Season 3

In the season premiere, Bryan and Lili sport wearing save the manatees shirts while interacting with model Cassidy Baldwin to discuss the club. The discussion shifts to Star Trek news about the first of the three biggest southern California comic cons and Star Trek: Picard season three. The series brings on board the very first 1960's original Star Trek series TV guest in April Tatro. April Tatro tells her story as the cat's meow of original Star Trek playing Isis the cat in human form, from the second season finale "Assignment: Earth" aired and taped in 1968. April discusses being on set and other tidbits of doing her scene with Teri Garr in a never before heard set of stories on television. The discussion shifts to April's career as a dancer and acrobatic contortionist. April discusses heavily her acting career and working in other interesting avenues while modeling,among time spent with the Rat Pack at The Sands in Las Vegas.

Bryan and Lili begin part 1 of a 2-part interview with the intellectually inclined Star Trek actor Scott MacDonald sharing his plethora of experiences. MacDonald holds the rare distinction of having appeared in four Star Trek series and provides intricate details into his on-set experiences as well as time spent with Patrick Stewart, Marina Sirtis, Scott Bakula, Colm Meaney and much more.

Bryan and Lili conclude the 2-part interview with Star Trek actor Scott MacDonald. MacDonald, discusses his role as Sub-Cmdr. N'vek on Star Trek: The Next Generation with Marina Sirtis. MacDonald also looks back on his second Deep Space Nine role as Goran'Agar and his Voyager tactical station relief role as Rollins. A unique story of MacDonald's Paramount studios conversation with Patrick Stewart that is fascinating from many angles. Plus, MacDonald's most prominent Star Trek role and it is his most recent, playing the bloodthirsty Xindi Reptilian character named Dolim in Star Trek Enterprise's third season. MacDonald also discusses much more Star Trek and his recent film projects including "The Last Champion" and much more.

Bryan and Lili welcome Star Trek: Picard season 3 actress Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as their interview guest. The exclusive interview brings forth topics discussing Ashlei's role as Sydney La Forge filling the shoes of her father Geordie La Forge as the ships bridge crew navigator. The discussion includes stories working all together as a La Forge family as Ashlei worked alongside LaVar Burton and his real life daughter Mica Burton including dinner at their house. Ashlei shares her favorite Star Trek character, a quite obvious answer, plus upcoming projects while touching upon her role in "Cruel Summer".

Eric Pierpoint is Bryan and Lili's guest this week. Eric discusses his multiple roles on Star Trek spin-off series, his start into acting, plus having heavy makeup in some roles including for the TV series Alien Nation. Pierpoint speaks fondly of his time on Alien Nation atop the cast with Gary Graham, subsequently both appearing on Star Trek in recurring roles on Enterprise. Pierpoint tells a humorous set of stories, regarding his role as Kortar, the afterlife Klingon from "Barge of the Dead" on Star Trek: Voyager. Eric Pierpoint is most notably known for his role as Harris, the section 31 operative where he speaks to his first time on set learning the background of section 31 and more.

Strange New Worlds main cast actor Bruce Horak joins Bryan and Lili for an interview. Bruce discusses his fringe show "This is Cancer!" as a cancer survivor, Helen Donnelley and his extensive performer work underneath makeup as Lieutenant Hemmer in Star Trek's new streaming series Strange New Worlds. Horak plays an Aenar, a subspecies with white skin and, unlike mainstream Andorians, were blind and telepathic.

Bryan and Lili interview Daniel Riordan a three-time Star Trek guest performer who's best known as the voice of Megatron from Transformers: Robots in disguise. The California based actor Riordan has humorous stories he shares on the location shoot of "Jingle All the Way" and even a touching moment working with Nichelle Nichols. Riordan shares details working with Wil Wheaton and insulting his character as a Zaldan alien along with the award nominated makeup. Riordan conveys working as a Bajoran first guard in Deep Space Nine with the late Brian Keith who played the Bajoran Mulibok. Plus, Riordan shares being on the set of his own Klingon ship as captain Duras in a recurring role on Star Trek: Enterprise working with David A. Goodman.

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Hollywood actor and hand model, Steve Hershon joins Bryan Kreutz and Lili Fox-Lim as an interviewed guest. Appearing in nine Star Trek: The Original series episodes as a red shirt security and bridge officer, Steve shares details of many episodes he was apart of. Steve shares memories of his time on Star Trek, the kindness of Rusty Meek, an assistant director on the original series. A still frame, restored picture, of Steve in his final appearance on "Turnabout Intruder" is shared with the full story behind his scene in Star Trek's final original series episode. Steve shares his perspective on how the entire death scene played out in his appearance on Star Trek's "Obsession" plus covers a few inside secrets to "The Trouble with Tribbles" and the "Deadly Years" episodes in 1967. Lili, wearing a colorful, spring inspired, shore leave attire, is inside a camouflaged, Federation cultural observation outpost called a duck blind.

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Bryan and Lili discuss Star Trek Picard season 3 bright spots and their affinity for the Next Generation style fan service the series and writers/producers are providing us. The exclusive interview with Emmy award winning FX artist Vince Niebla showcases his extensive creations and contributions that are very familiar in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek films First Contact and Nemesis plus assisting with assets in Star Trek: Discovery. Vince tells his perspective on the components and making of creatures, Borg arms, the 1996 First Contact space suits and his positive working experiences with Michael Westmore among many topics.

Mary Chieffo is the exclusive guest in part one of a three-part interview episode. Chieffo is famously known as literally the highest ranked female Klingon in Star Trek's glorious history as Chancellor L'Rell from Star Trek: Discovery in seasons one and two. Chieffo talks to Bryan Kreutz and Lili Fox-Lim about what she liked the most about playing L'Rell and what some of her deep insights about the character she brought to life entailed. Bryan is thrilled to reveal one if his favorite episodes of Star Trek: Discovery is L'Rell centric as the Season 2 Episode "Point of Light," is discussed heavily with Mary Chieffo. Chieffo broadly covers her perspective about the Klingon Empire with L'Rell, now the chancellor, detailing L'Rell's ascension. Chieffo also discusses comprehensive details of her favorite memories from filming on the set of Star Trek: Discovery.

Bryan and Lili continue their affinity for Mary Chieffo' s glorious Klingon role as Chancellor L'Rell, placing her among this talk show's finest Klingon's they've interviewed. Mary discusses the layers of translations and how Star Trek: Discovery Klingon translator Robyn Stewart and dialect coach Rea Nolan assist in also sending her notes, recordings and ways to learn lines in Klingon pronunciations. Mary discusses in detail working with director Jonathan Frakes, actors Shazad Latif, and Ken Mitchell. The discussion with Bryan and Lili shifts Mary enduring working days lasting from 18-20 hours. Mary reveals her and other Klingon's would of been in heavy makeup and rubber drinking smoothies as the only options frequently. Bryan shares his first public memory in detail of Mary Cheiffo being at San Diego Comic Con and asks Mary to share the touching story that encompasses the genre fandom of being yourself in cosplay and through story in regards to Mary's Discovery panel speech in 2018.

Bryan and Lili conclude the 3rd part of their extended interview with the one and only powerful woman Mary Chieffo. In Mary Chieffo speaks to hear early days as a child of two successful actor parents in Hollywood then moving into a decision her father Michael Chieffo helped her with in the New York based Julliard school. Mary shares her affinity for Shakespeare tying this in full circle with the Klingon realm and her role as Chancellor L'Rell. Mary conveys she was lucky to play characters in school like Queen Elizabeth, to characters in Richard the III, Macbeth and how drawing out the Klingon Voq relationship with her character L'Rell was a very feminist style of character portrayal layers in Star Trek: Discovery. Mary touches on her film projects, "Every Morning", Plus, "Iago: The Green Eyed Monster", the Tribeca Festival musical prequel to a futuristic take on Shakespeare's Othello.

Tom Morga, Star Trek's most seen stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator, who holds the record for being the most seen stunt actor/stuntman in Star Trek is Bryan and Lili's guest in a two-part exclusive interview. Morga's timeline of Star Trek stunt double appearances date all the way back to the beginning of Star Trek in the form of film as he appeared in three separate double roles in 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The discussion is heavy on Morga's first two feature films, the intricate details and stories behind them plus many never-before-seen pictures are discussed. Bryan and Lili share their memorable times of seeing Tom Morga on Star Trek more times than can be counted as the conversation shifts to Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Tom Morga discusses his times working with Dennis Madalone, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden and Leonard Nimoy as well as stories that are notable in the Star Trek universe.

Conclusion; Morga discusses performing a unique vertical stunt designed to look like Riker levitating in the episode "Schisms" on Star Trek: TNG. Doubling the character Koloth in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Klingon episode "Blood Oath" shot on location in Pasadena at the historic Millard house is a topic. Never before seen rehearsal and choreography stunt footage on and off the set of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine plus other episodes are shown. Morga talks about stunt doubling for the great J.G. Hertzler as General Martok multiple times. Also Morga discusses the three DS9 episodes "Armageddon Game", "The Sword of Kahless" and "The Emperor's new Cloak" along with Voyager episode "Day of Honor" in front of the director Jesús Salvador Treviño. Tom talks about an infamous holodeck/holosuite character called "Skelator" as a nickname for the holographic skull fighter combat scene.

A world-renowned authority on Star Trek novels, Batman, Underworld, Farscape, and countless other franchises, Greg Cox is Bryan and Lili's interview guest. Greg is a science fiction author best known for his media tie-in novelizations. Cox discusses his career starting with writing short fiction for such magazines as "Amazing Stories" and "Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine". Greg talks working with editor John J. Ordover at Pocket Books in the realm of Star Trek novels and other franchises. Bryan asks Greg about his first two Star Trek novels, a Deep Space Nine book co-written with John Gregory Betancourt and a Next Generation novel with Kij Johnson, and how both of those early collaborations worked in very different fashions. Greg goes into granular details on getting the Star Trek bible for Deep Space Nine even before the series first aired on TV. Greg also talks about his recent short story in STAR TREK EXPLORER magazine, in which "Dixon Hill" and "Durango" have hijinks in the holodeck.

Leslie Hoffman, Hollywood stuntwoman and trailblazer in coordinating safety for years in the industry's highest levels of stunt performers is interviewed. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager stunt work from Leslie is the topic in mid nineties to early 2000's stunt doubling and playing characters. Leslie talks about saving an effects crewmember when a camera crane arm hits his A-frame ladder and playing the role of Casino patron in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Bada-Bing Bada-Bang" and doubling Roxann Dawson as Lt. B'Elanna Torres with a video clip of her from the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Blood Fever". Hoffman walks viewers step by step through an unusual stunt scene in Quarks bar from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Time's Orphan". Leslie describes the choreography and her moment in order of the stunt's while never before seen behind the scenes images are shared with her and others.

Hoffman, Hollywood stuntwoman shares an imaginative, spontaneous dialogue about her time working with director Wes Craven on the 1984 film "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Hoffman discusses in great detail her time working in a cavern scene providing stunt safety and more on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Time's Orphan", particularly working with Hana Hatae who played Molly O'Brien. Leslie discusses numerous instances working as Roxann Dawson's stunt double for B'Elanna Torres, her favorite episode as a stunt double, and her time on the Voyager episode "Day of Honor" and "Rocks and Shoals" from Deep Space Nine. Hoffman pays homage to stunt legends Paul Stader and Dennis Madalone while sharing stories about being elected to SAG co-chair board of directors and the stunt and safety commission. Hoffman talks about the Voyager episode "Extreme Risk" and more moments from her time on choreographing stunt scenes and doubling on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Voyager with Tom Morga.

From High-Flying Feats to Star Trek Safety, eight stunt superstar’s integral to Star Trek's legacy era, join BK and Lili for stories that evoke action. Dennis Madalone, as the stunt coordinator, provides a look back at his expertise on the Paramount sound stages, essential in balancing the pursuit of thrilling action scenes and choreography. Leslie Hoffman looks back at stories from specific times at Paul Stader's stunt gym as well as "Time's Orphan" from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Tom Morga shares weapon wielding specifics from DS9 "Battle Lines" plus stories doubling as a Romulan. Chester Tripp III recalls being on his feet for long days and is shown with George Colucci for stunts on DS9's "Times Orphan”. Mark Riccardi talks stunt doubling Jonathan Frakes. Irving Lewis talks doubling for Tim Russ and how he also began his stunt work in California with Madalone. Chris Doyle discusses wielding Klingon weapons plus doubling for Brent Spiner's Data in "The Most Toys"

Eight Star Trek stunt superstars from legacy Trek, talk stunts. Dennis Madalone, Tom Morga, Mark Riccardi, Irving Lewis, George Colucci, Leslie Hoffman, Chris Doyle, and Chester Trip III join hosts Bryan Kreutz and Lili Fox-Lim for a walk through the stunt beats and streets down Paramount and into the Star Trek stunt-universe. "Stunt work is exceptional work, arguably harder, than the acting itself - certainly in terms of physicality" as Lili Fox-Lim conveys to the audience.. The topics cover a wide variety of back-stories behind the scenes and stunts from Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Schisms" and "Second Chances". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "Captive Pursuit", "If Wishes were Horses", "The Homecoming", "The Abandoned", "The Ship". "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places", "Rocks and Shoals". Plus, Star Trek: Voyager episode "Futures End". Bryan and Lili close the season with a bang in this season finale.