Hillary and Nic welcome Heather to the first early morning Trekfast runabout where they talk over how Star Trek Discovery's usage of the spore drive squares with the actual science and about the real life Stamets that the character's name is derived from.
Father/Son issues abound as Hillary and Nic try to diagnose the social dynamics at play between Odo and his surrogate father who arrives on the station. They test the awkward conversations between the two, probe the validity of a certain red herring, and take the temperature of the gassiest of planets.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode covered: The Alternate