Lower Dorks: A Star Trek Lower Decks Fan Podcast

Get Boimed (S2E7) | Lower Dorks Podcast

The Lower Dorks host are excited to discuss the show's best/only Billups episode! Buckle up for a chat about Jeffrey Combs's guest role as Agimus, random details about the Hysperians and even cover the origin of the episode's name!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:12 Episode synopsis
2:24 Source of the episode title
5:35 Billups episode!! And sex jokes
8:50 Hysperians
14:10 DAMMIT MIKE: Why can't we have a dragon?
15:32 Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael
16:14 Jeffrey Combs is back as Agimus!
20:12 Mariner/Boimler relationship
23:18 What's better about phaser rifles anyway?
24:28 Sickbay's window?
25:10 L. Playa and crew deaths
27:09 More food motifs!
29:57 Outro

Taffy, Honey, Shrimp, Soda, Chicken Nuggets, Crispy Lemon Rock Candy, Chili, Gravy, Chocolate Sundae - HOT! (S2E6) | Lower Dorks Podcast

The Pakled plot continues in Lower Decks S2E6! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything there is to know about all 3 plots in this epsode - the Pakled negotiations and spy, the Redshirt Club and cleaning up Science Trash!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:02 Plot synopsis
1:23 The Pakleds - Culture, ships, plot arc and more
7:41 Science trash - Whose trash is it, best items and Tendi's development
17:13 Redshirt Club - Boimler's appearance, imitative command style, improv comedy/command
28:51 Boimler's replicator order
30:23 Ransom and Kayshon, plus the Gift Shop!
31:42 Writing kudos, clean plot resolutions
34:07 Not everything has to be a reference
35:04 The episode's message
36:04 Outro

Your Pagh is Weak (S2E5) | Lower Dorks Podcast

The Lower Dorks host descend upon Starbase 25 and take a look at everything S2E5 has to offer, from the updated dress uniforms to Rutherford and Tendi's relationship and why Quark's business makes models of ships like the Cerritos!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:08 Episode announce and synopsis
1:46 Ransom's the hero?
2:06 Doopler actor and alien concept
5:00 Rutherford and Tendi have bigger things to deal with!
6:29 Where is Kayshon!? 
7:40 DAMMIT MIKE: Who runs Starbase 25?!
9:07 More about Starbase 25 and references found there - Security, parked ships, interior look, barber shop, aviary
15:54 Bar scene references and hypotheses
24:12 Boimler and Mariner make up, abandonment theme
26:21 Malvus and his shop
28:26 Uniforms - Dress uniforms and Cerritos differences
31:01 Model Cerritos, Quark's model business
36:42 Other references: Captain Shelby, Shelby's Number One, Okona
39:40 The message of the ending
40:42 Outro

Domo Arigato, Mr Mugato (S2E4) | Lower Dorks Podcast

Throwback to Those Old Scientists are full on in this episode that features Mugatos and their various other pronounciations, and the Lower Dorks hosts are all over it! Don't miss the new DAMMIT MIKE segment.

00:00 Intro and drink announcement
2:08 Episode synopsis
3:10 Denobulans!
3:55 Everything Mugatos
4:24 DAMMIT MIKE: Why make Mispronounciation of Mugatos Canon?!
6:37 Back to Mugatos
8:04 Mariner's history fakeout
10:33 Aussie Tellarite and blood
11:11 Rutherford/Boimler team up and their solution
16:46 Tendi's medical coat
17:41 What is Kayshon's job??
19:23 Bronze pineapple
20:03 Alien scammer and tractor factors
22:30 Billups snubbed, again
23:03 Starfleet black ops
23:40 Parks shuttle names
24:23 Kzinti return!
25:42 Board game introduced: Diplo-math
26:53 T'ana and Shaxs: an item?
28:31 Outro

Eulogy for Cody (S2E3) | Lower Dorks Podcast

The Lower Dorks hosts attack all three (!) plots in the S2E3 episode, and hopefully only  Rutherford is the one coming out of it all with existential horror. And we didnt even get around to talking about Lt. JG Cody!

00:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:31 Episode synopsis
2:33 The return of Shaxs!
4:25 Everyone hates Jen
4:59 What's going on with Boimler and Boimler's plate? (B plot)
8:51 Tom Paris's PTSD
10:43 Girls' adventure! (A plot)
21:06 Rutherford's curiosity (C plot)
25:26 Paris and Torres: still an item?
26:47 Outro

The Return of Jet (S2E2) | Lower Dorks Podcast

With Mariner doing what she does best (being a rebel), Boimler doing... Boimler things (screaming) and the addition of a Kirk sundae with Trip Tucker sprinkles, it's all the Lower Dorks hosts can do to join the conversation and talk about killer Roombas.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:21 Writer and Director credits
4:17 Episode synposis
5:12 Cold open, sonic showers, Mariner vs Jet
9:10 Lieutenant Kayshon and Tamarians
11:13 Boimler on the Titan 
15:36 Aaron's tentacle character
16:10 The Collectors and related references
19:02 Excalbian diorama and Lincoln
19:53 Flying Roombas, robot arms and incorrect predictions from the trailers
21:02 Carrying puppet Kaython
22:12 Kelpian on the Titan?
23:31 Pakleds plot 
25:24 What's going on with Boimler?
29:43 Boimler's return
31:14 Puppet rays and Kayshon's prospects
32:55 Outro 

Ransom Gets a Big Head (S2E1) | Lower Dorks Podcast

Season 2 has begun! Lower Dorks Aaron and Stavros discuss S2E1 Strange Energies, and hopefully don't forget to do holodeck leg day.

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:00 Episode, writer, director
3:11 Plot synopsis for this episode
4:37 Cardassian escape cold open
11:29 Opening credits updates
12:35 Ransom episode
15:15 Captain Freeman, Beckett Mariner and Admiral Freeman
25:35 Tenderford's fate
27:38 Medical gun
28:34 Brace for grabbing! and other stuff
29:33 Ransom's sidekick
31:02 Titan tease and jazz terminology
33:03 Outro

Season 2: All The Things! (that we know) | Lower Dorks Podcast

Lower Dorks hosts Stavros and Aaron discuss everything they know about Lower Decks season 2. They scoured the internet for all the juicy nuggets of information (and paid completely too much attention to every shot in the trailers) so you don't have to!

• 0:00 Intro and drink announcement
• 2:11 Season 2 Official Trailer
• 32:48 Social Media Teaser Trailer
• 36:52 Season 2 Teaser Trailer discussion
• 43:00 Two Weeks Left Social Media Trailer
• 50:42 Comic-Con @ Home panel
• 53:03 Other interview nuggets
• 1:01:43 What don't we know that we're excited about?
• 1:06:42 Outro

 

Sources:

• Season 2 Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxdKo0eXUKY
• Social Media Teaser Trailer: https://twitter.com/StarTrekOnPPlus/status/1414630642407460864
• Season 2 Teaser Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSLcErfzHuc
• Two Weeks Left Social Media Trailer: https://twitter.com/StarTrekOnPPlus/status/1420791231865446403?s=20
• Comic-Con @ Home panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRxhSEN4LLQ
• Trekmovie interview: https://trekmovie.com/2021/05/13/interview-mike-mcmahan-talks-lower-decks-season-2-star-trek-easter-eggs-and-coordinating-with-prodigy/
• Collider interview: https://collider.com/star-trek-lower-decks-mike-mcmahan-interview/
• Screenrant interview: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-lower-decks-jack-quaid-interview/
• IGN interview: https://www.ign.com/articles/star-trek-lower-decks-mike-mcmahan-reveals-his-favorite-trek-episodes-ever
• Inverse.com interview: https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/startrek-lowerdecks-season-2-release-date-trailer-cast
• TrekCore interview: http://blog.trekcore.com/2020/12/mike-mcmahan-shares-new-updates-on-star-trek-lower-decks-season-2/
• Comicbook.com interview: https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-lower-decks-season-2-riker-uss-titan-return/

U.S.S. Cerritos Deep Dive ft. Thomas Marrone | Lower Dorks Podcast

The hosts of Lower Dorks are joined by Thomas Marrone, Lead Ship Artist on Star Trek Online, to have a drink and discuss one of the main characters of Lower Decks... the U.S.S. Cerritos! Prepare for a nerdy deep dive.

• 0:00 Intro and drink announcement
• 2:00 Initial reactions
• 7:17 Fitting into Starfleet ship evolution and the California Class's role
• 13:25 Master Systems Display and ship layout
• 32:22 Shuttlebay and shuttlecraft
• 40:44 Second contact mission, division stripe and repair bay
• 50:02 Residential hallways, squash courts and holodecks
• 57:25 Star Trek power and the Cerritos
• 1:00:48 Lounge/bar and mess halls
• 1:05:17 Intro credits and ship as a character
• 1:07:37 Outro

Season 1 Recap | Lower Dorks Podcast

Lower Dorks unite! In the first episode of the Lower Dorks podcast, Aaron and Stavros take a look back at what made Season 1 of Star Trek Lower Decks so good in preparation for Season 2's debut in August!

0:00 Intro and drink announcement
1:06 Why does this show exist, and why do we love Lower Decks?
5:48 Mike McMahan's fingerprints
8:20 Aaron's favorite character: Commander Ransom
10:15 Mariner's depth 
13:45 Stavros's favorite character: Rutherford
14:53 Boimler's likeability and growth
21:46 The Cerritos: aesthetics and functionality
29:43 Rutherlips and professional support
33:01 Cameos - Frakes, Sirtis, J.G. Hertzler, Kurtwood Smith
40:42 Favorite jokes from the first season
46:08 Favorite referenes from the first season
49:19 Season 2 wishlist 
56:11 Uniforms reaction, jacket tucks into pants!
1:01:08 Rewatching pros and cons
1:05:30 Outro