Episode 148: Tucker didn’t trip. He was pushed!

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Main Mission, Part 1

Star Trek: Lower Decks
“Caves”
Season 4, Episode 8
Written by Ben Rodgers
Directed by Megan Lloyd

Subspace Chatter

• I Didn’t Have L’Rell’s Klingon Boobs Going On Sale On My Bingo Card Ahead Of Star Trek: Discovery’s Final Season | Cinemablend
• eBay auction: Star Trek Discovery Klingon Prosthetic Boobs Alien screen used L’rell | eBay
• Terry Matalas had a plan for Jake Sisko to appear in Star Trek: Picard
• Mike McMahan Clarifies His Views On Chances For Another ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season Pickup – TrekMovie.com

Here are links to 59  additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories.

CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1. Star Trek Thoughts: How TNG Became Center of Franchise’s Universe
2. 1 Star Trek: TNG Episode Aged Even Worse 35 Years Later
3. 7 Aliens Introduced In Star Trek: TNG Season 1 (& Who Was Important)
4. Star Trek: TNG Writer Credits Jonathan Frakes for Pulling Off Riker’s ‘Tricky’ Role
5. Patrick Stewart Says STAR TREK Creator Gene Roddenberry Wanted Deanna Troi To Have “Three Or Four Breasts”
6. Star Trek: TNG Writer Believes Jonathan Frakes Is the Force Behind Riker’s Success
7. Why Troi Didn’t Wear A Star Trek Uniform Until Later In TNG
8. 1988 Strike impacted Star Trek: The Next Generation
9. Jonathan Frakes Loved Mocking Picard’s Most Famous Star Trek: First Contact Line
10. Roddenberry’s Bizarre, “Cheesecake” Idea For Star Trek: TNG’s Troi Confirmed By Patrick Stewart

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

11. Why Ezri Replaced Jadzia As Dax Explained By Star Trek: DS9 Writer
12. When The Niners Played Ball | Star Trek

Star Trek: Voyager

13. One Star Trek: Voyager episode explains Neelix best of all
14. Star Trek’s Kathryn Janeway Wasn’t Happy as Voyager’s Captain

Star Trek: Enterprise

15. STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE Showrunner Details William Shatner’s Scrapped Return As Villainous Captain Kirk
16. Enterprise’s Archer Copied Picard’s Star Trek: Insurrection Romance
17. William Shatner’s Amazing, Rejected Star Trek Comeback Storyline Explained By Enterprise Showrunner
18. Enterprise Had A Big Problem From The Star Trek Prequel’s Start, Says Showrunner
19. Favorite Captain Archer Episodes | Star Trek

STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: Discovery

20. 5 reasons fans never fully embraced Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Picard

21. A ‘Tantrum’ Saved Star Trek: Picard’s Enterprise-D Set From Destruction

Star Trek: Lower Decks

22. Mike McMahon explains who T’Lyn is based on in Star Trek: Lower Decks
23. Star Trek: Lower Decks final episodes are a “big swing”
24. Star Trek Finally Gives 1 Controversial TNG Episode A Better Explanation
25. Star Trek: Lower Decks Showrunner Reveals His Approach to Season Finales
26. Star Trek: Lower Decks goes back to its beginnings
27. Season 4 of Star Trek: Lower Decks has been somewhat underwhelming
28. Interview: Mike McMahan Talks “Caves,” Season 5, And Trying To Bring ‘Enterprise’ To ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ – TrekMovie.com
29. ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ creator shares how to find humor in Starfleet | Space
30. Star Trek: Lower Decks – Trapped in a Turbolift | Star Trek
31. “Buncha rocks always beats centuries of technological progress” — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Caves” | Tor.com
32. Is Star Trek: Lower Decks keeping surprise appearances under wraps?
    

Star trek: Prodigy

33. The fans are being given all the credit for saving Star Trek: Prodigy
34. Alex Kurtzman Credits Fans For Saving ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ On Netflix – TrekMovie.com
    

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

35. Star Trek 5 Says Strange New Worlds Can’t Do 2 Things With Spock’s Brother Sybok
36. Strange New Worlds Season 2 Did A Stealth Star Trek: TOS Episode Remake

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

37. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is being made for the younger generation

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

38. Roddenberry Was Right: Why Star Trek 6 Switched Saavik For Another Vulcan
    

Star Trek: Generations

39. William Shatner Was “A Pleasure” In Star Trek Generations, Despite Patrick Stewart’s Early “Disappointment”

OTHER MEDIA
Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines

40. New ‘Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek’ miniseries coming in 2024 | Space
41. Star Trek: Sisko Meets Janeway In New Preview
42. Star Trek Is Officially Bringing Back Tasha Yar (To Meet Her Daughter)
43. Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek Series Announced

MISCELLANEOUS

Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous

44. 3 Times Star Trek Was Fascinated By Jupiter
45. Get Your Halloween Watchlist Ready With Our List of the Scariest ‘Star Trek’ Episodes — Daily Star Trek News
46. Five Star Trek technologies/circumstances we should ignore”
47. Faces in the Dark | Star Trek
48. The “Spock’s Brain Award”: All Star Trek 101’s worst episodes ranked from to bad to worst
49. 10 Ways Star Trek Needs to Reinvent Itself for Future Series
50. 12 Important Star Trek Heroes Who Aren’t In Starfleet
51. 13 Star Trek Movies Ranked By Worst To Best Box Office
52. A Major-General in Space Saved This Earthly Child From Bullying | Star Trek
53. Why the fans matter when writing for any Star Trek series
54. Star Trek’s Best Opera Moments, Ranked | Star Trek
55. 11 Star Trek History Making Starfleet Academy Cadets
56. Favorite Captain Archer Episodes | Star Trek
57. Star Trek Debunks 4 Hilarious Conspiracy Theories (But Others Actually Happened)

Actor Watch

58. Roddenberry’s Son Explains What Majel Would’ve Thought About Modern Star Trek

Star Trek: Lower Decks
“The Inner Fight”
Season 4, Episode 9
Written by Mike McMahan
Directed by Brandon Williams

End Of Show

It’s about time to refill the dilithium chamber and get on out of here. 

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