24: Star Trek: The Return of the Archons and Space Seed

We've only got one Star Trek episode this month, but folks, it is a doozy! First up is another classic Hollywood backlot episode in The Return of the Archons, and then Ricardo Montalbán makes his terrifying debut as Khan Noonien Singh in Space Seed! 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. (00:00:14) - Intro. (00:02:10) - Khan will have to wait, as our first episode is The Return of the Archons! (00:03:49) - The set-up for the episode. (00:06:41) - Getting into the production history and cast. (00:10:09) - Is this a human planet? Are there aliens here? What's going on? (00:12:12) - A festival! How lovely, what do you d--Oh, oh no. (00:15:28) - Still trying to make sense of the lore here. (00:19:29) - Whatever these people are, they do not like interlopers. (00:24:31) - It's absorbin' time, baby. (00:29:13) - What exactly are these rebels even doing? What is their plan? (00:32:38) - Finally, the big reveal. (00:41:19) - Discussing the nature of Landru, and of people. (00:48:06) - Break! (00:48:30) - Khan Noonien Singh has entered the Trek-verse. (00:52:10) - The set-up for Space Seed, and the Eugenics Wars. (00:57:27) - Some production history of the episode. (01:05:30) - Vinny's shameful admission. (01:10:13) - We keep getting distracted talking about Khan. Let's get into what actually happens in the episode. (01:19:58) - Sure he's a dictator, but he sure did make the trains run on time! (01:23:21) - Everyone's on to Khan. (01:27:30) - Khan's plan goes into action. (01:33:06) - Kirk, buddy, what are you doing here?!? (01:40:24) - Final thoughts on Space Seed and villains in the Trek-verse. (01:45:59) - Outro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.