Ups & Downs From Star Trek: Lower Decks 2.10 - First First Contact

[@SQWEKERZ]

The whales reacting to Boimler being dead nearly killed me. "His blowhole is broken!" "Don't let him dry out!"

[@williambell3304]

"Spray him with water!"

[@vamwolf]

@@williambell3304 that not water.....

[@bpdmf2798]

I thought they were dolphins not whales

[@SQWEKERZ]

@@bpdmf2798 he called them beluga whales but I don't know whether that makes them actual whales or if it's a killer whale situation.

[@bpdmf2798]

@@SQWEKERZ I thought I heard Boimler say he was drowned in whale piss but don't remember them ever saying what the 2 talking cetaceans were exactly. They looked dolphin to me though. Maybe whales also live in that water area but we just didn't see them.

[@MrFearDubh]

Billups not getting angry until the ship was insulted is a callback to Scotty not getting angry until the Klingon insults the Enterprise in The Trouble with Tribbles.

[@TheDing1701]

"He called the Enterprise a garbage scow!"

[@nobodyimportant2470]

@@TheDing1701 That was a mistake due to the language barrier. He didn't mean to say the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. He meant to say the Enterprise should be hauled away AS garbage.

[@TheDing1701]

@@nobodyimportant2470 Hahaha! Awesome! I can hear him in my head!

[@Orca19904]

@@nobodyimportant2470 Oh now you've gone done it. *angry Scotsman intensifies*

[@willmfrank]

@@nobodyimportant2470 And THAT's when you hit the Klingon.

[@thebaccathatchews]

Lower Decks is the Trek series we didn't know we needed. It truly is a love letter. 🥰

[@dreamrestore213]

Um .... after Discovery and Picard..... I think we all knew we needed it.

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

But after those disasters I don't think anyone was expecting lower decks to be good.

[@countluke2334]

It's a bit like The Orville, but within canon.

[@raymondcanessa7208]

best Trek since THE ORVILLE

[@DrakeAurum]

This really has been the sexiest season. Even the Cerritos got naked.

[@chuck__van]

Up

[@datathunderstorm]

Nice one! 😅

[@zincwing4475]

And the dolphins never wear pants...

[@Wimmle]

It's NAKED TIME

[@jon-michaelwindsor586]

Anyone else love it that Dr. T'Ana purred during the hug?

[@williambell3304]

The nice thing about animation is they've made Starfleet much more diverse, being able to add whatever aliens without breaking the production budget

[@rockdirty2228]

"add whatever aliens" And ships...

[@mastere6115]

@@rockdirty2228 Well, technically speaking, ships would still be animation anyway, so I'm not sure it would come under the same bracket as the aliens in star trek are usually not animated, and are usually costumes irl.

[@rockdirty2228]

@@mastere6115 Hmmmm, (waggles flat palm hand pointed at ground right and left...)

[@Captain_Brown_Beard]

Like those women captains. lol

[@williambell3304]

@@mastere6115 I mean I'd say it still counts because this new ships wouldn't add to the production budget the way new models would for say TNG. Ditto Alien environments, cities etc.

[@ginsengaddict]

Hah! Jennifer's spacesuit helmet has antennae! How is that not also an up??

[@WolfODonne11]

For Real

[@ViroVV]

You missed a huge up with the doc being so cantankerous only to melt into purr mode when hugging Tendi.

[@anderssorenson9998]

Yeah that made me a bit misty eyed.

[@JyujinPlus]

It’s genuinely so heartwarming. We’ve heard her hiss like three times and meow once, but I don’t know that we’ve heard her purr before this. Even when she got her box I don’t think we heard her purr like this

[@wordyblerd7723]

That was such a sweet moment aww

[@DD-po2hh]

When was that again? I gotta revisit that

[@ViroVV]

S02E10 Approx 24 minutes in dependent on source video. Directly after Doc tells Tendi she is moving her to a different department.

[@evilmark443]

Wow, I can't believe Janeway blew up Pakled Planet, she is strong!

[@HalfwayUK]

Red alarm, red alarm!

[@agquad]

You are smart!

[@valcorl]

Hey you don’t want to mess with Psycho Janeway.

[@benwillems8584]

@@valcorl GI JANEway

[@Thunderclone]

Gonna laugh like hell if captain freeman goes free because pakled survivors insist that Janeway blew up the planet.

[@ThomasLJonesJr]

I feel like the writers grew up watching and loving Trek and are now binge re-watching it to come up with even more ideas for references...and that's pretty awesome.

[@paulbabcock2428]

I would love that job

[@bpdmf2798]

Job? That would be like getting paid to do what i do already.

[@allengilbert7463]

Mike McMahon used to run a Twitter account called TNG season 8, that just wrote funny synopses for prospective eighth season episodes. All that's changed is he's getting paid to do it now lol

[@Comedy4cast]

Like everyone else, as soon as I saw Cetacean Ops, I knew TrekCulture was going to be one happy channel.

[@trekker683]

Generation tech is going to flip out.

[@marceline88]

Right? I thought "Sean is gonna lose it!"

[@TheBabaloga]

This show is a testament to how seasons with fewer episodes can make for better episodes. This season was all killer no filler.

[@markmcauleymcauley9287]

Discovery could do with a few more episodes to flesh out that crew.

[@TheBabaloga]

@@wuhteva9805 What I mean is with more episodes their resources would be stretched thinner. A 21 episode season might have 10 good episodes, but they wouldn't be *this* good.

[@SandMan_86]

I feel given each is only 20 minutes long they could push the boat out and give us a few more...but can't deny their excellence

[@RNJesusVtuber]

And I say unto you: "Cetaceans have been observed. Congrats!"

[@anvalisok]

Trek Culture willed it into being.

[@karneskelot4780]

AMEN to that!

[@brianstiles1701]

There be WHALES here!

[@hellacoorinna9995]

Season 3, All-whale ship?

[@iamsioth]

"don't let him dry out. Spray him with water!". I couldn't stop laughing

[@tomf3150]

Yet we don't know how dolphins talk, their thought patterns. What we read on screen is merely a translation. You probably could read Startide Rising by David Brin.

[@YbarboCabrera]

@@tomf3150 I'm so happy someone else brought up the Uplift Universe after seeing Cetacean Ops!!

[@chuck__van]

Me tooo

[@0xTJ]

Lower Decks season 2 might be the best Star Trek we've ever had. I absolutely can't wait for the next one!

[@tylerkowalski3862]

I’m awake at 12 every week to watch it. They really know Trek and how to write great stories.

[@Nergalsama01]

I LOVED Captain Gomez. Look at how far she's come. She used to be really nervous about embarassing herself before her superiors, and look at her now. Even in a seemingly hopeless crisis situation she remains calm and collected. When that ensign on the Archimedes bridge tripped and fell, Sonya has nothing but sympathy for her. She remembers exactly how it was for her and is completely supportive. It's great! I also loved the little moment when she rolls up her sleeves and reactivates her old engineering training, trying to bring at least a shuttle back online. The episode shows how much she and her crew are connected. I really, really liked that and I hope we'll see her and the Archimedes again.

[@Tim85-y2q]

It's about 15 years in universe since we saw her last. That's a lot of time for someone to grow.

[@Nergalsama01]

@@Tim85-y2q Oh yes. 15 years from being an ensign fresh out the academy to commanding her own ship. Sonya really made the most out of her time. :)

[@DinsRune]

Bringing in the original actor is so sweet and so loving too. They didn't just want the character, they wanted _her._

[@FoxMagi]

She's the captain that you KNOW will be in your corner if you're in the right.

[@joeldfisher]

'That's enough existential dread, let's get back to work' - I need that on a t shirt

[@chasethevioletsun9996]

I love the visual callback gag that is the Obena-class - its an Excelsior that got refit so many times, that, to quote Captain Freeman: "It came out looking all Sovereign-class".

[@travisbishop782]

Ha!

[@Luzarioth]

Mariners "Boimler got it, don't worry" moment was an Up for me ^^

[@AWMJoeyjoejoe]

Kayshon being shouted down by the entire crew when he suggested warping around the debris field just slayed me! So funny!

[@lauriewhite8153]

When Boimler recovered from passing out in Cetacean Ops, he mentioned seeing a Koala. Tendi looks nervous after this, I think this is a callback to 1.04 when she witnesses the ascension when the "Ascendee" mentions a Koala (and we see one on screen)

[@setesh1942]

The one thing that I noticed with the series Ups and Downs is how much I miss watching Star Trek with someone that loves it as much as I do. I would love to sit with the Trek Culture guys and just binge watch all Trek lol.

[@Doctors_TARDIS]

The moment I saw Cetacean Ops I immediately started looking forward to this episode.

[@cartoonkelly7924]

Ensign Gomez is the reason I try to remember to say “please” and “thank you” to Siri.

[@joshuaeverett9887]

Literally this!

[@ChristopherG1990]

I’m starting to think Captain Freeman served aboard the Enterprise D at one point. She knows both Sonya Gomez and Riker from “back then”

[@weaksignal8009]

It's a theory that Mariner grew up on Enterprise D.

[@P1CRR]

@@weaksignal8009 Which would explain her knowing Riker that well and not being fussed about a famous officer one bit.

[@wpaunan]

@@weaksignal8009 oh my Kahless….this would be amazing!!

[@Tim85-y2q]

@@weaksignal8009 The timeline on that doesn't add up to me though given that Mariner is supposed to have been in Starfleet for around 10 years, which would mean her career started when the D was still active. Factor in time spent at the academy and there's not much time for her to have been onboard. Just my take

[@VhenRaTheRaptor]

@@Tim85-y2q Eh. Timeline sorta adds up. Note: We aren't saying she served on the Ent-D, only grew up there. Think a less annoying slightly younger Wesley. Lower Decks [up until that point] is 2380. If shes been in Starfleet 10 years, means about 2370. [Though it could mean 10 years + academy, in which case leaving a few years prior. Likely is, given we know she wasn't on the Ent-D during Descent in Late 2369-Early 2370.] So grew up on Enterprise-D, left it to attend academy, Ent-D destroyed between then and graduation. [2371 destruction]. Then she graduates and serves somewhere during Dominion War. Indications are DS9 or a ship attached to DS9's area.

[@justinbaker9880]

Lycia Naff, who played Sonya Gomez, also played the lady with 3 boobs in the original Total Recall movie. She later transitioned into journalism and was the one who broke the story about Bill Cosby.

[@BritneyLaZonga]

That's amazing on another level!

[@DinsRune]

What a life! That's an up from me!

[@wmst5065]

Is anyone else geeking out over Seán's shirt referencing George and Gracie at the Cetacean Institute from Star Trek IV?

[@nathanieldaiken1064]

Yes!

[@tulinfirenze1990]

Yep! I want one!!!

[@datathunderstorm]

Aye!

[@TalasDD]

captain freeman would have been an ensighn herself. There is a theorie that Mariner grew up on the enterprise

[@rockdirty2228]

hmmmmm

[@JaredLS10]

I still believe that Boimler was on the Enterprise and he was radish kid when picard gets stuck with the children in the turbo lift.

[@waynemarvin5661]

Talas - You spelled 'Enterprise' correctly. Better go back and edit.

[@Treffaut]

It really was an excellent episode, and a capstone for a great season. I don't mind the modern live-action shows, but there's so much joy seeing young Lower Decks staff making their way.

[@sarahscott5305]

I'm sad Lower Decks has finished, but I think I'm even more sad these Ups and Downs have finished, too! Thank god for Prodigy is all I'm going to say.

[@michaelgreenwood3413]

Season 2 has finished. Season 3's on the way.

[@bpdmf2798]

Me too. I'm hoping prodigy is as fun as lower decks. Looks more kids focused but i don't care, I'm just a grown up kid.

[@barrygreen7098]

Wait till we get slapped back into reality with dsc…..

[@waynemarvin5661]

@@bpdmf2798 An adult wouldn't say that.

[@hangglidernerd]

the rubber ducky room is a great reference to the giant rubber ducky on the Enterprise D schematic Okudagram used throughout TNG... good work writers

[@Carnutzjoe]

The Pakleds could have received the last Klingon bomb and the biggest helmet demanded to see it work. “Red Alarm! Red Alarm!”.

[@mohmoony3918]

Well, would you buy a car without a test drive first?? duuhh! 🤪🤪

[@goonerOZZ]

@@mohmoony3918 you are smart!

[@cristophernunez7786]

i think te same

[@DrakeAurum]

I Liked from the moment Sean turned to the Downs counter and just said "nah."

[@TrekCulture]

It's been really hard to down this show. And perhaps some of our downs were grasping.

[@MichaelKnaepen]

@@TrekCulture easily the best Trek. And I like Discovery and Picard. I am just smiling throughout the episodes. They also "feel" like 45 min, while they're half.

[@dwboston1]

Jennifer's "I don't think about you at all" is a Don Draper/Mad Men reference.

[@weirds0up]

I don’t know how anyone can say Lower Decks isn’t proper Star Trek. This episode would fit into any Trek show and that ending? Excellent end to the season

[@waynemarvin5661]

Who's saying that? Don't pay attention to your classmates. Everyone is allowed to like what they like.

[@benwillems8584]

I don't like all the slapstick level comedy and I agree with Steve Shives who said "It's fun, but they're trying too hard to be funny" I must say the second season was a big improvement for me in making it more serious Trek.

[@DavidBrendan7799]

This show continues to amaze me, definitely my favorite Star Trek show currently airing.

[@idontwannaidontwanna7307]

People voting "down" a video that's not even premièred yet, that's a down from me...

[@jimmyryan5880]

Probably the same people that complain about Picard without watching it

[@NoahStew]

I love that the two whales are a higher rank than our main 4 lower deckers

[@UncleTogie]

I *love* the reference to the rubber duck... because it actually *shows up* on the original TNG Technical Manual schematics.

[@TheSuperSnake313]

Absolutely gorgeous episode, the new ship is Trek perfection. Every involved with Lower Decks: be proud, you're doing Trek true justice

[@MalachiBurke]

I agree about the soundtrack. It's fantastic. From the first TAS nod notes at the beginning it delivers the grand orchestral bliss we hope for. Well done!

[@Twilightts]

The best part about animating Star Trek is that the corridors and interiors on Lower Decks have so much variety and personality. You don't need to keep redressing the same sets over and over hoping no one will notice.

[@danweaver3901]

Oh my fuck, I don't even have _words_ for the massive geekgasm I had over finally getting to see Cetacean Ops.

[@Yikes_its_Psychs]

I cant believe season 2 is over already! I need more! I loved seeing Sonya as a captain, that was a great callback.

[@DR_OBYNO]

I've got to say Lower Decks is my Favorite Star Trek show, and this second season was awesome.

[@kirkdarling4120]

The only Trek series with a perfect first season follows it up as the only Trek series with a perfect second season.

[@chandlerwhite6529]

I loved that when they Finally went to Cetacean Ops the Starfleet symbol was the Delta with a round symbol on top that looked similar to the Cetacean institute logo.

[@artemisiatheta7549]

The rubber ducky room is another reference to the Enterprise-D main systems display. Oh...and my shipping Beckett and Jennifer could happen!

[@rommdan2716]

So that's why Mariner "Hates" her ;-)

[@artemisiatheta7549]

Possibly...I really hope so :)

[@rosieg6989]

I ship them as well.

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

@@artemisiatheta7549 She pretty much said so in her semi-apology to her. "I push away people I like" "wait, does that mean you like me?"

[@artemisiatheta7549]

Which made me happy all day I so want them together next season :)

[@maddhatter012]

One thing you missed was the heads up display on Ransoms helmet is a call back to Star Trek Into Darkness, when Kirk and Kahn fly through the debris field.

[@bpdmf2798]

I haven't felt so good about a finale and also so depressed that it'll be so long for next season since the Orville season 2 finale. Both these shows have been so great for the 80's and 90's trek fan in me and both had good first seasons followed by incredible follow up seasons

[@Bill23799]

Star Trek: Lower Decks is the best Trek in recent production. You can feel the love and respect the producers have for Star Trek in every episode.

[@projektxent]

Just finished the episode. They crushed it. That cliffhanger was crazy

[@michaelarulanantham8833]

I just noticed how Billups only reacts when his ship is dissed is similar to how Scotty started a fight in K-7 space station when his ship got dissed, (the Tribble episodes TOS & DS9)

[@olafkloppel9]

I will miss your "up", Sean 😭 Honestly: Watching your episode recaps was nearly as much fun as watching the Episodes itself. Thank you so much! 🖖

[@GeeksandGrub]

I was wondering how you guys would respond to the Cetacean Ops. That was the finest delivery that Adam Cleary has ever given!

[@krafka]

Isn't the friendship to Sonya Gomez, combined with Riker's previous relationship with Capt. Freemen, even more evidence that Freeman was on the Enterprise D?

[@Sephiroth144]

Insofar as Sonya career progression... wars tend to accelerate it, by opening slots at the top. The Dominion War helped many Starfleet personnel to rank up faster than they would have otherwise- well, presuming they survived it.

[@Lord_Sunday]

20 years is too fast? I don’t know many Star fleet captains pushing fifty. Captain freeman and the other captains we meet seem to be on the tail end of their careers. Ricker got offered his first captain position in his thirties.

[@aerospaceguy4639]

Billups swearing at Freeman was GOLD (pun)

[@jeremycunningham7897]

Love this show - best new trek easily. Digging Jennifer’s bespoke space helmet! So much good stuff here :)

[@djkittycat]

I think the Pakleds destroyed their own planet. (Also Mariner is totally into Jennifer)

[@ReddwarfIV]

Probably detonated the spare bomb by accident then blamed it on the only Starfleet captain who'd been there (they did, after all, work out that she wasn't Captain Janeway.)

[@lindajokensinger8690]

I ship Mariner and Jennifer.

[@tomf3150]

Or the klingons were bored and trapped to packled, playing the victim. Tbh a Undicoverd Country scenario is the most probable, even if it could be a section 31 job, or even a temporal alteration.

[@hellacoorinna9995]

@@tomf3150 And KlingonBoimler winds up doing a Mighty heroic, big damn gunship, "Good day to die" moment.

[@waynemarvin5661]

@@lindajokensinger8690 I don't really understand what it is with you kids. Does Every friendship have to be sexual? What on Earth (or space) gives you the impression that Mariner is sexually attracted to Anyone? It wouldn't matter to me, personally, if she were, but why do you kids have to read sex into everything? When you get older, you'll find that people Can be friends with each other without adolescent hormones driving their every action.

[@hopehilton]

Did you catch Ransom's HUD on his helmet? Neat call-back to Discovery and Calvin timeline.

[@paulbabcock2428]

No. What scene was that in, when he was removing hull pieces, operating his joy stick, or what ?

[@hopehilton]

@@paulbabcock2428 yep!

[@carcrasher89]

@@paulbabcock2428 the joystick flying through the field

[@paulbabcock2428]

@@carcrasher89 Thanks. I'll look for it then when I rewatch it.

[@DarkSapiens]

Came here to say this!

[@josephwisniewski3673]

Is that the famous "dolphin sound" that's really a sped-up kookaburra? Def props for another cameo by the Kzinti brown-noser. So many great TAS aliens totally turned on end.

[@woahdudeitsme9742]

The Ceritos is so sexy stripped down like that! Magnificent episode I usually wait a few days to watch the ups and downs but came here right away to hear your opinions. So much going on so excited for season 3!

[@agchav98]

I have thoroughly enjoyed "Lower Decks"! it is truly a tribute to TNG and Trek Values!

[@sammieconsalvey4448]

Glad the score gets a shout out well deserved

[@sdehaemer]

My son, who had never watched the show before tonight, commented on the score. He was gobsmacked at how beautiful the music was. Agreed, great soundtrack

[@InTheBasementProduct]

Now that we've finally seen cetacean ops, they've opened up another mystery location: THE RUBBER DUCKY ROOM! Make it happen! we now know you can!

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

Is Ernie in that room??

[@jonblumenfeld8884]

Dr. T'Ana purring when Tendi hugs her, though...

[@still_guns]

I get the feeling that Jennifer might be regular in Season 3, and that she would not have a problem with her new friendship with Mariner becoming something more.

[@brentgranger7856]

I felt that Captain Freeman’s comment about Captain Sonia Gomez being “… an old friend …” was representative of how it seems that all Starfleet ship captains seem to be “old friends” or acquaintances.

[@Nimariel]

Not only did the explosion look a lot like Praxis, a ship that looked a lot like the Excelsior got caught up in the shock wave.

[@razorburn645]

"Shields, shields!" Captain Sulu

[@shanerayner4271]

Definitely the best of the new treks. Imagine the stories they could tell with 45 minute episodes 😍

[@icon_uk624]

The Rubber Ducky Room isn't a mystery, it's a feature on the Enterprise D (and so presumbly other Federation ships) as seen in the "The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual"

[@gladiusdei]

Rubber ducky room is from an Easter egg in the floor plan map of the Enterprise D. There was a room shaped like a rubber ducky.

[@jedijeremy]

one more easter egg: When Kayshon suggests going to warp to get past the debris and everyone shouts at him, Shaxs yells "Doctor Erin says that's impossible!". And I know why.

[@lifewingcreativ]

Yeah, taking the whole trek 2d thing to extremes. Seriously they could have warped “up” a bit, “over” a bit and then get to the planet from the other side!

[@GSBarlev]

Looked it up. Erin Macdonald, astrophysicist and technical advisor to most of modern _Star Trek_ She even exists _in-universe_ now (and in this time period) as she appeared in an episode of _Prodigy_ (as the one who suggests to Rok-Tahk that she specialize in xenobiology).

[@EddieSheffield]

I love Lower Decks so much - easily my favorite modern Trek. I was afraid it would just be a goofy comedy, but it's so much more. The comedy is great, no doubt. But there's so much more depth and story than I expect. Just hate that the seasons are so short!

[@razorburn645]

I don't think they did a good job pitching it to older fans. I was really against it until it proved it wasn't going to be "family guy star trek edition ".

[@DinsRune]

The great thing about Lower Decks is that it loves Star Trek just as much as people like Trek Culture do

[@DrMunns]

"Splash him with water, don't let him dry out" is definitely an up!

[@SPatrickRoss]

Predictions for season 3, the Lower Deckers using their backgrounds and connections to clear Captain Freeman. Looking forward to Tendi talking to her family.

[@rickgreer7203]

Also... the last/2nd TNG episode Gomez was in...was the TNG Pakled intro episode...coincidence?

[@rdfox76]

@@rickgreer7203 I would say yes, but with these showrunners? Hell no, they realized it was just too perfect an opportunity.

[@GBRyker61]

Sonya Gomez should have been a permanent cast member. I liked her a lot. PS: Nice upgrade to the nacells on the Excelsior class.

[@HollowsRus]

It's not an excelsior class but it's definitely inspired by it

[@lunsj]

So did I. Apparently in an earlier draft she was to be killed in the Borg attack. Really glad they changed it.

[@Karagianis]

It's got an oval saucer too, so it's not just new warp nacelles.

[@ColeMayes]

You have been awesome to watch every week, Sean, and quite enjoyable. This was a great season, and these 10 weeks flew by. It was easy to see how much you loved it by virtually all the Ups you gave. As always, thank you, and the crew for giving us quality entertainment in all the TrekCulture shows. I love you all.

[@stevealexander5344]

Looks like they're doing an Undiscovered Country spoof. Sounds like fun!

[@lunsj]

Sean's enthusiasm is infectious!

[@knitcrochettiger361]

Sean, the fact that you take models out their packaging gets an up from me..

[@olegt9213]

Loved it! Whole season just rocked!

[@colin1059]

The Jadzia Dax joke was funniest for me

[@iamoctonate]

Saw an updated Exceslior variant and it immediately became my favorite episode

[@toonezon4836]

head canon, thats hot chocolate in that mug, also, yea im about convinced that mariner grew up on the Enterprise D

[@VHSMikey]

I like when they have more serious episodes with just light humor. So I loved this one.

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

I just watched Lower Decks - Season 2 finale. It was great! Captain Sonya "Spilled drink" Gomez.

[@xedalpha1]

Billips does make one interesting point; he screams about how fast the Cerritos is and apparently the class is apparently really fast with an oversized warp core.

[@trmptboy2007]

I have a feeling that Section 31 is gonna eventually get involved.

[@jadenova]

God I hope not. They just bring everything to a halt.

[@liquidjp]

I immediatly thought S31 too!

[@miles2378]

@@liquidjp why would S31 Blow up Pakled Homeworld.

[@liquidjp]

@@miles2378 I was thinking about Rutherford 's implant

[@anderssorenson9998]

@@jadenova Agreed.

[@MostlyPonies1]

Actual character development! So glad this didn't turn into another Rick and Morty.

[@phillipgathright8001]

Need to change the cetacean observations animation to show the lads in uniform.

[@Akutenshi1990]

How did Boimler asking 'And why did I see a Koala?!' not get an up? Loved that call back to season 1. lol.

[@jonmcgee6987]

Well it certainly has been fun. See everyone again next August or whenever season 3 comes out.

[@JeanLucPicard85]

So much wonderful stuff here, truly a modern TNG.

[@davidchristian8447]

Oh Great Bird in the Sky... thank you for recommending the soundtrack. I had no idea that the score was that friggin' epic; it's wonderfully understated throughout the series, but just hearing it on its own... just sweet. By the way, anyone listening to the soundtrack should definitely comment on the bonus tracks- I'm not gonna say more. 😁

[@Spotcats]

Every ships engineering map has a room with a duck symbol in it. There are many Easter eggs in the official ship maps.

[@rick43pen]

I was amused to see the port and starboard running lights alternating across the bridge dome like Christmas lights.

[@ShawnMM]

I think the rubber duck room is a reference to the rubber duck on the Enterprise-D LCARS deck display.

[@JamesD1701]

Glad I'm not the only one who knows this...maybe we have a airplane or nomad room too!

[@billintex001]

That is correct. Fun fact- the "D" in Enterprise D IS for "duckie."

[@starwolf621]

Excelsior with Sovereign nacelles...I'm in love! Also cliffhanger...