Wait, was Star Trek: Lower Decks signaling a bad break in its latest episode?

warning! THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode “Reliable Sources”. Read at your own risk!

Star Trek: Lower Decks It is a show that prides itself on references from the beloved franchise it hails from, and does a great job of making them (as evidenced by Big response at the third season premiere). I guess it should come as no surprise then that he managed to seemingly refer to another show Star Trek The reference is quite brilliant, provided that is what is meant in the third penultimate season, “reliable sources”. One might think of going back to a world Too bad It might pop like a sore thumb in the sci-fi series, but judging by the reactions to the episode, this may have slipped without many fans noticing.

The moment in question occurred when Mariner, Poehmler, Rutherford, and Tendy were preparing for the annual pie-eating competition in Cerritos. The contest didn’t actually happen, as Captain Freeman shut it down after discovering a Mariner covered in a raspberry pie filling. Freeman did so because she was afraid that the visiting journalist would judge the ship and its crew, believing them to be an unprofessional Starfleet-class ship, which would reflect badly on her. All four main heroes watched in horror as the pancakes were smashed, all their hard work and training ended for nothing. As mentioned, we saw that Mariner has a bunch of blueberry patches on her body, as shown in the photo below:

Mariner and journalist in Star Trek: Lower Decks on Paramount +

(Photo credit: Paramount +)

Blueberry pie isn’t something often mentioned Star Trek. In fact, if you search for blueberry muffins and space franchises online, you will likely be directed to a file specific scene From Too bad Season 5 episode “Blood Money”. In the episode Jesse’s friend Badger Monument A Star Trek episode To Skinny Pete where the Enterprise crew hosted a pancake-eating contest. Badger originally stated that pies were made from the tulberry fruit, but when Skinny Pete claimed that tulberry hailed from VoyagerBadger turned it into blueberry muffins. He then proceeded to tell the story of how Chekhov attempted to cheat during competition by using Scotty’s conveyor to remove the pie from his stomach when he was eating, but was seriously injured as his insides were accidentally removed from his body.

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