Pakled
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Search complete. 76 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Pakled".
Sep 20, 2026
Dan LombardoHOST
You would get us the, I forget their names.
Scott BautersHOST
The Pakled Review.
Scott BautersHOST
Yeah, the Pakled
Dan LombardoHOST
Review.
Dan LombardoHOST
The Pakled, yeah.
Dan LombardoHOST
Yeah.
Dan LombardoHOST
I would love to hear their review for this season.
Pyrion FlaxHOST
We don't know what, who it is or what's going on, we just know that a ship needs help.
Pyrion FlaxHOST
So they warp over, and when they get there, they have a fun little conversation with this new alien race called the Pakleds.
Pyrion FlaxHOST
Do you want to tell us about the Pakleds-
TomGUEST
Hooray
Pyrion FlaxHOST
...
Pyrion FlaxHOST
Star Trek races of all time?
TomGUEST
Oh, 100%.
TomGUEST
So the Pakleds immediately, they are presented as balding, fat men who are stupid.
Eddie EdwardsHOST
Yeah, stuck in space.
Eddie EdwardsHOST
But Lore was actually alone in space for two years before he got just randomly picked up by a Pakled transporter.
Eddie EdwardsHOST
And it's not mentioned in the episode, but I'm going to assume Lore killed all those Pakleds.
Mark O'NeillHOST
I imagine Lore made all those Pakleds kill themselves for his own amusement, which I'll tell you, not hard.
Mark O'NeillHOST
Yeah.
Mark O'NeillHOST
The Pac-Leds are the Amish of the Star Wars galaxy in that I wish they would all just kill them.
Pyrion FlaxHOST
Yeah.
Pyrion FlaxHOST
"You've, you've met the Pakleds and guys like that."
BenHOST
[laughs]
Pyrion FlaxHOST
"Idiots.
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Pyrion FlaxHOST
Keep that, keep 'em coming.
Pyrion FlaxHOST
Next week we have-
BenHOST
Oh, next week it's A Samaritan Snare, which is with the Pakleds.
Pyrion FlaxHOST
Are we getting Tom for this episode? 'Cause he wanted to do this episode.
Dan GuntherHOST
This is a story set in the, uh, animated series style of, uh, of show, I guess.
Dan GuntherHOST
And we have the, uh, the Enterprise crew coming across what we quickly realize are the Pakleds-
Brandi JackolaHOST
[laughs]
Dan GuntherHOST
... back in this era, wearing, I've, I've gotta say, you know, very appropriate to the animated series, these kind of fuchsia and purple outfits, which I loved.
Brandi JackolaHOST
[laughs]
Dan GuntherHOST
Absolutely.
Dan GuntherHOST
So to overcome the Pakleds, basically, um, if the title didn't give you a clue in this area, as, uh, sesquipedalian means, quote, "using long, many-syllabled words" or describing a person who tends to speak or write that way.
Dan GuntherHOST
They basically are communicating with each other in front of the Pakleds using very complicated, long words so that they don't understand what, uh, what their plan is, uh, which is basically to kind of fake them out and also, if you'll remember the animated series, use the huge inflatable Enterprise that was in the episode "The Practical Joker," uh, to, uh, to fake them out.
Geoff OwenHOST
I'm your host, Geoff Owen, here to continue our journey through Star Trek's late 24th century.
Geoff OwenHOST
Now, on this episode, we stay in Star Trek: The Next Generation's second season, uh, to look at the debut of an alien that would later return in Star Trek: Lower Decks, the Pakleds.
Geoff OwenHOST
Joining me to talk about the episode "Samaritan Snare" is this month's guest, radio presenter Farrah Hudkins.
Geoff OwenHOST
Thank you for joining me this month, Farrah.
Farrar HudkinsGUEST
Well, what makes it a guilty pleasure is, is that there's not a lot to it.
Farrar HudkinsGUEST
Um, uh, even though there are, there are a couple of different threads going on.
Farrar HudkinsGUEST
I've seen a lot of critiques that, um, you know, it's not very well thought out, and the Pakleds are basically just stereotypical stupid guys.
Farrar HudkinsGUEST
Like, if you, if you wanted to come up with a stereotype of a dumb guy, he's gonna be tall, he's gonna be fat, he's gonna be speaking very slowly and in, in a sort of pidgin English.