A Star to Steer Her By

Back to the rehash mines, "Enterprise"! First up: Starfleet meets their first energy beings and we recall all the times they're going to have done it better in their future/our past in "The Crossing". After that, Martok shows up to defend Archer in "we have Star Trek VI at home", otherwise known as "Judgment". Also this week: bread, a missing key detail, and Sisko! [timestamps: The Crossing: 01:45; Judgment: 28:38; Check out the Emissary's Pagh: 1:04:00] [tumbl linearly: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/742329127357562880/character-spotlight-benjamin-sisko?source=share]

Ooh, it's a chilling week on "Enterprise". First up: is a transporter issue turning Hoshi into a g-g-g-ghost in "Vanishing Point"? After that, YOU decide what's more terrifying: how lazy the very familiar plot of "Precious Cargo" is, or the absolutely abysmal acting of its principal guest star! Also this week: dreams are stupid, a season one week, and Lwaxana Troi! [timestamps: Point: 02:35; Cargo: 2:58; Lwaxana: 55:22] [this way to the house of the fifth daughter:https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/739788588403851265/character-spotlight-lwaxana-troi?source=share] [a flashback to Lwaxana Looks: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/702814721155514368/fashionably-late-a-lwaxana-troi-appreciation-post?source=share]

The Xindi arc continues this week, and the investigation gets stupid. First up: it's a little "Phantom of the Opera", a little "Beauty and the Beast" and maybe a big pile of tell don't show when Hoshi becomes unwilling roommates with a lonely telepath in "Exile". After that, Archer learns a lesson about the Xindi he'll almost definitely forget by next week in "The Shipment". Also this week: someone's lonely, someone was cocky, and the someone for the blog this week is Quark! [timestamps: Exile: 00:48; Shipment: 29:39; Quark: 55:53] [don't walk, run to the tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/746764947445448704/character-spotlight-quark?source=share]

Look, we're kind of punchy this week but we actually remain largely on-point through much of this week's "Voyager" journey. First up: the Doc writes some really bad fanfic and then OOPS LEGAL DRAMA NOW in "Author, Author." After that, we find out that maybe the Prime Directive occasionally has a point in "Friendship One". Also this week: a special week, monkey law, and a pointless death! [timestamps: Author: 03:50; Friendship: 37:43; Voyager Baddies: 1:01:56] [Tumbl: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/723933654128148480/top-3-star-trek-voyager-villains?source=share]

Can you change the past? Can you fight fate? Both issues face our DS9 crew this week! First up, old Jake Sisko tries to undo an accident that made his father a temporal sleepwalker in "The Visitor"! After that, Bashir is conscripted by a Jem'Hadar to find a cure for Ketracel-white addiction in "Hippocratic Oath"! Also this week: making sure we're never sponsored, Brooklyn Jake, and two many racists! [Timestamps: "The Visitor": 01:47; "Hippocratic Oath": 39:44]