Episode 133: Last Call at the Disco

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Subspace Chatter

• ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ to End With Season 5 at Paramount+ – Variety
• Jonathan Frakes Agrees Star Trek: Discovery Ending After Season 5 ‘Sucks,’ Shares Thoughts On Plans For Finale And 32nd Century Timeline | Cinemablend
• Paramount+ to Raise Subscription Prices – The Hollywood Reporter
•    Watch: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Prominently Featured In New Paramount Brand Campaign – TrekMovie.com
• Star Trek’s planet Vulcan found to not be a planet after all
• Pedro Pascal responds to Nicolas Cage choosing ‘Star Trek’ over ‘Star Wars’: ‘He’s just smarter than us’
• Vulcan County spending over $500,000 to upgrade fire training tower | Vulcan Advocate

But wait, there’s more…

Here are links to 59 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories, including an article on the passing of composer Gerald Fried, responsible for many musical scores but you might know him best as the composer of the fight-scene music in “Amok time.” Just go to the show notes for episode 133, “Last Call At The Disco’ over at The Topic is Trek .com.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1. Star Trek: TNG Characters That Deserve Their Own Series
2. Star Trek: Characters Who Were In Both The Original Series & Next Generation
   

Star Trek: Discovery

3. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Cast And Crew Share Emotional Tributes Following Series Ending Announcement – TrekMovie.com
4. Wilson Cruz reacts to news that ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ is coming to an end – Queerty
5. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ is ending with season 5 next year | Engadget
6. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Is Ending with Season 5 — It Couldn’t Come at a Better Time
7. Why Discovery Is Ending With Season 5 & What It Means For Star Trek
8. Star Trek: Discovery Never Quite Worked – Because It Rejected Core Star Trek Ideas

Star Trek: Picard

9. ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap: Reunion Engage – The New York Times
10. Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 1 Review – The Next Generation  | Den of Geek
11. The Best Star Trek Easter Eggs in the Picard Season 3 Premiere | Den of Geek
12. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Episode 1 Recap: ‘The Next Generation’ Is Back
13. Picard season 3 might save Trek by being the ultimate 90s grand finale – Polygon
14. New photos + a sneak peek from Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 4 “No Win Scenario” – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
15. Star Trek Picard: Things About Picard The Show Changes From The Next Generation
16. Star Trek’s Patrick Stewart and Gates McFadden break down episode 3’s emotional confrontation
17. ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3: Who Are the Changelings?
18. Every Clue About DS9’s Changelings In Star Trek Picard Season 3
19. Picard Vs. Riker Season 3 Conflict Reaffirms TNG Over Star Trek Movies
20. Patrick Stewart and Gates Mcfadden Performance in ‘Star Trek: Picard’ | TVLine
21. Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Is Just Season 1; With Nostalgia – Trek Central
22. Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Just Became a Deep Space Nine Sequel, Too | Den of Geek
23. Star Trek: Picard Showrunner Reveals Why Season 3 Cut Most of the Previous Cast
24. TNG reunion injects a little fun into Star Trek: Picard’s uneven final season | Ars Technica
25. Picard Season 3 Rectifies A Star Trek Generations Ending Mistake
26. the USS Titan-A: How This ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Ship Came To Be
27. Star Trek legend breaks down emotional Next Generation reunion in Picard season 3
28. Brent Spiner Talks ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Roles And Why He’s Still Okay With Data Dying In ‘Nemesis’ – TrekMovie.com
29. Is ‘Star Trek: Picard’ season 4 in the works?
30. Star Trek: Picard’s Red Lady, Explained
31. Star Trek Picard Season 3’s Easter Egg Code Is a Security Nightmare
32. ‘Star Trek’: Picard and Crusher’s Relationship History, Explained
33. Star Trek: Picard’s Red Door – What Lies Beyond? – Trek Central
34. Analyzing More ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Fan Theories About Jack, Riker, Lore, And More – TrekMovie.com
35. Watch Jonathan Frakes’ Fun Andorian Tirade And More Behind The Scenes On ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 – TrekMovie.com
36. Star Trek: Picard Brought A Ton Of Franchise Vets Back For Final Season, But One Wasn’t Even An Intentional Callback | Cinemablend
37. The Unproduced Star Trek Next Generation Spinoff That Influenced Picard Season 3 | Den of Geek

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

38. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Wins 3 Canadian Costume Awards – TrekMovie.com
39. Strange New Worlds Can Show Scotty’s Biggest Unseen Star Trek Moment

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

40. Star Trek: The Motion Picture Revisited – is it as dull as they say?

Star Trek: Generations

41. How Star Trek: Generations Butchered The Next Generation Cast’s Return

Untitled Star Trek movie [currently removed from Paramount roster]

42. 6 Biggest Questions Star Trek 4 Needs To Answer

Star Trek books, audio books and DVDs

43. Review: ‘Strange New Worlds – The High Country’ Delivers A High-Stakes Star Trek Adventure – TrekMovie.com
44. ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Movie Collection On 4K Blu-ray Coming In April – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines

45. Star Trek’s New God-Killer Drops Major Clue To Q’s True Power

Paramount+ News

46. Paramount+’s cost cutting isn’t surprising but will impact Star Trek

Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous

47. Star Trek: The Pod Directive returns for season 3.
48. Every Major Star Trek Villain Species, Ranked
49. Star Trek: Who Are The Maquis?
50. Star Trek: Who Is The Smartest Human In The Franchise?
51. 10 Greatest Star Trek Fight Scenes – YouTube
52. Star Trek: Things You Didn’t Know About Captain Pike
53. Best ‘Star Trek’ Parodies, Ranked | Cracked.com
54. 10 Star Trek Bloopers You Need To See – YouTube
55. Ranking All the STAR TREK Hero Ships from Best to Worst – Nerdist
56. Alien & Star Trek fandoms forged world of new space game Scars Above | Space

Actor Watch

57. William Shatner Doesn’t Think He Could Take A Kirk Series Like Star Trek: Picard
58. Star Trek Picard Season 3 Cast Answers If They’d Go to Space
    
    Passings
59. Gerald Fried Dead: Composer for ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Gilligan’s Island’ – Variety

Away Team Report

Chuck and Kreg take a few minutes to talk about “Star Trek: The Cruise 6”

Main Mission

Episode 2
“Disengage”
Written by Christopher Monfette & Sean Tretta
Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski

Episode 3
“Seventeen Seconds”
Written by Jane Maggs & Cindy Appel
Directed by Jonathan Frakes

Episode 4
“No Win Scenario”
Written by Terry Matalas & Sean Tretta
Directed by Jonathan Frakes

Warp Speed Round Table

CLINTON

Last time around we asked you to invent a unique way to destroy the new Enterprise – NCC-1701-F

Mad Marv gave us this scenario: “I predict that the main computer will gain sentience from a transporter accident with The Doctor (from Voyager).  His pattern in the buffer jumps the shar..firewall and rub off onto the main computer.  The computer starts to speak and sound exactly like Moriarty while totally denying that Moriarty is back.  Everything goes downhill from there until Moriarty decides to time travel the Enterprise back to his home in 19th century England.  He drops a decimal point, or three, in his calculations and the Enterprise goes somewhere/somewhen and is never seen again.  Maybe.  Depends if he takes Jellico, Pulaski, etc. with him.”

This time we ask:

“What are your top 3 moments from Discovery, seasons 1-4?”

Time to refill the dilithium chamber and warp on out of here!

End Of Show

CLINTON

It’s about time to refill the dilithium chamber and get on out of here. 

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