The Nexus #101 "The Survivor" / "Galaxy's Child" (Patreon)

On this episode of our monthly Star Trek chit-chat show, we're talking about an episode of the animated show that is somehow less uncomfortably written than the TNG episode!

First up on TOSTAS, it's the shapeshifting episode, "The Survivor." Originally airing on October 13, 1973, this episode has the Enterprise crew rescuing a presumed-dead philanthropist from his crippled ship, however the whole thing turns out to be a ruse by the Romulans involving the neutral zone, a rejected fiancée, and a delicious-looking, calamari-shaped gleep-glop that can turn into anything it wants!

Then across the galaxy on TNG, we're talking about the regrettable episode, "Galaxy's Child." When it first premiered back on March 9, 1991, who would've thought that Picard and crew accidentally murdering a space whale and then allowing its calf to feast off the life force of the Enterprise would NOT be the worst part of this episode? No, that honor would go to the horrendously icky depiction of Geordi La Forge and his eerie obsession with Dr. Leah Brahms, well, her hologram, anyway. Our jaws were on the floor as we watched what the writers had Geordi do on this episode! A true, true failure!

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 our family of shows—we couldn't do it without you! We know you have lots of options for pods and we're super-stoked you chose to spend some time with us—thanks again!

Cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.