Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x04 "A Farewell To Farms"
from ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website on 07 Nov 05:44
https://startrek.website/post/16169347

Logline

Dr. Migleemo cooks up some hot dishes while Mariner prefers hers served cold.

Written by: Diana Tay

Directed by: Megan Lloyd

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Stormygeddon@startrek.website on 07 Nov 07:03 next collapse

Twisting the usual Star Trek species formula a bit and having an entire culture center around food critic reviews is really funny. Especially with how this has been built up since Season 1 with Migleemo relating everything to food—I thought it was a individual person thing but it turned out to be something cultural.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 07 Nov 15:19 collapse

The Klowakhans are definitely an amusing twist on Star Trek monocultures, especially when stacked up against Klingon farmers who still can’t escape the call of the warrior.

There’s also a slight chance that critics who have become so used to shitting on things that they’ve lost their ability to enjoy anything might be a nod to internet culture in general.

[deleted] on 08 Nov 03:12 next collapse

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askryan@startrek.website on 08 Nov 03:13 collapse

Their capital city being a bunch of egg-shaped buildings around a giant birdcage building was a hilarious touch.

khaosworks@startrek.website on 07 Nov 11:54 next collapse

Annotations for 5x04 are up at: startrek.website/post/16171958

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 07 Nov 14:38 next collapse

Great to see Mary Chieffo’s name in the credits.

Sam Witwer, too - he stepped in to play Tenavik in place of Kenneth Mitchell in Star Trek Online a few years ago, but otherwise hasn’t appeared in Star Trek since “Enterprise.”

Corgana@startrek.website on 12 Nov 12:48 collapse

I knew she was in the episode going in but was surprised it was such a brief part!

memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/K'Elarra

data1701d@startrek.website on 07 Nov 18:35 next collapse

I love that Ma’ah is Klingon Boimler down to the sun hat and the harvesting of something.

askryan@startrek.website on 08 Nov 03:13 next collapse

“Kahless, the first one, the original one, the one who did impressions” is just, I have no words

data1701d@startrek.website on 12 Nov 07:49 collapse

This beings up an intriguing question of when Kahless being a clone became common knowledge.

arex@startrek.website on 11 Nov 17:42 collapse

Bloodwine is made with targ blood 🤦 I guess I never thought about it before.

JWBananas@lemmy.world on 11 Nov 23:53 collapse

Was it not gagh blood?