He Is From The Future | The Crossover Episode | Star Trek Strange New Worlds S02E07

[@shanejayell]

The "End Program!" bit made me wonder how often crew prank each other by dumping sleeping friends in the holodeck and running weird programs on them?

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

Definitely more often on the Lower Decks

[@joda7697]

Pretty sure not even the Lower Decks crew are that cruel on a regular basis. I'm sure it's happened before, but it definitely isn't 'just a prank bro', that's like psychological torture.

[@Juidodin]

:D haha never thought about that... teleport a sleeping friend into a weird holo program, like where everything is just a couple cm taller or shorter. :D something you would only register on a subconscious level but would make you very itchy on the inside on your brain.

[@tumbahantoine2517]

Transport some unconscious fool into a hole program we’re everyone is a dwarf, and the ship is the same but only smaller

[@margotrosendorn6371]

Ngl that sounds like a lot of fun. Imagine that one guy who dozes off at work suddenly waking up in Jurassic Park or something.

[@benwasserman8223]

Apparently Jack Quaid improvised the Riker maneuver bit. In front of director Jonathan Frakes, no less XD.

[@jameswg13]

Also his character has served with riker

[@jceggbert5]

COMMAND THAT... saddle?

[@coleslade]

From what I understand the actual Riker Manuver was in the script but him just spouting off "Riker!" was improved. Which is totally in character for Boimler and shows how well Jack knows the character and loves Star Trek.

[@WardNightstone]

and Frakes wife thought it was hHILARIOUS when she saw it, Bust a gut laughing

[@mathewhaight]

That makes me happy.

[@Tounushi]

"But flipping it open is the best part." Sometimes the user experience is paramount.

[@Mxyzptlksac]

Reminds me of what my dad said when TNG premiered and he saw the new communicators 😅

[@stevengalloway8052]

😆 "Paramount"! I see what you did there! 😆

[@NuclearFridge1]

I loved my old clamshell phone I could flip open. Now... I have a flat black rectangular thing. 🙄

[@Tounushi]

@@NuclearFridge1 I got a Samsung Fold 1 back when it first released in Europe. Was about time I upgraded from a dumb brick to a smartphone, but I needed a phone I can both hold and operate with one hand. Can't do that with regular smart phones, but folded Fold is narrow enough for that. Unofortunately, the Samsung flip phone is too wide again for proper use.

[@Go4Noctis]

Paramount+

[@arcticstar13]

I find it amazing that when Boimler did the Riker manoeuvre on the saddle, it was not only improvised, but Jonathan Frakes was in the room when it happened

[@jameswg13]

Well his character did serve with riker

[@Beau74]

@@jameswg13 He's talking about the fact that Jonathan Frakes directed this episode and thus that moment in particular

[@SK-qo4qs]

Also Riker's wife screamed when Boimler did that.

[@Capt_Dango]

lmao, really hope there's video of that and they release it

[@LiamDilley]

I think I like the fact that something the actor did during a series fans noticed and a cast member also emulated is now cannon in the star wars universe!

[@cameronpearce5943]

From now on all continuity errors are Boimler‘a fault. Butterflyed the hell out of the timeline XD

[@MoeLaneIII]

...Dammmmmn.

[@thegrimmretails3777]

We shall forever call this the Boimler timeline.

[@podemosurss8316]

Boimler's and Mariner's

[@idriscorvus2237]

The Boimler effect strikes again

[@housecoatgaming]

Oh, as much as I would love to agree...it's Moonves and Kurtzman's fault. STD and this are not Prime.

[@Emeraldnite-if7vo]

"Riker!" will go down as one of the greatest lines in Star Trek history--and it was ad-libbed!

[@thrashmetaljay666]

Still makes me laugh so hard.

[@kimmccarthy7747]

I am glad to know I didn't miss-hear him say that!

[@Spike20101000]

Weeks later I still laugh at it, and have kinda started doing the same in life 🤣🤣

[@WhoDeanyUnchained]

There's no way that was ad-libbed

[@valleyforgeproductions]

@@WhoDeanyUnchainedit was

[@djcfrompt]

The communicator vs. combadge bit reminds me of a bit of BTS passed on by a cast member of Trials and Tribble-ations - apparently all the DS9 cast were standing around trying to figure out how to operate the communicators. Someone from behind said something like "no, you have to give it more of a flick of the wrist" and they turned around to see Walter Koenig!

[@Treffaut]

In the retelling, Koenig hoped - prayed - that he still had the knack to demonstrate it. NAILED IT on the first try.

[@phrophetsamgames]

@@Treffaut Would you happen to have a link to that? I'd love to hear him tell the story.

[@leosmithonbass]

hopefully Koenig also said that with a certain accent...

[@Werrf1]

I don't understand. Why would a Psi Cop know how to open a communicator?

[@RyuSDS88]

​@@Werrf1I was hoping to find this comment

[@paullenoue8173]

I really enjoyed that after all the struggle to decipher the ancient language all it said was "This is a time portal."

[@antyep]

That is such a Lower Decks thing

[@Gothic7876]

@@antyep and it’s better for it.

[@zeighy]

Honestly, if I was an ancient civilization that built a time portal and everyone else knew what a time portal does and how to operate it... They probably would expect to just label something as a time portal and expect that everyone else knew what to do. You probably don't account for possibilities that your civilization would die and the portal to survive... so, simple signage would probably be adequate.

[@daefaron]

@@zeighy It's very true to RL as well. They love to find old journals or other things from people that can shed light on stuff. Like the whole "3 spice containers on the table. Salt, Pepper, ??" because things were so common knowledge they were never labeled/described.

[@DarkhalfBreed]

​@@daefaronright? So many things we have today doesn't have instructions or even what it is written on them sometimes

[@ZJBorg]

So much of this is gold but the funniest bit I liked was Pike and Una talking about how their communicators are better because you get to flip them open. Agreed!

[@alanhutchins5916]

Why Motorola ditched the Razors I’ll never know…🙄

[@PeachWookiee]

I admit to geeking out with my flip phones.

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

⁠​⁠@@alanhutchins5916Because people got bored of them and went onto the next shiny thing, and their business is to make money. There are modern RAZRs that run Android now; you’re welcome to buy one.

[@sammiller6631]

@@bubbledoubletrouble their business is to make good products. If it was just to make money, they could charge a monthly fee to not lock you out of the phone remotely.

[@alanhutchins5916]

@@sammiller6631 they were good products….

[@nerysghemor5781]

Boimler is honestly adorable in this episode! And for some reason his height makes it even more adorable than Barclay. I didn’t expect him to be that tall for some reason!

[@emdee8840]

Indeed. I had no idea Jack Quaid was a frigging yeti. He is so dang tall! Somehow the voice just seems more suited to animated Boimler, but IRL Jack Quaid did a good job mimicking Boimler's movements, gestures, and facial expressions. However, IRL Mariner just isn't as expressive as animated Mariner. Ironically, she seemed to more accurately nail the vocal characteristics of her animated persona.

[@nerysghemor5781]

@@emdee8840 To be fair they did need to tone down things a little to make it work in live action.

[@darthroden]

LOL I have a feeling even Reg Barclay would be telling Boimler to take a chill pill.

[@nerysghemor5781]

@@darthroden Boims is more social but more hyper. He’s so precious!

[@tonuahmed4227]

Funny...cause the character he played in 'the boys' was also supposed to be petite...

[@alexanderhart9128]

I will always love how time travel happens so often Star fleet has an extensive protocol to go with it

[@alexb6234]

Honestly with how often it happens, they really should have safe houses or something where any and all displaced time travelers are told to go to receive assistance.

[@spudhead169]

@@alexb6234That actually makes perfect sense.

[@joda7697]

@@alexb6234 There are temporally shielded archives by the time of the 2400s Putting all the time travelers in one room is idiotic though, imagine if they tell each other anything at all, what kind of consequences that would have.

[@voteDC]

Don't forget that Kirk is apparently the worst offender.

[@ApostleO]

​@@joda7697- Maybe it's like a temporal hotel. You go there, and an automated system directs you to an unoccupied room, where you stay isolated until someone from Temporal Investigations can help return you to your time.

[@SageofStars]

To be fair, the Department of Temporal Affairs in this century is two guys in a closet looking into the scribbled journals of Jonathan 'Duchess' Archer, and wondering what he was high on. In Boimler's time it's THREE guys, in a long range shuttlecraft. Who mostly joined for those snazzy black uniforms they wear.

[@lukelandis3090]

Wait, the time guys get black uniforms? Dammit, I knew I joined the wrong unit!

[@SageofStars]

@@lukelandis3090 I mean, you can probably call them grey striped, but yeah, I liked them. They're in the DS9 episode Trials and Tribulations.

[@Shinzon23]

Oh, boy, they have a lot more resources than just those two; EVERYTHING that gets temporally displaced from the past or future in the federation eventually ends up with them. Including people.

[@Qardo]

@@SageofStars Hey, I liked those agents. One of them admitted, he too would attempt to get a report signed by Captain Kirk, lol. Plus, they very much hated Kirk. As he always seemed to be going back in time. (Later, I think in Beta, they had strong opinions about Captain Janeway. You know. There was a literal Temporal War in the Delta Quadrant. But, being how, that timeline was destroyed and everything reset back to baseline. No, one even knew it happened. Still, those Temporal Agents have a way of finding out. And they are likely pissed about it.)

[@SageofStars]

@@Qardo One of the Time Operatives tried to blow up Voyager...TWICE, because of what they kept doing to him. That was Braxton.

[@kris6071]

Boimler doing the "Riker Maneuver" was priceless!! 🤣

[@matiasrocha317]

Boimler was so freaking funny in this episode . The crossover episode is the best episode of the series 🖖🖖🖖 .

[@harvey2906]

I agree with you. 🖖

[@drmayeda1930]

What about Tandi? she went through the portal also. An Orion in a starfleet uniform should raise a few eyebrows, not only Spocks

[@justinbeath5169]

​@@drmayeda1930Tendi only shouted through the portal

[@tinam2111]

I feel like I lived my Star Trek fantasies vicariously through him. Especially when he walked out onto the bridge. ❤❤

[@WardNightstone]

Boimler was ALL OF US this is exactly how wed act and we all know it

[@darthroden]

Pike: "But flipping it open is the best part." Old Skool Trekkies: THANK YOU!

[@noirangel6416]

The Boys, Superman and now Star Trek. Quaid is on a role recently!

[@jameswg13]

Well he is the voice actor for that character as well so

[@noirangel6416]

@@jameswg13 I know.

[@ShasOFish]

Also plays Richard Feynman in Oppenheimer (minor role in the scope of the movie, but still).

[@podemosurss8316]

@@ShasOFish Really? It suits him. Feynmann at this point was a young genius but also a prankster.

[@sammiller6631]

@@williampearson6299 Grant Gustin should play Barry Allen in the next rebooted The Flash movie

[@benjaminwigley4132]

3 times i laughed out loud... when he is OBVIOUSLY crushing on No.1... when they find his communicator... and "Worf's Honor"

[@PaperbackWizard]

He really is like a live-action cartoon, in every aspect.

[@gregx5096]

Apparently he watched a lot of LD to try to get a feel for his animated character's physicality. He really nailed it!

[@varrington95]

I have watched this episode 4 times and the second time i finally heard what Boimler said when he got on the saddle "Laughed My Ass Off" "RIKER"

[@gregx5096]

And he ad-libbed it! In front of the director JONATHAN FRAKES! 😂😂😂

[@BravosReviews]

This episode was downright charming. Lower decks really is a huge addition to trekverse

[@evilmiera]

Sometimes you just want a nice wholesome addition to a series that's been way too deep into crazy darkness for a bit.

[@matthewwells1606]

"Flipping it open is the best part!" My reaction when I saw TNG for the first time as a kid in the 80's.

[@billintex001]

This is GREAT Star Trek. I want all of you to listen/read up: I'm now in my sixties and i was here in THE Sixties (albeit much younger) when Star Trek launched. Not even two seasons behind them, author David Gerrold revealed in a later interview how depressed he had become because he had received hate-fan mail over "The Trouble With Tribbles." Complaints over how stupid it was, how the crew would never say or do those things, how it wasn't real Star Trek. He disassociated himself from that episode. Several months later he was asked to speak at some sort of writer's gathering. During his introduction it was mentioned he'd penned an episode of Star Trek. A member of the audience asked him which one. He was hesitant but the audience insisted. David was bowled over when, after embarrassingly admitting it was TTWT, the audience rose in cheers and a standing ovation. All you haters and gate keepers on this thread explaing how bad LD and SNW are, and how these things aren't real Star Trek, remember: Gene (if you need his last name you don't belong here) envisioned a positive inclusive future for humankind. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. Some of you are showing you're not destined to be part of that future. I'm not a gate keeper. Just an observer.

[@KMCA779]

To be completely honest, LD and SNW are the first content since Enterprise that actually FEEL like Trek. The problem is an entire generation has grown up on a different kind of Trek

[@abx_yenway]

I'm glad you got to see this new and reborn Trek.

[@adamkalb1]

So, why did the people at the writer's gathering not care about how "stupid" The Trouble With Tribbles were, and why did they like it? What did you like about The Trouble With Tribbles? What is your verdict on Star Trek: Prodigy and how it contrasts with Lower Decks?

[@NerdOnTheStreet]

"If you need his last name you don't belong here" "I'm not a gate keeper" Ok, buddy.

[@billintex001]

@NerdOnTheStreet ya know, I think you're right. I do sound a bit like a jerk there. Apologies. Good call.

[@aurona]

The Lower decks uniform looks cool in live action

[@DawnMK2023]

Boimier freaking out. Stops to greet someone. Continues with previous freakout.

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

This episode is probably the BEST freeking episode since Data learned to laugh!!!! OMG I LOVED THIS ONE!!! I sure would have love to seen ALL of Mariners crew in "real life"!! That would have been sweet!

[@Cdr2002]

“But flipping it open is the best part!”

[@antyep]

“I like ours better too.”

[@pendrake40]

1.) [0:11] *_"But flipping it open is the best part!"_** --* Hilarious gag that succinctly summarizes the generational gap between TOS-fans versus TNG-fans. *;)* 2.) [3:07] *_"Riker!"_** --* I openly laughed when first seeing that bit. And laughed again, when later informed by those I was watching [SNW 2x07] with, that bit was an _ad lib_ on Jack Quaid's (Bradward Boimler) part whilst done under Jonathan Frakes' (William T. Riker) literal directorial presence. *:D* Thanks for uploading this, *Star Trek Friendly.* :)

[@kusada3035]

Damn right it is, the touch function is cool n' all but, i love the flippy thing

[@pendrake40]

@@kusada3035 -- I wager you had a Flip Phone (&/or some _'Clamshell Design'_ device) too. *;D* I had/used a Flip Phone too, back in the devices' heyday. Still waiting for a (TNG-era) Tap-control Combadge; but until then I will make do with the (ST-year) 2409 Combadge I got with my Collector's Edition of *[Star Trek Online (2010+) MMO-RPG].* ;)

[@garette.1214]

Just by appearing in past you affected the timeline. You got to love these time travel stories.

[@AzguardMike]

unless its a closed loop. The time traveller always went back in time and its just never recorded. Like war criminal Sisko always meeting Kirk in Trouble with Tribbles. Or when Voyager met with the Captain of the time ship who caused the computer age of the 20th century leading to advanced computers that we use today. Alt timelines also exist, see Enterprise changing time with Nazi Aliens. TNG with Worf jumping timelines, the many Enterprise D's appearing at a time tare. A future Picard abandoning the Enterprise D a hour in the future and being saved by his own crew one hour prior.

[@razorburn645]

As long as he doesn't somehow become his own grandfather he'll be fine.

[@Jokie155]

Bashir is quaking in his boots.

[@EarlJohn61]

@@razorburn645 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqilYZdjbqiEopI

[@juanrisa945]

​@razorburn645 Or prevents his parents from meeting. Or gives his past self a tip on horse races. Or gets stuck in the Wild West.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

"That's VERY WEIRD " Nyota.....that's just our Bradward

[@AlbertMark-nb9zo]

The delta is more than a communicator, it's also a universal translator, and a simple transporter pattern enhancer. At least according to the original TNG tech manual.

[@Qardo]

I think by that time. It also, monitors life signs and is a bit of a tracker. On top of being handy as a lockpick (Do not ask how that works. I swear I have seen it somewhere.)

[@NerdOnTheStreet]

@@Qardo The lock pick probably worked similarly to how Captain Janeway pulled a filament wire out of hers to do some repair or tweak to Seven of Nine's Borg implant in a Voyager episode while they were trapped somewhere.

[@shipwack]

⁠@@QardoIt works in the exact same way The Doctor's sonic screwdriver works... Which means we have the same lack of knowledge as before... 🤔 😜

[@mxplixic]

Add a mobile emitter to it for the holographic crew members. 😁

[@Valiran9]

@2:50 was some astonishingly good acting. Boimler’s expression perfectly displays how the magnitude of his situation just sunk in and how he KNOWS that he can’t change the timeline without immeasurable consequences. TBH, situations like this must be torture for everyone involved. The people from the future know they can’t change anything without obliterating their home timeline, while the people from the past know they aren’t allowed to ask about anything that happens in the future, despite everyone involved knowing that future knowledge might prevent any number of disasters and loss of life. Funny as this episode was, the characters must have been under an incredible amount of pressure the whole time.

[@davidramirez1021]

After the La'an/Kirk thing on S2E03, I like to imagine that between the scene where La'an give Boimler the temporal run-down and where Boimler's in Pike's quarters, that they have a heart-to-heart about what La'an went through with the alternate Kirk so that she can FINALLY talk to someone about that with a sympathetic ear. Because let's face it, that's who Boimler is. Also, dear GOD does La'an need a hug.

[@thegrimmretails3777]

I feel like giving her a hug would be slightly more dangerous than licking the Elephant's Toe.

[@commanderwolf_gaming5191]

This episode was freaking cool. Maybe we will get another one like this or something, where we get Boimler back. That Riker! was freaking funny!

[@HiopX]

Pike, hailing the Cerritos: We have a slight temporal accident and require assitance to get back to - sigh, Ensign Boimler Boimler: It's Lieutenant Junior grade, now, Captain Pike, sir.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

0:30 "Captain Christopher Pike! Computer, end programme?!" Love Boimler's reaction seeing the real Pike in flesh and blood (instead of the holodeck version)

[@furionmax7824]

This implies that he uses the Holodeck to do simulations with Pike very often

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

@@furionmax7824 Or that he’s familiar with the trope of Enterprise personnel getting stuck in rogue holodeck programs

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@furionmax7824 Just like Riker doing Jonathan Archer simulations I suppose

[@rotorheadv8]

Nice to see “Strange New Worlds” can go off on a fun tangent now and then.

[@reidoha1066]

I love how the Riker Maneuver that is his name sake is this, instead of the cloud gas trick in Insurrection.

[@ultramaximusreviews]

Worf's honor!

[@Fourtytwo4242]

Worf is a major figure, fought in two of the greatest wars, reformed the klingons, is a major figure in history, most likely is reason klingons and Federation have such a strong alliance. He is has big has spock.

[@davidmacy411]

@@Fourtytwo4242 ​Id argue Worf is the greatest Klingon since Kahless himself, and his purity of honor could be better than any Klingon ever.

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@Fourtytwo4242 Worf isn't as significant as either of Spock's lives.

[@helenstenderup2563]

Best startrek episode ever and I’m a fan for all of my 58 yrs! Just amazing ❤

[@joeswanson733]

i find it weird that boimler didn't carry his tricorder or phaser with him on a away mission

[@thejamesasher]

Well Boimler's weird so....

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

Could have been because he was already traveling with someone from Engineering and another one who's got a promotion as a Science Officer

[@dogkungfu8510]

probably dropped it in the toilet again...😁

[@podemosurss8316]

Well, he wasn't alone but together with Mariner, Rutherford and Tendi, and Rutherford was carrying the tricorder (amongst other instruments).

[@SouthernSouthAsian]

He was posing for a picture so if he had them one of the others was probably holding them.

[@yukin1990]

2:21 "Wolf's Honor.....dang it" Cracks me up😂😂😅😅

[@PoserAddictsLLC]

"Worf's Honor" based on the TNG Klingon Crew member Mr. Worf. It was really great to refer to so many legends.

[@yukin1990]

@@PoserAddictsLLC spoiler to the Pre-TOS Enterprise crew

[@Bloodshark123]

Got to imagine the Enterprise crew is think "Wow, Starfleet must be taking anyone in the future." after meeting Boimler.

[@koenven7012]

"My friend Mariner would be freaking out right now" he says while freaking out himself.

[@RealThatDesignerGuy]

This was such an awesome episode. The Riker thing was so sick

[@ZantherStone]

They really need to do a whole outtakes video just on this episode.

[@markshaw7253]

One thing: when Boimler pokes Pike and immediately realizes he's not on the Holodeck, it makes no sense. Characters on the Holodeck are tangible as long as the scenario lasts.

[@thegrimmretails3777]

He said, "End program" before touching Pike. So he was probably just checking that it wasn't a dream or Q messing with him.

[@markshaw7253]

@thegrimmretails3777 I don't know about you, but I can't pass through solid objects in my dreams and Q's materializations seem tangible.

[@Beef1188]

Ensign BOILER isn't just a good voice actor, he is also a pretty decent face actor!

[@maku175]

Love Jack Quaid, he plays this role so well and I'm not even a Star Trek fan lol

[@dominictemple]

One of the things I've only just noticed here is that Boimler's hair is very dark blue here, just like on the show which is fantastic.

[@AngelEmfrbl]

Purple.

[@MWMTex]

Best crossover episode I have seen in a very long time. Very well done and great storyline. Love to see laughs in the Star Trek universe.

[@harvey2906]

The best crossover since Sisko meets Kirk. The soundtrack remember me the music of the Star Trek movies with TOS crew.🖖

[@guillermoelnino]

That episode had actual class. This is just a pile of sh it with boimler attached to it.

[@jgvillan01]

This one is a notch more than Trials, because it's not a green screen cut. Live interaction between actors is the best for crossovers.

[@harvey2906]

@@jgvillan01 Yes, if possible it would have been great. But still, the episode was great. I wouldn't mind if they visited DS9 through an anomaly and met General Kira Nerys and Doctor Bashir. Bajor would be a member of the Federation. Likewise Cardiassia. Pike and La'an would have to help them against a time-traveling changeling who wants to change the past. Doesn't sound bad, does it? 😉

[@captainjefferies9047]

That was terrible. They took a shot of Kirk giving a flirty look to a woman and put it on Sisko.

[@harvey2906]

@@captainjefferies9047 I understand. Yes, that wasn't necessarily the best idea. But other than that, a great episode. 🤓

[@Rawsilver]

I freaking love this show. And while I don't always love Lower Decks, this was still such a purely fun crossover. I really kinda hope we get more live action Boimler.

[@mabiniss2]

0:19 She looks directly at the camera for a split second.

[@JoelandtheBots]

I’ve never seen Lower Decks but holy *shit* this Boimler dude is fine.

[@FatCatGarfield]

Riker! LMAO

[@colin8696908]

Is this the actual voice actor, he's doing a really good job at playing the character.

[@Gogoglovitch]

It is! Mariner shows up later in the episode, and she's played by her voice actress as well.

[@jacobfoster9185]

Is he supposed to be Riker ? Or the kid from lower decks ? Super confused.

[@podemosurss8316]

@@jacobfoster9185 They're two of the four protagonists of Lower Decks (together with Tendi and Rutherford). Basically they are four talented (but inexperienced) ensigns on board of the USS Cerritos, which is a second-rate support ship which usually deals with missions that are considered "routine" (but tend not to be so).

[@jacobfoster9185]

@podemosurss8316 ohh...haha that makes so much more sense. Thank you very much. I love strange new worlds but haven't started season 2 yet and although awesome I've only seen a couple episodes of lower decks. It was the Riker maneuver clip that confused me. I really appreciate you taking the time to answer and the generosity of spirit to see I wasn't throwing shade but just confused. You give hope to comment sections everywhere. I hope that you have a wonderful day.

[@podemosurss8316]

@@jacobfoster9185 Both Mariner and Boimler actually know Riker (as Riker is friends of Mariner's parents, and Boimler briefly serves on board the USS Titan, Riker's ship after being promoted in Nemesis). He has a good opinion of them, in fact.

[@legodoc1853]

Ensign Uhura has no idea what her future has and all the amazing adventures she'll be part of

[@guillermoelnino]

Good thing later in her career shes played by an actually competent actress instead of this smug diversity hire.

[@mrdadelus]

“Riker!” Cracked up the entire crew- especially the director, Frakes.

[@XL-5117]

Ensign’s log ‘star date … the past’!

[@geoffreyrichardson8738]

I loved the ending with Pike and the gang 2D after drinking those Orion drinks.

[@Groovicles]

That was fucking hilarious! "Riker!" hahahaha, oh my god.

[@tobarjaime]

That initial shot of NCC-1701 is sooooo beautiful!

[@captaintalon4485]

Damn Jack Quaid is tall

[@sirfriendzone1228]

The really wild part is that in context, he is considerably shorter than both the 1st Officer and Chief Security Officer on his own ship. 🤯

[@darthvaderspock012]

He should react like this not after seeing Una, but after hearing La'an's full name

[@basilmcdonnell9807]

No one has remarked on the planning that had to have gone into this. Animation characters are normally designed and then the voice actor is chosen with no reference whatsoever to the character's appearance. But these voice actors look exactly like their characters. That means they must have had this crossover in mind from the very beginning of the Animated Series. Very impressive.

[@Kaedren]

Likely the character design was influenced after casting so that the animators could line up facial expressions and mannerisms with how the lines are delivered by the cast. Looks more polished that way. Which then gave us the bonus of live action with the actually actors.

[@vitrify]

Quite frequently, in western animation, the animators will use video of the voice actors recording as reference for the animated characters (mannerisms, facial reactions, hand movements, etc). Thus, the characters looking similar to their actors, especially since there isn't a large age gap, makes sense.

[@Lurreable]

You know you're easily impressed when just make things up to be impressed about.

[@Shinzon23]

I also remember them saying they did a bunch of mowcap with them, so it makes sense that their animated character looks like them

[@emilylewis5373]

adding. It really depends on how the animators want the character to look, if they are sold on a certain look or not. For example in clone wars they used Katie Sacroff for Bo Katan, but didn't use Ashley really for ashoka. @@vitrify

[@KittenyKat]

It's *Such* *A* *Good* *Episode!* I have watched it so many times and I still never get tired of it. :D

[@virgilm]

So far, my favorite episode.

[@801walt]

It’s possible Jack could age into something similar to Robert Picardo. I thought he and Tawney were great, and probably scared to death.

[@davidfulton179]

Pretty cool that casting went back and time and found young Bill Hader!

[@stevenpike7857]

These two episodes are my most favorite of Star New Worlds.

[@bobaphet4125]

F loved this episode 😀 Was really well done..

[@davidsmart41]

Boimler's reaction to finding himself on the Enterprise is exactly the reaction I had when I went through The Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas in 2003 then my wife and I went through it together in 2005. The way the engineers behind it designed the "beaming up" of all of us to the Enterprise itself was beyond amazing. The corridors, turbolift, bridge, Quark's Bar, and Borg were masterfully done. I went through it twice solo, with my wife twice, and we both went through the "behind the scenes" presentation. I wish everyone watching this video could have experienced it all. It was truly, truly a breathtaking piece of engineering design. Too bad it was all destroyed in 2008 just to expand the hotel's casino; it'll never be available again.

[@johneltonpaul]

Saying Riker in front of Jon Frakes😅

[@hippomancy]

have rewatched this scene multiple times and still laugh at "Riker!" every time...

[@stephenjohnston7630]

This should not work, AT ALL. And yet, it's absolutely brilliant. Have to hand to NuTrek, after a few years stumbling about in the dark knocking things over, they've found the lightswitch.

[@Lurreable]

Does it though? They're clearly cartoon characters fangirling over the main cast for 40 minutes while solving a simple problem only there to pass the time. It's nauseating. And that's without even considering that its clearly an ad dreamed up by the marketing execs drooling over crossover synergies.

[@stephenjohnston7630]

@@Lurreable Lower Decks is a sitcom where the characters are all 21st C Trekkies somehow serving on a TNG-era starship, and SNW is a spinoff of a spinoff (repeat as necessary) that only exists to re-visit TOS IP, so obviously your enjoyment of the episode will somewhat depend on whether you enjoy those two things. Despite the cold hard commercial motivations behind their very existence, both shows somehow demonstrate a lot of passion from the creators and performers. Personally I think this is a skillfully-done successful bit of fun that incorporates the, to coin a phrase, best of both worlds.

[@Ralexand1988]

​@@stephenjohnston7630Amen.

[@rachelcookie321]

I was excited, but nervous, hence I heard out about this crossover, especially when I saw it specifically went from the cartoon world to the live action world and wasn’t just a short little cameo. But they did such a good job on it, this is definitely one of my favourite episodes of Star Trek. They played it off so well.

[@MRFlackAttack1]

So do Jack and Tawny get to keep the uniforms? Because they’re never using those again?

[@jeremydale4548]

My HOPE is that they will do more live action Lower Decks crossovers. Because if this episode is any indication. LOWWR DECKS MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER

[@sirfriendzone1228]

No, but they both kept their combadges.

[@NeedsContent]

This is actually pretty amazing.

[@yormhammerson530]

I agree with pike and una. The flip comm device is fun

[@markwhisler3501]

I loved this episode more than almost any other episode of Trek I've ever seen.

[@CarbideSix]

Greatest crossover EVER. Period.

[@PinkPixie019]

I enjoyed this ep way more than I expected to. I'm not a big fan of the cartoon but the actors crossed over wonderfully and the humor really seemed to work on this show, which can sometimes get a little too serious. It was nice to have a laugh at some of the classic "Because it's StarTrek, try not to think on it too much" moments.

[@robertstogsdill779]

I grinned like an idiot all thru this. Just made me happy.

[@kerimbozkurt3301]

Best episode in recent times ❤❤

[@thomasplinguidy4588]

Great! This episode and the one with the musical numbers would have looked wonderful in The Orville!

[@edzelmejia3233]

It's actually called a 'Stargate' but it's super top secret stuff.. like the cheese.

[@m.f.m.67]

"But flipping it open is the best part." I always said if a cell phone manufacturer would have made a flip phone that made that "chirpy sound" when it was first opened, they would have sold a billion of them!

[@richardshwe]

Love the purple hair.

[@danavant]

Just noticed the purple light on his hair, amazing

[@liamsmith4017]

"Riker!"

[@SBaby]

I can't believe this works so well as a crossover episode.

[@Guanda70]

Loved that episode. That should be an idea to explore. Creating a live action of that cartoon would be awesome.

[@ahseaton8353]

An interesting thought just occurred to me. Boimler is supposed to be short in Lower Decks, but he is quite tall here on Strange New Worlds. Maybe he's the same size, but the SNW crew are generally smaller, given that he went back in time. Sorta like Napoleon wasn't actually short for his times. Of course, Jack Quaid being 6'1" has nothing to do with it. 😂

[@simpsonman956]

One of the best episodes of new Trek! Sucks that so many Trekkies nowadays seem to hate fun

[@seanramirez488]

Nurse Chappell is 5'10". How big is that dude?

[@afoolandhismoneychannel]

According to Google, he's 6'3"... which would put him around the same height as Riker (Frakes). And therefore 11" taller than the 5'4" La'an (Chong).

[@haryadisuryonoto1118]

I love the Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh talking accent in 02:00 So classy.

[@jimg5669]

It's so hard to see on my phone but its hilarious that they included the delta tread pattern on his boot soles just like in the LD animation. Like a live action Toy Story with "Andy" on Woody's boot sole. 😄

[@ptinatlanta6815]

I thought this was one of the most inventive episodes in a long while

[@garywillms369]

Been pretty happy with this season.

[@abigg123]

THE BEST EPISODE OF ANY AND ALL FRANCHISES

[@bobularbob]

this guy is SUPER TALL

[@rskeyesful]

This IS Star Trek... 😍