Star Trek: Voyager, Season 2, Episode 23 - "The Thaw"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "The Thaw," virtual reality is just fun and games until fear manifests itself and tries to kill all the players.
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 1:11.3 | I'm Norman Lau. And I'm John Champion each week on |
| 1:14.6 | Mission Log we face our fears by watching every episode of Star Trek and |
| 1:19.3 | digging deeply to explore the morals, meanings, and messages and see if the whole thing stands the test of time. |
| 1:26.0 | This week, the Thaw, the one where the Voyager crew meets the Joker. |
| 1:30.0 | I mean, the Clown, They meet the clown in the thaw. It's an easy mistake to make. |
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