The Nextlander crew branches out into media that doesn't require a controller to enjoy! Join Alex, Brad, and Vinny as they watch the movies, shows, and anime they've either missed out on up to this point in their lives, or just want to revisit again.

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193: Star Trek: That Which Survives and The Lights of Zetar

October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

Star Trek Summer: Extended Edition is officially on hiatus for a couple of months after this week's Watchcast, and for our final batch of episodes until December, we've got Lee Merriweather as a tormented fembot in That Which Survives…
192: Star Trek: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield and The Mark of Gideon

September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min

This week's Watchcast brings us to a famous (or infamous) episode from Star Trek's later run in the blunt-as-a-hammer racism parable Let That Be Your Last Battlefield. Also this week is The Mark of Gideon, which is an episode of Star Trek…
191: Star Trek: Elaan of Troyius and Whom Gods Destroy

September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 52 min

We're over the halfway hump in Star Trek's third season, and the campy nonsense hits a fever pitch in this week's episodes. First up is the Taming of the Shrew riff Elaan of Troyius, and then we're onto the simultaneously overheated and…
190: Star Trek: Wink of an Eye and The Empath

September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 51 min

We've officially hit the halfway point of Star Trek's final season, and while Wink of an Eye and The Empath aren't exactly series (or season) highlights, at least we get to watch some guest actors ham it up in wildly differing…
189: Star Trek: The Tholian Web and Plato's Stepchildren

August 31, 2026 · 1 hr 60 min

This week's Watchcast brings us to one of the few bright spots in this final Star Trek season in The Tholian Web. Also this week is Plato's Stepchildren, a historically significant episode that is certainly unpredictable, if nothing…
188: Star Trek: Day of the Dove and For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

August 24, 2026 · 1 hr 47 min

For this week's Star Trek journey we've got a pair of episodes absolutely chock full of cardboard swords and ridiculous alien misunderstandings in the Klingon-heavy donnybrook Day of the Dove, and the generation ship disaster For the World…
187: Star Trek: Is There in Truth No Beauty and Spectre of the Gun

August 17, 2026 · 1 hr 48 min

After the extraordinarily low lows of last week's Star Trek episodes, this week's batch feels like a welcome respite. Up to bat this week is previously-seen guest star Diana Muldaur in the psychedelic ugly alien freakout Is There in Truth…
186: Star Trek: The Paradise Syndrome and And the Children Shall Lead

August 10, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

Star Trek Summer is officially back on the menu, folks! We're once again joined by our compatriot Brad Shoemaker to continue our journey through the original series' third season soldiers on. And this week that journey meets one of its…