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The Nexus #66 - "The Enterprise Incident" / "The Defector" (Patreon)

Published:
2022-02-28 22:46:28
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2025-08-21 18:59:13
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2026-06
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It's our monthly trip into the world of TREK, and this episode is a double-dose of Romulan-related stories! 

First up on TOS, it's the wild-ass episode, "The Enterprise Incident," which originally aired back on September 27, 1968. This ep has it all: Kirk going totally insane (or so we think), Spock getting all sexy with a Romulan Commander, and Scottie really, really, really wanting to blow up the ship. 

Then over on TNG, it's another Romulan-centric tale with "The Defector." Originally airing January 1, 1990, this episode has Picard directing Data through some Henry V monologue, Worf getting a real craving to kill the titular defector, and even some bad-ass spaceship maneuvering, complete with a bunch of starships facing off with one another, ready to go to Hell tonight!

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 this weird thing we do—we couldn't do it without you!

Cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

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Enrico Palazzo

I’ve met Daniel Stewart many times as my mum works for Patrick Stewart’s ex-wife. He’s bald as a coot but a genuinely lovely fella. Sadly Daddy Bald Stewart in his infinite prickery has cut off both of his kids and even cancelled alimony to his 94 year old ex wife. Charming fucker.

Billie Jackson

They're experimenting with Nas Illmatic technology? There are a couple of TOS comic miniseries from IDW back in the day that deal with the Klingon-Romulan alliance that the ships are an offshoot of. Romulans: The Hollow Crown and Romulans: Schism. There's a TOS novel that immediately follows this episode in which Section 31 tries to take the cloaking device, which was followed by an unrelated Section 31 novel by Andy Mangels during TNG that includes First Contact's Hawk character being in a relationship with Riker's future head of security on Titan. Hawk being gay was basically scrubbed from the film due to the time it was made, so that bit of the book was a nice acknowledgement.

Billie Jackson

This was when the Chekov wig went away, since his hair had grown out enough that the knockoff Beatle hair thing they were attempting to do with him could continue wigless.

Alexander Farr

I love it when the Nexus has similar themes in both episodes. It's delightfully odd how often it happens too.

Jake Kroker

The Romulans feature heavily in DS9 during the Dominion War. There is some really great stuff in there. How Sisko gets the Romulans to join the war on the side of the Federation is one of my all time favourite ST episodes, a huge moral quandary. Andreas Katsulis played G'Kar, one of the main characters in Babylon 5 and was utterly fantastic in it.

Eren Keskin

Romulans being space Romans, it just doesn't make sense to me why some gleep glops would base their entire culture around an ancient Earth empire.

Felipe Sobreiro

Daniel Stewart plays Picard’s son in one of the best TNG episodes ever, THE INNER LIGHT

Paul

One of the best episodes of TOS.