History Recap / StarTrekLowerDecksS3E05Reflections

* DoubleMeaning: At the recruiting booth, Mariner encourages passersby to join Starfleet to "experience Warp 10 excitement!" and "discover the undiscovered country!" Appealing-sounding slogans based on references to Star Trek's history, but travelling at Warp 10 evolves people into salamanders, and the undiscovered country is ''[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} death]]''.

* {{Unishment}}: Due to his public meltdown Boimler is given an official reprimand, but Ransom personally applauds his commitment to Starfleet and showing some backbone. In the past Boimler would have been a wreck over being sent to the brig, but here he takes pride in it.

'''Rutherford:''' Man, that ain't fair!\\

* ADayInTheLimelight: Rutherford gets his first A-plot of the season. In a rare occurence, Mariner and Boimler, the two leads, share the B-plot.

* FightingFromTheInside: Rutherford's glitching implant is revealed to be his past self attempting to fight the mental programming it forces on him. When Present Rutherford ends up out of control of his own body, he manages to exploit this fact for himself.

* SeenItAll: It doesn't take much for the Cerritos crew to catch on something is wrong with Rutherford. Their first assumption was a [[GrandTheftMe non-corporeal alien had taken over]], which in comparison is probably MORE fantastical than the digital SplitPersonality that actually happened.

* TheVoice[=/=]TheVoiceless: Freeman manages both of these in one episode: she delivers the captain's log offscreen; she is then seen at Rutherford's bedside, but has no lines.

That night, as Mariner is filling out the log for their eventful day in Boimler's stead, she receives a call on her PADD from Petra. She lets Mariner in on the mystery of her disappearance during the scuffle planetside, which she deliberately provoked so she could steal the Grand Nagus's staff (which, she says, was [[KarmicThief itself stolen from its rightful owner]]) from Tulgana IV's museum to sell back to the Ferengi. But the reason Petra called is because she sees a kindred spirit in Mariner and wants her to consider ditching Starfleet to join her in a more free-spirited lifestyle. Mariner rolls her eyes at the idea and exits the conversation, but when it comes time for to delete Petra's contact information from the PADD, she hesitates, and presses "save" instead.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Look closely in the background when Boimler is yelling at the Davi to "STOP GETTING PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE OF GAMES!". A Klingon is watching and seems to be enjoying Boimler's rage. And when Boimler is defending the Doctor while chasing one of the hecklers, a Vulcan can be seen remaining calm during Boimler's rage.

Protocol requires that Boimler be punished for his antics back on the planet, but Ransom was impressed by his vociferous defense of Starfleet. Instead of being sent to Starbase 80, which he says was an empty threat to begin with, Boimler will instead be spending the night in the brig for the first time in his career. And when he gets out, Ransom wants to take him out for drinks to hear how he stuck it to those louts.

* SplitPersonalityMerge: Mentioned as a possible compromise by Present Rutherford. Past Rutherford rejects this as impossible.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Look closely in the background when Boimler is yelling at the Davi to "STOP GETTING PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE OF GAMES!". A Klingon is watching and seems to be enjoying Boimler's rage.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: In a genuinely {{Justified}} example, Rutherford wins the race against his past self by crewing the Delta Flyer with his friends, giving him far greater control over the craft -- a strategy Past Rutherford was too egotistical to even consider.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: In a genuinely {{Justified}} example, Rutherford wins the race against his past self by crewing the Delta Flyer with his friends, giving him far greater control over the craft -- a strategy Past Rutherford was far too egotistical to even consider.

As for the ''Cerritos'', it has arrived at Tulgana IV to perform a routine upgrade of the local Federation consulate's equipment. Mariner is frustrated to discover that she and Boimler have been assigned to one of the most boring jobs she can think of: staffing a recruitment booth for Starfleet at a career festival down on the planet. As she is still under the watchful eye of her disciplinarian, Commander Ransom, Mariner has no choice but to follow his orders to the letter. Ransom warns her in advance that he will [[ReassignedToAntarctica transfer her to Starbase 80]] if he sees her place so much as a foot outside of the booth.