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Kev and Rob agree the "log cabin timeline" is a nicer place to live than the rest of the Strange New Worlds season three finale, "New Life and New Civilizations" (SNW). On the bright side, perhaps it will be the last time that "pure evil" is used as a plot device for awhile. We can only hope. Taking this last opportunity, they revisit other examples of evil in its purest form: "Skin of Evil" (TNG) and "The Most Toys" (TNG).SNW 3×10 New Life and New CivilizationsKatraMind meldStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryVinaTNG 5×25 The Inner LightPhil BoyceTNG 1×23 Skin of EvilDenise Crosby waves goodbye in “Symbiosis”TNG 3×15 Yesterday’s EnterpriseSelaArmusLeland T. LynchTOS 1×04 The Enemy WithinTNG 3×22 The Most ToysKivas FajoStar Trek: ScoutsStar Trek: KhanNo Man’s LandCeti eel(00:00) - Episode 82: Pure Evil (SNW 3×10 New Life and New Civilizations) (00:23) - SNW 3×10 New Life and New Civilizations (20:42) - Pure Evil (24:11) - TNG 1×24 Skin of Evil (40:27) - TNG 3×22 The Most Toys (52:30) - What's next Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Rob and Kev argue over who will cook the worm they found in a hole on the other side of a wormhole, then huddle by the light of a camp stove to discuss "Terrarium" (SNW). While they await their rescue-slash-murder, they compare notes on other instances of crashed enemies finding common ground in "Darmok" (TNG) and "Dawn" (ENT).SNW 3×09 TerrariumMatt DeckerUSS ConstellationTOS 2×06 The Doomsday MachineChristopher Pike: Tragic near-fateEnemy MineMetronHostile EnvironmentsTNG 5×02 DarmokPaul WinfieldTamarianKayshonClark TerrellRobin LeflerCasual duty attire: Captain’s variantCasual duty attire: Wraparound tunicENT 2×13 Dawn(00:00) - Episode 81: Hostile Environments (SNW 3×09 Terrarium) (00:40) - SNW 3×09 Terrarium (13:22) - Hostile Environments (14:09) - TNG 5×02 Darmok (21:09) - ENT 2×13 Dawn Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Rob and Kevin play cartoon versions of Vulcan versions of themselves with the help of their exes in "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" (SNW). They then revisit past episodes where post-relationship relationships figured prominently in the stories of Starfleet officers, including "Haven" (TNG) and "Rejoined" (DS9).SNW 3×08 Four-and-a-Half VulcansKerkhovianKatraBeto OrtegasSNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?SNW 3×05 The Sehlat Who Ate Its TailCetacean OpsExesIlia & Will DeckerDeanna Troi & Will RikerThe Wonderful Masculinity of Commander Riker (Rowan J Coleman)TNG 1×11 HavenLwaxana TroiWyatt MillerTNG 1×01/02 Encounter at FarpointT’PringTOS 2×05 Amok TimePlomeek SoupDS9 4×05 RejoinedDS9 6×26 Tears of the ProphetsLenara KahnTorias DaxNilani Kahn#52 Joined Trill(00:00) - Episode 80: Exes (SNW 1×08 Four-and-a-Half Vulcans) (01:05) - SNW 3×08 Four-and-a-Half Vulcans (24:26) - Exes (27:08) - TNG 1×11 Haven (34:12) - DS9 4×05 Rejoined Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Kevin and Rob dodge oddly insistent questions about what it's like to kill a person in order to discuss the relative merits of "What is Starfleet?" (SNW). Inspired by this episode's "space dragon", they revisit a couple of other giant space creatures of episodes past, in "Datalore" and "Silicon Avatar" (TNG), and "Tin Man" (TNG).SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?Giant space creaturesTNG 1×01/02 Encounter at FarpointTNG 1×13 DataloreCrystalline EntityLoreTNG 5×04 Silicon AvatarWhale probeTNG 3×20 Tin ManGomtuuRon Jones’ score for Datalore on Apple MusicTOS 2×19 The Immunity SyndromeTOS 2×18 Obsession(00:00) - Episode 79: Giant Space Creatures (SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet?) (00:44) - SNW 3×07 What is Starfleet? (16:57) - Giant space creatures (17:42) - TNG 1×13 Datalore (22:43) - TNG 5×04 Silicon Avatar (30:33) - TNG 3×20 Tin Man Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley

Rob and Kev record their entire conversation about "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" (SNW) over copper wires with pink telephone receivers. They then visit two previous uses of "ancient" technology in Trek adventures, "Spectre of the Gun" (TOS) and "Vis à Vis" (VOY).SNW 3×06 The Sehlat Who Ate Its TailUSS Farragut (NCC-1647)TOS 2×18 Obsession (the tragedy where Kirk, as a Lieutenant, blamed himself for the deaths of half the Farragut crew)USS Stargazer (NCC-2893)“Risk is our business” (and an extended cut!)SNW 2×06 Lost in Translation (clip of Kirk/Spock/Uhura first drink)Using Ancient TechnologyTOS 3×06 Spectre of the GunVOY 4×20 Vis à VisVOY 2×15 ThresholdB’Elanna TorresVOY 6×05 Alice(00:00) - Episode 78: Using Ancient Technology (SNW 3×06 The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail) (01:19) - SNW 3×06 The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail (21:58) - Using Ancient Technology (22:43) - TOS 3×06 Spectre of the Gun (31:21) - VOY 4×20 Vis à Vis Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley