Planetary PA (SFA S1E9)

About this episode

The episode explores the cadets' experiences on Betazed and Caleb's emotional journey with his mother amidst a Starfleet lockdown.

When school’s out and the cadets get dropped off at Betazed, Starfleet goes into lockdown and Caleb finally opens two years of messages from his mom. But after stealing a shuttle with the help of SAM, his tearful reunion on Ukek gets cut short by The Venari Ral. What are all Ben Affleck films about? Which Star Trek character is sadder in retrospect? Who does all the train stuff? It’s the episode that’s riding the BARF to the furfly arc. Get a thing at podshop.biz! Sign up for our mailing list! Greatest Trek is produced by Wynde Priddy Social media is managed by Rob Adler and Bill Tilley Music by Adam Ragusea Friends of DeSoto for: Labor | Democracy | Justice Discuss the show using the hashtag #GreatestTrek and find us on social media: YouTube | Instagram | Bluesky And check out these online communities run by FODs: Reddit | USS Hood Discord | Facebook group | Wikia | FriendsOfDeSoto.social Support the production of Greatest Trek Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• Star Trek
• Cadets
• Family Reunion
• Film Discussion
• Comedy
• Lockdown

Keywords

• Star Trek
• Betazed
• Caleb
• Ben Affleck
• shuttle
• reunion
• Venari Ral
• comedy
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Starfleet, Greatest Trek, Friends of DeSoto, Wynde Priddy, Rob Adler, Bill Tilley, Adam Ragusea, Simplecast, AdsWizz

Places: Betazed, Ukek

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