Ben Lindbergh

You know, it's a tough time for us Trekkies or Trekkers, but I'm going to make the best of the situation and tell you about a little Star Trek show that I think you might actually like if you can get past some initial resistance.

Resistance is not futile in this case.

So let's get right to it.

I'll be back at the end, of course, to recap all the selections and share the listener nomination.

But I don't want to delay my conversation with Van.

Well, for me, Paradise is podcasting with Van Lathan.

So podcasting with Van Lathan about Paradise.

I need a new word for that.

Maybe that's nirvana, whatever it is.

Always happy to have you here on Ringiverse Recommends.

Welcome, Van.

I love this show.

Me too.

And you've recommended this show on Ringiverse Recommends, but it's worthy of more than a short clip.

We just have much more to say about this show.

And I think this is the perfect place for it because, you know, maybe it's not prestige enough for our esteemed colleagues over on the Prestige TV feed to

elitists hoity-toity tv snobs looking down at uh entertainment for the common people and so we're slumming it here on ringverse recommends with the show that we care about quite a bit so we've been watching since the start season two just concluded so we will get into spoiler territory later we will warn you don't worry we'll talk about the finale a lot happened

But first, high level, let's just talk about how we got into the show, why we liked it, the premise.

Take us back to the start.

Take us back to season one.