Deus Ex Mendez (TOS S1E13)
Greatest Trek: New Star Trek Reviewed
Uxbridge-Shimoda LLC
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
When the Menagerie arc winds down, a Mug Draft winner rises. But after losing the Mug Draft, a shocking realization threatens to change how we feel about this competition forever. What’s the title of Ben’s new documentary? Which mug is the Michael B. Jordan here? Do you want the winning mug for yourself? It’s the episode that both loves and hates this shit.
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| 0:00.0 | Here's to the finest crew in Starfleet. |
| 0:03.2 | Thank you, Scott. You heard it? |
| 0:05.5 | Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise. |
| 0:10.8 | Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. |
| 0:13.9 | The Enterprise. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to Greatest Trek. |
| 0:17.6 | It's a new Star Trek podcast about old Star Trek until new Star Trek comes back. |
| 0:22.8 | I'm Adam Pranica. |
| 0:23.8 | I'm Ben Harrison. |
| 0:25.2 | Also, it's about mugs. |
| 0:27.3 | Drinking vessels, maybe if you want to generalize it. |
| 0:30.2 | This is going to be a big day for this show. |
| 0:32.6 | All of the people who have been following mug draft with bated breath, excited. |
| 0:37.9 | We had a production meeting this morning. |
| 0:40.1 | And I think we all kind of looked at each other over the Zoom style call with some |
| 0:45.6 | bemusement about how this has become such a hit. |
| 0:49.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:50.5 | It's a hit. |
| 0:51.5 | It's a hit. |
| 0:53.1 | I suspect there are probably friends of DeSoto out there who are like, thank fuck. |
| 0:57.7 | MugDraft is almost done. |
| 0:59.7 | Sure. |
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