Star Trek: The Next Generation

The Neutral Zone

Episode 149

Friday 4 April 2025

In the Voyager mess hall, Neelix is presenting Tuvok with a plate of  fluorescent green cheese. Tuvok raises an eyebrow.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Series 1, Episode 26

Stardate: 41986.0

First broadcast on Monday 16 May 1988

This week, Joe and Nathan are woken from 380 years of cryosleep to discover that the world has changed forever: the ship’s captain isn’t friendly and welcoming like Captain Stubing, some of their ports of call have been scooped in their entirety off the surface of the planet, and those people in that scary green cruise ship over there look very unfriendly indeed.

Recorded on Tuesday 1 April 2025 · Download (72.4 MB)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Up the Long Ladder

Episode 173

Friday 28 November 2025

Colm Meany as Transporter Chief O'Brien stands at his console, looking off camera with horror and contempt at the appalling Irish stereotypes that have just appeared on the transporter pad.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Series 2, Episode 18

Stardate: 42823.2

First broadcast on Monday 22 May 1989

“Terrible beyond terrible.”

Ronald D. Moore

“Here lies a colossal mess of a show, mixing serious (albeit unrealized) science fiction with broad, less-than-funny comedy.”

Jamahl Epsicokhan, Jammer’s Reviews

“Sometimes you just have to bow to the absurd.”

Jean–Luc Picard

“That was fun.”

“Yeah, I thought that was great.”

Joe and Nathan, Untitled Star Trek Project
Recorded on Tuesday 25 November 2025 · Download (71.2 MB)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Who Watches the Watchers

Episode 141

Friday 31 January 2025

We're outside, on a sunny and rocky planet. Facing each other are  Captain Picard, his arm in a sling, and a woman roughly his age, wearing  a simple dress of rough fabric. Sitting between them and a bit behind them are a younger man and his daughter, also dressed in simple clothing. Picard and the woman are smiling at one another.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Series 3, Episode 4

Stardate: 43173.5

First broadcast on Monday 16 October 1989

– You see, my people once lived in caves. And then we learned to build huts and, in time, to build ships like this one.
– Perhaps one day, my people will travel above the skies.
– Of that, I have absolutely no doubt.

Top-tier Star Trek this week, as The Next Generation belatedly hits its stride, with a well-written, well-acted and well-made story about the beauty and fragility of progress.

Recorded on Tuesday 28 January 2025 · Download (64.7 MB)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

The Drumhead

Episode 152

Friday 2 May 2025

Jean Simmons as Admiral Norah Satie, looking like she has just realised that she has completely destroyed her career. (Satie, not Simmons.)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Series 4, Episode 21

Stardate: 44769.2

First broadcast on Monday 29 April 1991

This week, Jean Simmons strides imperiously onto the Enterprise bridge, accompanied by her executive assistant, her scary stenographer, her daddy issues, and a terrifying sense of self-righteous rage. Unmissable.

Recorded on Tuesday 29 April 2025 · Download (71.3 MB)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

The Game

Episode 146

Friday 14 March 2025

We're in the turbolift. Wesley is on the left, dressed in civilian clothes, looking across at Nurse Ogawa, looking dreamily into the distance and smiling, probably because of the gaming headset she's wearing.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Series 5, Episode 6

Stardate: 45208.2

First broadcast on Monday 28 October 1991

This week, it’s The One Where the Entire Crew is Taken over by an Orgasmatronic Video Game. Oh, and Wesley’s back as well. It’s Star Trek, at the very top of its (don’t say it) Game.

Recorded on Tuesday 4 March 2025 · Download (69.9 MB)

Star Trek: The Next Generation