76: "Family" (TNG S4. E2)
Matt and Andy agree that Worf's parents seem nice but Picard's brother is a 24th century Amish wine maker. Episode discussion begins at the 45 minute mark.
Sep 24, 2018•2 hr 22 min
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Episodes
75 "The Best Of Both Worlds Part 2" (TNG S4, E1)
Andy is excited about epic space battles and Matt is mostly excited about Riker's temporary promotion.
Sep 17, 2018•2 hr 27 min
74. "Trekkies" (1997 Documentary)
Matt and Andy take a break from TNG to watch the 1997 Documentary Trekkies. And quickly discover that they are also Trekkies.
Sep 10, 2018•2 hr 4 min
73: "The Best of Both Worlds Part 1" (TNG S3 E26)
Matt and Andy have finally engaged the Borg. It's the episode we have been waiting for since we started this show. Does it live up to the hype? Does Andy have any theories? Does Shelby know how to use a communicator? Episode Discussion starts at 28:00
Sep 03, 2018•3 hr 1 min
72: "Transfigurations" (TNG S3, E25)
The Enterprise picks up a John. No, really. There's lots of Andy's theories floating around this one and we think he might be onto something. Episode Discussion begins at the 46:00 mark.
Aug 27, 2018•2 hr 39 min
71 "Menagé A Troi" (TNG S3 E24)
Matt and Andy exchange gifts and then spend a lot of time debating who is the best at being a Ferengi and also whether or not this episode is good. Episode Discussion begins at the 51 Minute mark.
Aug 20, 2018•2 hr 16 min
70 "Sarek" (TNG S3 E23)
Matt and Andy return from Star Trek Las Vegas to discuss the convention, the new Picard series and of course the uncontrollable emotion of SAREK. Episode discussion begins at the 53 minute mark.
Aug 13, 2018•2 hr 41 min
69 "The Most Toys" (TNG S3 E22)
Matt and Andy talk a lot about toys, and about Andy's theory that Data has emotion... He's just not telling anyone. Episode discussion begins at 55:45 (sorry/notsorry)
Aug 06, 2018•2 hr 43 min
68 "Hollow Pursuits" (TNG S3, E21)
Matt and Andy spend a lot of time on the Holodeck with their new best friend Reginald Barclay. Only Guinan "gets" them. Episode discussion begins at the 35(isn) minute mark.
Jul 30, 2018•2 hr 10 min
67 "Tin Man" "(TNG S3, E20)
Matt and Andy finally meet a real Betazoid from Betazed. Turns out he is annoying and has no social tact. Just like our hosts! Episode discussion starts at 46:00
Jul 23, 2018•2 hr 15 min
66 "Captain's Holiday" (TNG S3, E19)
Matt and Andy go on vacation to Risa but when they run into Captain Picard, they realize there isn't enough story to go around. Episode discussion begins at 40:00
Jul 16, 2018•2 hr 1 min
65 "Allegiance" (TNG S3, E18)
Matt and Andy react very differently to authority. But not different enough for either of them to be replaced by an alien replica that acts much friendlier. Captain Picard on the other hand... Episode Discussion starts at 47:00 You can now support this show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/startrektnc
Jul 09, 2018•2 hr 4 min
64 "Sins of the Father" (TNG S3, E17)
Andy and Matt get to know Worf's brother and quite frankly they think he is better at Klingon-ing than Worf. Episode Discussion starts at the 46:00 mark! (We know it's a little crazy. We'll try to be shorter in the future.) Oh and our Patreon is finally up! Support us if you want? https://www.patreon.com/startrektnc
Jul 02, 2018•2 hr 9 min
63. "The Offspring" (TNG S3, E16)
Andy and Matt watch Data make a baby. Oh, and Jonathan Frakes swings by(!!?!) for the first installment of ASK FRAKES! Episode discussion begins at 31:00
Jun 25, 2018•1 hr 59 min
62. "Yesterday's Enterprise" (TNG S3, E15)
Andy finally lays his eyes on one of the GREAT episodes of TNG. But what is is reaction?! Well, we talk about it for a full two hours. Episode discussion begins at 33:00
Jun 18, 2018•2 hr 35 min
61. "A Matter Of Perspective" (TNG S3, E14)
Andy and Matt each recount the same episode from different perspectives but arrive at the same conclusion. Riker is kind of a creep and this episode is not good. Episode discussion begins around the 42:00 mark.
Jun 11, 2018•2 hr 5 min
60. "Deja Q" (TNG S3, E13)
Andy wishes he was omnipotent and Matt wishes there was more to talk about. Episode Discussion begins around the 32:00 mark.
Jun 04, 2018•1 hr 38 min
59 "The High Ground" (TNG S3 E, 12)
Matt and Andy find themselves sympathizing with no one in an episode that helped us discover how people should use inter-dimensional transporters. Episode Discussion starts at 24:00
May 28, 2018•1 hr 30 min
58 "The Hunted" (TNG S3, E11)
Andy and Matt disagree on a lot about this episode. But they both agree that the idea that you can just will a transporter beam to not work, causing an explosion that blinds 4 officers on the Enterprise, is pretty much the dumbest thing yet. Episode Discussion begins around 34:00
May 21, 2018•1 hr 43 min
57 "The Defector" (TNG S3 E10)
Andy and Matt once again enter the Neutral Zone. But this time they find a plot. Episode Discussion begins at the 28:00 mark
May 14, 2018•1 hr 53 min
56 "The Vengeance Factor" (TNG S3 E09)
Andy and Matt are getting tired of warring planets with rogue factions. But when Riker gets a little too close, things still don't get interesting. Episode discussion starts at the 00:31:00 mark
May 07, 2018•1 hr 37 min
55 "The Price" (TNG S3, E8)
Matt and Andy almost get lost in the Delta quadrant. Which would be a better outcome than having to watch this episode again. Even though we get a lot of Troi and a man who is supposed to be wooing her but is just negotiating for a useless wormhole. Episode Discussion begins at 46:00... yes it took that long.
Apr 30, 2018•2 hr 7 min
54 "The Enemy" (TNG S3, E7)
Matt and Andy cross into federation space as Geordi finds Galorndon Core to be less than enjoyable.
Apr 23, 2018•1 hr 30 min
53 "Booby Trap" (TNG S3, E6)
It's one of Matt's favorite episodes and It proves one of Andy's oldest theories!
Apr 16, 2018•1 hr 35 min
52 "The Bonding" (TNG S3, E5)
Matt and Andy do their own bonding over the competent character development and incompetent story. Episode discussion starts around the 20:00 mark.
Apr 09, 2018•1 hr 21 min
51. "Who Watches the Watchers" (TNG S3, E4)
Matt violates the Prime Directive and Andy has some very specific acting advice for the guest stars of tonight's episode.
Apr 02, 2018•1 hr 28 min
50 "The Survivors" (TNG S3,E3)
Andy and Matt do theater best to survive this episode that was shot mostly in Malibu. (It's better than it sounds)
Mar 26, 2018•1 hr 15 min
49 "The Ensigns of Command" (TNG S3, E2)
Matt and Andy discover a strange new part of TNG... Character development.
Mar 19, 2018•1 hr 20 min
48 "Evolution" (TNG S3 E1)
Andy and Matt drop out of warp and wind up in SEASON 3! But, can their podcast evolve like Wesley's nano-bots? Probably not.
Mar 12, 2018•1 hr 19 min
47 - A. The Minisode "Shades Of Gray" MVC and Andys
Matt and Andy forgot how their podcast goes. So despite our better judgement we decided to do a mini-sode where we give the MVC and Andys to Shades of Gray!
Mar 06, 2018•29 min
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