Darmok and Jalad at Podcast: Star Trek TNG rewatch

Data is off cooldown, so it’s time to send in our special boy to evacuate a stubborn colony threatened by a race of sparkly-glove puppet aliens known as the Sheliak! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's season 3! Wesley fiddles with some nanites and accidentally creates an intelligent new life-form which attempts to take over the Enterprise's computer systems. Good job Wesley! Meanwhile, Dr Kelso from Scrubs tries to observe a rare stellar explosion that happens only once every 196 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just how good is Commander Riker at commanding? Well, today we find out as he takes control of an outdated starship in a training exercise. Meanwhile, Data puts on his finger udders and has an existential crisis playing Kolrami in a game of Strategema (space chess, basically). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Complicated feelings in this one, as Worf bumps into his ex, K’Ehleyr, a half-human, half-Klingon. There’s a fight with a knock-off Skeletor, a traditional Klingon mating ritual, an unsuccessful marriage proposal — all this while they try to work together to calm down a Klingon sleeper ship that doesn’t know the war’s over! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An episode about fish aliens — that’s interesting, right? Well, it would be, but Manhunt ignores them and instead concentrates on a very horny Lwaxana Troi and her search for a mate. Forget about the last episode — could this be the worst episode so far? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yes, it's time for us to tackle maybe one of the worst episodes in TNG history. Strap yourself in as we navigate a very questionable representation of the Irish. Not even Worf's Klingon tea ceremony can save this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are joined by our good friend Tom to tackle an episode where Picard is forced to converse in a tiny shuttle with the relentlessly irritating Wesley, and the crew somehow get outsmarted by the galaxy’s most spectacularly idiotic aliens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We follow a disappointing episode with an absolute banger! One of the most iconic TNG episodes of all, the introduction of the Borg! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pen Pals is an episode of inconsistencies! Data's personality, the Prime Directive, and holodeck logistics are all brought into question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Riker's estranged father briefs him for command of a ship; a cultural observance troubles Worf; Riker and his father face off in an anbo-jyutsu match, which is considered to be the ultimate evolution of the martial arts. But is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The crew is caught in a time warp when they find Picard's double on a Federation shuttle that is six hours ahead of the Enterprise. But is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investigating the discovery of a piece of metal bearing a United States Air Force Insignia, the Away Team finds itself trapped in the world of The Hotel Royale, a novel come to life. But is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Enterprise's computer system falls prey to a mysterious electronic virus which programs the ship to self-destruct. But is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The USS Enterprise is assigned to escort a young girl, Salia, and her guardian to the planet she was born to rule. On the way, however, Salia has a chance encounter with Wesley, who is instantly and obviously smitten. But is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the USS Enterprise arrives at a newly-established Starbase, Data is ordered to serve Captain Bruce Maddox, who wishes to disassemble Data to study him. When Data learns that Maddox may not be able to reassemble him, he refuses and Picard is enlisted to defend his rights in court. But is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join by Nilesy, we chat and review 'A Matter of Honour'! But is it any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The crew fights against a mysterious disease which accelerates the natural ageing process, causing humans to die of old age within a matter of days. But is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A dying anti-social scientist unintentionally comes upon the perfect vessel in which to preserve his intellect and arrogant personality - Data. But is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The resolution of an interplanetary conflict depends on a deaf mediator, who suddenly loses his ability to communicate. But is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A roguish space captain charms all aboard the Enterprise, but multiple aliens accuse him of theft, and Data consults a comic about humour... but is the episode any good? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices