Podcast 56: The Trial of Data Noonien Singh

Not only is this the season 6 finale, but it's also the episode where we officially put Data on trial (sort of). Spoiler alert: he loses (sort of). Also WE go on trial. We brave the listeners' complaints about us. It's chilling stuff. Hey, plus we have a couple of apparently pretty good episodes to talk about. One question we didn't get to: Can the Romulans ever invent anything that doesn't utterly destroy space-time?

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH (stand-up debacle, Dead Weather, music documentaries)
12:12 -- "Timescape"
28:27 -- "Descent"
44:58 -- Podcast awards and rankings
52:59 -- Trial of Data
1.04:10 -- Trial of JRWSTFTFT
1.12:54 -- Season 6 awards
1.39:04 -- Season 6 rankings
1.55:50 -- Qapla' and outtakes

J.R.'s Podcast Rankings

2. "Descent"
1. "Timescape"

Jon's Rankings

2. "Timescape"
1. "Descent"

J.R.'s Season 6 Awards

Favorite guest: James Doohan as Scotty
Favorite name: Crosis
Favorite planet: Dyson Sphere
Least favorite planet: Bersallis III
Favorite technology: phase discriminator armbands
Least favorite technology: Guinan's tennis racket
Most improved crew member: Data
Most disproved crew member: Dr. Crusher
Favorite Villain: Gul Madred
(runner-up: artificial intelligence)
Least favorite Villain: exocomps
Best use of the hot guy budget: David Warner as Gul Madred
Best use of the hot chick budget: Olivia d'Abo as Amanda Rogers
(runner-up: J.C. Brandy as Marta "Marty" Batanides
Best second part of a two-parter: "Chain of Command, Part II"

Jon's Season 6 Awards

Favorite guest: Jonathan Frakes as Thomas Riker
(runner-up: James Doohan)
Favorite name: Crosis
Favorite planet: Boreth
Least favorite planet: Lore's Borg planet
Favorite technology: Nervala IV duplicate Riker transporter effect
Least favorite technology: tricorder holographic effect
Most improved crew member: Dr. Crusher
Most disproved crew member: Captain Picard
Favorite villain: Gul Madred's daughter
(runner-up: Gul Madred)
Least favorite villain: Nella Daren
(runner-up: Crosis)
Best use of the hot guy budget: Daniel Davis as James Moriarty
Best use of the hot chick budget: Renee Jones as Aquiel Uhnari
Best second part of a two-parter: "Chain of Command, Part II"

J.R.'s Season 6 Rankings

22. "Suspicions"
23. "Man of the People"
24. "Quality of Life"
25. "Aquiel"
26. "Rascals"

5. "Timescape
4. "Relics"
3. "Rightful Heir"
2. "Tapestry"
1. "Chain of Command, Part II"

Jon's Season 6 Rankings

22. "Realm of Fear"
23. "Rascals"
24. "Man of the People
25. "Suspicions"
26. "Lessons"

5. "Ship in a Bottle"
4. "Second Chances"
3. "Rightful Heir"
2. "Chain of Command, Part II"
1. "Tapestry"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010).

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Podcast 55: Complex Messiah

This here's our big religion podcast inspired by Kahless the unforgettable. Up until "Rightful Heir" the guy was quite forgettable, now he's not. Although he's still quite short. Yeah, I'm saying that and I'm a pretty short guy myself. Anyway, people of ALL religions should enjoy this podcast -- from Klingon to Jedi.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH (Jazz, Football, girl listeners, British TV, iPads, Mercedes/BMW)
13:24 -- "Lessons"
26:00 -- "The Chase"
39:38 -- "Frame of Mind"
56:37 -- "Suspicions"
1.09:01 -- "Rightful Heir"
1.44:10 -- "Second Chances"
1.58:15 -- Awards and rankings
2.12:55 -- Qapla' and outtakes

Jon's Rankings

6. "Lessons"
5. "Suspicions"
4. "The Chase"
3. "Frame of Mind"
2. "Second Chances"
1. "Rightful Heir"

J.R.'s Rankings

6. "Suspicions"
5. "Lessons"
4. "The Chase"
3. "Frame of Mind"
2. "Second Chances"
1. "Rightful Heir"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Muhammad (570-632).

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"Frame of Mind" Drinking Game

"Frame of Mind" wins for the season 6 drinking game! Watch the episode and abide by the "Riker" drinking game rules as outlined below:

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

: Riker : Walks forward as if he's trying to knock an :
: Actions : imaginary door down with his forehead : 1
: : Demonstrates knowledge of a foreign language : 1
: : Swears/hurls an insult in a foreign language : 2
: : Thrusts his chin out with a smug look : 1
: : Stands with his feet more than 2 ft. apart :1 per ' beyond 2'
: : Pronounces a word in a way that does not match:
: : his heritage (e.g. charade=shur-AHD) : 2
: : Acts blatantly like Kirk : 1
: : Gets that annoying smirk on his face : 1
: : Gets the girl : 1
: : Gets the girl for no apparent reason : 2

ALSO: calling an audible here, but I think we should also count "The Riker Maneuver" which involves Riker putting his right leg up on Data's station with his crotch facing Data's face. That's worth 2 drinks.

We'll discuss the results next podcast. Be sure to send in YOUR results.

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Podcast 54: The Smell and Disappointment of the Hunt

Hunting is a metaphor for courtship right? Well none of the courtship in these episodes worked out at all in any of these episodes -- except for maybe Picard and Q.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
15:30 -- "Aquiel"
28:47 -- "Face of the Enemy"
42:47 -- "Tapestry"
1.00:30 -- "Birthright, Part I"
1.05:30 -- "Birthright, Part II"
1.19:05 -- "Starship Mine"
1.36:20 -- Awards and rankings
2.01:14 -- Qapla' and outtakes

J.R.'s Rankings

6. "Aquiel"
5. "Birthright, Part I"
4. "Face of the Enemy"
3. "Birthright, Part II"
2. "Starship Mine"
1. "Tapestry"

Jon's Rankings

6. "Aquiel"
5. "Birthright, Part I"
4. "Face of the Enemy"
3. "Birthright, Part II"
2. "Starship Mine"
1. "Tapestry"

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to the good era of the Klingon Empire (822-2293).

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Vote!

You may notice on the right side of this page that it's time again to vote in the Season 6 Star Trek Drinking Game poll. Let's do this together people! Surely one of these eps is waaaaay funner than the others. Don't NOT vote! For the game's rules, click here.

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Podcast 53: Holodeck or Kill-bot Factory?

All the holodeck episodes simply got in the way of our talking about the great episodes starring the MCP himself, David Warner. This one isn't quite the longest yet. Off by just a few seconds. Thanks to Tim and Tim for joining us!

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, happy birthday Pete, reading lists
5:13 -- Viewer mail
17:17 -- "Rascals"
34:30 -- "A Fistful of Datas"
48:41 -- "The Quality of Life"
1.03:15 -- "Chain of Command, Part I"
1.11:37 -- "Chain of Command, Part II"
1.41:20 -- "Ship in a Bottle"
1.59:26 -- Awards and rankings
2.15:36 -- Qapla'
2.17:15 -- Outtakes

Jon's Rankings

6. "Quality of Life"
5. "Rascals"
4. "Chain of Command, Part I"
3. "A Fistful of Datas"
2. "Ship in a Bottle"
1. "Chain of Command, Part II"

J.R.'s Rankings

6. "Quality of Life"
5. "Rascals"
4. "A Fistful of Datas"
3. "Ship in a Bottle"
2. "Chain of Command, Part I"
1. "Chain of Command, Part II"

A few notable watchy links:

From Elliot: Picard Flauting Danger
Here's one about Clemens
What the heck, here's another one. A Sherlock Holmes one.
Here's that sweaty saxophonist parody.
Aaaaand in case you're interested, here's the original scene from The Lost Boys.

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Joy Garrett (1945-1993).

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Podcast 52: Great Scotty!

Welcome back TNG! We had some weird weird weird audio issues with this one. It was like weird man. We're flirting with a new technology that allows us to record directly from skype and we're using the same technology to transmit directly to Ustream (Thanks to Trent and Tim W. for joining us!). Anyway at about the 36 minute mark we get caught in an energy transfer beam and then nothing is the same after that.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, NCAA tournament, listener picks
7:03 -- Viewer mail
14:50 -- "Time's Arrow Pt. 2"
32:11 -- "Realm of Fear"
41:08 -- "Man of the People"
53:25 -- "Relics"
1.09:20 -- "Schisms"
1.22:07 -- "True Q"
1.37:29 -- Awards and rankings
1.51:24 -- Qapla'
1.53:44 -- Outtakes

J.R.'s Rankings

6. "Man of the People"
5. "Realm of Fear"
4. "Time's Arrow Pt. 2"
3. "Schisms"
2. "True Q"
1. "Relics"

Jon's Rankings

6. "Realm of Fear"
5. "Time's Arrow Pt. 2"
4. "Schisms"
3. "Man of the People"
2. "True Q"
1. "Relics"

Here are Tim's Star Trek related Youtube links!

NSFW (sweary!) Next Gen re-dub:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414TmP12WAU
Pop-song re-dub with Star Wars stuff and Enterprise bridge at the end:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJRMwdmFYWg
NSFW (weird stuff!) Kirk/Spock slash fiction NIN music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uxTpyCdriY

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to James Doohan (1920-2005).

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