144: Star Trek: Obsession and Wolf in the Fold

The Nextlander Watchcast

The Watchcast is back and the Star Trek watching has officially resumed! And for our first week back at it, we've got a pair of wild and unpredictable episodes in the Moby Dick riff Obsession, and the spooky alien serial murder yarn Wolf in the Fold!
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 144: Star Trek: Obsession and Wolf in the Fold
(00:01:12) - Intro.
(00:04:31) - Kicking things off with Obsession.
(00:07:50) - What there is to say about this episode's production.
(00:14:01) - An away mission, a conspicuous number of redshirts, and a sickly sweet death cloud.
(00:20:48) - Say hello to Ensign Plot Device.
(00:27:31) - The vampire cloud ain't scary like it oughta be.
(00:32:28) - He's obsessed! Obsessed we tells ya!
(00:35:37) - Spock gives the kid a pep talk, then the Enterprise has a gas problem.
(00:41:23) - What is this final act?
(00:48:56) - Final thoughts.
(00:51:45) - Break!
(00:52:12) - We're back, and it's time to meet Saucy Jack in Wolf in the Fold!
(00:54:25) - Production and cast talk.
(01:07:23) - Welcome to Space Morocco.
(01:10:37) - Scotty resents women for some reason?
(01:14:56) - The other players in this mystery.
(01:19:56) - You had a mind-scanning tricorder this whole time?!?
(01:22:36) - What IS actually happening during these murders?
(01:26:45) - Nothing good ever happens at a seance.
(01:31:08) - 20 minutes of talking to a computer.
(01:41:18) - It's time for a psychedelic psycho murdering alien freakout.
(01:49:27) - We're just beaming guys into space now.
(01:53:08) - Final thoughts.
(01:54:30) - Housekeeping for next week, and outro.