2: Star Trek: The Man Trap and Charlie X

It's time for the Nextlander gang to begin their five year (if they're lucky) journey into their first series rewatch in Star Trek: The Original Series. We kick things off with a pair of episodes about lonely beings with terrifying powers. 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. (00:00:37) - Intro (00:01:40) - Our histories with Star Trek (00:03:35) - Why we opted not to watch The Cage as of yet, and some early history of the series. (00:07:28) - The series' progressive bonafides, and some lore history. (00:12:58) - Launching into The Man Trap. (00:16:41) - The perception of James T. Kirk. (00:19:55) - The Man Trap's monster of the week. (00:24:40) - Janice Rand deserves better. (00:25:29) - Back to the salty monster, and some Federation lore discussion. (00:28:46) - It's like Mad Men in space (derogatory)!  (00:31:17) - The hand plant (and a shithead puppeteer). (00:32:36) - Vulcan blood, bulky communicators, and the original bridge design. (00:36:31) - Wrapping up The Man Trap. (00:38:00) - Spock and Uhura. (00:41:51) - Not a great first go at first contact! (00:43:53) - Break! (00:44:07) - Onto Charlie X (00:45:46) - Thasians? Thasians! (00:47:50) - A couple of early Vinny observations. (00:50:03) - Charlie was bad, even as a child everyone could tell. (00:52:03) - This ship needs an HR department, and nobody wants to be Charlie's father figure. (00:54:12) - You really suck at this parental guidance thing, Kirk! (00:55:48) - A legendary scene (no, not that one, the other one). (00:58:29) - And now for the OTHER legendary scene. (01:02:30) - Things escalate quickly. (01:06:02) - How the hell does this sensory overload trick even work? (01:07:18) - And heeeereeeee coooooome the Thaaaaaaasians! (01:10:18) - Are the Thasians like a Q? (01:13:16) - This was a dark one! Sometimes Star Trek throws dark. (01:14:58) - How's Vinny feeling after these first two episodes? (01:17:10) - Outro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.