Star Trek: Lower Decks
Thursdays on Paramount+Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Episode 1: "Strange Energies" Quotes
I used to sneak away and do all sort of little, off-the-books side missions without cluing her in. Now, that's impossible. She's so happy. It's very sweet. But I am losing my mind. I don't know how much longer I can do this.
Mariner
You snuck off in the middle of my shift without saying goodbye! You know who my best friend is now? My mom! It sucks! It's like work.
Mariner
Cardassian Interrogator: You're abandoning your fellow officer?
Mariner: Yeah, well, he did it first.
Jennifer: What are you doing?
Mariner: Cardio. Plus a little strength training.
Jennifer: So you work out by staging Cardassian prison breaks.
Mariner: Yeah, what do you do?
Jennifer: Ah, yoga.
Mariner: Wow, how unique.
Ransom: The away team is awaiting your orders, Captain.
Freeman: Sorry, Commander. I forgot you were there.
Ransom: That does tend to happen a lot these days.
I'm worried about SMD, Synthetic Memory Degradation. It's a rare condition that affects cyborgs with new implants. First, your opinions change. Then, your brain liquefies and melts out of your nose. Luckily, this is exactly what I've been training for. I will save my friend!
Tendi
Ransom: Those energies weren't that strange. I'm fine. NOW UNHAND ME. I MUST RISE.
Mariner: And he's hovering. I think he might be going godlike on us?
T'Ana: Let's not jump to conclusions until I run some tests.
Freeman: What is he doing now?
Ransom [in the background]: It's easy to become a god. The trick is staying a god.
T'Ana: He seems to be focussing on his bis and tris.
Rutherford: Pears? I hate pears! I'll never eat a pear again!
Tendi: Then you should pass this test. Three sets of twins are lost at sea. Each set shares a parent with the other but no two sets are the same. What is the name of the boat?
Rutherford: Um, The... Salty... Dog?
Tendi: Yes!
Rutherford: Really?
Tendi: No!
Freeman: Doc, how did they deal with Gary Mitchell?
T'Ana: Kirk smooshed him with a boulder.
Rutherford: Stop! You can't just keep attacking me and trying to surprise me into getting better. If I do have this LSD thing.
Tendi: SMD
Rutherford: Whatever. You can't cure it like getting rid of hiccups.
Tendi: You're right.
Rutherford: Thank you.
Tendi: I'll have to get your brain out of your skull and freeze it so I can nanosuture your dendrites by hand!
Rutherford: So you were utilizing highly-invasive neuromedical procedures in order to make sure I liked you?
Tendi: Yes, you can hate me
Rutherford: How can I hate you? Tackling an emotional problem with scientific experimentation is exactly what I would've done.
