Lower Dorks: A Star Trek Lower Decks Fan Podcast

Dealing with promotions is the name of the game in this week's episode of Lower Decks, and the Lower Dorks hosts are in the weeds, discussing Boimler's performance, the out of hand hazing ritual and the intrinsic coolness of ringworlds.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:51 Episode synopsis
3:40 The ringworld and Captain Freeman
12:24 Boimler's mission
27:03 Anomaly room and Mariner/Tendi/Rutherford's haze
43:52 Final thoughts
45:52 Outro

Season 4 is here! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything from the first two episodes, including T'Lyn reactions, the fate of the macroviruses and the usual hero worship for Ransom and Rutherford.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:25 Episode synopses

Twovix
4:59 New opening credits
7:26 Boimler holodeck sequence
9:49 T'Lyn
12:08 Voyager secret mission and station
14:33 Voyager appearance and detail
17:34 Macrovirus plot
26:16 Twovix plot
33:59 Promotions and Ransom, plus trailer edits
36:34 Mysterious threat epilogue

I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee
44:49 Romulan cold open and title discussion, plus bloodwine
46:36 Shaxs and T'ana's relationship, plus the stretchy scene
48:25 Boimler apartment shopping plot
55:39 Rutherford Promotion (and Tendi) plot
1:00:58 Menagerie (with Mariner and Ransom) plot
1:13:00 Last minute observations
1:15:39 Outro

In the last episode  before Season 4, the Lower Dorks hosts take a look at all all the cold opens from seasons 1-3 and talk about which ones are the best per season and which one is the best overall!

0:00 Intro
1:52 Season 1 drink
2:59 Season 1 cold opens, ranked
11:17 Season 2 drink
12:41 Season 2 cold opens, ranked
26:12 Season 3 drink
27:29 Season 3 cold opens, ranked
34:00 Top overall cold open from Seasons 1-3
39:31 Top overall drink flavor
40:40 Outro

Season 4 is coming soon, and the trailer is out with Comic-Con! Lower Dorks host take a shot-by-shot look at the trailer and dissect it for the smallest details.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:16 In-depth look at Season 4 trailer
49:22 Outro

Season 4 trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCQwncbQx04

The crossover episode is here! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything about this one, from the intro sequence to apology limericks... and we even try the internet's attempt at an Orion Hurricane!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
3:33 Episode synopsis
4:12 OK, but was it good?
5:16 Frakes's direction
8:28 Animated vs live action and Mariner/Boimler appearances
18:30 Animated opening sequence
23:17 Breaking the fourth wall
28:30 Enterprise homages and the drinks
33:56 Boimler screams in live action, in-universe hero worship
37:58 Pike can't stand Boimler
45:22 One-liners
46:51 Ensign in charge of time portal missions, horonium fuel
49:00 Holocamera from Voyager
50:42 Number one calling herself Number One
51:45 Setlik system, Boimler's possible guilt, Cardassian knowledge
57:05 Commbadge log entries return
58:37 The Riker
58:59 Tritriticale reference
59:31 Nausicaan portrayal
1:01:17 Conversation with Pelia
1:04:19 Enterprise shuttlebay look
1:06:39 Apology limerick and NX-class piece
1:08:38 Pin-up poster and ad astra per aspera continuation
1:12:13 Tech-y-ons
1:13:00 Outro

Orion Hurricane recipe: https://twitter.com/TheScorch1701/status/1683146996826210309

It's a little known fact that the Lower Dorks hosts are TTRPG afficionados... and with a Lower Decks themed expansion to Star Trek Adventures coming out this summer, it's a perfect time to talk about it! Don't know what a TTRPG is, or why you should care? We talk with Modiphius experts on the project (Project manager Jim Johnson and writer Al Spader) to fill in the blanks! (We also do play a fill in the blanks game in this episode too).

0:00 Intro and guest introductions
8:54 What is Star Trek Adventures?
12:30 New to the Lower Decks TTRPG experience, range of content in STA
19:00 Lower Decks Campaign Guide details, celebs, narrative focus
29:36 Collaboration with Paramount, getting the Lower Decks flavor
41:28 Al's favorite contributions
44:08 Random elements in the Campaign Guide
48:08 Other Lower Decks STA content: crew packs, Lurkers standalone adventure, mission briefs
58:10 Sandbox elements, courtroom dramas
1:07:18 Game: We build our own Lower Decks mission brief!
1:17:00 Outro

Modiphius site: https://www.modiphius.net/

Lower Decks Campaign Guide: https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/star-trek-adventures-star-trek-lower-decks-campaign-guide

The Lower Dorks hosts resume our in depth chat with Star Trek ship expert Thomas Marrone, discussing the ships of season 3. We only get sidetracked into ship history a couple of times, and ultimately lament the lack of a purchasable California class model. 

0:00 Intro, re-introduction of Thomas Marrone, drink announcement
2:06 Deep Space Nine, "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
9:47 Karemma ship, "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
13:08 Drookmani shuttle, "Mathmatically Perfect Redemption"
16:13 Areore ships, "Mathmatically Perfect Redemption"
23:02 Valdore variant, "Crisis Point II"
29:38 Sovereign-class, "Crisis Point II" and "The Stars at Night"
31:58 Temporal Research Lab, "Crisis Point II"
36:40 Batriss freighter, "Crisis Point II"
43:43 Section 31's Defiant-class, "Crisis Point II"
49:14 Type 15 Shuttlepod, "Trusted Sources"
53:35 Breen Interceptor, "Trusted Sources"
55:54 Texas class, "Trusted Sources"
1:05:44 The Free Spirit, "Trusted Sources" and "The Stars at Night"
1:19:51 All California Class ships, "The Stars at Night," "Mining the Mind's Mines"
1:19:34 Closing thoughts
1:21:39 Outro

The Lower Dorks hosts love ships, and Season 3 had a lot of them! We're joined once again by Star Trek ship guru Thomas Marrone to discuss all the ships that made an appearance! There are so many ships that we had to split our talk into two episodes, woah!

0:00 Intro and Thomas Marrone's (re-)introduction
10:56 Drink announcement
13:32 Freeman's fake ship, "Grounded"
15:06 Vulcan playground ship, "Grounded"
18:13 Phoenix, "Grounded"
26:06 Drydock, "Grounded"
28:58 Gary's Space Station, "Grounded"
31:53 Starfleet security ships, "Grounded"
37:37 Akira-class and alien ship, "Grounded"
44:54 Olympic-class, "Grounded"
50:37 Dulaine's orbital lifts, "Least Dangerous Game"
53:22 USS Hood, "Mining the Mind's Mines"
56:47 Dove and other ships, "Room for Growth"
1:05:33 Sampaguita and Delta Flyer, "Reflections"
1:11:59 D'deridex, "Reflections"
1:14:58 Outro

Federation Attack fighter model, Hangar B productions: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/federation-attack-fighter-e8a4ee7b6a7d43218bfad55b64030ff0

While other Trek shows are in full swing, we're here talking about Lower Decks season 3! We get into a discussion/argument about Warp Core Four's character development, talk cameos and even discuss the seasonal outlier starring Peanut Hamper! Also, one of us continues to get upset at the Boimler hair dye reveal.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:12 Warp Core Four character development
20:05 Arc vs standalone episodes
23:43 Lots of ships
27:07 The outlier episode: A Mathmatically Perfect Redemption
30:10 Cameos: a whole lot
38:15 Favorite character update?
40:51 Favorite gags
45:44 Favorite episode
49:53 Aaron's random feedback: Episodes out of order, Mime-ing the Mime's Mimes details, breakable screens
54:38 Boimler's hair color reveal
55:54 Season 5 announced
56:53 Outro

Lower Decks has a comic! Hosts Stavros and Aaron are joined by Star Trek Lower Decks comic series artist Chris Fenoglio to discuss everything about 2022's Lower Decks comic miniseries, and Stavros has a few too many inane opinions about capes and castles.

0:00 Intro and drink announcements
3:29 Details on the comics, Chris's introduction
5:45 Our comic book experience, Chris educates us
15:04 Art style
21:07 Catullans and Stavros's torpedoed theory
25:10 Cover art tease on issue #2
30:12 The skant's triumphant return
34:39 Plot discussion
40:47 The cape and Boimler's association
45:31 Would the Qvanti ruse work?
48:38 Yentoa castle is a castle
50:46 The Barclay chair and other details
56:16 Dracula's Cape and castle
1:01:12 Mariner and the MSD spread
1:05:34 Rutherford and the not-exocomp
1:08:10 Ransom and his office
1:13:50 Freeman and her commbadge log entries
1:14:32 Dr. T'ana and Shaxs
1:19:16 Qvanti and other alien designs
1:20:00 Reworking aliens, new CGI and Star Wars?
1:25:36 Stavros's wrong opinions about collars
1:26:00 Holodeck sets (Enterprise bridges and ships!), Dixon Hill office
1:34:43 Sequels in the works?
1:35:34 Looking like the show
1:40:21 Outro

We're still in the gap between seasons, but it's the perfect time to talk about how Lower Decks fits in with the five (!) total Star Trek shows currently "on the air"!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
4:04 Lower Decks
9:22 Prodigy
19:53 Discovery
28:35 Strange New Worlds
39:59 Picard
49:23 Consistent production value, opening credits deep dive
1:01:12 How does Lower Decks fit in?
1:07:27 Outro

Season 3 draws to a close with one of the strongest episodes of the season! Revelations include Towel Guy's name, Badmirals and only a few Star Trek non sequiturs!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:49 Episode synopsis
2:25 Episode title origin
3:28 Douglas Station exterior shot
4:46 Mariner's archaeology
10:33 Admiral Buenamigo and his motives
18:33 The Texas Class
21:27 The Lower Deckers react, Towel Guy, Boimler's imitations, phaser maintenance
26:27 The California/Texas challenge, crew readiness, command staff
32:34 Rutherford's conspiracy
35:09 The last battle, Maximum Warp Me, Shaxs's defining moment
43:35 California finale: Names, paint jobs and more
50:25 T'Lyn makes her appearance
55:08 Rutherford's obliviousness
55:52 Final thoughts
58:48 Outro

The Lower Dorks hosts get the scoop on S3E9 and ask if Buenamigo is a badmiral, revel in the look of Starbase 80 and get really upset that literally nobody backs Mariner up when she's in trouble.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
3:06 Plot synopsis
4:26 Project Swing By and the Breen
14:56 Admiral Buenamigo's pet project 
19:10 Ship to the rescue trope
20:36 Reporter and the red herring
23:08 Ransom's role
24:36 Mariner's attitude: more red herrings
26:01 Mariner's friends don't help!
27:47 Petra Aberdeen and her ship
29:12 Pie eating contest: Mariner's filling, Rutherford's pie problem and uniform tear, Ponn Farr annual event?
33:37 Starbase 80!
35:19 Other details: Migleemo is still the worst, "On your way, Lower Decks" lieutenant, return of Towel guy, 10 frowns
39:06 Final thoughts
40:22 Outro

Episode sequels continue in Season 3, and now it's Boimler's go! We cover everything from wanting our own Knickknac episode to the Boimler psychological trauma resolution and Tendi's new character development.

00:00 Intro and drink announcement
00:55 Episode synopsis
01:13 Episode opening
04:27 About the writer
05:43 Back to the Opening
06:14 Stavros goes on about clothing again
07:30 Still more opening
15:18 Voice actor planet
17:08 Tenderford adventure time!
31:18 Boiminer Soul Searching time!
41:35 Safety Protocols
45:01 Cliffhanger, Sans Sylvester Stallone
48:53 Final Thoughts
54:56 Outro

Everyone's favorite exocomp is back, but the Lower Dorks hosts get hung up talking about possible ancient bird people that seeded avian races throughout the galaxy. Also, f**k Peanut Hamper!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:22 Episode synopsis
1:48 Last time... and opening credits
4:26 Peanut Hamper's escape sequence and SOUND IN SPACE
6:51 Drookmani 
8:05 The Areore, their planet, and galactic genetic seeding tangents
15:20 Peanut Hamper's plot and failed redemption
23:28 JG Hertzler cameo
25:12 Quality of the battle animation
27:41 Captivity, Jeffrey Combs cameo and the greatest villain teamup of Lower Decks
31:09 Final thoughts
33:09 Outro

Lower Dorks goes to Deep Space Nine! The hosts are in awe of the sheer volume of details presented on the beloved station, but also can't get enough of Tendi and Mariner's character development.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:34 Episode title and synopsis
2:48 Admiral Buenamigo, the Vancouver and Brown Holes
4:27 Karemma and booze
6:02 Deep Space Nine!!
12:05 Colonel Kira and Ops
16:06 Quark and Quark's Bar
20:12 Bold Boimler's dabo
22:35 Tendi, Rutherford, Mesk and being who you wan to be
28:12 Mariner, Jen and the salon
30:38 Betazoid Casual
32:19 Magic cup
32:49 The future of Jen and Mariner
35:08 Weird party stuff
35:45 Party phasers and self-phasering rationale
39:26 Final thoughts
41:15 Outro

Listing off all the references we spotted during the job fair is only PART of what the Lower Dorks hosts discuss during this episode, which turned out to be one of the better offerings of Season 3. Rutherford doesn't get Tuvixed!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
3:22 Episode synopsis
4:31 Towel guy
5:20 Kirk and Spock's cinematic chemistry
6:45 Pod plant callback
8:00 Sequoia shuttlecraft
9:23 Red Rutherford and more info on Rutherford's background
11:14 Punkford/Rude Rutherford, Sub Rosa, speaking style gag, okey dokey origins
15:52 Kicking doors and karate chops
16:56 Red Rutherford's outfit
19:43 Racing ships and the race
23:38 Medical skullcap reference?
24:49 Rude Rutherford's death
25:51 Conspiracy hypotheses
28:57 Tulgana IV
29:48 List of booths and race references
42:13 Boimler goes ape-sh*t
43:49 17 test attempts
44:32 Boimler in the brig and Ransom's reaction
45:06 Ransom's orders and Starbase 80
46:10 Nagus staff and Petra's offer
48:30 Final thoughts
50:37 Outro

A cinnamon-flavored episode is here, with the Lower Dorks hosts enjoying some Jack Daniels Cinnamon Spice Tennessee Fire while musing about Ransom's cinnamon-scented churro wife, amongst other elements of S3E4.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:50 Plot synopsis
2:35 Writer credit
4:15 Goopy
5:11 Minooki, masks and ship transformations
9:02 New warp core animation?
9:52 Billups's breakdown and Shaxs besting Migleemo
11:07 Maquis!?
13:27 Space towels
14:28 New ships and edosians
18:42 Puppy torture room
19:45 Holodecks and Geordi hate
25:08 Swamp time, Doopler, hydroponics and Orion beatings
29:04 Deflector room spins
31:42 COME
32:47 Delta shifter details
33:26 Ransom's churros
35:18 Basic problem solving, Bold Boimler and everyone's demise
36:19 TNG's Lonely Among us sensor room
38:03 Advancements in relaxation engineering
38:51 Rutherford and his anger
39:57 Overall thoughts
40:56 Outro 

With fantasy rocks at the forefront of "Mining the Mind's Mines," the Lower Dorks hosts can't help picking on Dr. Migleemo and pontificate about the Celestial Koala's continued appearances.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:21 Legless baby follow up
3:01 Star Trek Day Lower Decks teaser
5:52 Episode synopsis
8:11 The Scrubble
10:46 Scientists and Ransom's rants
12:04 Stevens remains a creeper
13:38 Tendi's science officer subplot
14:41 Dr. Migleemo is the worst
19:56 USS Carlsbad details
21:37 Everyone's rock fantasies
25:14 The fantasy rocks and plot
29:47 Stevens' nightmare from TAS
31:07 The Badders
33:04 The gloves gag
34:36 The crystal fake out, the fight
35:56 Conference room details
38:30 The koala: what does he know?
41:05 Boimler is a robot and the Cerritos's fame
42:45 Mariner's shenanigans recall, Boimler time travel
44:11 Eyebrows
45:41 Outro

Legless baby tweet: https://twitter.com/LowerDorks/status/1565757762520244226

U.S.S. Wayfarer saves the day Star Trek Day clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiGHAOZY1qM

Like K'Ranch's hunt, the Lower Dorks hosts are chasing the Least Dangerous Game with focus on the strangest details, including Chief Lundy's creepyness, Ransom's competence and leg-less babies. Also, do men in the 24th century wax their chests?

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:19 Lower Decks Vegas convention cosplay
4:24 New details on SNW/LD crossover
6:01 Episode synopsis
7:41 Martok's cameo, B&B
10:42 Vendome's promotion
12:51 Boimler's plot
14:10 Chief Lundy's creepiness
15:51 Various references: Springball, Edo, skydiving
18:17 Animation quality jump
20:24 K'Ranch's hunt
25:10 Ransom: Command ability and his shiny lava tubes
30:21 Obscure details: Baby legs, system of government
33:27 Cerritos model changes?
35:36 Outro

Star Trek Las Vegas convention cosplay:
- Fan dance Rutherford: https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1563624957472428032
- Shaxs/T’Ana naked time: https://twitter.com/SynthNscifi/status/1563637893549084672
- Matt the Beluga and Badgey: https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status/1563686294290501632

Details on SNW/Lower Decks crossover: 
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/star-trek-lower-decks-jack-quaid-strange-new-worlds-crossover-the-boys-gen-v-1235352527/

Season 3 is back and we're here to eat raisins! Lower Dorks hosts cover everything from S3E1, from catching all the details from the newscaster announcements in the cold open to asking why autopilot sucks. Also, is the mystery of Boimler's hair finally put to rest??

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:15 Plot synopsis
1:36 Warp Core Four
2:00 Star Trek IP intro on Paramount+
2:57 Newscaster details
5:46 Lower Decker's place in the Pakled plot
7:46 Admiral Freeman, his friend and the Golden Gate Bridge
9:59 Opening credits changes
10:45 Boimler's raisin farm
11:53 Sisko's Kitchen scene
13:44 Transporter facility
16:16 Bozeman theme park, Gavin, music and Cochrane
24:10 Boimler's logs
27:40 Drydock guards gag
28:32 Autopilot issues
29:41 Captain Bateman and Tuvok
32:03 Mariner handed off to Ransom
33:45 Phasers clean stuff again
34:45 The end of Captain Gavin?
36:14 Lower Decks' Phoenix model
36:44 Where's the season going?
37:12 Outro

Get Decked with the hosts of Lower Dorks! With season 3 coming soon, Stavros and Aaron have made it through a rewatch of Season 1 while sampling several cocktails from Star Trek Cocktails: A Stellar Compendium. In fact, far too many cocktails. Follow along, if your liver is up to the task!

Buy Star Trek Cocktails: https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Cocktails-Stellar-Compendium/dp/1858759684/

0:00 Meta-intro
0:50 Intro and cocktails announcement
3:22 S1E1/Lime Directive
9:00 S1E2/Klingon Bird-of-Prey
13:55 S1E3/Ice Planet
20:34 S1E4/Mind Meld
27:39 S1E5/Q-Pid
33:18 S1E6/Guinan Fizz
42:41 S1E7/Samarian Sunset
50:58 S1E8/Buck's Fizzbin
58:25 S1E9/Distress Call
1:02:59 S1E10/Drink free-for-all
1:10:18 Outro

The drought of Lower Dorks is over! With fresh news about season 3 (and a trailer), the Lower Dorks hosts recap everything dropped during 2022's San Diego Comic-Con, along with some other recent Lower Decks tidbits.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:47 Season 3 poster
3:48 Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive
4:05 IDW comic book series
5:42 Ready Room vineyard teaser clip
7:39 Comic-Con coverage overview
8:03 Entertainment Weekly
12:52 Hall H panel
24:45 Season 3 Trailer in-depth look
1:16:23 Outro

Links:

• Season 3 poster
• Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive
• Lower Decks IDW Comic Series
• Season 3 teaser clip (navigate to 30:54)
• SDCC Entertainment Weekly panel
• SDCC Hall H panel
• SNW Panel interrupted by Quaid and Newsome
• Star Trek on P+ tweet about SNW/LD crossover
• Season 3 trailer

We might be in the middle of winter and season 3 is still months away, but that doesnt mean we cant think about it! Pick up a hot cocoa and join the Lower Dorks hosts in reviewing Reddit's season 3 predictions.

0:00 Intro
1:40 Captain Freeman's arrest
3:32 Admiral Freeman's visit and Mariner's abandonment
5:13 Jennifer and Mariner
7:26 Rutherford conspiracy
9:55 Tendi's backstory
11:19 Boimler fails at leadership and learns things about Ransom
14:07 Boimler is genetically engineered
17:16 All four of the main cast end the season with ensign rank
19:56 Badgey vs Peanut Hamper
22:27 Secondary character returns
30:20 Outro

Having trouble keeping Pandronians and Vendorians apart, or maybe you just haven't watched The Animated Series in the last 20 years? The Lower Dorks hosts have rewatched TAS and cover the biggest references that have appeared in Lower Decks so far.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:16 General Animated Series reactions
2:59 Those Old Scientists (LD: No Small Parts)
4:46 Vendorians (LD: Envoys; TAS: The Survivor)
7:36 Spock 2 (LD: Kayshon, His Eyes Open; TAS: The Infinite Vulcan)
12:24 Pandronians (LD: I, Excretus; TAS: BEM)
15:01 Aurelians/Skorr (LD: An Embarassment of Dooplers; TAS: Yesteryear, Jihad)
18:55 Nasat (LD: An Embarassment of Dooplers; TAS: Jihad)
21:46 Kzinti (LD: The Spy Humungous; TAS: The Slaver Weapon)
30:52 Outro

I hope you like ships, because this episode is full of them! The Lower Dorks hosts are once again joined by Star Trek Online's lead ship artist Thomas Marrone for an in depth look at all the ships that showed up in Lower Decks season 2!

0:00 Intro and thematic drink announcement
2:14 Strange Energies holodeck sequence: Miranda variant, Vengeance-class Romulan ship from FASA, many more... and who owns the rights to TOS era ships?
17:43 Embarassment of Dooplers starbase shot: Andorian cruiser, Daedelus class, Delta Flyers, Vanguard-type starbase fanon
28:50 Mugato Gumato conman ship
32:38 Where Pleasant Fountains Lie's The Monaveen
41:36 wej Duj's Vulcan cruiser Sh'Vahl, Federation member planet navies
49:23 First Contact's U.S.S. Archimedes and realistic space physics
57:56 Season 2's U.S.S. Cerritos redesign and new features: Hull plating separation, rubber duck room, cetacean ops, captain's yacht
1:25:10 Kayshon His Eyes Open's collector ship
1:28:24 Additional U.S.S. Titan details
1:32:12 Outro

Referenced links:
FASA: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/FASA
Masao Okazaki's Starfleet Museum: https://www.starfleet-museum.org/

Season 2 is over, but the Lower Dorks hosts have a lot to discuss! Favorite characters have changed, best episode has been chosen and Star Trek's boundaries have been pushed. Also, why are there so many eye patches?

00:00 Intro and Drink Announcement
01:01 Production Values
03:33 Favorite Character
08:58 Visual Updates
10:08 Characters! (Not just Ransom)
11:23 Cameos!
14:30 Animated Series, Phase II
17:42 Best of! (Episodes)
22:41 Your show is bad and you should feel bad
24:04 Joke's on you
28:50 Yeet-Yoinkers
29:32 Pushing Boundries
32:10 Hopes for the Future
36:48 Alien Eyepatch Association
39:48 Outro

Season 2 has to come to a close, and Captain Freeman faces a special kind of promotion that the Lower Dorks host cover. Remember to bring your Starfleet beach balls!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:30 Episode synopsis
2:34 Starbase opening details: Ships, Starfleet strata
9:30 USS Archimedes, Captain Sonya Gomez
15:43 First Content and rescue mission plot, plot holes, DARKNESS
35:52 Mariner and Jen!
40:47 Boimler and Mariner's progress, Lower Decker family
46:19 Captain Freeman's "promotion" and Rutherford's unwilling involvement
54:45 Tenderford forever!
59:51 Tendi's progession, who the f**k is Jadzia Dax?
1:02:44 New locations: Captain's Yacht, Rubber Duck Room, Cetacean Ops
1:11:22 Koalas, Bajoran patient
1:12:45 Season 3 wishlist
1:14:51 Outro

Klingons, Vulcans and Starfleet, oh my! One of the best episodes of the series presents itself near the end of Season 2, and the Lower Dorks hosts are here to talk about it.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:45 Plot synopsis
3:30 Plot A on board the Cerritos
18:03 Plot B on board the Che'Ta'
24:34 DAMMIT MIKE - Klingon blood color
26:19 Back to Plot B
28:11 Plot C on board the Sh'Vhal
36:16 Convergence of A+B+C Plots
38:15 Pakleds comedy and plot
40:54 Cadets and their uniforms
41:54 RITOS shirt
42:32 Quick visual freeze-frame gags
45:02 The Borg Lower Decks
46:24 Will Captain Freeman be okay?!
48:12 Outro

One of the strongest episodes for season 2 so far! The Lower Dorks hosts take a fine tooth comb to everything in this episode, from the history of the Pandronians in Trek canon and Andorian last names to Mariner's inability to tolerate Naked Time and Boimler's likely permanent post-assimilation damage.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
0:54 Plot synopsis
1:14 Cold open and "Warp Me"
3:30 Pandronians and the Drill Instructor: Shari Yn Yem
6:54 Jen's last name and Boimler's photo
9:41 List of all seen drills!
12:12 Alice Krige cameo!
12:32 Back to the drills
20:40 Lower Deckers role reversal
22:27 Mariner's Mirror Universe Sim, Invasion of the Body Snatchers
24:45 Mariner's Naked Time Sim
28:10 Tendi's Medical Ethics Sim
29:40 Mariner's Old West Sim
30:41 Boimler's Borg Sim, his Borg name and mental fortitude
38:32 Mariner and Freeman team up, Crystalline Entities
40:24 Black hole TMP FX
41:14 Marc Evan Jackson cameo
42:42 Crate stacking
43:53 Outro

The Lower Dorks host are excited to discuss the show's best/only Billups episode! Buckle up for a chat about Jeffrey Combs's guest role as Agimus, random details about the Hysperians and even cover the origin of the episode's name!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:12 Episode synopsis
2:24 Source of the episode title
5:35 Billups episode!! And sex jokes
8:50 Hysperians
14:10 DAMMIT MIKE: Why can't we have a dragon?
15:32 Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael
16:14 Jeffrey Combs is back as Agimus!
20:12 Mariner/Boimler relationship
23:18 What's better about phaser rifles anyway?
24:28 Sickbay's window?
25:10 L. Playa and crew deaths
27:09 More food motifs!
29:57 Outro

The Pakled plot continues in Lower Decks S2E6! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything there is to know about all 3 plots in this epsode - the Pakled negotiations and spy, the Redshirt Club and cleaning up Science Trash!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:02 Plot synopsis
1:23 The Pakleds - Culture, ships, plot arc and more
7:41 Science trash - Whose trash is it, best items and Tendi's development
17:13 Redshirt Club - Boimler's appearance, imitative command style, improv comedy/command
28:51 Boimler's replicator order
30:23 Ransom and Kayshon, plus the Gift Shop!
31:42 Writing kudos, clean plot resolutions
34:07 Not everything has to be a reference
35:04 The episode's message
36:04 Outro

The Lower Dorks host descend upon Starbase 25 and take a look at everything S2E5 has to offer, from the updated dress uniforms to Rutherford and Tendi's relationship and why Quark's business makes models of ships like the Cerritos!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:08 Episode announce and synopsis
1:46 Ransom's the hero?
2:06 Doopler actor and alien concept
5:00 Rutherford and Tendi have bigger things to deal with!
6:29 Where is Kayshon!? 
7:40 DAMMIT MIKE: Who runs Starbase 25?!
9:07 More about Starbase 25 and references found there - Security, parked ships, interior look, barber shop, aviary
15:54 Bar scene references and hypotheses
24:12 Boimler and Mariner make up, abandonment theme
26:21 Malvus and his shop
28:26 Uniforms - Dress uniforms and Cerritos differences
31:01 Model Cerritos, Quark's model business
36:42 Other references: Captain Shelby, Shelby's Number One, Okona
39:40 The message of the ending
40:42 Outro

Throwback to Those Old Scientists are full on in this episode that features Mugatos and their various other pronounciations, and the Lower Dorks hosts are all over it! Don't miss the new DAMMIT MIKE segment.

00:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:08 Episode synopsis
3:10 Denobulans!
3:55 Everything Mugatos
4:24 DAMMIT MIKE: Why make Mispronounciation of Mugatos Canon?!
6:37 Back to Mugatos
8:04 Mariner's history fakeout
10:33 Aussie Tellarite and blood
11:11 Rutherford/Boimler team up and their solution
16:46 Tendi's medical coat
17:41 What is Kayshon's job??
19:23 Bronze pineapple
20:03 Alien scammer and tractor factors
22:30 Billups snubbed, again
23:03 Starfleet black ops
23:40 Parks shuttle names
24:23 Kzinti return!
25:42 Board game introduced: Diplo-math
26:53 T'ana and Shaxs: an item?
28:31 Outro

The Lower Dorks hosts attack all three (!) plots in the S2E3 episode, and hopefully only  Rutherford is the one coming out of it all with existential horror. And we didnt even get around to talking about Lt. JG Cody!

00:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:31 Episode synopsis
2:33 The return of Shaxs!
4:25 Everyone hates Jen
4:59 What's going on with Boimler and Boimler's plate? (B plot)
8:51 Tom Paris's PTSD
10:43 Girls' adventure! (A plot)
21:06 Rutherford's curiosity (C plot)
25:26 Paris and Torres: still an item?
26:47 Outro

With Mariner doing what she does best (being a rebel), Boimler doing... Boimler things (screaming) and the addition of a Kirk sundae with Trip Tucker sprinkles, it's all the Lower Dorks hosts can do to join the conversation and talk about killer Roombas.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:21 Writer and Director credits
4:17 Episode synposis
5:12 Cold open, sonic showers, Mariner vs Jet
9:10 Lieutenant Kayshon and Tamarians
11:13 Boimler on the Titan 
15:36 Aaron's tentacle character
16:10 The Collectors and related references
19:02 Excalbian diorama and Lincoln
19:53 Flying Roombas, robot arms and incorrect predictions from the trailers
21:02 Carrying puppet Kaython
22:12 Kelpian on the Titan?
23:31 Pakleds plot 
25:24 What's going on with Boimler?
29:43 Boimler's return
31:14 Puppet rays and Kayshon's prospects
32:55 Outro 

Season 2 has begun! Lower Dorks Aaron and Stavros discuss S2E1 Strange Energies, and hopefully don't forget to do holodeck leg day.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:00 Episode, writer, director
3:11 Plot synopsis for this episode
4:37 Cardassian escape cold open
11:29 Opening credits updates
12:35 Ransom episode
15:15 Captain Freeman, Beckett Mariner and Admiral Freeman
25:35 Tenderford's fate
27:38 Medical gun
28:34 Brace for grabbing! and other stuff
29:33 Ransom's sidekick
31:02 Titan tease and jazz terminology
33:03 Outro

Lower Dorks hosts Stavros and Aaron discuss everything they know about Lower Decks season 2. They scoured the internet for all the juicy nuggets of information (and paid completely too much attention to every shot in the trailers) so you don't have to!

• 0:00 Intro and drink announcement
• 2:11 Season 2 Official Trailer
• 32:48 Social Media Teaser Trailer
• 36:52 Season 2 Teaser Trailer discussion
• 43:00 Two Weeks Left Social Media Trailer
• 50:42 Comic-Con @ Home panel
• 53:03 Other interview nuggets
• 1:01:43 What don't we know that we're excited about?
• 1:06:42 Outro

Sources:

• Season 2 Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxdKo0eXUKY
• Social Media Teaser Trailer: https://twitter.com/StarTrekOnPPlus/status/1414630642407460864
• Season 2 Teaser Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSLcErfzHuc
• Two Weeks Left Social Media Trailer: https://twitter.com/StarTrekOnPPlus/status/1420791231865446403?s=20
• Comic-Con @ Home panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRxhSEN4LLQ
• Trekmovie interview: https://trekmovie.com/2021/05/13/interview-mike-mcmahan-talks-lower-decks-season-2-star-trek-easter-eggs-and-coordinating-with-prodigy/
• Collider interview: https://collider.com/star-trek-lower-decks-mike-mcmahan-interview/
• Screenrant interview: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-lower-decks-jack-quaid-interview/
• IGN interview: https://www.ign.com/articles/star-trek-lower-decks-mike-mcmahan-reveals-his-favorite-trek-episodes-ever
• Inverse.com interview: https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/startrek-lowerdecks-season-2-release-date-trailer-cast
• TrekCore interview: http://blog.trekcore.com/2020/12/mike-mcmahan-shares-new-updates-on-star-trek-lower-decks-season-2/
• Comicbook.com interview: https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-lower-decks-season-2-riker-uss-titan-return/

The hosts of Lower Dorks are joined by Thomas Marrone, Lead Ship Artist on Star Trek Online, to have a drink and discuss one of the main characters of Lower Decks... the U.S.S. Cerritos! Prepare for a nerdy deep dive.

• 0:00 Intro and drink announcement
• 2:00 Initial reactions
• 7:17 Fitting into Starfleet ship evolution and the California Class's role
• 13:25 Master Systems Display and ship layout
• 32:22 Shuttlebay and shuttlecraft
• 40:44 Second contact mission, division stripe and repair bay
• 50:02 Residential hallways, squash courts and holodecks
• 57:25 Star Trek power and the Cerritos
• 1:00:48 Lounge/bar and mess halls
• 1:05:17 Intro credits and ship as a character
• 1:07:37 Outro

Lower Dorks unite! In the first episode of the Lower Dorks podcast, Aaron and Stavros take a look back at what made Season 1 of Star Trek Lower Decks so good in preparation for Season 2's debut in August!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:06 Why does this show exist, and why do we love Lower Decks?
5:48 Mike McMahan's fingerprints
8:20 Aaron's favorite character: Commander Ransom
10:15 Mariner's depth 
13:45 Stavros's favorite character: Rutherford
14:53 Boimler's likeability and growth
21:46 The Cerritos: aesthetics and functionality
29:43 Rutherlips and professional support
33:01 Cameos - Frakes, Sirtis, J.G. Hertzler, Kurtwood Smith
40:42 Favorite jokes from the first season
46:08 Favorite referenes from the first season
49:19 Season 2 wishlist 
56:11 Uniforms reaction, jacket tucks into pants!
1:01:08 Rewatching pros and cons
1:05:30 Outro