Tin Man! Picard, crew, and some annoying Betazoid jerk decide to find a big living alien spaceship that's named "Tin Man" for purely metaphorical reasons. It kinda looks like a big blunt, which is appropriate since we recorded this episode on 4/20. It also looks like a gigantic turd, I hope that's not a metaphor for the episode or something.    Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Captain's Holiday! Marvin and Dan's old college buddy Dustin joins us for this especially randy episode of the podcast! What happens when Patrick Stewart wants an episode that has lots of fighting and fornicating? An Indiana Jones-esque weird time travel plot on a sexy pleasure/treasure planet, that's what!    Here's the truncated version of the Dan Avidan/Game Grumps Star Trek Experience video we watched on the podcast: https://youtu.be/tunI0nX7Gss And here's the original full video: https://youtu.be/aROVEGU4R3s    Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Allegiance! Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer! To add something new to this wonderful year! To honour we call you, as freemen not slaves! (Picard's only two black employees stare back awkwardly)   Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Galaxy Quest! The 1999 sci-fi spoof movie that the fans at the 2013 Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas voted as the seventh best Star Trek movie of all time, so that means it totally qualifies for this podcast, right? Our discussion meanders more than usual as we try our best to discuss the movie, share some fan convention stories, and also discuss the very meaning of art itself! Wow! Happy April Fools Day!   Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Sins of the Father! Another very Klingon-centric episode, but this time we get to visit Qo'noS! What will happen when we combine a "long-lost brother" script with a "court trial to preserve family honor" script into one crazy Klingon politics-driven episode? Maybe not exactly everything we hoped it could be!   Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

The Offspring! What if Measure of a Man came back as a band from the late 90's? Is that what this episode is? I dunno, but it's got some deep questions about gender identity, parenting new life, sentience, the unbearable burden of feelings, and the crushing existential dread of being alive, all of which go completely unanswered! Also, Jonathan Frakes directed this one, wow!    Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Yesterday's Enterprise! Last podcast episode, we watched the episode live as a commentary track. This week, our resident Star Trek expert Scott rejoins us to talk about what many consider to be the greatest episode of Star Trek of all time! Just to remind everyone: Tasha Yar is Ricardo's favorite character. So what does he think now that he's finally seen the episode?   Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Yesterday's Enterprise! Welcome to our first ever commentary track! We thought this would be a special one since Ricardo's favorite character is Tasha Yar, and we all know what that means! Watch the episode along with us as Ricardo reacts to Yesterday's Enterprise for the first time!   TECHNICAL NOTE: This commentary track only syncs up with the Blu-ray and Paramount+ versions of TNG. The Netflix version shortens the amount of black screen between commercial breaks, which leads to a pretty significant de-sync.    Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of sexual assault and rape.   A Matter of Perspective! Rashômon meets a little bit of Measure of a Man, a little bit of Breaking Bad, and a little bit of Riker's worst tendencies. We dive through some heavy topics, some fun topics, some random topics. Come have a listen, won't ya?    Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Deja Q! Oh how the turns have tabled, Señor Q. Now that Q has lost his power and must live like a miserable, squishy, worthless human, will he become easier to deal with? Will Data become his best friend? Will they both learn the true meaning of what it is to be selfless? Also, why is this moon falling? All we know for sure if that we don't need your fantasy women!    Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

The High Ground! It's over, Picard! I have the high ground! In all seriousness, though, an episode about terrorism, specifically the IRA and the Troubles. Will Star Trek be able to handle this delicate topic tastefully and meaningfully? The answer to that question is no. Did George Lucas steal this title for yet another prequel concept? The answer to that question is maybe?    Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Check out "A Knight's Tour," the feature film that Marvin wrote, directed, and edited and that Sara produced! It's available to view for free on Vudu right now: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/A-Knight-s-Tour/1987633 Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

The Hunted! Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones) teams up with FBI agent Abby Durrell (Connie Nielsen) to hunt down a trained assassin Hallam (Benicio Del Toro). With precision and skill, the predator remains one step ahead, and escapes into the city. Wait a minute, I think I'm talking about the wrong thi   Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

The Defector! Romulans, again! This time, one Romulan appears to be defecting to the Federation, but what gives?! Is his warning legit? Or is he leading Picard and crew towards a proverbial Fyre Festival? Let's dive in and find out!    Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

The Vengeance Factor! There are these Acamarians and then Mad Max Gatherers and then they're supposed to negotiate a peace treaty and then blah blah blah but SCREW ALL THAT! We got Parthas a la Yuta!     Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

The Price! Negotiations begin over a suspect wormhole that honestly should've been vetted a lot more thoroughly before negotiations ever even began! At the same time, the Ferengi crash the party, Georgi and Data risk their lives traveling through the wormhole, and Deanna Troi gets creeped on SUPER hard by some weird Southern guy! In our discussion, Ricardo uncovers a foot fetish conspiracy within the ranks of the TNG crew, and Sara brings her perspective towards potentially deeper meanings of all the skeeziness going on! Could TNG ever get any more sexually uncomfortable to watch? Tune in to find out!    Head on over to JerkyGent (our affiliate link: http://jerkygent.com?afmc=NEWBIE&utm_campaign=NEWBIE&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate) and use offer code NEWBIE to get 30% off your first subscription box of delicious jerky!   Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

The Enemy! Geordi gets to redeem himself from the last episode by saving and becoming friends with a Romulan! In the meantime, Worf demonstrates harsh Klingon morality against another Romulan, thus cementing himself as Ricardo's favorite character. Whose version of morality do you agree with?    Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Booby Trap! The one where Geordi (accidentally?) becomes a huge weird pervert, and on the Holodeck, of course! How do our intrepid listeners take Geordi's unfortunate advances towards women? Also, Sara regales us with tales of creepy dudes hitting on her in the most inappropriate ways! It'll be a full, rich podcast!    Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

The Bonding! Morgan Jay, comedian and musician extraordinaire, joins today's podcast for the most depressing episode of TNG yet! Will we all share traumatic stories about our parents? Will the evil gangster kid from Robocop 2 escape with his ghost mom? Will Worf stop being weird about bonding with children? Tune in to find out!    Catch Morgan Jay here: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morganjayofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morganjay/?hl=en  Twitter: https://twitter.com/themorganjay   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! This is just a quick bonus song to show off Nathan Tang's newest song, Jinglebell (Hot!), which is the Christmas version of our usual theme song! Enjoy!   Intro theme song: Jinglebell (Hot!) by Nathan Tang   Catch our other projects! Fugitive Frames Film Podcast: www.fugitiveframes.com Fugitive Games (YouTube channel): www.fugitive.games A Knight's Tour (feature film): www.aknightstourmovie.com

Who Watches The Watchers! In our "Christmas-themed-but-not-really" episode we're joined by our friend Scott, Star Trek expert extraordinaire, as we discuss one of his favorite TNG episodes! Will this finally be a good Prime Directive episode? Will Deanna escape execution by bow and arrow? Will Picard manage to convince a fledgling civilization to give up on religion? And will Riker find matriarchal polygamy pretty cool? Tune in to find out!   Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Jinglebell (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

The Survivors! Picard tries to figure out why everyone on this planet is dead except for two random boomers. In the meantime, Riker gets snared on a trap and smacks his head on a pole, and Deanna has non-stop music box tinnitus. Will they ever solve this mystery? Only if we go up and atom. You know the rules, and so do I. And if all else fails, there's always the Holodeck. F***.     Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Evolution! Another Melissa Snodgrass-written episode, and this time her crush for Data is showing! Also, this time, the Venom goo monster from Skin of Evil returns, covered in a blanket, and very concerned about the minutiae of interstellar treaties! How will Data convince a bunch of stubborn settlers to evacuate their planet before they're violently eradicated by blanket monsters? Tune in to find out!    Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Check out our interview on The Event Horizon show at SciFi.Radio: https://scifi.radio/the-event-horizon/    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com! 

Evolution! TNG is back for Season 3! Collars are popped, doctors are swapped, and Wesley's causing war crimes yet again! It's the same ol' same ol' but with some upgraded visuals and some nice camera work! Also, Sara's now a permanent member of the NST crew! How will she and Ricardo handle the recurring shenanigans of Wesley and his nanomachines?! Tune in to find out!    Get an extra three free months of ExpressVPN when you sign up for 12 months through our affiliate link (a total of 49% in savings!): www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Check out our interview on The Event Horizon show at SciFi.Radio: https://scifi.radio/the-event-horizon/    Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast!    Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nathan Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nathan Tang    Catch our other projects (Fugitive Frames Film Podcast, Fugitive Games YouTube channel, etc.) at www.fugitiveframes.com!