Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x09 "Fissure Quest"
from ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website on 12 Dec 06:30
https://startrek.website/post/17234318

Logline

Fissures must be closed before they get inflamed.

Written by: Lauren McGuire

Directed by: Brandon Williams

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hopesdead@startrek.website on 12 Dec 06:43 next collapse

That was fucking epic.

Also, she goes by Jolene now?

ptz@dubvee.org on 13 Dec 01:41 next collapse

I don’t care what she goes by, lol, I’m just shocked, amazed, and grateful they got her to reprise T’Pol (I just finished an ENT rewatch). She retired and hasn’t acted since 2017. She’s also Mrs. Ticketmaster so she definitely doesn’t need to work. Glad she’s a Trekkie otherwise it probably wouldn’t have happened.

hopesdead@startrek.website on 13 Dec 01:44 collapse

That was for certain the surprise guest star.

ptz@dubvee.org on 13 Dec 01:47 collapse

For sure. I was like “That…looks like T’Pol” and then he introduced her. I was like “surely they wouldn’t bring back that character just to recast her” and was ecstatic when, yep, it was T’Pol.

concrete_baby@sh.itjust.works on 15 Dec 11:43 collapse

Mike McMahan said on Reddit that that’s how she wants to be credited. He didn’t say why tho

bradboimler@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 06:55 next collapse

I absolutely loved it

khaosworks@startrek.website on 12 Dec 09:41 next collapse

Annotations for 5x09 up at: startrek.website/post/17237470

wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk on 12 Dec 18:29 next collapse

Holy crap, that was amazing. I guess the power of the multiverse is that, to quite 3 the Cole Porter standard, anything goes…

Stormygeddon@startrek.website on 12 Dec 21:03 next collapse

I liked how William Boimler was so done with Multiverse fatigue. Felt topical given the current Hollywood trend.

“Sodium is not a full life” “Maybe it is for me, dammit!” Felt this in my soul.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 13 Dec 04:16 collapse

I liked how William Boimler was so done with Multiverse fatigue. Felt topical given the current Hollywood trend.

Agreed - it was nice to see them tackle multiverse fatigue head-on. It was even nicer to have Lily(!) provide a bit of a rebuttal to it, and argue that such stories don’t have to be hacky.

andrewrgross@slrpnk.net on 17 Dec 05:20 collapse

Still, there was such a catharsis to his eye rolling dismissal. I don’t have the exact quotes, but when he remarks that the bad guy is certain to be this or that or this or “human Worf” or some other shocking known character I really had to smile. Also his description of it as an endless parade of lazy rehashings was just on point.

Obviously, I still enjoy it, because here we are enjoying it. But at points his weariness and sarcasm were reminding me (favorably) of Rick and Morty. With way less cynicism, but with a lot of the same remarkably well-executed self-aware snark.

UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 12 Dec 21:08 next collapse

So Andrew Robinson finally got his wish. Love it.

andrewrgross@slrpnk.net on 17 Dec 05:21 collapse

Can you give the context? I can infer a bit, but I don’t know the specific wish you’re referring to.

UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 17 Dec 06:59 next collapse

He said in an interview that he always considered Garak to be gay as all get-out, and thought that it was perfectly obvious, and that Garak should’ve had an affair, preferably with Bashir.

andrewrgross@slrpnk.net on 18 Dec 04:21 collapse

Oh cool, thanks for the context!

Lorindol@sopuli.xyz on 17 Dec 07:05 collapse

Andrew Robinson’s vision of the Garak’s character was that he was sexually attractred to Bashir right from the start. Playing this openly would have been way too much for 90’s TV, so he stuck to the idea but downplayed it. Which most likely is the reason why the interaction between these two characters was so great.

andrewrgross@slrpnk.net on 18 Dec 04:22 collapse

It just shows how great character work transcends dialogue.

ptz@dubvee.org on 12 Dec 21:59 next collapse

I just started this one and have to keep pausing it to calm down every time he introduces a member of his crew.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 13 Dec 04:15 next collapse

I’ve found the season to be a little lacklustre, but I really liked this one. The gags seemed like more than just gags, and the story was more engaging than I thought many of them have been recently.

Having Jolene Blalock back was a real treat.

concrete_baby@sh.itjust.works on 15 Dec 11:45 collapse

Mike McMahan had an idea that S5 could be the last season before the news was announced, so there was probably some pressure to tie some loose ends instead of focusing on the season arc.

Klanky@sopuli.xyz on 13 Dec 21:30 next collapse

One of the best episodes of Star Trek I’ve seen in a long time. Loved it!

andrewrgross@slrpnk.net on 17 Dec 05:27 collapse

I agree.

The recipe for this show is just so good. I’m really not into most of the newer stuff where they’re trying to one-up every previous series in scope and stakes. I’m thinking particularly of Discovery here. It’s fine for those who like these things, but I think having a show that’s blasse about the routineness of life-threatening adventures and also presenting characters that seem like Trekies themselves as audience proxies is such a refreshing way to both enjoy the adventures and take the pressure off of the expectation that each show somehow has to out-do all the previous adventures of all the previous crews of all the previous Enterprises.

data1701d@startrek.website on 15 Dec 05:10 collapse

There was so much joyful “Eeeeee”-ing during this episode.