Greatest Trek: New Star Trek Reviewed

When a grumpy Ambassador forces the Entrepreneur to ignore a Code 710, an away team beams down and learns the crew has been designated casualties of war. But after Spock starts taking out security guards and Scotty threatens to blow up the planet’s buildings too, Kirk destroys a war computer to finally end the ancient conflict. Where does the generational trauma not stop? What’s worse than a living person being disintegrated? Who doesn’t get enough credit for being physically imposing? It’s the episode that set the stage for huge collars on Star Trek.

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Greatest Trek is hosted by Adam Pranica and Benjamin Ahr Harrison
The show is produced by Wynde Priddy
Social media is managed by Rob Adler and Bill Tilley
Music by Adam Ragusea

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When the Entrepreneur finds an Earth vessel from the mysterious 1990s, an away team beams aboard to wipe the frost off the sleeping crew’s glass. But after a Starfleet historian falls in love with Khan and helps him commandeer the ship, Captain Kirk retakes control and leaves the augments at Ceti Alpha V. When is a hot dog order heroic? Which original Uxbridge-Shimoda policy is still in place today? How is Montalban like Walken? It’s the episode that kicked the can so far down the road.

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Greatest Trek is hosted by Adam Pranica and Benjamin Ahr Harrison
The show is produced by Wynde Priddy
Social media is managed by Rob Adler and Bill Tilley
Music by Adam Ragusea

Discuss the show using the hashtag #GreatestTrek and find us on social media:
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When scouting a mixed-genre planet, Sulu calls for emergency beam out and arrives back on the Entrepreneur looking very refractory. But after Kirk and Spock raid the costume closet and head down to check things out, they meet members of the resistance and break into the server room to confront Landru. Which weird subreddits have entered the algorithim? How many ways can Reger be pronounced? What does a preschool do to tell all the L’Andrews apart? It’s the episode that’s rebranding adult underwear.
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Greatest Trek is produced by Wynde Priddy
Social media is managed by Rob Adler and Bill Tilley
Music by Adam Ragusea
Friends of DeSoto for: Labor | Democracy | Justice
Discuss the show using the hashtag #GreatestTrek and find us on social media:
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When Captain Kirk demands his day in court, the evidence isn’t on his side and neither is an old flame. But after Spock starts kicking the computer’s ass at chess, they move the proceedings to the Entrepreneur so that Kirk can save the ship from another sweaty rambler. Which lesson could NuTrek take from this episode? What was the other name option for Jamie? When is it ok to put eggs down the garbage disposal? It’s the episode that doesn’t need to explain jettisoning the pod.
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Greatest Trek is produced by Wynde Priddy
Social media is managed by Rob Adler and Bill Tilley
Music by Adam Ragusea
Friends of DeSoto for: Labor | Democracy | Justice
Discuss the show using the hashtag #GreatestTrek and find us on social media:
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When the Entrepreneur tests out time-travel, Captain Kirk’s questionable use of the tractor beam results in past people getting beamed aboard. But after sharing way too much information and assessing their historical significance, Spock figures out how to slingshot everyone back to the future and return the past people to their time. What would make Ben and Adam conspicuous as time travelers? Who else built a F-104 model as a child? How could school shootings be better? It’s the episode where everyone’s mind is on soup day. 
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Greatest Trek is produced by Wynde Priddy
Social media is managed by Rob Adler and Bill Tilley
Music by Adam Ragusea
Friends of DeSoto for: Labor | Democracy | Justice
Discuss the show using the hashtag #GreatestTrek and find us on social media:
YouTube | Instagram | Bluesky
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