I don’t know that Ransom has to be hostile to him to want to avoid mentoring the kid cadet and to find it a little annoying to have Boimler constantly hovering around him. Ransom has complimented Boimler, given him a task and the admiration Boimler might enjoy and punished him for being a pest in a way Boimler won’t consider a punishment, and also freed up his own time.
Spoilers Star Trek: Lower Decks 2x09 - "wej Duj"
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I think that's deliberate in the context that Freeman has to be competent enough that Starfleet hasn't removed her from command because this is not a full-on deconstructive parody of Star Trek but also someone that has enough flaws that this is the absolute bottom of the fleet (except for Starbase 80). In comic book terms, Freeman and the Cerritos are the Justice League International/Superbuddies.
The Booster Gold of Starfleet.
T’Lyn, like most Vulcans, probably was bonded to a Vulcan boy when they were seven years old.
9. One of the season's best thus far. I loved the Klingon crew, the depiction of pinkish-colored blood and the Vulcan ship's crew. Shaxs Hulking out over the mention of Bajor was entertaining and I liked seeing the cadet uniforms at the end of the episode.
Here's the thing: in the real world, a commander in the military would direct someone to another officer or leader lower in the chain of command for help, someone closer to that person who still has more experience, someone that s/he wants to develop. It helps to develop the skills of that leader and strengthen the cohesion of the organization. S/he would only deal with such matters directly if there were no other choice.
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And mentoring a junior is a great way to build one's own skills. There's a reason why mentorship is encouraged, and even in my own field supervising an intern is also encouraged to support ongoing learning and skill development.
9.5 but I selected 9 to leave some room in case they get even better!
Such great fun. I hope we'll see the two guest stars again. I had hoped the LD crews would meet up, but alas.
Such great fun. I hope we'll see the two guest stars again. I had hoped the LD crews would meet up, but alas.
I don’t see Captain Freeman or Commander Ransom as particularly good officers. Example A is their tolerance of Mariner and her behavior. But they could be doing all of the above with Boimler and still also have other motivations.
I forgot to ask: What does the episode title mean?
I wouldn't be surprised if StarFleet got tired of Mariner's behavior, so they decided to stick her under the supervision of her mom.
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Even a mildly competent commanding officer would know this. Remember the test Troi took? While the drama focused on why she hesitated sending holoGeordi to his death, the underlying realization is that she couldn't solve everything by herself.
Even so, that doesn't mean that it wasn't a genuine effort for Boimler to grow.
I think Ransom appreciates Boimler but doesn't want to be friends with him.
Here's my impression of the senior staff thus far, aside from Freeman who has her own struggles. They want people to know their place. The ship has a job to do, and it's not for those lowers to know all the ins and outs-they just need to do their job. People who upset the order are regarded less because they don't know their place, haven't earned it.
Kind of reminds me of No time for Sergeants:
Ransom doesn't like suck-ups. We saw that in his interaction with Casey a few weeks ago. He tolerated the Hawaiianers because it was something he did years ago and they truly bonded over their shared lunar history. When Boimler tried to shoe-horn himself in as sort of a Moonie, Ransom quickly shrugged him off.
Wow, another solid 10. I'm surprised and impressed.
An episode with essentially a Klingon "Boimler" and a Vulcan "Mariner" that comes up with a fun explanation of how the Pakleds came to be a threat, that gives us alternate Lower Decks cultures on other ships, that makes both Klingons and Vulcans genuinely hilarious and that ties it all in with a funny social plot featuring the Cerritos crew... that's some fun shit.
I had some good laughs at M'ach/Klingon-Boimler's various uniquely Klingon lickspittle predicaments and the fact that, just like Boims has done before for Starfleet, he ultimately comes through with the "true meaning" of being Klingon. And the way T'Lyn/Vulcan-Mariner was treated as the wildman of her ship without ever so much as raising her voice or twitching a facial muscle was great ("live long and prosper, sir"). Boims and the jet boots, the Pakled version of a "red alert" klaxon on the Pakled ship "Pakled," the Pakled and then the Borg "Lower Decks," the actually-quite-exciting space battle... the show feels like it's genuinely "firing a full spread," as it were.
I had some good laughs at M'ach/Klingon-Boimler's various uniquely Klingon lickspittle predicaments and the fact that, just like Boims has done before for Starfleet, he ultimately comes through with the "true meaning" of being Klingon. And the way T'Lyn/Vulcan-Mariner was treated as the wildman of her ship without ever so much as raising her voice or twitching a facial muscle was great ("live long and prosper, sir"). Boims and the jet boots, the Pakled version of a "red alert" klaxon on the Pakled ship "Pakled," the Pakled and then the Borg "Lower Decks," the actually-quite-exciting space battle... the show feels like it's genuinely "firing a full spread," as it were.
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Also, I love that the female officer pretending she was from Hawaii was a plus-size woman resembling Tilly's physique on DSC. I appreciated that. Tilly gets too much hate for not being svelte and thin as a rail and it was good seeing another female character who isn't thin.
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