Secrets of Star Trek

Off-Hour (SNW)

A table tears loose in sickbay and cuts Dr. M'Benga nearly in half — and Nurse Chapel refuses to let him go. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on *Stra

Level-Five Transporter Accident (SNW)

Is Star Trek's puppet episode genius or a cop-out? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler split over whether Strange New Worlds S4E5's dream-ending twist earns i

A Case of Chiaroscuro (SNW)

In Strange New Worlds S4E4, Number One gets stranded on a Klingon-occupied world that's basically Casablanca in space. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler deb

Human Best Friend (SNW)

Ortegas and Scotty wake up on a drunk planet with no memory of the night before — and a bomb on their shuttle. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin call this S

The Griffin Incident (SNW)

A derelict starship weaponizes its rescuers' worst fears, and Strange New Worlds S4E2 flatly refuses to explain any of it. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler

Valles Marineris (SNW)

Sixty-five million years in the past, Pike can save a planet or keep his own future — not both. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on Strange New Worlds

Singularity (ENT)

Radiation from a black hole turns the crew into a shipful of obsessives in Enterprise S2E9, "Singularity." Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler ask whether you

Persistence of Vision (VOY)

A powerful alien telepath locks Voyager's crew in private hallucinations and then vanishes without explanation. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin on whether "Persistence of V

Return to Grace (DS9)

When Klingons destroy the conference she was headed to, Kira ends up teaching guerrilla tactics to a demoted Dukat. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin unpack DS9 S4E14's moral

The High Ground (TNG)

A separatist leader kidnaps Beverly Crusher and makes arguments the Enterprise crew can't quite answer. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on TNG's toughest

Bem (TAS)

An alien observer who detaches his own body parts puts Kirk and Spock through their paces in TAS S2E2. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh whether "Bem"

Who Mourns for Adonais? (TOS)

A giant green hand grabs the Enterprise — and the Greek god Apollo demands worship. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh TOS S2E2's ancient-aliens premis

The Communicator (ENT)

A lost communicator on a war-torn pre-warp world forces Archer and Reed to risk their lives over an ethic the Prime Directive hasn't invented yet. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy A

Concerning Flight (VOY)

When pirates beam away Voyager's computer core and the Doctor's mobile emitter, **Janeway** ends up chasing them to an alien world where her holographic **Leonardo da Vin

The Siege (DS9)

The Circle falls, but the price is one hero's life. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler close the DS9 opening trilogy: duty vs. family, a holosuite trap, and

The Circle (DS9)

Minister Jaro is the Circle — and he's willing to torture Kira to keep it that way. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler dig into Part 2 of DS9's second-season

The Homecoming (DS9)

A legend built on a lie. Or is it? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler discuss DS9's first three-parter, Li Nalas's complicated myth, the rise of the Circle,

Coming of Age (TNG)

Loyalty tests and entrance exams collide when the abrasive Remmick investigates the Enterprise while Wesley competes for a Starfleet Academy spot. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy A

The Pirates of Orion (TAS)

Spock is dying and the only cure is in the hands of Orion pirates willing to blow up an asteroid to protect their neutrality. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Ty

Friday’s Child (TOS)

A woman who hates her unborn child. A scheming Klingon. A Prime Directive that's barely an idea yet. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin unpack D.C. Fontana's