Hey, I'm Tawny Newsome, and I want to know
if you caught this Easter egg
in the latest episode of Lower Decks.
Gary Mitchell, from The Original Series,
he was a helmsman on the Enterprise
who encountered strange energies and gained godlike powers,
just like our boy Jack Ransom.
Okay, now let's talk to our own godlike showrunner,
Mike McMahan, to give us a little more info.
Gary Mitchell, we get to see Gary Mitchell
in this very TOS-themed episode.
Nothing says TOS like strange energies,
the vaguest of energies, zapping somebody
and giving them godlike powers.
But hey, at the end of the day,
as long as you're smushing them under a boulder,
you should be able to get out of it without too much damage.
I would like to say though, that at least, you know,
by 2380, they know how to undo the effects.
It's nice to see that Ransom is in sick bay
at the ending of this episode.
I'm pretty sure they just leave Gary Mitchell
smushed under the boulder.
Noooooo!