150: Star Trek: Bread and Circuses and Assignment: Earth

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The finale of Star Trek Summer is upon us, and before we send the crew of the Enterprise on their merry way, we've got a final pair of adventures to get through! First up, yet another old-human-society-on-an-alien-planet-thing in Bread and Circuses, then we meet Assignment: Earth's Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln, two crazy kids in the 1960s who have to stop World War III while Kirk and Spock stand around watching.
CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 150: Star Trek: Bread and Circuses and Assignment: Earth
(00:00:33) - Intro.
(00:01:01) - Wasting no time at all launching straight into Bread and Circuses (and all the other Earth-like planet episodes).
(00:06:59) - Some of the fraught background of this episode's production.
(00:12:50) - Our penultimate guest cast.
(00:19:13) - Planet Rome.
(00:23:34) - Sun worshipers? They're more common than you think!
(00:30:36) - At least we get a properly slimy villain in this episode.
(00:37:50) - Sending Spock and Bones into the arena.
(00:41:13) - The tank is on E and we've still got almost 15 minutes left in the episode.
(00:49:08) - Are we really tacking a Jesus thing on here? Yes we are.
(00:51:55) - What happens to this planet after this? And final thoughts.
(00:55:00) - Break!
(00:55:28) - We're back, and it's time to head back home in Assignment: Earth!
(00:58:08) - The Star Trek Spin-Off Showcase!
(01:01:59) - Cast chat, wherein we learn of Teri Garr's distaste for Star Trek and its fans.
(01:05:23) - Brushing up against history.
(01:09:12) - Here comes Gary.
(01:16:34) - Gary has a mission (and a sick office).
(01:20:45) - Oh no, a normal human woman!
(01:24:46) - Here come Spock and Kirk to...stand around mostly?
(01:26:01) - Wacky antics ensue.
(01:29:00) - Gary climbs a rocket, Roberta messes with stuff.
(01:35:46) - Kirk and Spock crash into the final scene for just long enough to do something lightly important.
(01:40:25) - World War III is averted, but Gary Seven was never brought to series, so it all comes out in the wash.
(01:44:15) - Final thoughts.
(01:45:40) - Time for our favorites (and least favorites) of the season.
(01:57:56) - What we have coming up in September.
(02:01:30) - Outro.

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