Spoilers Star Trek: Lower Decks 1x08 - "Veritas"

[Orphalesion]

I loved it! 10/10!

I loved having all the four characters together and each of them telling about these very weird missions, my favourite was Rutherford's with him constantly blacking out and the Gorn wedding and the fan dance.
Shax: What are you doing?!!!
Rutherford: My best!
And d'awww Shax still calls him "baby bear"

And the examples of the Bridge Crew messing up, with T'ana being on the wrong ship by accident and thinking it's a parllell reality here nobody knows her

And needy Q at the end, with Mariner telling him to cut out his BS

And of course, the trial being a party instead. haha.

Though what I'm gonna say is that this oddly felt like a season finale, with all the characters getting their chance to shine and the "high stakes" of the trial...er...party...
But yeah, absolutely loved it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I liked how Boimler stuck up for the senior officers. About time someone did.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I liked how Tendi just beat up the random Romulan Security Guards with her secret Martial Arts training.

I was not expecting that.

 

[Muji]

"Worse than the third season of TOS, Star Trek V, the first two seasons of TNG, Nemesis, the entire run of Voyager, and everything else that's come out since 2009 combined! Worst Star Trek episode EVAR!!!!1111!!!!" -- The Official Canned Fandom Menace Response

Well, at least we don’t have to watch it as it’s been cancelled three times already.

 

[eschaton]

I liked how Tendi just beat up the random Romulan Security Guards with her secret Martial Arts training.

I was not expecting that.

It was implied that was embellishment on her part.

 

[Orphalesion]

It was implied that was embellishment on her part.

To me nothing at all implied that. I think she literally was so enthusiastic and eager about the whole mission that it gave her the ability to beat up those Romulans, we have already seen that she's strong, like when she wrestled Rutherford to find out the identity of any crew-members who don't like her.
Her "right I didn't" *wink* *wink* line was because it was a covert mission, so she had to be sneaky.

 

[BillJ]

Khan has magic blood that can reverse death in tribbles AND humans exposed to lethal levels of radiation.

( God, that was a fucking stupid movie.)

That you can’t seem to let go.

As far as Khan goes, he has amazing recuperative powers is embedded in the character from the start, and blood therapy is now a thing... so I don’t think the magic blood is as stupid as people try to make it out to be.

And you do know that in many cases death is a process, not an on/off switch.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

To me nothing at all implied that. I think she literally was so enthusiastic and eager about the whole mission that it gave her the ability to beat up those Romulans, we have already seen that she's strong, like when she wrestled Rutherford to find out the identity of any crew-members who don't like her.
Her "right I didn't" *wink* *wink* line was because it was a covert mission, so she had to be sneaky.

And let's not forget, Tendi is an Orion.

So unless she's taking some kind of inhibitor (which, I admit, is entirely possible), her Orion pheromones could be affecting people, even without her knowing it. So she could have subconsciously caused the guards to let, well, their guard down, making it easier for them to be taken out.

 

[Tuskin38]

And let's not forget, Tendi is an Orion.

So unless she's taking some kind of inhibitor (which, I admit, is entirely possible), her Orion pheromones could be affecting people, even without her knowing it. So she could have subconsciously caused the guards to let, well, their guard down, making it easier for them to be taken out.

Or the writers are just ignoring the pheromones.

 

[Skipper]

Well, at least we don’t have to watch it as it’s been cancelled three times already.

And if it continues, it's just because they have to hide how unsuccessful it is (yes, someone said that about Discovery...)

 

[juventuz]

I enjoyed Dr. T’ana's comment about all the ships looking the same lol. There are a lot of California class ships in the fleet.

 

[fireproof78]

so I don’t think the magic blood is as stupid as people try to make it out to be.

Or, at least, not as stupid as anything else in Trek. The threshold for that limit obviously will vary but I cannot fathom finding blood based treatments as being more magical than the transporter or whatnot.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

I gave it a 9. Most episodes I just chuckle at the funny bits but this episode gave me some good laughs.

I loved how the secret Starfleet team had their eyes blacked out. It just made me laugh the whole time they were on.

 

[Sarcastic Vulcan Salute]

Does bring to mind an interesting question: Khan vs. Danar, who'd win?

My money's on Danar. Hell, he even personally shrugged off a transporter beam! Not even Khan could do that.

Danar was fundamentally a decent person who would not attack or threaten people unless he felt under threat.

Khan was manipulative and ruthless in a way that makes him the superior adversary. (Not to mention that thic thic chest, if, like Tendi, you are into that sort of thing.)

 

[Tuskin38]

Ahh I knew those Vulcan pistols looked familiar

https://twitter.com/gaghyogi49/status/1309174536529739776

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Or the writers are just ignoring the pheromones.

There have been enough shout-outs to past Trek that I don't think the writers would deliberately gloss over this. If they remember Orions at all, they'll know that you just don't leave something liike that hanging. Chekhov's Gun, anyone?

Tendi isn't just a throwaway character, like Gaila from ST09. She is an Orion for a reason. I've got to think that the writers have something planned for that.

Although, to be fair, Tendi doesn't seem to be affecting her crewmates on the Cerritos, so maybe she IS taking an inhibitor after all (or perhaps she's too young for her pheromones to kick into high gear).

 

[Tuskin38]

the Vulcan Interfaces on the warp sled seem to be inspired by the Vulcan computers seen in Enterprise

https://twitter.com/gaghyogi49/status/1309189607674843136

Sarek's ship in Discovery also seems to have interfaces inspired by those from Enterprise.

 

[Kevman7987]

I want to see how Q's chess/playing cards/sports equipment game worked.
I almost feel bad for Q after Mariner told him off. He just wanted to play for fun. Not anything serious like he would've presented Picard with.

 

[thribs]

And let's not forget, Tendi is an Orion.

So unless she's taking some kind of inhibitor (which, I admit, is entirely possible), her Orion pheromones could be affecting people, even without her knowing it. So she could have subconsciously caused the guards to let, well, their guard down, making it easier for them to be taken out.

Only the elite Orions have that ability. The ones who are secretly in charge of the syndicate

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Only the elite Orions have that ability. The ones who are secretly in charge of the syndicate

We don't know that.