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Re:Engage TNG

Four friends return to a sci-fi series we all have a strong connection to - Star Trek: The Next Generation. It debuted in 1987 when we were all young, and now in 2020, we re-engage with the series, one episode at a time, and re-consider Star Trek from a new perspective as grown-up fans.

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01:04:59

The High Ground - s3e12

Re:Engage TNG ·

2022/04/04

All you have to know is that terrorism is bad. Unless it's good? Hard to tell from this episode in which Dr. Crusher gets caught in an empathy trap by Kiril the totally not Irish-Spaniard with a line of spray paint in his hair. Riker works with the cops to try to get Dr Crusher back, and Wesley works with science super team alpha to uncover the secret of the funky new special effects. The Irish undertones permeate throughout, as does the wishy-washiness of Captain Picard who only communicates in

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59:23

The Hunted - s3e11

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2022/03/28

Alternate episode title: "There's Something About Danar" - The Angosians led by Prime Minister and Pig Lover, James Cromwell, have a problem with their veterans of foreign wars. But they keep trying to sweep that under the rug with nary a mention of it on their application to join the Federation. One of them escapes, and he's one of the biggest musical theater badass-es we've ever seen on Star Trek, Jeff McCarthy aka Roga Danar. The mostly believable action sequences of this episode are a nice

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01:06:20

The Defector - s3e10

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2022/03/21

There's something for everyone in this lovely episode that both came at the end of the Cold War and at the start of World War III! (RE: Russian invasion of Ukraine.) The Romulan who goes rogue only to admit being the admirable Admiral that will never see his family or planet again. Data remembers everything that happens for posterity, including Sir Patrick Stewart mouthing out Henry Five lines to him. You'll cheer for Klingons! The consequences of this events depicted here are felt for centuries. No

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01:06:15

The Vengeance Factor - s3e9

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2022/03/14

Everyone is always asking about my microvirus! The Acamarians had a schism with their brethren who became galactic scavengers and/or Petruchio understudies from Kiss Me Kate. Now Picard and the Federation want them to get along so the raiding stops in this sector, but there's a little blood feud investigation that Riker and Dr. Crusher must take care of first. Oops! The Acamarian brandy is about to go down while the phaser settings go up to disintegrate. Buckle in and re:engage! Get in touch with us

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01:14:16

The Price - s3e8

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2022/03/07

This one does NOT AGE WELL. Counselor Deanna Troi gets to have the spotlight in this episode, which is good. Max McCoy as the negotiator Ral is a real terrible gaslighting villain, however, in how he attempts to abuse and manipulate both Troi and the bidding process for a "stable" wormhole. We're just not sure the production knew he was a villain going in! Great moments with Riker as the foil to Ral at the proverbial poker table, and the funny Ferengi performances as a prelude to a Star Trek:

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01:05:39

The Enemy - s3e7

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2022/02/24

You never know when you'll be asked to save the life of a Romulan. This is a Geordi and Worf showcase episode, and it pulls on so many of our Cold War/Gen X sensibilities that we can barely stand it. Geordi's forced to work together with his captor to escape Galorndon Core, a planet with electrical storms to die for! Worf can save Picard in his brinksmanship with the ever-amazing Andreas Katsulas as Tomalak to avoid interstellar war, but he refuses because Romulans murdered his family. Would you

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01:02:22

Booby Trap - s3e6

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2022/02/16

This one goes off the rails pretty fast since we lose Erik along the way due to bad internets. Geordi creates not just one creepy scenario on the holodeck, but two in one episode! Picard gets jazzed about ships in bottles, then gets the crew trapped in one. Only Geordi and his robot engineer girlfriend can save the day. Well actually, Picard does that too. Anyway, Kate, Jimmie and Greg learned the only way to learn how to love someone is to create a copy of them in the holodeck. And we learned about

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01:07:56

The Bonding - s3e5

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2022/02/10

It's been a while since we've talked about grief. It's a very special episode with special guest, Shareef Jackson, joining our cultural bridge crew for this journey. Worf leads an away team that results in the death of a crewmate who is survived by 8-year-old real estate agent Jeremy Astor. The crew check in with each other on the loss, but none is affected more than Wesley Crusher. Jeremy's mom reappears though, and she wants to take her son back to the planet for some super fun times with the

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01:08:24

Who Watches the Watchers - s3e4

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2022/01/31

No, this episode wasn't written by Alan Moore, but we do get some Ray Wise! The Enterprise has to go see about a duck-blind studying a primitive race in a secret observation post that, oops, isn't so invisible all of a sudden. The Prime Directive gets blown the F up, and Picard isn't too happy about it. In fact, he almost turns into an angry god when they don't listen to Riker and Troi on a cosplay/dress-up mission. Jimmie invokes The Picard, in his name, we podcast. Get in touch with us on Twitter

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01:05:36

The Survivors - s3e3

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2022/01/24

The Husnocks aren't all bad. The Enterprise encounters a planet, the surface of which has been completed eradicated of life except for a very nice timeshare property on the Palm Coast of Florida. There lies Kevin (no really, Kevin) and his wife Rishon very much alive and well in their old age, happy to live out their days in a hellscape. There's a secret in the music box, and Deanna Troi can't get the earworm out of her head. We don't talk about Bruno, but we do discuss the many plot holes in this

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01:02:54

Ensigns of Command - s3e2

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2022/01/17

You'll find out what "Ensigns of Command" means by the end of this podcast, we promise! Maybe? Data has got to convince humans to abandon their post or the tar monsters that killed Tasha might eradicate them all due to an old treaty. Luckily, Captain Picard, Worf and Troi do better deciphering said treaty than the Transporter special team can figuring out a way to transport 15 thousand people. Oh, and Data gets kissed a lot. It's a very special android lovefest hosted by Kate! Get in touch with us

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01:11:37

Evolution - s3e1 (PREMIERE)

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2022/01/10

Season Three, BAYBEE! We're back with a tale of two doctors, Dr. Bob Kelso, er, Paul Stubbs and Dr. Beverly Crusher. Wesley is up to his old antics again: experimenting on nanites and falling asleep with cute hair, at least according to Kate. Dr. Stubbs is a wunderkind just like him and those two bond over living up to the POE-tential as a gifted kid and baseball. It's a stealth Prime Directive episode, and Ken Jenkins chews up the scenery while providing ample fodder for Star Trek Acid Party. NOTE:

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01:04:37

Shades of Grey - s2e22 (FINALE)

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2021/12/02

Riker is dying from an attack on his leg from something living on an unexplored planet. The stakes are set ridiculously high, but it's ruined by a large portion of the episode playing through clips of Riker fightin' and f**kin' from the past two seasons. The crew had to produce this one on a shoestring budget and it shows. Greg hosts Re:Engage's own little bit of a clip show as we talk through some of our own favorite moments from s1 & s2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and give shout-outs to

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01:08:42

Peak Performance - s2e21

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2021/11/24

Strategema Tournament in Ten Forward! One of Trek's most annoying characters ever is on the Enterprise to run some war games between Picard and Riker. The commander assembles his team of Geordi, Worf, and Wesley on an old ship previously captained by Buckaroo Bonsai. Meanwhile, Data can't beat the gamemaster Kolrami, and Pulaski's meddling means Data isn't sure if he is fit for service. Picard and the Ferengi who show up need him in fighting shape. Jimmie hosts this episode, Kate digs Kolrami's

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01:01:25

The Emissary - s2e20

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2021/11/11

The Iceman Cometh! After playing poker and some tricky tractor beaming, Worf gets to explore his relationship with K'Ehleyr. She's a fast-talking career half-Klingon girl who had a connection to Worf back in the day. K'Ehleyr tells Picard that there's a Klingon ship that's been on the same mission since the Federation was still at war with them, so the Enterprise is sent to deal with them. K'Ehleyr wants to blow 'em up, but after "working out" with Worf on some personal issues in the holodeck, they

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01:04:13

Manhunt - s2e19

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2021/11/02

The Return of Lwaxana Troi, Dixon Hill, and special guest Cicero Holmes in the same episode?! Uh-mazing! The Enterprise is prepared for some fishy dignitaries, yet not prepared for the storm of a Betazed woman going through her "Phase." Lwaxana has chosen her mate, but the Captain dodges that bullet by dodging bullets in the holodeck as his favorite hard-boiled detective. It all gets resolved, including the reveal that Mick Fleetwood is a stone cold assassin. Don't worry, it all makes sense in the

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01:04:06

Up the Long Ladder - s2e18

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2021/10/29

It seems the space Irish don't mix well with asexual cloners. The Enterprise saves a centuries-old human colony from the European Union, er, Hegemony which is inhabited only by American stereotypes of Irish people. It's lazily played for laughs, and Riker enjoys some sexy times from a fiery guest star, but then the episode takes a turn where the sister colony's prime minister steals Riker and Pulaski's DNA. Oops! Let's abort those clones quick. Then they all decide to force these two peoples to

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01:17:58

Samaritan Snare - s2e17

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2021/10/20

We want to make our ship go to awkward conversations. The Pakleds are the big bad, which is kind of a let down after the Borg honestly. Picard has to get a procedure done (hint: it's not bowel related) and that means he's trapped telling Wesley about his life in a shuttlecraft. Riker and Geordi try to help the cunning Pakleds, but don't listen to some very reasonable warnings from Worf and Troi. Pulaski saves the day after some fine medical babble form our guest stars, while Wesley and Picard bury

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01:34:56

Q Who - s2e16

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2021/10/15

Aliza Pearl (@alizapearl on Twitter & IG) is an actor, writer, cosplayer and gamer and she joins the cultural bridge crew to talk about one of the gems of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. John DeLancie returns as Q, but now with Guinan aboard we have a whole lot more context for his imp-ery. Whoopi Goldberg serves exposition as expertly as Guinan serves Romulan Ale, and she's the first to utter the name of the most terrifying villains in sci-fi - the Borg. The Borg visit the

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01:19:27

Pen Pals - s2e15

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2021/10/06

Screw the Prime Directive! I've had it up to here! During a geological survey headed up by young Wesley of a system where the planets "live hard and die young" (Thanks Riker!) Data strikes up a conversation. That leads to the A plot of the crew debating whether to intervene and save young guest star Nikki Cox's people, while the B plot is Wesley managing the difficulties of managing. It all works out in the end, but not before we get some choice lines from Worf and Pulaski. Jimmie hosts this episode

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