The Survivors / Who Watches The Watchers
This week, Troi gets a song stuck in her head and she just can't get it out, and the crew of the Enterprise attend a Vulcan renaissance faire.
26: Evolution / The Ensigns of Command
This week, Dr. Bob Kelso from Scrubs makes a guest appearance as a high strung scientist, and Data spurns the advances of a robot lover on a radioactive colony.
25: Season 2 Summary With Shades of Gray Watch-a-long!
This week we wrap up season 2 with listener emails, our top and bottom picks for season 2 episodes, and a special watch-a-long commentary track in the second half as the three of us watch Shades of Gray together.
24: The Emissary / Peak Performance
We're back and this week Worf's old girlfriend is in town, and Data gets tilted at a video game.
23: Up The Long Ladder / Manhunt
This week, we meet some Irish caricatures, and Lwaxana Troi is down bad for a hologram.
22: Q Who / Samaritan Snare
This week, the Borg finally show up, and Picard and Wesley eat sandwiches together. Meanwhile, Hace manages to work in about a dozen Overwatch puns.
21: The Icarus Factor / Pen Pals
This week, Riker spars with his estranged father in the ultimate evolution of martial arts, and Data makes friends with a tiny alien caveman over ham radio.
20: The Royale / Time Squared
This week, Data in a cowboy hat, and a space toilet.
19: The Dauphin / Contagion
This week, Wesley's hormones erupt with love when he meets a hot alien, and the Enterprise catches a cold.
18: The Measure of a Man
This week, we talk about Data's status as a person or machine, and how good Patrick Stewart is at acting.
17: Unnatural Selection / A Matter of Honor
This week, Pulaski goes to the beach that makes you old, and we learn about Klingon cuisine with Riker.
16: Loud As A Whisper / The Schizoid Man
This week, to know a podcast is to love a podcast. And to love a podcast, is to know a podcast.
15: Elementary, Dear Data / The Outrageous Okona
This week we go on a holodeck adventure with Data and Geordi to Sherlock Holmes' London and get into some trouble with emergent A.I., and also dollar store Han Solo is here prompting Data to learn how to tell a joke.
14: The Child / Where Silence Has Lease
We are back with season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation and we're off to some bangers of episodes (not really [oh god]) where Troi gets space pregnant, and the Enterprise gets stuck in a space hole.
13: Conspiracy / The Neutral Zone
We end season 1 of TNG with some banger episodes featuring body-snatching alien bugs and problematic fave, 20th century Country music star L.Q. "Sonny" Clemonds.
12: Skin of Evil / We'll Always Have Paris
This week, we use Freud's psychoanalytic theory to evaluate the tar monster that murders Tasha Yar, and then we take a look at Picard's love life in the middle of multiverse hijinx.
11: The Arsenal of Freedom / Symbiosis
This week, the Enterprise crew discovers the evils of drone warfare, and we debate the merits of the prime directive.
10: Coming of Age / Heart of Glory
This week, Wesley takes his entrance exams to Starfleet Academy, and Worf makes some Klingon friends.
09: When The Bough Breaks / Home Soil
This week on Beam Me to Sick Bay, Wesley herds some children around a flat storyline, and the Enterprise is nearly destroyed by a microscopic speck of sand.
08: 11001001 / Too Short A Season
This week we've got binary computer nerd aliens and holodeck dream girls, as well as Benjamin Buttons 2: Space Boogaloo.
07: Datalore / Angel One
This week we got evil Vaudeville villain twin brothers and a sexism planet full of tall ladies.
06: Haven / The Big Goodbye
In this week's Beam Me to Sick Bay, we discuss S1E11 Haven, where Lwaxana Troi and the Miller family come aboard the enterprise for Deanna Troi's arranged marriage, as well as S1E12 The Big Goodbye, where Picard lives out his holodeck fantasies in the world of fictional noir detective Dixon Hill. Get ready for our best 40s gangster accents!
05: The Battle / Hide and Q
We are back from the holidays to talk about S1E09 The Battle, where the nefarious Ferengi Daimon Bok shows up to exact revenge on Picard, and S1E10 Hide and Q, where Q offers Riker the powers of a god.
04: Lonely Among Us / Justice
This week, Beam Me to Sick Bay discusses S1E07 Lonely Among Us, where an alien entity sneaks aboard the Enterprise, causing some sabotage and ultimately making Picard the imposter. Then we discuss S1E08 Justice, the one where Wesley is sentenced to death on an idyllic planet of sex-havers. We discuss many things such as bottle episodes, comedic vignette b-plots, the death penalty, and the complications of Klingon love making.
03: The Last Outpost / Where No One Has Gone Before
The hosts of Beam Me to Sick Bay discuss Star Trek TNG season 1 episode 5, The Last Outpost, where we meet the Ferengi and their magical pool noodles, and episode 6, Where No One Has Gone Before, where another magical space man shows up to reaffirm how cool and smart Wesley is.
02: The Naked Now / Code of Honor
Mira, McFreeze, and Hace discuss the comedic chops of the third episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as the racism and overwhelming boredom of the fourth episode.
01: Encounter At Farpoint
Experienced TNG viewers Mira and McFreeze talk out the series premiere with Star Trek noob Hace. There's a lot to unpack as we meet the crew of the USS Enterprise, magical space man Q, a creepy guy named Groppler and humans from the 21st century post-atomic horror.