Star Trek: Voyager, Season 2 Episode 26, Season 3 Episode 1 - "Basics Parts I & Part II"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Basics Parts I & Part II," the Kazon have got the Voyager crew right where they want them: stranded on a primitive planet. Say goodbye to season 2 and hello to season 3.
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 0:52.0 | Mission Log, A Rotenberry Star Trek Podcast, episode 477, Basics, Parts 1 and 2. Welcome into another episode of Mission Log, a Rotenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm Norman Lau. |
| 0:59.0 | And I'm John Champion each week on Mission Log. |
| 1:02.0 | We take a look at an episode or two of Star Trek to discuss |
| 1:06.1 | the morals, meanings, and messages and see if it stands the test of time. |
| 1:11.5 | This week we say goodbye to season two of Voyager with of Full her twice and is probably yet another plot by Cesska. |
| 1:24.5 | And then we say hello to season 3 of Voyager with Basics Part 2, |
| 1:30.5 | the one where even a little lava can't come between friends. |
| 1:35.0 | John will be back with trivia in a moment right after I tell all of you how to reach us. |
| 1:40.0 | Mission Log is a conversation about Star Trek. |
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