Set your podcast players to “stun”, as we dive into the first cinematic outing of Captain Picard and the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew in 1994’s Star Trek Generations. We discuss Heather’s journey from being clueless about Star Trek to fandom, how the movie got made in a rush, nepo babies in Starfleet, and French captains with Victorian British Christmas fantasies. If you’re a long time Trekker or you don’t know a Tribble from a Tellarite, this episode has something for everyone — and is quite possibly our funniest episode yet. Engage!

00:00 Intro

03:23 Rushed production

05:57 Film Clip

08:09 Initial Reactions

17:31 Who turned out the lights?

20:51 Recap

24:21 Captain Harriman was interested in politics from a young age

28:10 Kirk’s heroics

32:43 This movie does not care if you’ve never seen a Star Trek

36:13 Picard’s family died in a what now?

40:58 Android existential crisis

46:22 Still not over that fire thing

49:21 Guinan does not have a hat

54:07 Why do Klingons want to destroy the Enterprise? Also unclear.

58:09 Troi gets to fly the ship

1:00:21 Most British Frenchman ever

1:03:57 Meeting of the Captains

1:07:59 RIP Kirk (for real this time)

1:12:33 The anticlimax of it all

1:14:57 Final thoughts

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