Lower Dorks: A Star Trek Lower Decks Fan Podcast

It's a little known fact that the Lower Dorks hosts are TTRPG afficionados... and with a Lower Decks themed expansion to Star Trek Adventures coming out this summer, it's a perfect time to talk about it! Don't know what a TTRPG is, or why you should care? We talk with Modiphius experts on the project (Project manager Jim Johnson and writer Al Spader) to fill in the blanks! (We also do play a fill...

The Lower Dorks hosts resume our in depth chat with Star Trek ship expert Thomas Marrone, discussing the ships of season 3. We only get sidetracked into ship history a couple of times, and ultimately lament the lack of a purchasable California class model.  0:00 Intro, re-introduction of Thomas Marrone, drink announcement 2:06 Deep Space Nine, "Hear All, Trust Nothing" 9:47 Karemma ship, "Hear All...

The Lower Dorks hosts love ships, and Season 3 had a lot of them! We're joined once again by Star Trek ship guru Thomas Marrone to discuss all the ships that made an appearance! There are so many ships that we had to split our talk into two episodes, woah! 0:00 Intro and Thomas Marrone's (re-)introduction 10:56 Drink announcement 13:32 Freeman's fake ship, "Grounded" 15:06 Vulcan playground ship,...

While other Trek shows are in full swing, we're here talking about Lower Decks season 3! We get into a discussion/argument about Warp Core Four's character development, talk cameos and even discuss the seasonal outlier starring Peanut Hamper! Also, one of us continues to get upset at the Boimler hair dye reveal. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 2:12 Warp Core Four character development 20:05 Arc...

Lower Decks has a comic! Hosts Stavros and Aaron are joined by Star Trek Lower Decks comic series artist Chris Fenoglio to discuss everything about 2022's Lower Decks comic miniseries, and Stavros has a few too many inane opinions about capes and castles.   0:00 Intro and drink announcements 3:29 Details on the comics, Chris's introduction 5:45 Our comic book experience, Chris educates us 15:04 Ar...

We're still in the gap between seasons, but it's the perfect time to talk about how Lower Decks fits in with the five (!) total Star Trek shows currently "on the air"! 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 4:04 Lower Decks 9:22 Prodigy 19:53 Discovery 28:35 Strange New Worlds 39:59 Picard 49:23 Consistent production value, opening credits deep dive 1:01:12 How does Lower Decks fit in? 1:07:27 Outro

Season 3 draws to a close with one of the strongest episodes of the season! Revelations include Towel Guy's name, Badmirals and only a few Star Trek non sequiturs! 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:49 Episode synopsis 2:25 Episode title origin 3:28 Douglas Station exterior shot 4:46 Mariner's archaeology 10:33 Admiral Buenamigo and his motives 18:33 The Texas Class 21:27 The Lower Deckers react,...

The Lower Dorks hosts get the scoop on S3E9 and ask if Buenamigo is a badmiral, revel in the look of Starbase 80 and get really upset that literally nobody backs Mariner up when she's in trouble. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 3:06 Plot synopsis 4:26 Project Swing By and the Breen 14:56 Admiral Buenamigo's pet project  19:10 Ship to the rescue trope 20:36 Reporter and the red herring 23:08 Rans...

Episode sequels continue in Season 3, and now it's Boimler's go! We cover everything from wanting our own Knickknac episode to the Boimler psychological trauma resolution and Tendi's new character development. 00:00 Intro and drink announcement 00:55 Episode synopsis 01:13 Episode opening 04:27 About the writer 05:43 Back to the Opening 06:14 Stavros goes on about clothing again 07:30 Still more o...

Everyone's favorite exocomp is back, but the Lower Dorks hosts get hung up talking about possible ancient bird people that seeded avian races throughout the galaxy. Also, f**k Peanut Hamper! 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:22 Episode synopsis 1:48 Last time... and opening credits 4:26 Peanut Hamper's escape sequence and SOUND IN SPACE 6:51 Drookmani  8:05 The Areore, their planet, and galactic...

Lower Dorks goes to Deep Space Nine! The hosts are in awe of the sheer volume of details presented on the beloved station, but also can't get enough of Tendi and Mariner's character development. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:34 Episode title and synopsis 2:48 Admiral Buenamigo, the Vancouver and Brown Holes 4:27 Karemma and booze 6:02 Deep Space Nine!! 12:05 Colonel Kira and Ops 16:06 Quark...

Listing off all the references we spotted during the job fair is only PART of what the Lower Dorks hosts discuss during this episode, which turned out to be one of the better offerings of Season 3. Rutherford doesn't get Tuvixed! 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 3:22 Episode synopsis 4:31 Towel guy 5:20 Kirk and Spock's cinematic chemistry 6:45 Pod plant callback 8:00 Sequoia shuttlecraft 9:23 Re...

A cinnamon-flavored episode is here, with the Lower Dorks hosts enjoying some Jack Daniels Cinnamon Spice Tennessee Fire while musing about Ransom's cinnamon-scented churro wife, amongst other elements of S3E4. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:50 Plot synopsis 2:35 Writer credit 4:15 Goopy 5:11 Minooki, masks and ship transformations 9:02 New warp core animation? 9:52 Billups's breakdown and Sh...

With fantasy rocks at the forefront of "Mining the Mind's Mines," the Lower Dorks hosts can't help picking on Dr. Migleemo and pontificate about the Celestial Koala's continued appearances. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:21 Legless baby follow up 3:01 Star Trek Day Lower Decks teaser 5:52 Episode synopsis 8:11 The Scrubble 10:46 Scientists and Ransom's rants 12:04 Stevens remains a creeper 13...

Like K'Ranch's hunt, the Lower Dorks hosts are chasing the Least Dangerous Game with focus on the strangest details, including Chief Lundy's creepyness, Ransom's competence and leg-less babies. Also, do men in the 24th century wax their chests? 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:19 Lower Decks Vegas convention cosplay 4:24 New details on SNW/LD crossover 6:01 Episode synopsis 7:41 Martok's cameo,...

Season 3 is back and we're here to eat raisins! Lower Dorks hosts cover everything from S3E1, from catching all the details from the newscaster announcements in the cold open to asking why autopilot sucks. Also, is the mystery of Boimler's hair finally put to rest?? 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:15 Plot synopsis 1:36 Warp Core Four 2:00 Star Trek IP intro on Paramount+ 2:57 Newscaster detail...

Get Decked with the hosts of Lower Dorks! With season 3 coming soon, Stavros and Aaron have made it through a rewatch of Season 1 while sampling several cocktails from Star Trek Cocktails: A Stellar Compendium. In fact, far too many cocktails. Follow along, if your liver is up to the task! Buy Star Trek Cocktails: https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Cocktails-Stellar-Compendium/dp/1858759684/   0:00...

The drought of Lower Dorks is over! With fresh news about season 3 (and a trailer), the Lower Dorks hosts recap everything dropped during 2022's San Diego Comic-Con, along with some other recent Lower Decks tidbits. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:47 Season 3 poster 3:48 Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive 4:05 IDW comic book series 5:42 Ready Room vineyard teaser clip 7:39 Comic-Con coverage ov...

We might be in the middle of winter and season 3 is still months away, but that doesnt mean we cant think about it! Pick up a hot cocoa and join the Lower Dorks hosts in reviewing Reddit's season 3 predictions. 0:00 Intro 1:40 Captain Freeman's arrest 3:32 Admiral Freeman's visit and Mariner's abandonment 5:13 Jennifer and Mariner 7:26 Rutherford conspiracy 9:55 Tendi's backstory 11:19 Boimler fai...

Having trouble keeping Pandronians and Vendorians apart, or maybe you just haven't watched The Animated Series in the last 20 years? The Lower Dorks hosts have rewatched TAS and cover the biggest references that have appeared in Lower Decks so far.   0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:16 General Animated Series reactions 2:59 Those Old Scientists (LD: No Small Parts) 4:46 Vendorians (LD: Envoys;...

I hope you like ships, because this episode is full of them! The Lower Dorks hosts are once again joined by Star Trek Online's lead ship artist Thomas Marrone for an in depth look at all the ships that showed up in Lower Decks season 2! 0:00 Intro and thematic drink announcement 2:14 Strange Energies holodeck sequence: Miranda variant, Vengeance-class Romulan ship from FASA, many more... and who o...

Season 2 is over, but the Lower Dorks hosts have a lot to discuss! Favorite characters have changed, best episode has been chosen and Star Trek's boundaries have been pushed. Also, why are there so many eye patches? 00:00 Intro and Drink Announcement 01:01 Production Values 03:33 Favorite Character 08:58 Visual Updates 10:08 Characters! (Not just Ransom) 11:23 Cameos! 14:30 Animated Series, Phase...

Season 2 has to come to a close, and Captain Freeman faces a special kind of promotion that the Lower Dorks host cover. Remember to bring your Starfleet beach balls! 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:30 Episode synopsis 2:34 Starbase opening details: Ships, Starfleet strata 9:30 USS Archimedes, Captain Sonya Gomez 15:43 First Content and rescue mission plot, plot holes, DARKNESS 35:52 Mariner an...

Klingons, Vulcans and Starfleet, oh my! One of the best episodes of the series presents itself near the end of Season 2, and the Lower Dorks hosts are here to talk about it. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 1:45 Plot synopsis 3:30 Plot A on board the Cerritos 18:03 Plot B on board the Che'Ta' 24:34 DAMMIT MIKE - Klingon blood color 26:19 Back to Plot B 28:11 Plot C on board the Sh'Vhal 36:16 Conv...

One of the strongest episodes for season 2 so far! The Lower Dorks hosts take a fine tooth comb to everything in this episode, from the history of the Pandronians in Trek canon and Andorian last names to Mariner's inability to tolerate Naked Time and Boimler's likely permanent post-assimilation damage. 0:00 Intro and drink announcement 0:54 Plot synopsis 1:14 Cold open and "Warp Me" 3:30 Pandronia...