TNG Season 4 Tier List! Coming off of the high of The Best of Both Worlds, TNG in season 4 is considered by many fans to be amongst the best season of Star Trek ever made. But do Marvin and Dan agree? Also, will Marvin be able to remember the titles of every episode this season?! Tune in to find out!   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get an additional 20% discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2026 ! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 7:05 - The Best of Both Worlds, Part II 15:23 - Family 24:19 - Brothers 30:10 - Suddenly Human 35:25 - Remember Me 42:23 - Legacy 47:07 - Reunion 53:41 - Future Imperfect 59:14 - Sponsor (Ekster) 1:00:25 - Final Mission 1:04:39 - The Loss 1:10:20 - Data's Day 1:16:19 - The Wounded 1:21:30 - Devil's Due 1:27:50 - Clues 1:32:20 - First Contact 1:37:03 - Galaxy's Child 1:41:15 - Night Terrors 1:45:01 - Identity Crisis 1:49:56 - The Nth Degree 1:54:00 - Qpid 1:57:10 - The Drumhead 2:02:50 - Half a Life 2:09:05 - The Host 2:18:36 - The Mind's Eye 2:24:02 - In Theory 2:30:37 - Redemption 2:35:58 - Final tier list and discussion 2:47:36 - Outro

Check out the new Expansion Pass and DLC "Delta Chronicles" in Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown on Steam, Playstation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2: https://tinyurl.com/DeltaChroniclesNewbieST For 35% off the Steam version of the base game, follow this link to the Daedalic Store and use promo code "newbiestartrek35" when you check out: https://tinyurl.com/DaedalicStore-NewbieST35    The Collaborator! After a weirdly long time of putting off the Kai election, things finally get underway, and it seems like Kira's main squeeze Vedek Bareil is a shoo-in! Certainly a civilized planet like Bajor wouldn't elect an unhinged Kai like Winn, would they? Would they?!   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Sponsor (Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown) 2:14 - Intro 14:24 - Around the Sun 21:54 - Episode recap and discussion 1:40:01 - Mailbag 1:41:52 - Outro

Preemptive Strike! Ro Laren returns and is immediately thrown into a high stakes undercover mission to infiltrate and take down the Maquis. Meanwhile, Picard finally finishes his villain arc and goes full CIA handler, evil threats and all. What is it with Picard and sending young Bajoran women into dangerous undercover missions?    We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get an additional 20% discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2026 ! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 6:09 - Simpsons update 8:24 - Sponsor (Ekster + random meandering) 22:43 - Episode recap and discussion 1:15:36 - Mailbag 1:21:01 - Outro

Crossover! The episode that activated a legion of Star Trek fans. What's better than one Kira? Well, two Kiras, of course! Also, there's commentary about the immoral nature of empires, slavery, backstabbing, etc., but hey, that's Mirror Universe, baby!   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get an additional 20% discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2026 ! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro (new Picard Marmoset shirts at https://FugitiveFrames.Store !) 13:06 - Around the Sun 15:44 - Sponsor (Ekster) 19:44 - Episode recap and discussion 1:24:07 - Mailbag 1:37:45 - Outro

Emergence! Well, pretty much everyone on the Enterprise-D has had some sort of parent-related storyline this season. So why not have the Enterprise-D itself also finally have parent issues? That's right, the Enterprise-D is pregnant! And the holodeck is involved somehow. Discuss.   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get an additional 20% discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2026 ! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 15:06 - Simpsons update 17:57 - Sponsor (Ekster) 33:46 - Episode recap and discussion 1:12:12 - Mailbag 1:17:40 - Outro

The Wire! A really bad headache leads to Garak finally opening up to Bashir about his past. Except he really doesn't since pretty much every single thing he says is a lie. So it's basically a bunch of lies with a bunch of accidental slips of truth, and by the end even Bashir's a little sick and tired of it. But what do we think?! Tune in to find out!   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get an additional 20% discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2026 ! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 3:35 - Around the Sun 16:49 - Sponsor (Ekster) 30:04 - Episode recap and discussion 1:22:37 - Mailbag 1:30:46 - Outro

Bloodlines! So now that Picard's de facto son Wesley has left the show for good, he gets a new fake son, the main guy from Robocop rip-off Super Force. Man, this season really loves family stuff, doesn't it?    We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get an additional 20% discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2026 ! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 4:20 - Simpsons update 7:27 - Sponsor (Ekster) 13:48 - Episode recap and discussion 1:11:42 - Mailbag 1:20:08 - Outro

The Maquis, Part II! So, we're not gonna sugarcoat it, the actual best part of this episode is Sisko giving his famous "saint in paradise" speech, but other than that, uuuh... let's just say that the main antagonist got so annoying that even Michael Piller was like, "yeah, we should've killed him off."   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get an additional 20% discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2026 ! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 7:14 - Around the Sun 14:09 - Sponsor (Ekster) 19:27 - Episode recap and discussion 1:11:50 - Mailbag 1:14:07 - Outro

Firstborn! The one where Worf's parenting got so bad that Alexander had to go back in time to become his own better dad. But then that didn't work so he decided to shoot himself. Boy, that escalated quickly.    We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/NEWBIE to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. Weight Loss by Hims is not available in all 50 states. Wegovy® is the registered trademark of Novo Nordisk A.S. To get started and learn more, including important safety information, Wegovy® clinical study information, and restrictions, visit Hims.com.   Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: Earl Grey (Hot!) by Nate Tang "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang   Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 11:25 - Simpsons update 15:17 - Sponsor (Hims) 18:22 - Episode recap and discussion 1:32:48 - Mailbag 2:01:13 - Outro

The Maquis, Part I! TNG creates the problem, and DS9 has to fix it. That's right, the Cardassian border dispute that Captain Picard thought they had resolved in Journey's End turns into a bigger problems for the actual colonists in DS9. Surely Sikso's old friend that shows up in this episode won't end up being secretly part of the Federation resistance movement named after the French Resistance during Nazi occupation in WWII, right? Right?!   We have a YouTube Membership and a Patreon! Both get you early access to new episodes, access to the private Newbie Star Trek Discord, and a bunch of other perks! YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClYIRsMyLf0G0ESkZw7z88w/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NewbieStarTrek    Check out our merch at https://FugitiveFrames.Store   Looking for a stylish, compact wallet that can fan out your cards with the push of a button? Get an additional 20% discount by using our offer code "NEWBIE" at https://partner.ekster.com/NewbieStarTrek2026 ! This offer stacks with other sales on the website!    Ask us a question at [email protected] and we may answer it on the podcast!   Intro theme song: La Disfida by Nate Tang  "What happened during this airdate?" song: Around the Sun by Nate Tang    Catch our other projects (Would You Stay Tuned, etc.) at https://fugitiveframes.com/   0:00 - Intro 11:51 - Around the Sun 26:41 - Sponsor (Ekster) 35:05 - Episode recap and discussion 1:16:22 - Mailbag 1:21:47 - Outro