I would imagine “Come record a few lines in the audio booth, here’s some money” wasn’t TOO tough a sell, even though her life isn’t about that any more.

Seems like Christmas lawsuits are coming out earlier and earlier every year.

No props here for the ST2 nebula battle homage? They even did the expanding rings after detonation...

I f’ing love this show.

“Their faces are exactly the same”

Eh, I don’t see it.

and Rutherford name dropping the Maquis as a reference to the fact that Paris was supposed to be Locarno.

I loved Rutherford and Boimler debating if Nick Locarno looks like Tom Paris.

From what was said, they were extremely tight in a way of people who simply are above the usual passing acquaintance or loose idea of friend. Perry himself said they would see each other at parties or functions and literally forget about everyone else and spend the night talking to one another.

I’ve been kind of moved by the recurring guest stars’ posts about Perry. Brooke Shields, Lauren Tom and Morgan Fairchild have posted lovely things.

Yeah I’m 100% expecting Locarno to hold a grudge against Paris. “We were both in prison for similar shuttle accidents, but then he gets a day pass to fly Voyager and gets trapped in the Delta Quadrant and now he’s some kind of hero? But I serve my entire sentence and can’t get the time of day when I get out, that’s…

Mariner and Ma’ah’s conversation reminded me of that Klingon mental health meme and how a Klingon psychiatrist should be a thing.

I just hope they don’t undercut Sito Jaxa’s death in Lower Decks by revealing Locarno managed to save her

I was a little surprised that they didn't get some jokes out of the parallels between Locarno and Paris, maybe in the next episode.

The issue is money. Paramount/CBS wasn’t “barred” from using Locarno. They have to pay a royalty fee to do so, as they don’t own the character outright.

Really weird not to mention what a good episode this ended up being for Capt. Freeman, here using Starfleet’s reputation as a means to smuggle out the information on Locarno they wanted; the Puppet scene and the Billups reveal were both great moments that added enough levity to balance out Mariner’s soul-searching.

Locarno is the season’s big bad?? Really? Do you think they got to this episode and were like, oh that’d be cool, or planned it from the beginning.

Question, wasn’t there an issue with the Locarno and the First Duty screenwriter over rights issues that barred them from possibly using the character in Voyager or was that a fan myth?

Funny enough it’s almost the anniversary of when I deleted Twitter from my phone.

Only a 15% drop?

Justin also hasn’t aged well. He’s not so pretty anymore. I had a scumbag boyfriend like him, and I got pregnant also. He was my first boyfriend and he had to ask, is it mine. I got an abortion, and in 1967 it was hard to get a legal abortion, but I did, made him pay for half of the costs and thanked God I didn’t…