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!