Episode 136, Stardate 1404.22 "Is there in truth no grumpiness?"

Published: April 22, 2014, 7:55 p.m.

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News\\n
Seth MacFarlane has never said anything about producing a new Trek until now: RT @kevin_justus: @SethMacFarlane Why don't you bring a new Star Trek series back to the small screen? // Believe me I'm lobbying for it.\\n
\\u201cThese are the voyages\\u201d behind the scenes book (Season 2) is out! http://trekmovie.com/2014/04/18/these-are-the-voyages-season-2-released/

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Ten Forward:\\n
Chris on Twitter: Do you have a favorite FX shot in Trek? Mine is from Trek 2 seeing the Enterprise coming up from behind the Reliant.\\n
Dave Luc Picard (Twitter): Why don't the universal translators translate Klingon?\\n
Paul on Twitter: you ever wonder how the helmsmen in TNG sat at their stations without developing back/neck issues?

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Star Trek in pop culture:\\n
(Suggested by Doug from Atlanta) The Boondock Saints. 1999, Starring Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus. Sensing a God-given mission to cleanse the earth of all evil, twin brothers Conner and Murphy set out to rid Boston of crime.\\n
In this scene, a crime boss named Chekov walks into a bar and tells everyone to get out. This is what happens. There\\u2019s a bit of BTTF in there too.\\n
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Episode insight: TNG: The Most Toys

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Character insight - Shakari

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Subspace communications

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Ken P.

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