# 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:** 26
**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:** [October 12, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/503 "2023-10-12T22:53:40Z")
Space Koala’s back! May he watch over us all! ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/504 "2023-10-13T03:11:13Z")
My sister’s Moopsy T-shirt came in today. ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/505 "2023-10-19T14:57:09Z")
Well not every ep can be a winner. ---
**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 19, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/506 "2023-10-19T18:30:35Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Pretty good episode this week. > > It’s trying to salvage _yooooou_! I would have preferred if they had focused on either story A or story B rather than having two half-sized (mostly) unrelated episodes glued together. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/507 "2023-10-19T20:08:02Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Well not every ep can be a winner. You have something against having something against caves? ---
**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 19, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/508 "2023-10-19T23:51:31Z")
Look - I was once trapped in a sentient cave for a week - that’s a dark place that knows things! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/509 "2023-10-20T03:15:46Z")
I actually really liked this one. It piled Trek cliche on top of Trek cliche but didn’t feel like a cliche itself. ---
**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 20, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/510 "2023-10-20T18:07:22Z")
I also liked it as a nod to budget-saving bottle episodes and flashback episodes. “Our comms work? F— you, cave!” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/511 "2023-10-20T18:10:31Z")
I really loved that the caves all basically looked the same and they all had a “flat ground.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/512 "2023-10-20T19:39:44Z")
I also liked how every transition to a planet was exactly the same, just a different coloured sky. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/513 "2023-10-20T20:01:32Z")
To paraphrase a deep cut from a completely different sci-fi series, caves are cool. You could really, you know, _be_ in a cave. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/514 "2023-10-20T20:06:41Z")
According to someone online every cave was an animated recreation of a cave set used in a live action episode of Trek. If true that is very funny. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/515 "2023-10-21T01:49:44Z")
I read it was referencing a specific cave set used over and over in TNG, Enterprise, Voyager and DS9. I really liked this one for the weird creatures and sentient moss and feel good vibes. ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/516 "2023-10-21T03:34:46Z")
There was no sentient moss. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/517 "2023-10-23T10:00:03Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > To paraphrase a deep cut from a completely different sci-fi series, caves are cool. You could really, you know, _be_ in a cave. They’re like boats. You can’t not “be” on a boat. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/518 "2023-10-26T07:11:02Z")
Season 4, Episode 9: Nick Locarno is behind the mysterious ship? Whoa. Mariner knew Sito Jaxa? WHOA! ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/519 "2023-10-26T07:45:35Z")
Well you can’t say it was a predictable twist. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/520 "2023-10-26T22:40:13Z")
Mariner was at Starfleet Academy with Wesley? ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/521 "2023-10-27T01:01:23Z")
two great call backs that work great together! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/522 "2023-10-27T19:39:11Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Mariner was at Starfleet Academy with Wesley? Which totally screws up my mental timeline. I always assumed Lower Decks took place roughly 30 years after TNG, in other words the same amount of time that actually passed since TNG ended. But Mariner seems too young to have gone to the Academy with Sito Jaxa or fought in the Dominion War in that timeline. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340.md?page=27)