I don't know what I like more. The Spoimler moments or Boimler basically telling chapel her relationship is doomed. Him hanging out by the warp core was a cute call back. Also loved Mariner's crush on Uhrua.

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Honestly haven't seen a lot of Strange New Worlds yet but when this episode premiered I was soooo excited... I'd been waiting for a year!! Lower Decks is definitely one of the best nutrek series and honestly? It's better than a lot of classic trek episodes. Also I reallyyyy need to draw some art of Jennifer/Mariner soon because I love them soo much... But Strange New Worlds definitely has a lot to improve on. Of course an easy solution to make me like SNW is to just make everyone gay and make-out onscreen.

hello star trek

The girls!! (X)

Live long and don't let the captain know what you're up to.

mariner x uhura 2.07 "Those Old Scientists"

"These Old Scientists" was a gem of an episode and an instant top 10 of my all-time favourite episodes.

I also do have a few thoughts about it!!

So in the SNW era, red/maroon is usually for red shirts/security officers, notoriously known for dying faster than carnival goldfish. In the LWD era red shirts are for the command division, meaning that Pike the entire time probably thought that Mariner and Boimler were just red shirts.

Which is so funny to think about, these two capable command division ensigns getting mistaken for being in the worst career path of Starfleet at the time.

What also was quite fun was the constant making fun of Mariner and Boimler's constant casual and very specific references in their conversation. And Boimler's failings in keeping future events to himself through these references.

My favourite part however was when Boimler basically insinuated that comphet Spock was just a fad and that Spock and Chapel are doomed to fail. I love Ethan Peck and Jess Bush but I cannot stand Spock and Chapel together it just feels weird and wrong.

Mariner being obsessed with Nyota Uhura was also so valid, Uhura is so cool and one of my favourite characters I too would only care about her.

OOH- and the fact that Boimler called the Enterprise out on their xenophobia when talking about the Orions was so iconic. Defending his friends and their backgrounds/cultures is such a Boimler thing to do.

All in all- 10/10 episode. I have been waiting for this episode ever since it was first announced and this episode was the only reason I started to watch SNW. I was not disappointed!!

Cannot.

Will not.

Refusing to be normal about it.

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Star Wars: the power of love (romantic)

Star Trek: the power of love (friendship)

Mariner knocking over Boimler is so Lower Decks and so them.

My girl doesn’t care about you Pike, she wants to know where Uhura is! 🤣🤣

The lower decks in the "The Jerks of Gideon"

Ensign Beckett Mariner meets Ensign Nyota Uhura.

Nothing about Ortegas suggests that she's a lightweight. One gets the impression that this is a strong drink - or at least a strongly flavored one.

Then baby Uhura chugs hers like water a moment later - to the alarm of the usually unflappable Mariner.

Turns out she's tougher than she looks.

#305

"I wish there were more polyships in the fandom and not just ships like McSpirk but whole polycules like McCoy, Kirk, Spock, Uhura, and Scotty in various combinations or instead of all the ship drama in LWD, shipping open polycules. Mariner seems the type who would have little issue dating Jennifer, Tendi, Boimler and T'Lyn even as Tendi dates Rutherford and T'Lyn and Boilmer date as well. That doesn't even account for other characters you could add. I mean even just open or fluid relationships. These people spend years on starships with the same 100-500 people, polyamory is bound to happen somewhere, particularly when we know certain species are naturally polyamorus."

There's been plenty of jokes about spoimler but you know for sure Beckett has a crush on Uhura