Content warning: near the end of the show, when we are discussing our favourite and not-so-favourite things/characters in Discovery, Fiona makes reference to PTSD and sexualised violence. Please keep this in mind if these are difficult topics for you.
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Is that your threat ganglia showing or are you just surprised to see us in your podcast subscriptions feed?
We are back, from outer space. You opened up your podcast app, with a sad look upon your face. You love our stupid show, our wit and humour are the key, and without any warning, we're back to bother thee...
In this episode we talk Chapter 1 of Star Trek: Discovery. I'm not sure how else to describe it. We have mixed feelings, and we discuss them as we generally do. There are spoilers for the first half of season 1 of Discovery, because it would be quite difficult to talk about it for an hour and not spoil anything.
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Firstly, our most sincere apologies for the delays in getting this episode out; hopefully it will be worth the wait!
Also, the audio quality might not quite be up to par - this is probably related to the problems we had with the actual recording. Anyway, it's not like I produce NPR-quality podcasts, what do you want from me???
In this episode, we pay tribute to the fabulous and wonderful Majel Barrett Roddenberry. If you're unfamiliar with her place in Trek history, are you sure you've go the right podcast? If you don't know her, go watch her episodes, we'll wait.
Caught up? Ain't she just BRILLIANT? Hashtag life goals. Lwaxana, at least, if not MBR herself.
We also talk movie trailers and the new TV show, but that got abruptly cut off. C'est la vie.
In this episode, we struggle to stay on the topic we meant to talk about; Season 3 TNG's 'The Offspring' (SPOILERS: Data becomes a daddy for about 42 minutes) and Season 5 DS9's 'The Begotten'. Totally not the same story, why would you say that? Odo not only becomes a quasi-parent, he also resolves his daddy issues. Totes not the same.
As we ended up talking about a wide variety of things, we'll try to ensure that there's actually show notes if there's anything you want to find out more about. That Enterprise D sim? You'll want to see that. Fiona is already saving for the VR headset specifically for that.
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Another lengthy episode! We have a lot to say about everybody's favourite Trek (TNG onwards, anyway) scoundrel - Q. And a few other things, which brings us to a very important show note: there's swearing in this one. A lot of swearing. If this is something you don't care to listen to, that's okay - skip the bit between 1hr 39mins and 1hr 47mins (and about 30 seconds).
We were interrupted about midway through, so there's an unavoidable break. Fiona's neighbour has a dog that doesn't like to be left alone, as you may hear later in the show. Speaking of hearing and Fiona, if you don't skip the sweary bit, you'll have the dubious pleasure of hearing how loud (and incoherent) she can get when provoked. Otherwise she's her usual barely audible self. Still working on that.
Finally, we finish off with a quote quiz between AB and Fiona. If you have any suggestions for quotes or questions, email them to angeltwopodcast@gmail.com and be sure to mark them 'FAO Sophie' in the title bar.
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The obvious place for us to go to is Angel One. Spoiler: it SUCKS.
We discuss how badly this episode sucks at great length, and more importantly, why it sucks so badly that Fiona rolled her eyes so hard at it, she fell out her chair. Trufax.
The format of the episode might be different to episode one; this is because Fiona - once safely seated again - is learning all kinds of audio trickery (and may even start using said trickery in the actual podcast sometime), so please give her feedback on whether or not it sucks as hard as an episode of TNG from 1987. Also, yes. She's still really, really quiet. It might actually be her, not the microphone. I also hate referring to myself in the 3rd person.
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