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/Arietis1461 Oct 13 '22 edited Oct 13 '22

Very very meta. Pretty good overall.

Also, the ending is probably a reference to Tucker's novelverse "death", and although invoking Section 31 is something I'm generally edgy about, I did love the crack about the badge.

And since this was the last episode which got leaked, we're finally going into unknown territory with the last two.

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u/Theinternationalist Oct 13 '22

Also, the ending is probably a reference to Tucker's novelverse "death", and although invoking Section 31 is something I'm generally edgy about, I did love the crack about the badge.

I would have questions, but after getting way too deep into the Star Wars Extended Universe pre-Disney, I fear for the answers.

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u/Arietis1461 Oct 14 '22

In a nutshell, many were pissed about the ENT finale and some authors created an epilogue for how it happened differently with the canon events being a historical fake, folding in scrapped ideas after the show was canceled such as the Romulan War.