Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 5, Episode 3 - "Man of the People"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Man of the People," Ambassador Alkar is a guest aboard the Enterprise while en route to negotiate a peace treaty. When he shows up, Deanna Troi starts doing things she doesn't normally do: showing a bit more skin, lashing out in a jealous rage, and stabbing Captain Picard. Could this all be related?
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Mission Log is brought to you by Blue Apron, a better way to cook. |
| 0:04.7 | Check out this week's menu and get your first three meals free with free shipping |
| 0:08.4 | by going to Blue Apron.com slash Mission Log. |
| 0:13.0 | Mission Log, Mission Log. |
| 0:14.0 | A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | Episode episode 220. |
| 0:19.0 | Man of the people. The people. Welcome in the Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. I'm Ken Ray. |
| 0:33.4 | And I'm John Champion. |
| 0:35.0 | Each week we look at an episode of Star Trek, taking it apart from messages and morals, |
| 0:40.7 | and if someone has to die to make that happen, well, understand it's for the greater good. |
| 0:45.0 | Yes, sometimes... |
| 0:47.0 | Wait, what? |
| 0:49.0 | This week, Man of the People, the one where the heroic Alcar saves the day, despite the meddling of his |
| 0:55.3 | crone of a mother, his crone of a ship's counselor, and the far too straight-laced captain. |
| 1:01.6 | You scare me. John's got trivia coming up in just a moment, but before that, let us talk about food. |
| 1:08.6 | Hey, we could just skip the show and talk about food for 45 minutes? |
| 1:12.5 | You want to? |
| 1:13.5 | No, no, more specifically, and let's not do this for 45 minutes, but let's do this. |
| 1:18.4 | Let's talk about the delicious food that comes straight to your door. |
| 1:22.2 | Your door, actually, John, from Blue Apron. Yeah it's super cool. You tell |
| 1:27.3 | your replicator or your computer to go to Blue Apron.com slash mission, and before you know it, you will have all the ingredients and |
| 1:35.9 | detailed recipes delivered to you to create amazing meals. |
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