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Episode 186: Everything is Awesome

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Main Mission, Part 1 (with an appropriate sound effect)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Season 3, Episode 7
“What is Starfleet?”
Written by Kathryn Lyn & Alan B. McElroy
Directed by Sharon Lewis.

Subspace Chatter

Here are links to 130  additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories.

CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: The Original Series (1966 – 1969) [3 seasons]

  1. Harry Mudd was Star Trek: The Original Series’ most lovably infamous rogue
  2. ‘Star Trek’ premieres

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994) [7 seasons]

  1. How ‘Q’ Became STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION’s Ultimate Moral Test for Humanity — GeekTyrant
  2. Scotty’s Best Star Trek Episode Is The Next Generation’s “Relics”

Star Trek: Voyager (1995 – 2001) [7 seasons]

  1. Star Trek TV Show Scene Slammed By Cosmic Void Expert
  2. A Wild Star Trek Rumor Reveals the Real Reason for Voyager’s Strangest Character Change

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001 – 2005) [4 seasons]

  1. What might have been for Star Trek: Enterprise season 5

STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: Discovery (2017 – 2024) [5 seasons]

  1. Star Trek: Discovery’s Interesting Focus on a Main Character
  2. Star Trek Fans Think the Borg Created This Villain, But Discovery Quietly Confirmed Another Origin

Star Trek: Picard (2020 – 2023) [3 seasons]

  1. Strange New Worlds’ Scavengers Twist Complicates Star Trek: Picard’s 21st Century Timeline

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022 – present) [5th/final season announced]

  1. ‘Star Trek Strange New Worlds’ Paul Wesley Interview Kirk Spock
  2. Captain Kirk’s Journey In Strange New Worlds vs. J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek
  3. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 6 Review – Captain Kirk’s Return To Strange New Worlds Was Well Worth The Wait
  4. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 306 “The Sehlet Who Ate Its Tail” Review: The Birth of a Captain – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
  5. Preview ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Finale With 17 Images From “New Life and New Civilizations” – TrekMovie.com
  6. ‘Star Trek’ Is Born on ‘Strange New Worlds’
  7. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Director Breaks Down Seminal Captain Kirk Episode
  8. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Retcons Kirk and Pike’s TOS Relationship
  9. I Just Found Out Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Snuck A Big Doctor Who Easter Egg Into Season 3, And It Has Me Pumped For Upcoming Episodes | Cinemablend
  10. The Beat’s STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS midseason 3 roundtable
  11. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Goes Full Documentary in This Week’s Episode
  12. 59 Years Later, Star Trek Just Redefined Its Most Resourceful Character
  13. New photos from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 307 “What is Starfleet?” – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
  14. Preview “What Is Starfleet?” With 11 New Images From ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Episode 307 – TrekMovie.com
  15. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 7 Is A Deep Dive Into Starfleet’s Purpose
  16. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds recap – season 3, episode 7
  17. Star Trek’s Jonathan Frakes Said Strange New Worlds Parody Episode Had Showrunners Getting ‘Cold Feet’ Over William Shatner And Gene Roddenberry Portrayals
  18. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Just Ruined The Best Idea Of The Series By Copying Ice Cube’s War Of The Worlds
  19. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 7 Review – This Groundbreaking Episode Reminded Me Why So Many Love Star Trek
  20. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds asks if Starfleet are colonizers
  21. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Solved A Heartbreaking Next Generation Mystery
  22. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3’s Funniest Episode Is A Sequel To A Season 1 Story
  23. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Ethan Peck on the ‘Surprising’ Amount of Spock’s Love Life This Season – TV Guide
  24. Patton Oswalt’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Role Explained
  25. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Gives Kirk’s A Surprising Encounter With Khan
  26. Denise Crosby Talks Original Sela Pitch To Return To TNG, Sexism On The Star Trek Set, And More – TrekMovie.com
  27. RECAP | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 308 – ‘Four-and-a-Half Vulcans’
  28. Oh Dear, ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’
  29. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ just made Voyager’s darkest moment even worse
  30. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Celia Rose Gooding Talks Vulcan Uhura & Relationship With Beto (VIDEO) | Entertainment | wataugademocrat.com
  31. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds recap – season 3, episode 8
  32. Boldly Faithful: Star Trek Reveals Captain Pike Is a Christian| National Catholic Register
  33. Watch: How The Jikaru In ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Was Made + Ep. 307 Included Touching Tribute – TrekMovie.com
  34. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Easter Egg Honors Melissa Navia’s Late Partner
  35. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Nearly Reused Chris Pine Captain Kirk’s Favorite Song
  36. A Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Movie Almost Happened — Here’s What Stopped It
  37. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Reveals Captain Batel’s Exit Strategy
  38. Star Trek Finally Delivers Something Fans Have Demanded For Years – ComicBook.com
  39. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds needs to avoid a grave Captain Pike mistake | Radio Times
  40. Analysis: Who Are The Vezda In ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’? – Breaking Down The Prime Suspects – TrekMovie.com
  41. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Celia Rose Gooding on Uhura Blurring the Rules to Save Ortegas
  42. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 9’s Ortegas Gorn Encounter Echoes TOS & TNG Classics
  43. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Melissa Navia Talks Ortegas’ Gorn Episode
  44. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Finally Gave Fans The Ortegas Storyline They’ve Wanted
  45. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 309 “Terrarium” Review: Beyond the Arena – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
  46. Interview: Melissa Navia Talks Acting Challenges And Star Trek History In Her ‘Strange New Worlds’ Episode – TrekMovie.com
  47. Star Trek Just Turned Its Most Beloved Characters Into Racists

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy [season 1 in production, season 2 ordered]

  1. Becky Lynch Expects Return in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2
  2. Star Trek: Voyager’s Robert Picardo Addresses Return as The Doctor in Upcoming Series
  3. Jonathan Frakes Reveals Why Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Features A Starship
  4. STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY Pilot Episode Knocked Actor Robert Picardo “On My Holographic Butt”
  5. Interview: ‘Starfleet Academy’ Writer Kirsten Beyer On Balancing New Audience And 800+ Years Of Star Trek Canon – TrekMovie.com
  6. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s Showrunner Teases Severance-Inspired Opening Credits

Unannounced “Star Trek: Year One” series.

  1. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Ethan Peck Says a ‘Year One’ Series Would Be ‘Wonderful’ | Features | news-daily.com
  2. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Replacement Show Gets Full Support From the Stars

Trek series that never were, for one reason or another, [such as “Phase II”]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

  1. Why Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan Is The Best Star Trek Movie, Despite Rotten Tomatoes Score

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

  1. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – The Making of the Classic Film Review: Here’s to the journey – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion

    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1989)

    1. Star Trek VI’s Director Has A Major Regret About A Spock Moment

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

    1. Noah Hawley Elaborates (a Little) on His Never-Made ‘Star Trek’ Movie
    2. Star Trek: TNG, Data Would’ve Been the Focus of Noah Hawley’s Films

    OTHER MEDIA
    Star Trek books, audio books

    1. New ‘Star Trek: Klingon Next Door’ humor book reveals what the angry aliens do in their down time | Space

    Star Trek video games/board games

    1. Fly a nuclear corvette in this Cold War-era Star Trek homage from one of my favourite space game devs | Rock Paper Shotgun

    Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines

    1. Star Trek: The Last Starship Writers Tease ‘Brand New Take’ on The Franchise
    2. Preview New Horror-Themed Comic ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Seeds of Salvation’ #1 – TrekMovie.com
    3. Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming #1 – Comic Book Review
    4. Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming #1 Preview: Janeway’s Last Rodeo
    5. REVIEW- Star Trek: Voyager ‘Homecoming’ – Trek Central
    6. Star Trek: Voyager’s Comic Sequel Debuts To Mixed Reactions From Fans
    7. Star Trek: Red Shirts #2 – Comic Book Review
    8. EXCLUSIVE preview: IDW’s next wave brings TMNT, Godzilla, and Star Trek into bold new chapters • AIPT

    MISCELLANEOUS

    Paramount (a Skydance Corporation)

    1. New Star Trek movies would be closely connected to the Paramount Plus shows
    2. This Day in History: Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is born

    Star Trek related science news

    1. Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek – YouTube
    2. AI governance, agentic misalignment and the lessons from ‘Star Trek’ | Opinion | Compliance Week
    3. Star Trek as Refuge for the Science-Minded – The Provincetown Independent

    Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous

    1. Star Trek Ranked: All The Movies, TV Shows, And Everything Else
    2. 3 times Spock made us emotional
    3. 10 Most Unique Ships In Star Trek
    4. Redneck Star Trek Warps Into Hilarious Fan-Made AI Video — GeekTyrant
    5. How Star Trek Won Me Over As A Star Wars Fan – ComicBook.com
    6. Star Trek Needs A Very Specific Genre Of Show
    7. Best Medicine with Eric Brown: Asheville needs to channel its inner Star Trek – Mountain Xpress
    8. The best Star Trek episodes every Trekkie should watch
    9. 4 Essential Star Trek Series To Binge Now That They’re Finished
    10. I’m Shocked at How Fast 2 of the Best Star Trek Shows Cemented Themselves as Must-Watch Masterpieces
    11. 3 Star Trek books written by Star Trek franchise actors

    Convention news/fandom

    1. Destination, unofficial Star Trek convention, warps into Blackpool soon – downthetubes.net


    Actor Watch

    1. Malcolm McDowell dishes on Star Trek, Stanley Kubrick
    2. Celia Rose Gooding embraces “Star Trek” icon Uhura: “It’s just fun to play a recognizable, playful version of this character” – CBS News
    3. Christina Chong’s New Music: The Perfect Companion To Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
    4. Actress Michelle Yeoh takes centre stage after lobbying for Star Trek: Discovery spin-off | The Straits Times
    5. ‘Star Trek’ Actor Has a Message for Fans Following Concern – Parade
    6. In Conversation – Star Trek Stars Navia and Picardo – Trek Central
    7. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Star Melissa Navia Found One Ortegas Scene All Too Relatable [Exclusive]

    End Of Show

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