I like a good posterior but yeah, the Andorians in this episode were my focus when they were onscreen. Those glorious TOS/ENT-style Andorians.
Spoilers Strange New Worlds Episode 7 - Those Old Scientists
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I like a good posterior but yeah, the Andorians in this episode were my focus when they were onscreen. Those glorious TOS/ENT-style Andorians.
Look, don't tell me how to fan! I am allowed to like what I like and what I like is a very specific 13-minute stretch of a random TOS episode that requires a very specific reading and interpretation that no one else but me shares yet is obviously the only correct thing and the franchise has been absolute dogshit since those 13-minutes and I disregard everything else in my head canon which is very obviously the only canon because of.....reasons.
I assume S/COMS in the later 2260s likes to just display a lot of random blinking colored lights? Or this is the S/COMS screensaver?
What does S/COMS stand for anyway? Spatial Communications' Official Multilingual Systems?
I Appreciated the shorter run time. It made the episode pace better, and I think some of the episodes this season (Like Lotus Eaters and Lost in Translation) could have benefited by being a little shorter.
The references to Travis and Hoshi made me laugh while at the same time I thought: "YES. JUSTICE FOR THE UNDERUSED." 
The references to Travis and Hoshi made me laugh while at the same time I thought: "YES. JUSTICE FOR THE UNDERUSED."
I laughed too...had to be intentional!
Paramount Exec: So a bunch of people quit Lower Decks. They're not even hate-watching it, they just stopped watching it period a long time ago.
SNW Showrunners: Don't worry, we have a plan to force them to watch at least one more episode. We'll turn an episode of Strange New Worlds into Lower Decks!
Paramount Exec: Brilliant, brilliant! We don't pay you enough. Actually, er, forget I said that, wouldn't want you using my words against me during a strike or anything.
SNW Showrunners: Don't worry, we have a plan to force them to watch at least one more episode. We'll turn an episode of Strange New Worlds into Lower Decks!
Paramount Exec: Brilliant, brilliant! We don't pay you enough. Actually, er, forget I said that, wouldn't want you using my words against me during a strike or anything.
SNW Showrunner: brilliant. We must keep your hatred of Star Trek a secret.
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Also, I loved the nacelle space baby scene in the opening sequence, especially when they passed through the burning asteroid field and it was on fire.
I could fan girl about this episode all day, but suffice to say it was absolutely fantastic, and my favorite episode of the season, bar none.
This was a fun episode and if LD is bleeding viewers I sure haven't heard about it. And even if it were...so what? Some of the best Trek has had small audiences.
As a random aside, I love that the Riker maneuver is straddling any kind of seat. Chair, saddle, it doesn't matter!
My post was a joke because I quit watching years ago, and this episode reminded me why. I'm going on a "Told you so" tour on all the people who said it got better. I don't know if it's bleeding viewers other than me, some people misunderstood my post which was intended as a self-reference.
LD isn't bleeding viewers but the Iron Rule of the TBBS is: "Absolutely No One Watches the Show(s) I Don't Like"
So there!So for all the people who insisted to me that Lower Decks got better since I quit watching Lower Decks after episode 5, is this the part where I said "Told you so" ?