About this episode

The episode explores a comedic twist in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, featuring unique characters and themes of understanding and bonding.

It’s time for the next spin on the genre wheel, as “Strange New worlds” lurches from horror to comedy. Dave Foley is a weird alien with a weird pleasure planet. There’s a thin strand of plot and a Star Trek take on “The Hangover.” Pike gets a lot of tattoos! There’s Klingon karaoke! Someone’s wearing a Mugato suit! Most importantly, Scotty and Ortegas learn to understand each other and Spock bonds with an imaginary—or is he?—Jim Kirk. Also, prompted by the last two weeks’ genre whipsaw, Scott and Jason have deep thoughts about what we like, why we like it,...

People in this episode

Hosts: Scott McNulty, Jason Snell

Topics covered

• comedy
• horror
• Star Trek
• character development
• genre exploration

Keywords

• Strange New Worlds
• Dave Foley
• Pike
• Scotty
• Ortegas
• Spock
• Jim Kirk
• comedy
• Klingon karaoke

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mugato suit

Books & works: Strange New Worlds, The Hangover

Places: pleasure planet, Klingon karaoke

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