Career Suicide by Jet Ski (TNG S1E5)

About this episode

The episode discusses Riker's enthusiasm for the Ferengi way of life and the ensuing chaos.

When the Entrepreneur chases a ship that’s really dragin’ a wagon, nobody thinks to try hailing before acts of violence are attempted. But when Riker expresses a little too much enthusiasm for the Ferengi way of life, he gets banished to the engine room. What’s on the business end of a ball-kicking machine? How could Ben put Adam into cardiac arrest? How do you cover up literally any editing mistake? It’s the episode with shades of yellow. Support the production of our shows Members get benefits including bonus episodes and an ad-free experience Sign up for our mailing list! Get a thing at podshop.biz! The Greatest Generation is hosted by Adam Pranica and Benjamin Ahr Harrison The show is produced by Wynde Priddy Social media is managed by Rob Adler and Bill Tilley Music by Adam Ragusea & Dark Materia Discuss the show using the hashtag #GreatestGen 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 The Greatest Generation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam Pranica, Benjamin Ahr Harrison

Topics covered

• Star Trek
• comedy
• TV reviews
• Ferengi
• Riker
• editing mistakes

Keywords

• Star Trek
• TNG
• Riker
• Ferengi
• editing
• comedy
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Greatest Generation, Acast

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