Star Trek: The Next Generation Trivia

Its finally here! Mike and Rich face off in Star Trek: The Next Generation trivia showdown! It should be noted that this board game had a copyright of 1993 on it. This, I think, would mean that it was released during the series run and doesn't have any questions from season 7. That alone is fine, but also the game had some kind of weird layout to it. It was meant to roll dice and travel around the board. Each question had a symbol next to it which mean it belonged to some sort of category? It was related to something on the board, etc etc...
Point being, many questions were lacking context such as episode name and situation. I.e. Ambassador Blorgon did this.... well, neither of us have a photographic memory so specific names, planets, sectors, etc are fuzzy without context. There have been many Ambassador so-and-so's The questions with context, such as episode name, really honed in the skills of Mike or Rich Evans. We also had to struggle through the horrendous mispronunciations of Jay.
In the next episode of Star Trek trivia, I think we'll have Jay go through the questions and maybe ask ones that have a title in the question? Or get a different trivia game? What do you think?
We've also floated the idea of team trivia? Mike and Rich vs .... ?
The limits of embarrassing KZbin Star Trek trivia are as endless as space itself...

[@richardrutledge3053]

I'm so glad that Jay and Rich are doing these mental exercises to help Mike in his fight with dementia.

[@pasteghost428]

That's the power of math

[@copter2000]

@@pasteghost428 It's so fucking cool.

[@MadnerKami]

@@pasteghost428 You misspelled meth.

[@thenostalgiafactor5023]

Hopefully Mike never needs the Open Hand Foundation to donate to the cause.

[@heyimwilly]

I think you mean, Rich.

[@gabrielfallon8629]

This video just confirms what we all already knew, Rich Evans is the permanent champion of Star Trek trivia for all time.

[@RedLetterMedia]

This is a non truth.

[@williamxxvi6739]

Mike is so bitter over this loss, he just had to reply to some random comment to contest Rich Evan’s superiority

[@copter2000]

​@@RedLetterMedia"Mike wrote this" - Jay

[@SsnakeBite]

@@RedLetterMedia Hi, Mike!

[@skatef0rl1fe]

@@RedLetterMedia A recent comment from the real RedLetterMedia™? Wow. If you guys read this, I need to tell you about a 2004 Christian Film Festival DVD Collection. (BTW we know you won Mike ;p)

[@amandathompson8237]

Jay is like a single mom trying to connect with her two teenage boys. One of them is embarrassed but appreciative (Rich), the other is going to call her a poser then run to their room to write self-pitying entries in their LiveJournal (Mike).

[@JunkCCCP]

Teenage boys? LiveJournal? How old are you? 😅

[@Xylophytae]

​@@JunkCCCP an educated guess would be old enough to be a teenager who writes LiveJournals

[@avatarname0008]

This sounds oddly specific

[@bahshas]

@@JunkCCCP rich and mike are still of age to be cast in an american highschool film

[@moe47988]

well he looks like a single mom

[@vaegontargaryen9203]

I love that Rich is behind the yellow podium considering he’s the one who fixes all the props and sets stuff. I guess Mike is behind the blue podium because he needs medical attention.

[@Daniel-yy5tx]

This comment is a gem.

[@benhaworth9937]

As if Mike could forget a scene of an elderly man crashing into a glass table! He probably laughs for 3 minutes straight every time.

[@umamagei]

Idk but you look like Bam Margera without the horrendous substance abuse problem so I'm sure you'd know a thing or two about falls. ;)

[@ChristyOFaghan]

that's a deep cut

[@umamagei]

@@ChristyOFaghan Fortunately not as deep as the grave Margera's digging himself.

[@inkermoy]

Poor Dr. Huer...

[@zym6687]

@@umamagei I would've gone with wide there

[@ohaiduhg]

What Jay doesn't know is Mike set up the cards to have all the sex pervert parts so Jay would watch Star Trek.

[@kribke]

I was thinking for a sex pervert Jay is acting pretty coy

[@sloanekuria3249]

Set up or not, there were a LOT of sex pervert parts to choose from. Due respect.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@sloanekuria3249 or to put it a different way, it was a normal show, and shows now have all of that sort of thing excised.

[@markvanderhelm4431]

What Mike doesn't know, is that Jay was watching him set the game up via hidden camera while wearing a printed picture of Rich Evan's (from the Ellen show) taped to his face.

[@fredscallietsoundman9701]

@@KairuHakubi Media nowadays is too sanitized, all right. But the recreational sex presented as a self-evident positive without complexity was just as a product of the 80s as the psychology (hi, counseler) and new age stuff (hi, Traveler)

[@pureevil9496]

I love Mike's feral intensity cast against Rich's slobbing indifference while Jay is utterly baffled by it all.

[@Pauly421]

Rich doesn't slob, he just Riches.

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

Nah the guy who said rich was embarrassed but appreciative was right on

[@GMan873]

Your Carrot avatar is beautiful.

[@Bean_Can_]

I find that it insists upon itself.

[@Shadowfax-1980]

I love that they spent more time building the podiums and getting Jay a Discovery uniform beforehand than settling on the rules for the game.

[@dannyboy5008]

I think they had the uniform and podiums from earlier videos, but yeah they've done like 5 or 6 trivia episodes and still don't have the rules ironed out

[@lowe234]

I hate myself for saying this, but they're called lecterns. Podiums are the elevated stage where people are presented which can include a lectern. Lecterns are the actual structures you guys are thinking of.

[@mryan89]

@@lowe234well more WE hate you 😂

[@markvanderhelm4431]

That typically happens (observational antecdote) when you decide to come up with the rules... *after* you start recording.

[@nathane5287]

Making up the rules on the spot does make for entertaining videos though

[@jeffacallaway]

Mike's pettiness and frustration is the absolute best part of this.

[@DavidAndersonKirk]

I’m absolutely shocked he lost

[@jondorsey2043]

Totally. And be honest, at certain points rooting for 'The internet's Rich Evans' felt right and true 😅

[@darkhelmutt3417]

No wonder he hates Bill.

[@GuitarSlayer136]

The sheer spite he felt after purposely getting tanked and giving Rich extra chances to catch up were comedy gold.

[@GalinaEv]

Mike's public freak out: I dont like this :(

[@ExoParadigmGamer]

The moment Jay pronounced Data's name wrong, I knew exactly what clip Mike was going to edit in.

[@Aethgeir]

Yeah me too. Jesus what a bunch of dorks we are!

[@cardigansrule]

The fact that he mixed up Data and Lore is actually kind of meta

[@fev1027]

The look of horror in Mike's eyes when he realizes Rich's ultimate victory is truly haunting

[@Al_Straik]

SPOILERS!

[@Pauly421]

Glad I watched the video before checking comments lol but still yeah that's spoler bruh

[@ludvig3242]

@@Pauly421 Don't look at the comments before watching the video then. That's on you bruh.

[@johnnythewalrus]

Agree. It's universal knowledge that the comments section contains spoilers.

[@MatiPryjomko]

Jay wearing those glasses, the Discovery uniform, and having zero Star Trek knowledge reminds me way too much of Alex Kurtzman.

[@jupiter0jupiter]

literally laughed out loud in my head, i totally see it

[@tomebener2369]

Jay slowly being indoctrinated into the Star Trek cult is borderline experimental

[@herbiehusker1889]

It's great.

[@sgtsnokeem1139]

David Lynch's Star Trek... The Q episodes would be a fkn trip.

[@TheTrueRandomGamer]

El Topo but Mike and Rich are Jay's great masters.

[@hankyboy42594]

Saying stuff is borderline experimental is borderline experimental

[@sgtsnokeem1139]

@@hankyboy42594 .....you just fkd my mind man

[@kmancometh]

So nice for Jay to cosplay Captain Janeway's hair for this episode.

[@TerrenceNowicki]

"He has the subtle allure of a woman in the full flower of early middle age."

[@icepick117]

he said "Give me the Richard Lewis!"

[@cookingwithhedonismbot8900]

Jesus christ lmfao

[@Takeshi357]

I like how Mike is allowed to ramble on but when Rich does it he gets cut off 😂

[@Ch1pp007]

Mike's great editing skills

[@mateuszQRDL]

The deadpan delivery of "Nah, that doesn't make any sense" to just 1 of the 3 pieces of technobabble was pure gold!!

[@mikeforester3963]

He was in his full Trekkie bubble. The last one legitimately didn't make sense to him XDD ... absolute gold

[@esotericVideos]

To be fair, any self-respecting Trekkie would know the third option makes no sense. Anything chronotron in trek usually has to do with time or time dilation. The most common remedy for time related issues are tachyon fields or emitters, obviously this was a bit of a tricky question because that was not the answer on this one. And while true answer did make sense, the third option makes no sense. The third option talks about positron emissions and effectively every time you're talking about positrons in Trek you were talking about data's brain, which is a positronic network. Basically if you know Trek the question is asking, how did they deal with the time distortion: A. By using time particles B. By using a weird field C. By dumping data's brain waves into the air ducts So you can see why the third one is so ridiculous.

[@markvanderhelm4431]

Right up there with, his frustration over the pronunciation of words by a 'non-trekkie' host.

[@alexsilva28]

@@esotericVideos 🤓

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

@@esotericVideos I just want you to know that someone else in the world read that dive into Star Trek technobabble lore and thought it was beautiful

[@leonav6237]

The ending credits with Rich "unlimited time limit and ability to arbitrarily change his answers" Evans made my day

[@ThePandoraGuy]

Edited by Mike Stoklasa

[@gebus5633]

Funny enough, no matter what the points had been from previous rounds where that mattered, Rich would have still won.

[@cadkoger]

Jay breaking out the reading glasses feels like a crushing reminder that we are all getting old and will die.

[@OateyMeal]

Memento Mori. Which coincidentally is the title of a SNW season 1 episode.

[@chaddubois8164]

We will all die but Rich's laugh will last forever.

[@ianvarney2112]

And soon Mike will be an elderly man in a nursing home. How ironic...

[@gwh3013]

RLM channel will last forever, it won't go away, it cannot be undone

[@cacomeatballmarinara2014]

Just like Wrath of Khan

[@SteverenoOFFICIAL]

"Mike is still ahead, but he is still angry!" Brings me so much joy. Both know so much. Mike cares so much, Rich doesn't give a shit. So it is magical

[@janberkemeier7406]

The fact that Mike is able to figure out a lot of the questions through context and thinking about things like the order of episodes is actually an incredible testament to TNG's writing, and I say this as someone who's never seen a full episode

[@ronanmccann7848]

Jay and Rich's reading glasses. Mike's intensity for answering questions. TNG trivia. This is peak RLM.

[@ohyeahisthatwhatyouthink6088]

That whole segment had me wheeling for some reason. They're like children but in grown Midwest mens bodies it's just too funny.

[@playedout148]

Star Trek Nerd Crew going strong. VERY COOL.

[@woozyguy9]

again like fine Milwaukee gas station wine...

[@yeahthisisyoutubable]

They’re barely drunk though

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@woozyguy9 More like expensive Milwaukee gas station sushi.

[@AlexRodriguez-ti3wy]

43:12 Mike’s super confident “Data!” vs Rich’s almost groan-like old man “Lore….” Was amazing

[@warpfrenzy]

The look of shock and his face says it all. He went to turn around triumphantly then is totally taken back.

[@kelownatechkid]

@@warpfrenzy Perfect moment

[@aaronmelgar7116]

Seriously, the concept of Rich and Mike asking Jay random Star Trek trivia questions with the goal of getting him to answer ANY correctly is extremely funny and I'd 100% watch a 10 part series.

[@forplaint_ru]

PICARD!

[@markvanderhelm4431]

Jean luc Riker?

[@Vesuva]

>Star Trek: The Next Generation Trivia (Part 2 of 10) - 39 minutes ago What have you done.

[@PsychoEditor]

YES

[@scumbaag]

The sheer joy you must be feeling, seeing the latest upload with a (part 2 of 10) tag on the end of the title. I envy that joy. xD

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

13:05 Rich taking out his glasses is a clearly a reference to Wrath of Khan, in which captain Kirk needs to put on his glasses after the ship is attacked by Khan the first time.

[@KassRedFox]

Mike answering Rich's first question based solely in engineering clues was impressive as hell. So when he fumbled the last question I made the same face he made.

[@clottadams5028]

I mean, anybody knows the engine bay is on deck 36. It's all in the schematics in the Star Trek Encyclopedia.

[@SigmaTheWhiteFlame]

Mike thinks beer is thinking juice.

[@BeetsBeetsBeetsBeets]

Wow. Spoilers? Right? Yeah. Spoilers.

[@JaDav40]

The karma of Mike scolding Rich on the opening question for taking so long that "people already turned the video off" came back to bite his ass when he complained about the thirty seconds.

[@Ronfost89]

Only if you are stupid enough to read the comments before watching the video.@@BeetsBeetsBeetsBeets

[@TheMavsmaniac41]

Love these videos designed to increase Mike’s self confidence

[@brendan4917]

Mike killed my parents

[@somerandolad]

​@@brendan4917 Are you Batman?

[@Chromeberd]

Oh man the ending is just the whip cream to this comment.

[@CamGarcia]

I don't think it helped ...

[@MadnerKami]

Especially when they fail doing so xD

[@xellestar]

This is more entertaining than any piece of actual trek produced since 2005

[@oliversomething4821]

*Star Trek Continues* released 2013 and it's fantastic. A fan-made continuation of TOS, all free on youtube. Grant Imahara plays Sulu! I also enjoyed *Strange New Worlds* for the most part. Best official Star Trek since TNG.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

Star Trek Continues is so heartwarming, but officially for me was Voyager's Endgame, 2001.

[@paralysisbyanalysis2287]

MOMENTS IN EDITING: - Progressively closer closeups with each of Rich's disappointed reactions to the multiple choices (2:42) - Intense music while Mike is thinking; no music when cutting to Rich's entirely disinterested face (24:51) - Hard cut dismissal of Rich's explanation (28:41) - Supplementary sound effect for Geordi's visor face smash. (31:15) - Mike's super fast time counter. (36:12) - The entire ending credits with the "I lost, but I actually won" vibe... plus, that last musical track is the freakin' jam. (43:41) SIDE NOTE: - The entire KZbin video description, particularly where Mike suggests a team trivia episode in which Mike and Rich are both on the same the team.

[@KIager]

You forgot two Picard poots. But that's basically Mike's calling card at this point.

[@YA_LUNNAYA_PONI]

love their rambly descriptions, I think their are underappreciated (understandably tho)

[@paralysisbyanalysis2287]

@@KIagerTrue... the Picard poots were delightful.

[@WormyJester8]

Rich "Unlimited Time And Ability To Arbitrarily Change His Answers" Evans

[@jerichogreen578]

you’re a god

[@lylepetersen814]

The noise of Geordi's visor hitting the woman's face when he goes in for the kiss is why Mike is my favorite RLM editor.

[@sloanekuria3249]

yeah the editing was really good all the way through, including great sound cues

[@Lickiepuu]

You wrote all that and don't give a time stamp ;_;

[@coanderyson]

31:19

[@Lickiepuu]

@@coanderyson Ok yeah, that is fantastic

[@panicattackimminent]

Yeah, I laughed so hard at that.

[@davidalkhed3368]

Both Jay and Rich hitting their reading glasses-era simultaneously is almost too perfect

[@charlesthornton6713]

Just like Kirk in Wrath of Khan.

[@Shinkajo]

​@@charlesthornton6713it's like poetry, it rhymes

[@LanceThumping]

@@charlesthornton6713 Jay isn't allergic to Retinax V but Rich is horribly deathly allergic.

[@dickthegimp4280]

And Mike has already been blind for three years but he hides it really well.

[@benriemersma8137]

Ironically it's that gremlins prop which will outlive us all

[@benjamama97]

You could see the pain in Rich's eyes when Mike pushed over the podium that he spent hours using his carpentry expertise to put together

[@dannypollino3820]

“I’m having the best time I’ve had all year” Mike would soon regret this…

[@johnsohn653]

The passive aggressive credits are amazing and definitely worth reading

[@Caffeine_Club]

Thank you for the heads up! Those were gold.

[@AudreyDoesWords]

I just paused to read them. He is so salty it's hilarious.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

​@@AudreyDoesWordsSalty is as salty does, Jay.

[@JaDav40]

Apparently Mike found the lost Meco version of the TNG theme...

[@soadown5]

So Mike evidently did the editing on this one lol

[@TheAndrewJohnBennett]

Jay: “well that’s the last of this trivia competition” Mike as editor: Game 1 of 10

[@apinkgoat]

we already know there's gonna be a rematch

[@thork6974]

The LINE must be drawrn HEAH

[@CalebCornelius]

I can't wait for episodes 2-10!

[@copter2000]

*clueless* Can't wait for the Discovery Trivia Showdown.

[@mikesmmaworld]

43:11 😂 Mike's look of utter schock and disbelief as well as the music synced up to Rich's immediate correct response will absolutely be the funniest moment of 2023 my god lmaoooo .

[@richardking3680]

When Mike worked out which deck it was all I could do was shake my head and say "damn.... the man's good."

[@DallinBTW]

Based off of his reaction and the credits, the results of this game show are going to haunt Mike for years. 10/10

[@Tukenfarben]

Actually, it said it was 1/10. Episode 1/10. CAN'T WAIT FOR STAR TREK TRIVIA EPISODES 2 THROUGH 10.

[@OddManeuver]

“I only lost because I am very, very smart. Too smart. Let this be known.”

[@ericv00]

I'm legitimately surprised he edited this video with Rich as the winner. He's getting soft.

[@Lark1610]

It won't. Dementia can be a bliss sometimes.

[@Necromortus]

@@ericv00 Hey, real friends make fun of your failures but also celebrate your victories.

[@TaCo0oCaT]

This was a great show. Jay being the charismatic host, Mike being the angry participant and Rich as the celebrity

[@playedout148]

Mike was pissed off. 😂 He'll probably take away Rich's piece of cardboard that he sleeps on in the back of the building.

[@Masshuzai]

With this being a 10 episode series I can't wait to see what other outfits you guys force Jay to wear.

[@ApparentlyGoogledislikesmyname]

One should be a traditional Betazoid wedding costume!

[@Misadventures_85]

the grey and black uniform (including Picard's goggles from the dune buggy scene in Nemesis)

[@HerohammerStudios]

​@@ApparentlyGoogledislikesmyname It's sad how many people won't get how funny this suggestion is

[@TheCynicalNihilist]

I love that mike runs off the split second he loses like a woman who just found out her baby daddy was not the father on maurey

[@oneoveralpha]

This is ten times more entertaining than actual game shows. I'd love to see fourteen seasons of this.

[@BlazingOwnager]

All the RLM trivia videos are gold

[@PhiTonics]

Second this! 💯%

[@skippythealien9627]

this is ten times more entertaining than the first two seasons of TNG, VOY, and DS9 lmfao

[@mitchelljones8941]

MIKE MISSING THE LAST QUESTION LITERALLY MADE MY CRY FROM LAUGHTER

[@redravyn]

I always suspected Rich to know more about Star Trek than Mike and this PROVES it.

[@yammt3148]

The infinite pain Mike will carry from this is beyond comprehension. 😂

[@fistymcbuttpuncher6419]

That finale was terrific. Mike being ahead the whole time yet being angry is hilarious.

[@Guyote_]

I've been watching RLM for years and had no idea Rich "Rich" Evans knew 100pts more of Star Trek than Mike. How embarrassing for Mike but a historic win for Mr. Evans.

[@samlarson8120]

WRONG. Rich was ahead 3-2 at the beginning.

[@robertwild9447]

You know Star Trek The Next Generation is pervy when even Jay is appalled by just how weird and kinky it is.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

Whenever Jay smiles while saying, "Oh my" and everyone and their mother knows he isn't making a George Takei joke... that's a clear warning signal.

[@deano1699]

Jay is by *far* the most repressed of the three.

[@willlennon8319]

They should've gotten John Waters to direct an episode. Made Divine a Kilingon.

[@Zirc0nium69]

I love how Mike is super cynical about everything but then turns into a 10 year old kid when he gets to tell star trek trivia.

[@Thewingkongexchange]

I'm not sure what's more entertaining - Mike and Rich giving the answers or Jay trying to read the questions.

[@donovaneckstrom]

Jay is the perfect host for a trivia show based entirely on Star Trek TNG with two elderly Trekkies.

[@ValiantWrestling]

Elderly? They're both only in their mid-40's... If that's what you call elderly I dread to think what you call people in their 80's...

[@dreamcast.0]

They can't even read... @@ValiantWrestling

[@chrisw1555]

​@@dreamcast.0 eyes go bad. It's called aging.

[@dreamcast.0]

@@chrisw1555 they’re so old they can’t even read. That is SO sad. It’s only a matter of time before they…yknow.

[@Funglutton]

Trekkies? I think you mean Trekkers, sir! 🥲

[@ColonelCorson]

This is the intellectual equivalent of Plato and Aristotle debating each other in Fourth Century BC.

[@damp1234567898765432]

"You know, Mike. Some day, karma, is gonna hit you like a freight train". Great video, even greater sour grapes. Three cheers for Mr Evans!

[@niceteal]

43:16 I don't think I have ever once seen Mike make this face. A truly stupendous ending.

[@ThoRCX]

Life is full of surprise. I never thought I'd see Aphex Twin asking 2 elderly people questions about Star Trek, but here we are.

[@TheDonCheadle]

Can't unsee.

[@ShonnDaylee]

Richard D. James enters the chat.

[@april7480]

wow he actually does look like Aphex Twin. wtf

[@Inojin67]

aphex twink

[@TheApexPredatorRKO]

WILLIAM MONTGOMERY has entered the chat and he is NEVER GONNA STOP!

[@EndlessBreathDidges]

Watching Rich's hair slowly migrate over to Jay's head over the years has been entertaining.

[@korbendallas8488]

As the only member of RLM to possess viable follicles, Jay's luxurious hair is integral to capturing the key 18-49 demographic

[@MrDrProfessorPurple]

Mike’s use of context clues and logic to solve anything could use Star Trek trivia to find missing flights and Amelia Earhart.

[@KumaKorner]

As a man in his 30's trying to grow out his hair after years of buzzcuts and abuse, I wish I knew jay's secret to keep it so luxurious. He went from frumpy hobbit to elven prince right in front of us

[@peytonmac1131]

As a man who had a receding hairline at 18 and was essentially bald by 25, I have no sympathy for you, and nothing but envious fury for Jay.

[@tobyty123]

mans rich lol dont ever forget what having money can do for you.

[@edwardthegreat3]

Try Horse Shampoo for length/growth (I'm being serious), and don't overwash it. Wash your hair every other day with it, and in a couple weeks you should notice dome action.

[@KingsizeKini]

I've had full, long hair for nearly 20 years. I wash it every other day, go light on shampoo. I wash my hair, massage the shampoo in, let it do it's magic before I rinse. All with lukewarm water. Then I let it air dry (you can use a hair dryer if you want to make it look more poofy)

[@KumaKorner]

@@peytonmac1131 Its okay bro, I'm sure you rock it

[@doomtoken]

I love how you can see the immediate toll on Rich's soul after he flubs that first question.

[@stevenjackson9028]

Pride comes before the fall too, turning down Mike's help.

[@eddominates]

it was the old rope-a-dope. Rich "busted him up"

[@nintendonut100]

His expression was so funny

[@AntiVectorTV]

And you can see the toll on _Mike's_ soul when he flubs the _last_ question!

[@herogear_art]

Those end credits are evidence of an editor mad with power

[@mfitzger99]

These are so much fun, I would watch the other 9 episodes if they actually made them.

[@MardukGodSlayer]

I love that they went to the trouble of getting Jay a Discovery uniform to make him look like a Star Trek dork, but with his hair and beard he ended up looking more like a mash-up of Sgt. Pepper's and Abbey Rd era Ringo instead.

[@hoodglasses8237]

I love how Rich is perfectly happy with letting Mike hit the buzzer to take 5 mins to think about his answer. Very generous of Lord Evans.

[@Webhead123]

I'll never get tired of listening to Mike and Rich wax on about Next Generation or of watching Jay struggle in abject cluelessness. 🙂

[@Arvidsicool]

🙂

[@Ryan-nm2si]

Man talk about scraping the bottom of the content barrel. The 4th episode of Trek trivia with Jay answering questions he doesn’t know… again. To quote Rich.. RLM is ‘creatively bankrupt’

[@dogshake]

@@Ryan-nm2sihe’s the host in this one

[@lancebaylis3169]

Mike argues the point about the old man hitting the glass table with a forensic precision I've only seen before in people theorizing over JFK's shooting.

[@normalgraham]

20:07 "That's our Worf!" Hard cut to Worf screaming like an insane murderer. I lol'd

[@PASTRAMIKick]

I really loved Rich "unlimited time and ability to arbitrarily change his answers" Evans, he was my favorite contestant!

[@hiten_style]

8:49 I laughed uncontrollably for minutes when Mike dismissed "backflushing the life support systems with positronic emissions" instantly because "no, that doesn't make any sense."

[@BulletTooth504]

To which, I'm sure, the writers of Star Trek: Picard would say "That makes perfect sense."

[@johnallen3033]

That option gave me a mental image of Data squatting and farting into a Jefferies Tube. I just cannot fathom what else they could mean by 'positronic emissions'.

[@jamesfurlong9549]

@@BulletTooth504It’s a good point. The technobabble has its own rules. True trek nerds will know ‘positronic’ has no connection to life support. Nu-trek writers show their lack of care/arrogance by not understanding that and thinking the fans will eat up any old made up a-scientific shit.

[@kyleowsen]

​@@jamesfurlong9549It's not even a hypothetical example since Picard gave us the kid with a brain disease that could only be cured by positronic brains or something like that.

[@ForwardSynthesis]

But you see I would have thought it would have been the tachyon answer. I don't have a clue what an anyon is.

[@nattiedraws]

He even made up the rule on the spot that whoever guessed correctly would win the game and still got pissed when he lost

[@WACKYWALLY666]

I'm Amazed by the charity Mike Always demonstrates: Getting drunk enough to allow Rich a chance to win! He might be THE Greatest human to have ever started a KZbin channel.

[@davehermann4247]

I'm not sure what's worse: watching Mike and Rich duke it out over a thirty year old board game in the middle of a weekday, Jay mispronounce Data repeatedly, or like a good jeopardy game knowing as many answers as the contestants and screaming at the video when one of them hits a senior moment. [phone] more of these

[@kennyminecrafting]

The moment Mike answered "47" to the number of musical pieces Data was listening to, I damn near keeled over; though it is a fair easter egg guess.

[@hello12232]

I love how slowly over time, Jay has been more and more sucked into the trekverse. (Against his will)

[@toddtangen6750]

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!

[@reindertfranke1892]

Thanks to Make-A-Wish for giving little person Mike this wonderful experience he will never forget, at least until the dementia takes over completely. ❤

[@AaronTharpProduction]

This is “Mike gets everything he ever deserved” the episode

[@Travelerr]

The Salt from Mike losing in the credits is pure comedy fucking gold... They gotta do this again.

[@iouoneshnigglefartz2937]

I think I could watch a five hour version of just Jay flubbing star trek questions. That finale was something special.

[@connielingus8385]

Questions of character names he just mentioned while asking Mike and Rich similar questions he can't remember anymore. I don't think i've ever heard of anyone hating TNG as much as Jay does. He probably couldn't have answered the questions he himself just asked.

[@pogglywoggly3292]

We'll have to make some rules so he doesn't try pulling that "im just going to say captain picard until I get it right" trick again...

[@Dharzjinion]

19:25 Everybody is talking Borg and Q and Romulans... but Kivas Fajo was THE single most intimidating Villain of the show, absolutely unscrupulous, shedding a crocodile's tear for himself in one second and admitting to have made everything up in the next, killing his own assistant in the most excruciating way just out of curiosity how her suffering would look like... he is so underrated and Saul Rubinek gave a performance worthy of an award.

[@Misadventures_85]

I recently watched this episode. hell yes, fantastic performance from Saul Rubinek and I get the feeling that not a lot of people talk about this episode? I could be wrong Without a doubt I would recommend it to someone who wants to watch a character centric episode (LeVar Burton and Brent Spiner really shine in the episode as well). or.. I dunno.. include it if I were making a top (X number) list of character episodes

[@hughJ]

@@Misadventures_85 The episode gets a fair amount of praise for its character work. If it does get overlooked these days I could only guess it'd be due to not being very meme-friendly in the form of dialogue, set pieces, or plot. The fact that it's one of many Data-centric episodes also makes it a little easier to overlook. If not for the recasting of Rubinek's role it would have been much more hokey and a lot less sinister.

[@HarrDarr]

you would think the most intimidating villains of this show are all the rapists

[@Misadventures_85]

@@hughJ true. I agree. the episode can be overlooked

[@pepupyourstep]

It's so satisfying to see people be really good at something they love

[@markvanderhelm4431]

Drinking?

[@lukerichardson3976]

​@@markvanderhelm4431Ejaculating into a storm drain?

[@BriahnAznable]

The actual proudest moment of my life was knowing that Miles hurt himself kayaking when even MIKE didn't know

[@Hunhaar]

Prob you watch ds9, there are kayak references in there too, that is why I knew the answer.

[@Kirkorama]

The way Rich is waring his glasses and looking at that card makes him look like a senior citizen looking over the menu at Denny’s.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Just like el captain Kirk

[@clottadams5028]

Like the old librarian at a middle school that wears that same suit jacket with shoulder pads that Joan Crawford would die for.

[@redmyeyes]

nothing makes me happier than watching mike talk about his 'special interests'. i've watched this three times already. UTTER JOY.

[@markvanderhelm4431]

Between Mike's special interests and Rich's special needs... the only other thing that could make this episiode more special, would be a leering Jay, standing their dressed as an STD. Merry Christmas?

[@mousedynasty4953]

10:45 "I'm having the best time I've had all year" Oh Mike, famoust last words 😂😂😂

[@xAsmodeus161]

43:12 You can pinpoint the second Mike's heart rips in half.

[@sloanekuria3249]

he didn't choo-choo-choose the right answer

[@stephankwapis]

I like how they used force perspective to make Jay look even shorter

[@ericv00]

This is Star Trek, not Star Wars.

[@stephankwapis]

Took me a minute but I got it 😂

[@ODUBlue]

The fact that it ends with a gigantic disclaimer for Mike is just perfect. I wouldn't have it any other way, alongside a flipped podium and sour grapes 😂

[@mastaovdafist3551]

That cut off of Rich at 28:40 made me spit my drink out!🤣🤣🤣

[@ChronoKatie]

I am not embarrassed to admit I have been more hyped for this face-off than any film that's released in the past decade.

[@TerrenceNowicki]

Stoklasa v Evans: Dawn of Star Trek

[@sloanekuria3249]

The world... is changing

[@BAlexzander]

Jay in the Discovery uniform is absolute gold.

[@Dreadjaws]

Factually wrong. Part of it is blue.

[@danielmoran3233]

These guys doing trivia could be its own channel. Quality stuff. Their chemistry is great.

[@Jammonstrald]

Jay not skipping a beat on the final question twist ending was perfection.

[@williamxxvi6739]

43:10 The look on mikes face when Jay tells him the got the final question wrong is heartbreaking

[@apinkgoat]

didnt realize mike could display such emotion

[@thork6974]

It was a Star Trek Mistake

[@XEisenwolfX]

You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half

[@Armadill0h]

Never in my life did I think watching Trekkies answer trivia would be the best part of my day.

[@ericv00]

Without Jay as the foil, no one would care. Having an audience self-insert was key

[@vexienroe]

part of your year* ftfy

[@noherczeg]

I love how Jay couldn't answer a single question. Not even by chance :D

[@VanTesla]

Mike was more accurate on the glass table than the card😂

[@alexpollock6932]

43:09 Mike really thought he got it at the end and he was genuinely shocked when he Jay said incorrect. You can see his inner trek soul be crushed in real time when Rich won

[@ronnielaw9318]

Rightfully so, what kind of so-called trekkie can't differentiate between soong type androids?

[@r.l.jeffries1091]

Daaaaaaamn spoilers :(

[@FortWhenTeaThyme]

@@r.l.jeffries1091 Bro why are you reading the comments on a gameshow episode if you care about spoilers.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@r.l.jeffries1091 TNG's been out since 1987...you had an entire pandemic to watch it...twice.

[@r.l.jeffries1091]

@@Corbomite_Meatballs I'm talking about the spoiler on who won the entire game (Rich vs. Mike)

[@pkpckls]

7:39 Mike's resigned roll of his eyes at Jay's pronunciation of "Moriarty" was incredible 😂

[@r.l.jeffries1091]

7:42 yeah it's pretty good lol

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

He just doesn't know these Star Trek characters, you see

[@markantony9038]

It's so dense every single image has so many things going on

[@bigweedman]

It’s pronounced “Day-ta.”

[@Faenwolf]

This was the best gameshow I have seen all year. And I am stating this on the last day of 2023.

[@NICK_THE_CAMPER]

I’ve watched this a lot, it’s become a comfort for me

[@Billyshears1909]

“You got somewhere to be??” - Mike having the time of his life 10:43 🤣

[@danij5055]

Cue 43:13 😂

[@ignacius8466]

This is it. The biggest trivia contest in RLM HISTORY!

[@bones642]

I can die happy now

[@RazzyXM22]

I didn't think they'd actually do it truly a moment in history

[@MrsMacLover]

In HISTORY period

[@psychotictactoe]

In ALL history!

[@notchuckproductions5029]

Until they do Star Wars trivia

[@aserta]

I've never been engaged by a quiz show in my ENTIRE life! You HACK FRAUDS, look what you did. I watched alll 45 minutes of this! With a smile on my face!

[@L1VE3V1L]

Always knew Rich was the KING of Star Trek trivia.