Star Trek: Lower Decks

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

I don't understand how any Trek fan could not like this show. @_@

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

Ep 7: Yet another "Mariner is totally awesome and her flaws aren't flaws you see".

Dude you really need to watch the season finale.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

All the references this week were really fun. The lens flare, the overly long TMP shot of the ship, the music, the destruction of the ship, all good stuff. But qow. When I saw the teaser last week, I never imagined we would see Mariner go to such a dark place.

I loved she fought herself. The Mariner consumed by her repressed negative feelings vs the calm and collected Mariner, fighting to protect what she cares about.

“If you really were a badass you would do the hard thing and just be a good officer”
“I work with my best friends, the Captain is my mom, I would do anything for her… she’s watching out for me in the only way she knows how”

Vindicta throwing out the all the negative feelings, admitting to her toxic behavior and Mariner (pre mortem) focusing on the good things. She loves her mom, and it’s only thanks to her that she can do her careless maverick act and still have job in Starfleet.

Mariner understands herself a bit better now, though she and Freeman really need to talk. Family therapy or just being marooned together a couple of months and try to work out this as family, without the trappings of Starfleet.

I would have been happy if this were a more overt two parter, and the one-two punch of encountering Boimler/the computer's simulations of herself and her mother actually left Beckett crushed and emotionally hollowed out. Especially seeing the version of herself that she should be, that maybe she still could be, but is actively choosing not to be. That and having truly hurt Tandi and strained their friendship would leave Beckett listless, ready to either resign from starfleet or straight up be washed out of it, not really caring which way it went down. That, coupled with Boimler discovering the true nature of Becket's relationship to the Captain, would have put some more tension into the show going into next week. Instead, it feels like the show has resolved her character issues in an overly tidy way.

I honestly like how the Tendi bit worked out. A real honest apology from a friend and letting bygones be bygones. Discovery would have probably turned this into a season long conflict showing up in every episode until some big resolution.

I don’t like that Boimler can never get a win, hope he’s not too much of an asshole next episode now he knows the secret.

Sooo, Billups/Rutherford? Or just some big hero worship? Both? Felt sad for poor lonely Billups at the end.

I think it's gay, given how Dr Cat called them a couple of faggots, but with a veneer of "We're not sure how much gay stuff we can get away with on this channel" plausible deniabiliity.

[Dman]

Season finale tomorrow. I'm so going to miss this show. Hope S2 comes soon.

Any ideas for the finale? I always imagined they would end it with a cliffhanger that would get easily resolved next season. Something with the Borg or maybe the Mirror Universe.

Less exciting is my idea that Boimler is going to get that coveted promotion, and then reject it to stay lower decks with everyone. Season end

Hope it surprises me like it did last week.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

Wait, I thought the Holodeck Movie WAS the season finale?

[Dman]

Wait, I thought the Holodeck Movie WAS the season finale?

Yep, one more. There was a teaser at the end of last episode.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

I thought that was for next season tho.

[CharlesPhipps]

I thought that was for next season tho.

There's one tonight but, really, last episode should have been the season ender.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

Well I'm glad to hear there's one more to look forward to.

[CharlesPhipps]

And it's up!