The Great and Secret Knowledge
In this episode, Dave H returns to discuss the first two episodes of Lower Decks, "Second Contact" and "Envoys". Hilarity ensues.
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Jeff: when she asks if he knows Kirk, Sulu, etc
Dave: the bucket of contraband
Plugs
Jeff's podcasts
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Omniversal Escapades (Jeff’s livestreaming RPG show)
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Links
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock
Star Trek 4: The One With the Whales
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Animated Series
the TNG episode where Riker is in a holocave with a kid who says he's his dad
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
the guy who did choreo for The Matrix (Yuen Woo-ping)
Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way
Maid Marian from Disney's Robin Hood
Khan's "Moons of Nibia" speech
TNG episode where Jake takes a shuttle
Soundbite: Ransom shouts "did I eat flesh? how much did I eat?"
Mariner: "We're gonna get your butt in a captain's chair!" 1:04:38
1:21:25 Mariner: "Up and down with the blast shield!"
Show Pic: Boimler saying "Female outside feces feces"
1:36:25 Shapeshifter child: "I'm a little boy!"
Show Pic: "He likes jamaharon!"
18:24 Boimler: "I should just study bugs on a far off planet!"
Show Pic: Boimler with his pants down
Episode 1 "Second Contact"
space station and ships pan into view
a male voice gives a captains log
the Cerritos looks cool as hell
douglas station
cool layers, plenty of depth
great depth of field, fuzzy people in bg and fg
"our specialty is second contact"
black lady opens the door and clowns on purple haired guy for doing a captains log in a closet
shes drunk, busting on him for being a nerd
romulan whiskey is blue
phg says its against regulation, black lady doesnt care
she starts swinging a batleth, cant remember what its called
"i got it from an old guy with an eyepatch"
could it be Martok? surely shed recognize him since hes the chancellor
"worf worf worf i love honor! i demand honor!"
she hacks his thigh, they both scream
credits
beautiful scenery
rocks hit ship (shouldnt the deflector block those)
the ship sees borgs fighting roms and dips out
its got a space whale!
looks so good!
shuttle lands
theres a geordi visor!
an Orion officer
Ensign dvana tendi
shes jacked
blonde guy tells her to keep moving
phg, boimler, is only getting bananas
shes science, boims and mariner are command
"i love science. Uh, its so sciency" is boimler horny for Tendi?
Beckett Mariner
"i cant believe were gonna serve side by side, scientists and commanders, an elite team" shes clearly very into drama
tendi def wants to be CMO
Mariner does not want to be senior (odd then that shes in the command track)
she was promoted, then thought for herself so got demoted
Mariner doesnt like giving the tour but she does need help with contraband
Boims is not amused
Boimler points out places on the map
Mariner clearly has heard Boimlers jokes and is bored with it
Boims thinks bridge is cool
Mariner does not
Rutherford the engineer has a vulcan implant thats goofing up
Ruthy has a date with ensign barnes
M says shes crazy hot
ruthys implant keeps suppressing his emotions
Ruthy is naturally anxious, pukes when stressed?
Mariner pretends not to know what rooms are, Boims calls her out
M "And this is Boims's hidey closet where he pretends to be a captain like a big boy."
B "this is not a good tour!"
they sleep in a hallway
sleep near a shower
Tendi is loving being on a ship seeing the warp trails
its holodeck time!
(i am skeptical that an ensign wouldnt have used a holodeck before. im sure they use them to do the kobayashi maru)
Boims is crazy for warp core
M does not care
Tendi doesnt know about sand? nonsense
also surely Orions have holodecks at least to practice their piracy
Tendis impressed that B gets to go to the bridge
M downplays it
all nude olympic training facility
M should be reported to hr for this one
Galardonian shuttles are badass
Gs themselves are little purple seahorse pigs, some with horns
Ransom, buff white dude, gets bit by insect
R and mustache man are real bros
Boims tries to manage hair unsuccessfully
he enters the bridge in severe anxiety
Black woman captain gives Boims a special assignment
keep an eye on ensign mariner
"i like my crew working in lockstep"
Barnes and Ruthy's date
apparently Billups doesnt know how to talk to women (with future knowledge we have an idea why)
Rs implant makes him harshly vulcan for a sec
her dad was a cyborg
"Shaxs drop his latte again? Guy's got baby hands" would be funnier if wed gotten his name yet, clearly a second watch joke
B is clearly feeling bad and suss
he sees Mariner run off and get in a truck
he follows
Ransom goes nuts
zombie virus, spewing black goo and chewing on a guys neck
B and R still do date even during this madness
disease is either airborne or transferred by goo
cat doctor
T "i was supposed to be assisting Nurse Westlake" cat points at guy on bed snarling "that is nurse westlake!"
B is behind a bush, peeking
he sees Mariner offering starfleet tech to two Galardonians
the planet is so beautiful, yellow sky, reddish brown leaves, pea soup green dirt, fungus balls and tall grass
B jumps out and scares Mariner
he accuses her of selling weapons, she tries to shut him down
Gs try to leave, B shoots the ground
B reads the rulebook
she busts back with more knowledge
its farm equipment
hes surprised
Gs run through gate, leave it open
huge spider breaks out
giant spider is shooting butt webbing
M and B behind bush
M defends herself, saying the farmers were starving so she gave some help
he asks how she knew they exist
she was here last year on the quito before she got demoted to the cerritos
B didnt know her backstory
she was
trapped in a sentient cave
"thats a dark place that knows things"
head taken off by a singing crystal
klingon prison where she had to fight a yeti for her own shoes for no reason.
"he was just being a dick!"
hes only been to five planets including earth and vulcan
he only knows what in the manuals so he should follow her lead
they cant leave because the farmers need the spider
general order 5
"We'll just stun it." "No could spoil the milk."
B dismisses this, but as i thought about it i realized she saw only one get out which suggests the animal isnt for meat but for some other purpose, its a short leap to milk
"Five ships, yeti shoes, i am always right, take them off now!"
two puppets of them for spider to attack
its going to town on Bs uniform
M is stoked
shes ready to jump on its back
he wants it to destroy both uniforms first
why did she yell Mark before jumping?
she jumps, then B
he gets nabbed by spider which starts gooping and sucking him
he says phaser it
farmers begs her not to
M says we cant let it eat him
farmer says its just suckling for moisture
M yells to Boimler
"its just suckling you, youre fine"
Boimler has funny scream. M tries to encourage him
"go to your happy place! oo think about the warp core!"
B and M spacewalk to get to the rally point
it looks totally awesome
their suits are low on oxygen? they should be rated for 24 hours or more if show canon is to be believed. how long were Belanna and Tom out there?
she likes The Monkees, Ruthy is into it
"Lets just say I'm a Believer"
Great shot thru window of Shaxs wasting fools as they ascend
B and R are wicked at action stuff
weirdly a hatch wont open for them
i like how he thumbs up for her to move through maintenance hatch then jumps in after, good teamwork during retreat
they take off helmets and kiss
shes like hows it goin
and hes like these doors are messed up
she is not into boring details and walks off
Tendi in sickybay
"pump this, dont pass out. nobodys authorized to pass out"
M havin some wilk while B gets milked
she pulls him out of sleepy spider
"my bones..."
"but im naked"
they drive back thru idyllic landscape with lovely tune
"i think we make a pretty good team, Boimler"
he admits he was told to spy on her
she doesnt get why he worships them
he starts to defend captain but stops
hes going to report her
they get to rally point and beam to ship
everyone is in transporter room
DR taana swipes bs face and analyEs
spider milk
dr t says they should get B to sickbak
"what makes him so special? nothing. its the slime, Captain"
"everyone, protect. this. slime!"
Shaxs bursts through door, carrying B
crew makes it to sickbay
milk will neutralize rage effect
T says Cap doesnt have nuch time. M yells
"oo shouldve washed those hands, captain!"
Ransom is cured
"where am i? did i eat flesh?" "hardly any" "how much did i eat?!"
T sprays purple gas through ship
captain congratulates Dr t
she makes a bad joke, senior staff laugh
M tries to explain that B saved them
Tendi stoked cuz she got to
hold a heart
cap says in report that only dr t saved everyone
she asks B what mariner did
he says she was fine
"maybe that goo that saved the ship messed with my memory"
even now hes trying to correct the record
admiral so and so calls her
"ransom tried to eat a guy. we're
fine"
she wants to throw Mariner in the brig
she loves the brig
T asks R about his date
he praises her but hes not seeing her again
she had zero interest in why a red alert messed with the hatch lock
"who has time for romance when theres a level two diagnostic just sitting there waiting to be run?"
"mm mm dont have to tell me twice i am right there"
B praises M
"starfleet is better with you in it"
B didnt sell her out
she praises him
"were gonna get your butt in a captains chair. guess what mm im your new mentor. boom. surprise bitchh its done how does it feel?"
lower decks cheer
"youre gonna be my chadeetch from now on baby"
she mentions spocks rebirth in star trek 3
mentions khan and space whales
how bout sulu do yiu know kirk my man worf gary mitchell, do you know deanna troi her body be bangin, she went from a jumpsuit
episode 2
"Envoys"
cerritos floats above red planet
pale blue sphere enters the hull imto a storage room
M suggests drinkin and gettin a dude all worked up
Tendi doesnt get it
energy sphere appears
"supplicate yourselves!"
Mariner grabs it and tells Tendi to bring a canister
"we can use this thing for all sorts of cool stuff"
she starts to push it into a canister
he says he can grant wishes
Mariners listening
she demands a tricorder with a purple stripe
he loses a bunch of power
she wants a power pack
it gets even smaller
Captain Freeman rolls up and it just darts into her chest shouting "die, mortal!"
T and M are watching video of admiral falling
B comes in with news of his mission
hes talking about someone
they speculate who it might be
Castro, enterprise
Pjoq, what a snack
its Boimler!
piloting general Korin
decorated warrior
they all have an apostrophe
M thinks the cargo bay is exotic
R shows up
hes been in ducts for a week
"thats another three, four days in the tubes!"
R says he'll switch his career to change shifts
B comes into the shuttle bay
Mariners in the shuttle!
shes already there eating ramen and spilling
shes the pilot
he has a dress uniform
blast field down and up with songs
Rutherford tells Billups hes transferring
Billups is totally cool about it
they chant his name
on the shuttle M is passed out
"buried alive
marooned for eternity
moons of nibia"
Bs been studying Korin
deference and respect
M kicks his ass
"Starfleet has made you soft, Mariner!"
"i must update
you on my many sexual contests, Mariner!
What, both of them?"
Korin wants to be landed in Little Kronos
Bs like what?
"I got chewed out, but he got his ass chewed Uuuup"
why is console hot?
multispecies hang spot
unsecured district
theyre blood bonded he passed out on his sword
Korin jakes the shuttle
Mariner laughs "classic Korin"
"did you even read the mission brief?"
"im sorry i skimmed most of it, and read some of the captions"
Boimler is speed walking to conserve energy
"this is serious! i think were violating the Khitomer accords"
"he went north in search of stronger ales!"
so were federation dogs, huh?
"hey if it got us what we needed woof woof"
Ransom does command trainer 43 with Rutherford
captain were being drawn into a temporal rift?
"casualties 105 percent
wait how did i kill more than the whole crew?"
Ransom mentions the Janeway protocol
command trainer 4
should they hit the asteroid?
Janeway protocol?
"all the ships children have been ejected into space."
"all those kids..."
M and B talk philosophy of training
Boimler meets a lady in red
shes real sensual
Mariner washes it off of Brad
"i know you still want it! I can hear your nasty boy thoughts!"
it was an anobaj
weakminded? lol
"An andorian in the bathroom said the generals in a bar down the road"
hes relating engineering to bodies
taana is supportive
she orders him to chat with the guy and keep him distracted
instead R makes him freak out
"Those are dilithium burns? how are you still alive, man? you should be dead!"
"that robot said i was dying"
he joins security
bunch of borgs
program smorgasborg
he uses his implant to be a super kickpuncher
M cautions B to be chill
he gets all huffy
Boimler sees a man being menaced
he runs in
Mariner says no
old guy whines
other guy goes to kick him
B shoots
"Starfleet! I order you to step away from the elder! You idiot thats no elder!"
its a weird little monster - Vendorian shapeshifter
they start a barfight
theres a Morn!
Boimler objects
"this is a violation of the Tulganan neutrality pact"
Mariner jumps up "Kirk hands"
has phaser
she pays for five rounds
"sir i dont know you, thats starfleet property youre handling"
Boimler looks like shit. He feels inadequate because of Mariners awesomeness
"all that studying and where did it get me?"
"i should just turn in my uniform and go work on a research asteroid!"
Mariner is horrified
"do not even joke about that"
17:45 soundbite: Boimler does the shaky video log bit
Mariner says starfleet needs booksmart people like B
he flips his communicator and runs off
Rutherford is in security. Shaxs is giving a speech
"no greater honor than to die beside you in battle."
Rutherford decides to go back to engineering. he needs those tubes
"Got to be true to yourself. am i right bears? oo rah!" Rutherford "Aw, bears!"
ferengi bit
Mariner pretends hes a Bolean
"hey ferengi, get out of here, get get!"
they drag drunk Korin out of the shuttle
"Fetch me my drinking horn, i need ale"
Mariner pretends to have not known the ferengi thing
B promises not to tell anyone
smash cut to him telling everyone
"Muah muah hoo mon" he was doin the hand thing and everything"
Mariner pretends to be offended and jets
she smiles
Rutherford "i belong in the tubes"
she doesnt realize he did all that to be a bro
ferengi dude and Mariner chat
R looks at tube
"isnt it amazing?" she says looking at spce on her pad. R looks at tube. "its beautiful"