Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x09 "Fissure Quest"

hopesdead

That was fucking epic.

Also, she goes by Jolene now?

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I liked how William Boimler was so done with Multiverse fatigue. Felt topical given the current Hollywood trend.

"Sodium is not a full life"
"Maybe it is for me, dammit!"
Felt this in my soul.

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So Andrew Robinson finally got his wish. Love it.

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I've found the season to be a little lacklustre, but I really liked this one. The gags seemed like more than just gags, and the story was more engaging than I thought many of them have been recently.

Having Jolene ~~Blalock~~ back was a real treat.

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I liked how William Boimler was so done with Multiverse fatigue. Felt topical given the current Hollywood trend.

Agreed - it was nice to see them tackle multiverse fatigue head-on. It was even nicer to have Lily(!) provide a bit of a rebuttal to it, and argue that such stories don't have to be hacky.

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One of the best episodes of Star Trek I've seen in a long time. Loved it!

data1701d (He/Him)

There was so much joyful “Eeeeee”-ing during this episode.

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Mike McMahan said on Reddit that that's how she wants to be credited. He didn't say why tho

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Mike McMahan had an idea that S5 could be the last season before the news was announced, so there was probably some pressure to tie some loose ends instead of focusing on the season arc.

Andy

Still, there was such a catharsis to his eye rolling dismissal. I don't have the exact quotes, but when he remarks that the bad guy is certain to be this or that or this or "human Worf" or some other shocking known character I really had to smile. Also his description of it as an endless parade of lazy rehashings was just on point.

Obviously, I still enjoy it, because here we are enjoying it. But at points his weariness and sarcasm were reminding me (favorably) of Rick and Morty. With way less cynicism, but with a lot of the same remarkably well-executed self-aware snark.

Andy

Can you give the context? I can infer a bit, but I don't know the specific wish you're referring to.

Andy

I agree.

The recipe for this show is just so good. I'm really not into most of the newer stuff where they're trying to one-up every previous series in scope and stakes. I'm thinking particularly of Discovery here. It's fine for those who like these things, but I think having a show that's blasse about the routineness of life-threatening adventures and also presenting characters that seem like Trekies themselves as audience proxies is such a refreshing way to both enjoy the adventures and take the pressure off of the expectation that each show somehow has to out-do all the previous adventures of all the previous crews of all the previous Enterprises.

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He said in an interview that he always considered Garak to be gay as all get-out, and thought that it was perfectly obvious, and that Garak should've had an affair, preferably with Bashir.

Lorindól

Andrew Robinson's vision of the Garak's character was that he was sexually attractred to Bashir right from the start. Playing this openly would have been way too much for 90's TV, so he stuck to the idea but downplayed it. Which most likely is the reason why the interaction between these two characters was so great.

Andy

Oh cool, thanks for the context!

Andy

It just shows how great character work transcends dialogue.