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Skin of Evil: Star Trek TNG s1e23

Season 6, Ep. 23

Today we are discussing season 1, episode 23 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Skin of Evil.” 

 

The Patreon version of this episode contains bonus content about books that were a big deal when we were in middle school, a Rufio interruption, a pronunciation mishap, alternatives to reading The Classics, and our “what nice things have you done lately?” segment.


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