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The Voyage Continues: Previewing the Starfleet Academy Series
14 Dec 2025
In one month, Star Trek returns with a brand new series on Paramount+. PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt start the countdown for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
With the final jump of the spore drive having occurred, PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt take a look back at the five episode journey of Star Trek: Discovery.
501 "Red Directive" and 502 "Under the Twin Moons"
07 Apr 2024
Discovery’s fifth and final season begins with a super secret mission to find an answer to the biggest possible mystery. Matt and Pete launch into episodes 501, “Red Directive” and 502, “Under the Twin Moons.”
It ain’t easy being Mudd! Our favorite intergalactic scallywag is embroiled in a snare so sinister it would even make a Betazoid blush. Matt and Pete can’t shake loose from the fourth and final Short Trek, “The Escape Artist.”
Young Saru yearns for a life for he and his sister free of fear as a prey species, so the Kelpien wunderkind looks to the cosmos for answers. Matt and Pete bask in the warmth of Short Trek #3, “The Brightest Star.”
Time once again to talk Discovery--and where things could be headed for season two. We reference the video "Captains of the Enterprise," part one of which can be watched here.
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It’s lonely out there in space. One thousand years after Discovery, a man gets to know a beautiful, helpful stranger. Matt and Pete go on an odyssey with Short Trek #2, “Calypso.”
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As Star Trek: Discovery expands into new territory with Short Treks, Pete and Matt ponder other ways the show might connect with fandom. Also discussed: the trials and tribulations at CBS and the possible impact on CBS All Access and Discovery.
Discovery has found its Spock, and he is actor Ethan Peck! Pete and Matt break down the actor's casting and the character's impact on the larger season.
As the Star Trek fandom is leaving Las Vegas, Pete and Matt look back at the annual Trekkening, from its Picard news to the latest on Star Trek: Discovery, and more.
The end of the road might be in sight, but not before one more outing with the USS Discovery! PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt look to the future and talk season 5 of Discovery.
Short Treks! Original Number One! More Culber! The trailer! As Star Trek: Discovery lands at San Diego Comic Con, join Pete and Matt in a deep sensor sweep of the show's SDCC panel.
With Star Trek: Discovery continuing to stabilize after leadership changes, Pete and Matt talk the possibility of more Star Trek, secret whispers(!), staff additions and promotions, and awards wracked up by our dear Disco.
With showrunner changes--again--and behind-the-scenes changes galore, is Star Trek: Discovery doomed... again? Of course not! Pete and Matt break down all the switches as production for season two continues.
With season one of Star Trek: Discovery in the books, Pete and Matt look back at the season as a whole. We revisit the many highlights, a few bumps in the road, favorite characters, and look to the road ahead.
With the Federation on the brink of extinction, and the Klingon homeworld on the precipice of destruction, will our heroes keep their ideas as they take us to the stars? Pete and Matt analyze the season one finale, episode 115, "Will You Take My Hand?"
Lorca has returned to where he belongs, but Burnham and the Discovery have to foil the power source of the Charon which poses a threat to the entire multiverse. Matt and Pete rewind the season 1 antepenultimate episode 113, "What's Past is Prologue."
Burnham comes face to face with a ghost as Tyler attempts to exorcise his demon. And how many Stametses does it take to find your way out of a mycellial network? Matt and Pete take aim at episode 112, "Vaulting Ambition."
As Burnham attempts to settle in to the Mirror Shenzhou, the unsettling truth about another bubbles to the surface. Matt and Pete inspect episode 111, "The Wolf Inside."
The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery finds itself in dangerous waters as does a vital member of her crew. Matt and Pete reflect upon episode 110, "Despite Yourself."
With Discovery's final voyage starting in April 2024, PhantasticGeek.com's Pete & Matt check in with the status of the series, all while the corporate stage swirls.
As the Discovery prepares to face down the Klingon Ship of the Dead and defend Pahvo, her crew concocts a desperate plan to potentially end the war. But not all is what it seems when held up to a mirror. Pete and Matt reflect upon the Star Trek: Discovery Chapter 1 finale, episode 109 “Into the Forest I Go.”
It’s time to blow off some steam aboard the Discovery, but the return of Harcourt Fenton Mudd gets in the way of the festivities. Matt and Pete take a gander at the gormagander that is episode 107 “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad.”
Tables are turned as Sarek calls out to Burnham for help. Lt. Tyler settles into Discovery while Lorca may be a lothario. Pete and Matt won’t soon forget Star Trek: Discovery episode 106 “Lethe.”
104: "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"
09 Oct 2017
You'll believe that a spore drive can fly, but is the beastie actually a beauty? Pete and Matt jump into episode 104, "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry."
The Discovery arrives, but how will everyone look at mutineer Michael Burnham? Pete and Matt analyze every spore for episode 103, "Context Is for Kings."
With the showdown between Starfleet and the Klingons about to boil over, will a hero emerge? Pete and Matt analyze this shocking episode, "Battle at the Binary Stars."
The Beginning of the End: Charting Discovery's Cancellation Announcement
07 Mar 2023
With the surprising news that Star Trek: Discovery's fifth season will also be its last, PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt look back at the road that got us here while anticipating the ten episodes still ahead.
The wait is over, and Star Trek: Discovery has arrived! PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt break down the pilot episode, share theories about Burnham's past, and hear from listeners.
In our penultimate preview episode, we talk Star Trek: Discovery's recently-revealed theme, details surrounding its press screening, and the road ahead.
On the continuing adventures of Star Trek: Discovery's countdown, Pete and Matt look at the bevy of jewels contained in Entertainment Weekly for August 4th, 2017, as well as the corresponding video the EW website. Also discussed: who is #TeamTilly and who is #TeamSaru!
As Star Trek: Discovery continues its information rollout, Pete and Matt discuss Michael Burnham's past, float a Captain Lorca theory, and analyze the uniforms from literal top to bottom.
As Star Trek takes its next journey, we have gotten our first look at Star Trek: Discovery. Beam on up as Pete and Matt analyze and theorize over this first footage of the next Star Trek adventure!
The cavalcade of Star Trek stars rolled out on this annual day of thanking the Great Bird of the Galaxy, and PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt talk about the wonderful and passionate hosts, and the panels on Star Treks Picard, Discovery, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds... along with strange new news about Wesley Crusher's video game return and a Khan-cast written by Nicholas Meyer!
Star Trek: Discovery has two new showrunners--but though some fans are calling for a red alert, we're here to talk about the ship resuming normal operations. Pete and Matt beam on down to give you the series update!