While Lower Deckers don’t know much about Billups and his family issues, the show presents this storyline as if the viewers were cognizant of it all along – like it’s just another episode in an arc of episodes regarding Billups and his mom. This is quite the story for Billups, and while one may raise an eyebrow at Lower Decks focusing on a senior officer – generally not the show’s style – we actually came around to really liking this story thanks to its presentation within the Lower Decks framework. So, like any caring mother would do, she fakes a technical problem on her ship so she can get her son aboard and try to trick him into coming back to the royal family to assume his place as king. Apparently, our good engineer is part of a royal family, and his mother, Queen Paolana ( June Diane Raphael), always thought his Starfleet service was a waste of time. Andarithio Billups ( Paul Scheer) has a bit of a past. The Cerritos’ chief engineering officer, Lt. In this week’s episode, not only does Lower Decks present its own spin on the annoying, manipulative parent vibe first witnessed in The Next Generation‘s relationship with Counselor Troi and her mother, Luxanna, but one of our Lower Deckers surprises with how much he has grown as a Starfleet officer, even when it means stabbing a friend in the back. Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Episode 7 “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”
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