Strange New Worlds: A Quality of Mercy

About this episode

Rob and Stanford discuss the episode 'A Quality of Mercy' from Star Trek Strange New Worlds, exploring its inspiration and the theme of therapy.

This week, Rob mercifully grants us the summary and goes on a deep dive about the inspiration for the episode. Stanford then turns everyone into a therapist! Episode: Star Trek Strange New Worlds s01e10 A Quality of Mercy Deep Dive: The Balance of Terror Potpourri: Everyone needs therapy! Come hang out on Discord: https://discord.gg/MkCBp9ac Check our links: https://podcls.com

People in this episode

Host: Rob

Guest: Stanford

Topics covered

• Star Trek
• episode analysis
• therapy
• inspiration
• deep dive

Keywords

• Star Trek
• Strange New Worlds
• A Quality of Mercy
• therapy
• episode analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Star Trek Strange New Worlds, A Quality of Mercy, The Balance of Terror

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