History Recap / StarTrekLowerDecksS1E03TemporalEdict

** "I'm calling bull[bleep] on your whole thing here, sir."
** "What the [bleep]?!"
** "Congratulations, you look like a [bleep] scratching post."

* BlatantLies: When Mariner tests her phaser on the brig forcefield while Boimler is on the other side, he insists she could have killed him. She assures him it's fine, pauses when she realizes what she had the phaser set to, then quickly sets it to stun and claims it was always set to stun.

* SkewedPriorities: As the ship is engulfed in chaos from an alien boarding party, Captain Freeman bemoans her schedule being thrown off and blames Boimler for not being at his post.

%%* BizarreAlienPsychology: The Gelrakians live on a crystal-rich world and consider wood to be a deep insult, as their unseen adversaries are implied to be from a heavily-forested planet.

* ImprovisedWeapon: While repelling the Gelrakians, many of the crew use their PADDs as weapons.

* BizarreAlienPsychology: The Gelrakians live on a crystal-rich world and consider wood to be a deep insult, as their unseen adversaries are implied to be from a heavily-forested planet.

* BlownAcrossTheRoom: When Boimler tests the integrity of a force field from the inside of a brig, his body flies in the air and smashes against the back wall.
* BluntYes: At one point, Mariner asks a Gelrakian guard if capturing people and then guarding them is really fulfilling for him. The guard replies with this trope, briefly throwing Mariner offkilter.

* MythologyGag: Ransom beats down Vindor using two-handed punches, which is an infamous move made by Kirk in ''TOS''.

* SurroundedByIdiots: Freeman clearly thinks she's the only competent officer on the ''Cerritos'' because she's the only one (besides Boimler) who isn't non-functional from sleep deprivation.

* EasilyForgiven: After the conflict is resolved, the crew forgives the Gelrakians for attacking them over an accident, and the Gelrakian also apologize for their actions once they receive the crystal.

* GilliganCut: Boimler is assured by his friends that the "Boimler rule" will be forgotten by history. Cut to "The Far Future", where Boimler is revered as the opposite of the person he was. Chief Miles O'Brien is also revered as a hero, but that one is entirely deserved.

* KickTheDog: Starfleet pulls Captain Freeman from the negotiations with the Cardassians at the last minute and reassigns her to a menial gift-exchange mission. This is what drives Freeman to go to such extreme lengths to prove her ship is just as good as any other in Starfleet.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Even Boimler is willing to go along with buffer time, if only because it's "tradition".
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Vindor seems like regular DumbMuscle who is only able to [[PokemonSpeak say his own name]], but after Ransom beats him down in their TrialByCombat he surrenders and explains to the confused Ransom that he only acts like that to scare his opponents and that he actually enjoys reading.

* BluntYes: At one point, Mariner asks a Gelrakian guard if capturing people and then guarding them is really fulfilling for him. The guard replies with this trope.

* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Gelarkians have starships yet use crystal spears in combat that shoot graffiti beams. Boimler is incredulous that anyone would even bother with Red Alert for such pathetic opponents.

-->'''Gelarkian''': Don't move, human. We have you surrounded.\\

** Captain Freeman is so desperate to prove herself that she sets unreasonable deadlines for everyone after learning about buffer time. Everyone quickly ends up so overworked that the Gelarkians are able to easily take over most of the ship with spears because Captain Freeman insists that the invasion is no excuse to shirk their duties.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Vendor seems like regular DumbMuscle who is only able to [[PokemonSpeak say his own name]], but after Ransom beats him down in their TrialByCombat he surrenders and explains to the confused Ransom that he only acts like that to scare his opponents and that he actually enjoys reading.

* InsufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The Gelarkians have starships yet use crystal spears in combat that shoot graffiti beams. Boimler is incredulous that anyone would even bother with Red Alert for such pathetic opponents.

* AnAesop: People need downtime.

* ShipTease: Mariner finds Ransom hot when he is bare-chested and beating down the alien in the death battle. Later, after Mariner has her breakdown, Ransom admits that was kind of hot.

* OneWordVocabulary: Vindor, the gigantic champion of the Gelrakians, only seems to say his own name, usually in a bellowing roar. Subverted when Ransom takes him down -- Vindor admits he just does it to play up the DumbMuscle angle, and loves reading.

* SchizoTech: The Gelrakians have starships, and boarding vessels able to puncture the hull of the Cerritos, but their weapons technology seems to be limited to crystal spears.

* BluntYes: At one point, Mariner asks a guard if capturing people and then guarding them is really fulfilling for him. The guard replies with this trope.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Mariner and Ransom’s argument in an alien prison. Mariner snaps that despite his broad shoulders and flashy hair, Ransom isn’t a very effective commander. He doesn’t know when to break protocol and stop making speeches, and it’s gotten them all locked up. For his part, Ransom replies that Mariner doesn’t really seem to have any long-term plan at all, is too busy getting off on deliberately breaking protocol to notice or care, and her flippant attitude – which, despite her being second-in-command on the away team, was completely unhelpful earlier - is eventually going to get someone killed.

** During the initial crunch-time montage, a vat of acid burns a hole in the floor of one of the cargo bays. Rutherford later uses it to lure Galrakians into it.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Ransom leading the away mission allows him to be the focus.
* MythologyGag: Ransom beats down Vindor using two-handed punches, which is an infamous move made by Kirk in the original series.
* OneWordVocabulary: Vindor, the gigantic champion of the Gelrakians, only seems to say his own name, usually in a bellowing roar. Averted when Ransom takes him down - Vindor admits he just does it to play up the DumbMuscle angle, and loves reading.
* RockBeatsLaser: The Gelrakian invasion of the Cerritos. The Gelrakians are the rock (well, crystal spear) and the Federation crew are the laser (well, phaser). Inverted when the Cerritos crew are finally allowed to get away from their tasks, and promptly hand the Gelrakians their asses.

* StrollingThroughTheChaos: Ensign Boimler is the only person on lower decks who isn’t bothered at all by the lack of any kind of downtime, cheerily completing everything on time even as chaos and panic erupt around him.

* WorfHadTheFlu: The Gelrakians board and overrun the Cerritos with ease, but it’s made clear that it’s only due to everyone being exhausted and overworked, and not being allowed to get away from their current duties. Boimler, the only one unaffected by the schedule shift, phasers a few with ease and gets to the bridge without any trouble at all. As soon as Captain Freeman lifts the duty requirements, the crew takes back the ship in minutes, even while exhausted.

* ShipTease: Mariner finds Ransom hot when he is bare-chested and beating down

* ADayInTheSpotlight: Ransom leading the away mission allows him to be the focus.