Season 1
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1 E6 ”Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot R…
Just a routine cartographic survey! Should be pretty boring, actually. Except, the Enterprise comes out of warp and receives a distress signal from a vessel under attack and when they save them and beam the survivors aboard, one of them …
Star Trek Discovery S1 E15 "Will You Take My Hand"
All’s well that ends well, right?! Season one comes to a defending climax with the Klingons having control of most of Alpha Quadrant, the DISCO attempting a suicidal mission to find the weaknesses in Qo’Onos, and this could be the …
Star Trek Discovery S1 E 13 & 14 "What's Past is Prologue" & "The War…
In episodes 13 and 14 of Season 1 of Star Trek Discovery, things get complicated; things get *very* complicated... Evil Lorca, who is the only Lorca we ever knew, makes a renewed attempt at his coup of the fascistic Terran …
Star Trek Discovery S1 E 11 & 12 "The Wolf Inside" & "Vaulting Ambiti…
Oh my, oh my, oh my. We’re late for an appointment at the palace! In this episode of Set Phasers, Steph and Akie discuss the insanity of the Mirror Universe, the nameless Emperor of the Terrans is revealed, delicacies are …
Star Trek Discovery S1 E 9 & 10 "Into The Forest I Go" & "Despite You…
Where to begin? This week Steph and Akie discuss Star Trek: Discovery's eighth and ninth episodes in which there is some glorious Klingon battling, some disturbing (and progressive) loss of control of mental faculty, not a little bit of dire …
Star Trek Discovery S1 E 7 & 8 "Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad" …
Strap in tight and hold on to your butts! In episodes 7 & 8 of Star Trek: Discovery we are forced to contend with the consequences of serial time loops, the curious biology of Space Whales, sentient planets and the …
Star Trek Discovery S1 E 5 & 6 - "Choose Your Pain" & "Lethe"
Stage a prison-break on a Klingon warship? And inject your head-scientist with the 23rd century equivalent of psychedelic (quantum) mushrooms? AND engage in dangerous liaisons with superior officers?! AND do a Vulcan mind-meld across time and space?! AND...
Star Trek Discovery S1 E 4 "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not For The Lam…
Akie and Steph discuss Season 1, Episode 4 of Star Trek: Discovery. Discovery's fancy new "displacement spore drive" doesn't seem to be working and a nearby mining colony is under attack. AND they only have six hours to get there!! …
Star Trek Discovery S1 E 3 "Context Is For Kings"
Akie and Steph discuss Season 1, Episode 3 of Star Trek: Discovery. New ship, who this? The chief engineer is a bit prickly, the captain hoards secrets, and the new roommate... snores. https://www.facebook.com/setphasers https://www.instagram.com/setp...
Star Trek Discovery S1 E 2 "Battle At The Binary Stars"
Akie and Stephanie discuss Episode 2 of Star Trek Discovery: wherein Michael Burnham has to face the music and has to decide whether she Vulcan (or Vulcan’t) live with the consequences of her actions. Also, the Klingons attack!!! (after...100 years!!) …
Star Trek Discovery S1 E 1 "The Vulcan Hello"
Akie and Stephanie discuss the pilot episode of Star Trek: Discovery! It's called The Vulcan Hello, it's all about Klingons (who haven't been seen for 100 YEARS!), and we get thoroughly confused a couple of times. Nonetheless, nerd-dom prevails in …
Set Phasers - A Star Trek Discovery Podcast (trailer)
Akie and Steph give you the low-down on what you can expect when you beam aboard... Every episode will delve into the Nerd-verse of Star Trek: Discovery breaking down all of the plot-twists, the timelines, the stats, bringing you the …