Today, we’re providing a recap and analysis of the audio drama, Star Trek: Khan. As promised, Gary and Addell return to conclude their review of the nine-part scripted audio podcast, "Star Trek: Khan." They analyze the events that transpire in Star Trek's first audio-only drama. Is it better than expected? Listen and find out.

Addell and Gary take a look at Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in its entirety. The ten-episode series is a mixed bag, showing a decline in quality and consistency compared to the first two seasons. While some episodes highlighted the strength of the cast and introduced a potentially significant new antagonist, others are built on weak writing, wacky plots, and rehashes of stories or subject matter from previous Star Trek series. The season three finale is seen as a perfect example of the season as a whole: it delivered an emotionally satisfying conclusion to a leading character's arc. Still, it was marred by flawed, problematic writing, quirky episode ideas, and the rehashing of material from other Star Trek series, which wasted precious storytelling time in a season with 10 episodes.

"Star Trek: Khan," a new narrative podcast, was developed by writers Kirsten Beyer and David Mack from a story by Nicholas Meyer, the writer/director of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan". The series explores Khan’s exile on Ceti Alpha V and the unraveling of his utopian ambitions. Naveen Andrews voices Khan, while Wrenn Schmidt portrays his conflicted love interest, Dr. Marla McGivers. The podcast attempts to fill in the story between Khan's exile and his obsessive quest for revenge decades later.

In "New Life and New Civilizations," the Season 3 finale, the Enterprise crew must prevent the ancient evil known as the Vezda from spreading after it escapes containment. To stop the Vezda, Captain Marie Batel must confront her destiny and the sacrifice she must make for the greater good.

Lieutenant Erica Ortegas crash-lands on a dangerous, toxic moon after a shuttle flight goes wrong, and finds herself stranded, isolated, and forced to survive against all odds in the hope of being rescued. While struggling to find resources and shelter from the moon's deadly environment, she discovers she is not alone, as a badly injured Gorn pilot has also crash-landed there.

"Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" opens with Captain Pike and an away team embarking on a mission to a pre-warp planet that received an energy system from Vulcans before the Prime Directive was in place. The system is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown. To avoid detection, the landing party must temporarily transform into Vulcans. Upon returning to the Enterprise, the antidote proves ineffective. The four human crew members are stuck as Vulcans, indefinitely.

Episode Seven unfolds through an unusual format: as a documentary assembled by Erica Ortegas' filmmaking brother, Umberto. Comprised of personal interviews as well as“declassified” Federation security feeds and shipboard recordings, Beto, as he is better known, sets out to interrogate the central question: What is Starfleet? Is it genuinely a fleet of peaceful explorers or the military wing of a galaxy-stretching empire?

"The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" is a crucial stepping stone in James Kirk's development. When a routine survey mission turns deadly, the young First Officer of U.S.S. Farragut is unexpectedly thrust into command. The planet’s surface suddenly implodes, and an unexpected alien force cripples the ship. The experience forces Kirk to confront the grim realities of command and the weight of his decisions.

Episode Five features an adventure to a genuinely strange new world, complete with a strange new civilization. The Enterprise arrives at Vadia IX to study an ancient archaeological site discovered by Dr. Roger Korby and Nurse Christine Chapel. Uhura and Ortegas' brother Beto joins them on the landing party. What they discover in a hidden ancient temple is more than expected. The crew confronts an ancient evil that poses a greater threat than they initially thought.

"A Space Adventure Hour" is partially a loving homage, with equal parts biting satire, of The Original Series. Set on the soundstage of a cancelled 1960s sci-fi show called "The Last Frontier," the holodeck recreates a murder mystery scenario based on the fictional Amelia Moon detective series that La'An read as a child. The episode features both Scotty and La'An being asked to test-run a prototype of the holodeck called a "re-creation room."

Gary and Addell look at Strange New Worlds' latest episode, "Shuttle to Kenfori." Pike and M'Benga break all of the rules during an unofficial mission to a restricted planet in hopes of saving Batel from her Gorn infestation. While on the Enterprise, Ortegas' recovery from her injuries is tested as she attempts to establish control over a world that has been revealed to be more savage and threatening since her encounter with the Gorn.

We're back! Paramount+ has released two episodes to kick off Season Three of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the thrilling "Hegemony, Part II" and the comical "Wedding Bell Blues." Addell and Gary can't wait to break them both down. "Hegemony, Part II" is filled with as many nail-biting twists as "Wedding Bell Blues" is chock-full of silly moments. This is a great one-two punch for the start of a new season. Enjoy.

The long-anticipated Star Trek project has finally arrived. "Star Trek: Section 31" has more lives than a cat. We've been waiting for this project since 2018. But is it any good? Listen and find out as we review the first Star Trek streaming movie.

Addell and Gary preview "Star Trek: Section 31," the new Star Trek film. We’ll help you prepare for the film with a brief history of Section 31 in the Star Trek universe, share descriptions of the movie's main characters, and identify a few of our favorite Section 31 episodes. We’ll end the podcast with the latest Star Trek news.

In the series finale, creator Mike McMahan and director Megan Lloyd craft a fitting ending to the season five arc and the adventures of this particular crew of the USS Cerritos.

In the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, we get a cornucopia of surprises and plot twists that don't disappoint. "Fissure Quest" is the best, most imaginative, and most entertaining episode of Season Five. We are confronted with the mystery of the dimensional fissures, but with answers, we could have never imagined. Let's not spoil your enjoyment by revealing too many details.

Mike McMahan delivers us another signature TNG trope with "Upper Decks." Wrapped in an anthology episode, five vignettes follow the lives of select bridge crew members - Captain Freeman, Commander Ransom, Lieutenant Shax, Commander Billups, and Dr. T’Ana - through their day aboard the Cerritos. This quintet of tales incorporates even more tropes (an alien invasion, space cows, performance of a one-man show, a devolved crew member, witnessing a birthing ceremony, engineering disasters, Bajoran trauma, etc.)

It's two reviews in one! In "Of Gods and Angles," Mariner teams up with a troubled ensign while the Cerritos is holding peace talks between two civilizations. Then, with "Fully Dilated," an undercover mission to a pre-warp society where the planetary core creates a spacetime differential resulting in time dilation. For every second on the Cerritos, a week will pass for the away team on the surface.

The Cerritos deviate to the infamous Starbase 80 to fix their navigational system or spend the next 700 years on impulse getting home. Captain Freeman is troubled knowing that her alternate dimension doppelganger was reassigned to their Starbase 80 as punishment for some failure of leadership. It inspires her to make sure this trip goes well. Unfortunately, the crew, including Boimler, gets infected by a mysterious disease. Mariner believes it was caused by "the curse of Starbase 80."

In "A Farewell to Farms," Mariner and Boimler travel to the Klingon homeworld, Qo'noS, where they look up Ma'ah, a once-honored Klingon warrior now living a mundane life on his family's farm. They attempt to help him reclaim his lost rank and the command of a Klingon Battlecruiser despite the opposition of the Oversight Committee. The B-plot takes place on the Cerritos. Captain Freeman and her crew try to handle a touchy diplomatic crisis involving Dr. Migleemo and two visiting Klowahkan dignitaries who are food critics with exceptionally high standards.