Spock actor Ethan Peck so enjoyed working with Jack Quaid as Ensign Bradward Boimler on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 that the two actors were dubbed "Spoimler" by a Trek legend. The crossover between Star Trek: Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds is one of the most anticipated episodes of season 2, and fans got their first glimpse of live-action Boimler in the latest Strange New Worlds season 2 trailer. The trailer also teased that Boimler and Spock will share a bond, as the Starfleet legend gives the 24th century Ensign a moving Vulcan sign-off.
At the press junket for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, Screen Rant took part in a roundtable interview with Paul Wesley and Ethan Peck. Paul Wesley confirmed that Kirk is not in the Lower Decks crossover, while Ethan Peck talked about what it was like to work with Jack Quaid on the hotly-anticipated episode. Read what Ethan Peck had to say about "Spoimler" below:
Ethan Peck: I met Jack a few years ago at a convention, and we had such a nice connection right off the bat. I remember thinking at that time, I'd love to work with this guy. He's also from LA, we just share a lot of similar context. And it was so much fun working with him. Jonathan Frakes, who directed the episode, coined us "Spoimler," which is a hybrid of our names Spock and Boimler. And that just made me so happy to have this joke with Jonathan Frakes, who I just revere. I didn't do much improvising because I pretty much stay on rails as Spock. It's quite difficult to improvise when he's speaking about some matters of science. But Jack, I think, had a little more leeway with that. And he did improvise, which was really fun.
