Discovery: “Coming Home” (Season 4 Finale!) & Picard: “Assimilation” (2.03)

Positively Trek 184: Discovery: “Coming Home” (Season 4 Finale!) & Picard: “Assimilation” (2.03) Plus: New James T. Kirk Revealed!   It’s season finale time on Star Trek: Discovery! Burnham and her crew must establish contact with Species 10-C to prevent the destruction of Earth, while Tarka continues his attempt to destroy the DMA once and for all. Meanwhile, on Star Trek: Picard, the crew travels back in time to 2024 to locate the mysterious “Watcher,” while Agnes and Jean-Luc attempt to bring the Borg Queen back online.   In this week’s Positively Trek, hosts Bruce and Dan discuss both of these episodes, as well as the surprising news of Paul Wesley’s casting as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!   Show page: http://www.positivelytrek.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/positively-trek/id1501468628 Twitter: http://twitter.com/positivelytrek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PositivelyTrek   Help support the podcast! Go to https://www.patreon.com/positivelytrek to help out!   Sunshine (version 2) by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4438-sunshine-version-2- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4457-take-a-chance License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.   STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. Positively Trek is not endorsed or sponsored by or affiliated with CBS/Paramount Pictures or the STAR TREK franchise.   Chapters  Intro (00:00:00) Paul Wesley cast as James T. Kirk (00:00:57) Happy 91st Birthday to William Shatner (00:12:55) Discovery Review: “Coming Home” (4.13) (00:16:48) Patreon Shout-Out (00:57:06) Picard Review: “Assimilation” (2.03) Closing (01:27:43)    Hosts  Bruce Gibson Dan Gunther Production  Bruce Gibson (Editor and Producer) Dan Gunther (Producer) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy