Hello, my name is Tawny Newsom. I play Beckett Mariner on Star Trek Lower Decks.

I am Paul F. Tompkins and I play Dr. Migglymo on Star Trek Lower Decks.

But more importantly, we're just a couple of Star Trek nerds who are excited because we finally get to talk about Star Trek again with all of you.

And we will be featuring Deep Space Nine guests to celebrate the show's 30th anniversary.

We're gonna be talking Picard Season 3 with members of the original of the next generation cast.

Listen to Star Trek The Pod Directive wherever you get your podcasts.

Yes, challenge. USA Edition.

Ooh, get into it. We are so happy you guys are here. Let me just say we are getting into the juicy parts of the season.

Like I feel like day, it's always the middle because you know, like you have the people kind of coming out doing the repeat wins.

Right. In the beginning of the season, right? And then you have the people kind of finding their place.

But I always say it's like the middle of the season and maybe that's just because in my past seasons, I only start showing up until the middle.

But the clock come out. Right. I feel like come out.

And the dynamic shift because they have to really shift, right? Like you can't.

There's fewer people there. There's fewer people to go after. The Alliance is starting to break down.

So it's a really good place to be. What did you think about this week's episode?

This week's episode was amazing. Like we said, the claws come out and also emotions get high.

Like the situation with Leo. Did you see? Baby was ready to load up the truck and move to Beverly.

Lee, did you see that? Me and his girlfriend was not playing.

Okay. His girlfriend was like, she said, did he hear that?

Now. Right. She didn't even say like, I love you. Okay. Honey, you coming home?

No. All right. I'll leave. She was like, K. Bye.

Right. She asked me to agree.

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