Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Finale – "Old Friends, New Planets"
Summary
- Lt. Brad Boimler becomes Acting Captain Boimler in Lower Decks season 4's finale and succeeds magnificently in his first taste of starship command.
- Boimler's dream of becoming a starship captain is fulfilled, showing signs of being a great one despite his overeager ways and neurotic tendencies.
- Lt. T'Lyn, the USS Cerritos' new Vulcan officer, serves as a perfect Spock-like First Officer to Boimler's Captain Kirk, displaying vibes reminiscent of the original Star Trek series.
Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4's finale showed Lieutenant Brad Boimler's (Jack Quaid) perfect future as Captain Boimler. Lower Decks season 4's conclusion, "Old Friends, New Planets," saw the USS Cerritos commit an insurrection from Starfleet in order to rescue Lieutenant Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), who was trapped in the Detrion System by disgraced ex-Starfleet Cadet Nicholas Locarno (Robert Duncan McNeill). Locarno was Lower Decks season 4's big bad, and Nick tried to style himself as the leader of an armada called Nova Fleet by using a stolen Ferengi Genesis Device as insurance.
Ensign Brad Boimler began Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 still riding high from his life-changing experience of meeting Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the USS Enterprise in the 23rd century. Boimler and Mariner time traveled in Lower Decks' crossover with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, where they met their heroes Captain Pike, Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck), Number One (Rebecca Romijn), and Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding). Boimler actually concocted his way back to the 24th century by figuring out how to reactivate a time portal and, despite his screw-ups, Bradward made a positive impression on Captain Pike. As someone who dreams of commanding a starship, Boimler was inspired by his time in "the golden age of exploration," and his heroics saving the USS Voyager garnered Brad a promotion to Lieutenant, junior grade, in Lower Decks season 4's premiere, "Twovix."
