Sentient Bar Rag (SNW S4E5)

Sentient Bar Rag (SNW S4E5)

Author: Uxbridge-Shimoda LLC, Adam Pranica, Benjamin Ahr Harrison August 21, 2026 Duration: 1:18:10

When Scotty tries to go for the record with Little Ricky, Spock watches from a shuttle as the transporter experiment turns everyone on the ship into puppets. But after an Orion pirate ship arrives to take advantage of the situation, Spock and T’Pring reconnect over logic before realizing it was all a dream. Where can you reliably find a printout of all the Vulcan holidays? What do you have to go through a curtain at STLV to see? Which safety drill isn’t taught in Orion elementary school? It’s the episode that doesn’t have a hand in its butt.


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Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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