Two Captain Kirks beam down to Transporter Room 3 this week, with our review of the classic Star Trek episode “The Enemy Within.”

Directed by Sean Penn’s dad (!), this powerful installment — which celebrates its 60th anniversary this month — introduces the popular “problem with the transporter” trope into Trek with Kirk being split into two parts. “Positive Kirk” struggles to make critical command decisions while his other half — the feral and fearful “Negative Kirk” — wreaks havoc on the ship. It’s both a riveting and, in one particular instance, very problematic story, and we explain why.

We also jump to the 24th century to eulogize a TNG Red Shirt after a stop at the Replimat with Nathan Fielder and Jason Voorhees’s mom!

So get cozy, heat up some rocks with a hand phaser and listen now!

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