S05.E06: Of Gods and Angles

[AnimeMania]

Mariner teams up with a troubled ensign while the Cerritos hosts peace talks between civilizations.

Premiere Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024    Paramount+  

[phalange]

The son of a cube and the daughter of an orb having a Romeo and Juliet style love affair is hilarious. I knew that’s where the plot was headed as soon as the orb said his kid was missing, too. That poor holodeck has seen things.

I had to rewatch the scene of Doctor T’Ana fighting Boimler multiple times. The constant bleeping just made it funnier.

Mariner did good with Ensign Olly. She’s becoming a mentor, of sorts.

Second episode with no mention of the fissures. I wonder if we’ll learn more next ep or if it’s all being saved for the finale.

[Tachi Rocinante]

I would love to see (hear) an uncensored version of this episode.

"Also, it's red."

Edited November 21 by Tachi Rocinante

[Cattoy]

10 hours ago, phalange said:

I had to rewatch the scene of Doctor T’Ana fighting Boimler multiple times. The constant bleeping just made it funnier.

I enjoyed it far too much. It's one of my favorite scenes from the entire series, and I can't give a single, logical reason why.

[marinw]

Freeman : “They (the gods) congregated with mortals.”

Ransome: “I’ve been there.”

[Chaos Theory]

The cube and orb story was hilariously stupid like a lot of the two races at war being transported together on the Enter….Cerritos.    
 

Boilmer and his beard still obsessed with the alternate version of himself.   I do like that everyone knows he has that pad and it’s not really a thing.  Everyone is just fascinated that it is just a little different.

Olly is a slightly more chaotic version of what Mariner was in season one and this episode was a good way to show that although Mariner will always be attracted to chaos she has grown a lot and isn’t the one who ends up in the brig.  
 

I am very much going to miss this show.   I was initially worried way back at the pilot that it would suffer from alot of things animated series suffer from most notably the lack of cohesive stories and forward momentum from the lower deckers.    You know a guy like Boilmer obsessed with ranking up being an ensign forever would have annoyed me.  But Lower Decks has allowed all the characters to grow in substantial ways.   This is one of the few animated series I actually think could have gone on longer.

Edited November 22 by Chaos Theory

[marinw]

On 11/21/2024 at 5:55 AM, phalange said:

Mariner did good with Ensign Olly. She’s becoming a mentor, of sorts.

I'm proud of Mariner in this episode. She was compassionate yet firm, showing some real leadership.

[Tachi Rocinante]

So how do you guys see this series ending?

Everyone goes their separate ways, or they all/some end up assigned together?

What is your preference?

[txhorns79]

On 11/21/2024 at 4:55 AM, phalange said:

The son of a cube and the daughter of an orb having a Romeo and Juliet style love affair is hilarious. I knew that’s where the plot was headed as soon as the orb said his kid was missing, too. That poor holodeck has seen things.

"He was an eager lover..."

[Chaos Theory]

On 11/24/2024 at 10:36 AM, Tachi Rocinante said:

So how do you guys see this series ending?

Everyone goes their separate ways, or they all/some end up assigned together?

What is your preference?

I would prefer a life goes on approach.   They are all still early in their careers so after another “yay we saved the universe”  finale they all just go back to their jobs.  

Maybe flash forward another few years where Boimler gets his first First Officer Job and is horrified but not really that it is under Mariner and Rutherford and Tendi pop up as members of the crew.     Then they get their first assignment from Admiral Freeman and off they go to adventure.