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On this episode of Star Trek Universe, it’s another classic watch/rewatch: For Spock and crew it’s a race to rescue Kirk from interspace! But a new threat has Spock scratching his head! When the Enterprise is trapped in a tholian web! Hot, intergalactic space spiders, maman! Hold on to your bug spray, I pray! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 3x09 -  "The Tholian Web"  👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify ▶️ Youtube 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

Let’s steal away to temporal frays – though the stakes are soft and hornless! Aye, tis time to close this gimcrack group of gimmicks gormless! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x10 - "Tomorrow's Enterprise" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

Strange New Worlds has gimmicked their way to gimcrack! We're reviewing the gorgeous, mostly well-acted (but ultimately nonsensical) bit of uselessness that is the penultimate episode of season 4. 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x09 - "Once La'An a Time" OR "Once This Was a Proper Show" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

Strange New Worlds finally got back around to making Star Trek for a second! There was a badmiral, tough choices to make, and ol tricky Kirk provin' his command worth! Pop-pop! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x08 - "Orders of Magnitude" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

Strange New Worlds used this week's insufferable gimmick for good rather than evil, but it was still a whole lot. We're here with our thoughts, a couple of tears, and a whole lot of laughs as we break down and discuss soaps, tropes, and future hopes. 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x07 - "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

Strange New Worlds is still gimmicking, but this time they're augmenting who they are instead of replacing it. We have thoughts, and they aren't all positive, but we have some great laughs on this episode! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x06 - "Off-Hour" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

Strange New Worlds tries to pull a smile, but does it succeed? If you enjoyed this episode, we're happy for you, but we're getting into our thoughts no punches pulled and no strings attached! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x05 - "Level Five Transporter Accident" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

Why does Strange New Worlds seem to have a problem understanding the, ahem, Kor of pre-established characters? Why are they failing to make compelling television week-after-week? Maybe it's because they aren't interested in making Star Trek at all. We're nudging through the noir nonsense, complaining about conveniences, and griping about the gimmicks! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x04 - "A Case of Chiaroscuro" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

How do you manage to fumble Dave Foley? We're talking one of the worst episodes in the history of the franchise, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x03, "Human Best Friend". 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x03 - "Human Best Friend" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, we’re talking Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, 4x02, where there are lots of jump scares, ghost sumsuches, and ear clippers! EAR CLIPPERS! Also, the writers missed a great finger foods joke. 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x02 - "The Griffin Incident" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, we’re talking the season four premiere episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, punching dinosaurs, and kicking bootstrap paradoxes in the d. 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x01 - "Valles Marineris" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, we’re talking a*****e aliens altruistically assaulting to test their kidnapped mute, maman! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x08 - "The Empath" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify ▶️ Youtube 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, if you can’t face a threat that’s insidious, put on your red visors and shame a friend who’s hideous, maman. We’re talking “Is There in Truth No Beauty?” 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x07 - "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify ▶️ Youtube 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

Effie and Dave have finally arrived at "Spock's Brain", oft-fingered as the worst episode of Star Trek ever made! Is it that? We'll get into it, maman! There sure be some rough whittlin' in this woodworkin' shop! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x06 - "Spock's Brain" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify ▶️ Youtube 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter

We meet an adversary so diabolical, he can teach children to control minds by pretending to use a shake weight – so powerful Kirk knows his name despite it never being uttered – so charismatic he can get away with wearing a floral-print trash bag moo-moo! We get to partake in some good, old-fashioned anti-hippie, pro-establishment rhetoric, maman! 🎙 Episode Reviewed: Star Trek The Original Series 3x05 - "And the Children Shall Lead" 👥 Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler. 🖖 Listen & Subscribe: 🌐 StarTrekUcast.com 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify ▶️ Youtube 📡 Spreaker ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter