Star Trek: From the Holodeck

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Star Trek: From the Holodeck is a fan broadcast dedicated to discussing, analyzing and breaking down all things Star Trek, including all episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, Prodigy, Lower Decks and more.

  1. From Holodeck: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.05 ‘Series Acclimation Mil’ [Breakdown]

    6D AGO

    From Holodeck: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.05 ‘Series Acclimation Mil’ [Breakdown]

    This episode examines Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s “Series Acclimation Mil,” an ambitious, philosophically grounded story that uses SAM and Sisko’s legacy to explore choice and becoming. While the episode is conceptually strong and thematically coherent, its execution is uneven, with stylistic choices such as disembodied voiceovers and moments that verge on fourth-wall disruption undercutting its...

  2. From Holodeck: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.04 ‘Vox in Excelso’ [Breakdown]

    FEB 2

    From Holodeck: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.04 ‘Vox in Excelso’ [Breakdown]

    In this episode, we unpack Star Trek: Starfleet Academy S1.E4, “Vox in Excelso,” a thematically dense hour that uses debate, introspection, and Jay-Den’s divided identity to explore existential change, cultural evolution, and survival without teleology. We examine the Klingon Empire’s long-declining rigidity, Trek’s anti-paternalistic ethics, and how the episode smartly folds Nietzschean becoming, rational discourse,...

  3. From Holodeck: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.03 ‘Vitus Reflux’ [Breakdown]

    JAN 26

    From Holodeck: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.03 ‘Vitus Reflux’ [Breakdown]

    In this episode of From the Holodeck, Mike and Dave break down “Vitus Reflux,” the moment Starfleet Academy begins to reveal what it actually wants to explore. Moving away from galactic stakes and toward institutional values, the episode reframes competition as a test of empathy rather than brute strength, using the rivalry between Starfleet Academy...

  4. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.02 ‘Beta Test’

    JAN 19

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.02 ‘Beta Test’

    In this episode of From the Holodeck, we examine the episode’s narrative overcrowding, frenetic aesthetic, and drift toward YA storytelling, while weighing its strongest element—the Betazed diplomatic storyline—against broader ideological shortcuts about youth, progress, and hope. The discussion ultimately asks whether the series is building a coherent Trek worldview, or trading meaning and world-logic for...

  5. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.01 ‘Kids These Days’

    JAN 19

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Edition – 1.01 ‘Kids These Days’

    In this episode of From the Holodeck, we begin our Starfleet Academy Edition with a close analysis of the premiere, “Kids These Days,” from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Rather than a simple review, we deconstruct the episode’s narrative structure, its emphasis on youth, inheritance, and aspiration, and how these ideas align with—yet subtly strain—Star Trek’s...

  6. Star Trek News: Star Fleet Academy, New Trek films and more

    12/10/2025

    Star Trek News: Star Fleet Academy, New Trek films and more

    In this episode, a discussion on all the latest Star Trek news, including things about Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy, newly announced Star Trek film and more. Unlock More Star Trek Content with Our Premium Shows: Join our bonus feed for exclusive Star Trek discussions, including Unimatrix Zero, our premium preshow, where we discuss the...

  7. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Edition – 3.10 ‘New Life and New Civilizations’

    09/21/2025

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Edition – 3.10 ‘New Life and New Civilizations’

    In the season finale of Strange New Worlds, “New Life and New Civilizations,” Star Trek circles back to some of its oldest philosophical questions while layering in new existential tensions. In this episode, we dive deep into the finale’s exploration of destiny, duality, and interdimensional mythmaking—showing how the series ties personal arcs to Trek’s larger...

  8. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Edition – 3.09 ‘Terrarium’

    09/10/2025

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Edition – 3.09 ‘Terrarium’

    We dive into “Terrarium,” the Ortegas-focused chapter of Strange New Worlds Season 3, where survival comes not through vengeance but through connection with a Gorn pilot—reshaping both character and canon in Trek’s tradition of empathy and continuity cleanup. Unlock More Star Trek Content with Our Premium Shows: Join our bonus feed for exclusive Star Trek...

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Star Trek: From the Holodeck is a fan broadcast dedicated to discussing, analyzing and breaking down all things Star Trek, including all episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, Prodigy, Lower Decks and more.

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