Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

A Discovery Home Companion is an unfiltered look at Star Trek: Discovery, a new  Star Trek for a new era of television, set in an older era before Kirk and Spock.  Will it be great, or will it be disappointing? Three close friends will approach the show with open hearts and critical minds. Oh, and it turns out we'll end up yelling at each other sometimes.

Check out our ongoing exploration of another Star Trek and “Prequel to the Golden Age of Television,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in our other podcast, The Rules of Acquisition

  1. All Episodes
  2. 2020
  3. 02

Can't Picardly Wait: Brutally Stardust City Dragging Each Other (Picard S1E05)

Feb 24, 2020

This episode caused a lot of commotion. Is this the 7 of 9 show or Picard?   Who is Icheb and does it matter to anyone who wasn't a fan of Voyager?  Is the opening a bad thing to watch with your mom?  Easter eggs are discussed.
Glen has some questions about the economics of Borg reclamation, and Sean is having none of...

Read More

Can't Picardly Wait: Speaking with Absolute Candor (Picard S1E04)

Feb 17, 2020

Picard needs to make amends with some battle nuns and a boy he left behind.  We don't hold anything back in our feelings about the show. 

 

Read More

Can't Picardly Wait: Every Borg Beginning Comes from Some Other Borg Beginning's End (Picard S1E03)

Feb 10, 2020

I, Borg?  This whole podcast is Borg! 

Sean doesn't really know anything about the Borg, so this episode was a little... confusing for him.  

Wade is in the goldilocks zone of liking this episode.

Glen is still on a journey of discovery, but not Discovery. Just Trek. 

Read More

Can't Picardly Wait: Maps and Legends and Being Bad at Fandom (Picard S1E02)

Feb 3, 2020

Breaking down the episode or having a breakdown?  Wade doesn't want to get caught up in being a fan, yet gets mad at minutiae.  Sean doesn't know to get mad at anything. So he doesn't.  Glen is really committed to being the ultimate Star Trek fan and getting his percentages up.

Read More