189. A Real Rick Berman Kind of Horror (LD 5.04 and 5.05)

Anika and Liz visit the Klingon homeworld and Starbase 80, and Anika does not partake in blood wine or corn dogs because these episodes are not inclusive for vegetarians.

Yes, we're talking about Star Trek: Lower Decks episodes "A Farewell to Farms" and "Starbase 80?!", and we have a few things to say...

• "A Farewell to Farms" was fine
• Mary Chieffo deserves better
• It's time for Liz to admit the truth: she has a soft spot for Dr Migleemo
• Is Migleemo Freeman's Tuvok?
• It's very possible that there are external reasons that season 5 of Lower Decks hasn't been working for us
• The SNWification of Star Trek since 2022
• Starbase 80 is symptomatic of an empire in decay
• What is Mariner's arc in season 5?
• We are here to ship Mariner/Kassia