If you’re a Paramount Plus subscriber, you can go watch Boimler of Lower Decks geek out over the cast of Strange New Worlds right now.
If you’re a Paramount Plus subscriber, you can go watch Boimler of Lower Decks geek out over the cast of Strange New Worlds right now.
How important is it that I see Lower Decks first? I keep hearing good things about it, and I will get to it eventually, but I know very little beyond its premise.
Boimler is ambitious but kind of clumsy and awkward and stickler for rules (despite the boimler rule). Mariner is basically Ferris Bueller with the mouth of a sailor until her friends/family are in danger and then she’s MacGuyver/007. (I also just realized I’m dating myself a lot of those references and I hope they still work.) The show is definitely written by fans of star trek that also are comfortable enough to poke fun at the source material.
Edit: that’s probably enough to enjoy it, but I haven’t seen it yet so don’t know if they reference any lower decks story arcs heavily.
I haven’t seen the episode so take that into consideration, but probably not very. Lower decks hasn’t broken that much new ground