No, Im not talking about Beckett Mariner, Brad Boimler, Sam Rutherford, or DVana Tendi.
It also revealed a connection betweenLower Decksand Lower Decks.
As an eager young first-year cadet, Mariner admired her upperclassman Sito.
A flashback in the finale gives even more context.
Back at the Academy (complete with a Boothby sighting!
Interrupting their grandstanding is the arrival of young Mariner, with an earnest and awkward energy that recalls Boimler.
More than a signatureLower Deckscallback, the connection to Lower Decks underscores the core themes of the finale.
However, Lower Decks shows the opposite.
Sito, Ogawa, Lavelle, and Taruk recognize that they play a role in a larger community.
Thats whatLower Decks, and Lower Decks, is all about.
