145: Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles and The Gamesters of Triskelion

The Nextlander Watchcast

On this week's Watchcast we've got an all-timer of a Star Trek episode in the The Trouble with Tribbles, an episode so chock full of quality jokes and adorable creatures that it's impossible not to love. We also have The Gamesters of Triskelion, which we'll charitably describe as not quite as good as the preceding episode.
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 145: Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles and The Gamesters of Triskelion
(00:00:20) - Intro.
(00:02:19) - Launching straight into them Tribbles.
(00:05:30) - Production talk.
(00:12:22) - An all-star cast.
(00:21:01) - Getting into the episode proper.
(00:30:35) - The Klingon factor.
(00:34:23) - They're spreading.
(00:36:16) - It's a donnybrook!
(00:44:32) - We are lousy with tribbles.
(00:49:45) - Which guest actor could have done this terrible thing?
(00:53:50) - What did we do with all them fuzzies?
(00:58:28) - Final thoughts.
(01:00:49) - Break!
(01:01:12) - We're back and it's time to reckon with The Gamesters of Triskelion!
(01:08:07) - Who is responsible for this mess?
(01:16:56) - Alright, let's dig in.
(01:22:32) - Pain collars and spinning our wheels with command disagreements.
(01:27:38) - The treatment of Uhura here just sucks.
(01:31:50) - The brutally flat romance, and it's gladiator academy time.
(01:42:05) - Brains in bubbles, folks.
(01:48:25) - A (confusing) contest of life and death.
(01:52:23) - No, you can't come with us. You have to rebuild society first. Yes, that's it.
(01:57:02) - Final thoughts.
(01:59:18) - Next week's episodes, and outro.