For the month of November the Nextlander crew will be chewing through nothing but Star Trek, and we're kicking the month off with a Shakespearean murder mystery and a straight up submarine combat episode in The Conscience of the King, and Balance of Terror!
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(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.(00:01:17) - Intro.(00:03:22) - Our first episode of the week is one none of us had ever seen: The Conscience of the King!(00:06:13) - Kodos? And the production history of the episode.(00:13:12) - Launching into the plot.(00:14:42) - Some musings on Roddenberry's vision of the future and Kirk's role.(00:19:56) - Bye bye pillowcase face guy.(00:21:34) - Kirk's kind of a dick in this one.(00:23:12) - Somebody's bumping off witnesses, time to use the Irish guy as bait.(00:28:36) - Time fo the captain to woo this 19-year-old. Meanwhile, Spock has figured it out.(00:31:34) - Showdown between Kirk and Kodos (also the one and only double red alert).(00:36:52) - Time to unmask our mass murderer in appropriately theatrical fashion.(00:45:49) - Closing thoughts on Conscience of the King.(00:49:55) - Break!(00:50:20) - We're back and it's time for Balance of Terror! Here come the Romulans!(00:53:58) - Some history of this banger episode.(00:59:51) - Lt. Stiles, and a brief history of space racism.(01:03:57) - The set-up for this latest Romulan conflict.(01:08:55) - Thank god, a survivor! Surely we'll be able to rescue this poor soul in ti--oh, oh no.(01:11:58) - As strong as this Romulan ship is, it's got some pretty serious weaknesses.(01:14:23) - Seeing a Romulan for the very first time.(01:20:14) - Meanwhile, on the opposing ship.(01:25:24) - The cat-and-mouse game between Kirk and the commander.(01:31:22) - The Final Showdown.(01:36:39) - Well at least there was only one fatality. Let's quickly check to see wh--oh, oh no.(01:39:15) - Final thoughts on the episode, and the mission of the Enterprise.(01:43:04) - Outro.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.