![]() ![]() Of course in First Contact, the Enterprise crew didn’t have a real sense of who Zefram Cochrane was really like, but here your Bozeman theme park shows his full rock-and-roll style. I was like, “How can we recapture that feeling, but in a Lower Decks way?” Because everything in Lower Decks is kind of like what are we getting inspired from in the Star Trek that we love? And so, it didn’t feel like a huge change of pace for me, because it was like, Oh, this has been done in Star Trek a couple of times. I loved that for an episode of Enterprise they literally went back to the movie and had it on screen. But then on top of that, it was partially based on the Enterprise episode, where they go back and change the footage for the Mirror Universe. Part of it was, that this was an Earth-themed episode and that’s one of my favorite Earth-based Star Treks. ![]() I think the reason we did that was-part of it is that I love First Contact. Is that indicative of a different way to go beyond Easter egg references and just indulge in a thing? When it came to references, this time you went big with that huge First Contact sequence. And in that premiere episode, she’s so sure that she needs to take the reins that the last thing she expects is what her dad tells her at the beginning, which is to trust in Starfleet. Sometimes Starfleet isn’t great at some things. It’s about there’s always ways to improve. Lower Decks isn’t about fumbling, bumbling officers or tearing down Starfleet. Starfleet and the bridge officers need to have wins as much as they mess up. In this episode, I wanted to say: Listen, you’re not wrong, we could all always do better, but you can’t turn against the system that you want to be a part of that actually does have good elements to it that we’ve seen in so many episodes. She’s a part of Starfleet, but she has notes. But I think what I was trying to say is that Mariner very often is saying Starfleet can be better, Starfleet can do better. I don’t know if I’m saying trust all systems with that episode. The senior officers are really in the background in this episode, but they are also the big heroes of “Grounded.” It feels like the sitcom lesson that Mariner has to learn is to trust the system, to trust Starfleet. Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner and Dawnn Lewis as Captain Carol Freeman in “Grounded” And so, every year I challenge the writers and myself to say, “Okay, what are we learning about the characters this year?” What did they not know about themselves? What were they wrong about themselves? And, as any good Starfleet officer might do, how do they allow themselves to move forward and to actually learn from the experiences they had, without changing what the DNA of what Lower Decks is all about. And Lower Decks is all about exploring personal truth, not maybe galactic new planetary truth. And then we test to see if that’s who we are. And the trick is, none of us have a huge change, right? Like there are things in our lives that make us feel more confident. They’re all based in experiences they’ve had in the seasons before. When you watch all 30 of these episodes in a row, all the characters change each season. It might feel sudden, but at the same time, we’ve had a year to watch that finale, where Boimler is literally diving through a threshold that he didn’t feel like he was prepared for. ![]() Was the intent to reposition the four lower deckers to set up their arcs for the season? We’re going to be goofing around! But also, we’re going to be doing some stuff with the characters that sets up more stages for the future.Įven though it takes place shortly after the season 2 finale, the season 3 opener feels like the characters are being slotted into new positions, literally and emotionally-Tendi shows off her science, Boimler shows more confidence. I like being there for that stuff, but yeah, I think it does set the stage for like, ‘Hey, this season is going to have a lot of heart in it.’ It’s not just going to be goofing around. And I love all of the Earth-based episodes of TNG and Deep Space Nine. I really love the episode because I love First Contact. ![]() So it has a little bit of all those flavors. And we wanted to celebrate episodes where you go back to Earth. Is that something you are moving towards in season 3?įor the first episode back, we wanted to feel like not only setting the stage for this season, but we also wanted to pay some of the bills from last season. The title of the season opener “Grounded” feels like it has many meanings, like how much of the humor is more character-based. On Thursday, the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks returned with a bang for its third season with the episode “ Grounded.” TrekMovie had a chance to speak with series creator and showrunner Mike McMahan about putting together the episode and how it sets up what’s coming in season 3. ![]()
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