Episodes
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Season 4 Retrospective | Lower Dorks Podcast
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
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
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
A Tale of Two Towel Guys (S4E10) | Lower Dorks Podcast
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
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
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
We’ll Always Have Locarno (S4E9) | Lower Dorks Podcast
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
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
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Stuck in a Turbolift (S4E8) | Lower Dorks Podcast
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Take off your pants with the Lower Dorks hosts and phaser some poopy diapers as we discuss everything about caves, Vendorians and conspiracy theories. Just remember that the Vendorians just want us all to get along...
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:10 Episode synopsis
3:31 Director credit
3:54 Planet names
4:51 CAVES
11:18 Vendorians
15:47 Boimler's story
23:34 Rutherford's story
35:03 Mariner's story
40:29 Tendi's story
44:23 What it all means and random theories
48:50 Outro
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Drookmani Phasers Are Weird (S4E7) | Lower Dorks Podcast
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
While this Lower Decks episode is all about AIs, Lower Dorks provides a definitely, completely necessary human look at the episode, including close analysis of the power of friendship and dadship, a metaphysical look at prison systems and hypotheses of the metaplot's direction!
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:23 Episode synopsis
2:27 Bynar intro, grappler, briefing scene
5:59 Badgey plot
24:53 Agamus/Peanut Hamper plot
44:55 Metaplot updates
46:58 Outro
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
MAXIMUM Oo-mox (S4E6) | Lower Dorks Podcast
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
TENDERFORD PERSEVERES! When the Warp Core Four (where's T'lynn?) visits Ferenginar, Tendi and Rutherford have a little will-they-won't-they, and we're here for it! We cover the other plot threads too, then discuss what we should call incompetent admirals.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:27 Episode synopsis and title
5:37 Director credit
5:58 Cold open
11:36 Negotiation plot
20:55 Intro to other plots, Ransom's influence
23:45 Ferenginar details
28:35 Mariner's plot
41:24 Boimler's plot
45:19 TENDERFORD PLOT
55:31 Uncle Quark's Youth Casino, Vassery's unpreparedness
57:52 Final thoughts
59:39 Outro
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Ransom’s Rough Day (S4E5) | Lower Dorks Podcast
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
We're halfway through the season and the Lower Dorks hosts are ready to discuss T'Lyn's first character focus episode! Get ready for a discussion on huge resort drinks, praise for Captain Freeman and a pitch for a Breen lower decker episode.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:37 Episode synopsis
4:34 Director credits
5:47 Lieutenant Junior Grade
6:53 Betazoid characters
19:56 T'Lyn, effects of Bendii Syndrome
40:28 Captain Freeman's finest hour
42:13 Boimler, Security and Relaxation
58:13 Romulans lying in wait
59:09 Metaplot tie-in, Edible Betazoids
1:02:28 Halfway through reflection
1:03:41 Outro
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Put A Ring On It, or Knives, Whichever (S4E4) | Lower Dorks Podcast
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Lower Dorks are all about the B plot with Ransom and Boimler in this episode, though are very into the Tendi backstory and Orion worldbuilding that came along with the A plot! Be sure to replicate your bonsai tree ahead of listening.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:50 Episode synopsis
3:19 Mystery ship intro
6:58 Girl's trip to Orion wedding plot
45:38 Boimler/Rutherford diplomacy plot
1:01:14 Final thoughts and outro
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Put a Ring On It (S4E3) | Lower Dorks Podcast
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Dealing with promotions is the name of the game in this week's episode of Lower Decks, and the Lower Dorks hosts are in the weeds, discussing Boimler's performance, the out of hand hazing ritual and the intrinsic coolness of ringworlds.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:51 Episode synopsis
3:40 The ringworld and Captain Freeman
12:24 Boimler's mission
27:03 Anomaly room and Mariner/Tendi/Rutherford's haze
43:52 Final thoughts
45:52 Outro
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Tuvix, Reverted (S4E1+2) | Lower Dorks Podcast
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Season 4 is here! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything from the first two episodes, including T'Lyn reactions, the fate of the macroviruses and the usual hero worship for Ransom and Rutherford.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:25 Episode synopses
Twovix
4:59 New opening credits
7:26 Boimler holodeck sequence
9:49 T'Lyn
12:08 Voyager secret mission and station
14:33 Voyager appearance and detail
17:34 Macrovirus plot
26:16 Twovix plot
33:59 Promotions and Ransom, plus trailer edits
36:34 Mysterious threat epilogue
I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee
44:49 Romulan cold open and title discussion, plus bloodwine
46:36 Shaxs and T'ana's relationship, plus the stretchy scene
48:25 Boimler apartment shopping plot
55:39 Rutherford Promotion (and Tendi) plot
1:00:58 Menagerie (with Mariner and Ransom) plot
1:13:00 Last minute observations
1:15:39 Outro