Star Trek Lower Decks 5.06 "Of Gods and Angles" REVIEW

[@ShirtFan]

I love how Boimler's nickname is Fucko, but she also called him that right after his first attempt. He just didn't realize he already had a nickname from her.

[@anna-flora999]

T'ana also does the cat calibration butt wiggle!

[@RedMartianSkylight]

I was in *tears* when Dr. T'ana just started scratching the shit out of Boimler, and that his nickname is "Fucko" is perfect. It is perfect. lol

[@Cdr2002]

Learning the wrong lesson and then laughing about it with the bestie is a very SpongeBob ending

[@robsquared2]

What do cubes call a polycule in their culture? A wrecktangle.

[@illanalevi6091]

🤣He liked her curves and and found his cir-cum'france

[@MultiMackD]

I call it the mega-cube from Armada 2

[@Ryanookami]

You deserve some kind of award for this.

[@DanielMorgan-t1q]

Oh my god, my dyslexia killed the pun in the title until you said it out loud.

[@thenerderrant4293]

Same for me. It's like the inverse of that reporter from Hot Fuzz.

[@lori-EL]

Yeah, my ADHD also didn't register it 😅

[@Bastion90]

Same! I have dyspraxia, and my brain jumbled up the letters to read 'angels' instead of 'angles'. 😂

[@Taigan_HSE]

As much as I enjoy lower decks, I keep forgetting new episodes come out until I see your review in my feed.

[@GSBarlev]

Mariner's final line of "Have you met Medusa? I feel like she'd like me" spoke to me way more than it should have. Then again, I did spend about 100 hours¹ trying to romance 'Dusa in my playthrough of _Hades._ ¹Don't judge-I know it's a skill issue

[@thematman92]

Can you romance her? I got full hearts but never sealed the deal (in a romantic sense I don't know if it's possible in a carnal one)

[@GSBarlev]

@@thematman92 Has she given you a -plushie- "cthonic companion" yet? If not, you have more hearts to go (with ambrosias). If so, then you should have a definitive answer.

[@Orlando_from_The_Bronx]

Out of all of Star Trek... ALL OF IT going back to 1966 and including the Kelvin Timeline, Dr. T'ana is my favorite character.

[@Cdr2002]

@@Orlando_from_The_Bronx ONG STAR TREK PUERTO RICAN FLAG YES 🇵🇷🇵🇷 Hi kin! :D 🇵🇷🖖🏽

[@Orlando_from_The_Bronx]

@@Cdr2002 'Sup.

[@Cdr2002]

@@Orlando_from_The_Bronx hi 👋 hope you’re doing good 😊

[@jonm3427]

I'm pretty sure she's my favorite doctor in Star Trek.

[@poomar]

I just gotta pause here at about a minute in because OH MY GOD HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE YOUR MODEL ROCINANTE! Oh my I love that ship so much and I've been wanting a model for years. I need to get one

[@samronin1141]

I want to say that Eaglemoss/Hero Collector did one at least for a time. It might be worth checking Master Replicas who bought up their old stock or keep an eye on Fanhome as they're doing the new Star Trek.

[@poomar]

@samronin1141 thanks! I'll check them out

[@samronin1141]

@poomar Just double checked and Master Replicas do currently have stock of the XL size Rocinante for £69.99 or your equivalent.

[@poomar]

@samronin1141 thank you! I'ma have to put some cash aside

[@unexpectedbagel6164]

Agreed on the cube and sphere voices, One was definitely Jack Quaid. The other one sounded like Gabrielle Ruiz to me.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

It's just sad, Olly would've been a great addition for Lower Decks. I hope the next episode we'll see more of T'Lyn.

[@claudiadarling9441]

I hope the rest of the season is packed full of T'Lyn. I want novels and movies and acres more T'Lyn.

[@lorcannagle]

@@claudiadarling9441 Gabrielle Ruiz walks into a Lower Decks story meeting with suggestions: "1: T'Lyn should be more logical, and have access to a time machine. 2: Whenever T'Lyn isn't on screen everyone should look sad and ask where she is."

[@claudiadarling9441]

@@lorcannagle Logical.

[@foxesofautumn]

I’m going to miss Lower Decks, too, but my bestie and I are going to do an immediate rewatch after it’s done to spend more time with those characters. Maybe that will help ease the loss.

[@mirrormarvel5751]

i was so happy that before the reveal I called maybe the orb and Cube have a Romeo and Juliet love story

[@moviemaniacdjp]

Me too, as soon as the orb said Radaria was missing

[@Donnagata1409]

@@moviemaniacdjp Yesssss! I thought that too, and then it happened!

[@magister343]

@@moviemaniacdjp I suspected it when they first shape was found to be missing, and was sure it would be the case when the second was said to be missing too.

[@tsharabrown3719]

The second the Orb said that the daughter was missing I went, "Oh, so it's a Romeo and Juliet thing." The only real surprise was the kid.

[@magister343]

@@tsharabrown3719 I was pretty sure there would be a kid too, but I was expecting an icosahedron (like D20 dice, or what the nanites formed in another episode this season) instead of somewhat that was a cube on the top and a sphere on the bottom.

[@willadeefriesland5107]

🎶 "They say we are, but we don't have to be." There are Klingon farmers, Romulan beauticians, Tholian clothes designers, Cloacan machine fabricator technicians. Humans always seem to 'see' what they encounter first and most often. We can be a damn pain in the Koala's ass, species...

[@kabanning7741]

For me, Olly feels neurodivergent to me. And just so you have the context here, I have ADHD and in the past (especially as a teen) I did a lot of masking and some of her behaviour and story arc made me think of that. Olly came across to me as someone who was masking. For me growing up, no matter how hard I tried to mask my ADHD, it still had a way of coming out (much like Olly’s powers). Olly’s journey of self acceptance in this episode really spoke to me.

[@MalzraAirwynn]

This isn't my favorite episode in terms of story but for comedy, this is the best in the season for me. In particular Boimler's pose after his injury and the 'ice a cube' line stand out in my brain. And I didn't notice as many moments where the characters feel like star trek fans rather than people in the star trek world other than Mariner instantly name dropping Kirk from the episode the demigod ensign is inspired by.

[@generalilbis]

16:54 The "female" sphere was voiced by T'Lyn VA Gabrielle Ruiz. "Her" line of 'Don't...give...him...juice' was probably the most obvious bit of dialogue highlighting it was Gabrielle, since it was very T'Lyn in its delivery.

[@BravoOneCharlie]

I love this show so much too and I feel it's going away at the worst time. Also I loved the small mention that there are ships with former Maquis, that was cool.

[@Trekfan04]

Has to be mainly folks from Voyager, and maybe those who were imprisoned by the Federation and presumably pardoned after the Dominion War

[@SophiaCarney99]

The platonic solid produced some very non-platonic liquid.

[@Porifera-Jaymen]

Episodes aren't a competition. This has been a great season of quality, normal trek. Keeps me smiling. Alt pad season so good.

[@Inscriptions37]

This episode proves you really can fit a square peg in a circular hole, if you know what I mean. Laughed a ton at this one, particularly Eugene Cordero's delivery on, "You got a nickname! Fucko!" I also liked the bit about the cubes objecting to article 10 of the peace treaty because the zero was too round. It's good to have something to laugh at for a few more weeks. Starting to feel like we've actually been in the mirror universe timeline all along.

[@yza5168]

honestly that cube ejaculate is practically a work of art. you could call the style cubejism but as for boimler, since episode 1 of this season i've had a suspicion. i think maybe mirror boimler is no, in fact, bradward boimler. what if he's our william boimler? last we saw him he joined section 31 but that was never followed up on. section 31 could be behind the portal stuff doing black ops into other universes or something. in 5.01 when he takes command of mirroritos he gets off his chair using the riker manuveur. also that beard is a little riker-esque, right? having bradward unknowingly trying to copy his own transporter clone would be a cool twist. even better when it turns out that this more successful boimler who got what he wanted in season 2 joining the titan actually went down a really dark path. there's something there, i think. it's not just an au boimler, but a man he could have become if he didn't by chance get sent back to the ceritos. mirror boims is casting a pretty big shadow over this season, after all.

[@Deraphim]

That's a lovely sentiment at the end. Also makes it hurt all the more to be reminded this is the last season. (At least there's a comic book now)

[@robert_bbiii]

It is such a shame that this is getting cancelled. It is so good and good to see a Trek show that isn't in the front line of all the things that go on. Jerry O'Connell deserves more credit for Ransome. The pun game was on point this episode.

[@GSBarlev]

I remember learning-before _Lower Decks_ was announced, and as a fan of her from the X-Men days-that Rebecca Romjin was married to Jerry O'Connell, and my reaction was: *_"Him?!"_* but after seeing the warmth, humor and affection he infuses into Ransom's character (and also the *super sweet* Easter egg lines like him "admiring" Boimler's Una Chin-Riley poster), I'm rooting for their relationship (as much as it's healthy to Stan any celebrity marriage).

[@robert_bbiii]

@@GSBarlev they are really cute together. They've been together since 07. In Hollywood years that is forever

[@gabrielsalazar9220]

love that we are meeting the new lower deck generation

[@jwiese100]

That last scene when Olly got put in the brig made me smile

[@tsharabrown3719]

I liked that as well. Mariner's lesson was learning that Olly wasn't just like her, but that scene highlighted that there were valid similarities.

[@AdamEspersona]

Boimler backslides further into emulating his other self, while Mariner continues to grow beyond her former self. What a turn of events.

[@Mordark]

I don't know what the hell they are trying to do with Boimler this season but its really disappointing this is like season 1 boimler at his worst

[@GSBarlev]

I think there's a treatment of this arc where Alternate Boimler served as a positive role model for Prime Boimler, and there was this honest evaluation from our Boims of "Hey, I'm stuck in a rut, I just met my best possible self-let's take inspiration from that and realize the ways I'm getting in my own way that AB overcame." But this was not that.

[@Sylvie_without_surname]

That final scene in the brig was adorable. This episode in general but that scene in particular drove home to me why Beckett Mariner is, and always shall be, my favorite Star Trek character. She’s just so good 🖖

[@Donnagata1409]

Happy you find some solace in LD. Such difficult times. All our support from Europe. Hey, how's your cat? I miss seeing them around in the videos.

[@ScottLuvsRenFaires]

Cubic zircummia? Cube-bits? Tesseraculate?

[@susansokoloski2233]

Photonic cube sploof

[@ematuskey]

Even Lower Decks has their bottle episodes! :D

[@meander112]

Together for the together god!

[@geraz_83]

Love ya Jessie, We'll get through this together.

[@jayphailey]

Thanks for being here, Jessie!

[@psicho1701]

How have I never seen your review before. I got done watching TrekCulture and they recommended your video. Loved the video you gained a sub. Also has anyone ever tell you that you sound like Mariner?

[@willadeefriesland5107]

Boimler will become that other Boimler, which he was all along. Think Ace Rimmer from Red Dwarf...

[@cowboyss720]

Hell yeha, im glad im not the only one that made the Boimler and Rimmer connection

[@jadeceridwen93]

Ooh cant wait for him to get to that part of Alt Boimler trying to emulate a different AU Boimler before him and on and on

[@SebastianWeinberg]

I love that the solution in the end turned out _not_ to be "You gotta be what you were _born_ to be; embrace your inherited identity." Instead, Olly saved the day by _being an engineer_ - the thing that everyone told her she couldn't be. That being said, a minor lesson in Olly's arc was also, "Don't try to deny or suppress your heredity. You can't get to where you want to be, if you won't acknowledge where you are now." If she hadn't tried to hide her powers, those electrical surges could have been accommodated and compensated for - but because she hid it, she earned a false reputation as a bad engineer, even to the point of being transferred out of Engineering for being "a menace". This episode kinda tries to put the much-loved plot line "Starfleet must mediate between two groups that just plain hate each other for no good reason," to bed, by reducing it to its platonic ideal - _literally._

[@ptonpc]

I'll have to catch it when it comes out here.

[@TyrMcDohl]

Pray for the ensign that had to clean those quarters...Cube fluid...

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

Sean suggested the Sphere Daughter was Gabrielle Ruiz.

[@diakritika]

Splooshies to the power of three?

[@willadeefriesland5107]

Spheres and Cubes, ARE regular solids, afterall...

[@Donnagata1409]

Ugh, solids! Well, Odo fell in love with one...

[@booksunderstarlight]

I think it is one my favorite episodes of lower decks. I haven’t fully pinpointed why yet. But I really enjoyed it

[@MichaelHaneline]

I'm sorry for my neurodivergence, but I was unreasonably happy to see that your NX-01 has its starboard warp nacelle again...

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

SHAPE WAR!

[@BrooklynAZ1]

A geometric Romeo & Juliet!!!

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

Hmm, squares, sex... Rooting?

[@elim_inator]

This episode gave me some of the best laughs of the season so far. I don't usually laugh a lot when watching stuff by myself, so that's really something. I just found the whole concept of cubes and spheres floating around really funny, I totally lost it when they were drained of energy and could just bump into one another, also the joke with both Rutherford and Tendi not noticing that the padd is red was just so perfectly delivered, and I could go on. So while this episode didn't quite land with me on an emotional level like some others did, and I found the new character somewhat irritating, I really loved the humour.

[@VioletRose-iz5db]

Cube-kkaki was right there. Jessie, I'm disappointed in you.

[@JayTemple]

4:32 I thought you were going to say that the most obvious was "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".

[@willadeefriesland5107]

It's okay if your normally well-rounded humor failed to measure up. On the level, too many geometric puns would make you seem kind of square... 🔵💁🏻‍♀️🟦

[@DaVinciwithaphaser]

Very good review 👍

[@Cdr2002]

This was probably one of the funniest episodes of the show for me. Even some grouch in a Niners cap could like this one! Maybe

[@Donnagata1409]

No, that grouch (and getting grouchier by the day) won't give LD a chance. Pity...

[@Cdr2002]

In fairness I don’t think “won’t give it a chance” is accurate, more so “didn’t like season 2 and then has sustained those feelings from then on”

[@davidgipe997]

Is that B5 in the background... Does it have it's tramp-stamp?

[@thenerderrant4293]

Sorry, but I can't think of good geometry puns about sex. Maybe I'm just too square.

[@JustinAshbrook]

Can you make a video on recommended episodes or movies to watch before Section 31 comes out?

[@heyitsgabe1093]

What a bunch of squares!

[@Bastion90]

Not necessarily a series favourite, but it's definitely my favourite of season 5 so far. I was laughing all the way through this episode. My favourite bit was about article 10 being too round.

[@donnicholas7552]

Fun episode! 🤣

[@A._is_for]

It's red! Oh yeah.... 😂

[@MalzraAirwynn]

Yeah Zeus leaving behind a bunch of demigod offspring feels...accurate lol.

[@brianchristyb]

It's a solid episode, but with so few episodes left, I want them all to be amazing, which I know is unfair, but at the same time, I love this series, and I'm going to miss it dearly!

[@Robotka7]

something something come around?

[@tomharrison1393]

Why were the missing platonics gone so long? They were edging the entire time.

[@janmelantu7490]

God I wish we were getting three more seasons so Olly could join the Warp Core 5 (T’lyn has already joined)

[@briham86]

Prism jism

[@jessiegenderafterdark5287]

THATS IT! THATS the one.

[@jonm3427]

I hope to see a V'tash Ka'tur actually in Starfleet. Lower Decks is the perfect setting for treating the idea much better than the episode of Enterprise that first gave us the Vulcan word for people like Spock and Sybok. Enterprise just straight up ended the episode by saying that because 1 of them had control issues that he was wrong to not be practicing Vulcan Logic. What he did to T'Pol was wrong. That says nothing about whether he was right or wrong to not submit to Vulcan stoicism. We definitely need to see more of the cultural differences between different sects and even non-believers. "Choose your own adventure Lower Decks comic" I know what the next Kindle comic I'm getting is.

[@alanjhargreaves]

"punished us with the puns?"

[@lakegroce685]

I’ve been reading it as angels. Wtf why did my brain do that?!

[@carlosrvra]

It's been more misses than hits so far this season, imo. Probably good that this is the final one... I think they told all the stories they wanted to tell.

[@RoundHouseDictator]

Rectangular jizm

[@GSBarlev]

Congratulations! You understood the assignment. Well done.

[@fatmanfalling]

I'm glad you said all that at the beginning because one of the things about LD that's hard to talk about as a "problem" is that it's too good on average, so the C+ B- episodes feel like major let downs

[@davidgipe997]

The shows' curve is deceptively high. I agree that it can seem that way. However sometimes hearing it allows us to notice the larger picture that even a lower Lower Decks is still or can be a higher average.

[@curtismurphy6206]

Hey aren't you one of those people that was always super toxic about the show RWBY?

[@fatmanfalling]

@curtismurphy6206 nope, I always had a huge problem with toxic RWBY fans

[@TrensGemini]

This mission isn’t just acute problem, it’s a real obtuse! One side always edgy other just rolling with it. Mariner to solve this problem we need Prefix code

[@jadeceridwen93]

It was a well rounded metaphor

[@ofmanynicknames]

If it was sphere sperm it could've been "cir-cum-ference". So close and yet so far.

[@bmas44]

JESSIE THE UNIFICATION SHORT. HAVE YOU WATCHED THE UNIFICATION SHORT

[@Cdr2002]

Its about time Star Trek had a new Barclay

[@Donnagata1409]

No. Never. Not again.

[@Cdr2002]

@ he’s a great character but go off I guess

[@Cdr2002]

Kinda the FLIPside of the story with Mariner?

[@PeekABeeGaming]

careful with the puns - there are qberts around.

[@hall0weenjack]

"cubic" and "pubic" rhyme, that's a good pun starter.

[@brianstiles1701]

Cube sperm = Cume?

[@DGH-q3b]

I didn't enjoy this episode much. It seemed a bit of a waste.