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Star Trek TNG S05E07-09 Unification I, Unification II, A Matter of Time – “Why is Spock here? Why now?” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 069) (opens the original)
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Aaron continues watching Star Trek for the first time from the beginning, joined by Nate as we continue through Season 5 of Star Trek: The Next Generation with “Unification I,” “Unification II,” and “A Matter of Time.” Spock has arrived on The Next Generation — which immediately raises the question: Why Spock? Why now? “Unification I” and “Unification II” give us a pair of seemingly disparate storylines that slowly move toward one another. We talk about the advantages of having the time to prope
Star Trek TNG S05E04-06 Silicon Avatar | Disaster | The Game – “Kwazy Kupcakes” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 068) (opens the original)
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We continue Season 5 of Star Trek: The Next Generation with “Silicon Avatar,” “Disaster,” and “The Game.” This week, we get: An episode with a great premise that can’t quite stick the landing The Enterprise crew thrown into unexpected situations and unusual pairings A story about addictive technology that feels a little more relevant every year We covered: In “Silicon Avatar,” an old threat returns when the Crystalline Entity attacks another colony. The Enterprise picks up a scientist who has de
Star Trek TNG S05E01-03 Redemption II, Darmok, Ensign Ro – “Nate and Aaron at the Podcast” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 067) (opens the original)
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We begin Season 5 of Star Trek: The Next Generation with “Redemption II,” “Darmok,” and “Ensign Ro.” This week, we get: A Klingon civil war on a massive scale A first contact where understanding the words isn’t enough The introduction of a complicated new member of the Enterprise crew We covered: Data in command and what happens when he decides not to follow orders The continuing legacy—and tragedy—of Tasha Yar Klingon politics, culture, and the difference between a society and its government Wh
Star Trek TNG S04E25-26 In Theory | Redemption – “Star Trek Pizza” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 066) (opens the original)
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We’ve reached the end of Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation! This week, Data tries his hand at romance in “In Theory,” and Worf finds himself caught between Starfleet and the Klingon Empire as a civil war begins in “Redemption.” This week, we get: Relationships and programmed behaviors Klingons We covered: In Theory Redemption In “In Theory,” Data decides to enter into a romantic relationship and approaches dating in perhaps the most Data way possible: by creating a program for how a boy
Star Trek TNG S04E22-24 Half a Life, The Host, The Mind’s Eye – “Juxtapose This” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 065) (opens the original)
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Star Trek, The Next GenerationFirst-Time Watch – Season 4, Episodes 22-24 In this episode of To Baldly Go, we continue our first-time watch of Star Trek: The Next Generation with three episodes that take us from questions about aging and societal rituals, to the nature of identity, to some good old-fashioned Romulan manipulation. This week, we get: Rituals and societal structure A story we've seen before Romulans We covered: Half a Life The Host The Mind’s Eye In Half a Life, Lwaxana Troi unexpe
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