Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x05 "Starbase 80?!" (startrek.website)

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Ransom uses too much disinfectant gel while Mariner gets paranoid about curses.

Written by: May Darmon

Directed by: Bob Suarez

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[-] williams_482@startrek.website 2 points 1 hour ago

I really liked this one. I think it did a good job making Starbase 80 fit into the universe as more than just a joke (why does starfleet have a starbase that everyone knows just totally sucks? Well, because of a bunch of weird circumstances, and also it's more complicated than the reputation).

Interesting, although unsurprising, that Mariner apparently didn't hang around SB80 long enough to figure out that there was more there than met the eye. A lot of the stuff uncovered in this episode should have been noticeable to a new transfer.

[-] Stormygeddon@startrek.website 9 points 3 days ago

Finally, representation for the struggle of being a young Immortal.

[-] wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago

Loved seeing more of the Cetacean Ops crew, plus those ENT unis

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Kinda confused by the ENT uniforms, since she said it hadn't been updated since the 2260s, which is TOS era. Those uniforms were 100 years old even then!

[-] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago

My only theory is they were kind of as prolific as the TOS film uniforms and lasted into the 2240s and were getting rare but still seen occasionally in the 2260s.

[-] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Now we know how Freeman ended up in charge of Starbase 80 in the alternate universe.

[-] khaosworks@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago

Annotations for 5x05 up at: https://startrek.website/post/16388966

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