Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 7, Episode 15 - "Lower Decks"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2017
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Lower Decks," ever wondered about all of those OTHER people on the Enterprise? This week, they get names! And plot lines! Meet the one that annoys Riker! The one being tested by Worf AND Picard! And who could ever forget the one that annoys Geordi?
Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Mission Log is brought to you by Eagle Moss and the official Star Trek Discovery Stars |
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| 0:18.0 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast. |
| 0:26.6 | Episode 254. Lower decks. Welcome into Mission Log, a Rotenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Ken Ray. |
| 0:40.0 | And I'm John Champion. |
| 0:41.5 | Each week on Mission Log, we watch an episode of Star Trek taking it apart |
| 0:45.3 | from messages, morals, and meanings, and seeing whether the whole thing holds up today. |
| 0:51.0 | This week, Lower Tax, the one where the writers realize there are more than seven people |
| 0:56.8 | on this ship over 1,000 people. |
| 0:59.7 | It's good to see some characters that will really grow into being part of the crew we know and |
| 1:03.6 | love oops oops not so fast Cido or anyone else for that matter. John's got |
| 1:10.3 | trivia coming up in just a moment, but first. |
| 1:13.0 | But first, how about a few words from our friends at Eagle Moss |
| 1:17.3 | and the official Star Trek Discovery? |
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