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* AnArmAndALeg: Asif breaks his leg in the crash, and then is forced to walk into the RapidAging field under the assurance that his leg will rapidly heal. Unfortunately for him, it heals wrong because they didn't set it properly first, causing it to wind up severely malformed before eventually falling off. Mariner decides to just have T'Ana grow him a new one rather than go back for the leg.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Asif breaks his leg in the crash, and then is forced to walk into the RapidAging field under the assurance that his leg will rapidly heal. Unfortunately for him, it heals wrong because they didn't set it properly first, causing it to wind up severely malformed before eventually ''eventually falling off.off''. Mariner decides to just have T'Ana grow him a new one rather than go back for the leg.
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** Delta Shift complains that they are always assigned to the night shift and their careers have suffered as a result, since they almost never have face-time with the command staff. Genuine Naval vessels have an odd number of shifts -- five four-hour shifts and two two-hour dogshifts -- to rotate the crew precisely to avoid this scenario.
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** Delta Shift complains that they are always assigned to the night shift and their careers have suffered as a result, since they almost never have face-time with the command staff. Genuine RealLife Naval vessels have an odd number of shifts -- five four-hour shifts and two two-hour dogshifts -- to rotate the crew precisely to avoid this scenario. scenario.
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* BreatherEpisode: After the reveal last episode of the mysterious ship attacking other ships and Badgey’s assault on the ship, this episode focuses entirely on Beta Shift and sharing their past experiences of being trapped in caves with each other, with the mysterious ship in question never appearing or even being mentioned this time.
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* BreatherEpisode: After the reveal last episode of the mysterious ship attacking other ships and Badgey’s Badgey's assault on the ship, this episode focuses entirely on Beta Shift and sharing their past experiences of being trapped in caves with each other, with the mysterious ship in question never appearing or even being mentioned this time.time.
* CallBack: In addition to ''Star Trek''[='s=] use of caves as a budget-saving device, each plotline sends up other frequent franchise tropes:
** Boimler's adventure involves the SecretTestOfCharacter.
** Mariner's involves a broken shuttle that needs to be repaired, plus the RapidAging and FountainOfYouth aspects.
** Rutherford's involves MonsterIsAMommy. ''Star Trek'' has also used MisterSeahorse before.
** Tendi depicts characters being stuck in an enclosed space and growing bonds.
* CallBack: In addition to ''Star Trek''[='s=] use of caves as a budget-saving device, each plotline sends up other frequent franchise tropes:
** Boimler's adventure involves the SecretTestOfCharacter.
** Mariner's involves a broken shuttle that needs to be repaired, plus the RapidAging and FountainOfYouth aspects.
** Rutherford's involves MonsterIsAMommy. ''Star Trek'' has also used MisterSeahorse before.
** Tendi depicts characters being stuck in an enclosed space and growing bonds.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the ConspiracyTheorist. While previous appearances play Levy’s antics up for laughs, this time they prove to be a source of frustration-- Levy annoys Boimler with the thought of Vendorians being on the planet they were on despite being in a different quadrant, and when Boimler finds a possible way out, Levy blows it up. Then you find out that Levy’s been stuck at his rank for around a decade and no one can stand him.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the ConspiracyTheorist. While previous appearances play Levy’s antics up for laughs, this time they prove to be a source of frustration-- Levy annoys Boimler with the thought of Vendorians being on the planet they were on despite being in a different quadrant, and when Boimler finds a possible way out, Levy blows it up. Then you find out that Levy’s Levy's been stuck at his rank for around a decade and no one can stand him.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: One of the few military tropes ''Star Trek'' usually gets right -- the chain of command -- is violated in (of all people) Boimler's story. He is assigned to an away team with Levy, who as a full Lieutenant is the ''ranking officer'', but Boimler is on point for the entire mission (though this could be attributed to Levy's conspiracy theories making him seem a bit unreliable as a leader, since Boimler claims that this is the reason Levy hasn't been able to get promoted to Lt. Commander for an entire decade). By contrast, Mariner's story takes full advantage of her (as a Lieutenant Junior Grade) being the ranking officer amidst the Ensigns from Delta Shift.
* ArtShift: When the ''Cerritos'' is shown off in Tendi’s flashback, the lighting on the ship is the same as it was during Season One.
* ArtShift: When the ''Cerritos'' is shown off in Tendi’s flashback, the lighting on the ship is the same as it was during Season One.
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** One of the few military tropes ''Star Trek'' usually gets right -- the chain of command -- is violated in (of all people) Boimler's story. He is assigned to an away team with Levy, who as a full Lieutenant is the ''ranking officer'', but Boimler is on point for the entire mission (though this could be attributed to Levy's conspiracy theories making him seem a bit unreliable as a leader, since Boimler claims that this is the reason Levy hasn't been able to get promoted to Lt. Commander for an entire decade). By contrast, Mariner's story takes full advantage of her (as a Lieutenant Junior Grade) being the ranking officer amidst the Ensigns from DeltaShift.Shift.
** Delta Shift complains that they are always assigned to the night shift and their careers have suffered as a result, since they almost never have face-time with the command staff. Genuine Naval vessels have an odd number of shifts -- five four-hour shifts and two two-hour dogshifts -- to rotate the crew precisely to avoid this scenario.
* ArtShift: When the ''Cerritos'' is shown off inTendi’s Tendi's flashback, the lighting on the ship is the same as it was during Season One.
** One of the few military tropes ''Star Trek'' usually gets right -- the chain of command -- is violated in (of all people) Boimler's story. He is assigned to an away team with Levy, who as a full Lieutenant is the ''ranking officer'', but Boimler is on point for the entire mission (though this could be attributed to Levy's conspiracy theories making him seem a bit unreliable as a leader, since Boimler claims that this is the reason Levy hasn't been able to get promoted to Lt. Commander for an entire decade). By contrast, Mariner's story takes full advantage of her (as a Lieutenant Junior Grade) being the ranking officer amidst the Ensigns from Delta
** Delta Shift complains that they are always assigned to the night shift and their careers have suffered as a result, since they almost never have face-time with the command staff. Genuine Naval vessels have an odd number of shifts -- five four-hour shifts and two two-hour dogshifts -- to rotate the crew precisely to avoid this scenario.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: One of the few military tropes ''Star Trek'' usually gets right -- the chain of command -- is violated in (of all people) Boimler's story. He is assigned to an away team with Levy, who as a full Lieutenant is the ''ranking officer'', but Boimler is on point for the entire mission (though this could be attributed to Levy's conspiracy theories making him seem a bit unreliable as a leader, since Boimler claims that this is the reason Levy hasn't been able to get promoted to a Lt. Commander for an entire decade). By contrast, Mariner's story takes full advantage of her (as a Lieutenant Junior Grade) being the ranking officer amidst the Ensigns from Delta Shift.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: One of the few military tropes ''Star Trek'' usually gets right -- the chain of command -- is violated in (of all people) Boimler's story. He is assigned to an away team with Levy, who as a full Lieutenant is the ''ranking officer'', but Boimler is on point for the entire mission (though this could be attributed to Levy's conspiracy theories making him seem a bit unreliable as a leader, since Boimler claims that this is the reason Levy hasn't been able to get promoted to a Lt. Commander for an entire decade). By contrast, Mariner's story takes full advantage of her (as a Lieutenant Junior Grade) being the ranking officer amidst the Ensigns from Delta Shift.
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* BreatherEpisode: After the reveal last episode of the mysterious ship attacking other ships and Badgey’s assault on the ship, this episode focuses entirely on Beta Shift and sharing their past experiences of being trapped in caves with each other, with the mysterious ship in question never even being mentioned or appearing this time.
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* BreatherEpisode: After the reveal last episode of the mysterious ship attacking other ships and Badgey’s assault on the ship, this episode focuses entirely on Beta Shift and sharing their past experiences of being trapped in caves with each other, with the mysterious ship in question never appearing or even being mentioned or appearing this time.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the ConspiracyTheorist. While previous appearances play Levy’s antics up for laughs, this time they prove to be a source of frustration - Levy annoys Boimler with the thought of Vendorians being on the planet they were on despite being in the Alpha Quadrant and when Boimler finds a possible way out, he blows it up. Then you find out that Levy’s been stuck at his rank for around a decade and no one stands him.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the ConspiracyTheorist. While previous appearances play Levy’s antics up for laughs, this time they prove to be a source of frustration - frustration-- Levy annoys Boimler with the thought of Vendorians being on the planet they were on despite being in the Alpha Quadrant a different quadrant, and when Boimler finds a possible way out, he Levy blows it up. Then you find out that Levy’s been stuck at his rank for around a decade and no one stands can stand him.
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* GivingThemTheStrip: Played with, as for the first time Boimler removes his pants ''voluntarily'' at Rutherford's request (commenting that "we're roommates" when met with a confused reaction from Mariner and Tendi) though he remarks after the fact that he probably should have given him his jacket instead.
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* GivingThemTheStrip: Played with, as for the first time Boimler removes his pants ''voluntarily'' ''voluntarily'', at Rutherford's request (commenting that "we're roommates" when met with a confused reaction from Mariner and Tendi) Tendi), though he remarks after the fact that he probably should have given him his jacket instead.
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** Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she's only ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters' lives, about three to five times in total and feels like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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** Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, that, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that comparison, since being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she's only ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters' lives, about three to five times in total total, and feels like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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-->'''Boimler:''' Look, I know you're some sort of "outside-the-box" math genius, but do you know why you've been stuck at the same rank for, like, ''a decade''?! No wild unfounded theories on that? Huh?! Well, it's because you're insufferable. Wolf 359 was a tragedy, Q exists, Picard isn't some hologram and ''Voyager's'' EMH ''is''. Ugh! You know who benefits from being stuck in a cave? ''Everyone''! Because they don't have to deal with ''you''.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Boimler's story reveals that he and Levy were subjected to one by the Vendorians -- who, as it turns out, were doing the same thing ''again'' with the ''current'' situation to convince the main four to rekindle their friendship.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Boimler's story reveals that he and Levy were subjected to one by the Vendorians -- who, as it turns out, were doing the same thing ''again'' with the ''current'' situation to convince the main four to rekindle their friendship.
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-->'''Boimler:''' Look, I know you're some sort of "outside-the-box" math genius, but do you know why you've been stuck at the same rank for, like, ''a decade''?! No wild unfounded theories on that? Huh?! Well, it's because you're insufferable. Wolf 359 was a tragedy, Q exists, Picard isn't some hologram hologram, and ''Voyager's'' EMH ''is''. Ugh! You know who benefits from being stuck in a cave? ''Everyone''! Because they don't have to deal with ''you''.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Boimler's story reveals that he and Levy were subjected to one by theVendorians -- Vendorians-- who, as it turns out, were doing the same thing ''again'' with the ''current'' situation to convince the main four to rekindle their friendship.
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-->'''Boimler:''' Look, I know you're some sort of "outside-the-box" math genius, but do you know why you've been stuck at the same rank for, like, ''a decade''?! No wild unfounded theories on that? Huh?! Well, it's because you're insufferable. Wolf 359 was a tragedy, Q exists, Picard isn't some hologram and the EMH ''is''. Ugh! You know who benefits from being stuck in a cave? ''Everyone''! Because they don't have to deal with ''you''.
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-->'''Boimler:''' Look, I know you're some sort of "outside-the-box" math genius, but do you know why you've been stuck at the same rank for, like, ''a decade''?! No wild unfounded theories on that? Huh?! Well, it's because you're insufferable. Wolf 359 was a tragedy, Q exists, Picard isn't some hologram and the ''Voyager's'' EMH ''is''. Ugh! You know who benefits from being stuck in a cave? ''Everyone''! Because they don't have to deal with ''you''.
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* FountainOfYouth: The chronitons from the second pergium deposit. Amadou briefly gets aged down to a child from the exposure.
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* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: When Amadou gets aged down, his Starfleet uniform becomes noticeably oversized on his now-shrunken frame.
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* MildlyMilitary: It's made explicit that Delta Shift are always on nights to the point it hurts their careers. Genuine Naval vessels have an odd number of shifts: five four-hour shifts and two two-hour dogshifts to rotate the crew so a shift doesn't always work at the same time.
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** Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she's only ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters lives, about three to five times in total and feels like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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** Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she's only ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters Shifters' lives, about three to five times in total and feels like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Asif breaks his leg in the crash, and then is forced to walk into the RapidAging field under the assurance that his leg will rapidly heal. Unfortunately for him, it heals wrong because they didn't set it properly first, causing it to wind up severely malformed before eventually falling off. Mariner decides to just have T'Ana grow him a new one rather than go back for the leg.
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* BreatherEpisode: After the reveal last episode of the mysterious ship attacking other ships, this episode focuses entirely on Beta Shift and sharing their past experiences of being trapped in caves with each other, with the mysterious ship in question never even being mentioned or appearing this time.
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* BreatherEpisode: After the reveal last episode of the mysterious ship attacking other ships, ships and Badgey’s assault on the ship, this episode focuses entirely on Beta Shift and sharing their past experiences of being trapped in caves with each other, with the mysterious ship in question never even being mentioned or appearing this time.
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* NotNowKiddo: During the episode, Tendi attempts to talk about the time they were stuck in the turbolift. However, every time she does, Mariner blows her off because it wasn’t applicable to their current situation. It’s not until the moss speaks up and demands to hear the story that we see that it actually was.
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** Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she only ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters lives, about three to five times in total and feel like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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** Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she she's only ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters lives, about three to five times in total and feel feels like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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** The group grow more and more jealous over their insane cave stories, leading the Vendorians work to fix their friendship.
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** The Beta Shifters grow more and more jealous over their insane cave meetings, which the Vendorians work to fix up.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: One of the few military tropes ''Star Trek'' usually gets right -- the chain of command -- is violated in (of all people) Boimler's story. He is assigned to an away team with Levy, who as a full Lieutenant is the ''ranking officer'', but Boimler is on point for the entire mission. By contrast, Mariner's story takes full advantage of her (as a Lieutenant Junior Grade) being the ranking officer amidst the Ensigns from Delta Shift.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: One of the few military tropes ''Star Trek'' usually gets right -- the chain of command -- is violated in (of all people) Boimler's story. He is assigned to an away team with Levy, who as a full Lieutenant is the ''ranking officer'', but Boimler is on point for the entire mission.mission (though this could be attributed to Levy's conspiracy theories making him seem a bit unreliable as a leader, since Boimler claims that this is the reason Levy hasn't been able to get promoted to a Lt. Commander for an entire decade). By contrast, Mariner's story takes full advantage of her (as a Lieutenant Junior Grade) being the ranking officer amidst the Ensigns from Delta Shift.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she only ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters lives, about three to five times in total and feel like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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** Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she only ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters lives, about three to five times in total and feel like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts overthis.this.
** The Beta Shifters grow more and more jealous over their insane cave meetings, which the Vendorians work to fix up.
** Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she only ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters lives, about three to five times in total and feel like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over
** The Beta Shifters grow more and more jealous over their insane cave meetings, which the Vendorians work to fix up.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After Levy nukes a possible escape vehicle due to his ConspiracyTheorist tendencies, Boimler lets him have it.
-->'''Boimler:''' Look, I know you're some sort of "outside-the-box" math genius, but do you know why you've been stuck at the same rank for, like, ''a decade''?! No wild unfounded theories on that? Huh?! Well, it's because you're insufferable. Wolf 359 was a tragedy, Q exists, Picard isn't some hologram and the EMH ''is''. Ugh! You know who benefits from being stuck in a cave? ''Everyone''! Because they don't have to deal with ''you''.
-->'''Boimler:''' Look, I know you're some sort of "outside-the-box" math genius, but do you know why you've been stuck at the same rank for, like, ''a decade''?! No wild unfounded theories on that? Huh?! Well, it's because you're insufferable. Wolf 359 was a tragedy, Q exists, Picard isn't some hologram and the EMH ''is''. Ugh! You know who benefits from being stuck in a cave? ''Everyone''! Because they don't have to deal with ''you''.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: Boimler's story reveals that he and Levy were subjected to one by the Vendorians -- who, as it turns out, were doing the same thing ''again'' with the ''current'' situation to convince the main four to rekindle their friendship.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The episode consists of four flashbacks framed by a story of the Warp Core Four trapped in a cave, each of them telling a story about a ''previous'' occasion they were trapped in a cave. (Except for Tendi, who tells a story about the time she was trapped in a turbolift.)
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The episode consists of four flashbacks framed by a story of the Warp Core Four trapped in a cave, each of them telling a story about a ''previous'' occasion they were trapped in a cave. (Except for Tendi, who tells a story about the time she was trapped in a turbolift.turbolift with the other three immediately after the events of the pilot episode.)
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* GreenEyedMonster: Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she only every seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters lives, about three to five times in total and feel like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she only every ever seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters lives, about three to five times in total and feel like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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** T'Ana gets to be the co-lead in Rutherford's segment, in her first substantial appearance in the entire season. Interestingly she's paired with a character she seldom interacted with previously, as opposed to her usual scene partners.
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** T'Ana gets to be the co-lead in Rutherford's segment, in her first substantial appearance in the entire season. Interestingly Interestingly, she's paired with a character she seldom interacted with previously, as opposed to her usual scene partners.
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** Mariner's segment features Karavitus, Asif, and Amadou of Delta Shift, who get to have more of their depth and personal motivations for antagonizing Beta Shift revealed.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Karavitus reveals in this episode that the reason Delta Shift is always so antagonistic towards Mariner and the others for seemingly no reason is because, despite getting the exact same kinds of jobs as Beta Shift, they feel like they barely get any kind of action or acknowledgement in comparison due to the fact that being on the Night Shift means that everybody else is asleep. Apparently, it’s so bad that she only every seen people like Captain Freeman and Ransom, who are regulars in the Beta Shifters lives, about three to five times in total and feel like they'll never get the opportunity to rank up like Mariner and her friends did because no one else on the ship even notices that they exist, leading to them lashing out at their Day Shift counterparts over this.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: T'Ana gets to be the co-lead in Rutherford's segment, in her first substantial appearance in the entire season. Interestingly she's paired with a character she seldom interacted with previously, as opposed to her usual scene partners.
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** T'Ana gets to be the co-lead in Rutherford's segment, in her first substantial appearance in the entire season. Interestingly she's paired with a character she seldom interacted with previously, as opposed to her usual scenepartners.partners.
** Levy, previously a one-off "joke" character, gets a major role in Boimler's segment.
** T'Ana gets to be the co-lead in Rutherford's segment, in her first substantial appearance in the entire season. Interestingly she's paired with a character she seldom interacted with previously, as opposed to her usual scene
** Levy, previously a one-off "joke" character, gets a major role in Boimler's segment.
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* PassedOverPromotion: It is revealed that Levy's career has been stalled out at Lieutenant for over a decade, because (as Boimler points out) nobody wants to see a raving ConspiracyTheorist in an actual command position.
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* LampshadeHanging: The episode opens with Mariner and Boimler delighted to learn they're being assigned to the same away mission, commenting that it's been a while. It really hasn't ("Parth Ferengi's Heart Place" was only two episodes ago) ''but'' Mariner and Boimler haven't shared a story together since the season premiere, "Twovix". This is in contrast to previous seasons pairing them up almost constantly.
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** In typical ''Lower Decks'' fashion, this episode hangs a lampshade on the franchise's longstanding tradition of episodes where the characters are trapped in a cave, and how this enables the production to constantly reuse the same "cave" sets. In homage, both the framing story and all the flashbacks use the same generic "cave set" backgrounds.
** The episode opens with Mariner and Boimler delighted to learn they're being assigned to the same away mission, commenting that it's been a while. It really hasn't ("Parth Ferengi's Heart Place" was only two episodes ago) ''but'' Mariner and Boimler haven't shared a story together since the season premiere, "Twovix". This is in contrast to previous seasons pairing them up almost constantly.
** In typical ''Lower Decks'' fashion, this episode hangs a lampshade on the franchise's longstanding tradition of episodes where the characters are trapped in a cave, and how this enables the production to constantly reuse the same "cave" sets. In homage, both the framing story and all the flashbacks use the same generic "cave set" backgrounds.
** The episode opens with Mariner and Boimler delighted to learn they're being assigned to the same away mission, commenting that it's been a while. It really hasn't ("Parth Ferengi's Heart Place" was only two episodes ago) ''but'' Mariner and Boimler haven't shared a story together since the season premiere, "Twovix". This is in contrast to previous seasons pairing them up almost constantly.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The episode consists of four flashbacks framed by a story of the Warp Core Four trapped in a cave, each of them telling a story about a ''previous'' occasion they were trapped in a cave. (Except for Tendi, who tells a story about the time she was trapped in a turbolift.)
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* ADayInTheLimelight: T'Ana gets to be the co-lead in Rutherford's segment, in her first substantial appearance in the entire season. Interestingly she's paired with a character she seldom interacted with previously, as opposed to her usual scene partners.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: One of the few military tropes ''Star Trek'' usually gets right -- the chain of command -- is violated in (of all people) Boimler's story. He is assigned to an away team with Levy, who as a full Lieutenant is the ''ranking officer'', but Boimler is on point for the entire mission. By contrast, Mariner's story takes full advantage of her (as a Lieutenant Junior Grade) being the ranking officer amidst the Ensigns from Delta Shift.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: One of the few military tropes ''Star Trek'' usually gets right -- the chain of command -- is violated in (of all people) Boimler's story. He is assigned to an away team with Levy, who as a full Lieutenant is the ''ranking officer'', but Boimler is on point for the entire mission. By contrast, Mariner's story takes full advantage of her (as a Lieutenant Junior Grade) being the ranking officer amidst the Ensigns from Delta Shift.
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* GivingThemTheStrip: Played with, as for the first time Boimler removes his pants ''voluntarily'' at Rutherford's request (commenting that "we're roommates" when met with a confused reaction from Mariner and Tendi) though he remarks after the fact that he probably should have given him his jacket instead.
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* LampshadeHanging: The episode opens with Mariner and Boimler delighted to learn they're being assigned to the same away mission, commenting that it's been a while. It really hasn't ("Parth Ferengi's Heart Place" was only two episodes ago) ''but'' Mariner and Boimler haven't shared a story together since the season premiere, "Twovix". This is in contrast to previous seasons pairing them up almost constantly.
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* BreatherEpisode: After the reveal last episode of the mysterious ship attacking other ships, this episode focuses entirely on Beta Shift and sharing their past experiences of being trapped in caves with each other, with the mysterious ship in question never even being mentioned or appearing this time.
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Beta Shift recounts their experiences being trapped in caves while trapped in a cave.
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!!Tropes:
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Steve Levy's paranoid conspiracies turn out to be right for once when the Vendorians turn out to be behind him and Boimler being trapped in a cave as a morality test. All the others, not so much.
* HealingFactor: The carnivorous moss regrows almost instantly when parts of it are vaporized.
* MisterSeahorse: Rutherford gives birth thanks to the woman he and T'Ana were with having the ability to transfer her consciousness into others and quickly grow a new body.
* MonsterIsAMommy: The monster that threatens Rutherford and T'Ana turns out to be protecting its child.
* RapidAging: The pergium emits chronitons which rapidly age anyone who approaches, making it impossible to reach. The effect only lasts as long as they're in proximity. Fortunately, there's a second deposit nearby with the opposite effect but far less extreme.
* TemptingFate: Despite Mariner complaining that cave missions are terrible, Boimler tries to assure her otherwise. Cue Ransom calling to warn them of tremors.
* UnPaused: Mariner lets out a drawn out "Caves!" as Beta Shift beams down, which is finished when they rematerialize.
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!!Tropes:
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Steve Levy's paranoid conspiracies turn out to be right for once when the Vendorians turn out to be behind him and Boimler being trapped in a cave as a morality test. All the others, not so much.
* HealingFactor: The carnivorous moss regrows almost instantly when parts of it are vaporized.
* MisterSeahorse: Rutherford gives birth thanks to the woman he and T'Ana were with having the ability to transfer her consciousness into others and quickly grow a new body.
* MonsterIsAMommy: The monster that threatens Rutherford and T'Ana turns out to be protecting its child.
* RapidAging: The pergium emits chronitons which rapidly age anyone who approaches, making it impossible to reach. The effect only lasts as long as they're in proximity. Fortunately, there's a second deposit nearby with the opposite effect but far less extreme.
* TemptingFate: Despite Mariner complaining that cave missions are terrible, Boimler tries to assure her otherwise. Cue Ransom calling to warn them of tremors.
* UnPaused: Mariner lets out a drawn out "Caves!" as Beta Shift beams down, which is finished when they rematerialize.
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