The Nexus #105 "Once Upon a Planet" / "The Nth Degree" (Patreon)

On this edition of our Star Trek recap show, The Nexus, we're chatting about two pretty cheesy episodes of Trek!

First up on TOSTAS, it's the pseudo-sequel episode, "Once Upon a Planet." Originally airing, November 3, 1973, this episode has the Enterprise crew returning to the pre-Risa "pleasure planet" that the live action crew visited in the dreadful episode, "Shore Leave." We meet the "Alice in Wonderland" crew again briefly, and then our intrepid heroes go on to battle yet another Super Computer that's trying to leave the planet. Weird stuff!

Then, several lightyears away on TNG, we're chatting about the Reg Barclay-centric episode, "The Nth Degree." Premiering March 30, 1991, this episode is a riff on "Flowers for Algernon" where the engineering ne'er do well, Reg, gets super intelligence after being zapped by a probe. Lots of Geordi getting peeved at Reg in this one, which is great!

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.