Episodes

  • Star Trek 2x22 - "Return to Tomorrow" Review

    Star Trek 2x22 - "Return to Tomorrow" Review
    Nov 12 2025
    On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I learn that sometimes it’s best to let Sargons be bygones - especially when you meet douche bags with big ball energy who like to call ya “son”! Hide your Muldaurs and hide your Spocks, maman! They're snatchin' everybody out here!

    As we continue our rewatch/first-watch of The Original Series, we find ourselves face-to-face with LIGHTS IN BALLS... or rather, the now-non-corporeal entities who used to be humans millennia ago, desperate to make it back into human bodies -- but becoming human comes with weaknesses, maman! Sargon, this sounds familiar... We're talking Star Trek 2x22, “Return to Tomorrow”

    🎙 Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek The Original Series 2×22 – “Return to Tomorrow”

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Star Trek 2x21 - "By Any Other Name" Review

    Star Trek 2x21 - "By Any Other Name" Review
    Nov 4 2025
    On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave learn what a sensual thing an apology can be – and that if you drink too much ya might turn green, maman! Or your drink might, anyway. As we continue our rewatch/first-watch of The Original Series, we find ourselves face-to-face with the Kelvans, desperate to make it back home to their Andromeda galaxy -- but becoming human comes with weaknesses, maman! We're talking Star Trek 2x21, “By Any Other Name.”

    🎙 Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek The Original Series 2×21 – “By Any Other Name”

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

    🖖 Listen & Subscribe:
    🌐 StarTrekUcast.com
    🍎 Apple Podcasts
    🎧 Spotify
    📡 Spreaker
    ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter
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    48 mins
  • Star Trek 2x20 - "A Piece of the Action" Review

    Star Trek 2x20 - "A Piece of the Action" Review
    Oct 29 2025
    On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave beam down to Sigma Iotia II — the planet that found a book about Chicago mobsters and decided to run with it! From fedoras to tommy guns, the Iotians built an entire society modeled after 1920s gangland culture, maman. Now the warring “bosses” want the Federation to supply them with heaters for their escalating turf war. It’s one of the funniest and most iconic episodes of The Original Series, blending sci-fi satire with pulpy gangster style. Dave likes to think of it as “A Private Little Cosplay” — but you’ll know it better as Star Trek 2x20, “A Piece of the Action.”

    🎙 Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek The Original Series 2×20 – “A Piece of the Action”

    👥 Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

    🖖 Listen & Subscribe:
    🌐 StarTrekUcast.com
    🍎 Apple Podcasts
    🎧 Spotify
    📡 Spreaker
    ✍️ David C. Roberson’s Newsletter
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    46 mins
  • Starfleet Academy NYCC Trailer, Strange New Worlds Season 4 Clip, + United Updates

    Starfleet Academy NYCC Trailer, Strange New Worlds Season 4 Clip, + United Updates
    Oct 17 2025
    We’re talking Starfleet Academy casting (Tilly's back, sorta) and premiere news, Strange New Worlds season 4’s “go for broke” energy, and the Star Trek: United series that might still be. Interesting news bits abound in the world of Trek, maman!

    Starfleet Academy

    • Tilly is Reportedly Only in One Episode!
    • Details on Caleb Mir and S.A.M.
    • How They Changed the S.A.M. Character for Kerrice Brooks
    • Alex Kurtzman Praises Cast
    • New Trailer for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
    • Stephen Colbert to Play Digital Dean of Students
    • Official Synopsis
    • Starfleet Academy Release Date Details (January 15)
    Strange New Worlds


    • First Look Clip of Season 4
    • No Release Announced, only "Coming Soon"
    • "Going for broke" in Season 4
    Star Trek: United


    • Series Would Be Set on Babel, Not Earth
    • Would Further Explore the Romulan War and Aftermath
    • Enterprise Cast Members Would Possibly Make Return
    • Though Technoically Not in Production, Andrew Probert is Working on Designs
    Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Matthew Carroll

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

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    David C. Roberson's Newsletter: https://davidcroberson.substack.com/
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    48 mins
  • Star Trek 2x19 - "The Immunity Syndrome" Review

    Star Trek 2x19 - "The Immunity Syndrome" Review
    Oct 16 2025
    On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I find ourselves dark place drained of energy, maman – I’m not talking about seasonal depression – We’re spending some time inside of a giant amoeba as we review Star Trek 2x19, "The Immunity Syndrome"!

    Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek 2x19 - "The Immunity Syndrome"

    Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

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    David C. Roberson's Newsletter: https://davidcroberson.substack.com/
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Star Trek 2x18 - "Obsession" Review

    Star Trek 2x18 - "Obsession" Review
    Oct 9 2025
    It takes a bloodthirsty captain to kill a bloodthirsty cloud, maman! We're talking all about Jim Kirk's obsession with a vampire cloud creature who killed half his crew 11 years ago! More Moby Dick, maman! Another cloud creature! Another vampire, too. This one is a triple-threat retread, maman!

    Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek 2x18 - "Obsession"

    Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

    Join Us:
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    David C. Roberson's Newsletter: https://davidcroberson.substack.com/
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Star Trek 2x17 - "The Gamesters of Triskelion" Review

    Star Trek 2x17 - "The Gamesters of Triskelion" Review
    Oct 1 2025
    Effie and Dave fight to be vended as thralls while wearing tin foil bikinis and getting eye-effed by Galt! Lord have mercy upon us, maman! It'll be no time before we're served the old Jim Kirk peck-n-punch! Or worse, his cock-n-sock!

    Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek 2x17 - "The Gamesters of Triskelion"

    Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

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    David C. Roberson's Newsletter: https://davidcroberson.substack.com/
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    51 mins
  • Star Trek 2x16 - "A Private Little War" Review

    Star Trek 2x16 - "A Private Little War" Review
    Sep 24 2025
    Kirk brings the crew to a spot he visited before, but he expected paradise -- not a private little war! This is an uneven-but-fun episode to talk about, maman! We got G̶u̶m̶a̶t̶o̶, er, Mugato bites, a witch with a small, deadly box, wigs, Lisa Frank stickers on foreheads and a Vietnam redux, maman! It's a wild one!

    Episode Reviewed:
    Star Trek 2x16 - "A Private Little War"

    Hosts:
    David C. Roberson
    Effie Ophelders

    Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

    Join Us:
    Site: http://startrekucast.com
    Apple: http://bit.ly/StuCast
    Spotify: http://bit.ly/StarTrekUCast
    Spreaker: http://bit.ly/StuCastSpreaker
    David C. Roberson's Newsletter: https://davidcroberson.substack.com/
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    58 mins