Spoilers Star Trek: Lower Decks 2x04 - "Mugato, Gumato"

[Tim Thomason]

But even in the S1 finale, Boimler was the one impressing the other Titan lieutenants with his kick-ass stories (which we saw happen). He had a massive hero's journey over the course of Season 1, and Season 2 was a bit of a regression (but he never reverted to the Episode 1, 6-planet Boimler).

 

[Oddish]

yes, on the Titan he was forced to use every little bit of his abilities, which in turn made him grow up as becoming more confident.

Ironic that right about the time he was really proving worthy of his lieutenant rank was when he lost it... but still, it was an inspired solution to the problem. He's back on the Cerritos, but still has the ambition to secure promotion. Maybe doubled, because of his doppelganger out there, who will probably be a commander by the time the series ends.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Except that the whole business of slashing the wound and sucking out the venom has been discredited as an emergency snakebite treatment for at least a couple of decades. What Mariner needed was a mako root!

I gave it a seven. Not cringe-worthy like "We'll Always Have Tom Paris," but I've seen better.

The voyeur mugato reminds me of the old chestnut about a mouse screwing an elephant (she owed him a favor) while a horny monkey looks on, starts jerking off, and knocks a large fruit loose, which falls on the elephant's head.
"Ouch!"
"Am I hurting you?"

Of course the real Easter egg wasn't the Ferengi energy whips or the anbo-jitsu match. It was the constantly changing pronunciation of the animal's name.

 

[jackoverfull]

Except that the whole business of slashing the wound and sucking out the venom has been discredited as an emergency snakebite treatment for at least a couple of decades.

TV logic.

What Mariner needed was a mako root!

that would have been nice.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Speaking of discredited snakebite treatments, wasn't there a gag, in an old cartoon (I'm guessing Rocky & Bullwinkle, or some other Jay Ward) in which a snakebite kit came with instructions on how to bite the snake?

Incidentally, something like that was involved in a Sherlock Holmes short story, "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire."

 

[tomalak301]

Just watched this episode and 2 things stuck out as funny

1. The Mugato sex scene was kinda hysterical. I guess I'm allowed to have a dirty mind sometimes.

2. I loved how everyone on the ship was mis-pronouncing Mugato. Nice episode wide joke.

 

[Silvercrest]

Except that the whole business of slashing the wound and sucking out the venom has been discredited as an emergency snakebite treatment for at least a couple of decades. What Mariner needed was a mako root!

How about a bezoar?

Wikipedia, quoting a book by Harlan Ellison, says that's a common misconception, and that Roddenberry wrote the novelization on his own (basing it on ADF's story for the screenplay). Roddenberry's a professional writer, and the book different enough from ADF's novelizations of the period, that I believe Roddenberry had at least major involvement in the final draft.

Maybe this got conflated with the fact that ADF did (ghost)write the novelization of the first Star WARS movie? — which also got credited to the series creator.

Mrs. Silvercrest and I are getting into S2 a little late.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Not late at all. Right on time for those buying it on physical media.

Would a strange marketplace for objects gacked up by animals be a bizarre bezoar bazaar?

 

[Silvercrest]

Yes.

Yes, it would.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I don't think the mugato masturbating his horn requires any more explanation than Ferengi lobes.

I believe the appropriate euphemism would be "horning off."

 

[Qonundrum]

"No, I...I think he likes to watch" is the hardest I've laughed at any joke in any episode of the show so far. Everything from the setup to Boimler's delivery felt very Rick and Morty, and it was so surprising it took me completely off guard.

I was half-hoping he'd join in but, alas, that was not to be. Just watching though was funny enough.

Probably the weakest of the first five episodes of season 2, it's still an easy 7 out of 10.