Episode 88, Stardate 1304.23, “The coffee planet”

Michael Gaines | April 23, 2013

News

Into Darkness has premiered in Australia. Opens May 9 there.

Rotten Tomatoes: “A good percentage of its 145 minutes is spent in subterranean near-darkness.”

Spoiler-free review http://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/1cxu09/

BoBW this Thursday

Ten Forward:

How many theme planets can we name? (Native American planet, Chicago planet, etc)

Star Trek in pop culture:

Children’s Hospital – comedy show started on the WB in 2008 and began airing on Adult Swim 2010

A couple of Trek cosplayers show up. One as a klingon, and one as Kirk. Mean spirited.

Episode Insight: “A Piece of the Action” from TOS S2

Character insight: Locutus of Borg

Subspace communications

1000 questions