Warp Five
Warp Five 261: Shacking Up to Save History
“Twilight” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss Mike Sussman‘s clever concept, the story’s Voyager origins, and how it raises the stakes for the rest of the season.
Warp Five 260: Leaning into Trust
“The Shipment” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss how the episode quickly pushes the Xindi story forward, its nuanced look at conflict and trust, and a fun science fiction take on alien tech.
Warp Five 259: I Only Wear My Sexiest Dresses in Exile
“Exile” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss Star Trek's attempt to do Beauty and the Beast in space.
Warp Five 258: Tap Two Times on the Bulkhead
“Impulse” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss how the story flips the Human–Vulcan narrative and accelerates T'Pol's character development.
Warp Five 257: Tricorder Hands
“Rajiin” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss Xindi motivations, Rajiin's reality, Archer's hard knocks journey, and how this installment advances the overall story.
Warp Five 256: Silk Worm Floss
“Extinction” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss if anything good comes from Archer, Hoshi, and Malcolm cracking open a grub-filled coconut.
Warp Five 255: Thousand-Year-Old Storage Unit
“Anomaly” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss how the Expanse changes people, the mystery of the spheres, and more.
Warp Five 254: A Trellium-D Pickle
“The Xindi” 20th-anniversary reflections. We warp into Season 3 as we discuss how the series takes a dark turn with a new mission, sexy character tension, and an upbeat retooling of everyone's favorite theme song.
Warp Five 253: Bringing It All Together (to Tear It All Apart)
“The Expanse” 20th-anniversary reflections. We close out Season 2 by saying bye-bye to Duras and hello to bigger fish as we discuss how the story sets the show on a new course.
Warp Five 252: Bitten by the Love Bug
“Bounty” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss how the story marks the end of the show’s original concept, sets a course for serialization, adds texture to pon farr, and proves that Tellarites are terrible travel guides.
Warp Five 251: Proof of Concept
“First Flight” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss how the story serves as a resounding proof of concept for the original idea for the series, meeting Trip, how Archer’s experiences with AG Robinson prepared him to be a leader, and more.
Warp Five 250: Popsicle Drones
“Regeneration” 20th-anniversary reflections. We discuss using the Borg at a time long before they were known to Starfleet, how to do a prequel right, how the story sets up Archer and his crew for the challenges of Season 3, and more.