2: Star Trek: The Man Trap and Charlie X

It's time for the Nextlander gang to begin their five year (if they're lucky) journey into their first series rewatch in Star Trek: The Original Series. We kick things off with a pair of episodes about lonely beings with terrifying powers.

CHAPTERS

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(00:00:37) - Intro

(00:01:40) - Our histories with Star Trek

(00:03:35) - Why we opted not to watch The Cage as of yet, and some early history of the series.

(00:07:28) - The series' progressive bonafides, and some lore history.

(00:12:58) - Launching into The Man Trap.

(00:16:41) - The perception of James T. Kirk.

(00:19:55) - The Man Trap's monster of the week.

(00:24:40) - Janice Rand deserves better.

(00:25:29) - Back to the salty monster, and some Federation lore discussion.

(00:28:46) - It's like Mad Men in space (derogatory)! 

(00:31:17) - The hand plant (and a shithead puppeteer).

(00:32:36) - Vulcan blood, bulky communicators, and the original bridge design.

(00:36:31) - Wrapping up The Man Trap.

(00:38:00) - Spock and Uhura.

(00:41:51) - Not a great first go at first contact!

(00:43:53) - Break!

(00:44:07) - Onto Charlie X

(00:45:46) - Thasians? Thasians!

(00:47:50) - A couple of early Vinny observations.

(00:50:03) - Charlie was bad, even as a child everyone could tell.

(00:52:03) - This ship needs an HR department, and nobody wants to be Charlie's father figure.

(00:54:12) - You really suck at this parental guidance thing, Kirk!

(00:55:48) - A legendary scene (no, not that one, the other one).

(00:58:29) - And now for the OTHER legendary scene.

(01:02:30) - Things escalate quickly.

(01:06:02) - How the hell does this sensory overload trick even work?

(01:07:18) - And heeeereeeee coooooome the Thaaaaaaasians!

(01:10:18) - Are the Thasians like a Q?

(01:13:16) - This was a dark one! Sometimes Star Trek throws dark.

(01:14:58) - How's Vinny feeling after these first two episodes?

(01:17:10) - Outro

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