TL;DR – It’s promotion time, and things are changing on the USS Cerritos  

Star Trek: Lower Decks Review –

There is only one thing better than a new episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks dropping. That is two episodes dropping at the same time. But if Twovix was the episode where our crew [mostly] got promoted. Then I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee is looking at the fallout of that decision.

So to set the scene, in Romulan space and on a Tal Shiar ship, the crew are busy cleaning up the Reman juice leftover from an interrogation when a strange ship appears and blasts it away. Back on the USS Cerritos, the crew is busy backing up their bunks because they are now all Lieutenant Junior Grades. Well, Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), and D’Vana Tendi (Noël Wells) all got promoted. Poor Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) got left behind, but for how long? Now from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.

When I try to explain to someone just what the vibe is that Lower Decks is putting off, I will now use the flexible scene with Ransom (Jerry O’Connell) and Shaxs (Fred Tatasciore). You will see something superbly absurd if you do not know the context. However, if you understand the deep cut they are going with, you find the joy in the moment. It is a love letter to the absurdities that permeate Star Trek at every turn. Look, if you know, you will laugh at Mirror Archer.

At the heart of the show was a contention that they flagged last week, and I am glad they attacked it face-on. This is not the first time Beckett Mariner has been promoted, but she has permanently been demoted soon after. Indeed, when we first meet her back in Season One, she is on her last, last, last chance. They had to explore the psychology of this, but I am glad they tied it all up in this one episode. We knew the Insubordination Implosion was coming, but the more exciting part of the show was they were working their way through that.

While this happens, we are inundated with references from Star Trek’s past, including the dog with a unicorn horn. I liked that there was a reverence for time and place as they left the bunks. That showed that they understood the power of iconography. I am also glad we didn’t go long without Rutherford joining the group. The rest of the episode did sort of feel like a bit of filler, but the cute bone-sucking monster does make up for it.

In the end, do we recommend Star Trek: Lower Decks: I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee? Yes, I do. I like that the show is growing up a little bit, giving itself a bit more responsibility. I hope they continue incorporating this new setting as they go forward because this is a good start here.

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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Star Trek: Lower Decks
Directed by – Megan Lloyd
Written by – Aaron Burdette
Created by – Mike McMahan
Based Upon – Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
Production/Distribution Companies – Secret Hideout, Titmouse, CBS Studios & Amazon Prime.
Starring – Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O’Connell, Fred Tatasciore & Gillian Vigman with Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Roan K. Lai, Nolan North, Chris Perfetti, Paul Scher & Paul F. Tompkins