187: 187: Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty and Spectre of the Gun
About this episode
The episode discusses two Star Trek episodes, exploring their themes and character dynamics.
After the extraordinarily low lows of last week's Star Trek episodes, this week's batch feels like a welcome respite. Up to bat this week is previously-seen guest star Diana Muldaur in the psychedelic ugly alien freakout Is There in Truth No Beauty, followed by the good ol' fashioned wild west romp Spectre of the Gun! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 187: Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty and Spectre of the Gun (00:00:39) - Intro. (00:01:58) - Jumping right into Is There in Truth No Beauty, an impossible title to say correctly the first time. (00:15:26) - Don't look at the ugly alien. You'll go crazy. (00:17:57) - Pretty lady onboard, let's get weird about it. (00:29:13) - Goddammit, Larry. (00:37:49) - Show the pretty lady flowers while we step out with her ambassador. (00:44:11) - Piloting Spock around like it's the ambassador's vacation body. (00:47:57) - Spock goes crazy, and it barely matters. (00:51:41) - Spock's good, Dr. Jones got her mindlink, and Larry's dead, so I guess this is a happy ending. (00:56:37) - Break! (00:57:04) - We're back, and it's time to talk about Spectre of the Gun (and some OK Corral history)! (01:14:33) - A neon probe…
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