The Watchcast is back and the Star Trek watching has officially resumed! And for our first week back at it, we've got a pair of wild and unpredictable episodes in the Moby Dick riff Obsession, and the spooky alien serial murder yarn Wolf in the Fold!



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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 144: Star Trek: Obsession and Wolf in the Fold

(00:01:12) - Intro.

(00:04:31) - Kicking things off with Obsession.

(00:07:50) - What there is to say about this episode's production.

(00:14:01) - An away mission, a conspicuous number of redshirts, and a sickly sweet death cloud.

(00:20:48) - Say hello to Ensign Plot Device.

(00:27:31) - The vampire cloud ain't scary like it oughta be.

(00:32:28) - He's obsessed! Obsessed we tells ya!

(00:35:37) - Spock gives the kid a pep talk, then the Enterprise has a gas problem.

(00:41:23) - What is this final act?

(00:48:56) - Final thoughts.

(00:51:45) - Break!

(00:52:12) - We're back, and it's time to meet Saucy Jack in Wolf in the Fold!

(00:54:25) - Production and cast talk.

(01:07:23) - Welcome to Space Morocco.

(01:10:37) - Scotty resents women for some reason?

(01:14:56) - The other players in this mystery.

(01:19:56) - You had a mind-scanning tricorder this whole time?!?

(01:22:36) - What IS actually happening during these murders?

(01:26:45) - Nothing good ever happens at a seance.

(01:31:08) - 20 minutes of talking to a computer.

(01:41:18) - It's time for a psychedelic psycho murdering alien freakout.

(01:49:27) - We're just beaming guys into space now.

(01:53:08) - Final thoughts.

(01:54:30) - Housekeeping for next week, and outro.