The Nexus #51 - "The Gamesters of Triskelion" / "The Emissary"
Added 2020-11-27 14:47:54 +0000 UTCOn this month's super-sized trip into The Nexus, the guys are chatting about two Trek episodes that are neck-and-neck as to which is the superior television product!
First on TOS, it's the brain-tastic, battle-heavy episode, "The Gamesters of Triskelion." Originally airing January 5th, 1968, this episode features a character straight out of a Simpsons porno parody; Kirk, Uhura and Chekov being forced into combat; and three brain-shaped beings that are also degenerate gamblers!
Then over on TNG, it's the Worf-tastic episode, "The Emissary"! Originally airing June 24th, 1989, this episode features the gang playing poker in the dark until Picard yells at them, cryogenically frozen Klingons that don't know the war is over, and, most importantly, Worf getting laid!
PLUS: We want Worf! Make that goddamn show already!
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Comments
It’s not blackface because the Klingons aren’t inherently ‘Black’ nor were they historically played by Black actors.
Kahless
2024-09-13 16:58:21 +0000 UTCThe dude with the antennae is an Andorian. They show up a couple times in TOS and then are forgotten about until Star Trek Enterprise, led by our pal Jeffrey Combs
Erich Geiger
2020-12-22 04:06:59 +0000 UTCthats this decembers episode
Bobthemime
2020-12-19 03:04:50 +0000 UTCI fell asleep listening to this and had weird dreams during which you guys were talking. It was so strange. Lol. I don’t remember much of what was said, except at one point you talked about a 2 1/2+ podcast about the 2009 Star Trek coming out. Or did that actually happen? Lol.
Cassandra Wladyslava
2020-11-29 00:50:43 +0000 UTCFinally listened to the TNG side. Kinda surprised Andrew says at the end that we haven’t not met Alexander, because this is the episode where the fucker was conceived!! When she comes back in like season 4 she has him(he is also like 5 at the time, don’t try to do the math on that one, yadda yadda Klingon biology I guess)
Dan sulin
2020-11-28 00:26:56 +0000 UTCLooking forward to ST2009!
Leesha Olivier
2020-11-27 21:09:09 +0000 UTCThat casino commercial tho.
Paul
2020-11-27 20:58:01 +0000 UTCI am sure this years WLM Animation Damnation is picked already but one day you guys should cover the Futurama Star Trek episode. Talk of quatloos always reminds me of that
Dan sulin
2020-11-27 16:57:11 +0000 UTCA LOT of plot at the latest episode of The Mandalorian. I wonder if Chris Cabin’s head exploded.
Paul
2020-11-27 16:54:22 +0000 UTCI wager 500 quatloos on Chris Cabin!
Graham Richardson
2020-11-27 14:50:33 +0000 UTC
