6: Star Trek: The Enemy Within and Mudd's Women

As we return to the world of Star Trek, we tackle a pair of episodes that truly represent the highs and lows of this series, as we experience some top flight Shatner-brand hambone acting, meet a swarthy Irish pimp, and take note of more than a few red flags about how early ST treated its women characters. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:19) - Intro. (00:01:48) - R.I.P. Nichelle Nichols. (00:03:36) - Kicking things off with The Enemy Within. (00:04:03) - Vinny thought this was a Mirror Universe episode. (00:06:19) - This ain't mirror Kirk. It's just plain Evil Kirk. Thanks, transporter! (00:10:14) - Some background on the episode. (00:12:10) - Vinny senses some recurring themes in these early episodes. (00:13:51) - That sure is a clean good/evil split. (00:16:40) - Poor Sulu. (00:18:34) - Evil Kirk is up to no good. Poor Yeoman Rand. (00:22:13) - I'M CAPTAIN KIRK. Also, some more tech talk. (00:24:19) - The McCoy death stare. (00:25:03) - It's all going wrong and Kirk can't figure out what to do. (00:28:23) - A really bad Spock line, and the human-centric writing of the series. (00:30:07) - Well, we figured out how to put Kirk back together, but it might kill him! (00:32:45) - All's well that ends well, right? (00:36:08) - Break! (00:36:30) - We are back, and talkin' Mudd's Women. (00:37:18) - Some background on the episode. (00:39:15) - Time to meet Harcourt Fenton Mudd. (00:40:02) - Vinny has one note from the last episode he forgot to mention. (00:40:45) - Back to Mudd. (00:43:15) - He's a hustler, baby. And he's gotta get these women some husbands! (00:47:01) - The prevalence of the Rigel system. (00:48:06) - Just three lonely guys on a planet mining crystals. (00:54:31) - Let's talk about VENUS DRUGS. (00:58:26) - Things are getting buckwild on this mining planet. (01:01:22) - Ah, marital bliss. (01:02:34) - Remember ladies, you've just gotta believe in yourself. (01:05:39) - Vinny ain't so sure about these episodes. None of us are, really. (01:13:19) - Outro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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