WEBVTT 00:00:04.980 --> 00:00:08.670 Hey nerds. I'm Wil Wheaton, and this is "The Ready Room." 00:00:08.670 --> 00:00:11.410 Your official behind-the-scenes hub for all things 00:00:11.410 --> 00:00:12.650 Star Trek Universe. 00:00:12.650 --> 00:00:14.940 This week, we are taking a deep dive look 00:00:14.940 --> 00:00:18.100 into the Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 finale. 00:00:18.100 --> 00:00:19.950 And when I say deep dive, 00:00:19.950 --> 00:00:23.280 I mean that literally in Boimler's case. 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:25.050 But, just like Mariner with a secret, 00:00:25.050 --> 00:00:27.920 I can't be trusted not to spill the beans here, 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:30.010 and I'm gonna spill all the beans. 00:00:30.010 --> 00:00:33.840 That means full season spoilers from all of Season 2 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:35.600 are fair game from this point on. 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:38.330 So if you haven't caught up to the finale yet, 00:00:38.330 --> 00:00:40.600 first of all, what are you doing? 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.080 It's fantastic. Go watch it right now. 00:00:43.080 --> 00:00:45.130 Then come back here for the full debrief. 00:00:45.130 --> 00:00:46.630 Got it? Awesome. 00:00:46.630 --> 00:00:49.560 Because today, I'll be talking with the Cerritos bridge crew 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.920 voice cast, plus the real captain of the bridge, 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:55.320 Lower Decks Creator-Showrunner, Mike McMahan, 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:57.460 to talk about this latest episode. 00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:00.740 Then, stick around because a little later we'll get to hear 00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:03.860 from one of Lower Decks' artists to show us how a character 00:01:03.860 --> 00:01:05.730 is drawn from start to finish. 00:01:05.730 --> 00:01:08.600 And the surprises just keep on coming. 00:01:08.600 --> 00:01:11.500 Because after that, we have a sneak preview of Star Trek's 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:14.530 next animated offering on standby. 00:01:14.530 --> 00:01:18.320 I am talking about Nickelodeon's Star Trek: Prodigy, 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:21.470 an all-new Trek series dropping in just two weeks. 00:01:21.470 --> 00:01:23.970 I've seen a little bit of it, and it is amazing. 00:01:23.970 --> 00:01:25.360 You're going to love it. 00:01:25.360 --> 00:01:27.350 But before we get to any of that, 00:01:27.350 --> 00:01:29.210 I think it's time we heard from some of the other 00:01:29.210 --> 00:01:32.570 Lower Decks voice cast about what our favorite ensigns 00:01:32.570 --> 00:01:35.060 got up to in the Season 2 finale. 00:01:35.060 --> 00:01:38.490 Ready? Control room, engage. 00:01:38.490 --> 00:01:39.360 Man, okay. 00:01:39.360 --> 00:01:42.233 Finale of Season 2, that was a big one. 00:01:46.260 --> 00:01:48.780 We've got this big Archimedes ship 00:01:48.780 --> 00:01:51.110 that looks a lot like Sulu's Excelsior. 00:01:51.110 --> 00:01:52.980 We've got Sonya Gomez. 00:01:52.980 --> 00:01:56.290 We haven't seen her since TNG. She's back. She's a captain. 00:01:56.290 --> 00:01:58.630 We've got hull plating that needs to be removed. 00:01:58.630 --> 00:01:59.857 We've got Cetacean Ops. 00:01:59.857 --> 00:02:01.670 [beluga sounds] 00:02:01.670 --> 00:02:04.160 I just love all the little moments in this episode 00:02:04.160 --> 00:02:06.490 with Rutherford worrying about Tendi with his memories 00:02:06.490 --> 00:02:09.390 and Boimler diving into the unknown and Mariner realizing 00:02:09.390 --> 00:02:11.710 that maybe she shouldn't push everybody away all the time. 00:02:11.710 --> 00:02:14.230 You can still improve yourself by just opening up 00:02:14.230 --> 00:02:15.063 to other people! 00:02:15.063 --> 00:02:17.250 Ugh! You are always trying to change me. 00:02:17.250 --> 00:02:20.190 I think Mariner is upset that her mom is leaving 00:02:20.190 --> 00:02:23.550 the Cerritos because her mom does everything right. 00:02:23.550 --> 00:02:26.150 Even though Mariner thinks that's kind of stupid, 00:02:26.150 --> 00:02:27.570 it does hold value. 00:02:27.570 --> 00:02:30.120 People in Starfleet need to be by the book 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.090 so that Mariner can not be. 00:02:32.090 --> 00:02:34.610 Because I'm a Kirk-style free spirit who kicks butt 00:02:34.610 --> 00:02:36.270 and it super intimidates people. 00:02:36.270 --> 00:02:37.130 You know that! 00:02:37.130 --> 00:02:40.230 It's kind of an ecosystem that needs to operate in order for 00:02:40.230 --> 00:02:43.520 Mariner to be her full chaotic, but helpful self. 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:44.900 The other part is just like, it's her mom. 00:02:44.900 --> 00:02:46.440 She wants her mom to be near her 00:02:46.440 --> 00:02:47.870 as much as she acts like she doesn't. 00:02:47.870 --> 00:02:51.000 And it's kind of an overall indictment 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.619 of California class ships as being non-impressive. 00:02:54.619 --> 00:02:56.530 That's such f****** bulls***! 00:02:56.530 --> 00:02:58.520 We are just as good as any other f****** class. 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:00.710 And that's insulting to her and her friends 00:03:00.710 --> 00:03:01.670 and her family. 00:03:01.670 --> 00:03:03.830 Hey Boimler, my implants are messing up my vision. 00:03:03.830 --> 00:03:06.610 Can you take my shift in Cetacean Ops so I can get it fixed? 00:03:06.610 --> 00:03:09.210 Sorry, I can't. Captain Freeman Day is only a week away! 00:03:09.210 --> 00:03:11.270 Boimler has an interesting story in this finale 00:03:11.270 --> 00:03:13.610 because it starts, and he's just totally dedicated to 00:03:13.610 --> 00:03:14.443 butt-kissing. 00:03:14.443 --> 00:03:16.830 Like he really just wants Captain Freeman Day to go well. 00:03:16.830 --> 00:03:19.120 There's a busted hull panel we need to release manually. 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:21.030 Tendi and I can override the safety protocols, 00:03:21.030 --> 00:03:22.840 but one of you guys has to swim down and release 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:23.673 the man clamps. 00:03:23.673 --> 00:03:26.050 It ends with him doing something super scary 00:03:26.050 --> 00:03:28.110 that Mariner seems capable of. 00:03:28.110 --> 00:03:30.130 He ends up almost drowning while he's doing it. 00:03:30.130 --> 00:03:31.930 These moments of Boimler being brave, 00:03:31.930 --> 00:03:33.810 you've seen it across Season 2 as well. 00:03:33.810 --> 00:03:35.290 You know, you saw it with Agimus. 00:03:35.290 --> 00:03:37.840 They're not first season Boimler. He's a different dude, 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:39.470 and this is one of those culminations. 00:03:39.470 --> 00:03:41.360 He almost dies for the good of the many. 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:42.610 He's Star Trek through and through. 00:03:42.610 --> 00:03:44.890 And I'm just really glad that we gave him a hero moment 00:03:44.890 --> 00:03:45.731 this episode. 00:03:47.892 --> 00:03:51.030 Amongst the high jinks of the finale, 00:03:51.030 --> 00:03:54.660 Rutherford has the moment where he's not in the reality 00:03:54.660 --> 00:03:55.560 that he's living. 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:57.130 He has a flashback, 00:03:57.130 --> 00:04:00.540 but that moment makes him think for a second. 00:04:00.540 --> 00:04:02.800 Is there things about his life that he doesn't know? 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:04.820 You know, these little, little hints 00:04:04.820 --> 00:04:06.730 are just going to give us more and more into 00:04:06.730 --> 00:04:09.200 Rutherford's mind and to his background 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:11.440 and see how Rutherford is going to change 00:04:11.440 --> 00:04:13.250 come Season 3 as well. 00:04:13.250 --> 00:04:15.040 You shouldn't be treating phaser burns. 00:04:15.040 --> 00:04:17.570 I'm moving you into senior science officer training. 00:04:17.570 --> 00:04:19.340 Wait, like, to work on the bridge? 00:04:19.340 --> 00:04:22.380 I think that Tendi, you know, being promoted, 00:04:22.380 --> 00:04:23.930 she is a bit of a people pleaser, 00:04:23.930 --> 00:04:27.300 so obviously, having this recognition is very important 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:28.133 to her. 00:04:28.133 --> 00:04:31.600 On the flip side, how she's going to rise to that occasion 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:34.519 and kind of come out of that and come into her own 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:36.820 is yet to be seen. 00:04:36.820 --> 00:04:38.700 You know, you can get promoted, 00:04:38.700 --> 00:04:40.440 but it's what you do with it. 00:04:40.440 --> 00:04:41.320 She can grow from it 00:04:41.320 --> 00:04:42.870 or it can get her into a lot of trouble. 00:04:42.870 --> 00:04:45.051 Little ship, but a big warp core. 00:04:45.051 --> 00:04:46.731 Listen to that thrum. 00:04:46.731 --> 00:04:49.700 I think that Tendi and Rutherford's bond is so strong. 00:04:49.700 --> 00:04:53.420 They complement each other's nerdiness in a way 00:04:53.420 --> 00:04:56.490 that the other characters don't necessarily get to have. 00:04:56.490 --> 00:04:59.990 They've got each other's back so hard 00:04:59.990 --> 00:05:03.740 that if they feel like what is going to happen next 00:05:03.740 --> 00:05:05.850 for them is going to make them happier, 00:05:05.850 --> 00:05:07.110 they couldn't have been happier. 00:05:07.110 --> 00:05:09.960 I love the Cerritos! I have for a long time now. 00:05:09.960 --> 00:05:12.241 And no one can tell me otherwise. 00:05:12.241 --> 00:05:14.150 I love the Cerritos too! 00:05:14.150 --> 00:05:17.440 I guess it's kind of like any sort of soulmate relationship. 00:05:17.440 --> 00:05:19.451 It's hard to describe, but, you know, 00:05:19.451 --> 00:05:22.580 they just are a perfect match in that way 00:05:22.580 --> 00:05:25.090 and the way that they complement each other. 00:05:25.090 --> 00:05:27.660 When we were talking about the finale of Season 2, 00:05:27.660 --> 00:05:29.211 a lot of the talk is always 00:05:29.211 --> 00:05:30.490 "How do we make this feel like a finale?" 00:05:30.490 --> 00:05:31.610 Or "how do we go out with a bang?" 00:05:31.610 --> 00:05:35.821 The answer is to do everything that just brings us joy. 00:05:35.821 --> 00:05:36.750 Brace for impact! 00:05:36.750 --> 00:05:38.710 You know, seeing a big action sequence. 00:05:38.710 --> 00:05:39.980 Just saving the day. 00:05:39.980 --> 00:05:43.440 And then you end on this note where, end of first season, 00:05:43.440 --> 00:05:46.180 the Cerritos had to get saved by the Titan. 00:05:46.180 --> 00:05:48.130 End of second season, the Cerritos is the one 00:05:48.130 --> 00:05:48.963 doing the saving. 00:05:48.963 --> 00:05:51.113 To the Cerritos! 00:05:51.113 --> 00:05:53.060 The whole crew has to work together to do it. 00:05:53.060 --> 00:05:56.200 At the very highest high, the captain is taken away, 00:05:56.200 --> 00:05:59.680 dragged away by Starfleet security for a crime that, 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:01.370 did she commit? 00:06:01.370 --> 00:06:04.800 You're under arrest for the destruction of Pakled Planet. 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:06.340 The Cerritos crew didn't see her do it, 00:06:06.340 --> 00:06:08.850 but she certainly has hated the Pakleds all year. 00:06:08.850 --> 00:06:10.840 We're ending this season and we've already been writing 00:06:10.840 --> 00:06:13.610 Season 3, where that's a huge deal. 00:06:13.610 --> 00:06:15.150 The Cerritos crew has come together 00:06:15.150 --> 00:06:16.230 and now they're broken apart. 00:06:16.230 --> 00:06:17.513 We're going to have to see where that goes. 00:06:20.820 --> 00:06:23.730 For this very special finale episode, 00:06:23.730 --> 00:06:26.400 I am now joined by Star Trek: Lower Decks Creator, 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:29.280 Showrunner, and Executive Producer, Mike McMahan, 00:06:29.280 --> 00:06:31.540 as well as the Cerritos bridge crew, 00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:34.200 Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O'Connell, Fred Tatasciore, 00:06:34.200 --> 00:06:35.780 and Gillian Vigman. 00:06:35.780 --> 00:06:38.620 My human, Bajoran and Caitian friends, 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:40.930 thank you for joining me here in "The Ready Room" 00:06:40.930 --> 00:06:43.460 to talk about the Season 2 finale! 00:06:43.460 --> 00:06:45.306 Yeah! Thank you, Wil. 00:06:45.306 --> 00:06:47.330 We're excited to be here. 00:06:47.330 --> 00:06:49.840 Before we dive in, I have to tell you all, 00:06:49.840 --> 00:06:52.470 we had the lower deckers on "The Ready Room" a few weeks ago 00:06:52.470 --> 00:06:54.440 to talk about the Season 2 premiere. 00:06:54.440 --> 00:06:59.440 During that episode, we asked Tawny, Jack, Noël, and Eugene 00:06:59.470 --> 00:07:02.540 to just spoil the heck out of the season. 00:07:02.540 --> 00:07:04.640 And then we bleeped their answers, knowing 00:07:04.640 --> 00:07:06.577 we wouldn't be able to reveal them until later on. 00:07:06.577 --> 00:07:08.568 That's so mean. That's so mean. 00:07:10.550 --> 00:07:12.480 Today is later on! 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:14.300 We're here at the end of Season 2, 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:17.670 so I'd like to start by sharing Jack's spoiler with you 00:07:17.670 --> 00:07:20.380 because it is very pertinent to my first question. 00:07:20.380 --> 00:07:21.213 Take a look. 00:07:21.213 --> 00:07:22.850 I was going to say, you're probably going to bleep this. 00:07:22.850 --> 00:07:25.590 We finally get to see Cetacean Ops, baby! 00:07:25.590 --> 00:07:26.423 Oh yeah. 00:07:26.423 --> 00:07:27.410 Oh! 00:07:27.410 --> 00:07:29.510 We finally get to see it! That's it. 00:07:29.510 --> 00:07:32.409 Wow, we've been waiting for that for, like, 35 years! 00:07:32.409 --> 00:07:35.409 I know! They're gonna bleep this. It's okay. 00:07:35.409 --> 00:07:37.540 - But you're gonna love it. - That's incredible. 00:07:37.540 --> 00:07:40.280 So, Mike, you did the thing! 00:07:40.280 --> 00:07:42.130 We've been talking about this since Season 1, 00:07:42.130 --> 00:07:45.020 we finally got to see Cetacean Ops in the finale. 00:07:45.020 --> 00:07:47.560 So for those who don't know why this is so 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:48.770 unbelievably awesome, 00:07:48.770 --> 00:07:51.020 would you just talk a little bit about where Cetacean Ops 00:07:51.020 --> 00:07:55.150 comes from and what went into depicting it for Lower Decks? 00:07:55.150 --> 00:07:55.983 Of course. 00:07:55.983 --> 00:07:58.350 You know, growing up watching TNG, 00:07:58.350 --> 00:08:00.440 not being on the Enterprise like you, 00:08:00.440 --> 00:08:03.120 but watching you be on the Enterprise, 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:06.560 it felt like the Enterprise was as big as a city. 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:09.090 There was all these new places that you could visit. 00:08:09.090 --> 00:08:12.870 And of course, being a true fan, 00:08:12.870 --> 00:08:16.560 I had a lot of the blueprints from the shows 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:20.143 and I believe it's referenced once in TNG, 00:08:20.990 --> 00:08:23.780 but there's a room with a dolphin on it in the 00:08:23.780 --> 00:08:25.250 Enterprise-D blueprints. 00:08:25.250 --> 00:08:27.700 And I'm not sure if Okuda put it in there 00:08:27.700 --> 00:08:28.600 or who put it in there. 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:32.510 But I think it's something that the fans have wondered 00:08:32.510 --> 00:08:33.900 about for all of these years. 00:08:33.900 --> 00:08:35.893 And we kind of got it in a different-- 00:08:36.770 --> 00:08:39.930 another show that I'm not sure if I'm supposed to name drop, 00:08:39.930 --> 00:08:43.158 but one where they're questing at sea throughout it. 00:08:43.158 --> 00:08:43.991 Had a lot more of the dolphins-- 00:08:43.991 --> 00:08:46.741 [Jerry laughs] 00:08:47.638 --> 00:08:49.600 But, you know, Lower Decks is all about 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:50.820 playing the hits, right? 00:08:50.820 --> 00:08:53.280 And specifically the things that I love about Star Trek, 00:08:53.280 --> 00:08:57.460 and I like to see stuff that you've seen before come back 00:08:57.460 --> 00:08:59.560 in a new way and also stuff that you've heard about 00:08:59.560 --> 00:09:01.130 that you've never actually gotten to see. 00:09:01.130 --> 00:09:04.860 So of course, we had to have Cetacean Ops on the Cerritos. 00:09:04.860 --> 00:09:06.660 We've referenced it a couple times. 00:09:06.660 --> 00:09:09.701 And for a while, we had a running joke that 00:09:09.701 --> 00:09:10.534 people would just 00:09:10.534 --> 00:09:12.850 enter a scene wet and just say, "Yeah, I was just in 00:09:12.850 --> 00:09:15.343 Cetacean Ops." We'd never get to see it. 00:09:15.343 --> 00:09:17.170 But, you know, when you're building a finale, 00:09:17.170 --> 00:09:18.770 you want to do something really special, 00:09:18.770 --> 00:09:21.560 and getting to meet the two belugas that work in 00:09:21.560 --> 00:09:25.760 Cetacean Ops, finding out that they're kind of horny. 00:09:25.760 --> 00:09:27.089 They're kind of funny. 00:09:27.089 --> 00:09:29.839 [beluga sounds] 00:09:31.660 --> 00:09:33.590 They're also kind of like Statler and Waldorf. 00:09:33.590 --> 00:09:36.610 Like they're a little bit like the peanut gallery, 00:09:36.610 --> 00:09:39.320 but they're an awesome addition to the Cerritos crew. 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:40.153 I love those guys. 00:09:40.153 --> 00:09:41.840 I want to share one more clip because this one 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:44.230 actually has to do with someone in this very room. 00:09:44.230 --> 00:09:47.593 Control room, roll Eugene's spoiler, please. 00:09:48.490 --> 00:09:49.765 Hey, Shaxs is back. 00:09:51.970 --> 00:09:52.803 Okay! 00:09:52.803 --> 00:09:53.636 That's the biggest one. 00:09:53.636 --> 00:09:55.143 That's pretty cool! 00:09:55.143 --> 00:09:56.143 What do you think about that? 00:09:56.143 --> 00:09:59.610 But try to bleep that cause I made that happen real fast. 00:09:59.610 --> 00:10:02.538 Oh my God. They just need one quick beep. 00:10:02.538 --> 00:10:05.580 Yeah, Tawny, you're right. I talk pretty quick. 00:10:05.580 --> 00:10:09.330 Fred, as Mike's standee can attest, 00:10:09.330 --> 00:10:13.570 everybody loves Shaxs, and I'm so glad he was able to 00:10:13.570 --> 00:10:17.160 come back in a way that only bridge crew members can. 00:10:17.160 --> 00:10:19.550 So I have two questions. I'm super curious. 00:10:19.550 --> 00:10:23.520 When and how did you find out he'd be returning 00:10:23.520 --> 00:10:26.160 because I have heard these stories of people reading scripts 00:10:26.160 --> 00:10:29.607 and it's like, "Oh, apparently I'm dead now. 00:10:29.607 --> 00:10:31.130 That's great news." 00:10:32.300 --> 00:10:36.090 And what do you think? What is in your headcanon? 00:10:36.090 --> 00:10:38.163 What brought Shaxs back? 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:40.780 Oh, boy. 00:10:40.780 --> 00:10:42.510 Well, Mike and I are gonna have to confer 00:10:42.510 --> 00:10:43.500 on that second one, 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:47.680 but I would say they broke it to me gently. 00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:49.230 They were very wonderful. 00:10:49.230 --> 00:10:52.240 I can't tell you how many times characters of mine die 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:53.073 on things. 00:10:53.073 --> 00:10:54.540 I just know, as soon as I get them, 00:10:54.540 --> 00:10:56.860 like a lot of my guys just, they die, 00:10:56.860 --> 00:10:59.000 usually something heroic. 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:02.580 This was, I saw it, and they warned me ahead of time. 00:11:02.580 --> 00:11:04.220 You guys were very nice to me. 00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:07.540 You said, "By the way, he is gonna come back." 00:11:07.540 --> 00:11:09.434 I'm like, "How?" Like, wait, wait. 00:11:09.434 --> 00:11:12.050 "Nobody knows. 00:11:12.050 --> 00:11:14.390 We know, but we don't really know. 00:11:14.390 --> 00:11:17.560 We're going to just kind of salute to this thing 00:11:17.560 --> 00:11:22.270 that happens on Star Trek," which I loved 00:11:22.270 --> 00:11:24.930 because so many people have been asking me, 00:11:24.930 --> 00:11:26.330 you know, like "What happened? How?" 00:11:26.330 --> 00:11:29.420 And I just did a Dragon Con, I just did a comic-con. 00:11:29.420 --> 00:11:32.500 And how many people were, by the way, dressed as all of you, 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:33.900 cosplayed everybody. 00:11:33.900 --> 00:11:36.080 There was a great Dr. T'Ana. 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.680 There's so many cosplayers, 00:11:39.680 --> 00:11:41.610 but they were all in on the joke. 00:11:41.610 --> 00:11:43.020 They didn't want to know. 00:11:43.020 --> 00:11:44.010 - It was so funny. - That's amazing. 00:11:44.010 --> 00:11:45.690 They were like, "Oh, okay, I get it." 00:11:45.690 --> 00:11:46.720 You know? 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.200 Yeah, I was very happy with that. 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:50.860 In the interests of completion, 00:11:50.860 --> 00:11:54.250 I will share with you that Tawny's spoiler was 00:11:54.250 --> 00:11:58.050 Thomas Boimler, the transporter clone in Episode 202. 00:11:58.050 --> 00:12:02.852 And Noël's was Tendi interacting with Orions this season. 00:12:02.852 --> 00:12:06.291 Which were two things that I absolutely loved. 00:12:06.291 --> 00:12:11.244 Dawnn. Our most recent episode is huge for Captain Freeman. 00:12:11.244 --> 00:12:12.077 Yes. 00:12:12.077 --> 00:12:15.490 I feel like a big part of her arc on this show 00:12:15.490 --> 00:12:18.120 has been her wanting to prove that the Cerritos 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:21.530 is just as capable as the Enterprises and the Voyagers 00:12:21.530 --> 00:12:23.250 and the Titans of the universe. 00:12:23.250 --> 00:12:24.890 - Right. - But in the finale, 00:12:24.890 --> 00:12:27.812 she goes from wanting to transfer ships to deciding to stay 00:12:27.812 --> 00:12:30.230 and then getting arrested. 00:12:30.230 --> 00:12:31.730 So from your point of view, 00:12:31.730 --> 00:12:34.330 why did Freeman have a change of heart and decide to 00:12:34.330 --> 00:12:37.990 turn down the promotion she's clearly been gunning for? 00:12:37.990 --> 00:12:41.290 Well, Mike, and correct me, but in my mind, 00:12:41.290 --> 00:12:46.290 this is what I have decided, is that she believes 00:12:46.350 --> 00:12:49.610 in her crew. She believes in the Cerritos, 00:12:49.610 --> 00:12:51.850 and she actually likes them. 00:12:51.850 --> 00:12:53.610 And I think she's kind of pissed at herself 00:12:53.610 --> 00:12:57.350 that she actually likes them because they annoy her 00:12:57.350 --> 00:12:58.360 to no end. 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:00.040 But at the same time, 00:13:00.040 --> 00:13:04.000 it's the thing that you're familiar with as opposed to the 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:05.960 thing that, what it could be. 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:10.960 And she was so insulted, so disgusted at the conference 00:13:12.280 --> 00:13:15.760 when she saved the day with the Dooplers once again, 00:13:15.760 --> 00:13:20.140 proving how amazing she is and how her powers of resolution 00:13:20.140 --> 00:13:23.070 should be acknowledged, only to be slammed in the face. 00:13:23.070 --> 00:13:26.000 You know, sometimes you want to get to the higher thing, 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:29.260 only to realize the grass is not necessarily greener. 00:13:29.260 --> 00:13:30.890 It's actually AstroTurf. 00:13:30.890 --> 00:13:33.212 And I kind of like where I am. 00:13:33.212 --> 00:13:34.710 Am I right, Mike? 00:13:34.710 --> 00:13:36.870 I think you're more than a hundred percent right. 00:13:36.870 --> 00:13:40.180 Like, you saw Captain Freeman all season 00:13:40.180 --> 00:13:42.400 wanting that bigger and better. 00:13:42.400 --> 00:13:44.140 And then in the finale, 00:13:44.140 --> 00:13:46.260 she catches up to what the audience already knows, 00:13:46.260 --> 00:13:48.580 which is the Cerritos is already amazing. 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:50.050 And we're not done with this family 00:13:50.050 --> 00:13:51.350 and telling these stories. 00:13:52.811 --> 00:13:56.020 And we've all been working on Season 3, and it's really 00:13:56.020 --> 00:13:59.310 fun to see that Captain Freeman has gotten to a place where 00:13:59.310 --> 00:14:01.540 she's really proud of her crew and the Cerritos. 00:14:01.540 --> 00:14:04.710 She doesn't need a bigger ship with crazier missions. 00:14:04.710 --> 00:14:07.630 And, you know, Dawnn, in this finale, 00:14:07.630 --> 00:14:08.780 I think you really feel that. 00:14:08.780 --> 00:14:11.880 Like in the final scenes, you really feel like you love 00:14:11.880 --> 00:14:13.950 the people you work with and the crew on the show. 00:14:13.950 --> 00:14:15.580 It's really cool. 00:14:15.580 --> 00:14:19.590 Jerry, Ransom gets in on the action in this episode, 00:14:19.590 --> 00:14:22.330 piloting the Cerritos through a debris field 00:14:22.330 --> 00:14:23.890 with a joystick. 00:14:23.890 --> 00:14:27.260 So I think everyone would like to know how many hours of 00:14:27.260 --> 00:14:29.823 Asteroids did you play to prepare for that scene? 00:14:33.082 --> 00:14:34.800 You know, it was so fun going to record it 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:37.760 because Mike was just like, "Listen, when you go in there, 00:14:37.760 --> 00:14:40.480 I just need you to say--this is such a heroic moment 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:41.313 for Ransom. 00:14:41.313 --> 00:14:43.080 I just need you to go, 'We're gonna have to do it 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:44.926 by hand.'" 00:14:44.926 --> 00:14:48.050 And we did a number of versions of that, 00:14:48.050 --> 00:14:50.624 where we were internalizing it, where I was like, 00:14:50.624 --> 00:14:54.384 "Okay, forget about the screen. 00:14:54.384 --> 00:14:56.670 We're going to have to do this the old fashioned way." 00:14:56.670 --> 00:14:58.200 And we did it for hours. 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:00.760 And each time I did it more and more chills 00:15:00.760 --> 00:15:02.043 just went up my spine. 00:15:03.030 --> 00:15:05.553 Adding onto what our captain said, 00:15:07.290 --> 00:15:10.510 we might not be the sexiest ship in Starfleet, 00:15:10.510 --> 00:15:13.650 you know. We don't have the recognition of the Enterprises 00:15:13.650 --> 00:15:17.170 or the Titans, but the Cerritos is ours. 00:15:17.170 --> 00:15:19.717 And I think that's why we keep coming back, 00:15:19.717 --> 00:15:21.483 because it's our ship. 00:15:22.898 --> 00:15:24.710 But I just have so much fun. 00:15:24.710 --> 00:15:28.750 I have so many, just chills up my spine moments 00:15:28.750 --> 00:15:33.047 when we're in the sessions recording for Lower Decks. 00:15:33.047 --> 00:15:33.880 "Screw it!" 00:15:33.880 --> 00:15:38.860 Jerry, if you look back, you tout using a joystick to fly 00:15:40.140 --> 00:15:42.433 in the second episode of the series. 00:15:43.430 --> 00:15:44.410 On the holodeck. 00:15:44.410 --> 00:15:47.610 You say that nothing compares to the firm hot pulse 00:15:47.610 --> 00:15:49.027 of a joystick in your hand. 00:15:50.520 --> 00:15:52.680 I think we paid that off beautifully. 00:15:52.680 --> 00:15:53.830 - It's hard. - That is so wrong. 00:15:53.830 --> 00:15:55.660 So wrong on so many levels. 00:15:55.660 --> 00:15:57.093 Way to go, baby bear! 00:15:58.770 --> 00:16:01.510 Everything on Lower Decks comes full circle. 00:16:01.510 --> 00:16:04.970 Jerry, I have a really weird, out of left field 00:16:04.970 --> 00:16:07.010 - follow-up question for you. - Okay. 00:16:07.010 --> 00:16:11.460 Do you remember when we were working on Stand By Me? 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:14.300 Do you remember that I figured out how to short out 00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:18.101 the arcade games in the hotel so we could get free games? 00:16:18.101 --> 00:16:20.040 Absolutely. 00:16:20.040 --> 00:16:25.040 Wil was basically like Wesley, he was like Ransom, 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:26.400 all rolled up into one. 00:16:26.400 --> 00:16:28.480 He figured out how to-- 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:31.900 You did something in the quarter thing with a wire 00:16:31.900 --> 00:16:34.770 or in the quarter slot with a wire. 00:16:34.770 --> 00:16:35.603 Yeah. 00:16:35.603 --> 00:16:37.400 And I believe the game was Joust. 00:16:37.400 --> 00:16:38.233 Yeah. 00:16:38.233 --> 00:16:41.100 By the way, Wil, how crazy is it that we're here? 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:42.800 Isn't life just insane? 00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:45.240 I love it. I love it so much. 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:48.520 The continuity of our lives and careers. 00:16:48.520 --> 00:16:51.010 We both married way over our heads. 00:16:51.010 --> 00:16:53.150 We both have great families. 00:16:53.150 --> 00:16:54.920 I feel like we're a couple of kids 00:16:54.920 --> 00:16:57.389 that managed to turn out okay. 00:16:57.389 --> 00:16:59.800 And I really, really love that. 00:16:59.800 --> 00:17:02.110 Seeing you on Star Trek Day, I mean, just sitting there 00:17:02.110 --> 00:17:03.350 in the audience and watching it, 00:17:03.350 --> 00:17:07.170 I'm like, "I can't believe, life is just so crazy." 00:17:07.170 --> 00:17:08.030 It's crazy. 00:17:08.030 --> 00:17:10.510 It's almost like a genius made it happen. 00:17:10.510 --> 00:17:13.740 If only we could figure out, you know, 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:17.960 the secret hand behind the scenes that's controlling 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:20.335 the coin insert of the Joust of your lives. 00:17:21.581 --> 00:17:24.589 Oh! Oh, puppet master, speak! 00:17:25.490 --> 00:17:27.930 There was this incredible moment on Star Trek Day 00:17:27.930 --> 00:17:31.560 where I saw Mike walking down the hallway and I walked up, 00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:35.100 just fell into step next to him, and started talking to Mike 00:17:35.100 --> 00:17:37.290 like we have known each other for years because we've done 00:17:37.290 --> 00:17:38.670 so many Ready Rooms. 00:17:38.670 --> 00:17:43.670 And Mike noticed that is the first time we have ever been 00:17:44.250 --> 00:17:46.250 in the same place together. 00:17:46.250 --> 00:17:47.560 And then, Wil, what did we immediately 00:17:47.560 --> 00:17:50.290 start talking about as we walked? 00:17:50.290 --> 00:17:52.420 We started talking about Dr. T'Ana! 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.261 That's all we do. 00:17:53.261 --> 00:17:55.094 We talk about Star Trek. We talk about Dr. T'Ana. 00:17:55.094 --> 00:17:56.766 You love Dr. T'Ana. 00:17:56.766 --> 00:17:57.920 I love Dr. T'Ana. 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:00.250 Gillian, actually, this is perfect. 00:18:00.250 --> 00:18:02.400 My next question is for you. 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:04.170 As Mike said, I love Dr. T'Ana. 00:18:04.170 --> 00:18:06.900 I especially love it when she does cat things. 00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:10.480 I loved her running away from Tendi. 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:12.533 Bad Dr. T'Ana! Bad! 00:18:12.533 --> 00:18:14.650 I loved her getting into the box. 00:18:14.650 --> 00:18:15.980 [Gillian] So much feeling. 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:20.878 I am crazy about her relationship with Tendi. 00:18:20.878 --> 00:18:22.373 I love her. 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:27.780 She is like everything I've ever loved about every Star Trek 00:18:27.780 --> 00:18:30.850 doctor, the best of every Star Trek doctor wrapped up 00:18:30.850 --> 00:18:32.100 into one character. 00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:35.590 What do you love the most about playing this salty, 00:18:35.590 --> 00:18:39.980 angry mentor to one of the sweetest ensigns in Starfleet? 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.970 You're so sweet because I would actually just call her 00:18:41.970 --> 00:18:43.340 very rough and sexual, 00:18:43.340 --> 00:18:45.156 but at the same time, 00:18:46.131 --> 00:18:50.530 she is tender and extremely observant. 00:18:50.530 --> 00:18:55.090 I have to say, it sort of maybe parallels the relationship 00:18:55.090 --> 00:18:59.970 between Freeman and Mariner in the sense that you have, 00:18:59.970 --> 00:19:02.590 you know, secretly, I think she sees, or not secretly, 00:19:02.590 --> 00:19:07.370 openly, Tendi is sort of like a daughter figure, 00:19:07.370 --> 00:19:11.320 but yet they work together and she has deep respect for her, 00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:14.030 which might be the same thing for Captain Freeman for her 00:19:14.030 --> 00:19:14.970 own daughter. 00:19:14.970 --> 00:19:17.950 And maybe she sees, and Mike, you can also clear this up 00:19:17.950 --> 00:19:18.783 for me. 00:19:18.783 --> 00:19:22.050 I think she might even see a lot of herself in Tendi. 00:19:22.050 --> 00:19:26.290 And we don't know where the sweet doctor came from, 00:19:26.290 --> 00:19:28.680 being so, maybe, rough on the outside. 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:33.060 But I think she started off in a more Tendi-like way 00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:34.750 and experience has brought her here. 00:19:34.750 --> 00:19:35.790 And here's the best part. 00:19:35.790 --> 00:19:37.890 Just because she's salty doesn't mean she's not 00:19:37.890 --> 00:19:39.359 optimistic and positive. 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.192 Right. 00:19:40.192 --> 00:19:44.660 I think that's what I find so unique about playing 00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:47.260 or being her is that she comes off as rough, 00:19:47.260 --> 00:19:50.620 but it's all really, it's all heart underneath, 00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:54.840 and a very sensual heart at that is what we realize. 00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:56.300 By the prophets. 00:19:56.300 --> 00:19:58.950 I would like to just push back a little bit 00:19:58.950 --> 00:19:59.783 on what Jerry said. 00:19:59.783 --> 00:20:04.670 I think this is an unbelievably sexy crew on the Cerritos. 00:20:06.150 --> 00:20:07.941 - I personally think that if - Oh, okay. 00:20:07.941 --> 00:20:09.499 you were to look at this group, 00:20:09.499 --> 00:20:10.340 I find them-- 00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:12.160 There we go. Thank you. Thank you. 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:13.710 You got it right. 00:20:13.710 --> 00:20:14.960 Hold back some of it, Jerry. 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:18.640 But I think it's a really hot group of people, 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:20.800 not only doing the voices, but what you have-- 00:20:20.800 --> 00:20:22.640 the animation is incredible. 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:25.680 And you know, if you're going to go into the fetish land, 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:28.140 I would be, you might have to block this later, 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:32.170 but I would be excited to be with any of these people, 00:20:32.170 --> 00:20:34.040 any of these creatures. 00:20:34.040 --> 00:20:36.023 That is headcanon for Wil Wheaton. 00:20:36.990 --> 00:20:39.148 This is a workplace, let's be careful, everybody! 00:20:41.770 --> 00:20:45.150 There have definitely been some moments that hint 00:20:45.150 --> 00:20:48.960 at maybe a bit of a romantic spark between T'Ana and Shaxs. 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:51.440 So first of all, do y'all think there's any merits 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.620 to that observation? 00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:56.080 And if so, is it something we might see more of 00:20:56.080 --> 00:20:57.500 in Lower Decks' future? 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.848 Mike? 00:20:58.848 --> 00:21:00.620 I mean, I want these guys to answer. 00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:04.140 I'll say really quickly, first season, Dr. T'Ana does say 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:06.930 she wants to snag Shaxs with her coital hooks, 00:21:06.930 --> 00:21:10.705 which is a delightful appetizer 00:21:10.705 --> 00:21:13.613 to the growing sensual meal 00:21:13.613 --> 00:21:15.010 of their relationship. 00:21:15.010 --> 00:21:15.843 Well said. 00:21:15.843 --> 00:21:18.600 I think you see some of it coming in second season, 00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:21.000 and I can say, third season, 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:23.510 you might want to loosen that collar pre-watching 00:21:23.510 --> 00:21:26.030 the episode because you're going to be doing a lot of that. 00:21:26.030 --> 00:21:28.480 It gets a little spicy third season. 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.390 That's intense. 00:21:29.390 --> 00:21:31.050 Yeah. Take some catnip. 00:21:31.050 --> 00:21:32.588 You're going to need a lot of catnip. 00:21:33.430 --> 00:21:35.222 Bajoran catnip is the best. 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:42.940 I'm going to break in here and just say I know I love her. 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:45.280 I'm crazy about her. That's that's how he feels. 00:21:45.280 --> 00:21:49.640 It is always very clear to me, even before things got there. 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:53.020 You know, there were a couple of scenes where they embrace 00:21:53.020 --> 00:21:55.500 or something, and there's just a little extra look. 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.560 Did you notice that? 00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:59.110 Yes, and--I feel it. 00:21:59.110 --> 00:22:01.050 I can see her eyes following you 00:22:01.050 --> 00:22:03.109 or her tail is following you. 00:22:04.997 --> 00:22:08.730 By the way, I'm loving the tension that leads up to it. 00:22:08.730 --> 00:22:11.240 When I see, when you were referring to earlier, Wil, 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:15.710 the box that she has to get in? 00:22:15.710 --> 00:22:18.330 I'm picturing Shaxs all the way, baby. 00:22:18.330 --> 00:22:19.163 Absolutely. 00:22:19.163 --> 00:22:22.659 Wil, is this the hottest Ready Room ever? 00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:25.942 It's just, it's so hot in here. 00:22:25.942 --> 00:22:26.775 Oh my goodness. 00:22:26.775 --> 00:22:29.500 I have been shipping this couple since Season 1. 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.270 So I am dying over here. 00:22:31.270 --> 00:22:33.875 Can we call it the "I'm Ready Room?" 00:22:33.875 --> 00:22:35.048 The "I'm Ready Room." 00:22:35.048 --> 00:22:36.550 Yeah. 00:22:36.550 --> 00:22:38.083 Doctor, I like your style. 00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:42.350 Listen. Y'all, thank you. 00:22:42.350 --> 00:22:44.180 Thank you for your work on Lower Decks. 00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:46.779 Thank you for the time you are making to spend with us 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:48.450 today. 00:22:48.450 --> 00:22:50.180 It's awesome to see all of you. 00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:52.570 I'm so excited for Season 3. 00:22:52.570 --> 00:22:56.460 Congratulations on the conclusion of a fantastic Season 2, 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:59.620 and I'm really looking forward to seeing you all 00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:01.550 whenever I see you. 00:23:01.550 --> 00:23:03.420 Anytime, Wil. Thank you so much, man. 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.440 Thank you. 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.360 Hey, Gillian. 00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:07.990 Can we get a live long and prosper in your Dr. T'Ana voice? 00:23:07.990 --> 00:23:10.650 Yes! Oh, you read my mind! 00:23:10.650 --> 00:23:12.220 Oh, my God. Get out of my head. 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:14.720 We're going to have to do some beeping. 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:16.786 Live long and f**** prosper! 00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:20.663 Yes! 00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:23.601 Best episode ever! 00:24:16.170 --> 00:24:19.810 Here in "The Ready Room" and beyond we've shown you tons 00:24:19.810 --> 00:24:22.430 of amazing behind the scenes material for Lower Decks 00:24:22.430 --> 00:24:25.400 Season 2, from Star Trek Easter eggs to animatic 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.440 side-by-sides. 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:28.100 But now for the finale, 00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:30.730 we have something extra cool to share with you. 00:24:30.730 --> 00:24:34.420 A lesson on how to draw in Lower Decks animation style 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:36.330 with one of the show's character designers, 00:24:36.330 --> 00:24:38.410 Robby Cook, to show us how it's done. 00:24:38.410 --> 00:24:41.090 So let's sharpen up those pencils and take a look. 00:24:41.090 --> 00:24:42.380 Hi there, I'm Robby Cook. 00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:45.420 I am a character designer and retake animator on 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.667 Star Trek: Lower Decks. 00:24:46.667 --> 00:24:49.500 And today, I'm going to walk you through how to draw one of 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:52.650 my personal favorite characters, Ensign D'Vana Tendi. 00:24:52.650 --> 00:24:55.650 Yes! Thank you for this opportunity, I won't let you down! 00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:02.580 Ensign D'Vana Tendi reporting for duty. 00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:05.680 So Tendi has very round eyes. 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:07.900 They're generally just circles. 00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.970 I like to kind of focus on the eyes a little bit 00:25:09.970 --> 00:25:12.220 cause I think that those are really the focal point 00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:13.053 of the face. 00:25:13.053 --> 00:25:14.960 They get a lot of emotion across. 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:17.290 With the main cast, they all have black pupils 00:25:17.290 --> 00:25:18.640 but Tendi is the one exception. 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:20.440 She actually has green eyes. 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:23.060 So we're gonna kind of draw in this little nose of hers. 00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:25.230 Again, it's this kind of triangular nose. 00:25:25.230 --> 00:25:26.840 It's got like a little bit of a bend to it. 00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:30.090 And then we're going to add in Tendi's mouth. 00:25:30.090 --> 00:25:32.210 She's got like this heart shape to her. 00:25:32.210 --> 00:25:35.650 Like, this cheek kind of comes up and then the jaw kind of 00:25:35.650 --> 00:25:37.530 comes down to a little bit of a point. 00:25:37.530 --> 00:25:39.470 It's just a very soft point. 00:25:39.470 --> 00:25:42.640 All right. Kind of drawing her eyebrows now. 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:44.630 It's like my grandma says, "I gotta draw my eyebrows!" 00:25:44.630 --> 00:25:46.800 We're going to draw on Tendi's eyebrows now. 00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:50.450 And she's got kind of these happy eyebrows right there. 00:25:50.450 --> 00:25:52.570 I sort of feel like I'm turning into Bob Ross sometimes 00:25:52.570 --> 00:25:56.140 as I'm drawing her happy little eyebrows, 00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.100 which, you know, that is Tendi. 00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:59.380 She's just a happy little Ensign, you know. 00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:00.780 That's what we love about her. 00:26:00.780 --> 00:26:02.997 Let's see what the next awesome anomalies are. 00:26:03.930 --> 00:26:07.040 They've got these very round, fairly simple ear shapes 00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:11.180 and then her hair, it's got this kind of a shwoopy vibe 00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.013 to it. 00:26:12.013 --> 00:26:15.560 Gonna kind of come over and down a little bit 00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:17.727 like an S curve, like that. 00:26:17.727 --> 00:26:20.870 And she's got this little part where her hair starts 00:26:20.870 --> 00:26:22.853 and then this really cool shaved head. 00:26:24.250 --> 00:26:26.300 We're just here to have fun. 00:26:26.300 --> 00:26:29.350 Tendi's got these adorable little freckles. 00:26:29.350 --> 00:26:30.990 That's one of the things that I love about her. 00:26:30.990 --> 00:26:33.280 She's got freckles, I've got freckles. 00:26:33.280 --> 00:26:36.270 Just three little dots right there for Tendi's freckles. 00:26:36.270 --> 00:26:40.800 So then her hair, it's kind of this big, big shape. 00:26:40.800 --> 00:26:43.960 Her hair is probably my favorite on the show. 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.950 There's just something really cool and really punk 00:26:45.950 --> 00:26:48.270 about Tendi's hairstyle. 00:26:48.270 --> 00:26:51.739 Her uniform, she's got this kind of a high neck uniform, 00:26:51.739 --> 00:26:54.680 and I just love the Cali class uniforms. 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:56.950 I think that the design of them is so cool. 00:26:56.950 --> 00:26:59.940 It's got this kind of almost like a biker jacket 00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:01.570 kind of vibe to it. 00:27:01.570 --> 00:27:04.580 And she is an ensign. She's Ensign D'Vana Tendi. 00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:07.530 So she's gonna have just one pip, 00:27:07.530 --> 00:27:09.210 but she worked hard for that pip. 00:27:09.210 --> 00:27:11.030 And you know, at this point you can kind of go in 00:27:11.030 --> 00:27:12.730 and just shade it. 00:27:12.730 --> 00:27:13.820 You know, it's your drawing. 00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:16.810 Like we could add just a little bit of a shadow right here. 00:27:16.810 --> 00:27:19.560 Have fun drawing Tendi cause she's a fun character. 00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:22.340 And that's really what the point of this is. 00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:24.590 And that is how you draw Ensign D'Vana Tendi. 00:27:27.627 --> 00:27:29.233 Aw, thanks guys. 00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:31.987 Just showed you all at home how to draw 00:27:31.987 --> 00:27:33.730 Ensign D'Vana Tendi. 00:27:33.730 --> 00:27:36.590 So I'm going to show you how to draw something new. 00:27:36.590 --> 00:27:39.060 Anytime that I'm asked to draw someone that was a big part 00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:41.900 of the show, I get super excited and just feel honored 00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:44.910 that I can do that and bring that to the show. 00:27:44.910 --> 00:27:47.440 In case you haven't guessed by now, 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:51.200 this is how you draw Wil Wheaton as if he were a character 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:53.220 on Star Trek: Lower Decks. 00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:57.600 I actually have a fully rendered and colored design 00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:59.966 of Wil Wheaton's character design. 00:28:00.958 --> 00:28:02.387 It's totally me! 00:28:02.387 --> 00:28:04.160 Wil, I hope you enjoyed this drawing tutorial. 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:06.040 I had a lot of fun designing your character 00:28:06.040 --> 00:28:06.930 and I hope you enjoy your character design. 00:28:06.930 --> 00:28:09.760 I am trying really, really hard to keep it together, 00:28:09.760 --> 00:28:11.730 but I just can't. 00:28:11.730 --> 00:28:15.560 That is the coolest thing I have ever seen. 00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:18.280 Oh, my God! I love it! 00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:22.560 Thank you to Robby and the entire Lower Decks art department 00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:24.900 for this incredible gift. 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:29.820 I am delighted to see myself as a proper Lower Decker 00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:32.600 and thrilled that I'm still an Ensign. 00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:34.820 And with that, nerds, our time in "The Ready Room" 00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:38.320 is almost over, but before we beam our separate ways, 00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:41.740 I am so excited to share this next clip with you. 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:44.480 Now that Lower Decks Season 2 is at an end, 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:48.450 we have an exclusive preview of the next great animated 00:28:48.450 --> 00:28:51.020 Star Trek series, Star Trek: Prodigy, 00:28:51.020 --> 00:28:54.100 which follows a ragtag group of young aliens who must 00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:57.347 work together to navigate the final frontier. 00:28:57.347 --> 00:29:01.490 Please enjoy this sneak peak of the series premiere, 00:29:01.490 --> 00:29:04.183 which drops later this month on October 28. 00:29:05.317 --> 00:29:08.710 Guys! Guys! I found someone else to come with us. 00:29:08.710 --> 00:29:10.200 Whoa, Rok. 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:13.763 I thought we made it clear this was a secret operation. 00:29:15.297 --> 00:29:16.130 [alien grunts] 00:29:16.130 --> 00:29:18.490 You invited that thing? 00:29:18.490 --> 00:29:20.060 What is that bag of spit? 00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:23.010 It isn't a "that." I named him Murf. 00:29:23.010 --> 00:29:25.617 I can't wait to hear what he has to say. 00:29:25.617 --> 00:29:28.306 He's such a chatterbox, aren't you, Murf? 00:29:28.306 --> 00:29:29.506 [Murf trills] 00:29:33.350 --> 00:29:35.963 He's probably too smart for our translators. 00:29:38.006 --> 00:29:42.250 No, no no no! Back, back, back! No, no, no, no! 00:29:42.250 --> 00:29:43.143 Get away from me! 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:48.760 At least our secret's safe with him. 00:29:48.760 --> 00:29:49.593 Quiet! 00:29:52.650 --> 00:29:54.470 Watchers are coming this way. 00:29:54.470 --> 00:29:56.570 They're tracking our monitors. 00:29:56.570 --> 00:29:58.670 What'll happen if they catch us? 00:29:58.670 --> 00:30:01.533 You're a survivor. Help us survive. 00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:05.530 Thank you all so much for joining me here 00:30:05.530 --> 00:30:08.110 in "The Ready Room" for the Star Trek: Lower Decks 00:30:08.110 --> 00:30:10.600 Season 2 finale special. 00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:12.800 And don't worry, the fun may be over for now, 00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:15.210 but we'll be back in just two short weeks 00:30:15.210 --> 00:30:18.050 to talk all about the new Trek on the block, 00:30:18.050 --> 00:30:19.130 Star Trek: Prodigy. 00:30:19.130 --> 00:30:22.150 Again, premiering October 28. 00:30:22.150 --> 00:30:25.900 I promise you. You do not want to miss it. 00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:28.023 Until then, I'm Wil Wheaton. 00:30:28.023 --> 00:30:29.750 Live long, and prosper.