Man, okay, finale of Season 2.
That was a big one.
We've got this big Archimedes ship
that looks a lot like Sulu's Excelsior.
We've got Sonya Gomez.
We haven't seen her since TNG.
She's back, she's a captain!
We've got hull plating that needs to be removed.
We've got Cetacean Ops!
I just love all the little moments in this episode
with Rutherford worrying about Tendi with his memories,
and Boimler diving into the unknown,
and Mariner realizing that
maybe she shouldn't push everybody away all the time.
You can still improve yourself
by just opening up to other people!
You are always trying to change me.
I think Mariner is upset that her mom
is leaving the Cerritos because,
you know, her mom does everything right.
Even though Mariner thinks that's kind of stupid,
it does hold value.
People in Starfleet need to be by the book
so that Mariner can not be.
Because I'm a Kirk-style free spirit
who kicks butt and it super intimidates people!
You know that!
It's an ecosystem that needs to operate
in order for Mariner to be her full
chaotic but helpful self.
The other part is just, it's her mom,
she wants her mom to be near her
as much as she acts like she doesn't.
And it's kind of an overall indictment of
California class ships as being non-impressive.
That's such f***ing bulls**t!
We are just as good as any other f***ing class--
And that's insulting to her
and her friends and her family.
Hey Boimler, my implant's messing up my vision.
Can you take my shift in Cetacean Ops
so I can get it fixed?
Sorry, I can't.
Captain Freeman Day's only a week away!
Boimler has an interesting story in this finale
because it starts and he's just
totally dedicated to butt-kissing.
He really just wants Captain Freeman Day to go well.
There's a busted hull panel we need to release manually.
Tendi and I can override the safety protocols,
but one of you guys has to swim down
and release the mag clamps.
It ends with him doing something super scary
that Mariner seems capable of.
He ends up almost drowning while he's doing it.
These moments of Boimler being brave,
you've seen it across Season 2 as well.
You saw it with Agimus.
They're not first season Boimler.
He's a different dude, and this is
one of those culminations.
He almost dies for the good of the many!
He's Star Trek through and through,
and I'm just really glad that we
gave him a hero moment this episode.
[Rutherford panting] Ah!
Amongst the highjinks of the finale,
Rutherford has the moment where
he's not in the reality that he's living.
He has a flashback, but that moment
makes him think for a second.
Is there things about his life that he doesn't know?
These little, little hints are going to
give us more and more into
Rutherford's mind, and to his background,
and see how Rutherford is going to change
come Season 3 as well.
You shouldn't be treating phaser burns.
I'm moving you into senior science officer training,
Wait, like, to work on the bridge?
I think that Tendi, being promoted,
she is a bit of a people pleaser,
so obviously having this recognition
is very important to her.
On the flip side, how she's going to rise
to that occasion and come out of that
and come into her own is yet to be seen.
You can get promoted, but it's what you do with it.
She can grow from it, or can get into a lot of trouble.
Little ship, but a big warp core.
Listen to that thrum!
I think that Tendi and Rutherford's bond is so strong.
They complement each other's nerdiness in a way that
the other characters don't necessarily get to have.
They've got each other's back so, so hard
that if they feel like what is going to happen next
for them is going to make them happier,
they couldn't have been happier.
I love the Cerritos!
I have for a long time now.
And no one can tell me otherwise!
I love the Cerritos, too!
I guess it's kind of like any
sort of soulmate relationship.
It's hard to describe, but you know
they just are a perfect match in that way,
in the way that they complement each other.
Cetacean Ops?
But don't these guys do navigation?
We finally get to show people Cetacean Ops.
It's one of those things where, if you love Star Trek,
you've probably come across Cetacean Ops.
It never featured in the show. It was briefly brought up.
It's in the technical manuals,
and it's just something you like to talk about,
but it wasn't something we'd seen on screen.
When we were talking about the finale of Season 2,
a lot of the talk is always,
"How do we make this feel like a finale?
How do we go out with a bang?"
The answer is to do everything that brings us joy.
Brace for impact!
Seeing a big action sequence, saving the day,
and one of those big things was,
let's really show Cetacean Ops!
Let's meet the beluga whales that work there,
let's actually give people something that we love
and that hopefully they will too.
The reason I like them so much is
they're almost like the peanut gallery.
They get to shout out the jokes,
they get to almost be removed from stuff.
And at the same time, they're Starfleet officers,
they're in cute little uniforms.
You'll see Cetacean Ops in Season 3,
and moving forward it's just another part of the ship.
And then you end on this note where,
end of first season, the Cerritos
had to get saved by the Titan.
End of second season, the Cerritos
is the one doing the saving.
To the Cerritos!
The whole crew has to work together to do that.
At the very highest high, the captain is taken away,
dragged away by Starfleet security for a crime that,
did she commit?
You're under arrest
for the destruction of Pakled Planet.
The Cerritos crew didn't see her do it,
but she certainly has hated the Pakleds all year.
We're ending this season and we've already been writing
Season 3 where that's a huge deal.
The Cerritos crew has come together,
and now they're broken apart.
We're going to have to see where that goes.