This week on Myopia Movies, we boldly go… to 1986 San Francisco. Yes, this week's summer rerun is Star Trek IV, the one where the fate of the galaxy depends on two humpback whales and the crew’s ability to not completely blow their cover in the past (they fail immediately).

Join us as we explore the most charmingly bizarre entry in the franchise—a sci-fi film with no real villain, a heavy dose of environmentalism, and more comedy than you’d expect from a crew that usually debates ethics at warp speed.

We tackle the big questions:

Is Spock relearning humanity… or just deeply confused by 20th-century profanity?
How does James T. Kirk manage to save the planet while also committing multiple federal crimes?
And is this the only blockbuster where the central conflict could be solved by a really well-funded aquarium?

Featuring time travel hijinks, transparent aluminum, and perhaps the most wholesome mission in Star Trek history, this episode dives into why The Voyage Home feels less like a space epic and more like a cosmic field trip that somehow works perfectly.

Also: we attempt to explain the plot to someone who has never seen Star Trek, which mostly results in us sounding like conspiracy theorists yelling about whales.

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How will Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home hold up?

Directed by: Leonard Nimoy

Starring:

William Shatner as Admiral James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy as Spock
DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy
James Doohan as Montgomery Scott
George Takei as Hikaru Sulu
Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov
Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
Catherine Hicks as Dr. Gillian Taylor