Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Thursdays on Paramount+Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 7: "Those Old Scientists" Quotes
Mariner: Dude, do you know how worried I was? You disappeared in a vortex while I was in charge. For all I knew, you were dead or stuck in a dystopian San Francisco in the middle of a riot.
Una: Anybody noticed that their references are weirdly specific?
Spock: Indeed.
La’an: One time traveler is a security threat. Two is…
Una: … a disaster.
Mariner: Thought you said they were cool.
Pike: And there’s no other source of heronium anywhere in the quadrant?
Una: None. And there hasn’t been for over a hundred years.
Mariner: Can’t we just cook some up?
Boimler: Could you please just not?
Mariner: Sorry.
Spock: The ensign is correct. We could attempt to synthesize heronium ourselves.
Mariner: Hot Spock agrees with me.
Mariner: Maybe I could help her?
Pike: I reeeeally want to say no, but how much more damage could you do at this point? So, go for it.
Boimler: I joined Starfleet so I can be a part of history. But if they can’t find a way to get us back home, we’re going to have to go live somewhere off the grid where we can’t affect history at all.
Mariner: No, no, no, I am not living off the grid anywhere. I thrive on the grid. I require grid.
Mariner: Are you familiar with Starfleet labor codes?
Uhura: Maybe.
Mariner: Section 48, Alpha dash seven? Officers must take meal breaks at regular intervals. I could report you.
Uhura: You know Starfleet codes?
Mariner: Of course. I mean, there’s a whole bunch of them that let you slack off a ton, so yeah.
Spock: I find myself curious about chance. Do you feel lucky?
Boimler: Uh, no. Not at all.
Most heroes I’ve seen are just pretending half the time. There’s this one guy I remember. He said to me, ‘I always pretended to be someone I wanted to be until finally I became that someone or he became me.’
Pelia
I am done worrying about the future. I want to help people now.
Boimler
Pike: Mr. Boimler, for a guy who seems like a rule-follower, you certainly break a lot of them. And Ms. Mariner, I thought you were here to save your friend, not make a situation worse.
Mariner: Look, it was all me, okay? I just… I don’t think Boimler can handle getting thrown in the brig by a guy he dressed up as for Halloween.
Pike: Really?
Mariner: Yeah, he has to contour the hell out of the jaw line too.
Boimler: It was a process.
Spock: Do you know where the section is located?
Boimler: I don’t but…
Mariner: … Surprise! I paid attention!
Boimler: Without being asked!
Mariner: This guy was distracted by the grapplers.
Spock: It is surprising because she normally does not pay attention.
Your flagrant disregard for temporal protocols by telling me this is deeply troubling, but thanks all the same.
Una
