The Watchcast is back and the Star Trek watching has officially resumed! And for our first week back at it, we've got a pair of wild and unpredictable episodes in the Moby Dick riff Obsession, and the spooky alien serial murder yarn Wolf in the Fold!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 144: Star Trek: Obsession and Wolf in the Fold
(00:01:12) - Intro.
(00:04:31) - Kicking things off with Obsession.
(00:07:50) - What there is to say about this episode's production.
(00:14:01) - An away mission, a conspicuous number of redshirts, and a sickly sweet death cloud.
(00:20:48) - Say hello to Ensign Plot Device.
(00:27:31) - The vampire cloud ain't scary like it oughta be.
(00:32:28) - He's obsessed! Obsessed we tells ya!
(00:35:37) - Spock gives the kid a pep talk, then the Enterprise has a gas problem.
(00:41:23) - What is this final act?
(00:48:56) - Final thoughts.
(00:51:45) - Break!
(00:52:12) - We're back, and it's time to meet Saucy Jack in Wolf in the Fold!
(00:54:25) - Production and cast talk.
(01:07:23) - Welcome to Space Morocco.
(01:10:37) - Scotty resents women for some reason?
(01:14:56) - The other players in this mystery.
(01:19:56) - You had a mind-scanning tricorder this whole time?!?
(01:22:36) - What IS actually happening during these murders?
(01:26:45) - Nothing good ever happens at a seance.
(01:31:08) - 20 minutes of talking to a computer.
(01:41:18) - It's time for a psychedelic psycho murdering alien freakout.
(01:49:27) - We're just beaming guys into space now.
(01:53:08) - Final thoughts.
(01:54:30) - Housekeeping for next week, and outro.