When the U.S.S. Cerritos welcomes Betazoids aboard, the party gets started in a way nobody could predict as T’Lyn tries to get back to her Vulcan ship.
Last week, it was the Orions. This week, it is the Betazoids. Star Trek: Lower Decks continues to hit on every element of the Star Trek universe in its own unique way on a weekly basis. In this episode, Lower Decks subverts expectations by poking fun at Betazaoids (think Counselor Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation) and the trouble they can cause when three older women arrive on the Cerritos. It doesn’t take long for the party to get started and the crew to be out of control, but they just don’t know why. We’re diving into the fun in this episode of Warp Trails, so grab your Yard Marg and join us as the good times roll.
In this episode, we discuss:
- T’Lyn’s continually increasing role in Star Trek: Lower Decks,
- More references to the mysterious vessel that has been destroying ships,
- Boimler’s B-story and his secondary role this season of Lower Decks,
- The arrival of the Betazoids that T’Lyn describes as “glorified socialites,”
- How the crew is affected by whatever is going on and Mariner’s uncontrollable swearing, and
- How Cerritos nearly crossed into the neutral zone and the Romulan response.
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Welcome to Warp Trails. This weekly show reviews each episode of Star Trek, from Discovery to Picard and Lower Decks, the latest incarnations of Star Trek airing on CBS All Access, and discusses Star Trek news. Your hosts are Dennis and Beth Keithly, a husband and wife team living in Texas. Beth is an old school fan of Star Trek whose fandom is grounded in The Original Series. Meanwhile, Dennis is a relatively more recent fan who traces his fandom to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. Since they met, Dennis and Beth made consumption of Star Trek content part of their weekly routine. The have also named four of their past six pets after Star Trek characters.
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