201. Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Recap So Far

It's been a long road, getting from there to here... with here being our final Transporter Room 3 of 2020. This week, we review "Terra Firma, Part 2" and look back at Star Trek: Discovery's third season so far. And there be plenty of Red Shirts here, too.

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Episode 199: Cake Is Eternal

Michael is back with her crew and we're back with a new TR3! This week, we review the newest (and very exciting) episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "People of Earth," as well as last week's episode, “Far From Home.”

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New character Adira arrives (played by Blu del Barrio), the Discovery finally gets a full-time captain, and that guy from the Dawn of the Dead remake grows a mullet. So yeah, we have a lot to unpack.

We also add another nameless Red Shirt to our memorial wall. So grab a slice of "eternal cake" and listen now!

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Episode 163: What Worked (and What Sucked) About Discovery Season 2

Special guest Matt Fowler joins us for a recap of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, one of the best (and most ambitious) seasons of Trek ever.

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We look back at the highs (Pike! That epic finale!) and lows (smdh, May) of Michael and Disco's last days in the 23rd century.

We also have our literally biggest Red Shirts ever, thanks to Matt, and a nice flashback to 33 years ago this week when Kirk and Spock were loitering around San Francisco in The Voyage Home.

So strap into your Red Angel suit and listen now to our newest episode!

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Episode 162: Discovery’s Season 2 Finale Goes for Broke

Star Trek: Discovery's Season 2 finale, "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2," was the Trek equivalent of one of Stefon's clubs. It has EVERYTHING!

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Time traveling, TMP references, split screens (a Trek first!), sentimental Vulcans, bloodlusting Klingons, and wormhole face blur. We break down the biggest Star Trek space battle and episode ever.

There's some new Picard show casting news to discuss as well, along with two Red Shirts. (Sucks to be them. Pun SO intended.)

So strap on your Red Angel suit, induce medical coma and listen now to the new episode of TR3!

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Episode 161: Enterprise Bridge Porn Alert

Better late than never! We're back with a quick recap of Star Trek: Discovery's Season 2 penultimate episode, "Such Sweet Sorrow," which is basically just a lot of Enterprise bridge porn and characters saying goodbye to each other.

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We break down what worked and what could have worked better in the episode -- and gush about how cool the bridge of the Enterprise looked. And then Disco production designer Tamara Deverell beams in to tell us how she pulled off bringing the NCC-1701's bridge to life!

Another Red Shirt from Star Trek: Enterprise drops by (literally) as well. So extend your docking corridors and listen now to a new ep of TR3!

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Episode 160: The One with All the Time Crystals

Star Trek: Discovery goes where no Trek show has gone before… but don’t read any further if you want to avoid spoilers!

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That’s right. They finally did it: They put Pike in his wheelchair. Minus the beeps.

"Through the Valley of Shadows" gets all timey-wimey with time crystals, the return of Tyler's kid, and a glimpse of Pike's "Menagerie" fate. We also get a cool, action-packed showdown with Michael "Dances With Two Phasers" Burnham and Control. So was it any good? We're breaking it down!

We also have some reader mailbag and another Red Shirt from literally the cold depths of space. Oh, and a quick segment on the new Twilight Zone… which is truly scary (the segment, not the show).

So stop playing your nerdy word games with friends, watch out for tentacles full of nanites, and listen now to the new TR3!

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Episode 159: Star Trek: Discovery’s My Four Moms

Michael and her mom are finally reunited and it feels so, um, sad?

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"Perpetual Infinity" is the latest Star Trek episode to tackle time travel, and it's full of scenes that tug on the heartstrings and make one scratch their heads. Also, Leland is still alive (our bad) and he's turning into a slow-mo fighting Skynet! We'll talk about what worked this week and what could have worked better.

Also, there's a tiny update on the Picard show and Alex Kurtzman reveals how CBS All Access plans to roll out their slate of upcoming Trek shows. And we've verified that this week's Red Shirt is definitely, definitely dead. (A dirty job but someone's gotta do it!)

So fire up your stolen time crystals, strap into your nanite-injecting dentist's chair and listen now to the new TR3!

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Episode 157: Airiam Just Got an Episode, and It’s an Instant Classic

“Project Daedalus” is a special Star Trek: Discovery episode, as it finally reveals Airiam’s backstory and, in doing so, tugs on our heartstrings in a way Trek has rarely done before. We break down why and how, and Airiam herself, actress Hannah Cheesman, also beams in to discuss the episode!

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If you’re not reaching for the tissues by the end of this episode, then you’re just as cold as those frozen admirals… speaking of which, we have several Red Shirts to also discuss this week. And there’s some more casting news on The Picard Show front too.

So clear some memory, watch out for black-out mines, and listen to TR3 now!

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Episode 156: Discovery Makes Star Trek History

Discovery just pulled Star Trek's version of 2018's Halloween by giving us a sequel to the first Trek ever, "If Memory Serves." That's right, we've been beamed back to "The Cage," and Disco brought the singing plants with them. So how good is the episode? Listen and find out.

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Meanwhile, some Picard casting news recently broke and it makes the wait for the show that much more unbearable! And we reach back to an Original Series episode (two, actually!) for our latest Red Shirt.

So stop asking yourself if that Spock beard is a good look, pull up a chair in the mess hall before Tyler and Culber destroy the joint, and listen now to the new TR3!

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Episode 155: We Need to Talk About Spock

In the latest TR3, we delve into this week’s episode of Discovery, i.e. the one where Burnham goes home and hangs out in a cemetery crypt while Tyler and Pike fight one of the squids from The Matrix!

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Listen, there’s a lot going on in this episode that’s particularly spoilery, so we won’t delve into too much here. Listen to the podcast for all our thoughts! But suffice to say, stuff happens in “Light and Shadows”… even if it doesn’t always happen as gracefully as one might hope.

Oh, and also, we get an emergency transport/self-destruct scenario that’s pretty great!

Beyond that, Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 has gotten a greenlight, so we discuss what that means for the future of the franchise. And, of course, we have a Red Shirt of the Week -- an entire ship of the poor bastards, in fact. So turn on, tune in, and drop out -- into a localized time distortion -- and listen to Transporter Room 3!

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Episode 153: Discovery Goes Into the Upside Down – Halfway!

Another new Star Trek: Discovery episode, another new TR3. You’re welcome. This week, you get double the bang for your buck (gold-pressed latinum?) as we break down what worked and what didn’t (sorry/not sorry May) in “Saints of Imperfection.”

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A surprise character returns! (Well, maybe not so surprising.) A trippy trip to the mycelial network! Section 31 getting all up in there! Tyler needs a haircut! And so much more!

We also have news(ish) about the Picard show and Nickelodeon’s newly announced Trek animated series that no one saw coming. And yes, of course, we’ve got a Red Shirt too.

So set your Section 31 ship’s cloak to “big ass asteroid” and listen now!

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Episode 152: An Obol for Charon, a Burger for Number One, Gum for Tilly

TrekCore.com fans? You’re in for a treat.

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TrekCore’s admiral (vice admiral? Chancellor?) Ken Reilly joins us to talk the newest Discovery episode, “An Obol for Charon” -- aka “The One Where Tilly Gets Eaten by Phlegm From the Upside Down.” And, boy, do we have opinions.

New Trek merch you should keep your wallet, er, eyes on and updates on the Picard and Section 31 shows are also covered. And this week’s Red Shirt is literally explosive.

So grab a piece of Tilly’s grape gum, a burger from the replicator and listen now!

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