https://thepenskyfile.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lastoutpost.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:12 — 11.1MB)“The Last Outpost” is the introduction of the Ferengi, an alien race obsessed with profit. Originally intended to become the chief antagonist of The Next Generation, the big-eared Ferengi instead became comic relief as the […]

https://thepenskyfile.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/codeofhonor.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:30 — 13.4MB)Like Omar from “The Wire” said, a man’s “got to have a code.” This episode, “Code of Honor”, is infamous for numerous reasons and resulted in the original director being fired by Gene Roddenberry before […]

https://thepenskyfile.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nakednow.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:38 — 11.4MB)What does the crew of a starship act like when they get drunk? Is Riker simply too manly to even get drunk in the first place? “The Naked Now” takes an Original Series episode and […]

https://thepenskyfile.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/EncounteratFarpoint.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:45 — 25.2MB)We take a look at The Next Generation’s pilot, “Encounter at Farpoint”. Watched by over 30 million (!) people in 1987, this episode introduces the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D. Led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the officers […]