# Star Trek Lower Decks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [July 14, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340 "2020-07-14T21:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/363 "2022-09-17T01:10:35Z")
Thought I recognized the voice of the teacher > **[Kari Wahlgren - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1312566/?ref_=tt_ch)** > > Kari Wahlgren. Actress: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. Kari Wahlgren is an American actress from Kansas. She is most well-known for voicing Kitana and Mileena from Mortal Kombat, Starfire from Injustice 2, Velma Green the Spider Queen from... Jessica from Rick and Morty, voices from Young Justice, Duck Tales and more. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/364 "2022-09-17T01:13:18Z")
Toz of the _Dove_ was the first named Edosian on _Star Trek_ since Arex in _The Animated Series._ ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/365 "2022-09-18T02:33:55Z")
Well, she is only the third of her species we have met. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/366 "2022-09-29T17:57:57Z")
Another great episode. You’d think the “just keep circling” joke would fall flat since they already did this gag with the Cerritos pulling out of the shipyard, but I still laughed. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/367 "2022-09-29T22:07:26Z")
It was nice to see Kira and Quark again. _Of course_ Quark would rather be in prison than poor. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/368 "2022-09-29T22:38:19Z")
Has anyone else noticed the battle scene in the credits changes each season? I knew the Crystalline Entity was new this season, so I looked back. Season 1 had just the Borg Cubes and season 2 added the other ships (Pakled? I suck at ship identification). Does that mean possibly maybe a Crystalline Entity this time around? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/369 "2022-09-29T23:02:22Z")
That’s nothing compared to the addition of the Great Koala in background of the “ship traces Starfleet symbol” intro. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/370 "2022-09-30T11:55:28Z")
Oh good, you see it too. I thought I must be imagining that. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/371 "2022-09-30T18:35:21Z")
Sleeping in the halls may be canon - I think they show a shot of hallway bunks (and people falling out of them) in _The Undiscovered Country_, when the _Excelsior_ runs into the shockwave from Praxis. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/372 "2022-09-30T18:37:56Z")
The first raisin-girl that flirts with Boimler is the Sun-Maid Raisins mascot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/373 "2022-10-03T16:16:38Z")
I am absolutely floored that they got the original actors to voice Quark, Kira, and Morn. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/374 "2022-10-03T16:27:02Z")
Armin Shimmerman said on Twitter he even had to wear the teeth to get the voice right which I think is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/375 "2022-10-03T16:35:37Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I am absolutely floored that they got the original actors to voice Quark, Kira, and Morn. I’m not. It’s ludicrously easy money and I have to imagine reprising the roles in a low-key environment and without all the makeup was a real treat. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/376 "2022-10-03T16:42:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I’m not. It’s ludicrously easy money and I have to imagine reprising the roles in a low-key environment and without all the makeup was a real treat. I think that was just an excuse to joke about Morn having a voice actor. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/377 "2022-10-03T16:44:47Z")
Oh, well. Color me whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/378 "2022-10-04T03:13:08Z")
I was never a huge DS9 watcher so this one didn’t land for me as well, though I still enjoyed it. It’s interesting how we’ve had quite a bit of Rutherford backstory and now we’re getting a peek into Tendi’s. Remarkable to think it’s taken three seasons to get here, but I think it shows how much life is left in this series and how much character depth is still there to explore if they can keep the laughs coming. And watching Tendi do a 180 and become a little ass-kicker was pretty funny to me. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/379 "2022-10-04T03:43:32Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > I was never a huge DS9 watcher so this one didn’t land for me as well, though I still enjoyed it. It wasn’t my favourite of this season either (for the same reason). I liked Adam Pally as the Ohioan Orion, though. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/380 "2022-10-04T14:17:43Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > watching Tendi do a 180 and become a little ass-kicker was pretty funny to me. You must have missed the rom ulan episode where she was the cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/381 "2022-10-04T18:48:30Z")
Of course part of the joke was that none of us remember it. She redacted all the spots that she likely was kick ass! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/382 "2022-10-04T18:55:24Z")
There was also the episode where Tendi and Mariner are retrieving the doctor’s ‘cultural artifact’ and we found out she has a reputation and a badass pirate name which I don’t remember. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340.md?page=20)