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Where do you guys start in a Lower Decks rewatch? (startrek.website)
submitted 3 days ago by data1701d@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website
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Well, I just finished DS9 for the 3rd or 4th time, and to offset the despair of the finally, I've turned to an emotional coping rewatch of Lower Decks.

However, I don't necessarily enjoy a lot of the season 1 episodes; thus I often start at S1 E8 "Veritas". I feel like it's one of the first truly good episodes of LD, as its narrative structure is a comedic version of Star Trek's general experimentation with alternate narrative formats a la VOY:"Final Witness" or DS9:"Rules of Engangement", and the humor just generally starts to get better. I also find a bit of genius in the foreshadowing that Tendi is more than she lets on with her combat scenes.

Also, the S1 episodes after that are some of the strongest episodes of the seasons.

What are your thoughts? Where do you tend to start on an LD rewatch?

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[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I start at the beginning.

For me, even the worst of S1 is still more entertaining than a lot of what's out there to stream, in general.

It could also be that I have some sort of unhealthy obsession with Tendi.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

So we are all Rutherford?

[–] MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago

Buffer time! It’s the episode I feel where LD comes into its own.

TIL the episode is actually called Temporal Edict and “Buffer Time” is a lower decks board game they made based on the episode.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't think I've done a re-watch of LD yet, but I tend to skip very few episodes these days and start from the beginning.

Like, I used to always skip "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" but I didn't on the last circuit. It's definitely not one of my favorites, but I did enjoy it that latest time around where I hadn't before. So now I tend to watch them all even if it's on my usual skip list.