19: Star Trek: The Conscience of the King and Balance of Terror

For the month of November the Nextlander crew will be chewing through nothing but Star Trek, and we're kicking the month off with a Shakespearean murder mystery and a straight up submarine combat episode in The Conscience of the King, and Balance of Terror! 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. (00:01:17) - Intro. (00:03:22) - Our first episode of the week is one none of us had ever seen: The Conscience of the King! (00:06:13) - Kodos? And the production history of the episode. (00:13:12) - Launching into the plot. (00:14:42) - Some musings on Roddenberry's vision of the future and Kirk's role. (00:19:56) - Bye bye pillowcase face guy. (00:21:34) - Kirk's kind of a dick in this one. (00:23:12) - Somebody's bumping off witnesses, time to use the Irish guy as bait. (00:28:36) - Time fo the captain to woo this 19-year-old. Meanwhile, Spock has figured it out. (00:31:34) - Showdown between Kirk and Kodos (also the one and only double red alert). (00:36:52) - Time to unmask our mass murderer in appropriately theatrical fashion. (00:45:49) - Closing thoughts on Conscience of the King. (00:49:55) - Break! (00:50:20) - We're back and it's time for Balance of Terror! Here come the Romulans! (00:53:58) - Some history of this banger episode. (00:59:51) - Lt. Stiles, and a brief history of space racism. (01:03:57) - The set-up for this latest Romulan conflict. (01:08:55) - Thank god, a survivor! Surely we'll be able to rescue this poor soul in ti--oh, oh no. (01:11:58) - As strong as this Romulan ship is, it's got some pretty serious weaknesses. (01:14:23) - Seeing a Romulan for the very first time. (01:20:14) - Meanwhile, on the opposing ship. (01:25:24) - The cat-and-mouse game between Kirk and the commander. (01:31:22) - The Final Showdown. (01:36:39) - Well at least there was only one fatality. Let's quickly check to see wh--oh, oh no. (01:39:15) - Final thoughts on the episode, and the mission of the Enterprise. (01:43:04) - Outro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.