Utterly fantastic episode. So many Voy in jokes. Never thought we'd hear of the Neelix cheese again!
Spoilers Star Trek: Lower Decks 4x01 - "Twovix"
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I enjoyed both episodes, but I would have enjoyed them more on my Fire TV, on which I could never get past the Paramount + logo, even after force-quitting the app and clearing the cache. I don't have this kind of trouble with any of my other apps.
I laughed alot. There was a lot to enjoy in this episode!
The best season premier of Lower Decks yet! Admittedly, not a high bar to reach, given Lower Decks has this strange tendency to put their weakest material towards the start of the season, and save their strongest episodes for the back half.
I will say I'm not a VOY fan. I didn't watch much of it when it came out, and only finished it later in the "Netflix era" for the sake of completeness. I found the show occasionally excellent, sometimes godawful, but mostly bland. Thus I have no nostalgia for it. Yet they managed come up with a sensible plot framework to build an episode entirely around Voyager callbacks, without resorting to everyone (or anyone!) being a special guest star. Was it funny? No, not particularly - I don't find Lower Decks laugh-out-loud funny in general. But it was charming as hell.
The thing that makes Lower Decks shine, however, is the deft use of character arcs, which it somehow manages to make work in half the runtime of other Trek series. The episode balanced well the A-plot (which was driven by Boimler and his own guilt about his impending promotion), and the B plot (the actual Tuvix stuff, where we see Tendi repeatedly attempt to make T'Lyn into her "bestie"). Plus we end on genuine change to the status quo, with (most of them) getting promoted.
A perfect episode? Not really. While it was amusing, the idea of the "Tillups" just turning into a mutineer was a wild veer, and every other transporter hybrid immediately becoming accomplices was...ridiculous. It's one of those situations where I do have to presume there's comedic shorthand in order to maintain immersion. Still, it was enjoyable, it did the job, and given Lower Decks tends to close strong, I'm happy (other than the apparent death of Ma'ah - I hope this is a fakeout),
I will say I'm not a VOY fan. I didn't watch much of it when it came out, and only finished it later in the "Netflix era" for the sake of completeness. I found the show occasionally excellent, sometimes godawful, but mostly bland. Thus I have no nostalgia for it. Yet they managed come up with a sensible plot framework to build an episode entirely around Voyager callbacks, without resorting to everyone (or anyone!) being a special guest star. Was it funny? No, not particularly - I don't find Lower Decks laugh-out-loud funny in general. But it was charming as hell.
The thing that makes Lower Decks shine, however, is the deft use of character arcs, which it somehow manages to make work in half the runtime of other Trek series. The episode balanced well the A-plot (which was driven by Boimler and his own guilt about his impending promotion), and the B plot (the actual Tuvix stuff, where we see Tendi repeatedly attempt to make T'Lyn into her "bestie"). Plus we end on genuine change to the status quo, with (most of them) getting promoted.
A perfect episode? Not really. While it was amusing, the idea of the "Tillups" just turning into a mutineer was a wild veer, and every other transporter hybrid immediately becoming accomplices was...ridiculous. It's one of those situations where I do have to presume there's comedic shorthand in order to maintain immersion. Still, it was enjoyable, it did the job, and given Lower Decks tends to close strong, I'm happy (other than the apparent death of Ma'ah - I hope this is a fakeout),
Really enjoyed this episode. Nice tribute to Voyager and I already like T'lyn.
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10 for me. That was a super fun episode. Great to see Voyager again and so many great call-backs. I can't believe they tackled the Tuvix dilemma again.
I presumed it was Badgey!
That was great, maybe a few too many Voyager gags but still lovely, and yay promotions, even for those who don't want them.
I liked the Klingon Lower Deckers though
Oh they will, after some heavy drinking.
I hope not. I don't think it would add anything to their relationship and would be too trite to be the friendship complication thing. Brad isn't the casual sex guy so it would almost necessitate that storyline. Remember his "lover"?
They've played Boims as lowkey asexual since the second season, for whatever reason, retconning his earlier horniness.
Mariner is now the only one of the lower deckers who has something approaching a libido.
Unless I’m mistaken, he was Rigellian. One appeared in the season one episode with Mariner’s captain friend from the academy
I hope every lower decks crew we see has a towel guy.
I really would like it if the relationship is never sexy. People (of all orientations) can be deep and close friends and never be sexually attracted to each other. That being said... I'm okay if Boims and T'Lyn become an item.
At first I thought it might be the Prime Universe's version of Jaylah's species from BEY but I think the idea that he's Rigellian is correct.
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