Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

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February 25, 2026 · 1h 34m

About this episode

The episode discusses the time travel narrative of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and its themes related to humpback whales and extinction.

On this third installment of Febwhaleary we take a look at perhaps the largest acrobats in the sea: the humpback whale. Known for their extraordinary feats of agility, as well as a complex series of songs that they sing to one another, the humpbacks were truly one of the most graceful creatures ever to inhabit the oceans. Unfortunately, the humpbacks would be hunted to extinction in the early 21st century…or so we thought. To understand the fate of the humpbacks, one must look not into the future…but into the past. The year 1986; using a stolen Klingon bird of prey, a group of disgraced Starfleet officers from the 23rd century would travel backwards through time to save, not only the humpbacks, but indeed all of humanity from extinction. The following is a dramatization of those events that we like to call Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home . I’m your host, Dave, and joining me as we lay down a series of colorful metaphors are fellow cinephiles and life long members of the Cetacean Institute in Sausalito, Mike, Ryan, and Jackie. Topics of discussion in this episode include the Enterprise crew’s laissez faire attitude towards time travel; we analyze where the alien space probe falls on…

People in this episode

Host: Dave

Guests: Mike, Ryan, Jackie

Topics covered

humpback whales
time travel
Star Trek IV
film analysis

Keywords

Starfleet
Klingon
Bristol Stool Scale
odd numbered Trek films

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Enterprise, Trek

Books & works: Star Trek IV, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Febwhaleary, Oscar Winner, The Whale

Places: Sausalito