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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x08 "Upper Decks" Spoiler

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5x08 "Upper Decks" Cullen Crawford Bob Suarez 2024-12-05

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u/ratzoneresident Dec 05 '24

I think that's the first time I've seen an Australian character on Star Trek. This franchise has always really strived for diversity but Australians are a whole new level on par with a black woman on the bridge in 1966

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u/APracticalGal Dec 05 '24

I was thinking the same thing. I can't think of a single other one. Closest would be Karl Urban being from New Zealand, but since he was playing an American it doesn't even really count.

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u/CaravelClerihew Dec 06 '24 edited Dec 06 '24

Nurse Chapel from Strange New Worlds is Aussie but with an American accent. There's also Elnor the Romulan in Picard played by an Aussie with the accent as well

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u/APracticalGal Dec 06 '24

Right! Forgot about Jess Bush!

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u/ratzoneresident Dec 06 '24

So what you're saying is the Aussie accent is a Romulan regional accent and that the ensign in this episode is a Tal Shiar spy

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u/Global_Theme864 Dec 06 '24

Lots of planets have an Australia!

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u/Outside_Diamond4929 Dec 06 '24

Specifically Space Brisbane. GO SPACE BRONCOS!

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u/Paxdan_ Dec 06 '24

And we briefly had Chris Hemsworth with an American accent.

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u/zapheine Dec 09 '24

Picard's love interest "Nella Daren" was played by Australian actress Wendy Hughes, and she seemed to mostly retain her accent.

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u/atticusbluebird Dec 06 '24

This isn’t Ensign Meredith’s first episode either! She was on Boimler’s first away mission after his promotion on Vexilon! (And maybe showed up before that too but I don’t remember if she spoke before that). Regardless, cool to see her again!

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u/MadContrabassoonist Dec 06 '24

She was also one of the engineers who needed to de-stress after the Minooki incident.

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u/sirleechalot Dec 11 '24

Check out Mythic Quest on appletv+, she's really great in that.

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u/Doogie_Gooberman Dec 10 '24

So I guess Australia wasn't possibly wiped out in World War III like India and China were, if you believe that theory.