10: Star Trek: Dagger of the Mind and The Corbomite Maneuver

After a couple of rough Star Trek stretches, the Nextlander Watchcasters find a lot more to like in this week's pair of episodes, Dagger of the Mind and The Corbomite Maneuver! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:46) - Intro. (00:03:00) - Kicking things off with Dagger of the Mind. (00:06:10) - Some background on the episode. (00:08:42) - And featuring Dr. Noel as this week's conspicuous romantic interest! (00:14:15) - Fire your transporter team. The whole staff. These people don't know what they're doing. (00:17:35) - Seeing some repeated elements in these episodes, especially the Kirk/Bones tension. (00:20:57) - Time to beam down and definitely not fall victim to anything! (00:26:17) - Should we try out the mind-wipey-outey machine ourselves? Of course! (00:28:38) - It's a mind meld, baby! (00:37:00) - How's ol' Kirky gonna wiggle out of this one? (00:42:39) - Some final thoughts on the episode. (00:45:53) - Break! (00:46:10) - And we're back, and talking The Corbomite Maneuver. (00:50:09) - Some background on the episode, and why it aired so late in the order. (00:52:08) - This Bailey guy? He ain't got it. (00:55:48) - Can you warp backwards? (00:58:07) - And then they blow up the cube. Oops. (00:59:41) - Enter Balok, the most homicidal timekeeper in the galaxy. (01:05:06) - Kirk comes up with the most radical plan in the known universe: lying! (01:10:56) - These poor extras having to bop back and forth like they're in a pretend earthquake. (01:12:24) - Time to meet Balok. I'm sure he's very normal. (01:16:00) - What exactly WAS Balok's motive here? (01:20:52) - This is really the Star Trek mission statement episode. (01:26:15) - Outro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.