Jimmy Akin Podcast

Bem (TAS) - The Secrets of Star Trek

Jimmy Akin Podcast

Show Notes

An alien observer who detaches his own body parts puts Kirk and Spock through their paces in TAS S2E2. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh whether "Bem" earns its strange premise — and how this episode named James Tiberius Kirk.

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