Earl Grey 26: Joy and Gratitude

Encounter at Farpoint.


After a 20-year absence on the small screen, Star Trek returned
in 1987 with the two-hour pilot "Encounter at Farpoint." Though
it was a drastic shift from what we had seen on TOS, it is often
considered a weak pilot. In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts
Phillip Gilfus, Darren Moser, and Daniel Proulx discuss Farpoint,
what it establishes properly in-universe, as well as its
shortcoming and our ideas to make it better. So join us as we sip
that very first cup of Earl Grey.