Star Trek: Lower Decks
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The world is in a bad place right now.
Things are dire, and it feels like the news is trending worse rather than better.
Countless people seem to have a blatant distrust of science (science!
Its real whether you believe in it or not!)
and refuse to accept what experts are saying on myriad issues from climate change to the pandemic.
Its classic Mariner shes seen a lot, after all.
But after a while, this joke crosses the line from funny to mean.
Thats not having faith in or believing in your friend, and the joke gets old.
In the end, it turns out thereissomething going on, but not with Barb its with Boimler himself.
Only, thats not actually what theyre competing over.
He was hoping to transfer Tendi and Rutherford to make space for himself aboard the Cerritos.
Coming up through the Cerritos is a very different experience.
It seems right and fitting.
The Tendi/Rutherford friendship is quickly becoming one of my favorite things about this show.
Boimlers cool outfit in a boys size small had me laughing outloud.
Which was funnier, the outfit or Barb thinking it was sexy?
The rich alien and his civilization of two was the perfect way to end the overarching storyline.
