History Recap / StarTrekLowerDecksS4E02IHaveNoBonesYetIMustFlee

* RedHerring: When Narj first notices that the moopsy has escaped, [[SeenItAll Mariner]] dismissively refers to it as "your cuddliest prisoner," giving the impression that she might have thought it harmless enough to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero release]] as part of her campaign of insubordination. While Mariner ''was'' being GenreBlind about the moopsy, she [[NotMeThisTime had nothing to do with its escape]].

Back on the station, Narj is getting ready to release the humans to Ransom's custody. As he absent-mindedly flips through his keychain, a tiny cry of "Moopsy" comes from behind them. It takes a moment for this to register with Narj, but when it does, he suddenly turns around and lets out a terrified expletive to see the Moopsy walking free of its enclosure. The others don't understand his reaction to the cute critter, but Narj explains that everything in his menagerie is dangerous, ''especially'' the Moopsy, which drinks the bones of other animals. Mariner remains incredulous, until she sees it emerge from a ventilation duct inside the Pyrithian swamp gobbler enclosure. Despite their menacing size and appearance, the swamp gobblers cower in fear of the tiny osteovore. It sinks its long fangs into the back of the closest one and slurps it empty within a second.

A metal grate falls on them from the ventilation duct overhead. They look up and see the adorable Moopsy staring back. It drops onto Narj's shoulder, clamps down, and vacuums him up entirely, leaving nothing but clothes behind. The three officers flee the room, locking the door behind him. It seems they're finally safe and no longer cornered, until they look back through the window and see that the room they just left was the station's navigation control. The Moopsy carelessly waddles over the panels, pressing random buttons. Alarms wail as the station starts to deorbit.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: The entire plan by the two human prisoners to take over Narj's menagerie for profit involves setting a predatory osteovore loose and having it consume Narj. The osteovore also destroyed the menagerie's most valuable exhibits and almost had the station destroyed via planetary reentry.

Back on the ''Cerritos'', Boimler has set up a makeshift bunk in one of the Jeffries tubes, trying to convince himself through his insomnia that this is all a-ok. Before he can get any sleep, Rutherford stumbles across him, pursuing his latest promotion-bait project. Boimler mentions that some other ensign named Livik already came by doing the same thing. Looks like today isn't going well for either Boimler or Rutherford.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The entire plan by the two human prisoners to take over Narj's menagerie for profit involves setting a predatory osteovore loose and having it consume Narj. The osteovore also destroyed the menagerie's most valuable exhibits and almost had the station destroyed via planetary reentry.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The entire plan by the two human criminals to take over Narj's menagerie for profit involves setting a predatory osteovore loose and having it consume Narj. The osteovore also destroyed the menagerie's most valuable exhibits and almost had the station destroyed via planetary reentry.

Back on the station, Narj is getting ready to release the humans to Ransom's custody. As he absent-mindedly flips through his keychain, a tiny cry of "Moopsy" comes from behind them. It takes a moment for this to register with Narj, but when it does, he suddenly turns around and lets out a terrified expletive to see that the Moopsy walking free of its enclosure. The others don't understand his reaction to the cute critter, but Narj explains that everything in his menagerie is dangerous, ''especially'' the Moopsy, which drinks the bones of other animals. Mariner remains incredulous, until she sees it emerge from a ventilation duct inside the Pyrithian swamp gobbler enclosure. Despite their menacing size and appearance, the swamp gobblers cower in fear of the tiny osteovore. It sinks its long fangs into the back of the closest one and slurps it empty within a second.

Boimler's own woes also continue. Shaxs has just helped him move to new quarters without any light pollution problems, conveniently located next to the holodeck. Unfortunately, these quarters have problems of their own. The soundproofing in the walls leaves much to be desired, and Boimler can't help but overhear T'Ana brutalizing a holographic Robin Hood next door. He moves his bed to the other side of the room, but ''that'' wall is next to holodeck, too. One currently occupied by Captain Freeman noisily scat singing.

->'''Mariner:''' HOLY ''[[SoundEffectBleep [bleep[=]=]]]''!!

In the menagerie, Mariner uses Ransom's knocked-out teeth like breadcrumbs to lure the Moopsy back into its cell. Slurring through his toothless mouth, Ransom reports that they've corrected the station's orbit. They still don't know how the Moopsy got out, but at least the danger has passed. That's when Mariner notices something odd about the captive humans' enclosure next door. A section of the wall decoration is upside-down. One of them tries to hastily conceal it, but it's clear from the wiring behind that they were the ones who overrode the door on the adjoining Moopsy's room. It was all a plot to take over the menagerie by arranging an "accident" for Narj. The ''Cerritos'' decides to leave the imprisoned humans behind and let them wait to be rescued by someone else.

Having been promoted at the end of the previous episode, Lieutenants Junior Grade Bradward Boimler, D'Vana Tendi and Beckett Mariner pack up their things and leave the barracks they have bunked in for the past three seasons. ThreeLinesSomeWaiting emerge:
* Mariner overhears Cmdr. Ransom talking with Shaxs that Mariner "won't be my problem anymore." Believing he plans to demote her again (which is what she wants), she decides to be insubordinate and disrespectful all over a mission to a "menagerie" (an alien zoo) with a new ensign named Gary. Their visit takes a turn for the deadly when an ''extremely'' dangerous and [[KillerRabbit equally adorable]] exhibit escapes from its enclosure.
* Rutherford decides to try to get promoted, immediately entering into a rivalry with a new engineer named Livik, who is apparently the AlwaysSomeoneBetter to Rutherford.
* In a sitcom-standard plot, Boimler looks for quarters that aren't ridiculous.

'''Narj:''' You don't understand! Everything here is incredibly dangerous!\\

'''Narj:''' ''Of course'' it's worse! They only gobble you. The moopsy drinks your bones!\\

* PlantAliens: Narj, the curator of the Menagerie, is a mobile plant-based organism whose physiology is completely ossified, meaning there is NoBodyLeftBehind when the moopsy sinks its fangs into him.

** In the final scene when Rutherford and Boimler start settling into their new shared quarters, Rutherford starts to tinker with a project using a [[Series/{{DoctorWho}} sonic screwdriver]], specifically the one used by the Ninth and Tenth Doctors. It even has the same sound effect.

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: After overhearing Ransom talking about her, Mariner concludes (mistakenly) that he is planning to demote her back to Ensign, despite all the hard work she has done to reform herself to Starfleet standards. Mariner decides, if her [[BlackSheep scarlet letter]] refuses to go away no matter what she does, that she might as well go back to her insubordinate ways and get demoted on her own terms.