216: Orchid Dopamine

Lon Suder.  It's Murder on the Delta Quadrant Express! The second-season Voyager episode "Meld" may not have been much of a murder mystery, since the whodunnit is resolved so quickly. "Meld," however, introduced us to one of the most memorable characters in all of Star Trek: Voyager, the not-quite-empathetic and disturbingly intense Betazoid, crewman Lon Suder.   In this episode of To The Journey, hosts Kay Shaw, Suzanne Williamson, and Zachary Fruhling, along with Lieutenant Tuvok, take a deep dive inside the mind of Lon Suder. Do they find that everyone contains a tiny bit of Lon Suder inside? And is every Lon Suder perhaps really a mild-mannered botanist at heart?   Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Initial Thoughts on Lon Suder (00:01:50) Tuvok and the Criminal Mind (00:06:17) The Meldiest Mind Meld (00:09:53) Suder Wants a Job (00:11:59) Imprisonment, Rehabilitation, or Execution? (00:13:23) Tuvok's Overconfidence (00:16:54) Sniffing the Flowers (00:20:35) A Nice Guy at Heart? (00:24:15) Dr. Tony Robbins (00:26:04) Suder's Death - The Live Long and Prosper Corollary (00:30:27) Mirror Universe Lon Suder (00:32:56) Ol' Dark Eyes (00:35:12) Suder on Parole (00:38:17) Closing (00:43:17)  Hosts Kay Shaw, Suzanne Williamson, and Zachary Fruhling  Production Kay Shaw (Editor) Suzanne Williamson (Producer) Zachary Fruhling (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Bruce Lish (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)