Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 23 - "The Host"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2016
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Host," Beverly Crusher is in love with a new guy. He is a sensitive soul with a body to match, until he moves into another body - the one usually inhabited by Commander Riker. Can Beverly's love make the move with him? Oh… and her lover has to stop a war.
Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray
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| 0:00.0 | Mission Log, A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast. I'm your host, well Ken Ray's host, Ken Ray. |
| 0:24.0 | And I'm your other host, well John Champion's host, |
| 0:28.0 | John Champion. |
| 0:30.0 | Each week we look at an episode of Star Trek, |
| 0:32.0 | taking it apart for messages, and meanings and seeing whether the episode stands the test of time |
| 0:36.8 | This week the hose hey that's me and you. |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah, right, but I mean also that this episode is called the host. |
| 0:49.0 | In a moment, I'm going to bring you a little bit of trivia to the table, but first. |
| 0:53.4 | But first, I'm going to tell you how to reach us. |
| 0:56.6 | Mission Log Pod is the address to find us on Facebook, Skype and Twitter. |
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| 1:20.0 | And please do remember we may use your comments on an upcoming episode of Mission Log and with that |
| 1:27.2 | on to Matters Trivial. |
| 1:29.4 | All right today's episode was written by Michel Horavatt. |
| 1:33.1 | Now, not a common name for Star Trek viewers, |
| 1:36.0 | but his story is really interesting related to this episode. |
| 1:40.0 | His first production credit is on a low-budget horror movie and this is his only |
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