Star Trek The Next Conversation
Podcast… the final frontier! "Star Trek: The Next Generation" devotee and authority Matt Mira leads Next Gen skeptic Andrew Secunda into the deepest reaches of the series episode by episode. Listen as they discuss, debate, and enjoy all the legendary show's strengths, failings, and innovations. Email us! STTNCPOD@gmail.com Twitter: @StarTrekTNC Web: startrektnc.com
In this episode Matt and Andy pause time, then rewind time, then speed up time, then eventually get the podcast out.
Episode discussion 53:00
Patreon Shout outs 1:43
We're back. Now with 100% more Riker and 100% less covid.
00:00 Covid Update
22:00 Episode starts
56:00 Second Chances is discussed
1:59:00 Patreon Shout outs
Worf goes on a vision quest.
Episode Discussion: 43:00
Patreon shoutouts: 1:56:00
Join Matt and Andy on their quest to find out if Beverly Crusher is a reliable narrator.
Episode discussion begins around the 39 minute mark.
Andy thinks it's spooky but Matt thinks the spookiest thing about this episode is the lack of plot.
Episode Discussion begins at. 40:00
Patreon Shout outs at 1:48:00
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Matt and Andy travel at high warp on a fetch quest with the Enterprise D.
Episode discussion begins around 45:00
Andy falls in love with an episode. Matt wants to learn more about Bees.
Episode discussion 34:00
Captain Picard does his best John McClane on the Enterprise D.
Episode discussion at the 44:00 mark
Patreon Shoutouts at 1:55
Matt and Andy spend a lot of time with Worf and no time with Data,
Episode discussion starts at 30:00
Data starts dreaming JUST as Matt starts yawning. Coincidence? Find out on a brand new episode of TNC.
Episode discussion begins at the 51:00 mark
Andy finally comes around on Q, and Matt ponders a big what if. (Not really, the thing about Andy is true though)
Episode discussion begins at the 30:00 mark
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Troi finally gets to be the hero. But she's a Romulan,
Episode discussion at 33:00
Patreon Shoutouts 1:57:00
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Geordi finds out it was the dog all along.
Episode Discussion begins at 1:03:00 yes an HOUR of hails.
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Matt and Andy have very different ideas about Captain Picard's behavior towards an arch villain that the Enterprise accidentally made 4 years earlier.
Episode discussion begins at 47:00
Andy and Matt have even more to say about Captain Jelico but we both agree Data looks great in command red.
Episode discussion begins at 42:00
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There's a new captain in town and only one of us likes him.
Episode Discussion begins around the 57:00 mark
Matt and Andy think Geordi is Jealous that Data is spending so much time with other computers.
Episode discussion begins around 55:00
Patreon Shout outs for August at 1:55
Andy and Matt explore the "Ancient West" even though Matt insists it would just be the "Old West".
Episode discussion begins At 41:00
Andy and Matt find the security on the Enterprise to be less than adequate.
Episode discussion begins at 50:37
Andy finally comes around on Q, all it took was a lot of puppies and a deleted scene with more dogs.
Episode discussion around 34:00
Commander Riker can't sleep. Thats pretty much the plot of this episode. Oh and you all had lots to say about Relics.
Episode Discussion: 1hr15min in... I know! It's a lot.
Patreon Shoutouts: 2hr21:43
Matt and Andy enjoy one of Matt's favorite episodes of TNG. Two engineers yammering on and on about treknobable. Its a dream come true.
Episode discussion begins at 38:00
Andy and Matt sit through this episode... and then have to talk about it.
Episode Discussion begins at 35:00
Matt and Andy face their fear of an episode with no real danger to the ship, Unless you count setting up an explosion next to the warp core.
Episode discussion begins at 43:00
Matt and Andy have had quite enough of MaK Twain but can't get enough of Samuel Clemens impressions.... Is that weird?
Episode discussion starts at 30:00
Patreon Shout outs: 1:35
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Matt and Andy take a trip to the 19th century and meet an incredibly annoying Mark Twain.
Episode Discussion begins at 30:30
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Matt and Andy live hours of podcasting, only to discover the TNG episode was only 45 minutes long.
Episode discussion Begins at 40:00
Frank Sinatra, Come ON! at 42:49
Matt and Andy watch Geordi try to explain to Ro that they aren't ghosts, doomed to haunt the Enterprise.
Episode Discussion begins at 22:00
Matt and Andy discover an episode where every scene propels the plot forward and stays true to the characters.... It's pretty weird at first buy they get used to it.
Episode discussion begins at 36:00
Matt and Andy wonder if Imaginary friends are real and if Data knows when he is making a joke.
Episode discussion begins at 36:29
Matt and Andy both refuse to change in order to be compatible with one another. Andy is a hopeless romantic and Matt finds the whole thing dull.
Episode discussion begins at 36:00
Matt and Andy are befuddled as Lwaxana Troi returns. This time she is teamed up with the equally peripheral character of Alexander. The Enterprise is in grave danger, but you wouldn't know it from the amount of time they spend on the characters that aren't even members of the crew.
Episode discussion begins at 33:00
Wesley's door at Starfleet Academy isn't from the future. It has a handle, like a regular old timey door. He also uses this handle to kick out Captain Picard and his mom.
Episode discussion begins at 32:24
Matt and Andy watch the Enterprise blow up, a lot.
Episode discussion begins at the 33 minute mark.
Matt and Andy watch Riker fall in love while Geordi grows a beard off screen.
Episode discussion begins around 28:00
Matt and Andy watch a classic medical drama set in space. Worf loses the use of his legs but gains the respect of, his son, I guess?
Episode Discussion begins at 30:00
Matt and Andy return to good old fashioned TNG. Chief O'Brien and Ensign Ro also came along for the ride.
We also wrap up Picard discussions in the hails. So if you don't want that spoiled, skip from 10:00 to 39:30. Otherwise enjoy the ride.
Episode discussion begins at 39:30
So many loose ends to tie up neatly in a bow. Can it happen? Find out along with Matt and Andy.
Episode discussion begins at the 30 minute mark.
Matt and Andy watch the Enterprise crew have their minds erased. Not their whole minds, just the parts needed to stop the plot in its tracks. This also makes Riker seemingly irresistible to everyone and Data become a bartender.
episode discussion begins around the 27 minute mark.
Matt and Andy get to planet full of androids. But they still don't know who to root for.
Episode discussion begins around 25:00
Matt and Andy are quarantined. And luckily they have some Picard to discuss.
Episode discussion begins at 41:30
Riker and Troi are back to bring some much needed warmth. Its like snuggling under a warm emotion reading, bearded blanket. Not too much happening plot wise though.
Episode discussion begins around the 30:00 mark
Matt and Andy spend time on a Borg Cube. Picard deals with his past assimilation and a lot of characters discover the same thing many times.
Episode discussion begins around 36:00
Matt and Andy find a McGuffin. It's Bruce Maddox. There's a lot of Arguing but agreeing on this one. Plot happens. But what's the plot?
Episode discussion begins at 33:00
Matt and Andy have some questions bout a "perfect" society. It's a mess. We're sorry.
Episode discussion begins around the 30:00 mark
Matt and Andy wade even deeper into the mystery box that is Picard. Lots to discuss on this one!
Episode discussion begins at 27:00
Matt and Andy discuss episode 3 of Picard. Is everyone a spy? Will Picard ever leave earth?
Episode discussion begins at 23:00
Matt and Andy need a legend to the map that is the first 2 episodes of Star Trek Picard.
Matt and Andy almost fall into a coma while covering this episode in which three members of the senior staff also fall into comas.
episode discussion begins at 24:00
Matt and Andy break down episode 1 of Star Trek : Picard. Does Jean Luc only take milk and sugar in his tea because its a dream sequence? Why is Data wearing a First contact era uniform on the Enterprise D? Does D now stand for Dream? Spoilers ahead!
Episode discussion begins around the 16:00 mark.
Why would they put so two episodes about children right next to each other in the season? We don't know. We still had to talk about it.
Episode discussion begins around 33:00
Matt and Andy saw talked about the new Star Wars movie for so long they decided to make it its own bonus episode! SPOILERS!
Matt and Andy break new ground by trying to figure out what makes this character heavy episode of TNG so hard to watch.
Episode discussion begins around 34:00
Matt and Andy return from the 26th century to be bad con-men. We're back and less professional than ever!
Episode discussion begins around 40:00
Matt and Andy finally get to see what Spock is doing on Vulcan. But not before they try to remember how much morphin is involved in Power Ranger-ing.
Episode discussion begins around the 36:00 mark.
Matt and Andy attempt to reunify the podcast but realize they are still bad at it. Spock shows up too! But not till it's totally pretty much over and everyone talks to walls.
Episode discussion begins in earnest around the 42:00 minute mark... A calamity of errors precedes it. We try to start talking about it around 29:00 but, well. You know.
Riker comes back from vacation even more Riker than usual. Matt and Andy find the Game the crew is playing about as exciting as the episode.
Matt and Andy beam up to breakdown the SDCC trailer for Picard. The Captain has returned, this time with a dog!
Matt and Andy kick the rust off. Will this episode be a disaster? Probably. But hey, we're back!
Episode Discussion begins at 31:00
Matt and Andy return, but so does the Crystalline Entity! Oh and does Riker always beam down to planets with bottles of wine?
Andy is back! Matt's there too. And it really seems like everyone on the Enterprise has an attitude problem. Also Andy is very excited to have Ro Laren at the helm.
Episode discussion probably begins around 33:00 (I'm just guessing cause I'm a new dad and my brain is mush)
Matt and Andy when the pod starts. Matt his ears open. Andy his acting, specific.
Episode discussion begins around 48:00
Matt and Andy watch the Klingon Civil war reach a fever pitch but Worf still can't find anyone to listen to him.
Episode discussion starts around 27:00 in full disclosure there is about 10 minutes discussion/rant about the pluralization of the Klingon Bird of Prey. That goes till about 45:00 then its clean sailing.
Andy and Matt prevent their own Civil War when they mostly agree bat also disagree a lot on this episode. And Worf finally gets people around him who will say "yes."
Episode Discussion begins around the 21:00 minute mark
Andy finally gets to see what it's like to date someone on the Enterprise D. Matt remembers Frank Sinatra but forgets how the rest of the show goes.
Matt and Andy are brainwashed to find that even though the plot of this episode makes perfect sense, they are still unfulfilled.
Episode discussion at 30:-00
Matt and Andy form a symbiotic relationship when it comes to Beverly Crushers love life. Andy also invites us all to the Andy Secunda School of Specific Acting.
-Episode discussion at 24:00
This week Matt and Andy get real sad about getting old. Mostly cause this episode makes us feel useless already.
Episode Discussion begins at 28:00
Matt and Andy liked this episode so much, they decided to call the Director to gush about it. That's right, it's the second installment of Ask Frakes with Jonathan Frakes.
Episode Discussion 35:00
Ask Frakes 1:36:00
Matt and Andy desperately search for a plot while being trapped in Nottingham. Andy achieves his goal of getting our instagram up to date and Data is put to no use.
Episode discussion begins at 30:00
Barclay get's super intelligence from a probe. Geordi gets jealous and Andy tells us all that he wouldn't even bother with other humans if he became as smart as Barclay.
Episode Discussion at 25:00
Matt and Andy can't believe how much better at being a doctor Beverly Crusher is this season. Geordi loses his identity but gains his sight and Data has a hard time admitting he has feelings.
Episode discussion begins at 44:00
There is something threatening the Enterprise this week. And that something is a lack of quality sleep.
Episode discussion begins at 41:00
A spoiler-y discussion of Season 1 of Discovery happens at the end of the show at 2:14:00
Matt and Andy dive right in to the awkwardness of Geordi meeting the real version of the Holodeck creation he fell in love with last season. In a script by penned by the great Coo Coo Bird of trek, Maurice Hurley there is much to discuss!
Episode discussion at 21:55
Matt and Andy make first contact with an episode they generally agree on!?!
Episode discussion at 36:00
Matt and Andy have something of a mystery on their hands... Join them as they search for clues that will help them figure out if they like this episode.
Matt and Andy watch as Captain Picard fights the devil in an epic space battle. Or ya know, an arbitration hearing.
Episode discussion begins around 30:00
Matt and Andy get to know Chief O'brien a little better. The Cardassians make their first appearance and we order a pizza.
Episode Discussion at 31:00
Matt and Andy finally get the answer to the age old question.. What does Worf get people for wedding presents?
Episode Discussion starts at the 38:00 mark
Andy and Matt have some feelings about Counselor Troi being able to sense feelings but then not being able to sense feelings.
Episode Discussion starts at 32:00
Hi! We are off this week, ya know galavanting around the country, seeing family, eating turkey. Andy is going to try to do too much and Matt is going to try to do too little!
We will be back next week as per usual!
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Matt can't wait for this mission to be over. But Andy seems to enjoy it for some reason.
Episode discussion starts around the 33 minute mark.
Matt and Andy wake up in a simulation set sixteen years in the future. Oh, wait. They don't. It's all a ruse! But don't worry! the resolution to this episode won't be satisfying to Andy either.
Episode Discussion starts at 34:00
Matt and Andy get reunited with Susan Plakson. The klingons finally deliver an episode Matt likes and Andy has some questions about spoilers.
Episode discussion at 29:06
Matt and Andy meet Tasha Yar's sister. Data pretends to not have emotions and we get some really cool phaser fights.
Episode Discussion starts at 1:01:20
Buckle up, Beverlovers! Dr. Crusher gets caught in a warp bubble, Matt & Andy slap on the helmets of the Star Wars Destroyers, and... you know where to send the hails
Matt and Andy do their best to get through an episode that poses the questions that no-one asked. Like, "What would Picard be like if he were roommates with a teenager?" Or "Where does Data store his memory of "Slapstick" Comedy?"
Episode Discussion begins at the 40:00 minute mark.
Matt and Andy find out what an Android can do once a homing beacon is activated. They also watch Brent Spiner play three people in the same scene and take a special trip to Andy Secunda's School of Specific Acting.
We've heard you! So whenever time allows we will be posting the first part of the pod (before episode discussion as its own episode) Admirals Club, Hails, Facegroup, Presidents, and random thoughts from both Andy and Matt.
For those who didn't like the idea of having to scrub forward!
Matt and Andy agree that Worf's parents seem nice but Picard's brother is a 24th century Amish wine maker.
Episode discussion begins at the 45 minute mark.
Andy is excited about epic space battles and Matt is mostly excited about Riker's temporary promotion.
Matt and Andy take a break from TNG to watch the 1997 Documentary Trekkies. And quickly discover that they are also Trekkies.
Matt and Andy have finally engaged the Borg. It's the episode we have been waiting for since we started this show. Does it live up to the hype? Does Andy have any theories? Does Shelby know how to use a communicator?
Episode Discussion starts at 28:00
The Enterprise picks up a John. No, really. There's lots of Andy's theories floating around this one and we think he might be onto something.
Episode Discussion begins at the 46:00 mark.
Matt and Andy exchange gifts and then spend a lot of time debating who is the best at being a Ferengi and also whether or not this episode is good.
Episode Discussion begins at the 51 Minute mark.
Matt and Andy return from Star Trek Las Vegas to discuss the convention, the new Picard series and of course the uncontrollable emotion of SAREK.
Episode discussion begins at the 53 minute mark.
Matt and Andy talk a lot about toys, and about Andy's theory that Data has emotion... He's just not telling anyone.
Episode discussion begins at 55:45 (sorry/notsorry)
Matt and Andy spend a lot of time on the Holodeck with their new best friend Reginald Barclay. Only Guinan "gets" them.
Episode discussion begins at the 35(isn) minute mark.
Matt and Andy finally meet a real Betazoid from Betazed. Turns out he is annoying and has no social tact. Just like our hosts!
Episode discussion starts at 46:00
Matt and Andy go on vacation to Risa but when they run into Captain Picard, they realize there isn't enough story to go around.
Episode discussion begins at 40:00
Matt and Andy react very differently to authority. But not different enough for either of them to be replaced by an alien replica that acts much friendlier. Captain Picard on the other hand...
Episode Discussion starts at 47:00
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Andy and Matt get to know Worf's brother and quite frankly they think he is better at Klingon-ing than Worf.
Episode Discussion starts at the 46:00 mark! (We know it's a little crazy. We'll try to be shorter in the future.)
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Andy and Matt watch Data make a baby. Oh, and Jonathan Frakes swings by(!!?!) for the first installment of ASK FRAKES!
Episode discussion begins at 31:00
Andy finally lays his eyes on one of the GREAT episodes of TNG. But what is is reaction?! Well, we talk about it for a full two hours.
Episode discussion begins at 33:00
Andy and Matt each recount the same episode from different perspectives but arrive at the same conclusion. Riker is kind of a creep and this episode is not good.
Episode discussion begins around the 42:00 mark.
Andy wishes he was omnipotent and Matt wishes there was more to talk about.
Episode Discussion begins around the 32:00 mark.
Matt and Andy find themselves sympathizing with no one in an episode that helped us discover how people should use inter-dimensional transporters.
Episode Discussion starts at 24:00
Andy and Matt disagree on a lot about this episode. But they both agree that the idea that you can just will a transporter beam to not work, causing an explosion that blinds 4 officers on the Enterprise, is pretty much the dumbest thing yet.
Episode Discussion begins around 34:00
Andy and Matt once again enter the Neutral Zone. But this time they find a plot.
Episode Discussion begins at the 28:00 mark
Andy and Matt are getting tired of warring planets with rogue factions. But when Riker gets a little too close, things still don't get interesting.
Episode discussion starts at the 00:31:00 mark
Matt and Andy almost get lost in the Delta quadrant. Which would be a better outcome than having to watch this episode again. Even though we get a lot of Troi and a man who is supposed to be wooing her but is just negotiating for a useless wormhole.
Episode Discussion begins at 46:00... yes it took that long.
Matt and Andy cross into federation space as Geordi finds Galorndon Core to be less than enjoyable.
It's one of Matt's favorite episodes and It proves one of Andy's oldest theories!
Matt and Andy do their own bonding over the competent character development and incompetent story.
Episode discussion starts around the 20:00 mark.
Matt violates the Prime Directive and Andy has some very specific acting advice for the guest stars of tonight's episode.
Andy and Matt do theater best to survive this episode that was shot mostly in Malibu. (It's better than it sounds)
Matt and Andy discover a strange new part of TNG... Character development.
Andy and Matt drop out of warp and wind up in SEASON 3! But, can their podcast evolve like Wesley's nano-bots? Probably not.
Matt and Andy forgot how their podcast goes. So despite our better judgement we decided to do a mini-sode where we give the MVC and Andys to Shades of Gray!
Matt and Andy return!!! With a clip show. Well they're talking about a clip show. And not a good one at that.
Picard and Riker face off in a battle simulation, Andy's FX board goes down and he switches to manual and Matt plays a pointless game of Strategama.
Andy and Matt discover a rare galactic anomaly... A good season 2 episode of TNG. Also Andy likes klingons.
Episode discussion at the 23:00 mark
Andy and Matt go on a "Manhunt" for a plot... They come up empty handed.
Episode discussion begins around the 25:00 mark.
Andy and Matt discover that the luck of the Irish has no bearing on how good an episode of Star Trek will be. Its a doozy.
Episode discussion at 16:00
Andy and Matt look for things. Things to make season two go... by faster. We answer hails and dive into the episode at the 19:00 mark.
Andy and Matt have engaged the Borg.
Andy and Matt ask the age old question... why is Data breaking the Prime Directive?
Riker has daddy issues and Matt and Andy have issues with this episode.
Matt and Andy drive themselves slowly insane as they begin to breakdown what does and doesn't happen in Time Squared.
Episode discussion at the 24 minute mark.
The away team is trapped in a bad casino set based on a bad casino novel. Similarly, Matt and Andy can find no escape from this bad casino episode.
Matt and Andy perform a check of the Deuterium conduits then dive headfirst into a computer virus and the space age solution of rebooting.
Episode Discussion starts at 27:18
Wesley makes out with a werewolf, Matt and Andy get jobs on 1701-D, the hails dig deep into legal analysis of "Measure of a Man," and Matt obsesses over a little-known historical scream.
Episode discussion at 38:00
Is Data a sentient being with rights, or a toaster from ANCIENT TIMES? Andy questions the legality of the verdict, while Matt casts him as Maddox's evil grandfather.
Riker and his beard kick some ass, Klingon-style! Mendon acts like a total Mordock! In an unexpected turn of events, Matt begins to feel that Andy is TOO quick with his sound cues.
Matt and Andy get age rapidly through this episode. But are very excited to see Chief O'Brien do something. They also hear from Larry Nemecek regarding Dr. Selar.
Episode discussion at the 23 minute mark!
Andy feels left out. Matt Feels left in. And Data feels like another person.
Episode Discussion at 30:30
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Matt and Andy learn the important lesson that a Deaf person can be as much of a dick as everyone else while Troi once again SORT OF uses her empathic abilities.
Episode discussion starts at the 45 minute mark! (insane)
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Andy and Matt watch Data destroy the Comedy on the holodeck and are charmed by the Rocketeer.
Episode discussion starts around the 25 minute mark.
Technically, it should be "Elementary, Dear Geordi" because Geordi is Watson and Data is Sherlock, but whatevs. Plus: Matt tortures Andy with Britney Spears.
Episode discussion at the 32 minute mark.
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Matt and Andy wade deeper into Season 2. Where Silence Has Lease and plot has no meaning.
Andy and Matt drop out of warp and enter a standard orbit of TNG Season 2.
Matt and Andy are back, and this time they're bringing a doc! The boys take a look at William Shatner's joyful turning over of the the rock of the first season of Next Generation to discuss all the creepy-crawly characters who played a part like Gene Rodenberry's hilarious scheming lawyer.
We've done it! Andy has made it through the first season of Star Trek The Next Generation!!!! Listen to us bask in the glory of a few 20th century passengers and an encounter with the Romulans!
Episode discussion starts at the 7 minute mark.
