Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 2, Episode 14 - "Wolf in the Fold"

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

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🗓️ 30 May 2013

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Wolf in the Fold," people are being murdered. They all have two things in common: each is a woman and Scotty is standing over each body. He cannot be the killer, can he?

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0:00.0	Now entering nerdist.com.
0:05.6	Mission Log, a Rodenberry Star Trek podcast. Corner and the cabin in the woods.
0:32.6	This is Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. I'm John Champion.
0:37.2	And I'm Ken Ray. Each week we take
0:39.5	apart an episode of Star Trek, like a guy gutting a carp with a big, scary knife, picking out the
0:45.1	meat of the issues, and sometimes even chewing on the bones. See what I did there? We would, of course,
0:49.9	love it if you did the same thing along with us, and tell us what you think. There are a few ways to get in touch.
0:55.2	You can reach us on Facebook, Skype, and Twitter at the handle Mission Log Pod.
0:59.4	Or you can call us 323-522-641.
1:03.3	That number again is 3-2-2-2-6-41.
1:06.8	You can email us, Missionlog atroddenberry.com is the email address.
1:11.5	And don't forget to check out our very nice home on the web, missionlogpodcast.com.
1:17.6	Remember, we may use your comments on an upcoming episode of Mission Log.
1:21.2	And you know what we haven't done in quite a while, John?
1:23.9	What's that?
1:24.5	We haven't told people, you know, the ways that they can watch.
1:27.5	I mean, the cool thing is, for a long time, I mean, you basically had to remember Star Trek.
1:34.5	And, you know, in this crazy hyper-connected world that we live in today, you don't have to remember anything anymore.
1:40.7	There are so many ways that people can watch right now.
1:42.7	You know, I remember,
1:50.8	I still, I have friends who were fans from back in the day and they would actually record on audio tape on reel to real just the audio from Star Trek so they could have a record of it.
1:57.1	Sure. Days before VHS and DVD and all that good stuff.
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