Star Trek Lower Decks
Warning : spoiler forrader forStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 , installment 7 , " Fully Dilated . “WatchingStar Trekcharacters progress through the rank at Starfleet until they reach the membership of captain is one of the most rewarding parts of the sci - fi franchise , but one prospective captain just provided a potent argument for why they should never be give mastery of their own ship . All the mainStar Trekcaptainsdisplay immense levels of leadership , even if they have different ways of winning the allegiance of their crew and maintaining an air of authority .
Although there have been various master throughout theStar Trektimeline , sure personality traits can ruin an officer ’s chances of achieving their goal . In other way , there ’s no correct elbow room to captain a starship , but there are sure enough wrong ways . Although Starfleet is n’t a military organization , the universe being such a severe office command Starfleet to abide by a military - esque hierarchyand level of subject area . One member of theStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 casthas long been teased to finally ascend to the social status of maitre d' , but the animated comedy just weaken their case .
Mariner Spends Her Entire Time In Exile Goofing Around In “Fully Dilated”
Tawny Newsome’s Star Trek character doesn’t act like a future captain
Tawny Newsome ’s Lt . Beckett Mariner is left strand during an outside missionary post with Noël Wells ' Lt . D’Vana Tendi and Gabrielle Ruiz ’s Lt . T’Lyn . While the latter two women spend their time in isolation trying to further their career and strengthen their several instance for furtherance for when they return to the USS Cerritos , Mariner seems to find out pretty much anything else to do as she wait to be rescue . In fact , Mariner almost appears to actively avoiding doing anything that could benefit her career .
Mariner puts quite a mass of energy into trying to create a time - dilated personal liveliness for herself inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 , episode 7 , " to the full Dilated " , similar to how Patrick Stewart ’s Captain Picard ’s storey went inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 5 , episode 25 , " The Inner Light . "
Mariner ’s more recent narrative have been about her finally accepting she ca n’t remain an national flag perpetually , and that she eventually call for to age and carry herself like an officeholder with ambitiousness . forth from the ship in " Fully Dilated " , that desire seems to have fallen completely by the roadside , perhaps proving that being separated from her larger peer group is what causes this dip in progress . In poor , Mariner fails to find a way to tug herself further down the Starfleet command track , while her fellow exiled officers expend their sentence much far more productively .
“Fully Dilated” Was The Perfect Opportunity For Mariner To Prove Herself
Mariner had the chance to resolve an interpersonal Starfleet conflict
With only one spot initially assailable for a bridge promotion on the USS Cerritos , T’Lyn and Tendi are each very aware of how intemperately they ’ll have to forge to prove to their captain that they deserve the spatial relation more than the other . While this level of competitor is admirable , and could even be consider healthy in certain scenarios , the fact they ’re also cut off from their ship mean tensions are running gamy than they often would be . As a answer , the moral force between Tendi and T’Lyn turn too competitive and perhaps even damaging . Unfortunately , Beckett was too distrait to observe .
A bad part of captainship is dispute closure , and Beckett neither noticed nor tried to rectify the tension between her peers .
AlthoughMariner is the same rank and file as the others and therefore does n’t really have any form of meaningful seniority , her cherry-red Starfleet uniform suggest her career choice should really prioritize command determination , just as Tendi and T’Lyn ’s imply the champion scientific advancement during their time as officers . A big part of captaincy is conflict resolution , and Beckett neither noticed nor try on to rectify the tautness between her peer . If she had been able to do so , it would have been a huge signifier of her advancement . Unfortunately , it was a large neglect fortune .
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Why Mariner Will Probably Continue On The Command Path In Star Trek: Lower Decks
Lower Decks' status as a comedy show gives it more flexibility than other Star Trek efforts
Star Trek : Lower Decksholds a pretty unusual place amongall theStar Trekshows . Although it ’s essentially a self - referential parody of the largerStar Trekfranchise , Lower Decksis still canyon and must have its own self - contained storyline while balancing its comedic ingredient . As a result , it can become difficult to differentiate the " authentic"Star Trekcomponents fromLower Decks ' take on the sci - fi saga . Mariner ’s arc in " to the full Dilated " is a gross instance of this .
The USS Cerritos ' first military officer could be related to an underrated villain who Captain Janeway only run into once in Star Trek : Voyager .
SeeingMariner playact as a peacemaker between Tendi and T’Lyn would n’t have been almost as entertainingas what her character actually engender up to . Not only were her antics far more align with her personality and most prominent traits , but it was also far comic than the option . So , Lower Deckswas force to compromise and arrive at a halfway full point between what Mariner " should " do and what the show need of her case . Besides , with her redemption arc clearly foreshadowing a command spatial relation for Mariner , generalStar Treklogic can be for the most part ignored in her typeface .
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Paramount+ ’s Star Trek : Lower Decks Season 5 Release Schedule
Episode
title of respect
Release Date ( 2024 )
1
" Dos Cerritos "
October 22
2
" Shades of Green "
3
" The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel "
October 31
4
" A Farewell to Farms "
November 7
5
" Star Base 80 ? "
November 14
6
" Of Gods and Angels "
November 21
7
" Fully expand "
November 28
8
" Upper Decks "
December 5
9
" Fissure Quest "
December 12
10
" The New Next Generation "
December 19
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The animated clowning series Star Trek : Lower Decks follows the support crew on one of Starfleet ’s least significant ships , the U.S.S. Cerritos , in 2380 . Ensigns Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) , Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) , Rutherford ( Eugene Cordero ) , and Tendi ( Noël Wells ) have to keep up with their duty and their social lives often . At the same fourth dimension , the ship is being sway by a multitude of sci - fi anomalies .
