Star Trek: Lower Decks
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She enjoys challenging authority, and sometimes she does it for fun.
Thats the aspect of Mariner that Ive found frustrating sometimes shes contrary just to be contrary.
The episode opens with Mariner on a planet encouraging a lizard species to overthrow its rat oppressors.
(I loveStar Trekaliens.)
Theres so much to unpack here.
That in and of itself signals that Mariner could benefit from therapy.
(Honestly, everyone on theCerritoscould!
Therapy is good!)
Mariner reveals she doesnt want to work through her issues, which doesnt come as a huge surprise.
She wants towin,not to be a healthier, less angry, more well-adjusted person.
Mariner sets up a General Changstyle trap for theCerritos,complete with the over-the-top Shakespeare quotes.
SO GOOD, SO PURE.
Tendis story is a bit different.
This isnt you, Tendi says to Mariner before leaving the holodeck.
Luckily, Mariner swoops in to save the day.
Or, at least, its the holographic version of Mariner that Boimler programmed into the simulation.
She fights her flesh-and-blood counterpart in a weird and excellent Mirror Universestyle duel.
This is the ultimate definition of Know thyself, and its used to great effect here.
But we were seeing her hum along without any significant growth.
This is going to go so poorly and also so well for us as viewers.
I cant wait to see how this unfolds next week in the season finale.
Captains Log
Whose boy is this?
MARINER LOVES THE WARP CORE I KNEW IT.
