Episode 158: Legally Blonde Notepad

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Here are links to 122  additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. 

CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

  1. Forgotten Star Trek: TNG Episode Filled With Original Series Easter Eggs | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
  2. Star Trek’s Best Character Has A Secret Tie To James Bond | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
  3. Star Trek Theory Changes Two Next Generation Fan-Favorite Characters, Reshapes Entire Series | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
  4. Why Wesley Crusher Left Star Trek, and Why He Came Back

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

  1. Star Trek’s Best Show And Why It’s At The Top | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Enterprise

  1. Star Trek’s Most Underrated Show Almost Lost Its Best Character | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: Discovery

  1. Discovery Was Built On Earth Like USS Enterprise In J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek
  2. Star Trek: Discovery’s Red Angel Explained
  3. Star Trek: Discovery – Rayner Crosses the Line | Star Trek
  4. I Heard A Criticism About Star Trek Discovery That I Admittedly Don’t Have An Answer For | Cinemablend
  5. THEORY: Did ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Finally Resolve The “Calypso” Mystery? – TrekMovie.com
  6. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Reveals Moll & L’ak’s Backstory — Plus, What’s Next? | Entertainment | mycouriertribune.com
  7. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 5 episode 5 ‘Mirrors’ is a quality installment, but weighed down by another anchor of nostalgia | Space
  8. Would Book Ever Join Starfleet? “Potentially,” Explains Star Trek: Discovery’s David Ajala
  9. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Heads Into Extra-Dimensional Space In Search of the Next Clue
  10. Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 5 Review – Mirrors | Den of Geek
  11. Love Is Always the Answer on Star Trek: Discovery
  12. Star Trek Just Addressed One of Deep Space Nine’s Biggest Unanswered Questions | Den of Geek
  13. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’: David Ajala Talks Book & Michael’s Relationship, Plus More Grudge
  14. RECAP | Star Trek: Discovery 505 – ‘Mirrors’ | Star Trek
  15. 8 New Details Star Trek: Discovery Revealed About DS9’s Breen
  16. “Jelly Breens”: Star Trek Writer Deep Dives Into Discovery Season 5’s Breen Villains
  17. One Of Star Trek’s Biggest Mysteries Was Just Solved And It Explains The Dominion War | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
  18. Star Trek: Discovery Just Did A Secret Strange New Worlds Crossover
  19. Recap/Review: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Reflects On Its Choices In “Mirrors” – TrekMovie.com
  20. Prep Begins For ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Finale; Cast And Directors Share BTS Images – TrekMovie.com
  21. Jonathan Frakes Sees Opportunities With Streaming Star Trek Movies, Weighs In On “Filler Episodes” – TrekMovie.com
  22. Discovery Season 5 Episode 5 Easter Eggs Reveal the Fate of a Classic Star Trek Ship | Den of Geek
  23. (COLUMN) Rice: Just Another Gal from Casper – watching ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ – Casper, WY Oil City News
  24. Love Is Always the Answer on Star Trek: Discovery
  25. Why Ethan Peck Didn’t Appear As Star Trek: Discovery’s Mirror Universe Spock Revealed By Writer
  26. Star Trek Discovery Cancellation Ruins Strange New Worlds Crossover? | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
  27. Interview: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Writer Carlos Cisco On Unmasking The Breen And Revisiting The ISS Enterprise – TrekMovie.com
  28. Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Reveals Fate Of Mirror Universe Saru
  29. L’ak’s Star Trek: Discovery Identity Reveal Was Foreshadowed In Season 5’s Premiere
  30. Book Knew 2 Weird Things In Star Trek: Discovery, But How?
  31. Star Trek: Discovery – L’ak and Moll’s Secret | Star Trek
  32. Star Trek: Discovery’s 5 TNG Progenitors Scientists & Clues Meanings Explained
  33. Star Trek: Discovery Season 5’s Betazoid Is A Marina Sirtis Counselor Troi Tribute
  34. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 5 episode 6 goes old school and benefits because of it | Space
  35. It’s The (Other) Enterprise! How Discovery’s I.S.S. Enterprise Connects Three Eras of Star Trek | Star Trek
  36. Star Trek Just Secretly Hinted At New Spinoff? | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
  37. Star Trek: Discovery’s Final Season Is ‘Dependent on a Very Significant Star Trek Easter Egg,’ Says EP
  38. Star Trek: Discovery Disappointingly Avoids Homeworld Of Enterprise’s Dr. Phlox
  39. Star Trek: Discovery episode “Whistlespeak” is Some Classic Prime Directive Nonsense | The Workprint
  40. David Ajala Explains Star Trek: Discovery Seemingly Ending Cleveland Booker’s Story In Season 4, And Why He’s Glad He Returned For Season 5 | Cinemablend
  41. A Famous Star Trek Hero Committed Michael Burnham’s Crime With a Twist
  42. Where’s Saru? Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Sidelined The Kelpien Hero
  43. William Shatner’s Star Trek Movie Ideas Live Again In Discovery Season 5
  44. This Star Trek: Discovery Character Is Named After a Real Scientist
  45. I’ve Been Missing Detmer & Owosekun In Star Trek: Discovery Season 5
  46. What Does God Need with a Computer? How Discovery Re-Frames a Classic Star Trek Story | Star Trek
  47. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 5 episode 7 ‘Eirgah’ is the best yet of this final season | Space
  48. Star Trek Discovery Season 5 Episode 7 Review: Erigah Reveals New Breen Secrets | Den of Geek

Star Trek: Picard

  1. Michael Dorn Wanted Armin Shimerman To Play The Ferengi That Worf Killed In Star Trek Picard – TrekMovie.com
  2. Seven Of Nine & Raffi’s Star Trek: Picard Love Story Origin Revealed By Michelle Hurd

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

  1. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Directors Post Filming Updates
  2. Strange New Worlds Actors Reveal Cut Star Trek Musical Finale Moment & Why Spock Dances
  3. Truth About Captain Pike’s Hair Confirmed By Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Jess Bush

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

  1. Star Trek: Discovery Sets Up A Problem For Starfleet Academy Show To Solve

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

  1. DeForest Kelley Made A Change To Star Trek’s Dr. McCoy In The Voyage Home

Star Trek: Generations

  1. One of the Most Underrated Star Trek Films Is Far Better Than Fans Remember

Star Trek: First Contact

  1. Star Trek’s Writers Didn’t Invent The Borg Queen – A Paramount Executive Did

Star Trek Beyond

  1. Krall’s Bizarre Vampire Powers In Star Trek Beyond Explained

Untitled Star Trek Kelvin-verse movie [currently not on Paramount announced roster]

  1. Chris Pine is also baffled by the Star Trek 4 new writer news: “I thought there was already a script?” | GamesRadar+

OTHER MEDIA
Star Trek video games/board games

  1. Star Trek Adventures Second Edition Rules Changes Revealed (Exclusive)

Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines

  1. The Fight Against The Space Parasites Isn’t Going Well For B’Elanna In Preview Of ‘Star Trek: Defiant’ #14 – TrekMovie.com

MISCELLANEOUS

Paramount+/Paramount Global News

  1. Paramount, Skydance inch closer to a merger agreement: Sources
  2. Comcast Earnings: Is Peacock Strategy Working? [Parrot Analytics] | Scoop News
  3. Pluto TV launches channel with exclusive content about Real Madrid » Media in Canada
  4. Paramount CEO Bob Bakish 2023 Pay Disclosed
  5. Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish’s 2023 Pay Dips Slightly To $31.3M
  6. Paramount Global-B (PARA) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week’s Release | Nasdaq
  7. In Paramount takeover effort, Silicon Valley and Hollywood worlds collide | Reuters
  8. Pluto TV to Roll Out ‘South Park’ Channel
  9. Here’s Why Paramount Global-B (PARA) is a Strong Value Stock
  10. Jo Ann Ross, Paramount’s Veteran Ad-Sales Chair, Plans to Exit
  11. Rtl will take over Nickelodeon Germany satellite slot – IMDb
  12. Paramount Global (PARAA) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: Here’s Why
  13. Movie Studio Profit Report: A Year of Major Transition
  14. ‘Dune: Part Two’ Studio Legendary Eyes Growth Independent of Paramount – Bloomberg
  15. Paramount, Skydance inch closer to a merger agreement: Sources
  16. Paramount Global and Skydance Media Near Merger Deal, Eyeing CEO Change
  17. Paramount CEO Bob Bakish Might Be Ousted Amid M&A Talks
  18. Paramount Global mulls replacing CEO Bakish as it pursues merger – MarketWatch
  19. Sony-Apollo Bid for Paramount Could ‘Bring More to the Table’ Than Skydance
  20. Paramount and Skydance inch closer to a merger as key hurdle looms – YouTube

Star Trek related science news

  1. Scientists Get Serious in the Search for a Working Warp Drive
  2. Star Trek Warp Drive One Step Closer To Reality | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous

  1. Stuck in a Loop: The Best of Star Trek’s Time-Jumping Episodes | Star Trek
  2. Star Trek’s Paramount Plus Movies Must Keep Canceled TV Shows Alive
  3. Star Trek: Voyager & DS9 Crossed Over In The Mirror Universe
  4. 2-Hour Star Trek Is “On The Table”, Says Jonathan Frakes & What This Means For Picard’s Legacy Spinoff
  5. 8 Planets Star Trek Destroyed
  6. Star Trek Advertised Enterprise By Having A Klingon Knock Out A Hater
  7. Star Trek Stage Officially Announced By Pinewood Studios
  8. Star Trek Beyond: Who Got Really Rich from the Franchise
  9. Alex Kurtzman Says There’s An Infinite Number Of Star Trek Stories To Tell, But New Shows Must Be “Authentic” – TrekMovie.com
  10. Why Star Trek’s Replicators Outraged Some Of The Series’ Biggest Writers

Convention news/fandom

  1. 3 iconic Star Trek actors are beaming into Montreal Comiccon this summer – MTL Blog


Actor Watch

  1. ‘William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill’ Documentary Arrives On VOD On Friday – TrekMovie.com
  2. ‘Star Trek’s’ History-Making Black Woman Captain Sonequa Martin-Green Shares How She Got Here | News | BET
  3. Star Trek’s Biggest Badass Reveals a Surprising Starship Secret
  4. William Shatner Is Asking You to Re-Examine Your Life
  5. Star Trek’s George Takei pens children’s book detailing childhood in World War II internment camps – ABC News
  6. George Takei: Why I love a country that once betrayed me | TED Talk
  7. WARP FIVE: Sonequa Martin-Green on the Gift of Michael Burnham | Star Trek
  8. This Was Anton Yelchin’s Favorite Episode From Star Trek: The Original Series
  9. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’: David Ajala Talks Book & Michael’s Relationship, Plus More Grudge
  10. WARP FIVE: David Ajala on Embracing Second Chances and the Heavy Burden of Legacy | Star Trek
  11. Wilson Cruz Recalls ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Audition & Being ‘Formidable Enough’ (VIDEO)
  12. As a Star Trek Era Ends, One Star Reveals the Franchise’s Greatest Lesson
  13. Star Trek’s Most Painful Drama: Why Did William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy Fall Out? – IMDb
  14. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’: Mary Wiseman on Tilly’s Protective Side, Ultimate Goal, and Finale Ending | Entertainment | elpasoinc.com
  15. William Shatner Says He’d Be Willing To Do Another ‘Star Trek’ Voyage
  16. William Shatner says he would consider ‘Star Trek’ return: ‘Here comes Captain Kirk!’
  17. Walter Koenig Says William Shatner Was “Funny” & “Made Us All Laugh” On Star Trek: The Original Series
  18. William Shatner Calls Return To Star Trek “Intriguing Idea,” Suggests Digital De-Aging To Play Kirk Again – TrekMovie.com
  19. Crowdfunded ‘Space Command: Redemption’ Released, Features Star Trek’s Doug Jones, Robert Picardo & More – TrekMovie.com
  20. Star Trek: Discovery’s Doug Jones Confirms Why Saru Has Been Missing From Season 5 Epsiodes
  21. Jonathan Frakes Reveals How Roddenberry Described Riker & How “Nervous” He Was In TNG Season 1
  22. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Star Talks [Spoiler]’s Death: ‘I Kind of Sussed It Out’ | Entertainment | standardspeaker.com

Main Mission, Part 1

Star Trek: Discovery
“Mirrors”
Written by Johanna Lee & Carlos Cisco
Directed by Jen McGowan

Main Mission, Part 2

Star Trek: Discovery
“Whistlespeak”
Written by Kenneth Lin & Brandon Schultz
Directed by Chris Byrne

Main Mission, Part 3

Star Trek: Discovery
“Erigah”
Written by M. Raven Metzner
Directed by Jon Dudkowski

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