This Star Trek: Lower Decks article contains spoilers.
Its beginning to look a lot like the Bell Riots.
Tensions grew so bad that various leaders, including one identified as Gabriel Bell, launched large scale riots.
The date of the Bell Riots?
Sept. 1, 2024.
It isnt going smoothly.
As gleeful as the proceedings certainly are, its clear that the transition isnt as smooth asTrekoften suggests.
To be sure, Past Tense doesnt at all suggest that Earth makes an easy transition.
The episode just depicts the slightest sliver of change.
But it does do it in a hopeful, if gritty manner.
Shades of Green paints the proletariat revolution in shades of grey.
Shades of Green feels downright reactionary.
Fortunately,Lower Decks take on the Bell Riots doesnt erase the power of Past Tense.
In that way, Shades of Green provides the answer to the very critique that it makes.
Star Trek: Lower Decks season five releases new episodes every Thursday on Paramount+.
