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Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Mission Log is a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast with the sole purpose of exploring the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. That's right, this podcast will cover six different series and 30 seasons of television by journeying into every one of the 726 episodes with a single mission: to explore, debate and discuss one of the largest science fiction phenomena of all time, Star Trek. Starting with The Original Series' initial pilot and continuing chronologically until we reach the last…
Episodes
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 23 - "The Host"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Host," Beverly Crusher is in love with a new guy. He is a sensitive soul with a body to match, until he…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 22 - "Half a Life"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Half a Life," Dr. Timicin's attempt to save his planet's dying star has failed. Now, he has to kill himself…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 21 - "The Drumhead"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Drumhead," a Klingon spy on board the Enterprise has been passing secrets to the Romulans, and that invites…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 20 - "Qpid"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Qpid," Captain Picard is keyed up. He has to give a speech to a bunch of archeologists and he is nervous. But…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 19 - "The Nth Degree"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Nth Degree," Reg Barclay is back on the holodeck, but he's not up to his old tricks. He's up to new ones…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 18 - "Identity Crisis"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Identity Crisis," Susanna, an old friend of Geordi's, is on the Enterprise because other friends of theirs are…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 17 - "Night Terrors"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Night Terrors," you would think that being trapped immobile in space would be the biggest problem facing the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 16 - "Galaxy's Child"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Galaxy's Child," there is a baby space something attached to the Enterprise, feeding on its energy, and…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 15 - "First Contact"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "First Contact," when on Malcor, do as the Malcorians do. That's what Commander Riker does when he pretends to…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 14 - "Clues"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Clues," something strange has happened to the Enterprise. It has gone through a wormhole. But that is just the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 13 - "Devil's Due"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Devil's Due," the population of Ventax II is losing its collective mind. That's because Ardra, the deity that…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 12 - "The Wounded"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Wounded," the Federation and the Cardassians enjoy a tenuous peace. But that peace is thrown into jeopardy…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 11 - "Data's Day"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Data's Day," which of these is the least important? A - A wedding that may not happen B - Feeding a cat C - A…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 10 - "The Loss"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Loss," the Enterprise is being dragged to its doom by two-dimensional creatures headed to a destructive…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 9 - "Final Mission"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Final Mission," Wesley Crusher is headed to Starfleet Academy. He just needs to run a quick errand, survive a…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 8 - "Future Imperfect"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Future Imperfect," you think Wesley Crusher is amazing? Will Riker gets married, has a kid, becomes captain of…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 7 - "Reunion"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Reunion," Worf + one love interest + one child + one leader - one leader + two would be leaders - one love…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 6 - "Legacy"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Legacy," the Enterprise is on a rescue mission. Two Starfleet officers have ended up on Turkana IV - failed…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 5 - "Remember Me"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Remember Me," everyone is disappearing from the Enterprise… or is it just one person who has disappeared?…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 4 - "Suddenly Human"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Suddenly Human," Jono is a teenage Talarian warrior in training. Before that though, he was Jeremiah - a little…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 3 - "Brothers"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Brothers," Jake and Willie Potts are like any brothers: practical jokes and hurt feelings followed by…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 2 - "Family"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Family," the time of Locutus has passed, though it is still taking its toll on Captain Picard. With the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3 Episode 26, Season 4 Episode 1 - "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I & II"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, "The Best of Both Worlds Part I & II," remember the Borg? They're like the neighborhood association. They just…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 25 - "Transfigurations"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Transfigurations," it is a long slow period of star charting for the Enterprise, and good thing too. The ship…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 24 - "Menage a Troi"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Menage a Troi," all Lwaxana Troi wants is for her daughter, Deanna, to settle down and raise a family. Or that…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 23 - "Sarek"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Sarek," an old friend returns to the Star Trek universe. The 1701-D will play host to a series of negotiations…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 22 - "The Most Toys"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Most Toys," a seemingly routine mission ends with the loss of Lt. Commander Data. Only (spoiler alert) he…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 21 - "Hollow Pursuits"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Hollow Pursuits," not fitting in is hard enough. Not fitting in to the extent that it's hurting your career…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 20 - "Tin Man"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Tin Man," a lonely alien, an insufferable telepath, and the least consequential Romulans ever faced. There is…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: Another one from Star Trek Las Vegas 2015
Your Star Trek Pals would like to introduce you to some of their Star Trek Pals from the 2015 Creation Convention in Las Vegas. You'll meet…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 19 - "Captain's Holiday"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Captain's Holiday," time off from work means curling up with a good book, sitting by the pool and maybe meeting…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 18 - "Allegiance"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Allegiance," a tale of two Picards - one is trapped in a cell with three strangers, the other tries to spark a…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Your Star Trek Pals
John and Ken - your Star Trek Pals - have a 10-minute conversation about the upcoming Star Trek series on CBS All Access. And it only takes 31-minutes! We know…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 17 - "Sins of the Father"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Sins of the Father," the Klingon/Starfleet cross-cultural exchange program continues with Commander Kurn of the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 16 - "The Offspring"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Offspring," the Enterprise is a family ship, and today we welcome the newest addition: a five-foot android…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 15 - "Yesterday's Enterprise"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Yesterday's Enterprise," be sure to listen to this podcast today. If you listen today, it's Yesterday's…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 14 - "A Matter of Perspective"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "A Matter of Perspective," Commander Riker is on trial for murder. He tells his story, but the widow of the dead…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 13 - "Deja Q"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Deja Q," is Q still Q without the power of Q? Find out when we put Deja Q into the Mission Log. Is Q still Q…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 12 - "The High Ground"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The High Ground," Ansata separatists and the government of Rutia IV have been fighting for 70 years. Of course…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 11 - "The Hunted"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Hunted," imagine giving someone the escape artistry of a Harry Houdini and the killing ability of everyone…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 10 - "The Defector"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Defector," the Enterprise is tasked with stopping a galactic war between the Federation and the Romulan…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 9 - "The Vengeance Factor"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Vengeance Factor," the Acamarians have survived centuries of blood feuds. On the road to a more peaceful…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 8 - "The Price"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Price," there is a seemingly stable wormhole and control of it is up for negotiation. Counselor Troi is…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 7 - "The Enemy"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Enemy," the Enterprise answers a distress call from an unidentified ship at Galorndon Core. Turns out the…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: Another one from the Rio
In Vegas, you can see Wayne Newton, showgirls and Celine Dion. If you go to the Rio when Creation's Star Trek convention is in town, you'll catch John Ray and…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 6 - "Booby Trap"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Booby Trap," the Enterprise stumbles upon a ship with a one-thousand-year-old mystery. While mysteries can be…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 5 - "The Bonding"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Bonding," a young boy aboard the Enterprise is orphaned when his mother dies on a mission led by Lt. Worf…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 4 - "Who Watches the Watchers"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Who Watches the Watchers, think of the worst game of hide-and-seek you have ever had. Now quintuple it. Yours may…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 3 - "The Survivors"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Survivors," welcome to Rana IV - population 11,000. Scratch that - population 2. Scratch that? Hmmm. A…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One With George Takei
Some people say it's George's world, we're just living in it. George Takei may be best known as Hikaru Sulu, but we were excited to tackle a range of topics…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 2 - "The Ensigns of Command"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Ensigns of Command," Tau Cygna V has got it all: a thriving community, strong leadership and plenty of…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 1 - "Evolution"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Evolution," Doctor Paul Stubbs is on the verge of completing the work of his life - an experiment on which he…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Marina Sirtis
Between seasons two and three of The Next Generation, we thought it would be a good time to check in with Marina Sirtis who played Counselor Deanna Troi. The…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 22- "Shades of Gray"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Shades of Gray," Riker gets stung. Then Riker has flashbacks. Was it poison or acid in that thorn?…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 21 - "Peak Performance"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Peak Performance," it is war-games a go-go when the Enterprise faces off against the Hathaway, a derelict ship…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 20 - "The Emissary"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Emissary," a couple of blasts from the past. First, an old flame of Worf's shows up. Then, a ship full of…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 19 - "Manhunt"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Manhunt," it is the return of Lwaxana Troi. Ostensibly on an ambassadorial mission, she is in fact a woman on…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 18 - "Up The Long Ladder"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Up The Long Ladder," meet the Bringloidi: Danilo, Brenna and the colonists. Their interests include farming…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastStar Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 17 - "Samaritan Snare"
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Samaritan Snare," they are smiley. They are pudgy. They are incredibly deadly. The Enterprise comes across a…
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek PodcastSUPPLEMENTAL: The One with Wil Wheaton
On today's Mission Log, the inevitable interview with Wil Wheaton. Wil talks to us about a range of topics from early TOS fandom to leaving TNG, from religion…