History Recap / StarTrekLowerDecksS1E03TemporalEdict

-->'''Ransom:''' The captain is ''not'' gonna be happy about this.

'''Ransom:''' You ''always'' speak freely! Nobody can ''prevent'' you from speaking freely!

* FamousFamousFictional: inverted. Mariner's locations, as listed under "EveryScarHasAStory," have two foreign planets followed by the very real [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsdale,_Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona]].

** As she explains her various scars, Mariner shows off one she somehow got in Scottsdale, Arizona, which she describes as a "mess".

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Ransom has this reaction, mid CaptainsLog, when he sees that the ''Cerritos's'' high-profile diplomatic mission to Cardassia Prime has been cancelled.

* NoodleIncident: In preparation for the away mission, Ransom lists some of his past incidents including horned gorillas, sentient tar and spores that make you sleep with your best friend's sister.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Boimler hums a couple bars of the theme tune while alone in a turbolift.

* TrashTalk: Oddly {{inverted}} -- beating up a giant alien with the lives of the away team on the line doesn't prevent Ransom from forgetting his Starfleet ideals.
-->'''Ransom:''' ''(while hitting Vendor)'' I respect your sovereignty!

* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: After Shaxs tackles Boimler and realizes his mistake.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Vindor suggests that instead of trial by combat, they should just have a normal trial, with lawyers and all that. The leader somehow takes away that they should get a death race going.

-->'''Shaxs:''' It's just that huffy Ensign.\\

* PlanetOfHats: The Star Trek franchise's history of this is spoofed in this episode. The Gelrakians live on a crystal-rich world and define major aspects of their culture around it with religious reverence. Conversely, they consider wood to be a deep insult, as their unseen adversaries who are said to worship trees are implied to be from a heavily-forested planet.

* 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.

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

** '''Mariner:''' ''(to Ransom)'' I'm calling bull[bleep] on your whole thing here, sir.
** '''Mariner:''' ''(after Ransom spears her in the foot)'' What the [bleep]?!
** '''T'Ana:''' ''(re Mariner's collection of scars)'' Congratulations, you look like a [bleep] scratching post.

'''Ransom:''' You always speak freely. Nobody can prevent you from speaking freely.

* ExhaustedEyeBags: Everyone on the ''Cerritos'' except Boimler get this as buffer time is eschewed and they're forced to work nonstop. Even Captain Freeman gets this even if she's not completely non-functional.

** Boimler says, "Space: the funnest frontier?", a twist on the opening monologue of both ''TOS'' and ''TNG''.

* PlanetOfHats: The Star Trek franchise's history of this is spoofed in this episode. The Gelrakians live on a crystal-rich world and define major aspects of their culture around it with religious reverence. Conversely they consider wood to be a deep insult, as their unseen adversaries who are said to worship trees are implied to be from a heavily-forested planet.

* 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 overworking. Subverted in that she still has eyebags like the others, is ''much'' more short-tempered, and is clearly acting irrationally.

* HonorBeforeReason: Captain Freeman decides to eliminate buffer time and constrain her crew to nonstop work, even in the middle of an invasion of their ship, because she feels slighted by the Federation.

* 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.

* 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 overworking.

* InformedAttractiveness: Mariner and Ransom both consider the other to be hot.

* SoundEffectBleep:
** '''Mariner:''' ''(to Ransom)'' I'm calling bull[bleep] on your whole thing here, sir.
** '''Mariner:''' ''(after Ransom spears her in the foot)'' What the [bleep]?!
** '''T'Ana:''' ''(re Mariner's collection of scars)'' Congratulations, you look like a [bleep] scratching post.

* 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 retorts 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.

** Just before leaving on the away mission, Ransom tells Mariner to roll down her sleeves. After Mariner is healed in Sickbay, Ransom has her thrown in the brig because she never rolled her sleeves down.

* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Gelrakians 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.

* LetsGetDangerous: When Mariner inspires Ransom to fight Vindor to save the away team.
--> '''Ransom:''' ''(tears off his shirt)'' Let's do this!

* GilliganCut: Boimler is assured by his friends that the "Boimler Effect" 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.