Those Old Scientists

Episode aired Jul 22, 2023
TV-PG
48m

IMDb RATING

8.9/10

8.4K

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Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Those Old Scientists

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An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler through time from the 24th Century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get them back where th... Read allAn accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler through time from the 24th Century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get them back where they belong before they can alter the timeline.An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler through time from the 24th Century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get them back where they belong before they can alter the timeline.

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IMDb RATING

8.9/10

8.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Commander Ransom (played by Jerry O'Connell) fawns over Boimler's poster of Number One (played by Rebecca Romijn), calling her "the hottest Number One ever." Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn are married in real life. Both Romijn's and O'Connell's characters are first officers on a starship.

Goofs
Number One shows Pike that Boimler's badge also functions as a communicator and he is unfamiliar with such technology. Pike encountered Starfleet officers using communicator badges ("combadges" as they are colloquially known) in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery (2017), when Section 31 operatives were seen using them. However, that entire mission has been highly classified, Pike would be legally barred from mentioning that detail and avoids the subject by saying "But flipping it open's the best part".

Quotes
[the Enterprise senior staff are having a cocktail party in Captain Pike's quarters. They're drinking Orion Hurricanes for the first time. Also, this scene is done in the same animation style as "Star Trek: Lower Decks"]
Nurse Christine Chapel: Mm, what exactly have we been drinking for the last hour?
Dr. M'Benga: [mumbles] I don't know...
Lt. Erica Ortegas: Orion Hurricanes. Karas gave us a bottle of real Orion delaq, so they're genuine.
Captain Christopher Pike: Interesting flavor.
Una Chin-Riley: [examining her hand] Does anyone else feel strange?
Nyota Uhura: Why does everything feel so... two-dimensional?
Spock: [observing his left arm, which appears elongated and is whipping around like a snake] My arms don't normally do this.
Lt. Erica Ortegas: My eyes feel huge. Do my eyes look huge?
Una Chin-Riley, Captain Christopher Pike, Spock, Dr. M'Benga: [bending over to examine Ortegas's eyes] . Hmm...
Dr. M'Benga: What the hell is in these things?

Crazy credits
The opening credits which normally shows a montage of the Enterprise in "realistic" CGI is animated à la Lower Decks.

Connections
Featured in The Ready Room: Those Old Scientists (aftershow) (2023)

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Featured review

10/10

Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant!!

This episode is one of the best Star Trek episodes of all time! Yeah I said it! Jack Quaid steals the show in his live action portrayal as Boimler!

The whole episode is a roller coaster ride that you never want to end. Once Tawny Newsome enters the room. The scheming begins! It's just so much fun!

The episode is brilliantly written and directed by none other than our own Jonathan Frakes!! To take a two dimensional cartoon show set in the future to the live action show in the past and come up with a story that is believable and entertaining is no short of a miracle! It has heart, soul and it speaks the very essence of Star Trek! Sprinkled with some comedy, a lot, and you have a gem that will forever be one of the best!!

Well done to everyone in SNW! This season is fire!!