Boimler And Mariner Are Trying To Steal The Shuttle - Star Trek Strange New Worlds S02E07

[@Spark_Chaser]

I love when Pike hears Boimler dressed as him for Halloween, he gets very touched by the idea and then has to refocus on being the disciplinarian again.

[@Osterbaum]

Yeah and I like how he looks as much amused as he does touched. Like he is almost about to laugh about it but then stops himself because he has to be the serious one.

[@craigmcfly]

"They haven't met him yet. They had kind of a Trelane thing going on" Love it.

[@goontoro9145]

I hope that is a foreshadow to say he could show up in some form.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@goontoro9145 It will be sometime before 'Star Trek: Legacy' will be aired, if at all. In the mean time, Q could've been doing other things 😉

[@James-hs3tu]

Whould be nice to see a different Q. During that time

[@RevanHorner]

​@@James-hs3tuvoyager is calling for you

[@SWGmovies]

That trelane line blew my mind basically confirming trelane was a baby q For all we know, he could've been Qs son

[@JunkPhuJP]

Everyone is praising the combination of comedy and sincerity, but I really want to point out how Mariner's and Boimler's maturity really has a chance to shine through this episode. Season 1 version of LD characters were brash, young, and immature in their own ways. But now Boimler is really learning how to stand up for himself and take initiative, even with his fanboying breaking temporal rules. And Mariner being way more cool and level headed, actually diving into the portal to save Boimler (causing a slight complication), and encouraging Uhura to take a break, not because Mariner wants to slack off (although that's probably a reason), but because they hit a wall and legit need a bit of self-care, with a few drinks of course. Everyone says Lower Decks is just Rick and Morty in Star Trek, but its a lot smarter and with way more heart than people expected. And I kinda love it.

[@KariIzumi1]

The Rick & Morty similarities have been surface deep at very worst, mostly in the first five episodes just to get the pitch past Paramount's bean counting stiffs. Still though, they _have_ grown as people over these past three seasons by quite a bit. I watched the first season recently and i forgot how borderline obnoxious Boimler himself could be in his quest for promotion.

[@801walt]

I was fully prepared to hate this. But the young people came through. Mariner’s banter was not quite up to speed, but that was understandable. Let’s do this again, sometime!

[@DooMest]

​@@KariIzumi1exactly! I even stopped watching after the first. But I kept hearing people praise it. So I stuck with it and the 3rd episode really started to show the show's strength. When Shaxx casually reappears in season 2, I was hooked

[@darthroden]

I think the naked manspreading scene in that one episode spoofing the classic and TNG season 1 episode had lots to do with that.

[@comandantegorrion7271]

@@KariIzumi1 I think a really interesting thing is that, thematically, lower decks and Rick and Morty are very similar. The whole point of Rick and Morty is that Rick is wrong. His cynicism and nihilism continually serve to do little more than just make his life more difficult in spite of his incredible intelligence and of course, lower decks is a Star Trek show: cynicism and nihilism are conceptually antithetical to its core premise.

[@ulphil08]

Mariner describing Pike in the chair with just her hands was absolutely fantastic!

[@kyleyuen245]

She even holds her hand on her face to emulate the burn

[@diamondjim7560]

Before or after he moved to Talks IV to join Vina?

[@BxSxCx]

“All It says is ‘this is a time portal’.” One of the best lines in the episode.

[@juanrisa945]

I think a commebtary in a video pointed out that was ptobably a label. Like, when you're in a museum and you find the Mona Lisa and below a label that says "Mona Lisa". Essentially, a way to identify it.

[@woodysmith2681]

@@juanrisa945 Nausicans. So dumb and vicious that they needed the reminding. Like labeling something, "This is poison. Do not drink."

[@KariIzumi1]

I love how Mariner could steal an entire starship in her own time but couldn't even get a shuttlepod past La'An 😂

[@SWalkerTTU]

Remember that La'an has Augment DNA.

[@hypocriticalrat3607]

Well, crew of Cerritos and Enterprise are two very different crews. One doing boring, routine checks were nothing interesting is going on (at least on paper), and the other is one of the first ship and flagman ship. Things that Mariner and Boimler can do on Cerritos would be spotted by much more competent crew of Enterprise very easily.

[@3Rayfire]

Straight up La'an don't play. She takes less breaks than Worf or Odo.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

"Not on MY Enterprise!"

[@HanithSVK]

But she was there for Q knows how long. La'an could be following Boimler when she caught them. I mean she did appear only few dozen seconds after he entered shuttle.

[@derpidot]

i love the comment about how slowly and quietly everyone talks, its makes sense in a production and linguistics way. cartoons are usually fast-paced, so they talk faster. IRL language changes over time, so it makes sense that in 120 years one of the changes would be talking speed and volume.

[@irregulargamer1352]

live action shows have way more time to work with compared to animated shows.

[@JeffLionheart]

@irregulargamer1352 One of the major things about Lower Decks that makes me always feel weird when watching the show is that it's clearly spoofing a 44-minute show in a 22-minute format. I know it's super inside-baseball to be thinking about that writing thing, but whenever they do a pastiche on Star Trek I'm thinking about how much more *time* the classical shows have to just let the characters be. You can't do the root beer scene on Lower Decks, it was literally added to fill out the episode so it could reach 44 minutes. Granted, sometimes it really works. A 44-minute show would have probably felt compelled to explain the 'murder bug drinking game' and the scene is just so much more effective with Tendi quietly dominating at it with no leadup, and we still get a beautiful character moment from her "Yes! I *love* being soft!" - we can easily infer how the game works. There can be advantages to the 22-minute format, at least some of which are 'you have to only create 22 minutes worth of content.' But Star Trek as a series has always leaned heavily on the advantages a 44-minute format confers, so seeing something in a 22-minute format in the same setting is just... so weird.

[@JJNotAbrams-gl1io]

Super insightful comment by JLH! Squeezing 44 minutes of parody laced drama into 22 minutes of air time... is certain to have some unintended temporal effects.

[@raistlin3462]

Love both Boimler being willing to break the rules to do what was right, and Mariner waiting for him while not even surprised. Those two have developed an incredible chemistry.

[@skippythealien9627]

i admit, it took me a LONG time to warm up to Lower Decks, but now it is definitely my favorite of the newer Trek shows (prodigy a close second) a huge part of that is because the chemistry of the four leads is just SO DAMN GOOD

[@ZJBorg]

I expected silliness and humor. I didn’t expect the emotion in this episode. The scene with Pike is one of my favorite of the whole series. You can just see it hit Pike like a ton of bricks when Boimler (of all people) tells him how much people would miss a day to celebrate/be with him. Beyond that the gags in this are just so damn funny but not overplayed. The Q/Trellane bit. Instantly getting caught. Dressing up for Halloween as Pike. Hell even Mariner simulating Pike’s beep chair and scarring. If you hated this episode I pity you for not being able to laugh a bit.

[@MetalSmith]

Humour is an emotion, leave it to comedians to know how to play with your emotions.

[@nerysghemor5781]

Yeah, and even with all the humor in the episode when Boimler and Mariner tell Pike that-and confirm that they are from the future where he follows his fate-it actually makes them among the very few people with whom he can talk more openly. At least personally, I like to think that before they went home, Pike DID talk with them more, but we’re not going to hear it because (I know they aren’t real but figuratively) the three of them don’t want anyone else to know. I mean, when Mariner goes home I get the feeling she hid the whole thing from her superiors and Boimler went along with it. Both nearly messing up the timeline AND having an intimate heart to heart with Captain Pike about things that probably no one else besides Una KNEW for a fact he was already aware of would be reasons even rule-following Boimler would agree not to tell.

[@akjackhd5804]

@@nerysghemor5781 actually they said "and this is nothing in comparison to the whole pike thing we're not supposed to talk about.." in the season 4 trailer of lower decks, so .. yes, she'd probably not tell her mother about it or DID and is ordered to keep it secret .. because.. temporal stuff, listen i skipped the whole temporal investigation part i barely know them guys, they're always ON time.. wait aah crap.. pun not intended

[@nerysghemor5781]

@@akjackhd5804 Oooooh, good to know!!!

[@alphanerd7221]

@@MetalSmith Humor is not an emotion.

[@JAMES-qp8tz]

00:19 *"HOLY Q!"* - Ensign Brad Boimler

[@RogueShadows]

As someone who feels like he’s sometimes the world’s only genuine Enterprise fan, I love that in a way it was the NX-01 that saved the day. I was already sold on the episode but when the NCC-1701’s crew started gushing over the NX-01 Enterprise? That cemented it. *La’an:* “I love the grapplers.”

[@EternalRoman]

Love that they mentioned Capt. Archer and the NX-01 and the love both were shown. It is my favorite series, even if I'm in the minority team on that.

[@joda7697]

Who doesn't love the grapplers? The NX-01 was great. Enterprise was great. I wasn't really involved with the fandom while seeing it, and i saw it after it had come out, and i really enjoyed it. No fandom discourse to sour anything for me.

[@EternalRoman]

@@joda7697 Purely awesome :)

[@bluetaffy2785]

As the seemingly world's only Voyager fan, the Tom Paris episode of lower decks was exactly that for me.

[@td4068]

@@bluetaffy2785 No the only fan. Beside DS9, Voy is my Star Trek Home. Sure the Series had it problems (which star trek series donst have), but it allways feels like family and home. The show nailed the part that the crew grows to be more like an family then a "military" star ship crew and i liked that a lot.

[@EternalRoman]

I may be one of the few, but I loved and still love Star Trek ENTERPRISE, and hearing Capt. Archer mentioned and shown love by Pike was so heartwarming. Also, the fear on Boimler and Mariner's face due to the history of Pike's future was so sad.

[@BrowncoatInABox]

Enterprise was the one that made me a trekie

[@EternalRoman]

@@BrowncoatInABox Awesome!! It's my favorite Trek as I said before.

[@3Rayfire]

Season 4 of Enterprise can go against any Star Trek season of another show before or since. For all its flaws it had some PEAK Trek in it.

[@alphanerd7221]

Oh it's the best of the spinoffs.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@3Rayfire TOS 1 and 2 are much better.

[@BeastBoom24]

What truly made this an amazing episode, not just as a crossover but as a Star Trek story, is that it’s still got sincere moments, moments where there isn’t something crazy happening, like a space battle, or a holodeck malfunction, or some kind of terrifying creature haunting the crew. It’s something thats always made Trek special to me. Between the moments of action, theres always moments where you just see the crew being themselves. Either having fun, connecting with each other, or just living. It makes the characters feel like actual people.

[@gsamalot]

not to mention I enjoyed that this show did when it came too boimler having such high expectations for everyone in his time, an when he finally gets to meet them he see it not really all he thought it was as alot of them are just like any other crew on the ships in star fleet. Sure alot of them will go on too do amazing thing in the future, but their not there yet they still have alot of learning to do now. Hell when he saw Spock showing emotion he freak out thinking it was his fault, but history never really talk about how Spock had to go on a journey on personal level with his human half and vulcan half

[@LGranthamsHeir]

2:47 - 3:12 Boimler must've been surprised to learn that Pike already knows about his future and that he is at peace with it.

[@zwordsman]

For someone who hadn't seen this show yet. Does he find out in this show earlier?

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@zwordsman Star Trek Discovery, Season 2 episode: "Through the Valley of Shadows"

[@Pinario]

@@zwordsman As said, he finds out in season 2 of Discovery and his character arc in season 1 of Strange New Worlds is him dealing with his knowledge of the future and learning to accept what is going to happen to him.

[@bryanchin856]

I think Pike deflected it enough. I don't think Boimler thinks Pike knows.

[@alternative915]

@@bryanchin856 Yeah cus any at the end of Discovery S2, any knowledge about the U.S.S. Discovery by law is treason, i guess the time crystal thing is one of em.

[@m3m3lord61]

Wait this is a canon episode and not a skit?? Damn I love Star Trek even more now for that. I know ppl would hate it because Star Trek is typically supposed to be more serious but lower decks brings so much life to the series.

[@kaicreech7336]

I love how susceptible Pike is to flattery

[@pendrake40]

1.) [2:16] *- **_"I don't think Boimler can handle getting thrown in the brig by a guy he dressed up as for Halloween." "No he- really..?"_** --* Love how that if you look closely at Captain Christopher Pike's (Anson Mount) face, you can see a brief look of Comedic flattered-happiness, before shaking it off to regain his serious Command-composure. Little details like that really add to the delivery of scenes like this. 2.) [3:56] *- **_"How many people on this ship would wish they had another day to talk to you..?"_** --* Great counterpoint delivered by Bradward Boimler (Jack Quaid). This episode [SNW 2x07] did an amazing job of balancing the _Comedy_ with the _Drama_ of this SNW-LD CrossOver. Thanks for uploading this, *Star Trek Friendly.* :)

[@andrewnlarsen]

And also consider that Pike knows what is coming down the line...

[@pendrake40]

@@andrewnlarsen-- Correct, as mentioned by Captain Pike in this scene (2:52), and earlier in the [SNW 2x07] episode when discussing Boimler with Commander Una ([Pike]: _"He_ (Boimler) _was so excited to see me, that it felt for a second, that my future wasn't so bad...")._

[@leeharris7727]

The look on his face… gold dust.

[@thegrimmretails3777]

This episode was a love letter to ALL fans of Trek.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Mariner pantomiming is GODDAMN HILARIOUS

[@lkgrave4959]

Easter Egg: When Pike talks about being a year older than his Father is similar to what Kirk told Bones in Star Trek Beyond.

[@richardstokes276]

Is it just me, but who else now wants a live action Lower Decks?

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I think the idea sounds like fun on its face but a lot of the comedy comes from things that you can't do in live action without enough CGI that it may as well be a cartoon anyway.

[@Xone9]

Most of the main cast of Lower Decks besides Newsome and Quaid could easily play their characters in live action, and I don't think that's a coincidence.

[@kanetse1378]

Casting for Badgey and Cetacean Ops is going to be difficult to pull off though.

[@SWalkerTTU]

​@@kanetse1378They had a dolphin on "SeaQuest DSV" and Badgey is necessarily computer-generated.

[@SWalkerTTU]

Perhaps a feature-length production.

[@emmw7794]

I love Boimler and Mariner, they can definitely Star Trek Live action seemlessly. Amazing. Would have been great if Q showed up and was like what are you doing here?!

[@jeremy1860]

Between them, Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds are making Trek amazing. And scenes like this are proof enough as to why 😊

[@LocksAndChains]

My buddy told me to give this show a chance after working as an extra in this episode (and others). And I’m really glad I listened to him.

[@Arvyn992]

I liked how Boimler says "Oh fudge" at 0:29 when the other shuttle flew by

[@KariIzumi1]

I liked it, but I think it would've also been funny if he got to say fuck & it was still censored like in the animation 😂 (Seriously, why DO they bother censoring the words there anyway when PIC and DSC don't have to and they often have the same TV-14 rating?)

[@turbopokey]

“Doyounoticehowsloweverybodytalks?” “Yeah,andquiettoo…”

[@Graniteheart]

yes, he knows about the beep beep chair

[@matiasrocha317]

I like Anson Mount with each episode of this season . His performances is fantastic in this show . I love this version of Pike more and more 🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖 .

[@thomas.parnell7365]

He's a good actor no denying it

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

Boimler: ''This era is weird.'' Mariner: ''I know, have you noticed how slow everybody talks?'' Boimler: ''Yeah, and quietly.'' Gotta love how this crossover even poked a little fun at Lower Decks itself and the way everybody talks in that show.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

1:33 - 1:42 La'an must've thought Mariner and Boimler as the most challenging 'security threat' she ever faced as the E's security chief. More challenging than the Gorn threat 😉

[@bemasaberwyn55]

In her words "a disaster"

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@bemasaberwyn55 😄😄🖖

[@ShasOFish]

Also, no change in the lighting, meaning she was standing there pretty much the whole time. Probably needed to do something to get their attention.

[@captaintalon4485]

Ah the continued running joke of Mariner always being on the shuttle before Boimler

[@NickJohnCoop]

The love between all the characters here is too good. I don’t think that fans tears ago would’ve thought we would have been treated this kindly.

[@badgercdlyons]

"I know that the ones who love us will miss us (after we die)." -Keanu Reeves Up until that moment Boimler asks his question, it's apparent that Pike never even contemplated those he was going to leave behind. He just assumed that his death was just going to be a part of the job and that he wouldn't leave a huge hole behind.

[@AndrewNeilFalconer]

The shuttle interior is wonderful.

[@josephsheranda]

This is literally two high-functioning autistics doing their thing as Starfleet officers, and it's awesome.

[@joeswanson733]

imagine if they did steal the shuttle. apparently pike is weirded out that hes so famous in the future kids dress up as him for halloween.

[@idontwannaidontwanna7307]

In or out of the chair?

[@joeswanson733]

@@idontwannaidontwanna7307 in the chair.

[@cursedcanine8414]

@@idontwannaidontwanna7307 BEEP BEEP

[@3Rayfire]

Heck future adults.

[@Vasun05]

The context of this scene is even crazier when you realize Captain Pike's actor just had his first child between seasons.

[@EddieDexterStewart]

THIS IS THE SCENE! I love the feeling of power the passing shuttlecraft gives like a Bell UH-1 (Huey) Helicopter taking off in a low pass taxi. Also love the size of the shuttlebay! NOW complement of 4 to 6 shuttlecraft can sit in the bay AND not intrude on the engine room! CAD and CGI make all the difference!

[@auricstorm]

See, for me, I was thinking it (Shuttle bay) was too big for the size of the ship it was in. It's something that Star Trek ships have always had, that they're basically TARDIS, so you start going "hang on, that's a window there, making that measurement X... But hang on, that means the hull is Y" or in this case I start wondering where the hell engineering, mess, crew quarters and everything else we see or have seen in TOS would fit

[@michellegiacalone1079]

1:57 I am always mesmerized of that hologram on Pile's wall of the forest with the twinkling rain? Snow? Whatever, it's beautiful.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

"...and I never get caught." They then immediately get caught. The joke was obvious and cliché and yet they still did it well.

[@kbyethx]

This was a highly satisfying episode. SNW and LD are both awesome shows. I hope they both last like 10+ seasons

[@hblanche]

These darn strikes are delaying future seasons of both shows. I hope they're resolved SOON.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

This is a time portal 😂😂😂😂

[@TorrenGenn]

That is so a Lower Decks line.

[@posindustries]

Love how the question of "Wait, how did ancient Nausicaans invent time travel?" was swiftly answered with "They didn't, they just labeled it and left."

[@bemasaberwyn55]

@@posindustries such a nausican move

[@Aerilon452]

Boimler is supes adorable in this!

[@RMJ1984]

They need to bring Star Trek Enterprise back for a final season and then i wanna see Pike go back in time and visit the NX01.

[@healthycigarettes5088]

OR have Archer show up in Lower Decks in animated form.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

I really thought they're going to visit the actual NX-01.

[@filthycasual8187]

Turns out, a piece of NX-01 was used in the construction of NCC-1701. I kinda like that. You see it with actual naval vessels today, particularly the real-life U.S.S. Enterprise aircraft carriers.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@filthycasual8187 The last space shuttle mission had a part from the first one.

[@tyro244]

I can seriously see Jack Quaid dressing up as "Pike" for a Star Trek Con. 😀

[@vanessavelarios4449]

"I mean, I didn't want to be here."🤣

[@casbot71]

*Pike:* So anyway, my _alternate_ future self dropped in and gave me some spoilers, oh I know.

[@joeswanson733]

it goes further back than that. during season 2 of discovery which takes place 1 year before SNW pike went to that klingon monastary and took a time crsytal. not only did it show him his future but it locked in his future. so in theory pike couldn't even die because his future is locked in.

[@LeeHutchingsdrumsUK]

Archer and the NX-01 to the rescue!

[@MoyoArias]

Is it possible that the UPF President Archer is still alive in ST:SNW times?

[@DanielS2001]

@@MoyoArias Well, considering Bones was still alive in TNG's premiere episode Encounter at Farpoint. It's plausible.

[@CaptainSovereign]

@@MoyoArias No he is dead..archer died one day after the launch of the ncc-1701

[@filthycasual8187]

@@CaptainSovereign At least he got to see his ship's successor fly. Never got to see how famous it would become though.

[@MoyoArias]

@@CaptainSovereign Honours to The Great Explorer, Engineer and Diplomat Jonathan Archer! His NX-01 Enterprise and its accolades will be always remember!

[@youreale]

I'm really in love with the whole SNW thing. I'm in fact freaking out.

[@idontwannaidontwanna7307]

Did the haloween costume include the chair?

[@cursedcanine8414]

BEEP

[@idontwannaidontwanna7307]

@@cursedcanine8414 🤣🤣🤣

[@alphanerd7221]

Not likely. Post accident pike doesn't have the jawline.

[@BravosReviews]

So I have known I liked Quaid from other things, but I didn't know how much I would LOVE Tawny Newsome and I def do.

[@thegrimmretails3777]

I know, she set the bar all the way up in space with this episode.

[@socaldayve6684]

I love the Trelaine reference Mariner makes.

[@doxielain2231]

La'an's response time is phenomenal

[@3Rayfire]

La'an's lessons for Security, Lesson 2: "There are no breaks in security because threats never take breaks."

[@datboiderrty]

Everyone was so amazing this episode

[@davidstreet2949]

Cool Cross-Over episode.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

0:40 gets me every time.

[@jameshaley8162]

That Brad...he's like Beckett in that...He's much smarter and capable than he seems. And Mariner, something freaked her out to the point of doing anything to stay an ensign and away from 'Ranking Up'. Her Academy friend from season 1 was right, she should have been the first of them to become a captain. And...Brad is right about 'You never know how many birthdays...or just Days left' Try to celebrate each one in some way. Be sure your love ones KNOW that you love them and when ever possible, cut out the fake friends and forget about the 'friends' that have already forgotten You. I like to say that 'The Only True immortality we might obtain is through our children'...but its also through what we do. When we teach a person or persons something Useful. When we do a favor for anyone, your friend or a total stranger. You have done something kind and good and that action will help that person do things that they might Not have been able to do. They will remember The Stranger...as you remember people who did something and that allowed You to do something you might not have been able to do with out the help you received from a Stranger. They won't remember your name, if they ever knew it anyway. But...Our actions or in-actions...have effects on others that they will carry with them. Celebrate Life. Let your loved ones know that You Love Them. Help and teach others good things when you can and IF You should. And you will become Immortal. My Boss...he taught me what I needed to know and had me do what I needed for me to have a career. Before him, I was a cashier and a gas pump jockey...not really a Career and that kept me from getting married. I wouldn't want to marry minimum waged person with no changes on their horizon for a better tomorrow....and don't give me that 'Well, YOU could have changed their future" I was in no position to change anyone's future but mine and even that was a struggle. BUT....My Boss...he took me from 'general labor' to 'Senior Water Plant Operator' in the company....I had a career...a good one....and it was all because of him and his actions and teaching and tolerances. His actions will live on because those actions allowed me to make more positive actions for people that I encountered. So...to me...he and his actions go on and on...he is in a real sense; Immortal...even though he's passed away ten years ago. Be like Brad, celebrate with those people as often as you can because one day, You won't be able to...like with Pike's father...like a lot of fathers.

[@willadeefriesland5107]

Pike and the lack of a good relationship with dad could help Mariner with her mom. The past influencing the future. The more 'normal' order of things...

[@anthonyrodriguez8788]

I mean by this point in the timeline For Mariner her relationship with her mother is mending fairly well.

[@Emy0530]

I really love this episode Its really difficult to unify the goofy nature of Lower Decks with the more serious nature of Strange New worlds but they do that perfectly

[@jefflawless7911]

@0:09 ...this is my fav FX scene transition to live eeevhz. wow!

[@macklee6837]

I'm not looking forward to what happens to Pike I know things turn out relatively well for him in the end, but seeing him in that chair is hard :(

[@PaulGuy]

"I never get caught." _immediately gets caught_

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

SEND THEM TO STARBASE 80

[@jordanloux3883]

Oh god no, that place is a hellhole!

[@ct0760]

I love Pike flattered with halloween

[@BubbleGumzKorner]

But Uhura DIDN'T block the signal. The Orions still got the message.

[@thegrimmretails3777]

It's a minor detail, easy enough to overlook or fix with a fan-bandage. A Fandaid if you will.

[@davidalcaraz6003]

This Was a Great Episode Enjoyed it.

[@Name-ps9fx]

I've never watched ST:BD because it always seemed...well rather cartoonish. The instant I saw their uniforms, I knew from whence and wither they came. Perhaps I'll check that series out... it'll add to the ST:SNW experience.

[@Ririten]

I definitely recommend checking it out, it's right up there in my top treks of all time. The first five episodes lean heavily in to that slapstick comedy, so if that's not your thing you might wanna skim(but probably don't skip) them. I enjoy them a lot personally. After that though it quickly opens up in to a genuinely impressive show. There's a meme in animation about how so many animated cartoons start as comedies and quickly become deeply emotional and I think LD falls in to that category.

[@MoeLaneIII]

@@Ririten Somewhere along the way somebody on LD must have said, "You know, there's nothing actually stopping us from doing kickass space battles."

[@3Rayfire]

@@MoeLaneIII By the time they hit that first season finale, the show has found its Star Trek soul.

[@Chiron84]

@@3Rayfire Which, to be honest, is WAY earlier than many other Star Trek shows did. Looking at you, TNG, DS9 and VOY! Lower Decks is great Star Trek, with excellent writers and an incredible cast. Doesn't matter who the story is about, I love all of them, there's no "Ugh, a Neelix episode"-feeling with Lower Decks.

[@SuperDuperJamer]

more and more ENT references, so nice

[@mimsnshine]

Wow noticed the shuttle has same object near left window that the TOS shuttle had example Galileo 7

[@Palpatine001]

Ouch being transferred to Starbase 1....

[@posindustries]

Hey, that's at least 79 better than Starbase 80.

[@KariIzumi1]

​@@posindustriescame here to say this lol

[@katherineberger6329]

What you can get away with on a ship where your mom or your best friend's mom is the captain is MUCH more than what you can get away with on a ship full of people that you're already kind of annoying.

[@orangeapples]

It’s also just the difference between being on the Enterprise vs, well any other vessel. The Enterprise crew is the pick of the litter.

[@KalijahAnderson]

I really don't care for Lower Decks as it just comes across as a parody to me, but this was great. Best episode of Lower Decks, hands down. Great episode of Strange New Worlds. And I loved how they handled the 'animation' issue with a psychedelic at the end.

[@crewtheaftermath4105]

I cant beleive it this waws an awesme episode i need more live action of them! now i want a live action lower decks.

[@rocketman544]

1:32 what happens when Lower Deckers meet actually competent Starfleet officers. 😆

[@dewdew80]

lol was that shuttle that passed by patrolling for shuttle thieves by shining a flashlight through the window? Such future, much wow!

[@4Lights.5Liights]

How ser·en·dip·i·tous to mention Archer's old ship

[@yodaz101]

La'an is total Ninja.....🤪

[@tysonas1]

Are those the repair drones lining the walls of the hangar

[@grzegorzmajewski.]

It's clearly said they're trying to send a message, not to steal the shuttle.

[@kingbeauregard]

It's eventually going to hit Boimler like a ton of bricks: "Oh fuck, he KNOWS."

[@anamartau4766]

Hello and im new here and i see the episódio 7 of star trek strange new worlds crossover was wassome i love Boilmer and his hear is purple😂❤🎉

[@panelvixen]

Everybody talks quieter in the TOS era? Does that mean the Cerritos is loud and they have to talk loud to hear each other?

[@costanzafaust]

I might be wrong, but I think it's a joke about differences between voice acting for animation and performing live on-set.

[@ClownActual]

There's a funny Inside joke when they were talking about how "everyone talks so slow and quietly". Whenever I travel, people sometimes talks about how fast and loud my family speaks. Turns out Californians just speak faster and louder than most Americans, and Boimler and Mariner serve on a California Class ship!

[@jordanloux3883]

It's also poking fun at the different tones, since SNW is a heartfelt drama and Lower Decks is a goofy comedy, and each work on different filters.

[@aaronatherton7431]

Anyone else consider this may be Pike on Talos? Reliving his life...only bright spots: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks..why he spends so much time in the kitchen..? He can take the heat!.

[@alphanerd7221]

No. His girlfriend isn't there.

[@aaronatherton7431]

@@alphanerd7221 .....ummm she was old a hundred years ago, Pike is old now learn the art of illusion. Maybe his captives are dead too. Pike a beloved pet, left alone, with an endlessly supplied kitchen

[@alphanerd7221]

@@aaronatherton7431 That's asinine.

[@TenmaStupidity]

Ahhhh.....Gotta love how Disciplined Starfleet Academy Officers have become....they just steal shuttles.....

[@anthonyrodriguez8788]

I mean Mariner is a special case, shes only lasted as long as she has in Starfleet through nepotism, if she were stationed on any ship in Starfleet aside from the Cerritos her career would be over in a week, a month tops.

[@piercedolgener7244]

I feel like that they’re going to be a couple mariner and boiler

[@thegrimmretails3777]

I don't want them to be. If any series could just keep two heterosexual friends strictly platonic, I would love for it to be Lower Decks.

[@jordanloux3883]

Nah, they have more of a sibling relationship

[@matthewfletcher7900]

This isnt a complaint. Just an observation. The parallels between Pike and his father and Kirk and his father in the Kelvin timeline don't strike me as pure coincidence to me, and not done intentionally at all (!) 🤔

[@agalgonzalez]

Wow, this Enterprise is very luxurious, the TOS Enterprise had no such kitchen.

[@michaeltalley51]

No, they weren't trying to steal the shuttle, they were trying to use the shuttle's communication subnet, which is separate from the Enterprise's, to contact the Orions.

[@cursedcanine8414]

Now i want a lower decks haloween episode were boimler dresses as pike

[@jordanloux3883]

And he gets in a fight with another guy dressed as pike, but in the wheelchair

[@sly123size]

Wow he had daddy issues and also he plans to retire after his working on the enterprise

[@user-uc9fx4ru7p]

How did she know to be there ?

[@IanNCC1701]

Yeah the scale of things here is way off. By a ridiculous level.

[@arbknight12]

So wait, in their time, Q is worshiped as a deity?

[@lionsjourney29]

Doubt it...but Boimler is a quirky lad. While holy q could be a thing of his maybe humans in starfleet started using Q as a holy moly statement

[@garethking5322]

It's just a play on words, Q vs Cr*p

[@HepCatJack]

In the 20th Century, the expression Fa Q was quite common.

[@stevenweaver3386]

No. Q *loved* to mess with humans. It's used to describe a really FUBAR situation, something Q was so adept at causing.

[@thegrimmretails3777]

No more than we worship shit.

[@DarthX4]

I never get caugth cue all the times she did that would have gotten her expelled if it wasn't for nepotism

[@vaderboy121]

There's nothing Holly about Q even the time he said he was god

[@sw-gs]

That hangar bay is bigger than one in JJ-prise.

[@akjackhd5804]

no.. not really

[@SignoftheMagi]

Doing live action has some major benefits. One of them is subtle emoting. There is SO much of it in this one clip would never translate into animation.

[@sjTHEfirst]

What’s with all the shuttle traffic? It’s not like it’s a star base.

[@posindustries]

I presume they're in the process of relocating the colonists on the planet below before they starve.

[@jacksonquinn1472]

They are probably sending away teams to the surface.

[@tysonas1]

Probably a group being sent on an assignment to a nearby star system, like a few hours at warp speed.

[@ricardog2165]

Their mission was to transport food to a starving settlement.