This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 8 “Twilight,” now that Maria and Bill have watched this episode which shows us one of the worst potential future timelines where Archer and T’Pol enter into a romantic relationship and Malcolm grows a goatee (the horror!).

Also, in our Mammary Alpha segment, we learn about Star Trek makeup artist Michael Westmore and the legacy of the Westmore family in Hollywood.

A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Archer's Got Brain Worms!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week.

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We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 8 “Twilight,” but only Jamie has actually watched the episode. Archer gets timey wimey brain worms leading to a terrible future where earth is destroyed, humanity is nearing extinction, and Malcolm has a goatee. But don't worry, it's not all bad! T'Pol wears normal clothes for the first time ever!

Jamie and Maria are at DragonCon! Look up Jamie’s panels in the DragonCon app by searching for “Jamie Bernstein” on the speakers tab.

Rikermendations:

• Bill: Widow's Bay
• Maria: Sheep Detective
• Jamie: Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

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This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 7 “The Shipment,” now that Bill and Jamie have watched it.. A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Free Shipping with Xindi Prime!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week.

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We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 7 “The Shipment,” but only Maria has actually watched the episode. Tipped off by last week's Beast-incel, the Enterprise heads to a planet where they believe the Xindi are manufacturing parts of their superweapon only to find a weirdly chill Bigfoot Xindi planet where nobody is aware there's a war on. Also, Trip and Phlox mess with a Xindi weapon to see how it works and it goes exactly as poorly you'd expect. Plus, Guest Raychelle Burks joins us to marvel at the weird science the many safety and security protocols that everyone ignores in this episode.

Rikermendations:

• Raychelle: Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Steven Graham Jones (book)
• The Ballad of Black Tom - Victor LaValle (book)
• Bill: The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America - David Baron (book)
• Jamie: Given (Anime)
• Maria: Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping + Mitchell and Webb Talk About Some Sketches in a Pretend Room (YouTube series)

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This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 6 “Exile,” where we get into a rare argument over whether the episode’s lack of romance rendered it narratively inert or was a clever twist on Beauty and the Beast.

A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Hoshi and the Beast!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week.

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We are taking a short break from Star Trek Enterprise this week to bring you an away mission! Infamous as the lowest-rated Star Trek project on Rotten Tomatoes, the TV movie Section 31 was a huge disappointment to many Star Trek fans, and more importantly, to Maria who now has to attempt to explain this nonsense to Jamie and Bill. Enjoy!

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We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 6 “Exile,” but only Bill has actually watched the episode. Hoshi is packed off to a rain-swept castle inhabited by a creepy loner! He promises to use his telepathic powers to help the Enterprise if she'll pretend to be his Canadian Girlfriend for a week. Meanwhile, Trip and Archer accidentally strand themselves in space. Why not enjoy a single bite of pizza and Be... our... guest!

Rikermendations:

• Jamie: Mythic Quest
• Maria: High Potential
• Bill: Rumpole of the Bailey audio book series by John Mortimer

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It’s Vombie time as our crew heads out on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 5 “Impulse,” (the one with the Vulcan zombies!) now that Bill and Maria have watched it.

A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “iVombie!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week.

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