NST: TNG - Force of Nature - Season 7, Episode 9

Force of Nature! What happens when you try to write a global warming allegory and then realize you've only written about 22 minutes of content for a 45-minute show? Why, you fill it with cat content, of course!   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our "Dancing Doctor of Death" T-shirt and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Check out Ekster's brand new Cardholder Pro for MagSafe, out right now! Head on over to https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2025 and use our offer code NEWBIE for up to 45% off during Ekster's Fall sale!   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Ekster sponsorship 1:43 - Intro 15:57 - Simpsons update 17:48 - Episode recap and discussion 1:09:14 - Mailbag 1:22:46 - Outro

Necessary Evil! What starts out as an attempted murder of Quark leads Odo and Kira on a Colombo-esque blast to the past, all the way back to when Gul Dukat was in charge and Deep Space Nine was Terok Nor, and all the way back to a murder mystery Odo was never able to close. Follow us as we take a fascinating look at a much more inexperienced Odo, a colder Terok Nor, and a hotter Kira with a ponytail!    We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our "Dancing Doctor of Death" T-shirt and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get a discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://Ekster.com! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 16:19 - Around the Sun 26:06 - Sponsor (Ekster) 32:16 - Episode recap and discussion 1:18:19 - Mailbag 1:20:48 - Outro

Attached! Finally, after 7 season of "will they, won't they," Picard and Beverly finally reveal their feelings to each other. Well, at least Picard does, Beverly kinda just goes to bed afterwards. What do they actually want for each other? How did Picard actually feel about Jack? What were his feelings for Beverly? Did Beverly know or care? And finally, will they or won't they?     We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our "Dancing Doctor of Death" T-shirt and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get a discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://Ekster.com! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro  24:49 - Simpsons update 28:07 - Sponsors 32:19 - Episode recap and discussion 1:23:55 - Mailbag 1:29:23 - Outro

Rules of Acquisition! Our first look at a Ferengi FE-MALE?! And a close look into Ferengi culture as well?! It's almost like they cared about their worldbuilding or something! Also, there are seven Rules of Acquisition in this episode. Just thought you should know.   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our Bat'leth T-shirt (now available in black!) and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   You can now get ExpressVPN for as low as $3.49 a month, a savings of 73%! Check them out at https://expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 5:44 - Around the Sun 17:57 - Sponsor (ExpressVPN) 22:11 - Episode recap and discussion 1:32:30 - Mailbag 1:37:21 - Outro

Dark Page! The episode that inexplicably was not named "Dark Place" despite multiple characters saying "Dark Place" and not "Dark Page." Though I can understand why Star Trek was afraid to compete with Garth Marenghu. In any case, this is the episode famous for featuring Kirsten Dunst and revealing that Deanna had an older sister that passed away when she was just a little babby. But our hosts didn't know that! So how do they respond to such revelations?!    Stiff upper lip brit flavour: https://youtu.be/s59RDdn4vXA?si=xv2ZUx8iji8TFIfL  Or cheeky cockney chap flavour: https://youtu.be/we3Zer5PJIU?si=nUSTPAWBnpb6PnYo   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our "Dancing Doctor of Death" T-shirt and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get a discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://Ekster.com! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro  11:16 - Simpsons update 13:04 - Sponsors 17:34 - Episode recap and discussion 1:37:02 - Mailbag 1:42:14 - Outro

Melora! Star Trek's re-attempt at telling a story about a disabled person! Because the original writer of this episode, Evan Carlos Somers, definitely didn't like the portrayal of disability in Ethics. Y'know, the one with Worf and the barrel. Does DS9 handle such topics better than TNG? Let's dive in and find out!   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our Bat'leth T-shirt (now available in black!) and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get a discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://Ekster.com! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 11:39 - Around the Sun 23:30 - Sponsor (Ekster) 29:07 - Episode recap and discussion 1:48:38 - Mailbag 1:51:41 - Outro

Phantasms! That's right. The Deanna cake episode. And it comes with a new shirt from us! And also a bunch of other really seemingly random imagery that becomes over-explained by the time the episode wraps. But hey, it's fun to see Data answer a phone call from his chest, or see Beverly drink out Riker's brains through a straw, or seeing Sigmund Freud tell Data to kill them all. Y'know, the usual.    We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our "The Prime Directive is a Lie" T-shirt and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get a discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://Ekster.com! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!   Need a super fast, high quality, ultra-secure VPN? Get 4 extra months as well as the entire Identity Defender suite for free when you sign up for 2 years at our affiliate link: https://www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro  12:20 - Simpsons update 20:06 - Sponsors 24:44 - Episode recap and discussion 1:10:29 - Mailbag 1:14:19 - Outro

Cardassians! The most generic title of any Star Trek episode ever? Seriously, what would you guess that this episode would be about from a title like "Cardassians"? If you guessed a child custody battle between a Bajoran stepfather and a Cardassian politican over the politician's biological son combined with a romping adventure with Julian and Garak, then you're a filthy cheater who's already seen the episode before.    We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our Bat'leth T-shirt (now available in black!) and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Check out House of Wise and their wide range of CBD products designed to help with sleep, stress, strength, and even libido! Use our offer code NEWBIESTARTREK when you check out at https://houseofwise.co/NEWBIESTARTREK   Need a super fast, high quality, ultra-secure VPN? Get 4 extra months as well as the entire Identity Defender suite for free when you sign up for 2 years at our affiliate link: https://www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 8:10 - Around the Sun 18:09 - Sponsors 23:59 - Episode recap and discussion 1:48:32 - Mailbag 1:50:44 - Outro

Gambit, Part II! Now that the jig is up and the show finally admits that Picard is alive, let's get back down to business, which is watching space pirate carry out a Cannon movies-esque super weapon heist while the Enterprise kinda follows long and basketball player James Worthy towers over Worf. Yup. Back to basics.   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our Bat'leth T-shirt and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get a discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://Ekster.com! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!   Need a super fast, high quality, ultra-secure VPN? Get 4 extra months as well as the entire Identity Defender suite for free when you sign up for 2 years at our affiliate link: https://www.expressvpn.com/newbiestartrek   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro  9:21 - Simpsons update 12:05 - Sponsors 30:40 - Episode recap and discussion 1:10:58 - Mailbag 1:27:12 - Outro

Invasive Procedures! Man, this guy really wants a worm in him. So much so that he's willing to steal another worm from another lady in order to get that worm in him. Man, what a dummy. I hope Sisko beats the crap out of him, or at least that Sisko beats the crap outta somebody. Come on!   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our Bat'leth T-shirt (now available in black!) and other merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Check out House of Wise and their wide range of CBD products designed to help with sleep, stress, strength, and even libido! Use our offer code NEWBIESTARTREK when you check out at https://houseofwise.co/NEWBIESTARTREK   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get a discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://Ekster.com! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 10:54 - Around the Sun 16:25 - Sponsors 23:54 - Episode recap and discussion 1:07:56 - Mailbag 1:11:33 - Outro