This week I have an animated
discussion with Star Trek: Lower
Decks' Tawny Newsome, AKA Ensign Beckett Mariner, Jack Quaid, who plays Ensign
Boimler, as well as Jonathan Frakes, who
directed this week's episode of Star Trek: Strange New
Worlds. We will go behind the scenes on
the making of this historic episode
and take a look back at times Star Trek
characters have crossed over into other Star Trek series. I'll meet you in The Ready
Room for all of this and more. Hey nerds, I'm Wil Wheaton
and this is The Ready Room, your official behind-the-scenes
hub for all things Star Trek
universe. This week's episode of Star
Trek: Strange New Worlds titled, "Those Old
Scientists,"-get it? TOS?- is the eagerly anticipated
crossover between the crew of the U.S.S.
Enterprise and that of the U.S.S. Cerritos
from Star Trek: Lower Decks. And I don't wanna draw this out
any longer so, I am calling for a red
alert! Much like Boimler spilling
secrets from the future, spoilers are a butterfly effect that will ruin your future
viewing. So, if you haven't seen
this incredible episode yet, open a portal to your
favorite screen, stream it, and then transport yourself back
here where we'll sketch out all the
details you could possibly want. I am so happy to have
three terrific guests with me in The Ready Room today. Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome
who play Ensigns Brad Boimler and Beckett Mariner respectively on Star Trek: Lower Decks are
here to talk all about their
characters crossing over from
animation to live action. And they are joined by Star Trek
legend, one of my favorite people
in the entire world, Jonathan Frakes, who
directed this epic episode. And speaking of crossing over,
Ensigns Boimler and Mariner aren't the only characters
from one Star Trek show to appear on another. Later, we'll take a look back at some of the most memorable
cameos and guest appearances
in Star Trek history. But before all of that, ever
since this week's episode was announced in the summer
of 2022, buzz has been, well, let's just say that it has
topped even Boimler levels of fan
excitement. Here in The Ready Room, we
thought you would appreciate a look at everything that went
into creating this unique adventure. Control room? Engage. When Episode 7 was first pitched
to me, that we're gonna do a
crossover with Lower Decks, I thought, "Is it gonna
be like Roger Rabbit? Are they gonna be animated
characters following us around the ship?" And he said, "No, no, no. When they beam in it's Jack
and Tawny live action version." I thought, "Oh, okay. That's brilliant." You guys look very realistic. It's so cool that they did this. Mariner is one of my
favorite roles to play, ever. To get to actually embody
her, I think that's so cool and it's so cool to get to be
part of it. I can't be the only one
that actually thought the whole episode was gonna be
animated. I might have been the only one. It came about organically. Everybody at Strange New Worlds is a huge fan of Lower Decks. They came to me and they said, "Would this be something you're
into?" And I was like, "Of course!" Because everybody that
we cast on Lower Decks happens to look like their
characters. I mean, it's something that the
internet is constantly telling us and
we're like, "Yeah, we noticed that, too." We might have a problem. We took some real big swings
this season. We've done comedy on this show, but to have cartoon
characters come to life, it just added this energy that
was so fun. Uh, hi. I love Lower Decks. I think that that is probably
one of my favorite iterations of
Trek. Whatever, nerd. Just because it's so silly and
fun. Hi, I'm Captain-
- Captain Christopher Pike. That's me. To go into a show and
know that my character is a fan of all the other cast
members was such a fun thing to play. I'm seriously freaking out right
now. I mean, I can't believe that I'm
here. I wanted to be really
respectful of the fact that we were guests invited
into other people's space. I'm gonna keep this 100%
profesh, but I was thoroughly unprepared for how hot young Spock was
going to be. Working with Jack and
Tawny was incredible. They were so prepared
and so ready to play. They're both so funny. It brought that out in us. It brought more of that out. They're so much fun, those two. It's literally like a free
standup show every day. Oh, no! Fans are gonna be
floored at how seamlessly all of the writers and
all of the show runners blended these two worlds
together. We sure this is wise? No, but I'm going with it. There were so many conversations leading to the details of this
episode. "What shade could Jack's
purple hair be for Boimler?" We really wanted them to feel
like they're animated characters. When you look at Mariner, to me, the volume of her
hair always said curls. But I was like, let's text
Mike and this is his baby. And Mike instantly was
like, "Gotta be curls." And I was like, "That's what I
said, too!" I went back and looked at a
lot of Lower Decks episodes to get the kind of Boimlerisms
down. I snuck a few things in there. He does a lot of this in the
show and I tried to get some of that
in there. I did the Section 31 power walk. I got the Boimler scream in
there. What you got there? It was cool to see how he moved and then to try to bring
that into my own body, it was such a weird, trippy
experience, but so rewarding and so cool. Don't ruin this for me. I will end your life. When you have both of them
on screen at the same time, it just makes you smile. I was like, "Never let this
end." I love how funny they are, but how Starfleet they
are at the same time. How do you know that? Well- Because we are time travelers,
as we've been telling you. I feel like he doesn't listen. When they hire a director
at Strange New Worlds, you're told that you're going
to do your episode as a movie and your movie will be horror
movie, an action movie or a period
movie, or in this case, it's a full-on
comedy, which was a thrill for me. I quickly realized that with
Jonathan Frakes at the helm, stepping lightly was not what
was invited. Jonathan was like, "We want
you to come in guns blazing." Yes! Like that. Jonathan Frakes, God bless him. Amazing sense of humor,
really all about the fun. That whole cast already plays
funny and they're not afraid of funny. Hopefully, the audience will
find it as funny as we did. ♪ And we all had a real good
time ♪ Great. Okay. So, is Uhura here? You guys are great, but is she
here? I really had a great time
with Celia Rose Gooding. What an instant friend for life. I probably shouldn't mention
this, but I have always admired you. Really? I felt so honored to get to be a
part of this important character
moment of being the kind of
catalyst that tells Uhura, "Hey, you really need to lighten
up." I think it's time we took a
break. I really don't do breaks. Yeah, I'm starting to catch
that. Just to be part of such a nice
moment for her character was really
cool. Oh, easy. That's a lot of... What's the statue of limitations on admitting to stealing props from an active duty Star Trek
show? I did take a souvenir, yes. I took my combadge. Well, they let me have it. It's okay. I took my combadge. They made us Lower Decks style
combadges, 'cause they wanted it
to look like our show. Very happy to have it. It's just such a little cool
trinket. I can take that. Right? Meeting all of you has been one of the greatest
experiences of my life. Thank you. To have an opportunity to cross
over with such a beloved
faction of this franchise and really work with two
incredible, incredible actors, it was such a joy. I love Jack and I love Tawny. I think they pull an
energy out of the cast that we really haven't had an
opportunity to relish in yet. And so, working with them was a
dream. I hope we get to do it
again and again and again. It really was such a testament to the kind of sturdiness
of Strange New Worlds to be able to take. Our show came in and kind of
went, ah, and shook everything, and
their show just went, okay. And I was like, "Wow, this is
beautiful. We didn't break it." We didn't break it. Please let us come back. I have been waiting for
this interview forever. Star Trek: Lower Decks stars, Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome are
here, as well as the director of this
week's historic crossover episode who happens to be one of my
favorite people on planet Earth, Jonathan Frakes. Love you. [Wil] Welcome.
- Wow! [Wil] Thank you so much
for being here today. - Thanks for having us, man.
- Yeah. We have so many things to talk
about. This is such an incredible
episode. Where do we start? Star Trek has a lovely
history of crossover episodes. I think this might be my
favorite one. Wow. That is some high praise, my
friend. We've got Spock, Scotty and
Bones all appearing in Next
Generation. We have Picard in Deep Space
Nine. Johnny, you're in everything. Dorn's in everything. And now the two of you
joining Strange New Worlds. Tell me about finding out, we're gonna take your
characters from Lower Decks and we're going to make you
three dimensional human beings in a live action show. I just wanna know how that
whole thing came about. We were so excited that we got
to join an actual live action Trek
series. And my favorite thing to watch
on that set was you touching things. Yeah, yeah. Just you being in awe of being
actually on the Enterprise. You were a Mariner in that
moment. Yeah. Yeah. But the amount of things that
she broke. It was a lot. I told you the last time I was
here, I broke a lot of stuff. Yeah. But I would just catch him
looking at me as I was- [Jack] I'm the only one that
catched it? Messing with a fader that was
not a fader, it's just wood glued onto a
thing. And then the knob would
come off and she would just, eyes would go to me and I'd
be like, "I don't know you." You're gonna get in trouble with
someone. Johnny, when did you find out you were directing this episode? Early on. They said, "Do you wanna do a
comedy?" I said, "I really wanna do a
comedy." And I had been playing Riker
on Mike's show and their show. [Wil] Yeah. And they told me, I couldn't have been more
thrilled, as you could imagine. Did you talk to McMahan, at all, about the characters and
about directing them and- Well, actually, I learned from
McMahan. I mean, they respectfully
included me in the direction of the
animated part of the shows at the beginning and the end. [Wil] Yeah. And McMahan works differently
than I work. But in a way that is so much fun
to be. It's like being on a sitcom. When you do a sitcom and the
guy yells the lines at you and it's somebody really
wonderful, like Burrows or somebody,
and yells, like Diaz, that's the way McMahan works. And these guys are an extension
of him 'cause he trusts them. It was like a masterclass. I was sitting there and
only thing I had to do was remember to keep this story
on track. But even when that goes
off, it's kind of fun. But I appreciate that that's his
world and there's a lot to be
cultivated from, from allowing everybody to play, as opposed to me trying to
direct them in the voice in the
animated part of the show. It wouldn't have made any sense. We didn't have time for that. But your directing voice, it didn't seem like this was a
crossover where everyone was trying to
figure out how the pieces fit together. Oh, yeah. [Tawny] It seemed like this was
your thing and we were all just part of it. [Jack] Absolutely. Well, I think that was from the
beginning. One of the things about
Strange New Worlds, which is so great that Akiva has
decided and Alex has decided, and
Henry Alonso Myers has decided, and Chris Fisher has decided, is that each episode,
it'll be its own movie or its own color or its own
tone. And this was flat out
what it was meant to be. And we stayed on that. It never really got too heavy. It never really got too soft. It never slowed down. Never slowed down. Not when I could help it. - Yeah, no.
- No. Tell me about putting on the
uniforms for the very first time
and experiencing that. I love that Mariner's
sleeves are rolled up. Oh, it's so great. They aren't even full sleeves. They stopped here and
they put a piece on it to look rolled up. That's all they do. Seeing myself as Boimler for the first time was very
surreal. And I'm sure it was the same way
for you, where it was a little bit
of emotional, honestly. I was like, "Oh, I just never
thought this could happen when I signed onto this animated
show however many years ago." And it was just so cool. Remember the first day where
we did the camera test? [Tawny] Yes. [Jack] With the two of us
standing next to each other. [Tawny] Yes. And just that image that we
saw from the camera and video and we were like, "What the
hell?" What? We look cool. This is really cool. Yeah. And then we ran around the set. We were not working, we ran around the set on
our own time taking selfies in the chair and in the
turbolift. We were a Mariner and
Boimler on the Enterprise. - Yeah.
- That's what it was. This is a thing that I
wanted to ask you about and talk about. I feel like Boimler
loves these characters, the way I love Star Trek. We're the same level of
mega Star Trek nerd, right? Yeah. So, when Boimler steps through
the portal and realizes where he is and who
they are, there is a look and there is
a performance in you that is, yeah, this is how I think a
lot of people in the audience will say, "This is how I would
feel if it ever really happened." That's really who he is
in this episode is just, he's the biggest Star Trek fan
of all time getting to meet his
heroes and help them out and have a whole adventure with
them. And that was such a fun thing to
play. Also, all the actors are
so amazing on the show and we all just became very
good friends by the end of it. So, it was this great little
situation where I just got to appreciate the people around me, honestly. In the scene. But in fairness, the
same as true of Mariner. - Yeah, absolutely.
- Mariner comes on as complete fangirl of Uhura. Yeah. When Mariner comes through
and lands and she gets up, she reacts exactly the way
Mariner's supposed to react. [Jack] Yeah. Oh hell yeah! I did it! Mariner, what are you doing
here? I'm saving you. No, no, no, no, no! We only had enough for, one
trip. Oh. Did I time travel? Okay. So, is Uhura here? This is amazing. You guys are great, but is she
here? "Is Uhura here? Where is Uhura? Seriously, where is Uhura?" [Wil] Let's talk about that. Yeah. So I'm gonna try to keep the order of the characters
correct. I'm gonna have to look
at this so I do it right. Okay. You and I have talked about the
impact that Uhura had on Tawny - Yeah.
- Newsome. Okay? Now, you, Tawny, got to do a
scene where you are working with
Uhura. Mariner loves Uhura. Tawny loves Uhura. Tawny loves Celia. Yeah, well, we all love Celia. There are all these levels of
getting to work with heroes. [Tawny] Yeah. How did you sort it all and experience it fully in the
moment? You know, it's so weirdly
synchronistic to life. I didn't have to sort it. What's interesting as
I'm watching that scene with Mariner and Uhura,
and Uhura says, "I'm 22." We don't really know how
old Mariner and Boimler are. We've kind of danced around. We're like 25, 30. I don't know. We don't know how tall they are
either. No. - Because we're tall as hell.
- We're very tall. But like- You did look much taller in
this and I expected you to. Canon-wise, that means
Shaxs and Ransom are giants. Yeah, they're eight feet tall. [Jack] Yeah.
- Yeah. [Jack] Anyway, sorry.
- Oh, I believe that. I absolutely believe that. But I truly am such a fan
of Celia Rose Gooding, both as a friend and-
- She's incredible. I have such respect for her as
an artist, and the way she is. I think a lot about being
responsible to, not responsible for,
but being responsible to a role like that and her
place in this franchise. And she wears it so well. And when I was her age, I would not have been
that graceful about it. So, I didn't have to sort it in
the scene 'cause I just got to sit
there and admire my friend. There's really no acting.
You just got to live it. - Yeah.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- That's so fun. That's awesome. When Boimler jumps up onto
Pike's saddle. Oh yeah. Oh my God. Okay, touching this can't
possibly change the future,
right? Whoa. Riker! What are you doing? Riker was improvised, right? Riker was solely improvised. I was like, "I gotta do this. He's right there. Come on." My wife screamed. It was so simple, and
it wasn't "The Riker," it wasn't, "I'm doing a Riker." It was just, "Riker!" So, I just wanna make sure that
I... So, the reason Wesley
Crusher does the Riker when he sits into every
chair on Next Generation, is because I thought it was so
cool that you sat down that way. I want to be like you, so
Wesley wants to be like Riker. That's why he does it. So, when Boimler does that- I wanna be like Jonathan, so I
did it. I felt this sense of like,
[gasps]. Yeah. - That was fun.
- [Tawny] Yeah. He's just off camera when I'm
doing that. That's a big swing, man. - He's right there!
- The whole show's a big swing. - It's so good.
- He's right there and you're just like, "I'm gonna
do it." I was like, "They don't have to
use this." [Jonathan] It was begging for
it. "But I'm gonna do it." Yeah. The saddle was begging for it. Yeah. I mean, if I'm gonna sit on a
saddle and swing a leg over
something, you gotta do it. You gotta do it. Yeah. Gotta. But that's a great point
about this whole process and project, like you just
said, it was all a big swing. - [Jack] Yes.
- [Jonathan] Yeah. So there was no, we did not hold
back 'cause no one was asking us to. - [Jack] No.
- 'Cause I was like, "They have a million years to
edit this. This isn't coming out
until 2058 or whatever." - [Wil] Yeah.
- Yeah. The current year. The current year that
we're all in right now. Blessings from Xena to all of
you. They can edit out whatever they
want. So I was like, "We're
leaving it all on the table." And we gave you a lot to deal
with. - We gave you a lot.
- I know. And that actually is influenced
by Mike. That's the way Mike directs
all the animated part of it. Tawny, it has recently been
announced that you are joining the writing
staff for Starfleet Academy. [Jonathan] Yes. Oh, thank you. Oh my God, thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I absolutely, I agree. Talk to me about contributing
to Star Trek in a new way and is your Encyclopedia
Galactica knowledge of Star
Trek, tell me how you're bringing
that into the room. Well, first of all, all credit
and thanks goes to my friend and boss, Alex
Kurtzman. Because of this crossover,
he called me on the phone after he saw a rough cut and he
said, "I can tell you're a writer. Send me everything you've
written." 'Cause he watched all of
our ad libs and stuff. And he was like, "Just send
me everything you've written." He really invited me
in in a way that said, "I see you because I saw
you do this complex thing, which was a mixture of writing
and on camera and stuff." And he went, "And I bet
there's more in there." And I was so grateful, because half the time in this
business, you're just trying to get
people to see you, you know? So, he really invited me in in a
way that very few executives have in
my life. So, I'm so eternally grateful. It makes me so happy that Star
Trek fans write Star Trek now. Yeah. There's just something,
it just feels to me like, oh, somebody from the
neighborhood made it. Yeah. It just feels really exciting to
me. And then we get to work with the
people that we've been watching for
years. It's very surreal and weird. There is something great about,
though, having all these new
members of our family, which is what you guys are, and to see that happen on the
set of Strange New Worlds, which was now a new hit and
had all these new characters who had actually been born on
Discovery, where I was also privileged to
work and help our friend, Ethan find
Spock. And so, the connection, the six degrees of separation is
like two. And because it's Star Trek
and because of these shows and because of the conventions and because of the world
that we're all living in, you are a member of this
family for better or for worse. And you can choose to enjoy
it as I think 99% of us do. And really understand
what a privilege it is and how much fun it can be. And it turns out to be
the best job in the world. - Yeah.
- We all try to get a gig. We all try to go to pilot season
all... And look where we are. I will say, you guys
have been so welcoming to everyone who's been new. You, on your set. Wil, I said this last time I was
here, you were the first person to
welcome us into the Star Trek family. When we did our Ready Room over
Zoom. Yeah. And that's not a requirement of
you guys, but you guys are just so
nice and so welcoming, and it's just been really
appreciated. So, thank you. - Yeah, thank you.
- Yeah. It always felt like you wanted
to share the thing that's been one of
the best parts of your life. If I may assume that. Yeah. - Oh.
- [Jonathan] Without a doubt. That is 100% my motivation. It's a privilege. Are you kidding me? That's why you're so good at
this job. Your job on this show is such
a natural thing for you to do. And it makes us comfortable
as guests and friends. I come on the show, I've
been on the show a lot. It's so easy to sit and talk
with you because of how easily you
share and how open you are, how smart you are, how funny you
are. It's not always this way. - Thank you.
- You're welcome. All of this is an enormous
privilege. It's an incredible, enormous
privilege. I love that we all share this
thing, that we have this big
incredible thing in common. Yeah. We were just talking about
earlier about Tawny and I got to hang out with Ethan,
just off set just in LA, and he pulled us aside and he
was like, "Hey guys, we're gonna be doing
this. We're gonna be friends for
the rest of our lives, right?" And then we were like, "Yeah,
man. - Yeah, we are."
- Yeah, we are. And it was just this great
little moment. I don't know, it's moments
like that where I'm like, "Oh, there's a real magic to
this and it's really, really
special." What about Boimler and Spock? Spoimler. [Wil] Spoimler. [Jack] Spoimler. Ethan and I had a bromance
for the ages on this one. - [Wil] Yeah.
- [Jonathan] Yeah. When you're doing the science
experiment. That s*** blows up. Do you feel lucky? Ah, no, not at all. Okay. So- [Boimler Screams] Okay, is that bad? Are sparks bad? Yes. Seek cover. [Boimler screams] The design choice to put you
guys in those great old style
glasses. I love it when Strange New
Worlds visually calls back in
references. There's another episode this
season where all the bridge crew are in their like
Starfleet formal uniforms. And those old satin uniforms
look super dated from the '60s, but the costume department
updated them and they're so
cool- Oh, the costume department was
fantastic. I really, really wanna buy one. - Yeah, absolutely.
- I wanna have one for myself. Yep. Do you have one of your
space suits at home? I don't have my space suit,
but I do have my combadge. I have my original combadge. I have that. Was it a magnet back then too? It was Velcro. - It was Velcro!
- Whoa! And when we would take them
off, it was double-sided tape. Yeah. - Wow!
- Wow! Yeah. Were you also mic'd on that? 'Cause we were basically
all mic'd on our combadge. We didn't wear. [Wil] No. - We didn't wear a lavs.
- [Wil] We rarely wore mics. We were all boom all the time. It was all boom all the time? Well, we never moved around,
remember? Yeah, we were inside most of the
time. Meanwhile, we're speed walking and we're jumping over things. Also, the corridors on this
new Enterprise are spacious. - Yeah.
- Yeah. There's so much room to stretch
out. And that bridge goes on forever. It takes a half a day to walk
across it. It's amazing. Not like the old carpeted
confines of the Enterprise-D, very
comfortable. Hey, man. But in my head, that
one is a bigger bridge. You know what I mean? In my head. And we were smaller children. Exactly. When we watched it. Oh, okay, relative size. That plays a... Okay, that's science. Yeah. Let's wrap up with a little
talk about Lower Decks? - Yes, absolutely.
- Yeah. Season 4 is coming soon. We're real excited about that. Season 5 has been announced. Congratulations. Thank you. - Congratulations.
- Congratulations. Hey, nice. Season 4 is gonna be very, very
fun. Our first episode is a
big love letter to fans. I can't exactly explain why. [Wil] Okay. - But I think-
- Well, we can and they can cut it.
- Oh, yeah. Bleep me, Paramount! But it's really exciting. Do you have anything you wanna
spoil and then get kicked out? I don't remember enough about
it. Okay. But yeah, there's a
lot of [beep] in there. It's great. It's been such an incredible
pleasure to talk to you today. Thank you so much for being
here. I look forward to seeing
both of you for Lower Decks, and in six or eight
years, Starfleet Academy. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for having us, Wil. Thank you, Wil. Great. Thanks so much for being here. Ever since DeForest
Kelley's unnamed admiral, who we all know is really McCoy, walked the corridors of the
Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next
Generation's pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", crossovers have become a staple
of the Star Trek universe. Here's a look at some of the
unforgettable appearances that connected one series to
another. Help! The portal's trying to portal
me! Stop lurching towards it! [Boimler screams] Boimler! Remember me! [Narrator] Like Brad
Boimler and Beckett Mariner time traveling through a portal to meet the 23rd century
crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New
Worlds, leading characters of several
other Star Trek series have also appeared on
shows besides their own. And as with these animated
Star Trek: Lower Decks' characters live action
debut in Strange New Worlds, Star Trek's other crossover
episodes have been special events
excitedly welcomed by fans. One of The Original Series' most popular characters, Dr.
Leonard McCoy I'm a doctor, not a mechanic. [Narrator] Appears in Star Trek: The Next
Generation's pilot episode. Now an admiral, McCoy gives the
new crew of the Enterprise a proper
sendoff as they begin their
mission of exploration. To celebrate The Original
Series' 25th anniversary, Star Trek: The Next Generation welcomed beloved character
Spock back to Star Trek in a two-part episode
called "Unification". I'm looking for Ambassador
Spock. [Spock] Indeed. You have found him, Captain
Picard. [Narrator] Spock's foster
sister, Michael Burnham, later revisits the events of
that episode in a Star Trek: Discovery
episode titled, "Unification III." The cast of Star Trek: The Next
Generation continue the tradition of
beaming onto other series. Jean-Luc Picard pops
up in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, giving Commander Sisko his
orders. Will Riker appears in episodes
of Star Trek: Voyager, Enterprise, Lower Decks and
Picard. While his transporter clone,
Thomas, visits Deep Space Nine. Deanna Troi visits Star Trek:
Voyager, counseling Next Generation
engineer Reg Barclay as he tries to bring
the U.S.S. Voyager home. Later, she is also seen on
Enterprise, Lower Decks, and Picard. Deep Space Nine's Quark felt there was profit to be made by appearing on Star
Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. You were about to try to
sell me something, right? I do carry a select line of unique artifacts and
gemstones. [Narrator] He also
joined Deep Space Nine's Bajoran leader, Colonel Kira, in an episode of Star Trek:
Lower Decks. Star Trek: Voyager's crew also journeyed across series with Tom Paris inspiring Boimler on Star Trek: Lower Decks. Just like Ensigns Boimler and
Mariner visiting Star Trek: Strange New
Worlds, These crossovers demonstrate
just how vast and how fun the Star
Trek universe really is. They seem nice. I feel like we are all Boimler when it comes to being
fans of Captain Pike and the crew of the Enterprise. So, to help us geek out a little
bit more, here's an exclusive clip
from next week's episode. The Summit of Scorpi Ten. The Klingon Free-Trade
Agreement. Negotiating the Perez Accords... Sure, he's done some stuff. He's an effective voice in
spreading Starfleet's message for unity. A former enemy speaking on
our behalf, it's incredible. Or it's a long con to gain
access to Federation secrets. Just because he's Klingon- Trust me, I know Klingons. This guy with the peace
treaties, that's not Klingon. So you don't trust Ambassador
Rah because he believes in peace? That's not what... The slaughter at Lembatta Five. The siege at Starbase Zeta.
Athos... I didn't mean to hit a nerve. It's okay. You're right. I don't really know what he's
about. All I know is the stories, like that he killed his own
men to cover his retreat. There's a reason other Klingons
call him "The Butcher of J'Gal." Captain on the bridge. I've had so much fun talking
about the Strange New Worlds/Lower
Decks crossover, today. Thank you to Jack Quaid, Tawny
Newsome and Jonathan Frakes for bringing the party to The
Ready Room. Next week, I'll be joined
by Babs Olusanmokun, who plays Joseph M'Benga, and Melissa Navia, who plays
Lieutenant Erica Ortegas. As we look at Star Trek:
Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 8, titled,
"Under the Cloak of War". Until then, I'm Wil Wheaton. Live long and Prosper.
