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A new podcast for Star Trek: Lower Decks. Hang out with Stavros and Aaron as they discuss the latest Lower Decks episodes, favorite characters, cameos and behind-the-scenes gossip.
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Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Lower Dorks goes to Deep Space Nine! The hosts are in awe of the sheer volume of details presented on the beloved station, but also can't get enough of Tendi and Mariner's character development.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:34 Episode title and synopsis
2:48 Admiral Buenamigo, the Vancouver and Brown Holes
4:27 Karemma and booze
6:02 Deep Space Nine!!
12:05 Colonel Kira and Ops
16:06 Quark and Quark's Bar
20:12 Bold Boimler's dabo
22:35 Tendi, Rutherford, Mesk and being who you wan to be
28:12 Mariner, Jen and the salon
30:38 Betazoid Casual
32:19 Magic cup
32:49 The future of Jen and Mariner
35:08 Weird party stuff
35:45 Party phasers and self-phasering rationale
39:26 Final thoughts
41:15 Outro
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Listing off all the references we spotted during the job fair is only PART of what the Lower Dorks hosts discuss during this episode, which turned out to be one of the better offerings of Season 3. Rutherford doesn't get Tuvixed!
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
3:22 Episode synopsis
4:31 Towel guy
5:20 Kirk and Spock's cinematic chemistry
6:45 Pod plant callback
8:00 Sequoia shuttlecraft
9:23 Red Rutherford and more info on Rutherford's background
11:14 Punkford/Rude Rutherford, Sub Rosa, speaking style gag, okey dokey origins
15:52 Kicking doors and karate chops
16:56 Red Rutherford's outfit
19:43 Racing ships and the race
23:38 Medical skullcap reference?
24:49 Rude Rutherford's death
25:51 Conspiracy hypotheses
28:57 Tulgana IV
29:48 List of booths and race references
42:13 Boimler goes ape-sh*t
43:49 17 test attempts
44:32 Boimler in the brig and Ransom's reaction
45:06 Ransom's orders and Starbase 80
46:10 Nagus staff and Petra's offer
48:30 Final thoughts
50:37 Outro
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
A cinnamon-flavored episode is here, with the Lower Dorks hosts enjoying some Jack Daniels Cinnamon Spice Tennessee Fire while musing about Ransom's cinnamon-scented churro wife, amongst other elements of S3E4.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:50 Plot synopsis
2:35 Writer credit
4:15 Goopy
5:11 Minooki, masks and ship transformations
9:02 New warp core animation?
9:52 Billups's breakdown and Shaxs besting Migleemo
11:07 Maquis!?
13:27 Space towels
14:28 New ships and edosians
18:42 Puppy torture room
19:45 Holodecks and Geordi hate
25:08 Swamp time, Doopler, hydroponics and Orion beatings
29:04 Deflector room spins
31:42 COME
32:47 Delta shifter details
33:26 Ransom's churros
35:18 Basic problem solving, Bold Boimler and everyone's demise
36:19 TNG's Lonely Among us sensor room
38:03 Advancements in relaxation engineering
38:51 Rutherford and his anger
39:57 Overall thoughts
40:56 Outro
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
With fantasy rocks at the forefront of "Mining the Mind's Mines," the Lower Dorks hosts can't help picking on Dr. Migleemo and pontificate about the Celestial Koala's continued appearances.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:21 Legless baby follow up
3:01 Star Trek Day Lower Decks teaser
5:52 Episode synopsis
8:11 The Scrubble
10:46 Scientists and Ransom's rants
12:04 Stevens remains a creeper
13:38 Tendi's science officer subplot
14:41 Dr. Migleemo is the worst
19:56 USS Carlsbad details
21:37 Everyone's rock fantasies
25:14 The fantasy rocks and plot
29:47 Stevens' nightmare from TAS
31:07 The Badders
33:04 The gloves gag
34:36 The crystal fake out, the fight
35:56 Conference room details
38:30 The koala: what does he know?
41:05 Boimler is a robot and the Cerritos's fame
42:45 Mariner's shenanigans recall, Boimler time travel
44:11 Eyebrows
45:41 Outro
Legless baby tweet: https://twitter.com/LowerDorks/status/1565757762520244226
U.S.S. Wayfarer saves the day Star Trek Day clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiGHAOZY1qM
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Like K'Ranch's hunt, the Lower Dorks hosts are chasing the Least Dangerous Game with focus on the strangest details, including Chief Lundy's creepyness, Ransom's competence and leg-less babies. Also, do men in the 24th century wax their chests?
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:19 Lower Decks Vegas convention cosplay
4:24 New details on SNW/LD crossover
6:01 Episode synopsis
7:41 Martok's cameo, B&B
10:42 Vendome's promotion
12:51 Boimler's plot
14:10 Chief Lundy's creepiness
15:51 Various references: Springball, Edo, skydiving
18:17 Animation quality jump
20:24 K'Ranch's hunt
25:10 Ransom: Command ability and his shiny lava tubes
30:21 Obscure details: Baby legs, system of government
33:27 Cerritos model changes?
35:36 Outro
Star Trek Las Vegas convention cosplay:
- Fan dance Rutherford: https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1563624957472428032
- Shaxs/T’Ana naked time: https://twitter.com/SynthNscifi/status/1563637893549084672
- Matt the Beluga and Badgey: https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status/1563686294290501632
Details on SNW/Lower Decks crossover:
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/star-trek-lower-decks-jack-quaid-strange-new-worlds-crossover-the-boys-gen-v-1235352527/
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Season 3 is back and we're here to eat raisins! Lower Dorks hosts cover everything from S3E1, from catching all the details from the newscaster announcements in the cold open to asking why autopilot sucks. Also, is the mystery of Boimler's hair finally put to rest??
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:15 Plot synopsis
1:36 Warp Core Four
2:00 Star Trek IP intro on Paramount+
2:57 Newscaster details
5:46 Lower Decker's place in the Pakled plot
7:46 Admiral Freeman, his friend and the Golden Gate Bridge
9:59 Opening credits changes
10:45 Boimler's raisin farm
11:53 Sisko's Kitchen scene
13:44 Transporter facility
16:16 Bozeman theme park, Gavin, music and Cochrane
24:10 Boimler's logs
27:40 Drydock guards gag
28:32 Autopilot issues
29:41 Captain Bateman and Tuvok
32:03 Mariner handed off to Ransom
33:45 Phasers clean stuff again
34:45 The end of Captain Gavin?
36:14 Lower Decks' Phoenix model
36:44 Where's the season going?
37:12 Outro
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Get Decked with the hosts of Lower Dorks! With season 3 coming soon, Stavros and Aaron have made it through a rewatch of Season 1 while sampling several cocktails from Star Trek Cocktails: A Stellar Compendium. In fact, far too many cocktails. Follow along, if your liver is up to the task!
Buy Star Trek Cocktails: https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Cocktails-Stellar-Compendium/dp/1858759684/
0:00 Meta-intro
0:50 Intro and cocktails announcement
3:22 S1E1/Lime Directive
9:00 S1E2/Klingon Bird-of-Prey
13:55 S1E3/Ice Planet
20:34 S1E4/Mind Meld
27:39 S1E5/Q-Pid
33:18 S1E6/Guinan Fizz
42:41 S1E7/Samarian Sunset
50:58 S1E8/Buck's Fizzbin
58:25 S1E9/Distress Call
1:02:59 S1E10/Drink free-for-all
1:10:18 Outro
Friday Aug 05, 2022
Friday Aug 05, 2022
The drought of Lower Dorks is over! With fresh news about season 3 (and a trailer), the Lower Dorks hosts recap everything dropped during 2022's San Diego Comic-Con, along with some other recent Lower Decks tidbits.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:47 Season 3 poster
3:48 Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive
4:05 IDW comic book series
5:42 Ready Room vineyard teaser clip
7:39 Comic-Con coverage overview
8:03 Entertainment Weekly
12:52 Hall H panel
24:45 Season 3 Trailer in-depth look
1:16:23 Outro
Links:
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
We might be in the middle of winter and season 3 is still months away, but that doesnt mean we cant think about it! Pick up a hot cocoa and join the Lower Dorks hosts in reviewing Reddit's season 3 predictions.
0:00 Intro
1:40 Captain Freeman's arrest
3:32 Admiral Freeman's visit and Mariner's abandonment
5:13 Jennifer and Mariner
7:26 Rutherford conspiracy
9:55 Tendi's backstory
11:19 Boimler fails at leadership and learns things about Ransom
14:07 Boimler is genetically engineered
17:16 All four of the main cast end the season with ensign rank
19:56 Badgey vs Peanut Hamper
22:27 Secondary character returns
30:20 Outro
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Having trouble keeping Pandronians and Vendorians apart, or maybe you just haven't watched The Animated Series in the last 20 years? The Lower Dorks hosts have rewatched TAS and cover the biggest references that have appeared in Lower Decks so far.
0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:16 General Animated Series reactions
2:59 Those Old Scientists (LD: No Small Parts)
4:46 Vendorians (LD: Envoys; TAS: The Survivor)
7:36 Spock 2 (LD: Kayshon, His Eyes Open; TAS: The Infinite Vulcan)
12:24 Pandronians (LD: I, Excretus; TAS: BEM)
15:01 Aurelians/Skorr (LD: An Embarassment of Dooplers; TAS: Yesteryear, Jihad)
18:55 Nasat (LD: An Embarassment of Dooplers; TAS: Jihad)
21:46 Kzinti (LD: The Spy Humungous; TAS: The Slaver Weapon)
30:52 Outro