At the beginning of “I, Excretus,” our Lower Deckers are repairing a satellite when the Cerritos takes off, stranding them for six hours while the ship answers a distress call. When the Cerritos returns, the ensigns complain that being abandoned was a sign that Lower Decks crew are considered expendable.
Almost on cue, a Pandronian drill instructor arrives to test the crew’s performance readiness. The twist is that the Cerritos senior officers will swap places with Lower Decks crew for these exercises.
But the real twist is what the drill instructor has in store for all of them.
“I, Excretus” Epi#208 — Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner, Jack Quaid as Ensign Brad Boimler, Eugene Cordero as Ensign Rutherford and Noel Wells as Ensign Tendi of the Paramount+ series STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS. Photo: PARAMOUNT+ ©2021 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved **Best Possible Screen Grab** 
“I, Excretus” Epi#208 — Gillian Vigman as Dr. T’Ana and Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs of the Paramount+ series STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS. Photo: PARAMOUNT+ ©2021 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved **Best Possible Screen Grab** 
“I, Excretus” Epi#208 — Noel Wells as Ensign Tendi, Eugene Cordero as Ensign Rutherford , Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner, and Jack Quaid as Ensign Brad Boimler of the Paramount+ series STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS. Photo: PARAMOUNT+ ©2021 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved **Best Possible Screen Grab** 
“I, Excretus” Epi#208 — Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner and Dawnn Lewis as Captain Carol Freeman of the Paramount+ series STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS. Photo: PARAMOUNT+ ©2021 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved **Best Possible Screen Grab** 
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