Podcast 50: Golden Podcast -- 88 Years in 44 Minutes

Milestone achieved! We know we said a few podcasts ago that if we made it to 50 we were probably going to give some stuff away to listeners -- but obviously that didn't happen. Everyone hold out for Podcast 100! Anyway, besides discussing some great episodes (some would say the best episode ever) the results of the season 5 drinking game are revealed! PLUS we had our BIG season 5 wrap-up. BIG! Is season 5 the greatest TNG season ever? Listen!

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
3:33 -- Viewer mail
14:22 -- Non-Lost conversation
15:08 -- "The Inner Light"
39:45 -- "Time's Arrow Pt. 1"
1.08:30 -- Podcast awards and rankings
1.16:57 -- Quick TOS/TNG comparison
1.20:00 -- Season 5 awards
1.43:33 -- Season 5 rankings
1.56:47 -- Qapla'
1.59:19 -- Outtakes

J.R.'s Rankings

2. "Time's Arrow Pt. 1"
1. "The Inner Light"

Jon's Rankings

2. "Time's Arrow Pt. 1"
1. "The Inner Light"

Season 5 awards and rankings SPOILERS!

Best Planet
J.R.: Kataan
Jon: Valt Minor

Worst Planet
J.R.: The planet in "The Silicon Avatar" that gets shaved (Melona IV)
Jon: Moab IV

Best Guest Star
J.R.: Leonard Nimoy
Jon: Leonard Nimoy (honorable mention: Jonathan Del Arco)

Worst Guest Star
J.R.: Majel Barrett
Jon: Matt Frewer

Worst Villain
J.R.: Mudbathing Lwaxana Troi
Jon: Naked Lwaxana Troi

Best Villain
J.R.: The reality of waking up on the Enterprise after spending your entire life in your mind on a planet that actually died 1000 years ago
Jon: Mind raping

Worst Technology
J.R.: Romulan humanoid phasing
Jon: Federation tachyon net

Best Technology
J.R.: Worf's Frankenstein legs from "Ethics"
Jon: The amnesia ray from "Conundrum" (honorable mentions: Data's phase discriminator, Magic non-phasing boots of Ro, Geordi and that Romulan who went through the wall)

Most unproved crew member
J.R.: Deanna Troi
Jon: William Riker (dis-honorable mention: Guinan)

Most improved crew member
J.R.: Jean-Luc Picard
Jon: Jean-Luc Picard

Worst use of hot chick budget
J.R.: Majel Barrett
Jon: Katherine Moffat

Best use of hot chick budget
J.R.: Famke Janssen (Honerable mention: Ashley Judd)
Jon: Ashley Judd (Silver: Famke Janssen, Bronze: Walker Brandt)

22nd through 26th best episodes of season

J.R.:
22. "The Masterpiece Society"
23. "The Game"
24. "Imaginary Friend"
25. "Hero Worship"
26. "Cost of Living"
(Honorable mention: "Violations")

Jon
22. "A Matter of Time"
23. "Imaginary Friend"
24. "New Ground"
25. "Hero Worship"
26. "Cost of Living"
(Honorable mention: "Unification pt. 1")

Best episodes of the season

J.R.
5. "Cause and Effect"
4. "I, Borg"
3. "Unification pt. 2"
2. "Conundrum"
1. "The Inner Light"

Jon
5. "The Game"
4. "I, Borg"
3. "Cause and Effect"
2. "Conundrum"
1. "The Inner Light"
(Honorable mention: "Darmok"

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Drinking Game in Effect!

Alright, we still have a few hours of voting, but it's probably safe to say that "Time's Arrow" wins the season 5 drinking game award. If you have leftover Valentine's candy, feel free to binge on that rather than drinking if you so desire.

Here are the rules for "Time's Arrow":
("action/quote":#of drinks)

GENERAL QUOTES

General : "Open hailing frequencies" : 1
: Quotes : "Medical emergency" : 1
: : "Belay that order" : 1
: : "Energize" : 1
: : "Hell", "Damn" and other swearing. : 1
: : SEE ALSO: Riker's special swearing rules. :
: : "It's not like anything I've ever seen before": 1
: : "Impossible" : 1
: : "Impossible" while watching the "impossible" : 2
: : "Shut up, Wesley" : 3
: : "On screen" : 1
: : "Understood" : 1
: : "Set phasers on..." : 1
: : "Acknowledged" : 1
: : "Priority One" : 1
: : "Just a little more time...!" : 1
: : "Eastern/Western/Southern/Northern Continent" : 2
: : "The Klingon Home Planet" or other reference :
: : without actually giving it a name : 2

===========================================================================

DATA QUOTES

: Data : "Fascinating" : 1
: Quotes : "Accessing" : 1
: : "Inquiry" : 1
: : "Intriguing" : 1
: : "I am an android" : 1
: : "I cannot feel emotions", etc : 1
: : "Increase speed" : 1
: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

DATA ACTIONS

: Data : Uses his strength : 1
: Actions : Uses his strength and shows up Worf : 2
: : Uses his superior android speed : 1
: : Innards are revealed : 1
: : Innards are revealed other than his head : 2
: : Is cut off mid-sentence : 1
: : Is cut off during a list of synonyms : 2
: : Stops himself during an inappropriate speech : 2
: : Has to have "An Old Earth Saying" explained : 2
: : Gives a list of synonyms for the term he did :
: : not understand : 1
: : Is able to interpret/use alien technology in :
: : no time : 1
: : Uses a new colloquialism : 1
: : Uses a contraction : Whole Beverage
: : Affects a human mannerism (e.g. Sherlock Data): 2
: : Corrects somebody's grammar : 1
: : Brent Spiner breaks character for comic effect: 1
: : Gives an "approximation" out to several :
: : decimal places : 1
: : Does that little head twitch : 1
: : Gets kissed, etc. : 3
: : Is told that he's more human than he thinks : 2
: : Is "used" to save the ship, beam down, or hang:
: : around infected people because the :
: : situation is too dangerous for humans : 3
: ===========================================================================

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Podcast 49: Be My Kamalatine

Just in time for Valentine's Day! How perfect because Famke Janssen makes an appearance in the podcast and she's probably the cutest chick to ever grace Next Generation videotape. Of course we also get lots of brotherly love with Geordi and a robot. Then there's all the imaginary love. Lots of love! As a bonus we get a rollicking episode where people are invisible and Romulans fly through walls into the cold darkness of deep space. Rollicking.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, Super Bowl, football (soccer), Valentine's Day album, Lost
18:16 -- "The Perfect Mate"
34:36 -- "Imaginary Friend"
47:35 -- "I, Borg"
1.11:32 -- "The Next Phase"
1.31:56 -- Awards and rankings
1.45:06 -- Qapla'
1.46:38 -- Outtakes

Jon's Rankings

4. "Imaginary Friend"
3. "The Perfect Mate"
2. "The Next Phase"
1. "I, Borg"

J.R.'s Rankings

4. "Imaginary Friend"
3. "The Next Phase"
2. "The Perfect Mate"
1. "I, Borg"

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Hot Chocolate -- Long

Here's the longer version. Smoooooth!



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Hot Chocolate -- Short

Thanks to Listener Andrew for giving us this idea.



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Space Academy IV: She-men on Patrol

This was recorded on a very important Groundhog Day. Hoping to get this posted before the Lost premier, but it was simply an impossibility. Oh well. Hey, despite the title of this one, we talked about a lot of hot chicks -- so many in fact that we didn't have room to discuss the episode with Famke Janssen. Overall, some pretty good eps this time around, with one that's not worth mentioning.

Don't you think Geordi would've gotten deja vu before Beverly? I mean, he's the one with the visor with the residual images. They needed Crusher to be a bit more useful, perhaps.

Hoping to put an audio clip of the berries and cream lad at the end of this episode, but I totally forgot.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, Groundhog Day, Oscar nominations, Lost, Star Trek Online
18:35 -- "The Outcast"
33:50 -- "Cause and Effect"
46:21 -- "The First Duty"
1.03:32 -- "Cost of Living"
1.14:31 -- Considering talking about "The Perfect Mate," but changing our minds
1.16:18 -- Awards and rankings
1.29:49 -- Qapla'
1.31:26 -- Outtakes

J.R.'s Rankings

-. "Cost of Living"
3. "The First Duty"
2. "The Outcast"
1. "Cause and Effect"

Jon's Rankings

4. "Cost of Living"
3. "The First Duty"
2. "The Outcast"
1. "Cause and Effect"

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