Logline

An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler through time from the 24th century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get them back where they belong before they can alter the timeline.

Written by Kathryn Lyn & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by Jonathan Frakes

  • ValueSubtracted@startrek.websiteOPMEnglish
    51·
    3 years ago

    My expectations for this one were high, but I’m really impressed with how well they pulled it off. Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid did a great job of dialing their performances back just enough, and the SNW cast went just a little bit broader.

  • Mezentine@startrek.websiteEnglish
    50·
    3 years ago

    I cannot believe they had Boimler and Mariner move like physical cartoon characters and pulled it off that well, holy shit. We absolutely lost it when Boimler was tangled in the control panel

    • poundsignbuttstuff@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 years ago

      And him doing his walk away from Una the second time. And so many of Tawnie’s mannerisms like in the shuttle where she kinda strikes a pose before getting caught. And Quaid’s mannerisms and screaming with Spock in the lab.

      Those two really worked to make realistic versions of the silliness they have in LDS and it was magnificent. I caught so much more on second watch.

  • ClarkDoom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    3 years ago

    Boimler exclaiming “RIKER” as he hopped on the saddle had me howling. Frakes is such a sport!

  • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    3 years ago

    Sooooo many people that never watched Lower Decks are going to be asking why there was a koala in the opening and I’m delighted by that.

  • williams_482@startrek.websiteEnglish
    34·
    3 years ago

    Poor Christine Chapel! Now she knows what the audience has always known: her relationship with Spock is ultimately doomed. Plus a delightful mix of guilt and fear that she could unwittingly cause Spock to never measure up to the vague but crucial future that Boimler mentioned to her in the turbolift, simply by trying to make the two of them happy.

    That suuuuuucks.

    • concrete_baby@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      3 years ago

      So Boimler inadvertently causes Nurse Chapel to end her relationship with Spock and encourage him to go back to T’Pring?

      • Jestersage@startrek.websiteEnglish
        2·
        3 years ago

        Predestination paradox. In fact the entire thing is likely a predestinaiton paradox. “Activated 120 years ago”, which is caused by the imager at “now”; the reason why the two can go back home is because Tendi told them about the version according to Orion and mentioned her great-grandma being the discoverer, which is what let the past Orion to recognize the truth and probably themselves assigned it to Tendi’s great-grandma?

        • polymorphist_neuroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          …this little bit of cooperation between the Federation and the Orions probably improves their relationship a bit, which will eventually lead to Orions joining the Federation, which is how Tendi is friends with Boimler in the first place, which is how Boimler knows that not all Orions are pirates which is why Pike tones down his hostile response which gets them to a deal with the Orions which leads to…

        • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Tendi just said her great-grandmother was on the ship that discovered it, not that she was the discoverer.

    • polymorphist_neuroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      OMG! They managed to make that scene just so hilarious and poignant at the same time. Watching her facial expressions as she realizes what Boimler is telling her made me want to just scream at him to shut the fuck up and slap the shit out of him…but he’s just being dear sweet clueless Boimey. :(

      Theme-wise, I think they’re setting up a comparison between Pike knowing his doom and Christine/Spock knowing their relationship is doomed. Knowing that, what do you do in the meantime?

  • SpacedBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    3 years ago

    Anyone else see Boimler do the Boim-walk to get away from Una the second time with Mariner there? I did not realize human hips could move like that.

  • TrashMeNot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    3 years ago

    My face hurt by the end of the episode. I had no idea I was smiling the whole time. It really was that perfect mix of physical comedy but down to earth. It reminded me so much of The Orville. Definitely one of those I’ll go back to watch again.

    • UESPA_Sputnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      3 years ago

      My face hurt by the end of the episode. I had no idea I was smiling the whole time.

      Is that you, Mr. Spock?

  • Corgana@startrek.websiteEnglish
    29·
    3 years ago

    Loved having a Sunday morning cartoon 🖖

    This episode was way better than it needed to be. I was genuinely moved seeing Una’s reaction to the knowledge of her being the “poster girl”, as well as the reaction of the Orion captain at the end.

    Seeing Boimler and Mariner in this context really drives home how much Lower Decks is essentially “what if Trekkies could serve in Star Fleet” and it worked so well!

    • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      3 years ago

      Yep. There is no critiquing this episode IMO. They nailed pure cross over fun. All smiles through the whole episode!!

  • Acid@startrek.websiteEnglish
    28·
    3 years ago

    This episode is one of the best episodes in the modern era of Trek, it’s lighthearted it’s funny it celebrates Trek and it’s done so tastefully that I genuinely have nothing bad to say about it. It reminds me of Trials and Tribble-ations.

    Plus that line at the end where they tell Una ad astra per aspera and that’s why boimler joined Starfleet is just the right kind of emotions.

    Honestly, they smashed it in this episode and ofc the 2d animated intro was chefs kiss.

  • Tired8281@startrek.websiteEnglish
    28·
    3 years ago

    Holy smokes, I can’t believe how awesome that thing was that I just watched. I’m awestruck at the talent it must have taken to pull it off so perfectly.

  • Continuumguy@startrek.websiteEnglish
    291·
    3 years ago

    Thoughts and observations as I watched over at the “other place”, special Saturday night/early Sunday morning edition:

    • AHHHHH, WE’RE DOING THIS ON A SATURDAY!
    • AHHHHH, WE’RE GETTING THE CROSSOVER!
    • AHHHHH, A CROSSOVER BETWEEN A CARTOON COMEDY AND A LIVE ACTION DRAMA!
    • AHHHHH, IN GENERAL!
    • First off, that they have “Those Old Scientists” as the title is (chef’s kiss).
    • Previously: Nyota had a really bad day, La’An got a bad case of Kirk hotness, and Chapel/Spock had a bad case of hotness for each other
    • OH GOD WE’RE STARTING ANIMATED
    • “Numero Una”
    • Tendi would like to remind you all that the Orions have a rich and varied history.
    • “You guys look… very realistic.”
    • AHHHH, ANIMATED OPENING CREDITS!
    • Hahaha, the thing that eats the Ceritos Nacelle!
    • AHHHH, THE KOALA AT THE END OF THE CREDITS! WHY IS IT SMILING, WHAT DOES IT KNOW!?!?
    • “But flipping it open is the best part”
    • “Computer, end program.”
    • “Worf’s honor.” DANGIT!
    • I wonder if Frakes showed Quaid how to properly do a Riker maneuver
    • “You just… laughed.”
    • Ah, we’re tying in with what Tendi said.
    • Boimler is a toddler knocking over furniture.
    • “We have jetpacks now”
    • Pike’s birthday is a holiday… CRAP!
    • Boimler freaking out over the fact he made Spock laugh is such a Boimler thing.
    • Hey, a reference to his sehlat!
    • I like how they are using this episode to also move the other plotlines forward.
    • HE MENTIONED PIKE’S REALLY GREAT HAIR
    • Triticale, as opposed to Quadritriticale.
    • I totally saw Mariner coming.
    • Dystopian San Francisco!
    • “Have you noticed their references are weirdly specific?”
    • “Hot Spock agrees with me”
    • “It’s a poster that is pinned up”
    • I feel like Tawny herself probably demanded a scene with Uhura
    • Ah, there’s the Boimler scream!
    • “Holy Q!”
    • “They had a Trelane thing going on.”
    • “He had to contour the hell out of the jawline”
    • “Oh, I already know.” Hahaha, they finally got out-future knowledged.
    • Oh god, are they going to steal a piece of an NX?
    • Oh, just a piece of it in the Enterprise.
    • The “Mistress of the Winter Constellations” strikes again!
    • Of course Ransom calls Una the hottest first officer in starfleet history.
    • Hahaha, 2D animation Enterprise crew because they are drunk!
    • All-time classic.
    • teft@lemmy.worldEnglish
      221·
      3 years ago

      Of course Ransom calls Una the hottest first officer in starfleet history.

      It’s because they are married in real life. Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn that is, not Ransom and Numero Una.

      • triktrek@startrek.websiteEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Oh I didn’t know that. Is there some (real life) Star Trek connection that brought them together or is it just some coincidence that they both are on Star Trek?