Lower Dorks: A Star Trek Lower Decks Fan Podcast

Lower Decks' last episode! The Lower Dorks hosts cover everything from the excellent animation quality, all the Shrodinger Field ships, character sendoffs (especially Ransom!) and hopes for a spinoff that's definitely coming, right guys? Guys? 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:36 Paramount+ episode description 2:47 No opening credits battle change 3:21 New Klingon, her ship, other Klingon stuff 12:45 Shrodinger Field! Briefing, ship alternates and more 34:16 Shaxs/T'ana closure and continuinty 35:44 Boimler and Mariner 42:20 Tendi and Rutherford... and T'Lyn 52:47 Ransom Rant 1:00:40 Dimensional rift, SB80, Captain Freeman 1:07:26 Mariner's sendoff VO and minor character sendoffs 1:14:22 Dual first officers?! And future for Mariner and Boimler 1:17:55 Overall reaction 1:20:00 Outro 

Only two episodes left! The Lower Dorks host talk about this episode that's chock full of guest stars and awesome animation! Remember to never promote your Harry Kim, but promote your Boimlers as fast as your Vendome. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:36 Episode Paramount+ description 3:04 Boimler Beard Update 4:00 Warp Drive Five intro 5:55 William Boimler, multiverse and the Anaximander 14:55 T'Pol guest star! Plus Curzon 18:32 Garak and Holo-Bashir guest stars! 21:50 Harry Kims guest star! 23:52 Lily Sloane guest star! 25:23 The Beagle and her mission 29:22 The Khwopians 31:38 The multiverse danger solution, was the episode good? 36:47 Character development in the last episode? And other hopes and nonsense 39:15 Outro

This is not a Halloween episode, but maybe it should be! The Lower Dorks hosts discuss everything about the third to last episode of Lower Decks, including the whole reversal concept, Ransom's switcheroo and... France for some reason. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 3:31 Paramount+ episode description 4:45 Pumpkin carving, Boimler Beard update and metaplot 9:07 Upper decks concept, the setting and space cows? 15:25 Shaxs and sidebar on animation 21:00 Dr. T'Ana and Nurse Westlake 24:31 Billups 29:44 Ransom 34:16 Freeman and Stevenson... and Paris 45:40 T'Lyn's dunk 46:47 But was it good? 48:34 Outro

The Lower Dorks hosts have a bad experience making their own micheladas, but still manage to discuss the Purple D too much, and worry about the societal implications of giant produce. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 4:02 Paramount+ episode description 4:51 Episode title 5:36 Boimler and Rutherford beard update, the red PADD and micheladas 13:27 Sex jokes 14:34 Data and the Purple D 19:15 Tendi vs T'Lyn science-off! 23:32 The aliens and their planet, other episode references 29:05 Snell! 30:11 Prime directive violations: hair, giant produce, more 33:25 All about T'Lyn 37:04 But was the episode  good? 41:07 Outro

Things get all shape-y this episode, with discussion about Cubes and Spheres, the latest on Boimler's beard and just how goofball photonic lifeforms can get! Plus, some kinks that only Ransom is into... 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:56 Paramount+ description 3:15 Boimler beard update 4:18 Orbs, Cubes and Zeus progeny plot 24:28 Boimler's book club joining plot 36:14 Final thoughts 38:37 Outro

Let's all go to Starbase 80?! The Lower Dorks host talk about the ill-reputed starbase and hypothesize about the best way to eat corn dogs, and consider this whole episode to be a Starbase 80 backdoor pilot. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 2:11 Paramount+ episode description 3:27 Boimler beard update 6:06 Exposition: Wetsuits, scatting 8:22 Starbase 80 18:21 Warp Core Four zombie plot 30:48 Freeman/Ransom nav processor plot 35:55 Beluga squeaks? 37:01 Final thoughts 38:24 Outro

Klingons and bird people! The Lower Dorks hosts talk about Dr. Migleemo's character rehabilitation, star-studded VO cameos, Klingon foot spikes and more--plus we can't seem to agree on how to spell Bargh's name. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:33 Paramount+ episode description 3:23 Boimler's character status 6:35 Bird people plot 14:41 Klingon captaincy lot 41:00 Final thoughts 43:22 Outro

Jet and Jen are back, along with the Lower Dorks hosts, who actively despise both! Just, you know, in a really loving way. The hosts also cover Ransom's command style, comment on the possibility of tiny starships, and everything else having to do with The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel! 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 2:40 Paramount+ episode description 5:32 The Cosmic Duchess 8:15 Warp Drive Five 9:01 Boimler cannon fodder plot 34:04 Jeriner and nanite plot 51:24 T'Lyn conspiracy and other stuff 1:01:09 Outro

Another dual episode drop to start off season 5! The Lower Dorks hosts bring up the Paramount+ episode descriptions, then go to town on them, asking key questions like "Is prime T'Lyn a doppelganger?", "Can V'ger be heard during the opening credits?" and "Where is Billups's sex tape?" 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 2:33 Paramount+ Episode Synopses 7:05 Opening credits updates 11:40 Dos Cerritos episode discussion 56:28 Shades of Green episode discussion 1:18:18 Outro

One last episode before season 5 starts airing! This time we take a deep dive with all the Lower Decks pre-season marketing, including the Star Trek Day 2024 exclusive clip, the season's teaser trailer and an in depth look at the season's full trailer!

Season 5 is close at hand, but what have the Lower Dorks hosts been up to this whole time with no filler episodes?? Also, what the heck is this about Lower Decks being cancelled?! Listen and find out answers to that, plus reactions to all upcoming Trek, and what we want to see in the future directions of the IP.  0:00 Intro and drink announcement 2:51 Why are we bad at podcasting? 6:07 Lower decks cancellation news 18:26 Upcoming Trek: SNW, PRO, S31, SFA 28:50 What do we want to see in new Trek? 40:25 Lower Decks season 5: Air date, episodes, teaser trailer and poster 43:52 Outro

We're between seasons, and it's a fun time to talk about tie-ins! We're joined by author Chris Farnell to discuss the in-universe handbook given to all new crewmembers on board the Cerritos! 0:00 Intro, guest and drink announcement 3:44 Everything Chris Farnell, plus book overview 11:29 How canon is the book, and the Cerritos name history 15:11 The in-text comments, and how do you spell com badge? 18:13 Characters and Equipment sections 55:52 Badgey 2.0 and Starfleet procedure 58:51 Shifts and Elite Force 1:04:36 Shipboard activities board 1:07:39 Cerritos name history 1:12:19 Onboard facilities, with a few digressions 1:33:11 Races 1:37:41 Cerritos Bingo, Boimler's drafting strategy, general Star Trek reflection 1:46:48 Chris gives the pitch for the book 1:47:51 Stavros and Aaron final thoughts, Chris's other works 1:57:37 Outro

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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