“Aye. And if my grandmother had a wheel, she’d be a wagon.”

After some months of other nonsense, the human journey continues with Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Join your thesis supervisor (Tyler D. R. Vance) and our resilient thesis student (Daniel G. Schep) as the two of them weather the lukewarm waters of the third entry in Stark Trek’s film franchise. Along the way they’ll salute the Enterprise for its service, pine for the themes and well-preserved hammy-ness that defined the previous entry, and praise James Horner for raising a collection of decent scenes into the highest echelons of Star Trek cinema. Also, if you’re interested in hearing what it sounds like when Tyler and Dan chat without having to worry about sounding intelligent (or even coherent), then make sure to stick around for the after-episode blooper section.

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“The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to clog up the drain.”