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Top Secret, again.
Edit: well, this was certainly worth waiting for:
Mariner faces her past in the season four finale.
Written by: Top Secret (May Darmon)
Directed by: Top Secret (Bob Suarez)
It tickles me that brining Shannon Fill out of retirement for a handful of lines gave her her first screen credit since 1995.
If Locarno had kidnapped like Harry Kim or Geordi or some shit and put them on that viewscreen like he did Mariner, we would have had a full episode’s worth of them interminably trying to find a way to play along and send a secret message out and agonizing over the situation, when just yelling “this guy’s an idiot and his plan is stupid” is genuinely a vastly better plan.
“This guy suuuucks!” was so perfect.
Shameless copied from trekbbs thread
Mariner looks good in a captain seat with her trusty GD by her side. 😜 Love the twok references.
Where’s the steamrunners phaser banks?
USS Passaro being a steamrunner class does seem to be keeping with the Mark Twain steamboat theme.
The steamrunner gets no phasers. Only photon torpedos and reinforced plating on the bow for excessive repeated ramming manouevers
Nvm. Apparently its a sabrerunner class. Steamrunner aestechics at sabre class size.
If I had a nickel for every time a Genesis device was used to reconstruct a nebula into a planet (instead of its intended purpose of terraforming an existing planet), I’d have two nickels-- which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
Well, maybe not so weird when the second time was a direct callback to the first time.
I liked the “He looks like Tom Paris” back and forth, I’m glad they didn’t do something hokey like he’s Tom Paris’ cousin or something. I liked the flashback showing Mariner as the tag along first year, worked better than just telling us in the previous episode, that flashback probably should have been attached to episode 9.
I kept expecting William Boimler to show up before the end of the season, guess they’re holding onto that thread for next year
I don’t know man I just don’t see it.
I kept expecting William Boimler to show up before the end of the season, guess they’re holding onto that thread for next year
I think it would be pretty funny if they just never picked up that thread again. William Boimler, already presumed dead, joins S31, does ???? because ?????, is never heard from again.
Then again, this show could do a great job riffing off of how counterproductive and ultimately stupid S31 is, in addition to their absurdly twisted and seemingly inconsistent history. So I’d be perfectly happy to see that too.
William Boimler hatches a plan to try to use Changelings as spies by making them able to pass tests to detect them. What could possibly go wrong?
Alternatively, do what they did with Bashir and suddenly reveal that he replaced Bradward at some indeterminate point during season 4.
Migleemo’s fight scene was great. After that puffy plumage and thinking himself tough shit was pretty damn funny.
Honestly i kinda want a episode about him. we still don’t know what his species is and clearly the plumage thing is more than just for show…or is it…
I strongly disagree that he lost that fight, though. They were both incapacitated, it was clearly a draw!
Agreed. Especially since he was still moving while she wasn’t
He tapped out
After she was unconscious.
So Nick Locarno is definitely a living planet now, right? They made sure to point out that the new planet was made using his molecules. I’m thinking he’s basically Ego now.
Also how great was it to see Wesley again, before he turned into a Time Lord? Anyone? Just me?
I liked how the remnants of the explosion formed the pattern of a Kolvoord Starburst maneuver.
No, it’s just an M class planet like any other. It’s kinda like fertilizing a plant with a person’s remains.
Yeah but this is Lower Decks we’re talking about.
I may have squee’d a little…
Small g, son.
I found the ending somewhat anticlimactic, after having built it up for a few seasons it just ended with a deluded Locarno vs Mariner. Anybody else feel the same way?
Amazing TWOK references as always. And again they do stakes without leaning too much into combat. But it did feel like it would benefit from more time, some bits felt rushed. I’d also have liked to see the reclaimed BoP help in some way. It didn’t feel right that he wasn’t in the picture to get back at Locarno. The paywall was amazing.
Yooo it went from T’Lyn being like, “I am staying to focus on being your Bestie,” to Tendi saying, “ight, outie!” In like 30 seconds. ,💀💀💀
It is logical to assume that Tendi will back back within a few episodes.
This whole episode was surprisingly mature
Is this the first time we’ve seen Starfleet deploy a kinetic missile?
The Ice Debris field have me Titan AE vibes, especially with making a new planet at the end.
Thaaaat’s what it is from. I knew I knew it from somewhere, but was thinking it was maybe Andromeda or even another BSG reference.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that!
Overall, I really liked the overarching plot, but I think they needed to extend out the conclusion over more episodes with this episode and the previous feeling a little rushed.
That being said, still a very enjoyable episode and
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yay captain Boimler!
Feels like a lot of character development this series.
I enjoyed the TWoK references though!
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