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Episode 87: Sentient starship computers (SA 1×06 Come, Let's Away)

February 16, 2026 / 01:02:33/E87

Rob and Kev take a completely uneventful field trip that goes 100% according to plan as they discuss “Come, Let's Away” (SA), then look back on other episodes where the ship's computer developed a personality and apparent consciousness of its own. They discuss “Tomorrow is Yesterday” (TOS), “The Practical Joker” (TAS), “Emergence” (TNG), and “…But to Connect” (DIS).

SA 1×06 Come, Let’s Away
Golden Gate Bridge
Statue of Liberty
Furie
Lynar
Tomov
USS Miyazaki
Venari Ral
Nus Braka
Paul Giamatti
Christopher Plummer
Ricardo Montalban
Holly Hunter
TNG 3×26 The Best of Both Worlds
TNG 4×02 Family
B’Avi
Spock: “The needs of the many…”
Starbase J19 Alpha
Section 31
Ocam Sadal

TOS 1×21 Tomorrow is Yesterday
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
George and Gracie
Gillian Taylor
D.C. Fontana

TAS 2×03 The Practical Joker
Recreation room

TNG 7×23 Emergence
TNG 7×25 All Good Things…
Brannon Braga
Dixon Hill
The Tempest
Prospero
Orient Express

DIS 4×07 …But to Connect
Zora
ST 1×02 Calypso
DIS 5×10 Life, Itself
Craft
Control
Sphere
Book
Laira Rillak
David Cronenberg
Spock
Data
The Doctor
Odo
Adira Tal
Gray Tal
Saru
T’Rina

TNG 4×02 Family

(00:00) - Episode 87: Sentient starship computers (SA 1×06 Come, Let's Away)
(00:36) - SA 1×06 Come, Let's Away
(31:15) - Sentient starship computers
(32:47) - TOS Tomorrow is Yesterday
(38:46) - TAS 2×03 The Practical Joker
(41:13) - TNG Emergence
(46:57) - DIS 4×07 …But to Connect