# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/463 "2023-09-15T20:22:44Z")
I recommend the ‘Ups and Downs’ episodes from TrekCulture that explain all the references you missed. Here, for instance, is the analysis of Twovix. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FAjTmCeFziU/maxresdefault.jpg "Ups & Downs From Star Trek: Lower Decks 4.1 - Twovix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAjTmCeFziU) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/464 "2023-09-15T23:28:52Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Considering the ridiculousness (and cartooniness!) of LD, which I love, in my headcanon it’s an animated recreation of the REAL stories of Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford, and Tendi, with assorted embellishments for storytelling purposes. I recently saw that same theory somewhere about _TOS_. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/465 "2023-09-16T02:23:59Z")
It’s a roast of Admiral Boimler at his retirement dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/466 "2023-09-18T07:36:12Z")
Anyone who has tried to do a “quick update” to their PC knows exactly what the Captain was going through. ---
**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 18, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/467 "2023-09-18T12:40:42Z")
Word. This was Freeman in that episode: > **[Success](https://xkcd.com/349/)** > > 40% of OpenBSD installs lead to shark attacks. It's their only standing security issue. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/468 "2023-09-21T10:50:21Z")
This week’s episode was really funny. A peek into Orion culture. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/469 "2023-09-22T01:35:31Z")
I liked how Mariner noped out of the battle between Tendi and her sister, and _still_ got stabbed. And then got stabbed for a fourth time off-camera. I liked how T’Lyn threw away that PADD she’d been carrying around, because Tendi hadn’t agreed to have her culture get documented. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/470 "2023-09-22T10:52:30Z")
Mariner getting stabbed in the same spot every time made me literally LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/471 "2023-09-22T22:01:57Z")
Another moment I really liked was Mariner’s very serious “Don’t” when T’Lynn went to go help Tendi. It was a very real moment in a very silly show. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/472 "2023-09-22T22:17:21Z")
I suppose my favorite line from the episode was “Grits grits grits.” ---
**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 23, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/473 "2023-09-23T13:53:52Z")
I like that moment too. It shows how much Mariner’s grown up since the first season. That Mariner would have been in the middle of the fight, but now she knows she has to give D’Vana and D’Erika the space to work it out themselves. With swords. What do we think the ship-destroying thingy is? I’m thinking the Space Koala is involved somehow. Also, how long before it blows up a Borg Cube? ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/474 "2023-09-23T15:11:38Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > What do we think the ship-destroying thingy is? I’m thinking the Space Koala is involved somehow. Also, how long before it blows up a Borg Cube? I’m guessing it’s not destroying them, but capturing them somehow - that beam it hits them with is some sort of transporter or digitizer or something, and there’s some alien menagerie where they’re taking them. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/475 "2023-09-23T15:34:21Z")
The dueling Twains had me laughing my ass off. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/476 "2023-09-23T20:18:17Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > What do we think the ship-destroying thingy is? Will Boimler along with Badgy on a mission from Section 31. ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/477 "2023-09-23T20:19:30Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > What do we think the ship-destroying thingy is? I think, quite honestly, it’s Peanut Hamper and AGIMON’s team-up. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/478 "2023-09-23T20:27:03Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Will Boimler along with Badgy on a mission from Section 31. I really do think Badgy might be involved. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/479 "2023-09-23T20:35:12Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I think, quite honestly, it’s Peanut Hamper and AGIMON’s team-up. I think it was the Klingons who said there was 1 life sign aboard - I hope its not peanut hamper (again). Badgy was shown to be still with us at the end of season 3 when someone retrieved Rutherford’s previous eyepiece. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/480 "2023-09-23T20:55:58Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Badgy was shown to be still with us at the end of season 3 when someone retrieved Rutherford’s previous eyepiece. Also seen in a brief flash in one of the trailers for this season. > **[Analysis: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 4 Trailer Reveals Ferengi Love,...](https://trekmovie.com/2023/07/26/analysis-star-trek-lower-decks-season-4-trailer-reveals-ferengi-love-voyager-goo-orion-knives-more/)** > > We take a deep dive with dozens of screenshots of all the things you might have missed. ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/481 "2023-09-24T11:57:35Z")
> [@simster](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > I think, quite honestly, it’s Peanut Hamper and AGIMON’s team-up. > > I think it was the Klingons who said there was 1 life sign aboard - I hope its not peanut hamper (again). I don’t think it is. Peanut Hamper’s locked up in the Federation’s Evil Computer Warehouse along with the CBS computer. ---
**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, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/482 "2023-09-29T22:35:58Z")
I did enjoy seeing the whole crew lose their shit due to telepathy. Especially Migleemo. “Enjoy hell, replicator!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340.md?page=25)