Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x07 "Those Old Scientists"

LoglineAn accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler through time from the 24th century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get them back where they belong before they can alter the timeline.

Written by Kathryn Lyn & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by Jonathan Frakes

ValueSubtracted OP Mod ,
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I can confirm that this episode is live on Crave, as well as Paramount+ in the relevant regions.

CeruleanRuin ,
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What is up with that? It’s not supposed to be out until Thursday. That’s a heck of a release date slippage.

deepthaw ,

They released earlier to coincide with screening it at SDCC.

CeruleanRuin ,
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Aha, makes sense! I had all but written off ComicCon because I figured the strikes would put the kibosh on most of the panels and other appearances, but I guess the studios will still roll out their stuff there. Cool beans.

deweydecibel ,

Regardless if the actors or writers are present to promote, the event space is bought and paid for, contracts have been signed, etc. The event goes on with or without the talent present.

StillPaisleyCat ,
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We were able to watch and record the ‘Special Presentation’ on CTV Sci-fi channel.

It did however make us watch every single ad, with a ‘skip is not available for this episode’ message.

There are no other windows for it showing before Thursday, but I am wondering if Bell will add it to ‘On Demand’ sneakily tomorrow.

ValueSubtracted OP Mod ,
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Always good to get the full television experience.

StillPaisleyCat ,
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My spouse was covering their eyes and guffawing at many of the ads. It’s been years since they’d sat through anything more than promotions for other shows. Definitely an experience.

koreth ,

Saw this at the Comic-Con screening and it works better than I expected, especially the physical comedy. The exaggerated cartoon antics are still there, but toned down just enough to not seem out of place in live action.

End0fLine ,
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I just had a smile on my face throughout the entire thing. The intro and outro were such a nice touch!

maegul ,
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Yep. There is no critiquing this episode IMO. They nailed pure cross over fun. All smiles through the whole episode!!

WrittenWeird ,

Best episode ever. 11/10, I’m still coming down off the high. Right up there with the LD DS9 ep and the last couple episodes of Picard. Peak modern Trek.

maddy ,

The opening sequence is chef kiss

End0fLine ,
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It took me longer than I’m comfortable to admit to notice it was animated and not the usual intro.

lordnikon ,

i mean they are both animated. They tried to film on location but the camera operator keeps getting burned in the nebula.

deepthaw ,

HE DOES THE WALK

RunningInRVA ,

My wife went nuts when he did it and she’s not even into this like I am.

Osa-Eris-Xero512 ,

This was incredible and everything I could have hoped that it would be. 11/10, no notes.

milkisklim ,

The only thing I wished was for the Enterprise crew to have been in TAS style art animation at the end. But yeah. Great show!

Continuumguy ,

Still kind of hoping that one year they do a “Trials and Tribble-Ations” tribute episode where they go back to the Enterprise during TAS and splice in the LD guys in in the TAS style.

They could call it “Those Animated Scientists”

milkisklim ,

Perfect!

samus12345 ,
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“Animated?”

“Yeah, you know, they were kind of stiff back then, so I call them that ironically.”

Manabi ,
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I loved all of it! I liked how they had fun with the crew being in the 2D Lower Decks style at the end, poking fun at it with the dialogue. Then they blamed it on the drinks, so it wasn’t really a fourth wall break.

varda ,

I have only one note: no live action Tendi or Rutherford :(

Otherwise: yes, excellent.

interolivary ,
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Yeah such a shame we didn’t get the whole Beta shift gang, but that’s like my absolute biggest “criticism” of the episode

ValueSubtracted OP Mod ,
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My expectations for this one were high, but I’m really impressed with how well they pulled it off. Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid did a great job of dialing their performances back just enough, and the SNW cast went just a little bit broader.

Emperor_Cartagia ,

Frakes is, in addition to an iconic Actor, the best Trek Director of the modern age. 11/10.

tarjeezy ,

I’m not racist, one of my friends is Black Orion!

adamlauver ,

“You guys look… very realistic.” I guffawed. So thrilled to be watching this episode finally!

Mezentine ,

I cannot believe they had Boimler and Mariner move like physical cartoon characters and pulled it off that well, holy shit. We absolutely lost it when Boimler was tangled in the control panel

poundsignbuttstuff ,

And him doing his walk away from Una the second time. And so many of Tawnie’s mannerisms like in the shuttle where she kinda strikes a pose before getting caught. And Quaid’s mannerisms and screaming with Spock in the lab.

Those two really worked to make realistic versions of the silliness they have in LDS and it was magnificent. I caught so much more on second watch.

khaosworks ,
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Annotations up at: startrek.website/post/462450

Voyager763 ,

I haven’t gotten around to Lower Decks, but this episode was simply brilliant even for me. Just sublime all around.

maegul ,
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Part of why this episode is so good is that Lower Decks is so good. It’s funny Trek that whole heartedly celebrates Trek while retaining the spirit of Trek. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend! Its probably a hard needle to thread, and a vibe, as it turns out, that is evidently resonant with SNW.

This mash-up/cross-over was not only inspired and well executed, but in many ways probably a fluke of this moment of Trek production which has two separate parallel series that are fun, bright spirited celebratory not-quite-sequel/prequels with their own compelling themes, stories and characters.

fishbulb95 ,

My face hurt by the end of the episode. I had no idea I was smiling the whole time. It really was that perfect mix of physical comedy but down to earth. It reminded me so much of The Orville. Definitely one of those I’ll go back to watch again.

UESPA_Sputnik ,
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My face hurt by the end of the episode. I had no idea I was smiling the whole time.

Is that you, Mr. Spock?

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