An evil crew, paradise, and a destructive intergalactic space worm. All this and more in this week’s episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast! I am joined, as usual, this week by my wife, Abbie, and our friend, Nate, as we discuss: The next 3 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – Mirror Mirror, The Apple, and The Doomsday Machine Is this the “darkest timeline”? Another parallel universe episode Gene Roddenberry’s vision (hope?) for the future Star Trek has always been progressive for its time – it’s not something new today Under the progressive veneer, there are still traditional values throughout the episodes Theory of parallel universes What are you? DNA? Experiences? Was Kirk trying to change the mirror universe for the better? Or was he just trying to get back to his universe and his ship? “Evil” Kirk is a formidable foe For a savage society, they are really bad at fighting Uniform colors Nature vs. Nurture and morality A piecemeal episode A Spock and Bones role reversal? What is the definition of “Paradise”? An anti-religion episode? Spock like Satan No ramifications? Can freedom be imposed? Or is it necessarily a choice? Lurr – Ruler of Omicron Persei VIII The parable of the banker and the fisherman from Jimmy John’s Can a society be thriving but also stagnant? Exploration of other command styles Other ships A rare consensus Cold War commentary How often to officers lose their ships? Decisions and results Major transporter issues. Is Scotty bad at his job? Security shortcomings Planetary system discussion Motion Picture and other movie discussion It all comes back to Independence Day…