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First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that let's Abby and Chris reflect and chat about the entire series of Star Trek Discovery, which just finished its last season.

We could talk for hours, but we have distilled our five season discussion down into the following format.

Bonus Discovery Reflection Format:
- Welcome & Black Alert (spoiler warning)
- Main Character Review
- Secondary and Supporting Character Review
- Season Features (5 words and a hashtag, haiku on the captain, haiku on the threat/villain, Top 3 Eps and Season grappler rating) - Grudge Grumbles (our favorite theme, production element and wild card)
- Spore Jump Rating (a final haiku & rating the series on a scale of 1-10 spore jumps)

Feel free to let us know your picks for each question so we can share them on our next Mail Bag episode. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

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Season 3 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss! Chris and Abby are chatting about "Impulse" and all the creepy shots, Vulcan zombies and the heebie jeebies it gives us.

When Enterprise responds to a distress call from a Vulcan ship stranded in the Delphic Expanse, Archer and his boarding team are attacked by insane zombie-like Vulcans.

Season 3 Format:
-Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning)
-Captain's Log & Haiku (episode recap)
-Pros and Decons (analysis of episode)
- Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot)
- Flipping Duras and/or VAMF (Vulcan as a Mother Flipper) Awards as needed
-Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts)
-Trivia
-Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

Feel free to let us know your picks for each question so we can share them on our next Mail Bag episode. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & Bluesky:
@FirstFlightPod
Abby: @abbymsommer
Chris: @ShelfNerds

Email us feedback (90 secs or less)
firstflightpod@gmail.com

Find Us on YouTube:
First Flight's Channel: Tricorder Transmissions Network Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Season 3 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss! Chris and Abby are chatting about "Rajiin" and all the twists, Reptilians and gauzy costumes it offers.

Rescued by Archer from an alien bazaar, a captivating slave girl, Rajiin, uses her sultry, hypnotic mental powers on the crew to steal data on humans for her Xindi overlords. But when her deception is discovered, Archer throws her in the brig, forcing the Reptilian Xindi to storm the ship, weapons blazing, to spring her free.

Season 3 Format:
-Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning)
-Captain's Log & Haiku (episode recap)
-Pros and Decons (analysis of episode)
- Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot)
- Flipping Duras and/or VAMF (Vulcan as a Mother Flipper) Awards as needed
-Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts)
-Trivia
-Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

Feel free to let us know your picks for each question so we can share them on our next Mail Bag episode. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & Bluesky:
@FirstFlightPod
Abby: @abbymsommer
Chris: @ShelfNerds

Email us feedback (90 secs or less)
firstflightpod@gmail.com

Find Us on YouTube:
First Flight's Channel: Tricorder Transmissions Network Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Season 3 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss! Chris and Abby are chatting about "Extinction" and its flames, intense squatting and moral moments.

Their ongoing quest for the Xindi leads the Enterprise crew to a tropical alien world where Archer, Reed and Hoshi are exposed to a highly contagious virus that transforms their bodies and minds into those of the long extinct alien inhabitants of the planet.

Season 3 Format:
-Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning)
-Captain's Log & Haiku (episode recap)
-Pros and Decons (analysis of episode)
- Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot)
- Flipping Duras and/or VAMF (Vulcan as a Mother Flipper) Awards as needed
-Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts)
-Trivia
-Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

Feel free to let us know your picks for each question so we can share them on our next Mail Bag episode. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Twitter:
@FirstFlightPod
Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Find Us on YouTube:
First Flight's Channel: Tricorder Transmissions Network Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

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@firstflightpod

Season 3 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss! Chris and Abby are very excited to chat about "Anomaly" and the many intense moments of the episode.

The mission to find the Xindi takes a grim turn when Enterprise is crippled by inexplicable, destructive spatial anomalies that distort the laws of physics. With systems down, alien pirates board and raid valuable supplies from the ship. The crew captures one of the marauders and a determined Archer interrogates the prisoner.

Season 3 Format:
-Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning)
-Captain's Log & Haiku (episode recap)
-Pros and Decons (analysis of episode)
- Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot)
- Flipping Duras and/or VAMF (Vulcan as a Mother Flipper) Awards as needed
-Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts)
-Trivia
-Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

Feel free to let us know your picks for each question so we can share them on our next Mail Bag episode. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Twitter:
@FirstFlightPod
Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Find Us on YouTube:
First Flight's Channel: Tricorder Transmissions Network Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Find Us on Instagram, Mastodon, Bluesky and Facebook:
@firstflightpod

Season 3 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to say! Chris and Abby are very excited to chat about "The Xindi" - the Season 3 premiere.

Six weeks into the Delphic Expanse, Captain Archer and his crew learn of a Xindi working at a mining colony, and set out to track him down and gain information about the mysterious antagonistic race.

Season 3 Format:
-Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning)
-Captain's Log & Haiku (episode recap)
-Pros and Decons (analysis of episode)
- Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot)
- Flipping Duras and/or VAMF (Vulcan as a Mother Flipper) Awards as needed
-Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts)
-Trivia
-Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

Feel free to let us know your picks for each question so we can share them on our next Mail Bag episode. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Twitter:
@FirstFlightPod
Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Find Us on YouTube:
First Flight's Channel: Tricorder Transmissions Network Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Find Us on Instagram, Mastodon, Bluesky and Facebook:
@firstflightpod