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

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

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

That was great 😁

Thoroughly enjoyed that.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.