193. Nature’s Unicorn (LD 5.10)

Anika and Liz jump headfirst into the S-field to discuss the series finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "The New Next Generation", including...

• We love the coda so much that it makes us like the final season more
• This episode had the wrong type of ship nerdery for us
• The trouble with Tendi
• Rutherford has been even more underused than usual this season, which makes his subplot here feel like it came out of the blue
• Carol Freeman gets the ending she deserves: her husband by her side and a new adventure
• A few weeks ago, we agreed that Ransom was not captain material, and we were so wrong
• Mariner/Ransom is CLEARLY still a thing and we're not mad about it at all