The Nexus #76 - "Plato's Stepchildren" / "Allegiance"
Added 2022-12-28 17:20:52 +0000 UTCIt's our final trip into the Nexus for the year!
First up on TOS, we're chatting about the totally wild, and hilariously titled, "Plato's Stepchildren"! Originally airing November 22, 1968, this episode features Spock singing a lovely tune; Bones, Kirk and Spock being thrown around psionically by a weirdo named Parmen; and a bunch of alien folk who are obsessed with Earth's Ancient Greek culture!
Then on TNG, it's the Twilight Zone-esque episode, "Allegiance." First airing back on March 24, 1990, this episode has Patrick Stewart pulling double duty as Picard and Fake Picard, a cavalcade of gleep glops stuck in a prison cell with the Captain, and a wildly embarrassing Ten Forward sing-a-long!
PLUS: The return of Star Trek Slash Fiction readings!
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
Essoc is a Rigellian, Picard was injured by a Nausican.
Kahless
2024-09-19 12:20:54 +0000 UTCSkip...
Dave Jurgens
2023-05-08 21:16:45 +0000 UTCKeep the Slash coming.
Gabryel Steinmetz
2023-01-27 06:30:43 +0000 UTCMe praying that my Bluetooth doesn’t connect elsewhere while listening to this episode haha.
Megan Stropki
2023-01-12 14:06:52 +0000 UTCEric reads the slash fiction with more vigor and clarity than the gleep glossary
Mike Miller
2023-01-05 23:06:26 +0000 UTCAgreed. The slash fiction had me crapping myself with laughter in the canteen at work.
Will Breen
2022-12-30 16:30:41 +0000 UTCMore slash fiction please. Good god i was howling at that
andy
2022-12-30 05:16:25 +0000 UTCDecember 2022: Eric has thrown the $8 level into chaos. Opening shot: Skull Beach.
Tim O'Connor
2022-12-29 22:29:13 +0000 UTC"Klingon it is"!
Felipe Sobreiro
2022-12-29 17:21:00 +0000 UTCAs far as Kirk’s self-slapping is concerned, I believe what Andrew’s looking for is this https://youtu.be/8qSVb9bQeqM
Craig
2022-12-29 12:56:05 +0000 UTC😑
Andrew Dean
2022-12-29 07:16:41 +0000 UTCPerhaps the most twisted TOS episode ever.
Paul
2022-12-29 05:03:15 +0000 UTCI love the dramatic reading of the slash fics
Margrethe
2022-12-29 01:25:58 +0000 UTCMy god that was funny
Scott Ferris
2022-12-29 00:03:09 +0000 UTCShatner's imitation of a horse is amazing.
Edward Carlson
2022-12-28 23:57:13 +0000 UTCI need, we all need, a side show in which the WHM Gang reads Trek slash/fic
Kevin Lynch
2022-12-28 18:03:51 +0000 UTCPlato's Stepchildren is so fucking good. It gets goofy, yeah, but then it veers into creepy because you start realizing this isn't being done for laughs, it's being done because it's humiliating the crew.
Michael Daniels
2022-12-28 17:25:01 +0000 UTC
