History Recap / StarTrekLowerDecksS1E10NoSmallParts

** Riker says thwt he was watching the original ''Enterprise'' on the holodeck, then clarifies that he means ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. He also mentions that "they had a long road, getting from here to there". Riker made a cameo in the ''Enterprise'' finale, viewing the events as a holodeck program during "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E11ThePegasus The Pegasus]]".

** Boimler is seen fencing against a Pakled. Sulu frequently fenced during the original series.
** The chief of security dies in the season 1 finale, same as Yar did in TNG, though this time it's a HeroicSacrifice (and yet he returns in season 2, somehow).

* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Subverted; despite spelling out in detail how the current crisis is ''exactly'' tailored to suit the skills of the new-in-in-this-episode character Peanut Hamper, she chooses to bail rather than be a hero.

** The ''Cerritos'' drops out of warp into a debris field caused by the destruction of another starship, like the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrek2009''.

** The chief of security dies in the season 1 finale, same as Yar did bin TNG, though this time it's a HeroicSacrifice (and yet he returns in season 2, somehow).

** Riker says thwt he was watching the original ''Enterprise'' on the holodeck, then clarifies that he means ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. He also mentions "they had a long road, getting from here to there". Riker made a cameo in the ''Enterprise'' finale, viewing the events as a holodeck program during "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E11ThePegasus The Pegasus]]".

* AbandonShip: Mariner (temporarily in command while Freeman is in Sickbay) orders the crew to the {{Escape Pod}}s when the three Pakled ships warp in and start trying to tear the ship apart. Luckily, the ''Titan'' comes to the rescue moments later, invalidating the need.

* AchillesHeel: The Pakleds steal ship parts and technology from all different kinds of cultures and races, but this is also their biggest weakness. Because they install all technology they obtain into their own ships, they have absolutely no firewalls to protect their own codebase, allowing a virus to be installed that can cripple them.

* AesopAmnesia: InUniverse, the people of Beta III are letting Landru boss them around again, in spite of [[KirkSummation Kirk's speech]] and a "Do Not Obey" sign his crew left behind.

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: The episode discusses the Prime Directive and deconstructs it. The teaser deals with the ''Cerritos'' having to fix Beta III's regression back into worshipping the Landru computer while the bulk of the episode deals with a more dangerous Pakled race. Freeman makes it quite clear twice that this sort of thing should not have happened and the only reason it did was because the Prime Directive forbade them from checking up on everyone.

* BloodKnight: Shaxs is ''ecstatic'' to go on a potential suicide mission to infiltrate and disable the Pakled ship, calling it the most fun he's ever had in his life.

** Mariner mentions that Billups didn't even know who she was before the events of this episode and misnamed her as "Jen", a name which Mariner isn't even sure anyone on the ship actually has. (She called an Andorian Jennifer back in "Cupid's Errant Arrow".) As she's leaving angry voicemails on Boimler's PADD at the end of the episode, another crewmember yells at her to be quiet and she yells back "Shut up, Jen!"

** Tendi shows Peanut Hamper around the ship in much the same way Boimler showed her around in the first episode.

** Riker calls Freeman his [=cha'DIch=], and was her self-appointed mentor like the relationship Mariner imposed on Boimler back in "Second Contact".

* TheCavalry: The ''Titan'' arrives just in time when the ''Cerritos'' is surrounded. [[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E10EtInArcadiaEgoPart2 This is also not the first season finale that Captain Riker has warped in to save the day]].
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: When Mariner ends up blurting out that Riker gives her contraband, he quickly cuts the transmission and reminds everyone they're still on Red Alert. Troi doesn't fall for it and tells him they're talking after this, much to his sheepish chagrin.

** All of the contraband weapons Mariner has been collecting are used by the crew to fend off the Pakleds when they beam aboard the ''Cerritos''.
** At the start of the episode, they mention the ''Titan'' is in the area. The ship warps in just in time to rescue the ''Cerritos'' from three other Pakled ships.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Lt. Levy thinks Wolf 359 was an inside job, Changelings aren't real, and the Dominion War didn't happen.

** Freeman is unhappy that known societies might get destroyed by a Gamester of Triskelian after Starfleet stops paying attention.
** The Bajoran engineer with the dilithium burns from all the way back in "Envoys" is ''still'' recovering in Sickbay, or wound up on a biobed again.

** Tendi tells an amnesiac Rutherford all the events he's forgotten during their time serving aboard the ''Cerritos'', including the time she [[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E07MuchAdoAboutBoimler made a dog]] and the time they [[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E05CupidsErrantArrow stole a bunch of T-88s]].

* CringeComedy: Boimler talking about Mariner being Freeman's daughter, unaware the whole Bridge crew can hear them over his comm badge.
* CuttingTheKnot: Badgey rigs the virus so it will self-destruct the Pakled ship and kill Rutherford, and since the virus is contained in Rutherford's implant, Rutherford will have to be caught in the blast if he wants to save the ''Cerritos''. Shaxs solves the problem by ripping the entire implant off Rutherford's head then chucking him into the shuttle to save his life.

** On a more Meta level, those same points are a deconstruction of the episodic nature of Pre-''[=DS9=]'' Star Trek series. The end of the episode doesn't mean the problem is solved, ''permanently.'' You need to regularly maintain the solution, and work on it constantly. As Mariner herself says at the end of the episode:

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Peanut Hamper teleported herself off the ship while it was under attack- but didn’t think of setting a specific destination, leaving her stranded in deep space nearby.
* TheDogBitesBack: Defied. Boimler wants to use the info about Mariner and Freeman being related so that he can do the similar rule-breaking stuff Mariner does and she takes the heat. However, since that info is broadcasted to the entire ship, he never gets the chance to do so.
* DramaBombFinale: The stakes are high and the situation is critical that Shaxs ends up sacrificing his life. Lampshaded by Freeman, who in referring to the Pakleds could also be describing her own show:

* DumbMuscle: The Pakleds have become this. Though they [[NotSoHarmlessVillain aren't a joke anymore and pose a legitimate threat]] it is clear they still aren't the brightest bulbs, such as how they refer to every Starfleet ship they encounter as the ''Enterprise''.

** There are a bunch of attitude modes Rutherford jumps through that he never mentions aloud, including Klingon Mode and Bro mode.
** As Mariner is dumping stashes of weapons for the crew to use, a tribble can be seen bouncing out of one pile. Freeman bring it up during her ListOfTransgressions.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Ransom declines a weapon, preferring to fight the Pakleds with his bare hands.

** {{Deconstructed|Trope}} rather ominously with the Pakleds; showing that even if a threat ''seems'' completely incompetent and harmless, it can still become [[NotSoHarmlessVillain a very serious problem]] if ignored for long enough.

** Boimler tells Mariner he's going to enjoy life and not worry about rank, only to take Riker's offer of a promotion and transfer to the ''Titan'' on the spot.

* InsultBackfire: Troi points out that Ransom uses his outward confidence to mask deep insecurity when he asks if she could introduce him to any of her Betazoid friends. He cheerily says he could make that work.

* KnightOfCerebus: When the Pakleds show up, things get ''really'' dark for the ''Cerritos'' -- the ship is severely damaged, Shaxs is killed, Freeman and Rutherford are badly injured, and it looks like everyone is doomed until the ''Titan'' shows up.
* LargeHam: It's a good thing it's an animated show, otherwise Creator/JonathanFrakes would have left tooth marks on the set from setting his Riker dial UpToEleven.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Peanut Hamper leaves the crew to die rather then risk herself by teleporting herself out of the ''Cerritos'', but then when the ship is saved she is forgotten about by the crew and left behind to float in space forever.

** Ransom refers to Captain Kirk's adventures in the [=2260s=] as "The TOS-era". However, he clarifies that TOS stands for "Those Old Scientists", not "The Original Series", at least in his head. He also points out that they found a new alien species pretty much every week.

* LetsGetDangerous: The Pakleds demonstrate that as slow and simple as they might seem, they are a ''lot'' more dangerous than they're often given credit for, at least if they can get away with their antics for long enough to become so.

* LogicBomb: Freeman threatens Landru with this when he starts demanding his followers "consume the intruders."

** Ransom refers to the 2260's as the "TOS Era"; only, instead of it meaning "The Original Series", Ransom's abbreviation stands for "Those Old Scientists".

** Riker says he was watching the original ''Enterprise'' on the holodeck, then clarifies he means ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. He also mentions "they had a long road, getting from here to there". Riker made a cameo in the ''Enterprise'' finale, viewing the events as a holodeck program during "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E11ThePegasus The Pegasus]]".

** Rutherford lost his implant and his memories of the season.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Freeman has always been a stickler for Starfleet procedures, but the events on Beta III and the battle with the Pakleds have made her realize that those procedures allow potential threats to grow unchecked. She also admits that even though she's bound by protocol, her MilitaryMaverick daughter can deal with things in ways that others can't.
* RedOniBlueOni: Riker and Deanna are red and blue, respectively, with Riker going all-out LargeHam while Deanna's a DeadpanSnarker. This also matches the color of their shirts -- Riker's command red and Deanna's science blue.

** Similar to the events of ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', Starfleet's inability to double check on places and people they visit bites them terminally with the Betans still worshipping Landru and the Pakleds becoming more dangerous than before.

* TakingYouWithMe: When Badgey is uploaded onto the Pakled ship, he activates the self-destruct so he can kill himself and Rutherford.

* ThatCameOutWrong: An argument between Mariner and Ransom about whether he is too hard on her immediately goes south in exactly the way you'd think. Bonus points for Ransom trying to unknot his use of the word in front of Freeman, Mariner's ''mother''.

'''Ransom:''' I'm only hard on you when you make me hard! I mean I'm –- I'm not hard right now! I mean I could -– I could get hard, if I wanted to, but I'm not hard right now. I'm so sorry! You're both great!

* ThreatBackfire: Boimler thinks he can now get away with almost anything by holding how Mariner is Freeman's daughter over her head, figuring she'll do anything to keep that secret. Said "leverage" vanishes when his own commbadge broadcasts that news to the entire bridge so there's no more secret to keep.

* VillainDecay: Landru has been downgraded to merely demanding people to obey him rather than assimilating them, and is cowed by Freeman with a threat of a LogicBomb.

* WaxingLyrical: Riker says "It was a long road, getting from there to here" as he mentions he was playing the holoprogram about the crew of the NX-01 ''Enterprise''.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Freeman can't believe the inhabitants of Beta III would allow themselves to be talked into obeying Landru once again, angrily telling both them and Landru off for it.

** Billups finds the infamous “Spock Helmet” in Mariner’s contraband collection. The real helmet was a white plastic toy helmet that had a blinking red light on top of it. It was never something seen on TV. Instead, the manufacturer simply got several Star Trek related labels and slapped them on the helmet. It’s note a collectors item.

* RealityEnsues:
** Similar to the events of ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', Starfleet’s inability to double check on places and people they visit bites them terminally with the Betans still worshipping Landru and the Pakleds becoming more dangerous than before.
** With the Betans in particular, the urgency for keeping societal problems in check (in this case a dictatorial supercomputer, but you can pick many examples from the real world) tends to fade for subsequent generations because they don't have the firsthand experience of how bad it really is.
** The crew's reactions to learning that Mariner is the captain's daughter show one reason why such a setup is a really bad idea. Boimler starts teasing her about "Captain Mommy", crewmembers start gossiping about her, and three officers (including the XO) start sucking up to her, possibly to curry favor with her mother.

* BookEnds: Back in the pilot, Tendi was the EnsignNewbie and Boimler was her orientation liaison, with him and Mariner giving Tendi a tour. Now Tendi is the liaison to a new officer and gives her the same tour.

* BuffySpeak: Mariner calls a compass a "spiky pencil twirl-around thingy".

* FamousLastWords:
-->'''Shaxs:''' ''(to Rutherford)'' Hang in there, Baby Bear!

'''Freeman:''' Contraband hidden throughout the ship. Illegal weapons, illicit drugs, a tribble?\\

* GoOutWithASmile:
** Shaxs dies grappling with a crew of Pakleds, laughing as he kicks their asses.
** Badgey as well, though in his case it's an evil SlasherSmile.

* DumbMuscle: The Pakleds have become this. Though they [[NotSoHarmlessVillain aren't a joke anymore and pose a legitimate threat]] it is clear they still aren't the brightest bulbs, such as how they refer to every Starfleet ship they encounter as the ''Enterprise''.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Peanut Hamper teleported herself off the ship while it was under attack- but didn’t think of setting a specific destination, leaving her floating around in space nearby.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the Federation's habit of waltzing in, dealing with a problem, and waltzing away. Turns out that they do a pretty poor job of making sure that such problems don't resurface. They had no idea that the Betans had returned to worshipping Landru or that the Pakleds TookALevelInBadass.

** In the conclusion, the bridge crew discuss "[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise the original Enterprise]]" (NX-01) and quotes part of its theme song.

* UnseenNoMore: The ''Titan'' has been referred to in prior episodes, and now she makes her on-screen appearance.

** Landru is up to his old tricks again.