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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

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Under the Bridge: Who's Your Number One? (Lower Decks S1E07)

Sep 29, 2020

What time is it? What does "Much Ado About Boimler" even mean as a title?  Who do we count as our best compatriot?  We have some favorites in this ep.  

What satire or commentary did Lower Decks miss or not go far enough with this week?

We love The Dog!

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Under the Bridge: I Think You Should Trek (Lower Decks S1E06)

Sep 25, 2020

Is this a Star Trek Cartoon or a Tim Robinson sketch?  Why not both?  Lots of guest stars in this one.  Well, not the podcast. Joanie left.  Is Lower Decks making its own lore?  

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Under the Bridge: Awkward Love Interests (Lower Decks S1E05)

Sep 22, 2020

Wade invited a woman named Joanie onto the show and things got weird.  Just how many of the jokes on Lower Decks are references to other Trek, and how much does that even matter?   Has "Cupid's Errant Arrow" struck?  Somebody on this episode is excited for Status Report.  References...

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Under the Bridge: Toilet Talk (Lower Decks S1E04)

Sep 10, 2020

Under the Bridge this week starts with a peek at the mess under the hood of the podcast before getting all into "Moist Vessel."  All the pedantry you expect from a Star Trek podcast, and the outrage of a host mistakenly calling it "Star Wars."

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Under the Bridge: The C Word (Lower Decks S1E03)

Sep 8, 2020

Benny's here for Temporal Edict.  Who's Benny?  Someone who knows less about Star Trek than Sean.  Are the dumb jokes starting to wear thin?  If Glen keeps saying the C-word we're going to have to yell at him.  

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