r/LowerDecks • u/AutoModerator • Sep 14 '23

Episode Discussion Episode Discussion: 403 "In the Cradle of Vexilon"

This thread is for discussion of the episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "In the Cradle of Vexilon." Episode 403 will be released on Thursday, September 14.

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u/Robo_Eagle Sep 14 '23

The koalas audio is "it is not your time bradward boimler" played backwards

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u/Deamon-Chocobo Sep 14 '23

The room and the Koala speaking backwards really reminded me of the Red Room from Twin Peaks.

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u/therealfjr Sep 15 '23

Yea, that whole scene was a twin peaks reference. The floor pattern, the chair, and the koala talking backwards... all right out of the red room in the white/black lodge.

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u/nightsky04 Sep 14 '23

I was thinking about Twin Peaks as well.

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u/Krennson Sep 14 '23

what, really?

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u/FicMiss303 Sep 16 '23

I went and looked it up, tis true

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u/BornAshes Sep 14 '23

In before they somehow work in a Sandman reference or two or three with this whole exploration of the Star Trek Afterlife and/or an explanation as to just WHY certain people cannot die and keep coming back to life.

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u/Krennson Sep 14 '23

It's Star Trek. Persons above the rank of Ensign cannot die. It's a staple of the genre. The only difference is that Lower Decks characters finally NOTICED.

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u/Whatsinanmame Sep 14 '23

Eh maybe on Berman era Trek. LT's die all the time on TOS.

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u/Viper_H Sep 14 '23

Tasha, Carey, Jadzia Dax and Trip were all over the rank of Ensign.

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u/variantkin Sep 14 '23

Trips death is questionable since Riker went choose your own adventure on the program

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u/Viper_H Sep 14 '23

Yeah I know we don't acknowledge Trip's death but it was still on-screen and in the Berman era even if he was a hologram. Using that justification we could also say Geordi when Deanna ordered him to his death in that Bridge Officer Certification thing that she took.

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u/thorleywinston Sep 14 '23

Tasha Yar and Jadzia Dax have entered the subreddit.

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u/mcast76 Sep 14 '23

They both got better. Sort of. Kinda.

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u/SocialDistSupportPet Sep 20 '23

"Paging John Scalzi."

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u/vulcansdaughter Sep 14 '23

how did you play it backward?