So this episode released early (and also has lead to the rest of the episodes being brought forward a week) and I genuinely could not be happier with it. It's everything I ever wanted it to be and more and will definitely be something I watch over and over again.
I feel people forget how campy/humorous Trek could get, especially during the “Those Old Scientists” era (that inside joke was brilliant). We had hallucinations, Tribbles and a few others. Why wouldn’t they do that in a newer series in the same continuity?
This was a pretty effective crossover episode. Jack Quaid's physical comedy worked great given his animated character's mannerisms on Lower Decks, and the interactions between his character and the SNW characters made for some good moments. It showed bits of the Subarcs of the SNW characters, and even had the finding solutions to complex problem part of an old classic TOS episode.
Greatest crossover ever! I had to stop and check the title. I thought perhaps Lower decks loaded instead of Strange New Worlds. Who would have thought that there would be crossover between such different formats. I've said ad much as I can without yelling "Spoiler Alert". It was funny as well as captivating. Luved it.
I LOVE this crossover!! Finally officially showing that Lower Decks is in the same time-line, kinda, as Strange New Worlds is very exciting. Great episode, top 10....AND directed by Riker?!?! C'mon?!?!!!
So, so, SO good! I knew the cross-over was happening but did not expect it to be this much fun!
I’ve been going through some really hard times lately, and this episode is the first thing in weeks that made me genuinely laugh. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
For a minute there I thought I downloaded the wrong show. :joy:
Absolutely loved this episode. It's definitely in the top 5.
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This is by far one of the best episodes of any of the new Star Trek shows. They truly executed this to as close to perfection as they possibly could, allowing each shows unique style mix well with the others. The ending is masterful, and I absolutely loved it, just perfection, truly.
Strange New Worlds is still the best Trek in ages. So great <3
amazing, beyond amazing. one of the best eps ever
This show was perfect up until now. Bringing Lower Decks back into it felt completely off. Please leave crappy cartoons out off ante TOS stories
This was so much fun!
Another really great episode. I was looking forward to the crossover and it was fantastic. And the twodimensional ending
I had high expectations for this episode and i really loved every part of it! Got me good laughs out of me. Boimler and Mariner in live action were really well done, kudos to Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome. Hopefully something like this happens again in future seasons.
The most epic crossover ever. Enjoyed every single moment out of it.
What a great episode this was! I love a crossover but never thought I’d get one with an animated to a live action! Very classic one off episode but definitely wouldn’t mind seeing some of the other crew of the Cerritos come into the Strange New Worlds side!
Best. Episode. Ever! did not see this coming, I was in tears. so much fun.
A little background. I've heard of Lower Decks but I never watched it but when realising there was gonna be a cross-over with SNW I quickly watched all 3 seasons in less than a week, and it's awesome.
So, here the cross-over episode arrived, earlier than expected, and it is TOTALLY AWESOME! Why did it have to end.
I love smart comedy and I love Star Trek and I have rarely laughed out loud as much I did when watching this!
It's easily one of the best Star Trek episodes EVER made!!!
Oh, Those Old Scientists cracks me up! :crazy_face:
An episode I will watch on boring bad weather days to cheer me up! :laughing:
I'm coming in to comment on every single episode of this season. I never do that. That's how awesome each episode of this season has been so far. If you like Lower Decks, you will be thrilled with this episode. :heart:
Best. Crossover. Ever. That is all.
I was a bit skeptical at first, but they didn't disappoint.
Bonus point for Anson Mount facial expressions.
When Star Trek gets it something right … they get it right. This is one those times
What the hell?!! How can this particular Star Trek series be so well conceptualized and well written??? It's just... UN-NATURAL!!
Even the opening credits! There was a specific reference to how luscious Pike's hair is! Directed by Jonathan Frakes! As a fan of both Star Trek shows, the fanboy in me is SCREAMING!!
The next standalone episode... sorry, but WTH? Some crossover with a cartoon series which I don't know and now certainly don't care about?
The season is now 7 episodes in, and how many of those episodes actually had a plot? I'm really sorry to see that this season definitely doesn't live up to the high quality of season 1.
This was such fun. A bunch of laugh-out-loud moments (the RIker maneuver!), some delightful animation tricks (the intro sequence in particular was awesome), and even some real touching bits. (I honestly cried at Chapel learning that she has no future with Spock, her fear that their relationship might keep him from his heroic destiny, and that she doesn't have as impressive a future in store. Also, this episode quietly doubles down on the Una-as-trans-trailblazer metaphor in a way that I... also cried at. Yes, I am an easy cry, FWIW.)
A whole bunch of jokes that fell completely flat for me, and a number felt formulaic after three seasons of LD. (Notably Spock's big grin, despite it recalling "The Cage". Also sooooo many jokes about how hot the SNW cast is. Boimler & Mariner are not wrong! But it gets old and unalloyed thirstiness is maybe a little too close to sexual harassment to be super funny.) The next punchline arrives so fast that that's mostly fine, but I think the writing could have benefited from a little more workshopping and a little less aping of what has worked for LD. And maybe not trying quiiiiiite so hard to be funny every second, the episode is most successful when there are some more genuine emotions in the mix too.
Some small weaknesses:
- I wish Mariner had been sent back earlier in the plot. Boimler on his own was not as funny as he is on LD with other lower-deckers to play against. Having him alone for the first two acts really drove home to me that Mariner is LD's lead character.
- Boimler's written here as being just plain dumb. That's the case on LD sometimes as well, but I think he's a stronger character when his mistakes come more clearly from his over-enthusiasm, ambition, and mild selfishness.
- Pike lying about the Orions' discovery of the gate was... pretty awkward in its overtones given current politics around the teaching of history. Tendi's annoyed about discrimination against Orions, believes the history of the gate to be unfairly biased toward the dominant power, and it turns out that not only the dominant power's history is correct, but the dominant power planted the false history out of pity/bribery, and the Orions really were not archaeologists - they just feel good when others lie and say they are. Hard to mesh this with Trek's usual values.
- I feel weird ending on this note because it's relatively petty? But it was hard for me to buy live-action Jack Quaid as Boimler because he looked so old! He's only 31, it should totally work, but he maybe needed a little more time with makeup? A moisturizing routine? Sobriety? A full night's sleep?
Brilliant! As close to perfection as this sort of thing can get...
I hate crossovers and a crossover with a crappy woke cartoon show? Not a good episode in an otherwise good show.
Wow, this was the worst episode in the history of Star Trek. The guest characters somehow managed to remove the charisma from the entire crew. They were like teenage girls with Taylor Swift backstage passes. I had to pause and scream into a pillow multiple times, this was brutal.
How can the rating be so high? I’m actually asking, please comment, I want to understand. There was no story, no charisma, actually, nothing happens except random comments about „ooh it’s you, I know you, I’m your biggest fan, you will do something in the future, hahaha, omg, so cool, I can’t tell you, this thing is old…“.
If I could energize myself to Enterprise, I would act like the same as Boimler. I wouldn't hide my big smile.
Wow! I so love this episode. I like time travels, but it's usually serious. This one is funny, I kept laughing and smiling. 10 from me!
I have never seen a Lower Decks episode yet this was highly (HIGHLY) entertaining. A perfect blend of everything, and the LD actors must have had a blast coming into the Trek universe with their actual bodies too!
The Star Trek Lower Decks and Star Trek Strange New Worlds crossover is amazing :joy:. Having Boimler and Mariner join the Strange New Worlds crew for an episode is hilarious and amazing :heart_eyes:. I'm 100% going to rewatch this episode just because of how funny it was.
Ok, so who besides me has never watched any of the animated Trek series? (looks around, no other hands raised...) Ok, so just me. Looks like I've got some homework to do.
Wow, two best episodes of the series (certainly at least of the season) so far straight after one another. Very different but both amazing quality. What a time to be alive in.
What was with adding cartoons? Totally unnecessary, other than that it was a good un ;-)
Ah fun Trek is back. Strange New Worlds is a blast and nice departure from the melodrama of Discovery. I keep shitting on Discovery but this show keeps proving that it's possible to make good Trek in modern era.
A wonderful rebound from the previous episode, "Those Old Scientists" is one of the best crossover/time travel episodes in Star Trek history. Lovingly constructed, each of the characters maintains the spirit of their own show while toning things down just enough for there to be a seamless melding of the two. Also, given the central conceit of Lower Decks constantly questioning the nature of Star Trek fandom, there were some nice meta moments where Strange New Worlds' playing around with the universe's continuity are noted. In fact, one major area of character exploration is highlighted and a clear message is given to the audience from the writers: "We know that this is way different from what has come before, but this is a 'phase' and we'll get back to the character's familiar trajectory in a little while." My only quibble with the episode is that it felt a little bit drawn out; the ending was never in doubt so the journey there felt kind of extended. There was space for there to be a much more robust examination of the time travel trope within Star Trek as a whole, as well as ideas around causality, alternate timelines, and paradoxes. Instead, the writers chose to go in a more light and airy direction- which is fine. It just felt like there was stuff left unsaid or untried, so the stakes never got that big. The episode was fun and will stand out as one of the all-time greats of its kind; it just might not stand out as one of the all-time greats.
Just when this show couldn't sink any lower, they managed it by crossing it over with more garbage.
Love love love love LOVED IT! So much fun this crossover with Lower Decks. I am so digging this season from SNW, such creativity and fun. I can't wait to watch it again, and probably again.
So fucking funny frfr :joy:
Wow, I did not expect this to be this much brilliant! It's by far the best SNW episode so far, and it definitely became one of my favorite. I seriously have the urge to rewatch it right away. :smile: It's funny, and yet has serious and heartfelt moments, a true ST. Tawny and Jack did such a wonderful job, and I hope we'll get to see them again in some live action. Maybe in their own live action series, now that LD has been canceled? :smiley:.
Also, the legend himself directed this episode, so of course it's 10/10.
Having started this journey with Lower Decks and even Prodigy before Discovery and Strange New Worlds, I couldn't be happier with the payoff, and this episode was the cherry on top. I knew exactly what I was getting with Jack Quaid and he didn't disappoint, but to see Tawny as Mariner in the flesh was something I never knew how much I needed.
I never expected a crossover with Lower Decks or it to actually work and be a ton of fun. Jack Quaid (Scream 5) is fantastic.
My wife wasn't too keen on this episode and I slept through it...
What a bad annoying mix up, seemed they get to much energy drinks?
I just rewatched it and I can't stop laughing!!! Amazing episode! :crazy_face::vulcan::laughing:
This episode was a freaking delight! :hearts: The crossover promise that expedited my need to start this show in the first place. Loved it and Marinder was perfect. It hit all the right notes and just what I needed
The smile, that is all. :vulcan_salute:
the best crossover ever in all the galaxy
Star Trek is for sure one of my favorite series, but this episode is like an epitome of all that!
I was completely surprised to see the animation characters "travelling" to the real/past world/timeline! New worlds is a great series, but this is episode, man... it's like being Boimler, and nerd-out with your favorite characters!
Just awesome!
Best episode so far this season - and an episode I finally enjoyed. i have really missed LD. Hoping that isn't over either - since they only have one episode coming next season in september. This is such a great example of a crossover - just awesome. Unexpected, as well.
what a great crossover. well done!
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As someone who does not watch Lower Decks I was slightly amused but found this one of the lesser episodes.