Star Trek: Lower Decks: Dos Cerritos
October 24, 2024 6:57 PM - Season 5, Episode 1 - Subscribe
[season premiere] The beginning of the end--these are the voyages where what we leave behind are all good things from the endgame! [looks at the other series] Look, I'm only one man and all my multiversal counterparts are watching the second episode, I'll find room for your last episodes later, I promise.
Memory Alpha will be seeing you in all the old familiar places:
- Naomi Wildman might actually be only 10 or so in continuity. Huh. Still made the "30 under 30" list.
- The blue Orions appeared in TAS' "The Pirates of Orion", and yes, that's how they pronounced it.
- I hope that Prime Shaxs (we know which crew is prime) goes with the braid, it's kinda cool.
"Don't you give me that sarcastic Vulcan salute. Beckett! Huh, so that's how that feels."
- Beckett Mariner to Becky Freeman
Poster's Log:
Remember that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment… because they'll never come again. As a wise man once said. This is a pretty action-filled episode, particularly on the Orion side, but also full of people contemplating their choices and those of others. It ends up being a bit bittersweet, especially given Tendi's choice (really in line with the other Lower Deckers', though, because she's taking care of her own "lower deck", of course), but that's fine; the show's still plenty of fun without having to be a laff-a-minute.
Poster's log, supplemental: Off to watch E2, which dropped at the same time!
Memory Alpha will be seeing you in all the old familiar places:
- Naomi Wildman might actually be only 10 or so in continuity. Huh. Still made the "30 under 30" list.
- The blue Orions appeared in TAS' "The Pirates of Orion", and yes, that's how they pronounced it.
- I hope that Prime Shaxs (we know which crew is prime) goes with the braid, it's kinda cool.
"Don't you give me that sarcastic Vulcan salute. Beckett! Huh, so that's how that feels."
- Beckett Mariner to Becky Freeman
Poster's Log:
Remember that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment… because they'll never come again. As a wise man once said. This is a pretty action-filled episode, particularly on the Orion side, but also full of people contemplating their choices and those of others. It ends up being a bit bittersweet, especially given Tendi's choice (really in line with the other Lower Deckers', though, because she's taking care of her own "lower deck", of course), but that's fine; the show's still plenty of fun without having to be a laff-a-minute.
Poster's log, supplemental: Off to watch E2, which dropped at the same time!
That was fun! However it does feel like a bit of a stretch to get Mariner Becky to the point where she would hit people.
Look, apparently a lot of crap went down in that 3.885% variance between universes.
This was a good start to our farewell season. It seems Star Trek in the 21st Century will only ever be about five seasons long or less and I am thankful we got five seasons of this show. When I first heard about it being produced, my immediate thought was, "This is going to be the most awful worse thing in the world." But then it wasn't, in fact, it became one of the greatest things in the world. The key ingredients were the characters and the absolute adoration for Trek that comes through in how those characters are written and the world that's built around them.
Mistress of the Seven Veils (or something!) Tendi is always pretty cool. When I saw the blue orions show up, I immediately thought, "They have to be from TAS." Then I thought, "Why haven't I watched TAS? God I am the worse Trek fan!"
I wonder if we won't visit that universe again before the end of the season. It seems like Boimler stealing the data pad is a bit like Marty stealing the sports guide in Back to the Future Part II - but, we need to know that bearded Boimler messed up somewhere along the way to make the datapad theft a bad idea. Or something.
Post-Capitalism society party, let's go! Though, I guess this would be like if the Ferenghi gave up capitalism versus the federation interfering with a society that hasn't reached that point yet?
- Naomi Wildman might actually be only 10 or so in continuity. Huh. Still made the "30 under 30" list.
This was the best entry on that 30 under 30.
posted by Atreides at 7:18 AM on October 25 [3 favorites]
Look, apparently a lot of crap went down in that 3.885% variance between universes.
This was a good start to our farewell season. It seems Star Trek in the 21st Century will only ever be about five seasons long or less and I am thankful we got five seasons of this show. When I first heard about it being produced, my immediate thought was, "This is going to be the most awful worse thing in the world." But then it wasn't, in fact, it became one of the greatest things in the world. The key ingredients were the characters and the absolute adoration for Trek that comes through in how those characters are written and the world that's built around them.
Mistress of the Seven Veils (or something!) Tendi is always pretty cool. When I saw the blue orions show up, I immediately thought, "They have to be from TAS." Then I thought, "Why haven't I watched TAS? God I am the worse Trek fan!"
I wonder if we won't visit that universe again before the end of the season. It seems like Boimler stealing the data pad is a bit like Marty stealing the sports guide in Back to the Future Part II - but, we need to know that bearded Boimler messed up somewhere along the way to make the datapad theft a bad idea. Or something.
Post-Capitalism society party, let's go! Though, I guess this would be like if the Ferenghi gave up capitalism versus the federation interfering with a society that hasn't reached that point yet?
- Naomi Wildman might actually be only 10 or so in continuity. Huh. Still made the "30 under 30" list.
This was the best entry on that 30 under 30.
posted by Atreides at 7:18 AM on October 25 [3 favorites]
Look, I'd probably have something cogent to say about this episode if I hadn't seen the giant green energy hand from "Who Mourns For Adonais?" grabbing the Borg cube during the credits. After that I just kind of went into a fugue state.
posted by phooky at 11:15 AM on October 25 [10 favorites]
posted by phooky at 11:15 AM on October 25 [10 favorites]
the giant green energy hand from "Who Mourns For Adonais?" grabbing the Borg cube
Inside a Tholian web!
posted by 1970s Antihero at 11:24 AM on October 25 [6 favorites]
Inside a Tholian web!
posted by 1970s Antihero at 11:24 AM on October 25 [6 favorites]
“You sexy bastard!”
“You steamy hunk!”
Ransom loves himself no matter what universe he’s in. 😎
posted by Roger Pittman at 12:19 PM on October 25 [4 favorites]
“You steamy hunk!”
Ransom loves himself no matter what universe he’s in. 😎
posted by Roger Pittman at 12:19 PM on October 25 [4 favorites]
I'm honestly surprised only Becky tried the switcheroo. I was half expecting the punchline to be that everyone on the Otheritos tried it.
posted by pwnguin at 12:21 PM on October 25 [4 favorites]
posted by pwnguin at 12:21 PM on October 25 [4 favorites]
Inside a Tholian web!
Have they been slowly adding antagonists to that scene in the opening credits every season?
posted by Atreides at 12:53 PM on October 25 [1 favorite]
Have they been slowly adding antagonists to that scene in the opening credits every season?
posted by Atreides at 12:53 PM on October 25 [1 favorite]
Have they been slowly adding antagonists to that scene in the opening credits every season?
yes!
posted by 1970s Antihero at 1:03 PM on October 25 [17 favorites]
yes!
- Season 1: Romulans vs the Borg
- Season 2: Romulans vs Klingons vs Pakled vs the Borg
- Season 3: Romulans vs Klingons vs Pakled vs the Borg vs a Crystalline Entity
- Season 4: Romulans vs Klingons vs Pakled vs the Borg vs a Crystalline Entity vs Breen vs the Whale Probe
- Season 5: Romulans vs Klingons vs Pakled vs the Borg vs a Crystalline Entity vs Breen vs the Whale Probe vs Tholians vs V'ger vs Apollo
posted by 1970s Antihero at 1:03 PM on October 25 [17 favorites]
I like that the shoe never dropped on Other Boimler (at least not yet!) As far as we know, he genuinely is just a confident, good dude.
The thing that as far as I noticed never went remarked-upon: if King Billups still holds his Chief Engineer position on Otheritos, our Billups presumably doesn't need to maintain his virginity anymore if he doesn't want to, since being King presumably doesn't actually mean that he can't serve in Starfleet after all.
posted by Navelgazer at 9:01 PM on October 25 [3 favorites]
The thing that as far as I noticed never went remarked-upon: if King Billups still holds his Chief Engineer position on Otheritos, our Billups presumably doesn't need to maintain his virginity anymore if he doesn't want to, since being King presumably doesn't actually mean that he can't serve in Starfleet after all.
posted by Navelgazer at 9:01 PM on October 25 [3 favorites]
Lol when they went through the rift and found the other Cerritos I said "UGH is this going to be a mirror universe thing" and I very much appreciated that Boimler was sporting Mirror Universe Facial Hair as a shout out to everyone else who also said that
posted by potrzebie at 11:52 PM on October 25 [5 favorites]
posted by potrzebie at 11:52 PM on October 25 [5 favorites]
It was my understanding that Wildman was among the fifteen honorable mentions and not actually among the 30 under 30.
posted by channaher at 4:11 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]
posted by channaher at 4:11 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]
I very much appreciated that Boimler was sporting Mirror Universe Facial Hair
As the Tamarians say, "Riker, After the Beard."
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 7:34 PM on October 26 [4 favorites]
As the Tamarians say, "Riker, After the Beard."
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 7:34 PM on October 26 [4 favorites]
Boimler was sporting a Riker's Beard, not Mirror Universe Facial Hair. You can see him doing the Riker Chair thing at the end.
posted by rikschell at 7:58 PM on October 26 [6 favorites]
posted by rikschell at 7:58 PM on October 26 [6 favorites]
See also the covers of Fleet Magazine. In the Clearly Freakish Universe, it's Boimler on the cover instead of Riker.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 9:04 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 9:04 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]
Rutherford: "I’ve been here the whole time!" - felt like a shoutout to Game Changer.
The two Cerritos were upside down relative to each other? Is that a first?
posted by Pronoiac at 8:43 AM on October 27 [1 favorite]
The two Cerritos were upside down relative to each other? Is that a first?
posted by Pronoiac at 8:43 AM on October 27 [1 favorite]
Look it's highly convenient that Riker Beard and Mirror Universe Beard are the same exact beard... unnervingly, weirdly convenient even...but that doesn't make it false
Imagine you just saw Jonathan Frakes saying that as host of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, that was the vibe I was going for.
posted by potrzebie at 9:02 AM on October 27 [2 favorites]
Imagine you just saw Jonathan Frakes saying that as host of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, that was the vibe I was going for.
posted by potrzebie at 9:02 AM on October 27 [2 favorites]
Romulans vs Klingons vs Pakled vs the Borg vs a Crystalline Entity vs Breen vs the Whale Probe vs Tholians vs V'ger vs Apollo
And that's why this is the final season: no room for anyone else
posted by cheshyre at 10:50 AM on October 27 [3 favorites]
And that's why this is the final season: no room for anyone else
posted by cheshyre at 10:50 AM on October 27 [3 favorites]
In the fourth season Star Trek Enterprise episode “Divergence” the Enterprise and Columbia were similarly aligned secondary hull to secondary hull while at warp, screencaps at Trekcore, further allusions at the episode’s page at FanFare.
posted by channaher at 11:26 AM on October 27 [5 favorites]
posted by channaher at 11:26 AM on October 27 [5 favorites]
Ambassador, your vessel appears to be travelling at an unusual angle.
posted by Marticus at 5:20 PM on October 27 [5 favorites]
posted by Marticus at 5:20 PM on October 27 [5 favorites]
The two Cerritos were upside down relative to each other? Is that a first?
Not common since the galactic accords that established a universal "up" and "down" in three dimensional space.
(But this has always struck me in Trek and most space shows, how everyone just happens to be flying along on the same axis/orientation. I would cackle at some Romulan showdown where it's a reveal after a back and forth on the view screen that the federation ship and Romulan ship were on different orientations).
posted by Atreides at 8:06 AM on October 28 [2 favorites]
Not common since the galactic accords that established a universal "up" and "down" in three dimensional space.
(But this has always struck me in Trek and most space shows, how everyone just happens to be flying along on the same axis/orientation. I would cackle at some Romulan showdown where it's a reveal after a back and forth on the view screen that the federation ship and Romulan ship were on different orientations).
posted by Atreides at 8:06 AM on October 28 [2 favorites]
They finally fixed red and green marker lights being mixed up on the sides of the Cerritos! That's been bugging me for literal years!
posted by traveler_ at 4:37 PM on November 1 [2 favorites]
posted by traveler_ at 4:37 PM on November 1 [2 favorites]
traveler_, the light arrangement was fixed in the third season, my previous comment on the subject.
posted by channaher at 9:29 AM on November 3
posted by channaher at 9:29 AM on November 3
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MarinerBecky to the point where she would hit people.I enjoyed that, but i did find Tendi's storyline more interesting.
posted by suelac at 10:43 PM on October 24