Star Trek: Dagger of the Mind and The Corbomite Maneuver

After a couple of rough Star Trek stretches, the Nextlander Watchcasters find a lot more to like in this week's pair of episodes, Dagger of the Mind and The Corbomite Maneuver!

CHAPTERS:

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(00:00:46) - Intro.
(00:03:00) - Kicking things off with Dagger of the Mind.
(00:06:10) - Some background on the episode.
(00:08:42) - And featuring Dr. Noel as this week's conspicuous romantic interest!
(00:14:15) - Fire your transporter team. The whole staff. These people don't know what they're doing.
(00:17:35) - Seeing some repeated elements in these episodes, especially the Kirk/Bones tension.
(00:20:57) - Time to beam down and definitely not fall victim to anything!
(00:26:17) - Should we try out the mind-wipey-outey machine ourselves? Of course!
(00:28:38) - It's a mind meld, baby!
(00:37:00) - How's ol' Kirky gonna wiggle out of this one?
(00:42:39) - Some final thoughts on the episode.
(00:45:53) - Break!
(00:46:10) - And we're back, and talking The Corbomite Maneuver.
(00:50:09) - Some background on the episode, and why it aired so late in the order.
(00:52:08) - This Bailey guy? He ain't got it.
(00:55:48) - Can you warp backwards?
(00:58:07) - And then they blow up the cube. Oops.
(00:59:41) - Enter Balok, the most homicidal timekeeper in the galaxy.
(01:05:06) - Kirk comes up with the most radical plan in the known universe: lying!
(01:10:56) - These poor extras having to bop back and forth like they're in a pretend earthquake.
(01:12:24) - Time to meet Balok. I'm sure he's very normal.
(01:16:00) - What exactly WAS Balok's motive here?
(01:20:52) - This is really the Star Trek mission statement episode.
(01:26:15) - Outro.

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