STRANGE NEW WORLDS' third season comes to a close with "New Life and New Civilizations" and Batal's transcendence into a fountain. The Jerks discuss how Pike and Batal went to "It's Even More Complicated" on their Spacebook relationship status. Plus, more queerbaiting with Kirk and Spock's "first date."

Then, we dive deep into how BABYLON 5 handles destiny better than most sci-fi franchises, including STAR TREK.

Can two bitter enemies become star-crossed lovers? You betcha when they're trapped on a desolate and dangerous alien world. Human and Drac. Human and Gorn. Either way, it's a queer subtext-filled fest in our double-feature, back-to-back confab on STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS' "Terrarium" and its antecedent, ENEMY MINE.

The magic hypo strikes again and transforms four of the Enterprise crew into full Vulcans, ousting Spock as the 0.5 Vulcan on the crew. But is it culture or genetic determinism at work here? The Jerks get into it.

Then, they contrast that with how Clark Kent, aka Kal-El and Superman, is allowed to be a child of two worlds, more so than Spock ever gets to be.

What exactly is Starfleet? Is its charter peaceful or imperialistic? We dive deep with STRANGE NEW WORLDS's entry into the mockumentary genre.

Then, we investigate what happened to the children in Ms. Gandy's classroom by reviewing WEAPONS.

What happens when a sehlat catches its own tail? Welp, the Jerks find out as Kirk takes the conn in "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail." Then it's off to Space Scotland to save Beverly from a creeper living in an heirloom candle.

"Dinna light that candle!"

Roger Korby plays intergalactic Indiana Jones, while Ensign Gamble loses his eyes in a bet against an ancient evil. Yep, the Jerks jump "Through the Lens of Time" and go off topic. We also investigate how STRANGE NEW WORLDS fares this season with STAR TREK's flexible format.

The Jerks step into the holodeck for another STAR TREK whodunnit. This time, who murdered a studio exec over a canceled 1960s science-fiction TV show? Was it Spock with the candlestick?

Speaking of pointy-eared science officers, we ask, "What does Spock need with a girlfriend?" TV Guide writer Gavia Baker-Whitelaw beams aboard to help us answer it.

We're dodging the walking dead this week as we catch a ride with Pike and M'Benga to Kenfori. Then, they get assimilated with their favorite Borg stories.

Will the Jerks survive, or will this be the last of them?