The Nexus #91 "The Thaw" / "Those Old Scientists" (Patreon)

This month on our Star Trek recap show, The Nexus, we're covering two episodes curated by our patrons!

First up, it's the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "The Thaw." Originally airing April 29, 1996, this episode has Harry Kim annoyingly practicing his clarinet in the cold open, Michael McKean playing a god-being-type evil clown, a bunch of frozen-in-stasis scientists, a sentient tree with dreadlocks, a fella getting his head cut off, The Doctor getting to be amazing as always, and Janeway rambling about rollercoasters!

Then up on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, it's the incredibly popular season two episode, "Those Old Scientists." Premiering on July 22 of last year, this episode made waves by having Ensigns Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Mariner (Tawny Newsome) travel back in time from Star Trek: Lower Decks to hang with the original crew of the Enterprise! This episode features cartoons going IRL and back again, the ST:LD characters making endless Star Trek references, the crew trying to throw Pike a birthday party, Mariner getting Enterprise crew members drunk, and Spock experimenting with emotions in order to please Nurse Chapel!

The Nexus is a WHM podcast where the guys futilely go through two Star Trek series at the same time. Thank you so much for continuing to support our family of shows—we couldn't do it without you! We know you have lots of options for podz and we're super-stoked you chose to spend some time with us—thanks again!

Cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.