"I, Excretus" is the 18th episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, the 8th episode in the program's second season, to premiere on 30 September 2021 on the Paramount+ viewing service.
Description[]
- A consultant arrives on the USS Cerritos to run drills that require the lower deckers and bridge crew to swap duties.
References[]
Characters[]
- Arjun • Barnes • Barnes (hologram) • Andy Billups (hologram) • Winger Bingston, Jr. • Borg Queen (hologram) • Brad Boimler (Excretus of Borg) • Brad Boimler (hologram) • Casey • Castro • Dahae • Dahae (hologram) • Pon Darra • Pon Darra (hologram) • Dirk • Carol Freeman • Carol Freeman (hologram) • Haubold • Honus • Kayshon • Lars Lundy (hologram) • Jet Manhaver • Jet Manhaver (hologram) • Beckett Mariner • Merp • Merp (hologram) • Sleepy Merp • Gabers Migleemo • Gabers Migleemo (hologram) • Jack Ransom • Jack Ransom (hologram) • Ross • Sam Rutherford • Sam Rutherford (hologram) • Shaxs Drazon • Shaxs Drazon (hologram) • Jennifer Sh'reyan • Jennifer Sh'reyan (hologram) • Steve Stevens • Steve Stevens (hologram) • T'Ana • T'Ana (hologram) • D'Vana Tendi • Vendome • Volis • Westlake • Westlake (hologram) • Shari yn Yem • unnamed Kzinti
Starships and vehicles[]
- Referenced only
- USS Bakersfield
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Antaran • Bajoran • Bolian • Borg • Caitian • Haliian • Human • Klingon • Klowahkan • Kzinti • Merp's species • Napean • Orion • Pandronian • Pon Darra's species • Tamarian • Trill • Violacean
- Referenced only
- Jem'Hadar
Other references[]
- temporal causality loop • temporal black hole
Appendices[]
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- TNG movie, novelization & comic adaptation: First Contact: During Boimler's Borg Encounter simulation, he is put in position similar Data's encounter with the Borg Queen aboard the USS Enterprise-E.
- TOS episode: "Mirror, Mirror": During Mariner's mirror universe encounter simulation, she's wear a uniform similar to Uhura's. Other doppelgängers wear uniforms similar to the crew of the ISS Enterprise in the TOS era.
- TNG episode: "Ethics": During Tendi's Medical Ethic simulation, she is forced to help a Klingon patient commit suicide.
- ENT episode: "North Star": During Mariner's Old West Planet simulation, Beckett ventures into a western styled town.
- TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Wrath of Khan: During Rutherford's The Good of the Many simulation, he is aboard a Constitution-class starship and has to stop a warp core breach in a way similar to Captain Spock.
- TNG episode: "The Naked Now": During Beckett's Naked Time simulation, she encounters her crew being infected by polywater and unable to control their sexual inhibitions. At the end of the simulation, Beckett chose to have herself blown out of an airlock similar to what happened the SS Tsiolkovsky.
- TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Search for Spock: During the crew's Escape from Spacedock simulation, Mariner attempted and failed to steal the Cerritos from spacedock.
Background[]
Notable cast and crew[]
- Alice Krige as the voice of the Borg Queen hologram
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
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| Previous episode: "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" |
Lower Decks episode produced | Next episode: "wej Duj" |
| Previous episode: "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" |
Lower Decks episode aired | Next episode: "wej Duj" |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: "wej Duj" |
| Previous Adventure: "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" |
Voyages of the USS Cerritos |
Next Adventure: "wej Duj" |