Episode 182
Friday 27 February 2026
Star Trek: Discovery
Series 5, Episode 4
Stardate: Unknown (3191); also 2256, 2257, 2258, 3189 and 3218
First broadcast on Thursday 18 April 2024
This week Michael and her new first officer Commander Rayner are caught in a time loop carefully designed by the Krenim to give Michael the chance to prove that her approach to leadership is the correct one, as usual. Meanwhile, Joe gets a surprising present.
Episode 181
Friday 13 February 2026
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Series 4, Episode 13
Stardate: 44474.5
First broadcast on Monday 4 February 1991
Many years ago, Joe and Nathan were offered a contract by a shadowy devilish figure, who promised them 180 episodes of peace and prosperity until her return, when she would demand their eternal servitude, mostly consisting of admiring her smile and the fabulosity of her hair. Honestly, they can both see the upside.
Episode 180
Friday 30 January 2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Series 1, Episode 1
Stardate: 853724.6 and Unknown (3190s)
First broadcast on Thursday 15 January 2026
This week, the children of Earth face a difficult and precarious future — one that they didn’t create but that they must nevertheless endure. And now there’s a new Star Trek series where that’s basically happening too. But in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, these kids have hope: some weird and kindly people are here, with patience and empathy, determined to help them find a way through.
Episode 179
Friday 23 January 2026
Star Trek: Voyager
Series 6, Episode 23
Stardate: Unknown (2376 and 2371)
First broadcast on Wednesday 3 May 2000
This week, Joe and Nathan struggle to find exactly the right word to express their feelings about this episode.
Episode 178
Friday 9 January 2026
Star Trek: Enterprise
Series 2, Episode 10
Stardate: Unknown (2152)
First broadcast on Wednesday 27 November 2002
Another astonishingly dull and unambitious week aboard Enterprise, as Hoshi Sato is accidentally transported into a high-concept plot that we’ve seen done better half a dozen times in the last fifteen years. Things liven up slightly ten minutes from the end, when we are treated to the dumbest line of dialogue in the history of the franchise.