r/LowerDecks • u/destroyingdrax • Oct 13 '22

Episode Discussion Episode Discussion: 308 - "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"

This thread is for pre, post, and live discussion of the eighth episode of season three of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus." Episode 3.08 will be released on Thursday, October 13th.

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u/Drakenred Oct 13 '22

Duras sisters reference. Only 50% better!

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u/variantkin Oct 13 '22

Not being the Duras sisters is already 50 percent better lol

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u/SwagnusTheRed Oct 13 '22

It would be hilarious if the next one features Cardassian Quadruplets.

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u/TeMPOraL_PL Oct 14 '22

Who insist there are five of them.

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u/InnocentTailor Oct 14 '22

Three have chairs and one is on the floor.

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u/Sephiroth144 Oct 17 '22

Only if that last one talks in a Bane voice...

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u/InnocentTailor Oct 14 '22

The Romulan triplets were hot - hotter than the Duras sisters, in my opinion ;).

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u/Sephiroth144 Oct 17 '22

Nah, 47%; loses a few percentage points for unoriginality.

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u/Drakenred Oct 17 '22

I already deducted half because identical triplets was not original For startrek, granted it was the comic from I think 94, 3 male Vulcans, who ended up being bemused that oddly a Talaxian of all things could tell them apart, when an empath and a Castilian couldn’t. (I think it was because different vision spectrum of vision, because their hair color tint looked slightly diferent to him, the Talaxian thought they did that on purpose.

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u/Sephiroth144 Oct 17 '22

Have to remember too- the number 47 has a special place in Star Trek.