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Star Trek : Lower Decks ' Mike McMahan on how they made that DS9 reunification coupling of Andrew Robinson ’s Garek and Alexander Siddig ’s Bashir .
As we inch closer to the finale ofStar Trek : Lower Decks , Mike McMahanpulled off what might be the franchise ’s bad crossover since 1994’sGenerations , which sawPatrick Stewart’sJean - Luc Picard fromThe Next Generationmeet withWilliam Shatner’sThe Original Series , sorryStrange New Worldsseason two episode " Those Old Scientists . " The follow containsspoilersof multiverse proportion , but the up-to-the-minute episode ofLower Decksfeatures node star fromTNG , Deep Space Nine , Voyager , andEnterprise .
Star Trek: Lower Decks Made Fanfic Fantasy an Animated Reality
" crack Quest,“Lower Decks’ninth episode of the fifth season , focuses on William Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) , the alternating reality version of Prime cosmos ’s Brad Boimler ( Quaid ) , who finds himself as captain of the alternate version of the U.S.S. Defiant with a hodgepodge of guest stars from various universes including T’Pol withJolene Blalockreprising her Vulcan science officeholder role fromEnterprise ; Elim Garak , the Cardassian intelligence ship’s officer - turned - tailor , withAndrew Robinsonreprising his theatrical role fromDS9 , Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) , the former main medical officer of DS9 , and Curson Dax ( Fred Tatasciore ) .
The whirl is that Garek and the good doctor are officially a couple , fulfilling many fans ' wishes … which is what they ’ll remain … wish as we fall upon the pairing is merely a facade as Dr. Bashir is an Emergency Medical Hologram ( EMH ) , not the flesh and bloodline who served on Deep Space Nine . In sure parts of the Star Trek residential district , fans hop Garek and Bashir would take that extra step since their last live - natural action adventure in 1999 inDS9’sfinale . low DeckscreatorMike McMahanspoke about piss the buff pipe dream become a world … so to speak .
McMahan toldVarietyhow the show ’s writers " have enjoyed the romantic chemistry that Andrew and Sid fetch to Garak and Bashir on ' DS9 , ' and for the 30 old age since . If there ’s anything the multiverse is good for , it ’s spend sentence with these two honeymooner as they explore the world and their relationship together . " We should note the couple were never romantically link , but there was an LGBTQ second in the 90 ’s sci - fi series in theDS9season four sequence " Rejoined , " directed by series starAvery Brookswho found the station ’s resident Trill Starfleet policeman Jadzia Dax ( Terry Farrell ) kiss her former mate from a literal preceding biography given the Trill ’s symbiotic nature with their hosts withSusanna Thompsonplaying Lenara Kahn .
InLower Decks , William Boimler ’s gang cross paths with Lt . Harry Kim ( Garrett Wang ) , who is a edition of the beloved U.S.S. Voyager ensign last promoted . Boimler reveals he ’s one of several " Kims " serving the ship . afterwards in the episode , we get the most unexpected surprise with Lily Sloane , the Colorado - airplane pilot of Zefram Cochran ( James Cromwell ) , withAlfre Woodardreprising her use from the 1996TNGfilmFirst Contact . The report of the episode , which almost completely takes place outside the prize macrocosm , focuses on Alternate Boimer ’s journey to cease a rogue ship from put down the universe as they experience it by constantly spoil into other alternate realness . The finale ofLower Decks,“The New Next Generation , " rain cats and dogs on December 19th on Paramount+ .
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