deadline.com wrote: The expansion of CBS All Access’ Star Trek universe continues with a two-season order to Star Trek: Lower Decks, a half-hour adult animated comedy series from Rick and Morty head writer and executive producer Mike McMahan, a long-time Star Trek fan. Star Trek: Lower Decks, which will focus on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships. .... “Mike won our hearts with his first sentence: ‘I want to do a show about the people who put the yellow cartridge in the food replicator so a banana can come out the other end.’
The music is actually quite glorious. If I had to be nit picky someone should have announced "Captain on the bridge" when Freeman came out of the turbo lift.
2.6: Liked that. Doing
regular stuff like maintenance in scifi episodes can be so much fun. Fleshing out dat-to-day stuff.
The overall story with
the Pakled was a bit daft
That reference at the end to
Armus.. that was clever. Hard to feel any smypathy for Armus!
Not a great episode this one. There was some OK parts to it but overall you would have to ask how the hell the
Pakleds even got off there own planet with how stupid they are.
I loved the bit at the end when the ensign just sits on the Captains chair and then the next shift came onto the bridge lol.
I thought that one was pretty good. I'm starting to think in the past the the Pakleds created completely automated self sustaining infrastructure and as a result current day Pakleds have no need for education and have completely regressed socially as a result. Kind of like how almost no one can do basic sums in their head any more because everyone has a calculator or me having spellcheck on my browser has made my spelling really bad.
Nice to see they still fear the ultimate weapon, the Crimson Forcefield.
It was kind of nice seeing the redshirt side of Boimler. They were wrong about speeches and image being all you need to be a captain but it is a part of it. The other part is getting vomited on by a replicator to make your friend laugh or more broadly being able to solve problems quickly.
I was expecting
at least 1 of the Redshirts to die after Boimler pretty much pointed out the fact they call themselves "The Redshirts"
I hope Janeway doesn't find out she lost to the Pakleds.
Well seeing as this is set post Nemesis there is no Captain J_____y. Got promoted to Admiral.
Personal opinion now.
I liked this episode, as someone said above, we're getting into the business end of the season and the fact we had a pre title cliffhanger instead of a cold open joke reflected that. The "spy information" about a hidden attack on Earth could be construed as a mini Xindi crisis for the rest of the season. I must ask though, with Shax back, what exactly is Kayshon's role on the Cerritos? Also, more of a general question, on Saucer shaped ships like the Cerritos, Enterprise and Voyager, how come we never see decks with windows in the floor? Is the gravity flipped so that the windows are always overhead?
I enjoyed it. Definitely convinced the Pakleds were once an advanced species but had some sort of 'idiocracy' style moment in their history. Someone is pulling their strings.
Funny episode. Did laugh at some of it. Particularly when the spy got flushed into space.
You don't see any with windows on the ceiling either but Ten Forward probably has the closest to the sort of has windows you're describing.
Liked this episode; and this week on "depressingly basic writing concepts lacking in live-action Trek", we see the resolution for the Big Crisis foreshadowed with Tendi's laughing at Boimler's mishap in the restaurant. I had thought it weird when it happened - cos the episode kinda lacked jokes otherwise - but then boom. Checkov's Food Mishap.
Best joke was the guy who gets to be acting captain for the 2 seconds while upper decks are switching shifts and then gets the insult of having to clean an airlock we heard about earlier
I liked the Pakled storyline this episode too like the 10 second gag that summed up practically every revolution ever.
Sorry bout the multi post but the spoiler thing is very annoying on this site
Another distinct voice this week, especially for Star Trek, in Jeffrey Combs. John Billingsley would be another.
What would be examples of evil computers like this from the ST series?
Jeffrey Combs???
Yeah boy!!!!
2.7: Me this whole episode: Jeffrey Combs!!!!! Jeffrey Combs!!!!! Jeffrey Combs!!!!! Wooooo!!!! 😁
What a great role too! Quality Jeffrey Combs! 🙂
All the way until Rutherford got killed and I was a bit shocked at how much I was taken out by that. I was.. Noooooooooo!!!! and then he was dead on the Captains PADD and I was like.. whuh.. buh why.. not cool.. are they doing a Yar.. ah here!
Yeah the possibility of the mother doing a con struck me but the first few moments definitely got me.
Was back on the Jeffrey Combs train after Rutherford came back though so felt better towards the end.
Tendi definitely lookin like she's got the feels for Rutherford
I enjoyed that episode. It was a good laugh and very good. I take it that its just the engine room is a whole two Decks high and not the ship which has at least 6 Decks I would say.
I did not fall for the twist myself.
I thought it gas that the window in sickbay was of course on the side with the ship docked and strange that if that was the case that Tendi did not notice the explosion happen on the other ship. But I guess when it happened she could have been to busy on the computer or in another part of sickbay.
I liked that one.
The royal abdicator plot would have been interesting as an ongoing story in a more serious series. Troi kind of had a similar backstory but it never really amounted to much.
Getting very sick of Mariner's selfish busy body interfering with Boimler's career, especially since she's proven wrong almost every week. Holding your friends back because you don't want to advance is a really **** thing to do.
Were the death drones the weapons from the Arsenal of Freedom? They had a very similar silhouette.
Jeffrey Combs is always good so more of him please. One of the rogue AI's at the end had the CBS logo on it.
You trying to tell me you can't get "The Snip" in the 24th century?
They have a pill for it but I don't think the whole thing needed to result in a child.
What ?
Did someone get pregnant in the last episode and I missed it
Hey, all I'm saying is that I'm sure there's something Doctor T'Ana can do to help Billups with his heritage problem.
It wasn't fathering a child that would force him to become the king, one of the royal guard/concubines was a man, it was sex itself
There are surgical procedures for ejecting a warp core, unless docking in the aft section still counts in which case, God Speed Your Majesty.
I'm lost now
Good episode
Evil computer was hilarious. Great to se Combs back. I think the murder drones were definitely an upgrade of the TNG ones.
Nice element between Mar and Boim.
I enjoyed the renaissance dragon planet culture thinge.
The loosing your virginity was an interesting plot choice.
Tendi is definitely questioning her career choice.
Good episode.
They'd have a hypospray for that (probably).
But yea...I have been enjoying these episodes a lot lately. I find myself not even wanting to skip the intro, it's just a good feeling to be fairly certain that the Trek at the end of this is going to be enjoyable. (and lacks a Discovery-esque tacked-on flutter of the Trek theme at the end, which just drives me up the wall each time).
We're coming to the end of this run soon, and I'm going to genuinely miss it. Long may this show live, and I hope for CBS to re-sharpen whatever pointy stick they are using to keep Kurtzman's feckless mits away from this actually good Trek show.
Im getting pretty sad about this series coming close to the end too which has taken me by surprise a little just how much I look forward to it every week
Ye that was funny or
"You can look me over from the bottom up anytime" lol.
Oh my god! This show is fantastic.
There is going to be a change in Mariner's view of Boimler, she was honestly shocked by how casually and truthfully Freeman just threw out that Boimler is one of their best, so much so that she had absolutely no doubt that he would save the ship. Coupled with the ease with which he disabled Agimus, last week, you know that the writers have either tension or massive support up their sleeves
"They took everything that I was"
A couple of surprisingly graphic elements in a certain section this week.
And quite a different depiction of Boimler too. When not terrified, he's shown as extremely competent and determined. I could see a major plot point of the season being Mariner realising she's not the standalone bad-ass she thinks she is.
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