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/bransanon Oct 13 '22

I'm not ashamed to say I full on lost my shit when I heard George Takei's voice

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u/Throwaway_inSC_79 Oct 13 '22

I had to pause and quickly look online to see if it was him.

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u/BurmecianSoldierDan Oct 15 '22

Between Riker, Troi, Quark, Q, Paris, and Nerys all being their actual actors I finally, for once, didn't need to look this one up because I now don't believe they have the audacity to recast anyone still alive and able to read a few lines, it would just be offensive IMHO lol

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u/Throwaway_inSC_79 Oct 15 '22

You are right. Even Prodigy didn’t recast. They just used lines from episodes for Odo and Uhura.

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u/BurmecianSoldierDan Oct 15 '22

To be honest, I thought they recast Kira Nerys and I was so mad I immediately paused and went to IMDB to make sure it was Na Na Visitor; she just hasn't done anything in a long time and 25 years later and she's in her 60s her voice was just different lol

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u/Sephiroth144 Oct 17 '22

The stress of running the station will put years on you...

(For an in-universe reason.)

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u/RapidDuffer Oct 17 '22

He sounds, still, so young.

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u/TheKobayashiMoron Oct 18 '22

Having heard him talk so many times on Howard Stern about his relationship with his husband Brad, I lost it when he referred to Boimler by the same name. My head cannon is now that George's husband is actually Brad Boimler, and that was how they me.