Boimler: Well, someone’s gotta do it.
Mariner: Uh, do they? Cause last time I checked, no one’s ever signed up for Starfleet at the recruitment booth.
Tendi: I did!
Mariner: Shh, you’re not helping.

Boimler: I know it’s not super exciting, but it’s our assignment. What are you going to do?
Mariner: Hm, complain the whole time and make it twice as miserable?
Boimler: Ah, that is your specialty.

Rutherford: I haven’t slept in a week. Keep having the same crazy nightmare.
Tendi: Ooh, the one where you’re in a new timeline with Kirk and Spock where they have cinematic chemistry?
Rutherford: Uh, I wish.

Mariner: Starfleet! Getcha Starfleet! We got new worlds! They’re strange and they need seeking out!
Boimler: Wow, it’s crazy to hear you, like, actually trying.

Starfleet! Getcha Starfleet! Prepare yourself for Warp 10 excitement! Discover the Undiscovered Country!

Mariner

Mariner: You must’ve screwed up pretty bad to end up here.
Petra: Sure, why leave the big, fancy ships, just for a life of freedom and non-violence?
Mariner: Starfleet isn’t violent!
Petra: Well, tell that to the Romulans, the Klingons, the Cardassians…
Mariner: They attack us! It’s self-defence!
Petra: Oh, right. You guys totally aren’t a pseudo-navy, at all.

This isn’t a ship. This is a seat strapped to an impulse engine.

Rutherford

Rutherford: How come you never tried to take over before?
Young Rutherford: I did, dude! Haven’t you noticed this thing is always bugging out? Your programs turning against you? Behavioral shifts?
Rutherford: I did like pears for a minute.
Young Rutherford: I love pears! That was me trying to get my body back.

Young Rutherford: Tests are dumb. How about something a little more interesting? A race. Both of us build our own ship. Winner takes the brain.
Rutherford: And the loser?
Young Rutherford: Gets erased. Dude, come on, keep up.

Tellarite: Do you ever get to touch mummies?
Petra: Constantly. And you never have to go back in time to save Earth!
Mariner: That only happened… like, FOUR times. Five, tops.

WITHOUT STARFLEET, NONE OF YOU WOULD EXIST! WE DON’T WANT TO PROTECT YOU FROM THE KLINGONS AND THE BORG! WE JUST WANT TO EXPLORE AND STUDY F*CKING QUASARS! BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO!

Boimler

Young Rutherford: I was always so angry. At everything. But you… all that rage is gone.
Rutherford: Can’t we merge and just be both of us? All our memories combined?
Young Rutherford: Nah, then we’d both be gone. Sometimes, it’s better to grow.

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Episode 5 Quotes

Boimler: I know it’s not super exciting, but it’s our assignment. What are you going to do?
Mariner: Hm, complain the whole time and make it twice as miserable?
Boimler: Ah, that is your specialty.

Boimler: Well, someone’s gotta do it.
Mariner: Uh, do they? Cause last time I checked, no one’s ever signed up for Starfleet at the recruitment booth.
Tendi: I did!
Mariner: Shh, you’re not helping.