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Wait... Where's Spock?Season 2 in Review - PLUS AWARDS!In the final episode of the season, Amaya and Mat wrap up with an overall review of Season 2 - the best bits, the not-so-best bits, the Suzie Plakson bits - our thoughts about Season 3 and what needs to change (hint: MORE Wesley!), AND we have the introduction of the inaugural "Wesley Jumper Awards", served up with a bit of EXTRA CONTROVERSY - ooooooooohhhhh!!! PLUS...stay until the end for our BONUS TRACK!2025-04-181h 44Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.22: Shades of GreyIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat go AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!...as they scream into the clip episode void. I mean...what can possibly be said...it isn't good. But their breakdown is so tune in and watch two vaguely adult humans collapse under the weight of so many bottles in the bottle-iest of all bottle shows.2025-04-041h 42Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.21: Peak PerformanceThis week, Amaya and Mat discuss Glenn Morshower...Glenn WHO? I hear you ask. Well, he's only the very lynchpin of the episode, the pivot point around which everything turns, the controlling idea at the heart of this beating story...and he has 7 lines! GENIUS! We also discuss the actual episode at one point. Which is handy...for you, I suppose. And the episode? It's a CRACKER! So tune in, and time out: will Glenn...or won't Glenn?...2025-03-211h 42Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.20: The EmissaryOn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat discover TRUE LOVE, in the form of a 187cm, half-Klingon, half-Human, ex-love interest of Lieutenant Worf, absolute STUNNER (and I do mean STUN HER)...K'Ehleyr. And, honestly, no words do her justice - perhaps not even this podcast episode...but listen to it anyway...if you ever want to get remotely close to the concept of the truest and purest of loves: the love between two podcast hosts, and an ST: TNG guest star!2025-03-071h 48Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.19: ManhuntThis week, Amaya and Mat's joy at the return of Lwaxana is quickly extinguished by the bin fire that is this episode. Still, there Lwaxana, and Lwaxana's dresses, and Lwaxana's saucy asides, and Worf gets some absolutes crackers, and Wes is here...and...and...look, it's a struggle - but, in GREAT NEWS, this one does degenerate into the Buffy/Frasier/Dexter podcast...so there's that. Tune in and watch the flames rise!2025-02-211h 27Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.18: Up the Long LadderThis week, Amaya and Mat meet a new Star Trek race, the 'Space Irish', find Riker being a total 'Space Harlot', and learn that Worf and Pulaski are becoming 'Space Buddies' - but hopefully nothing more! In one of the most wide-ranging episodes to date, they manage to alienate several cultural groups, while also having more fun in AGES! Tune in and be offended!2025-02-071h 41Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.17: Samaritan SnareIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat discover PURE JOY in the unexpected form of a Picard and Wes team-up, Worf proves again why he's the smartest member of the 'Enterprise' crew, and we say goodbye to a character that found a special place in our hearts...well, Mat's heart...well, not really his heart...
2025-01-231h 44Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.16: Q-Who?In this week's episode, Amaya gets uncomfortable with Mat's creepy declarations of love for a guest character, they both get creeped out by the Borg, but in the end, they agree that Whoopi Goldberg is something of a hottie.
So, lots of objectification in this one for you, but BEST OF ALL, some controversial* takes on this beloved episode!
*not really controversial.2025-01-131h 36Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.15: Pen Pals
This week, Amaya and Mat get all hepped up...because WESLEY'S BACK! It's a Wesley episode...or is it? No one seems sure whose episode this one is, but they are sure of one thing: the Prime Directive!...oh wait! Maybe they're not so sure about that. Well, there's one thing we can all agree on, and that's it's okay to rescue children in danger...while leaving their parents to die...errr...no, no! You're going to return the kid...but maybe not completely intact?...anyway, tune in and find out the mess that is made!2025-01-061h 52Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.14: The Icarus Factor
This episode, Amaya and Mat...know kung-fu...or, specifically, Anbo-jitsu - the greatest martial art EVER...according to Riker's dad, Kyle! Kyle? Can you believe that?! So weird. Riker has this old man's name, and his dad has this young dude's name. So strange! Oh! Right, yeah, well anyway, we also learn that Worf ( and Klingons in general) might have some sadomasochistic tendencies - I know, colour me shocked! - and that Riker is an angry, angry man deep down...hence the trombone, I suppose?....2024-12-232h 02Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.13: Time SquardIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat discover so many new things: Riker's love of cooking; Data's ability to be reticent, and; Picard's murderous desire to destroy the hidden part of his id...preferably with a phaser...and if possible in Shuttle Bay 2. We also learn a lot about the sick bay...like a LOT...many, many times over. But there's plenty interesting here to discuss and debate, so come join us for this one - we're over the halfway mark now!
2024-11-291h 17Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.12: The RoyaleThis week, Amaya and Mat BREAK THE RECORDING...well, mostly Amaya...Mat was fairly innocent of any wrongdoing...Anyway, a slightly truncated episode, but we address all the important stuff, like: why do Riker, Worf, and Data always get all the fun; and what exactly *is* the story with Troi's powers. Also, remember to stay right ot the very end for a very special scientific update...only 30 years too late!
2024-11-221h 09Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.11: ContagionIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat channel their inner 'Sound of Music' love into a podcast about ST: TNG and sing "How Do You Solve a Problem Like The Romulans?", while tossing up whether Data is just a deus ex machina - perhaps having usurped Wesley's role - as well as deciding is Geordi, in fact, the most developed character on the show? You''ll have to tune in and find out what we decide!2024-10-251h 12Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.10: The DauphinThis week, Amaya and Mat learn all about first love, chocolate mousse, Klingon mating rituals, and make the shocking discovery that Wesley Crusher might in fact be...a complete moron! Noooooooo! On the bright side there's Worf getting pervy, as well as Riker and Guinan's "get a room already" flirt fest. But does it all add up to something? You'll have to tune in to find out!2024-10-041h 30Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.09: The Measure of a ManIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat discover they've watched completely different episodes - sort of! Talk about CONTROVERSY!!! Two WILDLY different responses to a Data-centric episode that should have had them united in their dislike of the android. Instead, they're now dead to one another! Can there ever be a reconciliation? You'll have to listen to find out.2024-09-201h 47Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.08: A Matter of HonorThis week, Amaya and Mat try to ignore the fact that Americans can't spell 'Honour' properly, and instead focus on the fact that they've arrived at the best episode of the season so far! In this Riker-tastic Klingon-fest, we get action, we get suspense, we get weird Klingon sex stuff, AND... breastfeeding! Qapla'!
2024-09-131h 41Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.07: Unnatural Selection
Better late than never (right?...), in this week's episode, Amaya and Mat make sure the wait was worth it! We get arguably one of the best scripts we've had to date, we get Mile O'Brien, we get BIG money-on-screen sets, we get actual pathos and character development, we get more Miles O'Brien, aaand...we get CONTROVERSY, as father and daughter debate whether music is little more than a dramatic crutch in film, TV, and possibly life! 😱2024-09-101h 40Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.06: The Schizoid ManThis week, Amaya and Mat meet the greatest human mind in the universe...who might also be the dumbest! We also have the long-awaited return of our most popular segment, "Please Fix My Episode", where Amaya rips it all up and puts it back together, while Mat writes fan mail to Paramount Studios about new Vulcan hottie guest star, Lieutenant Selar, and sends it back in time to 1989 with a proposal of marriage...2024-08-231h 23Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.05: Loud as a WhisperThis week, Amaya and Mat may have just struck "Next Gen" Season 2 GOLD: sensitive treatment of disability - CHECK; genuinely interesting ideas - CHECK; true human moments - CHECK; Data doesn't piss us off - CHECK...I mean, what could possibly go wrong? Well, something may have...but you'll have to tune to find out!2024-08-091h 33Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.04: The Outrageous OkonaIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat learn want a joke isn't, and what a jerk is...or isn't. In possibly the most oddly structured episodes this season, Billy "The Rocketeer/Clint Webber from "Frasier" Campbell, Teri "Lois and Clark/Desperate Housewives" Hatcher, and some unsupportive supporting cast teach us the importance of making sure you understand what you're actually trying to say when you write a TV script. Thank God for Whoopi Goldberg, who almost saves the day!2024-08-021h 29Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.03: Elementary, Dear DataThis week, Amaya and Mat travel back to 19th-century London to discover there's something they hate more than Data...and that's Pulaski! Naaah! She's alright, and so is this episode, until it takes a strange and unforgivable narrative turn for the worse! Still, Holmes and Watson, the Holodeck, Worf dressed up like an Edwardian gentleman...how bad could it really be?...2024-07-261h 24Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.02: Where Silence Has LeaseIn this episode, Amaya and Mat discover that there's arguably something worse than just a bad episode of 'Next Gen': and that is what might be THE most boring episode of the series yet! My God! "Shoot me!" - but not in a 'Arrested Development'/Uncle Jack sense. Just a staright bullet to the brain, please! Though, it is true, that along the way they also discover a love they never knew they had for 'My Little Pony'-faced alien void creatures...2024-07-191h 15Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2.01: The ChildAmaya and Mat are BACK!...for Season 2 of ST: TNG, and this week they learn all about un-planned parenthood, luxuriate in Riker's new beard, hang out in the spiffy new bar with the spiff new cast member, and go on maybe the least relevant tangent to date as the discuss the comedy stylings of Martin Short...no, not much has changed in the interlude!2024-07-121h 57Wait... Where's Spock?Season One: Re-RankIn the final episode for this season of "Wait!...where's Spock?", Amaya and Mat look back, misty-eyed - mostly due to having watched too much tv - and re-score all of season one's episodes...particularly the ones we didn't score in the first place. And stay through to the end for the first moment of genuine shock and tears as Mat reads to Amaya the synopsis for Episode One, Season Two...2024-06-142h 11Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 27: The Neutral ZoneThis week, Amaya and Mat explore Mat's romantic life, also known as the Completely In Neutral Zone and...wait...no! Sorry! Different show. In this week's episode they finally come face-to-face with this series' overarching nemesis...writers' strikes (UNION PROUD!) Also, there's 80's cryogenics obsession, booze, drugs, country music and, at long last...ROMULANS!!!2024-06-071h 01Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 26: ConspiracyIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat uncover..."Conspiracy", Next Gen's "The Thing" tribute, with enough gore and body horror to leave John Carpenter whimpering in a corner of the room. Along with all the viscera comes a great idea, a really solid script, all of which contributes to what is arguably the best episode of the season...if episodes were measured by the weight of their practical effects.2024-05-311h 07Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 25: We'll Always Have ParisThis week, Amaya (and now you) has to put up with Mat doing his dodgy Patrick Stewart impersonation, which is really a dodgy Ian McKellan impersonation from "Lord of the Rings). We also get to see LOTS of Datas (as well as some excellent stuntman tumbling action), creepy Crusher action, and the occasional bit of adult emotional interaction.2024-05-241h 06Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 24: Skin of EvilThis week, Amaya and Mat experience great loss...for Mat, mostly the hour lost watching this episode! But seriously, it's a great case of the parts being better than the sum of the total, but also a time of learning, and they both discover that they love...David Cronenberg's "The Fly"...and f**king "Buffy" comes up again! When will it stop?!! 2024-05-171h 18Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 23: SymbiosisIn this week's episode, Amaya and May learn to say "No!...to drugs"...and a HARD no to dodgy PSA announcements masquerading as drama. Seriously though, turns out "Symbiosis" is some good s**t, man, and if you want some meet us 'round the corner for a fix of solidly written drama and great performances...first time's free...
...and apologies for the poor audio...definitely Amaya's fault... 2024-05-101h 13Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 22: Arsenal of FreedomIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat learn that a Death Sphere isn't always what it claims to be...like a sphere, for instance...that Crusher and Picard really just need to get a room, and that maybe this episode is "the best" of Season One...oh! And apologies for more 'Buffy' chat and comparisons. Last time, we swear*.
* We totally don't swear.2024-05-031h 15Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 21: Heart of Glory"Maj po" this week from Amaya and Mat, who say "tlhIngan maH" in order that we have "qapla"! Yes, it's our first Klingon episode of the season (and the series), and while Amaya's love of Worf continues to grow, Mat almost spoils - close to 40 years on - the TV mini-series "V" - that's right! It's "Wait...where's Marc Singer?", our new addition to the podcast.2024-04-261h 11Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 20: Coming of AgeThis week, Amaya and Mat learn the meaning of self-understanding...as well as just how high Riker can throw his leg over a chair and thrust his crotch at someone! There's also young love, daring rescue, and 'sweet as' Starfleet after-hours fashion, in what amounts to a solid episode...but not without some rewrites, of course.2024-04-191h 11Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 19: Home SoilThis week, Amaya and Mat explore the universe's BIG questions: what actually constitutes *real* life, and; what the Hell was the secret name of this podcast for the last eighteen episodes?! They also find time for some of your two favourite segments: Amaya's Phasers on Fashion and Mat's Minute of Miniatures and Matte Paintings. 2024-04-1256 minWait... Where's Spock?Episode 18: When the Bough BreaksIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat pretty much forget everyone's name, confusing characters with actors, then spend quite a bit of time dissecting the social constructs of the High School Musical-verse - but don't worry: they do end up rating episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer...and somewhere in here actually discuss this quite nicely made episode of ST: TNG.2024-04-051h 11Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 17: Too Short a SeasonIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat debate whether Mat is just a young man wearing a lot of prosthetics to appear much older, and, in fact, is not even her father! We also talk about this episode of ST: TNG which, coincidentally, also features unconvincing prosthetics and a storyline that can't make up its mind what theme it wants to settle upon.2024-03-291h 07Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 16: 11001001On this week's episode, Riker gets his weird on, Mat gets even weirder about Riker's weirdness, then Picard seems to want to join in, and Amaya has to put up with the lot. There's a lot to discuss here, including the possibility that this might be the best episode yet for Season One, and the fact that Amaya might at last be coming around to Data!2024-03-221h 23Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 15: Angel OneThis week, Amaya and Mat visit a planet ruled by a matriarchy, in an episode written by a man seemingly with an anti-matriarchal agenda - SHOCK! Stop the presses! Man scared of women! But seriously, there's just a whole lot of confusion going on here, but not without some redeeming qualities...did I mention Riker's nipples?...2024-03-161h 18Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 14: DataloreIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat have to deal with TWO Datas...Day-tahs...Dar-tahs...Day-tahs - WHATEVER! There are two of them...sort of...and it turns out they kind of like both of them. Yup, Brent Spiner is acting up a storm, Wesley is being a "little b*tch" (according to Amaya), and Mat really, REALLY needs to decide how to pronounce Data...and also take better notes when watching an episode...2024-03-081h 12Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 13: The Big GoodbyeIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat learn that Picard does have a sense of humour, that Data CAN be funny, but most of all...that Beverly Crusher is the real QUEEN of COMEDY on ST: TNG. And, like Martin Sheen travelling upriver to kill Marlon Brando in "Apocalypse Now", we travel deep, deep into the treacherous territory of episode rewriting...2024-03-011h 11Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 12: HavenIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat GUSH about all things Lwaxana Troi, play "Rewrite the Episode" for probably too long, and come away, at last, with real joy about what must be the best episode yet of Season One.2024-02-241h 34Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 11: Hide and QIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat must overcome not just the trauma of a returning Q, but many multiple traumas, including faux-infanticide, faux-Klingonicide, and...the 'Chadisisation' of Wesley! And it wouldn't be an early Next Gen episode without some inappropriate and weird Roddenberriesque sex stuff, of course! SO much going on here. Come on in, the water is ewwwww!2024-02-1651 minWait... Where's Spock?Episode 10: The BattleOn today's episode, Amaya and Mat decide they know what's best and re-write this entire ST: TNG episode on the fly, making it SO much better, and along the way discuss the controlling architectural idea of "The Jetsons" and its relationship to "Star Trek" model building, and we see a return of Mat's favourite TNG bugbear: the Ferengi as 'Space Jews'. 2024-02-091h 02Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 9: JusticeIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat beam down to NAKED PEOPLE SEX WORLD...which is decidedly lacking in actual sex, in an episode that doesn't seem to have anything at all to do with sex. It's more about the importance of reading the signs, keeping off the grass, and taking the easy way out - which we certainly DON'T do in this episode.2024-02-0248 minWait... Where's Spock?Episode 8: Lonely Among UsIn this week's episode, Amaya and Mat discover, in fact, that the loneliest place might be an episode of television for which nobody feels enough even to dislike! Still, there are highlights: Riker and a shiny, green whip...and the first appearance proper of everyone's favourite Irish transporter chief!2024-01-2659 minWait... Where's Spock?Episode 7: Where No One Has Gone BeforeIn today's episode, Amaya and Mat board the Enterprise as a Starfleet Tight-tunic and his definitely not groomer alien buddy attempt to take the ship to places it has never been before...like inappropriate relations between an impressionable young man and a googly-eyed, three-fingered 'stranger danger'. Plus, bonus Wesley couture chat!2024-01-1855 minWait... Where's Spock?Episode 6: The Last OutpostAmaya and Mat discover the glory that is...the FERENGI!...but it all ends up being about ANOTHER omnipotent God (meaning: stand-in for white male saviour figure). We discuss the blast radius of Ferengi electric whips, MORE Picard child hatred...and are the Ferengi merely cyphers...for the Jewish people?!...2024-01-1247 minWait... Where's Spock?Episode 5: Code of HonourIn today's episode, Amaya and Mat initially struggle to say "Boy! This episode is SUPER racist!" but eventually get over it to say "Boy! This episode REALLY is SUPER racist!", as well as pass judgment on some super stylish combat-wear, and make a deep digression into the finer points of 2003's "School of Rock".2024-01-051h 03Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 4: The Naked NowIn this episode, Amaya and Mat revisit a familiar infection, except this time there's actual nakedness, as they contemplate whether this one was just too early - and waaaaaaaaay too sex-focused - so early in the show's history, as well as why you need an android that's "fully functional"?!2023-12-2950 minWait... Where's Spock?Episode 3: Escape from Farpoint - Part TwoIn this second part of their ST: TNG's pilot episode review, Amaya and Mat dig deep into what makes for a great episode of Star Trek, who are the clear stars of this new ST series, and just how gay Riker is for Data (SPOILERS: significantly).
2023-12-221h 02Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 2: Encounter at Farpoint - Part OneFor their first episode proper, Amaya and Mat look back at the 'first part' of ST: TNG's pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", and debate exactly how many of the male crew members should wear Starfleet-issued dresses, and whether it's okay to slap Wesley, and whereabout you should to it (anatomically, speaking).2023-12-151h 23Wait... Where's Spock?Episode 1: IntroductionIn this introductory episode, we discuss our shared and individual history with Star Trek, as well as our hopes and concerns about the long journey ahead. 2023-12-1522 min