Lower Dorks: A Star Trek Lower Decks Fan Podcast

SB80 Spin-Off (S5E5) | Lower Dorks Podcast

Let's all go to Starbase 80?! The Lower Dorks host talk about the ill-reputed starbase and hypothesize about the best way to eat corn dogs, and consider this whole episode to be a Starbase 80 backdoor pilot.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:11 Paramount+ episode description
3:27 Boimler beard update
6:06 Exposition: Wetsuits, scatting
8:22 Starbase 80
18:21 Warp Core Four zombie plot
30:48 Freeman/Ransom nav processor plot
35:55 Beluga squeaks?
37:01 Final thoughts
38:24 Outro

Blargh, Bargh, Barf? (S5E4) | Lower Dorks Podcast

Klingons and bird people! The Lower Dorks hosts talk about Dr. Migleemo's character rehabilitation, star-studded VO cameos, Klingon foot spikes and more--plus we can't seem to agree on how to spell Bargh's name.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:33 Paramount+ episode description
3:23 Boimler's character status
6:35 Bird people plot
14:41 Klingon captaincy lot
41:00 Final thoughts
43:22 Outro

Eff Jen & Jet (S5E3) | Lower Dorks Podcast

Jet and Jen are back, along with the Lower Dorks hosts, who actively despise both! Just, you know, in a really loving way. The hosts also cover Ransom's command style, comment on the possibility of tiny starships, and everything else having to do with The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:40 Paramount+ episode description
5:32 The Cosmic Duchess
8:15 Warp Drive Five
9:01 Boimler cannon fodder plot
34:04 Jeriner and nanite plot
51:24 T'Lyn conspiracy and other stuff
1:01:09 Outro

Billups's Sex Tape (S5E1+2) | Lower Dorks Podcast

Another dual episode drop to start off season 5! The Lower Dorks hosts bring up the Paramount+ episode descriptions, then go to town on them, asking key questions like "Is prime T'Lyn a doppelganger?", "Can V'ger be heard during the opening credits?" and "Where is Billups's sex tape?"

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:33 Paramount+ Episode Synopses
7:05 Opening credits updates
11:40 Dos Cerritos episode discussion
56:28 Shades of Green episode discussion
1:18:18 Outro

Season 5 Trailer Trash | Lower Dorks Podcast

One last episode before season 5 starts airing! This time we take a deep dive with all the Lower Decks pre-season marketing, including the Star Trek Day 2024 exclusive clip, the season's teaser trailer and an in depth look at the season's full trailer!

No More Decks? | Lower Dorks Podcast

Season 5 is close at hand, but what have the Lower Dorks hosts been up to this whole time with no filler episodes?? Also, what the heck is this about Lower Decks being cancelled?! Listen and find out answers to that, plus reactions to all upcoming Trek, and what we want to see in the future directions of the IP. 

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:51 Why are we bad at podcasting?
6:07 Lower decks cancellation news
18:26 Upcoming Trek: SNW, PRO, S31, SFA
28:50 What do we want to see in new Trek?
40:25 Lower Decks season 5: Air date, episodes, teaser trailer and poster
43:52 Outro

USS Cerritos Handbook (ft. author Chris Farnell) | Lower Dorks Podcast

We're between seasons, and it's a fun time to talk about tie-ins! We're joined by author Chris Farnell to discuss the in-universe handbook given to all new crewmembers on board the Cerritos!

0:00 Intro, guest and drink announcement
3:44 Everything Chris Farnell, plus book overview
11:29 How canon is the book, and the Cerritos name history
15:11 The in-text comments, and how do you spell com badge?
18:13 Characters and Equipment sections
55:52 Badgey 2.0 and Starfleet procedure
58:51 Shifts and Elite Force
1:04:36 Shipboard activities board
1:07:39 Cerritos name history
1:12:19 Onboard facilities, with a few digressions
1:33:11 Races
1:37:41 Cerritos Bingo, Boimler's drafting strategy, general Star Trek reflection
1:46:48 Chris gives the pitch for the book
1:47:51 Stavros and Aaron final thoughts, Chris's other works
1:57:37 Outro

Season 4 Retrospective | Lower Dorks Podcast

With a bit of time between season 4's finale and a ways to go before season 5, the Lower Dorks hosts take us back through the highlights of this past season. We discuss the metaplot, character progression for all of the Warp Drive Five, best jokes and episodes, and more!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:31 How did our predictions do?
5:51 Locarno metaplot
10:47 Main character arcs (plus T'lyn! And Ransom!)
45:39 Best gags of the season
58:33 Best episodes of the season
1:07:38 Random thoughts: Chewing gum, Ransom's door chime response, Caitians ate Betazoids, Dominion War memorial and Mariner's trauma, Badgey's wholesome ending, Agimus and Peanut Hamper progression, Goodgey, new plots in season 5, what about Rutherford?, Wrath of Khan re-creation, SHIPS
1:23:41 Outro

A Tale of Two Towel Guys (S4E10) | Lower Dorks Podcast

The Lower Dorks hosts are very into the last episode of the season! We talk about Locarno and how he makes for an awesome villain, panic at all the cool new ships that we wish we had time to talk about (especially the Orion ones!) and lament the changes to Tenderford. And how many towel-clad lower deckers ARE there, anyway?

We've also learned after we recorded this episode that the ship Mariner pilots in this episode is a new ship type is a small version of the Steamrunner class, the Sabrerunner! Aaron still doesn't like it, though.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:29 Episode synopsis
2:30 Orion battleship aside
4:43 Directing and writing credits
7:13 Last time on Lower Decks
7:57 Starfleet Academy flashback
16:05 Locarno and his fleet
31:30 Mariner's escape and the genesis device
42:20 Locarno's galactic message and other lower deckers
45:21 Freeman, Tendi and the Orions subplot
54:37 Sarcastic Steamrunner (Sabrerunner) computer voice aside
56:30 Tendi cliffhanger!
1:01:29 End of season brief thoughts
1:04:15 Outro

We’ll Always Have Locarno (S4E9) | Lower Dorks Podcast

The Mysterious Threat is finally coming into focus, but the Lower Dorks hosts are all about the details revealed about Mariner's past in the penultimate episode of the fourth season!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:09 Episode synopsis
4:21 Writing and directing credits
6:15 Cold open
11:36 Captain Freeman and co B-plot
30:08 Mariner's backstory A-plot
43:45 Metaplot hypotheses
52:05 Random other details: Bynar dialog, Lucarno's ship
54:26 Outro