'So many of us see ourselves in Vulcans,' said McMahan. This season, the show also got a new main cast member in the form of T'Lyn, an exchange officer from the Vulcan Expeditionary Group. (Supposedly, McMahan's instructions to Moopsy's animator were to 'Make it look like a kid going to town on a Capri Sun. 'We love all this stuff, and we never know what you are all going to love.' 'It takes a year to make 'Lower Decks,'' he said. McMahan also talked Moopsy: the diminutive bone-drinking fuzzball from S4, which he described as 'watching a meme happen live.' The situation should sound familiar to fans who have been following 'Lower Decks' Season 4, as the four lead characters have all received promotions and started to pursue separate assignments more often than they used to. How do friendships survive that moment? … If you lose that shared experience, do you still have friendships, and which friendships last past that?' 'Lower Decks is based on being in your 20s, early 30s - you're getting your first jobs, you're meeting your best friends you didn't know you were going to meet, having new responsibilities when work is pulling friendships apart. He then opened up a bit about what it's like to write 'Lower Decks,' and how the show fits into the bigger 'Trek' universe. 'I would love to watch any 'Star Trek' episode with this many fans,' he said. That's because they had sneaked out to watch it with the rest of the audience and gauge their reaction firsthand. Horowitz explained that, during the episode's screening, he couldn't find McMahan and Kurtzman backstage. If the audience at NYCC 2023 was any indication, fans who have been following 'Lower Decks' thus far will probably like this one as well.Īfter the screening, McMahan joined Horowitz onstage for some Q&A, along with executive producer Alex Kurtzman, whom Horowitz described as 'the man captaining the ship of the 'Star Trek' universe.' Complications ensue almost immediately, followed by some sci-fi action, character drama, and offhand comedy. All we can say for the moment, then, is that 'Caves' follows the 'Lower Decks' crew as they explore - contain your shock here - a cave. The panel's moderator, Josh Horowitz of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, asked those in attendance to not spoil the story for fans who haven't seen the episode yet.

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