The Nexus #81 - "Whom Gods Destroy" / "Sarek"
Added 2023-05-18 10:00:03 +0000 UTCOn this month's edition of our Star Trek chat show, the guys are talking about a dull, repetitive TOS and a fantastic, historic episode of TNG!
First up on TOS, it's "Whom Gods Destroy." First airing on January 3, 1969, this episode has the Enterprise crew trying to cure all mental illness in one fell swoop on a prison planet, while Kirk and Spock are tormented by a former Starfleet captain-turned shape-shifting maniac named Garth, as the rest of the Enterprise crew sit around doing next to nothing before trying to decide whether or not to crash the ship through a security dome on the planet below them!
Then over on TNG, it's the landmark episode, "Sarek." Originally airing on May 12, 1990, this episode features Mark Lenard's debut on the show, reprising his role as Spock's father, Sarek! Also, throughout the episode, the crew starts sniping and fighting with each other (including one all-out bar brawl) as a mentally failing Sarek secretly battles a rare Vulcan disease that effects them all. Miles O'Brien in a bar fight? Yes, please!
The Nexus is a WHM podcast where the guys futilely go through two Star Trek series at the same time. Thank you so much for continuing to support this weird thing we do—we couldn't do it without you!
Cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
I saw Mark Lenard at a Star Trek Convention when I was pretty young. His talk was like 90% jokes about Klingons. The jokes were played completely straight, about how no one wanted to live around them and they smelled bad or whatever. They all landed with a thud, aside from some polite chuckles from the audience. I was a bit older when I realized he had just repurposed a lot of very racists jokes and replaced various minorities with “Klingons” in the punchline. I don’t know what to think about that, but I think about it sometimes and now so can you.
John Halski
2023-05-19 13:58:03 +0000 UTCFun fact: Leonard Nimoy HATED the "which is the real Kirk" scene because he (rightfully) argued that as Kirk's closest friend, Spock could have easily figured it out by asking them questions only the real Kirk would know. The director overruled him because he wanted to have the Kirks fight and so Spock just shrugs and says he can't figure it out.
Overflight
2023-05-19 08:13:29 +0000 UTCPicard having a freak out brought to mind the YouTube video “Star Trek Acid Party” where someone set his freak out to Pink Floyd. Definitely check it out!
Matthew Amaya
2023-05-18 21:56:17 +0000 UTCCan't even pay for it Geordi, you gotta use the lending library? That's taxpayer funded!
Mark Ibarra
2023-05-18 14:37:36 +0000 UTC1:23, you got a fuckin train to catch? (<3)
Russell Waring
2023-05-18 10:26:33 +0000 UTC
