Our Sci Fi World
Couple Jeff & Steph explore Supernatural and Star Trek in a series-exchange response format to watch and rewatch and real time reaction to see and explore the complicated dynamics that makes all of these shows the icons that they are. Episodes released weekly.
Episodes
31 episodes
207 Logic Not Found (DIS212)
Jeff and Steph jump ahead to 212 of Star Trek Discovery, and while the episode is moving fast, Steph keeps getting stuck on one thing.The logic.Big decisions are happening quickly. Plans come together almost instantly. And the mor...
206 Sharp Mind, Blind Spot (DIS208)
Steph is not having it.This week on Our Sci Fi World, we’re in Star Trek Discovery 208, and what should have been a meaningful Spock backstory turns into a full blown debate about one thingwhat if someone is smart… but...
205 May Is the Worst (DIS205)
Jeff and Steph are back in the weird with Star Trek: Discovery. And this one goes sideways fast.What starts as a straightforward mission turns into a full-blown moral debate when May makes a call that nobody can quite agree on. Tilly’s c...
204 Blobnapped and Uninsultable. Jet Reno is just fire. (DIS204 An Obol for Charon)
Saru’s dying. The ship is collapsing. Tilly’s being blobnapped by a hallucinated fungus named May. But Steph? Steph is not having it. 😠 This week, the drama is high—but the believability is low—as Our Sci Fi World tackles Star Trek...
203 Pike is Supposed to Be in This One (DIS203 Point of Light)
Parenting a half-human, half-Vulcan child is never going to be easy. Add a logic-first father, a disappearing son, and a galaxy full of dangerous secrets, and the challenge becomes something else entirely. Point of Light, the third epi...
202 Stamets is Salting the Bones (DIS202 New Eden)
A glowing red signal. A forgotten Earth colony. A captain who jumps on phasers like they’re grenades. In this episode of Our Sci Fi World, Jeff and Steph dive into Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 2, “New Eden,” and ever...
201 Driver Picks the Starship (DIS201 Brother)
🛸 This episode kicks off the Trek half of Our Sci Fi World with Discovery S2E1, “Brother.” The ship’s in trouble. The captain’s new. The crew watches him closely.Steph asks questions about Federation command structure. ...
124 Where No Ghost Has Gone Before (sidebar)
Twenty-three episodes. One car. So many ghosts.And now...space.In this chaotic, heartfelt Sidebar, Jeff & Steph slam the Impala’s trunk shut on their Supernatural arc and set course for Strange New Worlds. A&...
123 How TV shows are made (Bonus episode with guest Thanh Huang)
This episode is about the people who keep television from falling apart. Who wrangle cast, crew, trucks, fire, rain, egos, call sheets, and whatever other chaos today decides to serve. It’s about the ones who show up first and leave last. The o...
122 You're Not My Real Dad (Supernatural 122) Devil's Trap
What happens when your dad gets possessed, your car gets wrecked, and your last hope is a book guy named Bobby? You get Supernatural season one’s finale. And you get us losing our minds about it.This episode of Our Sci Fi World is part c...
121 Dad’s Plan Sucks (SPN121) Salvation
Jeff and Steph, joined by special guests Jay and Kristy, tackle Supernatural Season 1, Episode 21: “Salvation.” This penultimate episode of the season marks a turning point for the Winchester family, as Sam’s psychic visions take center stage a...
120 JDM Enters the Chat (SPN120) Dead Man's Blood
John Winchester is back, and so are Jeff and Steph’s feelings. In Supernatural 120, “Dead Man’s Blood,” the show rewrites its vampire rules and stirs up the Winchester family dynamic. Dean’s caught between duty and doubt, Sam’s ready to burn it...
119 The Hair Must Burn SPN119: Provenance
Jeff and Steph are back after a stretch of travel and turn 40 with a haunted painting, a glass case that won’t break, and some serious Sam-and-Dean cosplay. In Supernatural 119, “Provenance,” a creepy doll holds the key to a ghostly mystery, an...
118 You Okay, Little? (Supernatural 118 Something Wicked)
This week, Jeff and Steph sit down for Supernatural's first flashback episode, "Something Wicked" (SPN 118), and the emotional resonance hits like a striga to the chest. When kids in Wisconsin start falling into comas, the Winchesters ...
117 Ghostfacers Begin Here (SPN117) Hell House
Jeff and Steph get roped into a prank war, a web legend, and a little Ghostfacer history as they react to Supernatural Season 1, Episode 17: "Hell House."Steph schools us on how big budget episodes impact the small ones (Hell House follo...
116 Chicago. Shadows. Dad. (Supernatural 116 "Shadow")
We’re back in Chicago — which means shadows, secrets, and a Winchester reunion that’s anything but comforting. 🌆🕶️In Supernatural’s Shadow, Sam and Dean finally reunite with someone they’ve been chasing for half a season....
115 Sammy in a Cage, Dean in a Rage; when people are the monsters (Supernatural 115: The Benders)
Dean’s worst nightmare: Sam’s been kidnapped—by humans. That’s right, no demons, no ghosts, no cursed objects… just a rural Minnesota family reenacting The Most Dangerous Game, and it’s giving true cri...
114 Bend This Spoon: Nightmare’s Mind Games, Telekinesis & Tragedy (Supernatural 114) Nightmare
“You're Right.” — The Two Most Devastating Words. Max only wanted the pain to stop.In Supernatural’s “Nightmare,” trauma becomes the monster, and the most chilling horror isn’t a ghost—it’s what a broken boy is capable of...
113 Son of a Bitch, That’s a Stunt; Cassie, stop closing the blinds! (Supernatural 113) Route 666
Racist Trucks and Repressed FeelingsLet’s just say... they don’t make ‘em like this anymore.Steph and Jeff wade into Supernatural’s most infamous vehicle: a phantom racist truck from hell. But somehow the real fuel for this...
112 Six Felonies and a Faith Healer: the muddy reality of shooting in the mud and using murder as a faith device (Supernatural 112) Faith
What would you do with a trapped Reaper and a dying Winchester?In Supernatural's “Faith,” a blind preacher trades souls while Sue Ann runs a shadow ministry out of a revival tent — and Steph and Jeff have some thoughts.This...
111 Fuggly, Fetch, and Faith. The town with only 4 residents (Supernatural 111) Scarecrow
This week on Our Sci Fi World, Jeff and Steph brave a creepy orchard, confront scarecrow logic, and gush over the long-awaited return of Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s voice (finally!). As Sam and Dean split up, so do our hosts—at least in opin...
110 Ghosts, Gaslighting, and Dad Issues—It’s a Supernatural Special (Supernatural 110) Asylum
John Winchester’s parenting philosophy is essentially, “Follow orders, don’t ask questions, trust literally no one—except me, when I decide to show up.” And in Supernatural S1E10, Asylum, we see Dean living and breath...
109 Jeffrey Dean Morgan: The Man, The Myth, The Legend, The Letdown? (Supernatural 109) Home
We knew Supernatural was a horror show, but we weren’t prepared for the real terror lurking in Season 1, Episode 9: that fridge scene. Listen, we’ve seen ghosts, demons, and even that cursed airplane episode (never ...
108 Who Is Writing This Stuff?! The Felon’s Guide to “Honest” Labor (Supernatural 108) Bugs
Get ready for a love-it-or-hate-it showdown as Steph and Jeff dissect Supernatural’s “Bugs.” They cover everything from Dean’s comedic hypocrisy about honest work to Sam’s earnest attempts at filling in Dad’s mental puzzle pieces. Steph offers ...
107 Hooked on Nostalgia: Original Soundtracks, No Power Windows & That Creepy Campus Ghost (Supernatural 107) Hook Man
Grab your silver crosses and buckle up—this week, we’re taking on Supernatural Season 1, Episode 7: “Hook Man.”After switching from streaming to our trusty DVDs (hello, original soundtrack!), we’re thrown back to an era before power wind...