Terok Noir: A Star Trek Podcast

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) theorize about Julian Bashir’s “Body Parts” as we discuss the episode that launched a thousand fan fics. We’ve talked about our pod ending early, but this really is an episode that might shut down the pod because Matthew has finally had it with Jo’s theories about the crew. In this episode, Jo theorizes about trans Julian Bashir, she ships the threesome between Miles, Keiko and Kira and she asks if the show could have given us just one more “Brunt, FCA”. Matthew questions the logic and quality of Starlet medicine and we talk about the protests at Columbia University. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) are very loose on this weeks pod as we discuss “The Quickening” We dissect Bashir’s wide eyed frontier doctor persona that reappears in this episode, we analyze how this episode presents “both sides” of the issue of physician assisted end of life care and we briefly talk about the first two episodes of Discovery S5. Beware of spoilers. Matthew announces his candidacy for president of the United States and Jo rants about the Federation refusing to leave the Gamma Quadrant alone. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) pod “To the Death”! We wholeheartedly enjoy this wonderfully fun episode, we celebrate the introduction of Jeffrey Combs’ Weyoun and compare his role in DS9 to Q on TNG and we look ahead to S5 of Star Trek Discovery. Matthew speculates who on the crew has been to a Klingon strip club and Jo rants about missing the Pacific Ocean. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) record our pod “For The Cause” as we talk about mother fucking Eddington and The Maquis. We relitigate the validity of The Maquis’ position and justification for their “terrorist” actions, we consider how this episode complicates the relationship between Ben and Kassidy and even though we hate him, we have to give it up to Eddington for absolutely, completely wrecking Sisko in this episode. Matthew asks if there’s a lot of promiscuity in Federation penal colonies and Jo rants about the whole Garak and Ziyal “thing” As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) meet “The Muse” and we wish she would leave and never be heard of again. Just like this episode. We talk about everything we can to avoid talking about this episode including name dropping elder millennial shit like AskJeeves, Walkmans and Game Gears, we argue about nostalgia and the Enterprise D and we appreciate/elevate authentic, real life experiences over manufactured media we are fed on our devices. Also, we do talk about the episode itself. Eventually. Matthew rants about Paramount + and Jo speculates about the sexuality of everyone on Lwaxana’s husband’s planet. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) gaze into a “Shattered Mirror” as we return to the Mirror Universe with Jennifer Sisko. We praise Cirroc Lofton’s acting in this episode, we analyze all of Ben Sisko’s actions that have led to this single episode and we revel in the hilarity of this ridiculous but fun episode of Star Trek. We both wonder if Sisko has the heighest kill count of any Federation Captain and Jo rants about how much she loves tall women. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) do “Hard Time” as we join Miles O’Brien for the WORST virtual reality experience of his life. We compare the prison system in this episode to the American prison system and would you believe, we are not fans, we cast DS9 crew members as the characters from Top Gun and we talk about just how dark, this extremely dark episode of Star Trek gets. Matthew asks if O’Brien has the heart of a killer and Jo rants about how deliciously cunty Richard Chamberlain is in The Count of Monte Cristo. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) question the “Rules of Engagement” as we discuss another episode of Law and Order: DS9. We debate if Worf should have even been on trial in the first place, discuss other legal episodes and legal shows and we stare deep into your eyes as we ask if you’ve ever seen the wormhole open? Matthew asks if O’Brien has seen some shit in his military career and Jo rants about modern Star Trek/Star Wars writers being inspired by Star Trek/Star Wars. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) plan our own “Ascension” as we talk Emissary’s, religion, and marriage. We explore how this episode talks about but also avoids talking about religion, the marriage between Miles and Keiko and Miles and Bashir and we talk about how hot Chris Pine is. Matthew asks if there is any funnier character than Worf in Star Trek and Jo rants about temporal, timey wimey, shenanigans. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) join the “Bar Association” as we, along with all other workers of the world, unite! We spend a surprising, yet unsurprising amount of time talking about oo-mox, we take note of which DS9 crew member is pro-union vs anti-union and we have a long discussion about unions as we celebrate our favorite union man, Rom. Matthew doesn’t kink shame, he kink questions and Jo rants about corporate bootlickers. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) hang out with the “Sons of Mogh” as we talk Star Trek siblings! We avoid addressing the weird racial issues brought up in this episode the way Worf avoids acknowledging he has a son, we debate ethics and consent around Kurn’s memory being erased and we get excited about the flirty fighting between Dax and Worf. Matthew rants about Libertarian Worf and Jo asks if Sarek, Spock’s father, is the Nick Cannon of Star Trek. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) attempt to “Return to Grace” as we join Kira and Dukat on this two hander episode. We celebrate the incredible chemistry between Kira and Dukat and Nana Visitor and Marc Alaimo, we chart the character progression of Dukat throughout the series and again make a case for why Dukat is one of if not THE best Star Trek villain. Matthew asks what is the point of Ziyal as a character and Jo educates Matthew on the Wolverine/Cyclops/Jean Grey throuple. Also, we tease a possible future For All Mankind episode. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) try to avoid the “Crossfire” as we discuss this week of “sad boi Odo” theater. We discuss romance and unsuccessful crushes in Star Trek, enjoy the development of Odo and Quark’s unlikely friendship and spend an awful lot of time talking about how much we love the show Grand Designs. Matthew once again asks about the state of security on Deep Space 9 and Jo rants about Kira’s boring boyfriends. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) head to the “Homefront” and find “Paradise Lost”. We embrace the introduction of Joseph Sisko, we question Admiral Leyton’s plan to take over Earth and we get back into our “critiquing the Federation/Starfleet as settler colonialists” bag as we analyze what this episode is saying about land, who claims it and how it is “protected.” Also we talk about 9/11 a surprising amount. Matthew asks if you can catch an STD in a holoprogram and Jo rants about exploding consoles on starships. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) join “Our Man Bashir” on a secret mission in the holosuite. We talk all things Julian Bashir and James Bond as we have polarizing viewing experiences on this parody episode, we debate if Eddington is responsible for this fiasco and we look at a list of the actors who ALMOST played James Bond on screen. Matthew rants about storage capacity on DS9 and Jo asks if Bashir has a praise kink. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) do a little bit of cave robbing on our search for “The Sword of Kahless.” In this Worf heavy episode, we analyze how his “bi-racial” identity is explored in this episode, we discuss our own relationship to our biracial identities and we spend a surprising amount of time talking about James Bond. Matthew asks if The Sword of Kahless could survive in space and Jo argues that Kor has dramatic, chaotic bisexual energy As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) give the “Little Green Men” a typical American greeting by having the US military break every rule of the Geneva Convention. The two of us come down on opposite sides as we talk about this campy, classic Star Trek episode as well as looking at camp across all of Star Trek, we chart Rom’s meteoric rise from dumb brother to engineering genius and we are completely grossed out by the shared father and son oo-mox session that got a little bit too weird for us. Matthew asks if Quark is worse than Louis CK and Jo does the Time Warp. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) would not like to be on the Defiant during “Starship Down” as we discuss this classic Star Trek submarine episode in the vein of “Balance of Terror” and “Wrath of Khan.” We celebrate the amazing narrative setting of the chaos of a damaged submarine/spaceship, we appreciate the humor of Quark and James Cromwell and we have some very strong thoughts on how concussions are portrayed in film. Matthew rants about Worf being a good manager even when the show depicts him as otherwise and Jo asks “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) discuss the episode that brought explicit queer representation to Star Trek in the 90’s, “Rejoined”. Jo tries and fails to remain calm while discussing ALL of the wonderful, sapphic content in this episode, we celebrate the incredible chemistry between Terry Farrell and Susanna Thompson and we discuss queer representation in Berman era Star Trek through modern streaming era Star Trek. Matthew asks if Risan perfume smells disgusting and Jo is still not done talking about all the good sapphic shit in this episode. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com

Matthew (he/him) and Jo (she/they) lack “Indiscretion” as we dig into the private lives of Dukat and his secret Bajoran child as well as Ben and Kassidy’s relationship troubles. We praise Marc Alaimo’s acting as Dukat, we analyze how this episode humanizes the “monster” character and how common this trope is in not just American media but also American history and we talk about the dynamic between Bajor and Cardassia in light of current events. Matthew asks if Kassidy moving onto the station is a “big step” and Jo has a sapphic meltdown over Kira in her away mission fit. As always, be prepared that spoilers may be lurking around every corner just like Garak on Empok Nor. Subscribe for weekly recaps of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, follow us online at @TerokNoir on Twitter for silly memes and polls and contact us by e-mail at teroknoirpod@gmail.com