Re:Engage TNG

The Schizoid Man - s2e6

A great performance by Brent Spiner keeps this episode trucking as the Enterprise goes to Grave's World to meet Dr. Graves. He's a brilliant cybernetician, and he's dying, but it's all good, he's an asshole. But then Data starts acting weird by giving strange funeral speeches and crushing people's hands. The audience is in on the trick the whole time, and it's fun to watch Picard and the crew finally figure it all out. Kate hosts this episode by perfectly portraying the plot details, Erik doesn't want Data to ever be mean to him, Jimmie throws some Pacific Northwest passive aggressiveness, while Greg hates on Dr. Graves from the jump.
 
We'd love to receive more feedback or questions we can read aloud and answer on episodes in the future so feel free to email letsReengage@gmail.com or message us on Twitter @ReEngageTNG!
Host: Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG) 
Panel: Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter), Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), and Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG)
Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is "Unnatural Selection" s2e7 hosted by Jimmie!

Loud as a Whisper - s2e5

Wacky introductions notwithstanding, this episode has a pretty serious tone. The famed negotiator Riva is revealed to be deaf and has three interpreters who speak his words through telepathic communication. Riva's lusty voice keeps crushing on Troi, but Riva acts cocky to everyone else until they get to the planet and loses his interpreter chorus. The rest of the episode is all about how Riva and the crew respond, and our cultural bridge crew has mixed feelings but we all agree the portrayal of handicapped characters Riva and Geordi was great to see. Greg hosts and doesn't care for Riva at all, Kate was skeeved out by lusty boy, Jimmie just wants to know more about the chorus, while Erik appreciated Riva's performance immensely, perhaps because Howie Seago is from Tacoma, WA.
We'd love to receive more feedback or questions we can read aloud and answer on episodes in the future so feel free to email letsReengage@gmail.com or message us on Twitter @ReEngageTNG!
Host: Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG)
Panel: Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter), Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG)
Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is "The Schizoid Man" s2e6 hosted by Kate!

The Outrageous Okona - s2e4

This Okona is OUTRAGEOUS! The eponymous captain is introduced ass-first and there isn't a more perfect metaphor for this episode. The main plot is cute, and it's cool to see an actor who might have played Riker charm the main cast - and several ladies aboard the Enterprise. But the B Plot of Data trying to find comedy is stretched thin when the holodeck selects Joe Piscopo as the end-all be-all of stand-up comedy to teach him. Especially when Whoopi Goldberg was right there! Jimmie G. hosts this episode and brings his buddy Zoltan Szabadi on board to talk Trek, Kate doesn't remember Joe Piscopo fondly, Erik waxes poetic about Teri Hatcher and William O. Campbell, and Greg is still amazed Okona never breaks his word.
 
We'd love to receive more feedback or questions we can read aloud and answer on episodes in the future so feel free to email letsReengage@gmail.com or message us on Twitter @ReEngageTNG!
 
Host: Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter)
Panel: Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG), Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG), and guest Zoltan Szabadi!
Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is "Loud as a Whisper" s2e5 hosted by Greg!

Elementary, Dear Data - s2e3

We just can't get enough cosplay episodes! As the Enterprise needs to wait for a rendezvous with the U.S.S. Victory, Data and Geordi have some time to kill and they decide to go to the holodeck. After geeking out over the details of Sherlock Holmes' place, Geordi gets frustrated at the "game" of solving an already written mystery since Data already knows all those details. Pulaski gets in on it by taunting Data's lack of reasoning and the whole game unravels when Geordi mistakenly instructs the computer to create ... well, sentient life, in the form of the criminal mastermind Prof. Moriarty. Oops! Kate hosts with an outrageous cockney accent the whole time (not really), Erik claims The Naked Gun affected his snack-life, Greg drops a perfect score of 10 broken model ship rigging lines, and Jimmie wants the whole holodeck experiment scrapped for the welfare of the ship and all aboard.
 
We'd love to receive more feedback or questions we can read aloud and answer on episodes in the future so feel free to email letsReengage@gmail.com or message us on Twitter @ReEngageTNG!
 
Host: Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG)
Panel: Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG), and Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter) 
Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is "The Outrageous Okona" s2e4 hosted by Jimmie with guest Zoltan Szabadi!

Where Silence Has Lease - s2e2

Life is one surprise after another for Ensign Haskell. Episode 2 of the second season of The Next Generation means it's the second epidode of Re:Engage's second season, too! Despite such tortured syntax, your cultural bridge officers return once more to go where no one wants to go. Kate continues to live for Scrooged, Jimmie takes a Mulligan with Nagilum (what would the extra 'l' have cost them, anyway?), Greg plays One Bridge-One-Riker with Lt Worf, and the whole crew lets you know what we think the holodeck smells like. Come with us back to 1988, and Re:Engage!
We'd love to receive more feedback or questions we can read aloud and answer on episodes in the future so feel free to email letsReengage@gmail.com or message us on Twitter @ReEngageTNG!
 
Host: Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG)
Panel: Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG), Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG), and Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter) 
Audio Editor: Erik Gratton, Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is Elementary, Dear Data s2e3!

The Child - s2e1 (PREMIERE)

Enter Riker's beard. Along with Guinan, Ten Forward, Dr. Pulaski, and Geordi's assignment as Chief Engineer, there is a lot of new stuff to introduce in this premiere of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Marina Sirtis finally gets some well-written dialogue and character progression as she experiences motherhood in the blink of an eye. This episode also features the A and B plots building well off each other, just as newcomers Dr. Pulaski and Guinan immediately have impactful moments. There's even a C plot with Wesley! Rejoice! Greg Tito hosts this episode recapping what's happened in the last six months of real time since the Neutral Zone ending the first season (a lot!), Kate goes full Noel Coward, Jimmie loves Ten Forward, and Erik has his own view of the titular child. 
 
We'd love to receive more feedback or questions we can read aloud and answer on episodes in the future so feel free to email letsReengage@gmail.com or message us on Twitter @ReEngageTNG!
 
Host: Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG)
Panel: Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG), Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), and Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter) 
Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is "Where Silence Has Lease" s2e2!

The Neutral Zone - s1e25 (FINALE)

We are back! This season of fraught production comes to a close with an episode that's not sure what its A or B plots are exactly, but at least we get some great-looking Warbirds. Picard is off getting some intel, and Data wants to look at some space trash ... which happens to have 3 Americans from the early 21st century in a cryogenic stasis. They died back then, but then Dr. Crusher wakes them up at the worst possible time as the Enterprise heads into the Romulan neutral zone to investigate destroyed outposts. Who destroyed them? Well, we'll find out! Jimmie G hosts and still doesn't understand what stardates or Nielsen ratings mean, Kate loves to hate the financier and the misogynist country music star, Greg misses old school disk drives, and Erik decodes what a "low mileage pit woofer" is. Hint: It's gross.
Re:Engage will take a short break for a few weeks and return with the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2 soon. Thank you for listening along with us. We'd love to receive more feedback or questions we can read aloud and answer on episodes in the future so feel free to email letsReengage@gmail.com or message us on Twitter @ReEngageTNG!
 
Host: Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter) 
Panel: Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG), Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), and Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG)
Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is the start of the second season of Star Trek The Next Generation!

Conspiracy - s1e24

There are bugs inside me! It's a conspiracy! The stakes for this episode start pretty high and they quickly jump the shark all the way back to Earth to the Federation Headquarters. After three captains warn Picard there's something going on, his friend Captain Walker Keel gets blown the F up and Picard takes his warning seriously. We get the return of Remmick and Admiral Quinn back with the federation, and Remmick gets block the F up, eventually. It's a pretty violent one. Kate hilariously hosts this episode, Jimmie loves Data's laugh gag, Greg was disappointed we didn't get a space dock shot, and Erik dug the political sci-fi craziness of this episode.
 
Host: Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG) 
Panel: Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter), Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), and Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG)
Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is "Neutral Zone" s1e25 hosted by Jimmie!

We'll Always Have Paris - s1e23

With nary a mention of the deceased bridge officer, the Enterprise soldiers on into the harder sci-fi of the Manheim Effect. Guest star Michelle Philips from the Mamas and the Papas has a magnificent effect herself on Jean-Luc Picard, after he goes to Paris in the holodeck to indulge himself on Croissants D'ilithium. But her husband has been experimenting with space and time to created a loop through his experiments and it's up to the Three Wise Datas to fix it. Greg hosts this discussion of Picard's love life, Kate is very excited that Captain Picard wears a cup, Erik loves the funny looks Data gives throughout, and Jimmie walked to school by himself in Kindergarten.
 
Host: Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG)
Panel: Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter), Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), and Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG)
Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is "Conspiracy" s1e24 hosted by Kate!

Skin of Evil - s1e22

We say goodbye to Lieutenant Natasha Yar in the most effective, if not very meaningful, way. Our intrepid security officer is part of the away team that goes to the surface of Vagra II in search of Deanna Troi and the pilot of her crashed shuttle. In the way is an oil slick ... that moves and introduces itself as Armus. The slick is a dick, and it kills Yar off hand before having conversations with Troi in the shuttle, sucking Riker into itself and spitting him back out, and eventually arguing with Captain Picard before being abandoned forever. Science Officer Tanya DePass (@cypheroftyr on Twitter) joins the cultural bridge crew to discuss the demise of her favorite TNG character for this episode and connect the dots on Armus being the first cyber-bully doing it for the lolz. Jimmie G hosts for the first time and knocks it out of the park, Erik defends Denise Crosby, Greg made his kids cry watching this episode, and Kate is dumbfounded by the lack of weight to Tasha's death. So say we all.
 
Host: Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter) 
Panel: Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG), Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG) and special guest Tanya DePass (@cypheroftyr on Twitter) 
Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)
Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com
Theme music: Ryan Marth
 
Next up is "We'll Always Have Paris" s1e23 hosted by Greg!