As Star Trek: Lower Decks Continuing into its final season, the series continues to feature silly, episodic storytelling as the characters continue to grow, just like Boimler’s little beard. “A Farewell to Farms” takes viewers to Qo’noS: the homeworld of the Klingons and the homeworld of the Klowahkans (birdmen like Doctor Migleemo). The episode is a nice mix of classic Star Trek Klingon Politics and Ridiculousness Lower decks situations.

After seeing his doppelganger from another dimension sporting a beard very similar to Riker’s, Boimler grows his own facial hair with patchy and mixed results. Yet this is not the only element of serialization in Lower decks this season. There is, of course, mention of dimensional rifts appearing throughout the galaxy until the series finale. However, “A Farewell to Farms” also continues to tell the stories of two Klingon characters introduced in previous episodes.Klingon General K’orin and Ma’ah return. The first is a friend of Mariner’s who she partied with and got into trouble with years ago. The latter is the lower deck Klingon who has taken command of his own ship.

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The episode continues to carve out its own place in the Star Trek universe

Just as Captain Jean-Luc Picard lived on a vineyard, former Klingon Captain Ma’ah now works on a bloodwine farm with his brother. In season 4, he and Mariner had a brutal fight that resulted in her telling him about her problems with Starfleet following the death of Sito Jaxa. Mariner, accompanied by an excited Boimler, shows up on Qo’noS to help him regain his captaincy through “Klingon bureaucratic minutiae”. The ritual invoked by Ma’ah had not been used for 300 years, and it’s a beautiful parody of the brutal, pain-based rituals illuminated in previous stories on Star Trek: Next Generation And Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

As a member of the ruling council, General K’orin takes a back seat to Ma’ah’s story, but bringing both characters back does more than just create continuity. Lower decks. Ma’ah and her brother return to Lower decks not just to impersonate the Klingons like they did before, but to be actual characters this time around. While Lower decks likes to shoot Star Trek legacy list, the series continues to develop its own characters in its own way.

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Lower decks takes place in the Star Trek canon, like the crossing with Strange new worlds showed. His characters, like the drunken General K’orin, were introduced to serve their comedic stories. Yet he and Ma’ah, through their continued appearances, felt more like “real people.” Star Trek characters in this episode than expected. Ma’ah is a sort of young Martok, while Korin looks a lot like Kor, the Klingon from Star Trek: The Original Series who reprized his role on New deep space. They are still very stupid, but they do not feel out of place in this universe. If they looked like parodies of the Klingons in Lower decks the previous episodes, “A Farewell to Farms”, made it kind of complex Star Trek characters that fans cling to – but with a few jokes told along the way.

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Throughout Lower decksBoimler and his lack of self-confidence were the source of many comedies. Even when he has his moments, such as when he nearly beat a rigged simulation on a Borg Cube, his victories have almost always been humorously undermined, either by external circumstances or his own stupidity. But in “A Farewell to Farms,” Boimler enthusiastically addresses the struggle and pain that comes with fighting with or alongside a Klingon.. However, Ma’ah does not appreciate his and Mariner’s efforts.

Ma’ah lost his captaincy because, like Martok was with Gowron, he was under the command of a leader without honor. What makes this story essential for Lower decks It’s not so much Ma’ah’s journey as what Boimler reveals about himself along the way. For the first time in a long time, he talks about being transferred to the USS Titan under Captain Riker and, ultimately, leaving the ship to return home to the USS Cerritos. Boimler admits that it was difficult to leave “one of the coolest ships” in Starfleet and that returning to the Cerritos was not his “plan.” However, he also admits that it was the right decision for him, especially because of how he fit into the Cerritos crew.

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Besides learning that he and a Klingon warrior like Ma’ah have a lot more in common than they thought, Boimler finally gets his due in this week’s episode. While Mariner is still enthusiastic and impulsive, Boimler demonstrates more self-confidence than ever and is now on his way to becoming the kind of officer he always wanted to be. He is, however, a little overzealous, as shown by the fact that he offers to sacrifice himself for the final test. Yet, whether it’s the power of his beard or something else, Boimler shows he can still be funny without Lower decks feeling the need to treat him like a loser. To say that “A Farewell to Farms” is Boimler’s best episode to date would be an understatement.

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The episode gave Doctor Migleemo more depth than expected

The ship’s advisor on the USS Cerritos is perhaps the stupidest character of all. Lower decks. Given how ridiculous the cartoon already is, that’s saying a lot. Doctor Migleemo is a Klowahkan, a humanoid avian species that looks and acts like birds. In Season 4, he was defeated in ritual combat on Orion, while most of his other appearances are strictly comedic. But in this week’s episode, Dr. Migleemo goes through an ordeal similar to Ma’ah on the Cerritos. While the Klingon ritual is part of the Star Trek the universe as established, what “A Farewell to Farms” revealed about Klowahkan culture is pure nonsense in the best way.

Since his introduction, Dr. Migleemo often used food metaphors during his therapy sessions or other interactions with the crew. At the time, audiences and characters alike thought it was just a cheesy quirk and verbal tic. But as he hosts two high-ranking members of his society on the Cerritos, the reason for Dr. Migleemo’s habit is clear. Returning to Klowahka, Dr. Migleemo’s home planet, the preparation and enjoyment of food was shown to be extremely important to the culture.. The two figures visiting the Cerritos were not diplomats or military leaders, but rather food critics who had lost the ability to taste anything.

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Throughout the episode, Dr. Migleemo offers the critics food from the Cerritos’ replicators and a handmade plate of “pigs”. Repeatedly, they ridicule his efforts and even use their “authority” to sentence him to the “Taste Prison” on their homeworld. Yet Captain Freeman, D’Vana Tendi, and Sam Rutherford prove that critics suffer from “conversion disorder,” a real-life mental affliction that affects the senses in times of stress. Derided for being a therapist, Dr. Migleemo is the best Klowahkan to help. Although this subplot is really just another excuse to Lower decks iconic brand of comedy and its silly version Star Trek various extraterrestrial cultures, it still gives Dr. Migleemo the kind of extra depth that no one expected from him. Not only was his encounter with the food critics funny, but it was surprisingly educational for his character.

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The episode has small but significant ties to the season’s biggest story

In both subplots of “A Farewell to Farm,” the focus is on how a given crew supports and supports each other.. Dr. Migleemo’s story is silly, but it gives the Cerritos crew a chance to support their strangest crew member and friend. Meanwhile, Klingon history is comparatively more serious and therefore more familiar to Klingon eyes. Star Trek fans. That said, it’s not just about Mariner reminding Ma’ah what it means to serve on a crew with true honor again. Mariner said she was just checking on a friend, but had another agenda.

The biggest Lower decks The season 5 arc focuses on a series of dimensional holes appearing throughout the galaxy.. While traveling through one of them in the season premiere, this is how the USS Cerritos encountered its double from another branch of the Star Trek multiverse. Although the real divide never appears on screen this week, viewers learn something very important about them. It turns out that Mariner reconnected with Ma’ah for this very purpose. Just before the episode ends, she tells Ma’ah that instead of being natural events, “someone is making” these fractures appear. This, in turn, subtly sets up the overall plot of the grand finale while also tying this otherwise self-contained episode into the season’s larger story.

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The last six episodes of Lower decks Season 5 will likely still consist of episodic stories with low serialization. It is possible that the dimensional fractures appear more directly in the story, as in the first one, or simply remain in the background in these final adventures. As these are the last episodes fans will likely have with these characters, the emphasis on episodic stories is a great vehicle for comedy and characterization. However, it is the serialized elements that make up the world of Lower decks feel more three-dimensional.

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 4 – “A Farewell to the Farms”

Release date

August 6, 2020

Cast

Jack Quaid, Gillian Vigman, Dawnn Lewis, Noel Wells, Eugene Cordero, Fred Tatasciore, Jerry O’Connell, Tawny Newsome

Story by

gene roddenbury

Writers

Gene Roddenberry

Streaming service(s)

Paramount+

Benefits

• Boimler’s beard growth continues to be a great running gag, even as the character grows himself.
• The return of Ma’ah and K’orin is essential to making Lower Decks feel like “real” Star Trek.
• Although very silly, the story of Doctor Migleemo shows that even the wackiest characters can evoke emotions.

Disadvantages

• The dimensional hole subplot builds into something exciting, but perhaps not quickly enough for Star Trek fans.
• Klowahkan’s story might be a little too strange for fans who enjoy when Lower Decks hews closer to Star Trek storytelling.
• Although they were present in the episode, Tendi and Rutherford were underused.

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