The Empath
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The Empath

Gem is – by definition – empathetic. But is she empathetic enough to make her planet worth saving in the eyes of the Vians? It seems likely that someone will die in this episode, but who will it be and will they be cool with it? Find out, when we put The Empath in the Mission Log.

 

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  1. Will Wright says:
    March 27, 2015 at 6:13 pm

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  2. Lauralee von Husen Albert says:
    July 20, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    I thought it was hilarious and couldn’t agree more with you guys that it seemed like this episode lasted forever. What made it worse, was that I was in Iceland for work the week I watched this and I had my iPad all set up, fire up the VPN so I could get Netflix to work, start watching the episode and promptly fall asleep. I wasn’t sure if it was just jet-lag or this episode that made me fall asleep three nights in a row trying to get through it, so, yes, it seemed a particularly long episode to me as well.
    Still catching up on the podcast and still enjoying it. I might actually be coming out to Vegas for the convention next month to completely geek out in the TrekVerse 🙂

    • John Champion says:
      July 24, 2015 at 7:21 pm

      Hope to see you there! Drop by the Mission Log table if you make it. We can all reminisce about how “The Empath” puts us all to sleep.

      • Lauralee von Husen Albert says:
        October 3, 2015 at 4:37 pm

        I did go to the convention back in August in Vegas and I saw you guys at the table, but you were and Rod were recording an interview with someone. I swung by again sometime later, but you were busy again, so sorry, I missed you guys. Hopefully, I’ll catch you at the next one. This was my first convention and I really enjoyed it, so I’m going to make it a point to go in the future.

        • John Champion says:
          October 29, 2015 at 9:44 pm

          Sorry we missed you! Do make sure you stick around next time (the later in the weekend it is, the busier we are usually). Thanks for trying – sounds like you had a good time at the convention!

  3. John Anderton says:
    June 10, 2017 at 11:17 am

    I found this episode so fascinating because I couldn’t believe they actually made it. Makes you realize what a great actor Shatner was.

    WS: “Didn’t they finish the set?”
    FF: “No, that’s it”
    WS: “Ok, is someone getting the lights?”
    FF: “Then people would see next week’s show”
    WS: “Where is everybody?”

  4. KatieN says:
    November 21, 2017 at 10:27 am

    I think there could have been an interesting discussion if they went one level deeper (and you know, put that message in a good episode): what makes a civilization worthy of being saved? The two aliens kind of come in with a weird answer of “so compassionate, it erases your survival instinct and you would sacrifice yourself for a perfect stranger while your captures watch creepily.” But an episode where Kirk is put in the impossible position of deciding which planet to save and what factors would even go into making that decision, would be both interesting and emotionally devastating.