144. Rom(ulan)Com (SNW 2.03)

Anika and Liz find themselves stranded in 2023 Toronto, and over some Tim Hortons and poutine, catch up to discuss the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"...

• FIRST we are very angry and sad about the cancellation of Star Trek: Prodigy
• SECOND, we were extremely nervous going into this episode, and then … we loved it? 
• Introducing Paul Wesley's Kirk via a set of AUs is really smart
• Is this the best episode of Enterprise or the sequel to "Time and Again" we didn't know we needed? Yes. Is it a problem that SNW keeps revisiting old stories? Yes. Did we love it regardless? Yes
• Okay FINE we're shipping La'an/Kirk BUT IN THIS TIMELINE ONLY
• An actual Secret Romulan that we didn't make up? A GIFT FOR US! (Also, again, aliens among humans, THERE'S A THEME)
• The UNIT Dating Controversy of it all
• It took three goes, but finally Khan Noonien Singh is played by a South Asian actor!
• Anika calls it: we're gonna see Brent Spiner in the finale
• "Progress requires trauma" - does it, though? Does it really?
• Are we the first Star Trek podcasters to talk about Pete Davidson?