The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 150: Star Trek: Bread and Circuses and Assignment: Earth (Patreon)

The finale of Star Trek Summer is upon us, and before we send the crew of the Enterprise on their merry way, we've got a final pair of adventures to get through! First up, yet another old-human-society-on-an-alien-planet-thing in Bread and Circuses, then we meet Assignment: Earth's Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln, two crazy kids in the 1960s who have to stop World War III while Kirk and Spock stand around watching.

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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 150: Star Trek: Bread and Circuses and Assignment: Earth(00:00:33) - Intro.(00:01:01) - Wasting no time at all launching straight into Bread and Circuses (and all the other Earth-like planet episodes).(00:06:59) - Some of the fraught background of this episode's production.(00:12:50) - Our penultimate guest cast.(00:19:13) - Planet Rome.(00:23:34) - Sun worshipers? They're more common than you think!(00:30:36) - At least we get a properly slimy villain in this episode.(00:37:50) - Sending Spock and Bones into the arena.(00:41:13) - The tank is on E and we've still got almost 15 minutes left in the episode.(00:49:08) - Are we really tacking a Jesus thing on here? Yes we are.(00:51:55) - What happens to this planet after this? And final thoughts.(00:55:00) - Break!(00:55:28) - We're back, and it's time to head back home in Assignment: Earth!(00:58:08) - The Star Trek Spin-Off Showcase!(01:01:59) - Cast chat, wherein we learn of Teri Garr's distaste for Star Trek and its fans.(01:05:23) - Brushing up against history.(01:09:12) - Here comes Gary.(01:16:34) - Gary has a mission (and a sick office).(01:20:45) - Oh no, a normal human woman!(01:24:46) - Here come Spock and Kirk to...stand around mostly?(01:26:01) - Wacky antics ensue.(01:29:00) - Gary climbs a rocket, Roberta messes with stuff.(01:35:46) - Kirk and Spock crash into the final scene for just long enough to do something lightly important.(01:40:25) - World War III is averted, but Gary Seven was never brought to series, so it all comes out in the wash.(01:44:15) - Final thoughts.(01:45:40) - Time for our favorites (and least favorites) of the season.(01:57:56) - What we have coming up in September.(02:01:30) - Outro.