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Star Trek Phase Two Rewatch - A Star Trek Phase II Podcast

Star Trek Phase Two Rewatch - A Star Trek Phase II Podcast

著者： Caloroga Shark Media
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概要

 In 1977, Star Trek returned to television.

The Enterprise was refitted. Starfleet felt bigger and more formal. Familiar faces returned alongside new ones, and the galaxy felt slightly less romantic and a little more complicated.

Hosted by Greg Westlake, The Phase 2 Rewatch treats Star Trek Phase II as the television series it was meant to be. Episode by episode, the show revisits the stories, characters, and production choices of Phase II as it aired in the late seventies,

Each episode begins with a detailed story summary, followed by informed, opinionated commentary from the perspective of a lifelong TOS. fan. Along the way, the podcast explores character arcs, bridge dynamics, behind-the-scenes television realities, and how Phase II tried to move Star Trek forward while still carrying its past.

This is not a pitch, a thought experiment, or a nostalgia tour. It’s a rewatch.2026 Caloroga Shark Media アート
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  • 11. The Savage Syndrome

    11. The Savage Syndrome
    2026/03/15
    Original Air Date: February 3, 1978

    After several weeks off the air during the winter break, Phase 2 returns with one of the season’s most intense and physical stories.

    The Enterprise responds to a distress call from the Federation colony on Karsia Four, where communications have suddenly ceased following reports of violent unrest among the settlers.

    When Captain Kirk leads an away team to the planet’s surface with Dr. McCoy and Xon, they discover the colony in chaos. Longtime neighbors have turned on one another, families are divided into armed factions, and the once-peaceful settlement has collapsed into brutal tribal violence.

    Investigating the cause, McCoy and Xon discover that the colony had recently installed an experimental behavioral-conditioning system designed to suppress aggression and emotional conflict. Instead of calming the population, the malfunctioning device has stripped away the psychological barriers that normally restrain humanity’s darker impulses.

    As fear and violence spread across the colony, members of the away team begin experiencing the same emotional distortions themselves.

    With time running out, Kirk and Xon must shut down the failing system while McCoy struggles to treat the colonists caught in the outbreak — before the colony destroys itself completely.

    Although the Enterprise succeeds in stopping the device, the damage to the colony’s social order may take years to repair, leaving the crew to confront the unsettling realization that civilization may rest on a far more fragile foundation than anyone wants to admit.
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    16 分
  • 10. Devil's Due

    10. Devil's Due
    2026/03/08
    Original Air Date: December 23, 1977

    The Enterprise arrives at the world of Neuterra just as a terrifying prophecy appears to be coming true. According to ancient legend, centuries earlier the planet’s leaders struck a bargain with a mysterious entity who promised peace and prosperity in exchange for the world itself at a later date.

    Now that entity — appearing as a powerful, shape-shifting “Devil” — has returned to claim the planet.

    While the population descends into fear and panic, Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew must determine whether they are witnessing a genuine supernatural phenomenon or an elaborate deception.

    As tensions rise among the planet’s leaders and citizens prepare to surrender their world, Kirk investigates the origin of the ancient bargain and uncovers clues suggesting that the terrifying visitor may not be what it appears to be.
    In the end, the Enterprise exposes the so-called Devil as a technologically advanced con artist using illusions and psychological manipulation to exploit the planet’s ancient myth.

    But the experience raises uncomfortable questions about whether Starfleet has the right to intervene in a civilization that had come to accept its fate — even if that fate was built on fear.
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    12 分
  • 9. To Attain The All

    9. To Attain The All
    2026/03/01
    Original air date: Friday, November 18, 1977

    The Enterprise escorts a Federation delegation to Meridian Colony, a world that appears to have solved conflict, crime, and political unrest. But beneath the surface of Meridian’s peaceful society lies a system of subtle neurological conditioning designed to suppress dissent and eliminate emotional instability.

    As Kirk weighs Federation ideals against practical stability, divisions form among the crew. Decker and Scotty view Meridian’s engineered order as a potential solution in a volatile galaxy, while McCoy and Xon question the moral cost of tampering with free will. Ilia senses a deeper fear driving Meridian’s leadership, and the Enterprise must decide whether perfection is worth the price.

    Greg Westlake examines one of the season’s most politically ambitious episodes, explores the growing Decker/Scotty alignment and the evolving McCoy/Xon dynamic, and discusses mounting fan criticism that the series feels more cautious than revolutionary. With only a handful of episodes left in the original thirteen-episode pickup, the stakes for Phase II are beginning to rise, both on screen and off.
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    11 分
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