Episodes
A podcast review of Star Trek's visit to the infamous starbase, followed by a geometry war resolved by a demigod.
Published 11/22/24
The latest Lower Decks episodes reference Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, Apocalypse Now, and a Klingon VCR game.
Published 11/10/24
Mark Thompson returns for the entire fifth & final season of Lower Decks! Our heroes learn who they could be, setting up a final season of character growth.
Published 10/27/24
All wormholes lead to Prodigy in this fitting season -- or series? -- Star Trek finale.
Published 08/15/24
What could've been a pair of action-packed episodes proved heavy on dialogue to carry the scenes.
Published 08/13/24
A dark, action-packed, and poignant two-parter underscores the values of teamwork and sacrifice.
Published 08/10/24
It doesn't get more Star Trek than Tribbles and parallel universes!
Published 08/07/24
A grumpy old Chakotay learns to love again, while Dahl learns an important lesson about being where he's needed.
Published 07/29/24
Prodigy reunites the best of Voyager and The Next Generation at this midpoint in the show's second season.
Published 07/28/24
Prodigy gives us something few other modern Treks do: filler episodes—and we're glad for it! And Zero reminds us to be true to ourselves and to our friends, no matter how delicious the alternative.
Published 07/14/24
After an action-packed opening to Prodigy's second season, Ken and Tiffany enjoy a breather before our heroes embark on their next adventure.
Published 07/12/24
As the temporal mechanics of Prodigy's second season grow even more skewed, can kids keep up? Yes, because our youthful crew is still modeling important lessons.
Published 07/07/24
First Officer Tiffany Bridge joins the Transporter Lock podcast as co-host for a second season of Star Trek: Prodigy (i.e. Voyager Returns) on Netflix!
Published 07/03/24
The chase for the Progenitor's technology culminates in the finale of both Star Trek: Discovery and Captain Sabriel's time as co-host of the Transporter Lock podcast.
Published 06/02/24
Our Breen and human couriers and a trip to the library take center stage in what Ken and Bri deem the best and worst episodes of Discovery's final season.
Published 05/22/24
Sabriel & Ken are joined by returning guest Commodore Mark Thompson for this mid-season review of Discovery, featuring the Mirror Universe, Breen, Denobulans, and more!
Published 05/03/24
An enjoyable balance of humor and character development.
Published 04/21/24
Ken and Bri ponder and posit how the end of Discovery as we know it has begun!
Published 04/10/24
The final four episodes of Lower Decks' fourth season tie up plenty of loose ends.
Published 11/22/23
T'Lyn and Tendi alternate in the spotlight in the latest Lower Decks episodes.
Published 10/12/23
The debut of both Lower Decks' fourth season and Very Short Treks' first season marks a very silly era for Star Trek.
Published 09/21/23
The Gorn are back, a legacy character is introduced, Spock is illogical, and the cliffhanger is TNG-style.
Published 08/13/23
Ken and Bri offer a podcast review of the darkest and lightest episodes of Star Trek SNW's second season: the trauma of war & PTSD, followed by musical comedy.
Published 08/05/23
Ken & Bri review the return of Hemmer and Kirk; then it's a laugh a minute in the pitch-perfect Lower Decks crossover
Published 07/27/23