WEBVTT 00:00:05.420 --> 00:00:08.520 Hey, nerds, I'm Wil Wheaton, and this is The Ready Room, 00:00:08.520 --> 00:00:10.570 your official behind-the-scenes hub 00:00:10.570 --> 00:00:12.840 for all things Star Trek Universe. 00:00:12.840 --> 00:00:14.410 Now, we had a nice little shore leave 00:00:14.410 --> 00:00:17.310 after Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 ended back 00:00:17.310 --> 00:00:20.560 in January, but I am ecstatic to be back 00:00:20.560 --> 00:00:23.160 for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2, 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:25.160 and just like Next Generation, 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:28.140 it only gets better after the beard shows up. 00:00:28.140 --> 00:00:30.070 This week, we'll be talking about everything 00:00:30.070 --> 00:00:31.650 that happened in the premiere episode, 00:00:31.650 --> 00:00:34.530 very appropriately called "Strange Energies." 00:00:34.530 --> 00:00:37.090 And if you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend 00:00:37.090 --> 00:00:39.790 that you watch that first before you watch us, 00:00:39.790 --> 00:00:42.470 lest you get spoiled by the Ancient Ones. 00:00:42.470 --> 00:00:45.420 Today we have an embarrassment of ensigns joining us 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:49.060 in the Ready Room, voice cast Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:52.820 Eugene Cordero, and Noël Wells will all be stopping by 00:00:52.820 --> 00:00:55.010 to give us the scoop on Season 2. 00:00:55.010 --> 00:00:56.220 Then, be sure to stick around 00:00:56.220 --> 00:00:57.600 because we'll have an exclusive clip 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:00.540 from next week's episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks. 00:01:00.540 --> 00:01:02.750 But before we get to any of that, 00:01:02.750 --> 00:01:04.250 we have some of the voice cast 00:01:04.250 --> 00:01:06.400 and series showrunner Mike McMahan 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:11.160 to tell us why Season 2 is bigger and better than ever. 00:01:11.160 --> 00:01:15.490 Control room? Oh, I missed you too. Engage. 00:01:15.490 --> 00:01:18.393 How is Season 2 gonna kick Season 1's ass? 00:01:19.510 --> 00:01:21.447 Season 2 is bigger. 00:01:21.447 --> 00:01:22.913 It goes to places boldly 00:01:22.913 --> 00:01:24.927 we haven't gone before in the show. 00:01:24.927 --> 00:01:26.950 What does that even mean? 00:01:26.950 --> 00:01:29.008 [Mike] We hit the ground running, and it never looks back. 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:36.760 I think the first season, we got to know the characters. 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:39.510 They were really comfortable with each other. 00:01:39.510 --> 00:01:41.730 Well, it seems like everything's back to normal. 00:01:41.730 --> 00:01:45.079 But then, Season 2, we get to see all the characters kind 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:48.060 of have a level of their own independence. 00:01:48.060 --> 00:01:51.040 Mike and Chris Kula and the whole crew 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:52.327 and the writers are like, 00:01:52.327 --> 00:01:55.810 "Oh, great, Season 1. We can touch with these, 00:01:55.810 --> 00:01:58.350 and you guys will get it, and you'll get it if you're fans 00:01:58.350 --> 00:02:00.510 and you'll get it if you're not fans, great. 00:02:00.510 --> 00:02:02.590 So we'll do more ridiculous stuff. 00:02:02.590 --> 00:02:05.140 We'll make bigger things happen, 00:02:05.140 --> 00:02:09.610 explore the worlds a lot more, and be a lot more minuscule 00:02:09.610 --> 00:02:12.700 when it comes to the Star Trek-y stuff." 00:02:12.700 --> 00:02:16.080 I told you not to deviate from the mission. 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:17.470 Looks like you took a full load 00:02:17.470 --> 00:02:19.940 of strange energies straight to the cortex. 00:02:19.940 --> 00:02:24.650 So, the true, true fans can tip their hats 00:02:24.650 --> 00:02:26.930 to those moments, and then the ones 00:02:26.930 --> 00:02:29.800 that are just there for the comedy can just keep laughing. 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:32.340 The main thing I noticed when I saw a little sneak peek 00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:33.410 of the first episode was 00:02:33.410 --> 00:02:36.040 that the animation has gotten quite a bump. 00:02:36.040 --> 00:02:37.897 I texted Mike McMahan and said, 00:02:37.897 --> 00:02:40.270 "Did Mariner get new facial expressions?" 00:02:40.270 --> 00:02:42.660 Why are you squatting? We're going to die! 00:02:42.660 --> 00:02:44.110 It's leg day. 00:02:44.110 --> 00:02:45.750 She seems more expressive, so, yeah, 00:02:45.750 --> 00:02:48.560 that's all a tribute to Titmouse and the animators, 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:50.750 and to Mike and the team for pushing that. 00:02:50.750 --> 00:02:52.620 So Season 2 starts a couple months 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:53.760 after the end of Season 1. 00:02:53.760 --> 00:02:55.750 We've got Mariner and her mom working together, 00:02:55.750 --> 00:02:57.710 at least they've been trying to. 00:02:57.710 --> 00:02:59.550 I don't think it's great for either one of them. 00:02:59.550 --> 00:03:00.850 [Mariner] Mom, you don't have to keep a trinket 00:03:00.850 --> 00:03:02.530 from every side mission we do together. 00:03:02.530 --> 00:03:05.060 They'd gotten pretty used to their dynamic before, 00:03:05.060 --> 00:03:06.890 as dysfunctional as it was, 00:03:06.890 --> 00:03:11.580 and now this getting along thing doesn't super serve either 00:03:11.580 --> 00:03:12.955 of their purposes. 00:03:12.955 --> 00:03:16.340 I think you'll see it's not gonna last. 00:03:16.340 --> 00:03:18.020 We've missed some of their adventures. 00:03:18.020 --> 00:03:20.020 It's getting a little exhausting for the both of them. 00:03:20.020 --> 00:03:20.853 He's right. 00:03:20.853 --> 00:03:24.460 What?! Well, I do actually feel the exact same way. 00:03:24.460 --> 00:03:26.260 Especially to Ransom, who was used 00:03:26.260 --> 00:03:27.490 to being the captain's number one, 00:03:27.490 --> 00:03:29.040 and now it seems like Mariner is. 00:03:29.040 --> 00:03:31.010 That does tend to happen a lot these days. 00:03:31.010 --> 00:03:33.120 You've got Rutherford, who's having memory problems, 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:34.970 but he's still the Rutherford we know and love. 00:03:34.970 --> 00:03:37.950 And the good thing is, is by his restart, 00:03:37.950 --> 00:03:40.720 there's aspects of his work that he's trying to figure out, 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:42.560 but he's so professional in the way 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:45.675 that he wants to do it, and I think it's gonna be a fun ride 00:03:45.675 --> 00:03:48.490 to watch him realize certain things. 00:03:48.490 --> 00:03:50.220 Uh, went the wrong way again. 00:03:50.220 --> 00:03:51.770 [Eugene] And I'm excited for Rutherford 00:03:51.770 --> 00:03:54.110 to find some more of his memories, 00:03:54.110 --> 00:03:57.670 but also see some fun things that weren't there originally 00:03:57.670 --> 00:03:58.840 with Tendi and him. 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:02.007 But Tendi is getting a little upset that-- 00:04:02.007 --> 00:04:04.110 you know, is he different? 00:04:04.110 --> 00:04:05.910 Is this new version of Rutherford 00:04:05.910 --> 00:04:07.920 with his new memories the Rutherford she knows? 00:04:07.920 --> 00:04:09.880 And that's something she's grappling with. 00:04:09.880 --> 00:04:12.320 Does Rutherford seem off to you? 00:04:12.320 --> 00:04:13.153 Yeah, always. 00:04:13.153 --> 00:04:15.100 Obviously, it was sad for Tendi 00:04:15.100 --> 00:04:17.700 when Rutherford sort of lost all the history, 00:04:17.700 --> 00:04:19.933 but because Tendi's so optimistic, 00:04:19.933 --> 00:04:22.270 this is just an opportunity for her 00:04:22.270 --> 00:04:24.490 to become friends with him all over again. 00:04:24.490 --> 00:04:28.230 If anything, it's going to make their friendship better 00:04:28.230 --> 00:04:32.170 and stronger, and it takes them on some new adventures. 00:04:32.170 --> 00:04:35.440 It's nice to know no matter what, we still love science. 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:36.570 And how. 00:04:36.570 --> 00:04:37.920 Also, don't date Barnes. 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:39.670 I think that Tendi, in the first season, 00:04:39.670 --> 00:04:41.500 it's not that she had a backseat position, 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:45.210 but she definitely was more of a wallflower 00:04:45.210 --> 00:04:47.540 in the sense that she was taking everybody else's lead. 00:04:47.540 --> 00:04:49.060 It looks like I'm gonna have to resort 00:04:49.060 --> 00:04:51.050 to more extreme methods. 00:04:51.050 --> 00:04:51.980 I think for this season, 00:04:51.980 --> 00:04:54.640 you get to see Tendi coming out of her shell. 00:04:54.640 --> 00:04:56.770 What we wanted to see in this first episode, 00:04:56.770 --> 00:04:58.500 we come back with this emotional story, 00:04:58.500 --> 00:05:02.120 but also with this TOS-style, godlike story, 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:04.170 where somebody's imbued with strange energies. 00:05:04.170 --> 00:05:05.240 So right off the bat, 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:06.520 it's something you haven't seen before, 00:05:06.520 --> 00:05:08.250 but it's reflecting on Star Trek's past, 00:05:08.250 --> 00:05:10.249 and every character has something-- 00:05:10.249 --> 00:05:11.790 fallout that they're dealing with 00:05:11.790 --> 00:05:13.030 from the end of Season 1. 00:05:13.030 --> 00:05:15.270 And at the very end of the episode, you get a little taste 00:05:15.270 --> 00:05:17.960 of what you're gonna see in episode two with Boimler. 00:05:17.960 --> 00:05:19.523 He's in over his head with the Titan. 00:05:20.440 --> 00:05:23.169 Pretty quickly you'll see that the types of missions 00:05:23.169 --> 00:05:26.250 that he does for Captain Riker are a little different 00:05:26.250 --> 00:05:28.640 than the types of missions he does for Captain Freeman, 00:05:28.640 --> 00:05:30.760 and Riker's a captain he's not used to. 00:05:30.760 --> 00:05:32.880 And yeah, I think we set the bar high. 00:05:32.880 --> 00:05:34.220 We rise to the challenge, 00:05:34.220 --> 00:05:37.750 and you guys will see, across first season and then second, 00:05:37.750 --> 00:05:39.620 it just keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger, 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:41.312 all the way to the second season finale. 00:05:41.312 --> 00:05:42.187 It's a lot of fun. 00:05:46.840 --> 00:05:49.140 I am now joined by the Lower Deckers themselves, 00:05:49.140 --> 00:05:53.270 Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Eugene Cordero, and Noël Wells. 00:05:53.270 --> 00:05:55.660 Welcome back, my friends, to The Ready Room. 00:05:55.660 --> 00:05:57.390 It's been so long. 00:05:57.390 --> 00:05:59.810 I am so excited to talk to you 00:05:59.810 --> 00:06:03.570 about your new season of Star Trek: Lower Decks. 00:06:03.570 --> 00:06:05.810 Y'all have had to play it pretty close 00:06:05.810 --> 00:06:08.300 to the vest with Season 2 so far, 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:09.590 and I know that you cannot talk 00:06:09.590 --> 00:06:12.140 about everything we're going to experience this season, 00:06:12.140 --> 00:06:16.700 but between the trailers and this first episode, 00:06:16.700 --> 00:06:21.210 what are you the most excited and relieved 00:06:21.210 --> 00:06:22.570 that you can finally talk about? 00:06:22.570 --> 00:06:24.160 Tawny, let's start with you. 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:25.790 I've said this a bunch, I'm super excited 00:06:25.790 --> 00:06:28.210 about Kayshon, the Tamarian security officer. 00:06:28.210 --> 00:06:30.190 This is the first Tamarian in Starfleet. 00:06:30.190 --> 00:06:32.500 This is the first time we have seen a Tamarian 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:34.810 since the TNG episode "Darmok." 00:06:34.810 --> 00:06:36.840 I sound like a broken record, 00:06:36.840 --> 00:06:40.250 but I love the pairing of this critically acclaimed, 00:06:40.250 --> 00:06:42.360 revered episode about humanity 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:44.140 and communication played by Paul Winfield, 00:06:44.140 --> 00:06:47.110 who brought this incredible heightened type vibe to it, 00:06:47.110 --> 00:06:50.000 paired with my goofy-ass friend, Carl Tart, 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.970 who people know from his role on Comedy Bang! Bang!, 00:06:52.970 --> 00:06:55.846 other improv podcasts, great UCB improv actor. 00:06:55.846 --> 00:07:00.210 But his goofy self saying these reverent memes 00:07:00.210 --> 00:07:02.130 and things that the Tamarians speak in, 00:07:02.130 --> 00:07:03.910 these metaphors, I think is the perfect pairing 00:07:03.910 --> 00:07:05.810 'cause it's exactly what Lower Decks does best. 00:07:05.810 --> 00:07:06.830 It takes a thing we remember 00:07:06.830 --> 00:07:08.090 and that we love and that we miss, 00:07:08.090 --> 00:07:10.160 and then it puts a silly voice actor behind it 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:11.810 to show how it can be very, very funny. 00:07:11.810 --> 00:07:14.183 Rapunki, when he joined the seven. 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:19.060 So I'm excited to talk about that. 00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:21.270 I am also incredibly excited for that, 00:07:21.270 --> 00:07:23.620 if for no other reason than I don't have 00:07:23.620 --> 00:07:25.530 to keep writing new Tamarian dialog 00:07:25.530 --> 00:07:26.990 to use on message boards. 00:07:26.990 --> 00:07:28.810 I'll just steal it from the show. 00:07:28.810 --> 00:07:31.182 We're gonna have some new stuff for you. 00:07:31.182 --> 00:07:32.940 What's on your mind, Jack? 00:07:32.940 --> 00:07:35.350 Oh, man, I think the thing that I'm the most excited 00:07:35.350 --> 00:07:37.290 that I can finally talk about is the fact 00:07:37.290 --> 00:07:39.490 that Tom Paris is in this season 00:07:39.490 --> 00:07:41.490 because when it was in the trailer, 00:07:41.490 --> 00:07:44.880 I was very surprised he's in it. 00:07:44.880 --> 00:07:47.300 I think when I recorded that episode, there's a moment in it 00:07:47.300 --> 00:07:50.160 where I have to scream the name Tom Paris a lot, 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:53.250 and I did that in a closet in a hotel room 00:07:53.250 --> 00:07:55.692 in North Carolina, and everybody thought that-- 00:07:55.692 --> 00:07:56.525 Brag. 00:07:56.525 --> 00:07:58.582 There was something very wrong in my hotel room, so-- 00:07:58.582 --> 00:07:59.810 Did you get a knock on the door? 00:07:59.810 --> 00:08:01.410 -Not a knock on the door-- -A concerned knock? 00:08:01.410 --> 00:08:03.740 A text from another actor who was staying 00:08:03.740 --> 00:08:05.557 in the same floor as me, saying, 00:08:05.557 --> 00:08:07.740 "Are you okay and who is Tom Paris?" 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:11.840 Noël? 00:08:11.840 --> 00:08:14.690 I think I'm just excited that we finally get 00:08:14.690 --> 00:08:16.890 to see the cliffhangers, right. 00:08:16.890 --> 00:08:18.210 We had all these cliffhangers, 00:08:18.210 --> 00:08:20.440 and finally sort of get the tease 00:08:20.440 --> 00:08:22.510 of how they're all getting resolved. 00:08:22.510 --> 00:08:27.159 And you get to see the character arcs flesh out 00:08:27.159 --> 00:08:29.450 in a bigger way because I've--honestly, 00:08:29.450 --> 00:08:32.180 a lot of people have been asking me about Tendi 00:08:32.180 --> 00:08:35.880 and her backstory, and I think that that definitely happens, 00:08:35.880 --> 00:08:38.750 and then just getting to see Boimler on the Titan, 00:08:38.750 --> 00:08:43.060 and now we all know that Mariner's the captain's daughter. 00:08:43.060 --> 00:08:44.960 Where does that...We finally get to see all 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:46.400 that stuff play out. 00:08:46.400 --> 00:08:49.820 Eugene, Rutherford is essentially rebooted 00:08:49.820 --> 00:08:50.930 in this episode. 00:08:50.930 --> 00:08:52.730 Do you want to talk about that a little bit? 00:08:52.730 --> 00:08:55.340 Yeah. The big question everybody had 00:08:55.340 --> 00:08:58.050 for Rutherford going into Season 2 was, 00:08:58.050 --> 00:09:00.260 does he like certain fruits, 00:09:00.260 --> 00:09:02.176 -like pears and whatnot-- -That's a big question. 00:09:02.176 --> 00:09:03.800 And it's like, guess what-- 00:09:03.800 --> 00:09:05.250 -Incredibly disturbing -Now that Season 2-- 00:09:05.250 --> 00:09:06.566 to see him eating pears. 00:09:06.566 --> 00:09:09.550 It's gross. It's gross, it felt weird. 00:09:09.550 --> 00:09:12.092 I didn't want to make the sound effects for it. 00:09:12.092 --> 00:09:14.290 So you had to make a mouth noise? 00:09:14.290 --> 00:09:15.123 I didn't want--they were like, 00:09:15.123 --> 00:09:16.120 "Do you want a real pear?" 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:17.280 And I'm like, "I'm in my own house, 00:09:17.280 --> 00:09:19.653 they're not here. So, no." 00:09:19.653 --> 00:09:21.687 Go get a pear for this, yeah. 00:09:21.687 --> 00:09:23.190 I'm not gonna buy pears for this. 00:09:23.190 --> 00:09:26.060 I'm not gonna put a mask on to buy a pear for this. 00:09:26.060 --> 00:09:27.100 I hate pears again! 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:29.433 They're so mealy and bland. F*** pears. 00:09:30.270 --> 00:09:32.160 You talked about not having pears in your home, 00:09:32.160 --> 00:09:34.500 which is a great segue to my next question. 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:38.933 You all recorded the entire season 00:09:38.933 --> 00:09:41.183 from your homes. 00:09:41.183 --> 00:09:44.820 So you--do any of you--You're accomplished voice actors. 00:09:44.820 --> 00:09:47.373 I presume you have booths in your house, 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:50.810 but what was that process like, 00:09:50.810 --> 00:09:53.936 and did it change over the course of the season? 00:09:53.936 --> 00:09:56.900 Do you prefer to work at home, 00:09:56.900 --> 00:09:59.710 as opposed to going into the studio? 00:09:59.710 --> 00:10:01.690 Noël, let's start with you. 00:10:01.690 --> 00:10:04.420 Well, no. It's funny, I've done a lot of voiceover work, 00:10:04.420 --> 00:10:07.890 but I've never made a booth. 00:10:07.890 --> 00:10:10.585 And so during lockdown, it became-- 00:10:10.585 --> 00:10:12.540 it's like, okay, you have to figure this out. 00:10:12.540 --> 00:10:15.460 It can't just be this... 'cause normally, 00:10:15.460 --> 00:10:18.490 if you're recording one time, 00:10:18.490 --> 00:10:22.255 you'd put yourself under your blankets and record, 00:10:22.255 --> 00:10:24.510 but you can't do that for 10 episodes. 00:10:24.510 --> 00:10:25.840 It would just be untenable. 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.070 And so I had to clean out--I had to make a space 00:10:29.070 --> 00:10:31.550 in my closet, set up my computer in there, 00:10:31.550 --> 00:10:33.410 and my closet's truly this big. 00:10:33.410 --> 00:10:36.600 So my computer's like--I had a little station, 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:39.480 and, I mean, it was really great. 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:41.900 I think one of the benefits I saw was 00:10:41.900 --> 00:10:45.000 that my character had...She seemed 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:46.500 to have a little bit more confidence this season, 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:47.630 and while that is definitely part 00:10:47.630 --> 00:10:50.070 of the character development, I think also for me, 00:10:50.070 --> 00:10:53.372 it was just because I was in my closet. 00:10:53.372 --> 00:10:55.410 No one can hurt me in my closet. 00:10:55.410 --> 00:11:00.410 But I will say, I did accidentally get locked 00:11:00.496 --> 00:11:03.374 in my closet, one of the records, 00:11:03.374 --> 00:11:06.960 and it was probably one of the scariest things that... 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:09.530 I mean, look, it was fine because I had my computer, 00:11:09.530 --> 00:11:12.740 so I had to email to get somebody 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:15.440 to come help me get out of my closet. 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:17.400 There's just something weird with my knob. 00:11:17.400 --> 00:11:19.220 And so I was locked in my closet 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:22.976 for about 45 minutes after recording, 00:11:22.976 --> 00:11:24.080 and so it was super funny. 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.740 My cat was just putting his paw under the door 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:28.047 and trying to help me, and I'm like, 00:11:28.047 --> 00:11:30.152 "There's nothing you can do, bud. 00:11:30.152 --> 00:11:31.970 I'm locked in my closet." 00:11:31.970 --> 00:11:33.050 -Oh my God. -You really took one 00:11:33.050 --> 00:11:35.040 -for the team, I admire that. -Totally. 00:11:35.040 --> 00:11:38.284 Also, who is this hero cat of yours? 00:11:38.284 --> 00:11:40.250 -I know. -It's so cute, 00:11:40.250 --> 00:11:42.027 I have video of him, just literally, 00:11:42.027 --> 00:11:45.810 his little paw. He's like, "What's going on in there? 00:11:45.810 --> 00:11:47.347 Where have you gone to?" 00:11:47.347 --> 00:11:49.900 "You still working on your show? 00:11:49.900 --> 00:11:51.580 Will you feed me?" 00:11:51.580 --> 00:11:52.947 Truly, he was just like, 00:11:52.947 --> 00:11:55.007 "Why are you not paying attention to me?" 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.000 I just want Star Trek fandom, 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:01.590 I want Trekkies around the world to understand 00:12:01.590 --> 00:12:04.880 and appreciate the very real sacrifices y'all made 00:12:04.880 --> 00:12:06.941 to bring this show to life. 00:12:06.941 --> 00:12:09.524 And how very lonely we were in the process. 00:12:11.230 --> 00:12:13.930 Let's talk about the premiere episode, 00:12:13.930 --> 00:12:18.060 which just dropped. It is brilliant, it is so funny. 00:12:18.060 --> 00:12:20.840 I want to share a few clips from the episode 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:23.060 and get your reactions. 00:12:23.060 --> 00:12:26.630 So we're gonna start with Mariner on a holiday. 00:12:26.630 --> 00:12:27.463 Check this out. 00:12:31.376 --> 00:12:32.513 [Tawny] Outfit. 00:12:34.230 --> 00:12:36.440 [Tawny] I like when she gets to be in new little outfit. 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:37.710 Oh my God, Mariner, you gotta get me out of here. 00:12:37.710 --> 00:12:38.850 They keep showing me lights. 00:12:38.850 --> 00:12:40.562 No, I am still mad at you. 00:12:40.562 --> 00:12:41.395 [Tawny] Is that you? 00:12:41.395 --> 00:12:42.228 [Jack] It's me, that's Boimler. 00:12:42.228 --> 00:12:43.600 You knew I wanted to get a promotion. 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:44.758 You're supposed to be my mentor. 00:12:44.758 --> 00:12:45.708 You snuck off in the middle 00:12:45.708 --> 00:12:47.310 of my shift without saying goodbye. 00:12:47.310 --> 00:12:48.890 You know who my best friend is now? 00:12:48.890 --> 00:12:51.170 My mom. It sucks, it's like work. 00:12:51.170 --> 00:12:52.780 Look, I'm a hologram, okay? 00:12:52.780 --> 00:12:54.470 I'm sure real Boimler had his reasons. 00:12:54.470 --> 00:12:57.010 I don't know, maybe, did you ever intimidate him? 00:12:57.010 --> 00:12:58.774 What? No! Shut up. 00:12:58.774 --> 00:13:00.360 No, no, no, Mariner. 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:02.480 You're abandoning your fellow officer? 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:04.529 Yeah, well, he did it first. 00:13:07.640 --> 00:13:11.490 When he says that they're--they just keep showing 00:13:11.490 --> 00:13:14.712 him lights, I was like, "I get that reference." 00:13:14.712 --> 00:13:17.128 There are... 00:13:17.128 --> 00:13:18.444 four lights! 00:13:20.970 --> 00:13:25.970 Tawny, Mariner is clearly working some stuff out. 00:13:26.670 --> 00:13:29.220 Yeah, literally, physically. Yeah, for sure. 00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:33.370 Wow, so her best friend, her cha'DIch, has left her 00:13:33.370 --> 00:13:35.790 for the Titan. She is working with her mom, 00:13:35.790 --> 00:13:38.880 who's her best friend, what a bummer that is. 00:13:38.880 --> 00:13:42.500 Do you think we're starting to see a more vulnerable side 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:45.573 of Mariner? Is she maybe lowering her shields a little bit? 00:13:46.450 --> 00:13:47.900 She's definitely lowering her shields 00:13:47.900 --> 00:13:49.650 in the way that, like--she's lowering her shields 00:13:49.650 --> 00:13:51.650 so that she can beam over somewhere 00:13:51.650 --> 00:13:55.180 and then be super aggressive and whoop somebody's ass. 00:13:55.180 --> 00:13:59.190 She deals with vulnerability by being aggressive. 00:13:59.190 --> 00:14:03.430 So we're gonna see her being...She's hurt. 00:14:03.430 --> 00:14:05.770 She's hurt by Boimler leaving, she feels abandoned, 00:14:05.770 --> 00:14:07.940 she feels betrayed, and she's very honest about that. 00:14:07.940 --> 00:14:10.610 She says the words, "You abandoned me, I feel abandoned," 00:14:10.610 --> 00:14:12.670 which I do think is growth, but then the next words out 00:14:12.670 --> 00:14:15.340 of her mouth are something very rude. 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:16.440 She's usually yelling at him. 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:19.560 So I don't feel like it stays soft for very long. 00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:23.280 She's definitely still her aggressive self. 00:14:23.280 --> 00:14:25.120 Okay, so we have Mariner over here. 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.780 She's sorting out her issues, and over here, 00:14:27.780 --> 00:14:30.050 we have Rutherford and Tendi going through a little bit 00:14:30.050 --> 00:14:33.130 of deja vu, which leads me to our next clip. 00:14:33.130 --> 00:14:35.090 Let's go ahead and roll it. 00:14:35.090 --> 00:14:36.220 What's an SMD? 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:38.310 It's just a cyborg thing, I'm fine. 00:14:39.468 --> 00:14:40.900 Well, when you're cured, 00:14:40.900 --> 00:14:42.650 just meet us outside Cetacean Ops. 00:14:42.650 --> 00:14:44.140 I'm gonna go change into my swimsuit. 00:14:44.140 --> 00:14:46.270 Wait, wait, wait, I can come with you. 00:14:46.270 --> 00:14:48.400 Oh, no, you can't. 00:14:48.400 --> 00:14:49.620 What's in those hyposprays? 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:51.110 Medical venom. 00:14:51.110 --> 00:14:52.750 Stop, you can't just keep attacking me 00:14:52.750 --> 00:14:54.550 and trying to surprise me into getting better. 00:14:54.550 --> 00:14:56.410 If I do have this LSD thing-- 00:14:56.410 --> 00:14:57.243 SMD. 00:14:57.243 --> 00:14:59.597 Whatever, you can't cure it like getting rid of hiccups. 00:15:00.447 --> 00:15:01.570 You're right. 00:15:01.570 --> 00:15:02.600 Thank you. 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:04.070 I'll have to get your brain out of your skull 00:15:04.070 --> 00:15:06.870 and freeze it so I can nanosuture your dendrites by hand. 00:15:06.870 --> 00:15:09.513 Tendi, please, I just want to go swimming with girls. 00:15:09.513 --> 00:15:10.834 Then give me your brain! 00:15:10.834 --> 00:15:11.667 [Rutherford] No! 00:15:13.378 --> 00:15:15.660 So, from a voice acting perspective, 00:15:15.660 --> 00:15:17.150 did you do anything differently? 00:15:17.150 --> 00:15:19.560 Did you sort of start from scratch with him 00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:24.500 and go in a different direction as you redid this date, 00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:27.140 or did you keep things kind of the same? 00:15:27.140 --> 00:15:31.463 I kept it pretty the same because I feel like... 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:36.370 all of him as a person was the same. 00:15:36.370 --> 00:15:38.090 So I feel like his excitement 00:15:38.090 --> 00:15:40.950 into a date would be the same way, so, in a way, 00:15:40.950 --> 00:15:42.220 for the audience to kind of see 00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:44.950 that even though his brain has been washed, 00:15:44.950 --> 00:15:48.160 his personality is still the same, I'd make him the same. 00:15:48.160 --> 00:15:51.930 It's not like he had any new information there on the date 00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:55.547 because I know that if I was able to say the line, 00:15:55.547 --> 00:15:57.550 "I just want to swim with girls" in Season 1, 00:15:57.550 --> 00:15:59.475 I would have said it the same way. 00:16:01.113 --> 00:16:02.390 And I think there's footage of me 00:16:02.390 --> 00:16:05.118 in my real life where I've said that, 00:16:05.118 --> 00:16:07.800 and it'd probably be the same take, so. 00:16:07.800 --> 00:16:10.690 All right, I have one last clip to show you. 00:16:10.690 --> 00:16:15.690 It gives us a very small hint of what's to come for Boimler. 00:16:23.999 --> 00:16:25.370 Ah! Shields at 30%. 00:16:25.370 --> 00:16:27.700 Red alert. I'm starting to think this jam session's 00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:29.770 got too many licks and not enough comp. 00:16:29.770 --> 00:16:32.104 What does that even mean? 00:16:32.104 --> 00:16:34.050 More Pakled battle harpies just dropped out of warp. 00:16:34.050 --> 00:16:35.370 They've got us surrounded. 00:16:35.370 --> 00:16:36.730 Someone punch me a way out. 00:16:36.730 --> 00:16:38.373 Punching. 00:16:38.373 --> 00:16:39.870 I'm taking us into the anomaly. 00:16:39.870 --> 00:16:41.447 Brace for gluonic disruption. 00:16:41.447 --> 00:16:42.447 Gluonic what? 00:16:45.818 --> 00:16:48.611 I love my job! 00:16:55.290 --> 00:16:59.150 Okay, so Jack, going off of this small scene, 00:16:59.150 --> 00:17:00.490 how do you think Boimler's fitting 00:17:00.490 --> 00:17:04.200 into the more action-packed starship with Riker in charge? 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:08.253 So well, just so unbelievably well. 00:17:09.350 --> 00:17:13.610 I for sure didn't scream all my dialog in that at all. 00:17:13.610 --> 00:17:15.440 No, I mean, I think there's a little bit of, 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:18.452 be careful what you wish for this season. 00:17:18.452 --> 00:17:22.830 To be clear, we saw him just jump at the chance 00:17:22.830 --> 00:17:24.940 to get that promotion from Riker last season, 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:27.850 and that's just such a core pillar of his character. 00:17:27.850 --> 00:17:29.340 He wants to rank up, he wants to get 00:17:29.340 --> 00:17:32.115 into a captain's chair eventually, 00:17:32.115 --> 00:17:35.430 probably way before he's actually ready. 00:17:35.430 --> 00:17:38.360 And so it's a little bit--somewhat cathartic 00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:41.650 to see him just kind of suffering a little bit 00:17:41.650 --> 00:17:43.940 on the ship, considering how he left things 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:47.000 with Mariner and the rest of the lower deckers. 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.120 He just kind of left without saying goodbye. 00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:51.880 So yeah, he's not fitting in too well. 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:56.270 He's used to kind of the second contact missions, 00:17:56.270 --> 00:18:00.332 the stuff that requires...the sci-fi happenings 00:18:00.332 --> 00:18:01.740 that happen on the Cerritos, 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:03.983 not so much the action-packed missions 00:18:03.983 --> 00:18:05.460 that the Titan gets to go on. 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:08.230 So you see him, to put it lightly, 00:18:08.230 --> 00:18:10.693 adjusting to his new... 00:18:11.820 --> 00:18:14.330 Everybody thinks sitting in that chair is easy 00:18:14.330 --> 00:18:15.990 until they actually do it. 00:18:15.990 --> 00:18:18.752 Exactly, exactly, it's hard not to scream 00:18:18.752 --> 00:18:21.440 when you're in that chair. 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:23.240 This is the last thing I'm going 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.840 to ask you before you all go. 00:18:24.840 --> 00:18:28.030 As you all know, we are very careful 00:18:28.030 --> 00:18:30.600 about spoilers, here in the Ready Room, 00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:33.930 but just once, I would like each of you 00:18:33.930 --> 00:18:38.930 to massively spoil something that happens in Season 2. 00:18:38.930 --> 00:18:42.400 Then, in post-production, we're gonna either bleep 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:44.460 or not bleep your answer, depending 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:46.610 on what Mike McMahan deems is appropriate 00:18:46.610 --> 00:18:49.020 for us to reveal. Okay? 00:18:49.020 --> 00:18:50.780 -Okay, I like this- -Tawny, 00:18:50.780 --> 00:18:52.480 let's start with you. 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:55.259 Okay, [beep] we get [beep]. 00:18:59.810 --> 00:19:01.360 It's such a funny nod 00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:03.892 -to the original [beep]. -Amazing. 00:19:03.892 --> 00:19:05.280 -I loved it. -I love that. 00:19:05.280 --> 00:19:07.050 I was gonna say, you're probably gonna bleep this. 00:19:07.050 --> 00:19:10.252 We finally get to see [beep]. 00:19:10.252 --> 00:19:11.230 Oh! 00:19:11.230 --> 00:19:13.700 You finally get to see it, that's it. 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:16.820 Wow, we've been waiting for that for 35 years. 00:19:16.820 --> 00:19:19.570 I know, they're gonna bleep this. It's okay, 00:19:19.570 --> 00:19:21.150 -but you're gonna love it. -That's incredible. 00:19:21.150 --> 00:19:26.040 We get to see Tendi [beep]. It is very sexy, 00:19:26.040 --> 00:19:28.790 and, I don't know, is that a spoiler? 00:19:28.790 --> 00:19:29.930 Yeah. 00:19:29.930 --> 00:19:31.700 -I just see, okay, cool. -Sexy is a spoiler. 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:34.070 It feels so weird to say a spoiler. 00:19:34.070 --> 00:19:34.903 I know. 00:19:34.903 --> 00:19:35.736 [Wil] I know, right? 00:19:35.736 --> 00:19:37.473 I'm like, did I do it? 00:19:39.030 --> 00:19:41.872 I think--well, you know what, we'll find out. 00:19:41.872 --> 00:19:43.390 [Beep] . 00:19:43.390 --> 00:19:45.130 -Oh. -Whoa! 00:19:45.130 --> 00:19:45.963 Okay. 00:19:45.963 --> 00:19:46.796 That's the biggest one. 00:19:46.796 --> 00:19:47.753 That's pretty cool. 00:19:47.753 --> 00:19:48.940 What do you think about that? 00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:51.120 But, try to bleep that 'cause I made 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:52.810 that happen real fast. 00:19:52.810 --> 00:19:55.550 Oh my God, they just need one quick beep. 00:19:55.550 --> 00:19:58.000 Yeah, you're right, I talk pretty quick. 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:00.730 We don't why and know how, but it's great, 00:20:00.730 --> 00:20:02.890 and we get to figure it out. 00:20:02.890 --> 00:20:04.191 Bleep out all of that. 00:20:04.191 --> 00:20:06.810 That was an incredible, 00:20:06.810 --> 00:20:11.500 absolutely incredible string of delightful spoilers. 00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:13.730 I know that you guys are extremely busy. 00:20:13.730 --> 00:20:15.690 I know that you're doing a lot of things today, 00:20:15.690 --> 00:20:18.120 and I appreciate you making time to stop 00:20:18.120 --> 00:20:19.930 by the Ready Room to hang out with us. 00:20:19.930 --> 00:20:22.160 Thank you for your work on Star Trek: Lower Decks, 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.680 and thank you for your time today. 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:25.090 I believe the next time I'll see you, 00:20:25.090 --> 00:20:27.280 we'll be talking about the finale, so-- 00:20:27.280 --> 00:20:28.390 Sounds good. 00:20:29.370 --> 00:20:30.940 Maybe we'll even be in the same place, 00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:32.890 'cause that's far away in the mysterious future, 00:20:32.890 --> 00:20:34.705 fingers super crossed. 00:20:34.705 --> 00:20:36.640 That would be cool. 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:38.980 So, sincerely thanks, you guys. 00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:41.170 It's just been terrific to see all of you, 00:20:41.170 --> 00:20:45.450 and congratulations on the premiere of Season 2. 00:20:45.450 --> 00:20:46.494 Thanks, Wil, we'll see you 00:20:46.494 --> 00:20:48.519 -in the future. -Thank you so much, Wil. 00:20:50.370 --> 00:20:52.640 Ah, I think your friend is gonna shoot you. 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.550 What now? 00:20:54.950 --> 00:20:56.540 [Wil] Want even more high jinks 00:20:56.540 --> 00:20:57.750 from Star Trek: Lower Decks? 00:20:57.750 --> 00:20:59.940 The Cerritos, oh, it's the very image 00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:02.060 of Starfleet responsibility. 00:21:02.060 --> 00:21:03.700 What do you want, Jennifer? 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:06.570 [Wil] Follow the @Startreklogs Instagram account 00:21:06.570 --> 00:21:09.850 for weekly log entries from the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos. 00:21:09.850 --> 00:21:11.700 [T'Ana] Chief medical officer's log. 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:13.540 Stardate who the f*** cares. 00:21:13.540 --> 00:21:15.657 [Wil] In the immortal words of Beckett Mariner, 00:21:15.657 --> 00:21:17.920 "There's sci-fi stuff happening over here." 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:19.567 Captain, there's a giant head approaching the ship. 00:21:19.567 --> 00:21:22.300 [Rutherford] Shaxs and I saved the day, 00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:24.560 but he got blown up and my implant got ripped off. 00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:26.193 Brace for gluonic disruption. 00:21:26.193 --> 00:21:27.393 Gluonic what? 00:21:27.393 --> 00:21:28.393 Check it out now. 00:21:32.550 --> 00:21:35.240 So we all know that Lower Decks is hilarious, 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:37.510 but it's also straight up gorgeous to look at. 00:21:37.510 --> 00:21:40.530 I mean, just check out some of these establishing shots. 00:21:40.530 --> 00:21:42.521 I want these as my background. 00:21:43.888 --> 00:21:45.155 Nice. 00:21:45.155 --> 00:21:47.340 Of course, this is animation we're talking about, 00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:52.230 and it takes a lot of hard work to go from this to this. 00:21:52.230 --> 00:21:55.010 So we wanted to show you a little side-by-side look 00:21:55.010 --> 00:21:58.240 at Star Trek: Lower Decks from animatic to final picture. 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.073 Take a look. 00:22:13.429 --> 00:22:15.620 Whoa, I never knew the Ancient Ones decorated 00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:18.378 these buildings, are you seeing this? 00:22:18.378 --> 00:22:19.211 Hmm. 00:22:20.190 --> 00:22:23.300 Clean your public spaces, people, it's not that hard. 00:22:23.300 --> 00:22:25.850 Who knows what you'll find under all this soot? 00:22:34.052 --> 00:22:37.068 Uh, we got sci-fi stuff happening over here. 00:22:39.026 --> 00:22:40.711 Mariner, get out of there! 00:22:40.711 --> 00:22:42.800 [people screaming] 00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:46.031 Sir, I'm reading a buildup of strange energies. 00:22:46.031 --> 00:22:47.789 Mariner, Mariner! 00:22:49.298 --> 00:22:50.131 Ahh! 00:22:58.420 --> 00:23:01.160 Now, before we go, I promised you an exclusive clip 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:03.200 from next week's episode of Lower Decks, 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:05.830 and this one is extra exclusive 00:23:05.830 --> 00:23:07.780 because you're getting a closer look 00:23:07.780 --> 00:23:10.650 at the new Tamarian officer joining the Cerritos. 00:23:10.650 --> 00:23:15.170 That's right, Tamarian, as in the metaphor speaking aliens 00:23:15.170 --> 00:23:17.600 from Next Generation's "Darmok." 00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:20.890 I guess you could say this is our second contact 00:23:20.890 --> 00:23:22.500 with the Tamarians. 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:25.685 Anyway, Temba is arms wide, y'all. 00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:31.160 Lieutenant Kayshon, we're your away team 00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.270 reporting for duty. 00:23:32.270 --> 00:23:33.610 It is a pleasure to meet you 00:23:33.610 --> 00:23:35.857 and I look forward to, uh, oh, geez... 00:23:35.857 --> 00:23:38.020 "Darmok and Jalad on the ocean." 00:23:38.020 --> 00:23:38.900 Working with you? 00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:40.910 Yes, thank you. 00:23:40.910 --> 00:23:43.720 Apologies, my Federation standard is still shakey. 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:46.340 It's no problem, sir, or should I say, 00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:47.820 "It's no beast at Tanagra." 00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:50.003 More like "Suck up at Tanagra." 00:23:55.349 --> 00:23:56.767 Hey, about time, Starfleet. 00:23:56.767 --> 00:24:00.540 What'd you do, stop to debate the human rights of a robot? 00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:03.580 I do not believe so, perhaps we should review our logs. 00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:05.310 Hey, just busting your bile ducts. 00:24:05.310 --> 00:24:07.010 Here's the deal, I need yous to comb 00:24:07.010 --> 00:24:08.750 through all this stuff on the floor here, 00:24:08.750 --> 00:24:11.120 but the high ticket items in these cases, 00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.680 that stuff stays here. 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:14.510 Uh, okay. 00:24:14.510 --> 00:24:15.800 All right, if we split up, 00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:17.560 we can knock this out in an hour. 00:24:17.560 --> 00:24:19.930 Whoa, big fella. This is just the first room. 00:24:19.930 --> 00:24:22.050 Most of the collection's further in the ship. 00:24:22.050 --> 00:24:24.910 There's more? Ugh, how much can one guy collect? 00:24:24.910 --> 00:24:26.723 Sister, you've got no idea. 00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:32.252 Sokath, his eyes opened. That was awesome. 00:24:32.252 --> 00:24:34.880 More Lieutenant Kayshon, please. 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:38.230 And on that note, thank you all so much 00:24:38.230 --> 00:24:40.320 for joining me here in The Ready Room today. 00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:42.292 I cannot wait to see what the rest 00:24:42.292 --> 00:24:45.100 of Lower Decks Season 2 has in store. 00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:46.550 Now, we're gonna take another little break, 00:24:46.550 --> 00:24:48.560 but we will be back with another installment 00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:51.410 in a few weeks when the Season 2 finale drops. 00:24:51.410 --> 00:24:52.700 You won't want to miss it. 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:56.225 Until then, I'm Wil Wheaton. Live long and prosper.