Issue 217 (TOS S1E11)
Greatest Trek: New Star Trek Reviewed
Uxbridge-Shimoda LLC
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
When Kirk and co. stumble upon an unavoidable-glowing-cube-boi they get stuck in an awkward spot. But when Balok toys with the way The Enterprise normally handles new encounters, it’s time to see what the alien looks like and escape the tractor beam. Is Spock too cool for school? What’s that big ear-spring? Have Halloween decorations improved? It’s the episode that gives you a Howard over the wrong frequency!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Here's to the finest crew in Starfleet. |
| 0:03.2 | Mr. Scott, you heard it? |
| 0:05.5 | Yes. |
| 0:06.7 | Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise. |
| 0:10.8 | Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise. |
| 0:14.7 | Welcome to Greatest Trek. |
| 0:18.1 | This Old Enterprise, a new Star Trek podcast that's about original series Star Trek episodes. |
| 0:23.9 | Until the new Star Trek episodes come back. |
| 0:25.7 | I'm Adam Pranica. |
| 0:26.9 | I'm Ben Harrison. |
| 0:28.1 | Wendy, don't edit the pregnant paws out. |
| 0:30.2 | I want people to hear what back from vacation Adam needed to get to our little intro statement. |
| 0:40.0 | There's going to be an age for me where that kind of pauses normal. |
| 0:45.1 | I just start in on a thing and then I'll just stare off in the middle distance, |
| 0:48.9 | trying to grasp what my point is before launching into it. |
| 0:56.2 | Sometimes I listen to QAs of this show and I think, |
| 1:01.2 | boy, Ben just doesn't even know what fucking planet he's on right now. |
| 1:04.6 | He's so out of it. |
| 1:06.4 | Are you feeling okay? |
| 1:07.7 | Are you jet lagged at all? |
| 1:08.8 | You're back from a big trip. |
| 1:11.5 | First. |
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