Month: September 2021

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Star Trek: Lower Decks S2, E7 – “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”

Gary Anderson

This week’s episode focuses on Chief Engineer Billups, who is heir to the kingdom of Hysperia – an earth-like planet with a Renaissance Faire-themed culture. This week’s episode focuses on the Cerritos Chief Engineer, Commander Andarithio “Andy” Billups, who we learn is heir to the kingdom of Hysperia – an earth-like planet with a Renaissance Faire-themed culture. His mother, Queen Paolana, is anxious for Billups to assume the role of the planet, which he will be obligated to do once he loses his virginity.

Meanwhile, Mariner and Boimler are transporting an evil sentient computer called AGIMUS to the Daystrom Institute when their shuttle crashes on a remote, uninhabited planet. Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S2, E7 – “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”

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Star Trek: Lower Decks S2, E5 – “An Embarrassment of Dooplers”

Gary Anderson

A Ship of Fools. A Murder of Crows. An Embarrassment of Dooplers? This week, our heroes on the Cerritos have one thing left on their to-do list before they can go to a big, fancy Starfleet party. They have to transport the Doopler emissary to Starbase 25. The only problem, we don’t know more how many emissaries they will be dropping off. It seems as if Doopler have a tendency to rapidly multiply when made to feel embarrassed or awkward socially.

As we do every week on Star Trek: Age of Discovery, we’ll break down the latest Star Trek episode, “An Embarrassment of Dooplers,” the fifth episode from Season 2 of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S2, E5 – “An Embarrassment of Dooplers”

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Star Trek: Lower Decks S2, E4 – “Mugato, Gumato”

Gary Anderson

What’s big, white, horny (in more ways than one) and has a poisonous bite? A mugato! The albino gorilla-like beast with the tail of a lizard. Kirk had a run-in with one back in the day. This week’s episode of LOWER DECKS has our heroes, Boimler, Rutherford, and Mariner, confronting both a herd of them and Ferengi poachers with laser whips. While on the Cerritos, Tendi is chasing down crew members who have avoided their check ups and Capt. Freeman is giving away a shuttlecraft.

This episode is filled with Easter Eggs from most of the series. We have some thoughts Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S2, E4 – “Mugato, Gumato”