197. Gel Budget (TNG 3.15)

Anika and Liz apply a normal amount of hair gel and step into a grim alternate universe to discuss Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Yesterday's Enterprise", including...

• Is this TNG's best episode? It could be!
• This story turns on Picard absolutely trusting the word of a Black woman
• Rachel Garrett was Liz's very first female starship captain
• The original premise for this episode is FULLY BONKERS
• "Yesterday's Enterprise" takes a completely novel approach to writing Tasha: what if she's just good at her job? 
• We engage in a bit of Sela Discourse, because why not?
• "Yesterday's Enterprise" sets the template for Discovery