I saw a different season 3 I guess. The humor was gone but the kind and progressive approach to problems that I like about Trek was kinda gone too.

This is awsome!

Yeah, Tendi irl is not green at all.

It’s ok that the whole world of Star Trek is not at the same level morally. I also understand writers are just people and they are influenced by the time and place they live in. But I appreciate it when they at least try to continue to elaborate the utopic aspects. I love thinking about what could be better in society and how it would work (and that’s what I like about TNG). Thanks for the analysis of DS9, by the way.

I’ve recently seen the episode of the Orville with Picardo (s02e03) and was reminded how good he is - his character has a great arch there and he sells all the emotions so well!

Can’t believe we got a Twin Peaks scene in Trek. I didn’t know I needed that but it makes me so happy!

Discovery is not necessary, but there’s quite a bit of stuff from TNG, Voyager and DS9 in Lower Decks.

I feel the same about the last season. It seems to me they don’t make enough effort to think their ideas properly through anymore and just preach without applying logic, which is not satisfying to me. For those reasons I now prefer the Lower Decks. LD episodes seem much more creative to me and I like the diversity of character interactions and relationships.

1. Voyage Home (the comedy and the whales)
2. Galaxy Quest (perfect but needs to be 2. because it builds on Trek)
3. Wrath of Khan (ear bugs)
4. Star Trek - Kelvin (loved the restart with slight differences - enjoyed every nod and subversion)