55. The Trekkie's Mantra

Halfway through its first season, Liz and Anika revisit Lower Decks. Spoilers, we still like it! BUT...

• it really is awfully heterosexual
• and isn't it weird how, out of all the modern Trek series, only one actively pursues queer representation and the others just fall into a heteronormative default?
• is the solution ... a letter-writing campaign???

But also!

• this is still a Beckett Mariner stan podcast
• is Boimler ... you know, that type of fan?
• the Lower Decks characters and classic Mary Sue types