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The party is just getting
started

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on the lower decks of the U.S.S.
Cerritos,

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which is why we are now
turning our attention

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to the lighter side of Star
Trek.

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Please welcome to the viewscreen

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Star Trek: Lower Decks'
voice cast: Tawny Newsome,

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Jack Quaid, Eugene
Cordero, and Noel Wells,

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as well as the show's
Creator, Executive Producer,

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and Showrunner--whew, lot
of titles--Mike McMahan.

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Thank you guys for joining me.

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Hey Mica, yay, whoo!

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But before we get into it,

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I wanna remind everyone
that Star Trek: Lower Decks

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is now streaming on CBS All
Access in the United States,

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and in Canada, it airs on Bell
Media's CTV Sci-Fi Channel,

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and it streams on Crave.

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So if you haven't watched the
show yet,

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you should definitely go check
it out.

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It's pretty awesome.

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And now with that, hey guys.

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Thank you guys so much
for hopping on with me.

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Happy Star Trek Day.

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Happy Star Trek Day to all of
you.

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Hey, happy Star Trek Day
to all of you as well.

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Hey, hey Eugene, happy
Star Trek Day to just you.

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Oh my God, thank you so much.

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Hey, Noel?

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Yeah?

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Hey, happy Star Trek Day to just
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Whoa, thank you.

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And I'm just gonna keep it.

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[EUGENE] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Is nobody gonna wish a
happy Star Trek Day to me?

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- Nope, no.
- We got it.

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What are you doing?

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Well, for all of you guys, quick
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So we're halfway through
Season 1 of Lower Decks,

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and fans have a good
sense of what the show is,

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who the characters are, what's
going on.

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So what has it been
like as an active member

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of the Star Trek community
since the show has debuted?

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I can't speak for these
guys, but I've been on shows

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where I've obsessed
and watched everything,

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and on Lower Decks, I'm
kind of letting stuff

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just kind of come to me

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instead of digging through
the whole internet.

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And it's been awesome.

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It's interesting watching the
fans

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grow to love the characters,

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'cause we all know where
they go across the season.

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And so experiencing it
through Star Trek fandom

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and getting to see them take
first steps into the season,

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I mean, it's just been awesome.

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Like they're catching every
little thing we put in the show.

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It's just been wild to see it
happen.

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I think I worked on something
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where I read everything.

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And even if it was, not even
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just like something I wasn't
expecting, I was like,

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"They don't get it, and
I messed up everything."

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So I think I'm just done doing
that.

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And yeah, like Mike, I'm
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trickle up to me, and
I've been blown away with,

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like some people have
made some amazing fan art.

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I've seen some people
cosplay as us already

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in quarantine, which is insane.

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And a huge honor considering
the circumstances.

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And it's just been awesome.

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I like to browse.

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I like to browse the hashtag.

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And like Mike, I get really
giddy

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seeing when people are like,

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"Aw, I'm not really feeling
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and then I'll see the same
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two episodes later be
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This is great."

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I love seeing the arc.

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I'm reading Twitter right now.

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What do you got, what do you
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Good stuff?

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There's an infinite amount of
information

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and an infinite amount of
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But fortunately, the show's
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and so I just see great stuff.

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I hope that's everybody else's.

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You know, it's one of those
things

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where I guess I'm getting
a little cocky about it,

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where I'm just like, "I don't
care what you guys think.

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I think it's great and
I'm gonna enjoy it."

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And then I prance around my
house with my shoulders up.

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I don't know if you guys are
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but every time somebody likes
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they're like, "I liked it
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Then I really liked it the
second time I watched it.

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The third, fourth and fifth
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I really started to get it.

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And then I watched it with my
family."

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I'm like, "Okay, I think
people like this show."

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Well, it's so great to hear

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that there's such an amazing
reception to this show.

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And since the show is
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I gotta know for all of you,

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what's been your favorite
storyline so far?

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'Cause in the last episode,
fans just watched, for instance,

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we were introduced to
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which--freaking hilarious.

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So if that's your favorite
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but I wanna hear from all of
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My favorite happened pretty
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which was just the idea
of being able to try

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the different jobs, like that
Rutherford

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goes through all of the
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and tries a bunch of
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but not great at anything.

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And it's just kind of perfect.

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Also, being able to do
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and then accents at other times.

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I mean, I just enjoy being a
goof.

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I like Episode 3 a lot.

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I like kind of all the
storylines in that.

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I really love seeing
Boimler get such a huge win,

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you know, when he's able
to level with the captain.

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And when she finally
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it's just this, he has the
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and it's so heartwarming 'cause
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really the only character
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that excited from just an
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It's such a small moment, but
it means everything to him.

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And then I'm still mad at Mike.

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I'm mad at you for drawing
Ransom so hot

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because it's confusing and
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- as an adult human woman
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in the 3D world.

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I don't like it.

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I don't like the ego trip
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I don't think it's healthy for
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So beautiful job, animators.

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Please dial it back in the
second season.

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One of my favorite moments in
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is when Mariner gets
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I just love seeing all the
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that the bridge crew does
when no one's looking.

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I love that they have a talent
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The entire talent show is great.

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[TAWNY] That poker game.

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That boring ass poker
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[MIKE] They all fold!

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They all fold, you dull,
dull pieces of trash.

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I love in Episode 2,

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I think that's when you
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not the fully fleshed-out
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but why the lower
deckers are such friends.

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And I think that it's
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you have to be to be in
Starfleet and to be in Star
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Like how good at your core.

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That episode really landed
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and the way it came together,

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that these are really
wonderful characters to write.

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And they're really, really good
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and that feels really good.

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So that's my cheater
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The other thing I like is that,

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and this is another cheat

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because it's not about any of
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It's something on top of it.

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I love that opening sequence.

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I love seeing the ship for a
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The music is beautiful.

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The effects are amazing.

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You've got that classic
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and seeing all these guys' names
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It just warms my heart.

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I'm really proud of this
show, and I get to see that

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at the top of every episode,
and it's just awesome.

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Yeah, I like seeing my name up
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That's my favorite part.

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Well, you don't expect that
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it happens in every Star Trek
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So I don't know.

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I was very--even though
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that our names would be up there

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'cause they have been in
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When I first saw my name up
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I was like, "Oh. Well, okay."

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I don't know.

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I have never seen cartoons

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with opening credits for the
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I think it was the ship
and the font and everything

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that Mike is talking
about that made us feel

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like, "Wait a minute, are
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Like, "I hope I did it okay."

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You know, it's crazy, yeah.

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You spoke on it a little bit
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but I wanna feel all of
your detailed reactions.

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How did you feel when you first
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the final, final product of
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You saw your names in the Star
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It was real.

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What was going through your
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I mean, I'll tell you
guys, I felt super relieved

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because we were not done

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with any of it when we went into
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You know our priority number
one was keeping everybody safe

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and priority number two

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was if we're gonna keep making
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it's gotta be as good as if we
did it without a quarantine.

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You know, it's gotta be great.

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And you know, there's
some stuff that was hard.

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These guys can tell you, we've
been doing ADR like this.

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We've been doing lines in our
closets.

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And you know, we've been doing,
yep.

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Jack's pointing at his home
studio now.

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You know the music

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was completely recorded during
quarantine.

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Individual musicians that
were--we had to stitch together.

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I think every show has
unexpected difficulties.

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And I think this one was a big
one.

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But you know, when it
finally all came together,

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and you can just sit back
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it really blows you away.

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It's really awesome and it's
really funny.

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And it comes at you fast,

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and it's all the good Star Trek
you want,

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but also all this stuff that
you never knew you wanted.

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So, a huge relief, and
I'm really proud of it.

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I think the score really set the
tone

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for me of how epic it is.

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I'm just so impressed about
how many people came together

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to make this and how it's
such a seamless product.

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It's such a seamless show.

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It feels like real people.

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That's how lived-in the
animation feels in the space

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and the amount of work

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that goes into creating
something from nothing.

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Literally, we don't have even
objects

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and somebody's drawing that
and giving it its physicality

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and a realness that makes it
bigger than an animated show.

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It doesn't feel like a cartoon.

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It feels like a show, you know?

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I didn't realize how comforting

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all the TNG era set and
stuff was going to be.

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I didn't realize that
I had been missing that

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because as I've been enjoying
Discovery and Picard,

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they look very different.

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And I never thought,

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you know, I just thought
of them as different series

248
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and I hadn't really
dealt with it in my mind

249
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that I was missing the LCARS

250
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and just the weird hushed
carpeted hallway

251
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and the scoop archway.

252
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Why is every wall somehow
curved, but also has corners?

253
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All over the ship, it's
just this conundrum.

254
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And so seeing that and
feeling like that TNG era,

255
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yeah, setting was just so
weirdly--it's like a balm.

256
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It's just very calming to me.

257
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I love it.

258
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And because it lives in that TNG
world,

259
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it's like, "Oh, I'm part of
something that's already,

260
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it felt like it was already
in there the whole time."

261
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Even though it's new, it didn't
feel new.

262
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It felt like it was
just kind of wedged in.

263
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It's just something you
didn't see within, you know,

264
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the scope of the world.

265
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And it's just like, "Oh,
you forgot about this."

266
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And it's like, "Oh yeah, that's
been there the whole time."

267
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And you're like, "Oh wait,
am I part of something

268
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that's been here the whole
time?"

269
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And then, you know, my mind goes
crazy.

270
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And then I watched all
of the opening stuff.

271
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And then once you start
watching the actual episodes,

272
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and because we've been
recording either by ourselves

273
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in our closets or when we
were recording in the studio,

274
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it would be like maybe one
other person and everything.

275
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You forget that there's
still gonna be drawn

276
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all the other people on the
ship.

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And you're like, "Wow, there's
so many people on this."

278
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Tawny, you and I have talked
about this,

279
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that you and I didn't realize

280
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that we were some of the
main characters on this show

281
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until we got to the table read.

282
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Because everything was just
kind of in hushed tones,

283
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and the project was very
secretive.

284
00:11:15,049 --> 00:11:18,636
So I got to that table read and
I'm like,

285
00:11:18,719 --> 00:11:20,262
"Oh, this character Boimler

286
00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:22,765
has a lot of lines in this
thing."

287
00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:25,601
And so this has just kind of
been a series

288
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of very pleasant surprises
for me of just like, whoa,

289
00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:30,439
I get to be a part of this
thing.

290
00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:34,485
And I'm one of the four main
characters, that's insane.

291
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Then to see it actually realized

292
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is just absolutely nuts and
surreal.

293
00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:44,620
There was a moment during
the virtual premiere

294
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where--it's the scene
where Boimler and Mariner

295
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are in their underwear
hiding from a giant spider.

296
00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,795
And my girlfriend looked at me
and said, "He has your body."

297
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And I hated that so much.

298
00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:56,632
So, so, so much.

299
00:11:58,092 --> 00:12:00,177
Jack, you texted me that, and I
told you

300
00:12:00,261 --> 00:12:01,637
what my good friend said.

301
00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,097
My good friend Prina Patel goes,

302
00:12:03,180 --> 00:12:05,266
"Hey, honey, they upgraded you."

303
00:12:05,349 --> 00:12:08,144
Ooh.

304
00:12:08,227 --> 00:12:11,522
In all fairness, I do have
three purple hairs right here.

305
00:12:11,605 --> 00:12:14,483
Tiny purple hairs.

306
00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:15,985
Oh, my God.

307
00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:17,945
For the whole cast, this
show has been filled

308
00:12:18,028 --> 00:12:20,489
with a bunch of references
of other Star Trek shows,

309
00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:22,032
which is super awesome.

310
00:12:22,116 --> 00:12:25,661
And I wanna know, did you
guys get a list of episodes

311
00:12:25,744 --> 00:12:27,788
from Mike to watch ahead
of time so you guys

312
00:12:27,872 --> 00:12:29,874
could talk about it and kind
of know what's going on?

313
00:12:29,957 --> 00:12:33,377
Or were you just like
sure, yeah, this joke?

314
00:12:34,211 --> 00:12:36,505
No, but that's a good idea for
Season 2.

315
00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:37,590
I'm being serious.

316
00:12:37,673 --> 00:12:40,968
I would love, 'cause I
think I've seen everything

317
00:12:41,051 --> 00:12:43,012
except for all of TOS.

318
00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:46,015
At least once in my life
I've seen everything else.

319
00:12:46,098 --> 00:12:50,227
But I would love a list
of reference episodes

320
00:12:50,311 --> 00:12:51,562
to just go back and rewatch.

321
00:12:51,645 --> 00:12:52,521
That'd be really cool.

322
00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:53,522
Yeah, I can give you
that actually right now.

323
00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:56,734
You go to Wikipedia and
you type in Star Trek.

324
00:12:56,817 --> 00:12:58,819
You know, to speak to
what Eugene was saying,

325
00:12:58,903 --> 00:13:03,157
it is crazy that we're doing
kind of like the last '90s era

326
00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,493
TNG show, 'cause we all
grew up with this stuff

327
00:13:05,576 --> 00:13:09,246
being on our screens and now
we're doing like one more.

328
00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:11,707
So it's kind of wild.

329
00:13:11,790 --> 00:13:13,417
And it's so available on so
many,

330
00:13:13,501 --> 00:13:14,627
it's all on CBS All Access.

331
00:13:14,710 --> 00:13:17,671
You can just jump in and watch
the entirety of Star Trek.

332
00:13:17,755 --> 00:13:20,925
So I know that, I mean, I
haven't made you guys watch it,

333
00:13:21,008 --> 00:13:22,635
but it might be because I
rewatch it

334
00:13:22,718 --> 00:13:23,719
over and over and over again.

335
00:13:23,802 --> 00:13:25,012
And I just want you to come in

336
00:13:25,095 --> 00:13:27,264
and just think about your
characters

337
00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:29,558
and not be trying to you know,
literally emulate anybody

338
00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:31,185
that's already been on Star
Trek.

339
00:13:31,268 --> 00:13:34,104
But, you know, I do like
that when we're talking

340
00:13:34,188 --> 00:13:35,731
about Star Trek, it
always seems like you guys

341
00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:37,650
have a real love for it, too.

342
00:13:38,359 --> 00:13:40,653
I think, especially now, I would
love

343
00:13:42,321 --> 00:13:43,405
for you to recommend episodes to
us

344
00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:45,908
because I think, like the
thing you were saying earlier

345
00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:49,203
about emulating characters that
you see,

346
00:13:49,286 --> 00:13:50,913
I think the danger for that is
passed.

347
00:13:50,996 --> 00:13:52,581
I think we've all like,
we've had a season in.

348
00:13:52,665 --> 00:13:54,583
We kind of know who we are now.

349
00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,211
Now I wanna know literally
everything you want me

350
00:13:57,294 --> 00:14:01,257
to watch because you and Tawny
recommended a ton of stuff

351
00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:04,885
to me when we started to
record for the first time.

352
00:14:04,969 --> 00:14:07,304
And it was just great.

353
00:14:07,388 --> 00:14:11,392
It really did help just knowing
the world.

354
00:14:11,475 --> 00:14:13,727
'Cause I came in, I don't think
I was,

355
00:14:13,811 --> 00:14:15,229
I'd seen a few of the movies

356
00:14:16,021 --> 00:14:17,773
and a few episodes of the
original series,

357
00:14:17,856 --> 00:14:20,734
but not a ton of Next
Generation.

358
00:14:20,818 --> 00:14:23,195
And I really needed to steep
myself

359
00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:25,948
in the lore of the world.

360
00:14:26,031 --> 00:14:26,907
It was just super helpful.

361
00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:29,159
So the more the merrier, keep
'em coming.

362
00:14:29,243 --> 00:14:30,286
All right guys, you heard it
here.

363
00:14:30,369 --> 00:14:31,453
Jack is getting you homework.

364
00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:34,456
I'm gonna give you a list of
episodes you have to watch.

365
00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:35,666
No, no, no.

366
00:14:35,749 --> 00:14:37,585
Thanks a lot, Jack.

367
00:14:37,668 --> 00:14:39,461
That was unintentionally
the most Boimler move

368
00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:41,463
I could have pulled on this
Zoom.

369
00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:43,591
For Mike, I understand
that we will be seeing

370
00:14:43,674 --> 00:14:46,635
some really cool cameos
from some legacy talent

371
00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:47,845
in the next few episodes.

372
00:14:47,928 --> 00:14:51,181
So are you able to share any
of those with us pretty please?

373
00:14:51,265 --> 00:14:53,475
This is when we're actually
asking for spoilers.

374
00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:54,685
Okay, all right, spoilers.

375
00:14:54,768 --> 00:14:57,813
If you don't wanna hear these,
please just go read a book.

376
00:14:57,896 --> 00:14:59,481
Dang!

377
00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:00,608
Go read a book.

378
00:15:00,691 --> 00:15:02,151
Wow, wow.

379
00:15:03,068 --> 00:15:05,321
Read a book.

380
00:15:05,404 --> 00:15:07,990
So coming up in an episode,

381
00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:11,785
we do have John de Lancie joins
us,

382
00:15:11,869 --> 00:15:14,788
and he is playing Q in a small
part.

383
00:15:14,872 --> 00:15:15,623
Dope.

384
00:15:15,706 --> 00:15:16,832
The whole episode isn't about
him,

385
00:15:16,915 --> 00:15:21,295
but it's hard to make a TNG era
show and not have Q show up.

386
00:15:21,378 --> 00:15:23,714
So I think an eagle-eyed viewer

387
00:15:23,797 --> 00:15:26,550
will be able to catch his
appearance.

388
00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:33,349
In the same episode, Kurtwood
Smith plays a tough alien

389
00:15:33,432 --> 00:15:37,061
named Clar, who, I don't
want to reveal too much

390
00:15:37,144 --> 00:15:39,355
about what he does, but
Kurtwood originally played

391
00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:40,898
the President of the Federation

392
00:15:40,981 --> 00:15:44,193
in Undiscovered Country in Star
Trek VI.

393
00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:48,697
So, you know we try to cast
some legacy Star Trek voices

394
00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,824
not just in the roles
they originally played,

395
00:15:50,908 --> 00:15:53,661
but in stuff that just sort of--

396
00:15:53,744 --> 00:15:56,997
they're the perfect voice for
even though it's a new role.

397
00:15:57,081 --> 00:15:59,875
So you can see both of
them coming up very soon.

398
00:15:59,958 --> 00:16:03,253
And as well as some legacy Star
Trek cast,

399
00:16:03,337 --> 00:16:05,547
you guys have some
amazing guest voice stars,

400
00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:08,425
particularly comedians playing
a few different characters.

401
00:16:08,509 --> 00:16:10,219
So are there any you wanna shout
out?

402
00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:12,554
Once again, spoilers are
welcome.

403
00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:15,224
Okay, so you guys just saw
Gillian Jacobs

404
00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:19,019
playing Barbara Brinson,
Brad Boimler's girlfriend.

405
00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:20,396
Which I don't know why
it's so funny to me,

406
00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:22,106
Barbara Brinson and Brad
Boimler,

407
00:16:22,189 --> 00:16:24,525
like just very insufferable
couple name.

408
00:16:24,608 --> 00:16:27,194
You've also seen Sam Richardson
plays

409
00:16:27,277 --> 00:16:29,863
our resident Bolian, Vendome,

410
00:16:29,947 --> 00:16:32,074
who we would love to have more
of.

411
00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:34,368
He's kind of just been
popping in a little bit.

412
00:16:34,451 --> 00:16:37,871
Matt Walsh, he played Ron
Docent.

413
00:16:37,955 --> 00:16:41,625
Not the world's best Starfleet
officer.

414
00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:44,586
We've got Jack McBrayer showing
up as a very funny character

415
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:46,630
that I don't want to say too
much about.

416
00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:50,634
You're also gonna see Tim
Robinson, who is incredibly
funny.

417
00:16:50,718 --> 00:16:55,055
Shows up as kind of a little
bit of our show's Barclay,

418
00:16:55,139 --> 00:16:56,014
I can say.

419
00:16:56,098 --> 00:16:58,183
I want to shout out
Haley Joel Osment, too,

420
00:16:58,267 --> 00:16:59,560
as ascension guy.

421
00:16:59,643 --> 00:17:00,394
Oh yeah.

422
00:17:00,477 --> 00:17:01,270
He was so good.

423
00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:04,273
For Mike, I have one super
important,

424
00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:05,441
big question for you.

425
00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:08,610
What else can you tease about
the back half of Season 1?

426
00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:11,655
The back half of Season 1 rules.

427
00:17:11,739 --> 00:17:14,783
Every episode is my favorite.

428
00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:15,659
I can't choose.

429
00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:18,203
And instead of me trying to
tease it,

430
00:17:18,287 --> 00:17:22,583
I think instead we've put
together a little clip package

431
00:17:22,666 --> 00:17:25,919
to give you guys a
little tease of its own.

432
00:17:26,003 --> 00:17:27,463
So, I think we should just show
them that

433
00:17:27,546 --> 00:17:28,505
instead of me talking about it.

434
00:17:28,589 --> 00:17:30,799
I think that sounds great.

435
00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:40,017
She never fails to take my
breath away.

436
00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:41,643
I wish I could kiss her and
squeeze her.

437
00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:42,519
Excuse me?

438
00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:44,813
Ah, the Cerritos is a handsome
lady.

439
00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:46,690
You're damn right about that.

440
00:17:46,774 --> 00:17:47,649
Warp me!

441
00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:50,694
I updated The Dog.

442
00:17:50,778 --> 00:17:52,571
It just looks like a normal dog.

443
00:17:53,781 --> 00:17:55,157
[GASPING]

444
00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,325
Wake me up if it turns into
something

445
00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:58,327
I need to care about.

446
00:17:58,410 --> 00:17:59,161
Intruders beaming in!

447
00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:00,704
Looks like we'll have to repel
them

448
00:18:00,788 --> 00:18:01,789
the old fashioned way.

449
00:18:01,872 --> 00:18:05,667
Setting my fists to stun,
and my kicks to kill.

450
00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:07,669
You just instigate chaos.

451
00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:10,047
It's helpful, character-building
chaos.

452
00:18:10,130 --> 00:18:11,548
I rode with my best friends.

453
00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:12,382
Look at this new button!

454
00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:15,552
Sexy mode? Mm, don't mind if I
do.

455
00:18:15,636 --> 00:18:17,513
I would never put anyone in
danger.

456
00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,015
Mariner, in case we don't make
it.

457
00:18:20,098 --> 00:18:21,433
We're making it.

458
00:18:22,267 --> 00:18:23,602
Voila!

459
00:18:28,232 --> 00:18:29,066
Anyway.

460
00:18:31,109 --> 00:18:33,737
Awesome, and on that note,
I wanna thank you guys

461
00:18:33,821 --> 00:18:35,656
so much for hanging out with me
today.

462
00:18:35,739 --> 00:18:38,158
I am so stoked to see
the rest of Season 1,

463
00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:40,994
which again, Star Trek:
Lower Decks is streaming

464
00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:43,372
on CBS All Access in the U.S.

465
00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:47,376
and in Canada airs on Bell
Media's CTV Sci-Fi Channel

466
00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:48,919
and streams on Crave.

467
00:18:49,002 --> 00:18:50,629
So definitely check it out.

468
00:18:50,712 --> 00:18:52,381
And one more time for the cheap
seats

469
00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:55,259
and everybody way in the
back, today on Star Trek Day

470
00:18:55,342 --> 00:18:57,719
you can support our Star
Trek United campaign

471
00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:00,722
by tweeting
#StarTrekUnitedGives.

472
00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:03,433
And for every person
that does, CBS All Access

473
00:19:03,517 --> 00:19:05,686
will donate $1 to the
organizations

474
00:19:05,769 --> 00:19:08,730
who do the real world work
of championing equality,

475
00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:12,192
social justice, and the pursuit
of scientific advancements.

476
00:19:12,276 --> 00:19:13,694
All things Star Trek
essentially.

477
00:19:13,777 --> 00:19:16,238
So Mike, Tawny, Jack, Eugene,
and Noel,

478
00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:18,907
I hope you guys have a great
Star Trek Day

479
00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:20,742
and hopefully we'll talk again
soon.

480
00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:22,744
Happy Star Trek Day!

481
00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:23,912
Jack, that is not to you.

482
00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:24,997
Not happy Star Trek Day to you.

483
00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:26,748
Just before we go, can
someone, just one person?

484
00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:28,834
- No absolutely not.
- Not Jack, everyone but Jack.

485
00:19:28,917 --> 00:19:29,751
All right.

486
00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:32,087
Hey, actually Tawny, before you
head out,

487
00:19:32,170 --> 00:19:33,797
I heard from a little birdie

488
00:19:33,881 --> 00:19:36,425
that you are working
on a fun side project.

489
00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:37,593
So is there something that you
wanna share

490
00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:40,304
with all the people watching
at home for Star Trek Day?

491
00:19:40,387 --> 00:19:42,264
Yes, and Mica, you have good
sources.

492
00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:43,932
You've had all the scoops.

493
00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:46,059
All the scoops today.

494
00:19:46,143 --> 00:19:47,311
Yeah, so you guys might know

495
00:19:47,394 --> 00:19:49,438
that in addition to Lower Decks,

496
00:19:49,521 --> 00:19:53,275
I'm also the proud host of the
official Star Trek podcast,

497
00:19:53,358 --> 00:19:55,402
The Pod Directive.

498
00:19:55,485 --> 00:19:56,904
But what you don't know,

499
00:19:56,987 --> 00:19:58,947
what I'm super excited to
announce today

500
00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:01,575
is that I will be joined
in my hosting duties

501
00:20:01,658 --> 00:20:06,747
by just the premier king of
podcasting,

502
00:20:06,830 --> 00:20:09,625
incredible comedian,
actor, my dear friend,

503
00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:10,876
Paul F. Tompkins.

504
00:20:10,959 --> 00:20:11,668
So exciting.

505
00:20:11,752 --> 00:20:14,671
Whoa, that is some
confetti-worthy,

506
00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:17,799
awesome air horn, excited
announcement.

507
00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:18,467
That's awesome, I can't wait to
listen.

508
00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:20,093
I mean, should we just do it?

509
00:20:20,177 --> 00:20:21,136
Like [AIRHORN IMITATION].

510
00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:24,473
We need like a variety of like
pitches.

511
00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:27,434
[AIRHORN IMITATION]

512
00:20:27,517 --> 00:20:29,144
Yeah, so that is gonna be soon.

513
00:20:29,227 --> 00:20:31,605
You're not going to have to
wait too long to hear it.

514
00:20:31,688 --> 00:20:32,856
I mean, you don't have
to wait at all actually.

515
00:20:32,940 --> 00:20:34,650
We have a little promo clip
thing

516
00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:35,984
if you wanna hear it right now.

517
00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,235
I mean, I wanna hear it.

518
00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:40,322
I'm sure everybody else wants
to hear it. So let's do that.

519
00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:41,406
Let's do it.

520
00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:56,546
[TAWNY] Hi, I'm Tawny Newsome.

521
00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:58,298
[PAUL] And I'm Paul F. Tompkins.

522
00:20:58,382 --> 00:20:59,007
[TAWNY] And we are hosting

523
00:20:59,091 --> 00:21:00,676
the official Star Trek podcast,

524
00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:03,136
Star Trek: The Pod Directive.

525
00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:06,682
[PAUL] It is official.

526
00:21:06,765 --> 00:21:08,392
We are huge Star Trek fans

527
00:21:08,475 --> 00:21:10,143
talking to other huge Star Trek
fans

528
00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:12,354
who just happen to be
award-winning actors,

529
00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:13,855
writers, politicians.

530
00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:15,357
[TAWNY] We even got a real life
astronaut

531
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,025
in there and more.

532
00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:19,528
We're talking to them all
about their love of Star Trek,

533
00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:21,530
how it influences their everyday
lives,

534
00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:23,407
and how it continues to impact
them

535
00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:24,533
and the world around them.

536
00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:26,868
[PAUL] Subscribe now to
Star Trek: The Pod Directive

537
00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:28,245
on Apple Podcasts.

538
00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:30,205
[TAWNY] Live long and prosper.

539
00:21:30,288 --> 00:21:32,082
[PAUL] Engage.
[TAWNY] No.

540
00:21:32,165 --> 00:21:33,875
[PAUL] What do you mean no?

541
00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:35,002
[LAUGHING]