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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Seán Ferrick of [=TrekCulture=] has gotten some massive flak concerning Mariner's sub-plot in Season 4. His main sticking point is that Mariner continues to backslide into her self-destructive tendencies despite being told that it's actively hurting her and actively dismissed the reveals in "The Inner Fight" as pandering at best and lore-breaking at most ([[spoiler:he seems to be of the idea that Mariner is actually younger than she actually is and he feels that connecting her to Sito Jaxa and the Dominion War is less of a major plot point and more of one of those shout-outs that just doesn't work]]). Many commenters have suggested that he wanted this plot point to be a one-and-done thing, that Mariner suddenly gets over this and stops backsliding when this is a massive case of RealityIsUnrealistic.
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** RITOS.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After the "DISCO" shirts from ''Star Trek: Discovery'' became popular, ''Lower Decks'' featured Captain Freeman wearing a "RITOS" shirt. The parody shirt has become popular in its own right, even getting worn by Jack Quaid in his appearance on ''The Ready Room'' for the ''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' episode "Those Old Scientists."[[/labelnote]]
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** Jennifer the Andorian became popular in season 1, despite having no lines, due to her human-sounding name and implied rivalry with Mariner, neither of which got any explanation. She [[AscendedExtra ascends to]] MauveShirt status in Season 2 with a regular voice actor, a snarky personality, and [[spoiler:a ShipTease with Mariner after saving the latter's life]] in the season finale.
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** Jennifer the Andorian became popular in season 1, despite having no lines, due to her human-sounding name and implied rivalry with Mariner, neither of which got any explanation. She [[AscendedExtra ascends to]] MauveShirt status in Season 2 with a regular voice actor, a snarky personality, and [[spoiler:a ShipTease with Mariner after saving the latter's life]] in the season finale. Many fans were disappointed when Jennifer was DemotedToExtra in Season 4, and her breakup with Mariner going unaddressed.
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* GrowingTheBeard: The show started off a little rough, especially when early information about the show suggested it was going to be ''Star Trek'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' and not much disproved that. The third episode "Temporal Edict" was evidence the show was a lot more aware of Star Trek tropes than initially considered, but the ninth episode "Crisis Point" is generally regarded as where the show went from being an AffectionateParody of the Franchise/TrekVerse to something that can hold up as its own thing. The episode is a stark {{deconstruction}} of Mariner's MilitaryMaverick persona, which had been a [[BrokenBase point of contention]] with fans, while creatively using the holodeck for both a parody of Star Trek movie tropes and demonstrating some [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential less-savory ways]] those role playing games could be used for.
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* GrowingTheBeard: The show started off a little rough, especially when early information about the show suggested it was going to be ''Star Trek'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' and not much disproved that. The third episode "Temporal Edict" was evidence the show was a lot more aware of Star Trek tropes than initially considered, but the ninth episode "Crisis Point" is generally regarded as where the show went from being an AffectionateParody of the Franchise/TrekVerse to something that can hold up as its own thing. The episode is a stark {{deconstruction}} of Mariner's MilitaryMaverick persona, which had been a [[BrokenBase point of contention]] with fans, while creatively using the holodeck for both a parody of Star Trek movie tropes and demonstrating some [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential less-savory ways]] those role playing games could be used for. With the benefit of hindsight given the show's emphasis on CharacterDevelopment, it's obvious that the characters were written as particularly insufferable from the outset ''by design'', to make their later growth more effective, but many fans continue to regard the first few episodes as a tough watch that must be suffered through to get to the good stuff later on.
