Strange New Worlds S2-E7- ''Those Old Scientists"

TheValeyard

Alert!

It seems this is going to drop early!

https://cartermatt.com/605197/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-episode-7-arriving-early/

https://deadline.com/2023/07/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-lower-decks-crossover-debut-early-paramount-new-musical-episode-trailer-1235445717/

Dropping tonight in the USA on Paramount+

Not sure if we are getting it early over here, officially...............

I am not waiting a week, if this drops tonight.

Edit: Looks like its for everyone!! COULD BE 11PM OUR TIME!!!

Edit 2: Midnight

breezy1985

People in Canada have also noticed that episode 8 and 9 are down on the schedules to drop the same week too.

TheValeyard

Very tempted to stay up and watch it. Maybe order a cheeky takeaway.

eadrom

Boom! It's up on Paramount+ :-D

TheValeyard

I love what they did with the intro

eadrom

That was great 😁

TheValeyard

That was fantastic. Very well done.

Nice mix of both styles.

And loved the shout outs the NX Enterprise!!

Ending was also class :D

Very happy with that Crossover episode

Think Orion Hurricanes maybe why the Cerrritos is so crazy lol.

Everyone loves the Grapplers.

knucklehead6

Thoroughly enjoyed that.

Spear

Enjoyable and easy going bit of fun. Like the previous episode, they took time to continue all the previous small threads. But it seems like they also torpedoed the Spock/Chapel thing, which is a little surprising.

TheBigEvil

Just finished watching it...

That was absolutely brilliant ! What a ballsy call to do that start to the episode, and then the opening credits, and indeed the end scene.

Just pure fun, pure Trek and Boimler and Mariner in the flesh were amazing. So good to see both actors in real life playing off each other, great chemistry, as they do as voiceovers in Lower Decks.

That goes down as one of the best cross over episodes ever!

Even my wife who is not a Star Trek fan, enjoyed it ! Actually turned to me and said is it supposed to be this funny !!!

Star Trek Strange New Worlds, long may it continue, has brought back everything that I loved about Trek.

Agent Coulson

That was awesome and totally what Star Trek should be.

fritzelly

Well that episode had me smiling even tho I don't watch the animated show. Is the koala part of the cartoon show?

AMKC

Feckers putting this out early. Feck sake. What was the rush? It's not like there is any new Trek after SNW till September.

ilovesmybrick

Fantastic episode. Easily the best of the season without any doubt. They also managed to blend the humour incredibly well. Loved Pikes line about the communicator "but the flipping is the best part". Also brought in the self awareness in a way that wasn't too hamfisted, from Boimler commenting on the size of the bridge, to him and Mariner mentioning how quietly and slowly everyone spoke compare to LD. Fantastic stuff.

ilovesmybrick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120887357#Comment_120887357

Meh, adds a week extra, what harm really. Nice to wake up to a surprise new Trek on a Sunday rather than on a workday!

ilovesmybrick

Also must add again to how much I've been impressed with Ethan Peck. Jesus his smile is disconcerting in this in a way it probably would seem to Boimler.

corkie

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Those_Old_Scientists_%28episode%29

Very enjoyable episode. I thought with this dropping early, we would have to wait until the 3rd for next episode.

But IMDb has it billed for the 27th.

I wonder will TOS mean that for the fandom?

Commander Ransom refers to Number One as the "hottest first officer in Starfleet history". This is likely a reference to the fact that Jerry O'Connell, who voices Ransom, and Rebecca Romijn, who portrays Number One, are married in real life.

Evade

I had no real hopes for this episode but it turned out really well. Boimler kind of works in live action but Mariner seemed weird, then I could have been distracted by my loathing of nose piercings. One thing they could have added was a little visit from Dulmer and Lucsly at the end.

The "new ship has a piece of the old ship" thing is kind of interesting but then how does it work in cases Like C to D?

corkie

I read the below before seeing the episode which spoiled it a bit.

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/star-trek-lower-decks-strange-new-worlds-crossover

Stark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120887064#Comment_120887064

Yeah it's the afterlife koala. People see it when they have near death experiences.

TheValeyard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888047#Comment_120888047

But what does he know!!!!!

AMKC

Just finished watching. That was a fantastic episode. Loved it all.

Boimler being all scared of Una lol.

I think it's silly that the engineer is thousands of years old do. I do not believe that. Hundreds maybe but not thousands.

Stark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120887931#Comment_120887931

Yeah it doesn't really work when you overthink it. The Enterprise-Nothing was destroyed, the Enterprise-A was a redesignation of a different ship. Similarly, Ent-C was destroyed and the Enterprise-G was the Titan redesignated. Guess it's a "best effort" kind of tradition.

Stark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888058#Comment_120888058

I think it would be funny if Boimler was freaked out seeing Una because of the pre-TOS accident that resulted in Nurse Chapel's consciousness permanently trapped in Number One's body.

corkie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888180#Comment_120888180

That is not canon story?

https://g.co/bard/share/e52ea9be0769

Nurse Chapel's consciousness was never permanently trapped in Number One's body in any Star Trek canon. This was a fan theory that was popularized by the novel "The Return" by Diane Duane, but it was never actually confirmed in any of the shows or movies.

In the novel, Chapel's consciousness is accidentally transferred into Number One's body after a transporter accident. Chapel is able to live in Number One's body for a while, but eventually she decides to transfer her consciousness back to her own body. The novel ends with Chapel and Number One both alive and well in their own bodies.

CastorTroy

Great episode. And it just worked

Pretty sure Boimler wasn't the only one with a poster of her, which I guess is the joke.

Ortegas and Uhura reaiising they were sounding like Mariner and Boimler.

Una commenting on the oddly specific scenarios.

Thought might have gotten some comment about Pelia, either saying how never heard of her or how she's known by everyone, as a wee joke about how her and her species are new (aren't they?).

No comment about La'an either. Surely they must've had some thoughts about Khan.

Anyone else think the lead Orion looked like Rene Auberjonois? At least I think that's who he reminded me of.

Stark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888294#Comment_120888294

I was joking about them both being played by Majel Barrett. (And all mentions of number One pretty much disappearing entirely from canon until SNW came along). Didn't actually realise that someone took that too far and wrote a fanfiction novel around it.

breezy1985

That was very good and weirdly more of a straight episode than some of the other "comedy" episodes.

The intro and finale were great calls. I also didn't realise just how much I loved Lower Decks. I mean seeing them gave me the same kind of buzz you get from seeing legacy characters on Lower Decks.

Only downside was that from very early on I thought we are going to see NX-01

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888082#Comment_120888082

The Enterprise - A isn't canon but ya it was a silly plot twist.

eadrom

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120887931#Comment_120887931

I was actually more impressed with Mariner, thought she was perfect in live action. I've seen Jack Quaid in enough TV and film that I expected he'd be good (and he was!) but I've never seen Tawny Newsome in anything. Instantly recognisable as the character, both looks and mannerisms, and really funny.

Also -- don't think it's been noted here yet -- this was a Frakes episode, too. I'd say that was a lot of fun on set.

flazio

I didn't even spot the Koala first time around.

https://twitter.com/StarTrekOnPPlus/status/1682889073961336832?t=UgzmUiiPX14-81PCO5pDfw&s=19

I'm grinning from ear to ear after that. Loved it and it probably was a ton of fun to film. The animated ending was a great touch.