This post contains spoilers for “Star Trek: Lower Decks” season 4.With over a half-century of TV shows and films to sort through, I’m always surprised at how well each new “Star Trek” show manages to connect back to the official canon.
Sure, “Star Trek” has been subject to many a retcon over the years – including several welcome improvements to outdated ’60s Trek – but for a franchise with 12 shows to its name, it’s often kept its lore surprisingly tidy.With its late place in Trek chronology and “second contact” premise, “Star Trek: Lower Decks” has always been especially good at pointing out plot holes and updating mythology, and now, with its latest season, Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Mariner (Tawny Newsome) have become a part of that mythology.
Between seasons 3 and 4 of the animated series, the dynamic (and chaotic) duo popped over to “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” making a live-action…
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