This episode originally broadcast on December 11, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/12/binary-system-podcast-485-mayor-of-kingstown-and-star-trek-lower-decks/

his week's episode of Mayor of Kingstown was slightly less stressful than last week's, but everyone is still in a hell of a lot of peril. There are some incredibly dangerous characters in this show, and it's a toss up who's going to be attacked by their worst enemy first. (It's gonna be Kevin, isn't it? Kevin is somehow on everybody's bad side.) Mike and Cindy-the-Guard are still adorable together, but it's hard to root for them when you know Mike has the worst luck in the world with relationships. (Anyone remember Iris? Does Mike even remember Iris? Sure thought that storyline would have come up before now...)

In much lighter fare, Kathryn watched another episode of the last season of Star Trek: Lower Decks. This one mixes things up a little by devoting an entire episode to the secondary characters. Meaning the command crew. (Yes, we know this was an homage to the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Lower Decks." Well, we know that now.) And we've got the usual tangents to all the other things we're watching lately. (For anyone who wants to see a live performance of "The Waverly Gallery", no you don't.)

This episode's outro is a clip from Robo Disco by TeknoAXE.

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