In “Star Trek: Decrease Decks”‘ newest mission, “A Farewell to Farms”, Mariner and Boimler meet up with Mariner’s previous Klingon buddy Ma’ah on Qo’noS. Since being discharged from the navy in shame he is been scraping by on the household blood vineyard — however that each one adjustments when the 2 Decrease Deckers push him to battle for his honor.
It is a good excuse to place a comedic spin on the Klingon lore that was a mainstay of Worf’s arc in “The Subsequent Technology,” as a reluctant Ma’ah, brother Malor and a remarkably enthusiastic Boimler topic themselves to ache sticks and different Klingon rituals of humiliation. We additionally see how Boimler’s facial hair is progressing, and be taught that the house rifts the Cerritos has been encountering are most likely synthetic.
In the meantime, the episode places a uncommon highlight on bird-like ship’s counsellor Dr Gabers Migleemo, whose encounter with probably the most revered of his homeworld’s students turns right into a culinary nightmare. This is all the things you’ll want to learn about Migleemo, the Klowahkan civilization that laid him, and why he cannot cease speaking about meals.
Spoiler warning! Warning suggested if you have not but watched this week’s episode.
Who’s Dr. Migleemo in “Star Trek: Decrease Decks”
Dr. Gabers Migleemo (voiced by Paul F. Tompkins) is ship’s counsellor on board the USS Cerritos. Very similar to his USS Enterprise-D counterpart Deanna Troi, he is allowed to indicate up for work in civvies, and has a seat on the bridge subsequent to the ship’s captain.
Migleemo is a member of the bird-like Klowahkan race, who hail from the “nestworld” of Klowahka. They’re a wholly totally different species to the equally avian (however extra eagle-like) Aurelians, who first appeared in “The Animated Collection” episode “Yesteryear” (1973). Extra not too long ago, Captain Chakotay had an Aurelian first officer, Adreek-Hu, on board the USS Protostar in “Star Trek: Prodigy” (2022 onwards).
It must also be famous that using a chicken and a cat (Caitian medical officer T’Ana) on the identical medical group is probably a recipe for PR catastrophe.
What’s Dr. Migleemo’s position on board the Cerritos?
A professional psychologist, Dr. Migleemo is answerable for the psychological well being of the crew — for instance, Captain Carol Freeman sends rebellious daughter Beckett Mariner for remedy to assist negotiate her points with authority. Sadly for everybody on board, nonetheless, Migleemo is not significantly good at his job, and his tendency to stuff his consultations with meals metaphors has turned him right into a determine of enjoyable on the Cerritos.
He was removed from the best mentor for D’Vana Tendi, whereas his first response to being requested to take the conn was to make a subspace name to his mom so she may “see her particular boy being the captain”. He additionally wasted a uncommon second to shine after Tendi picked him as Starfleet’s champion in an Orion household squabble/”barter by fight” together with her sister, D’Erika. It turned out that his Orion counterpart, B’Eth, had a extreme allergy to feathers that left her incapacitated … till Migleemo’s untimely celebrations gifted the battle — and the Cerritos — to his opponent.
What will we learn about Klowahkan tradition?
Klowahkan society is constructed round haute delicacies to such an extent that the species invented warp journey within the hope of discovering “unusual new meals.” Klowahka’s best students, Sir Legnog and Madame Gonald, are literally meals critics, whose culinary critiques are thought-about “akin to scripture.”
Hailing from a planet like this, is it any surprise that Migleemo is susceptible to peppering his speech with fixed references to meals?
Why is Migleemo so involved about Legnog and Gonald’s go to?
When the Cerritos is dispatched to escort the 2 critics from Praxon IV to Klowahka, their fearsome status is sufficient to get Migleemo shedding feathers – Tendi remarks that he appears much more nervous than he was when he confronted off towards the aforementioned Orion warrior.
Inside seconds of beaming aboard the prodigiously snobbish duo have dismissed the Cerritos’ décor, and questioned Migleemo’s choice to hitch Starfleet, suggesting he needs to be “discovering new soups and stews”. (He factors out that he is encountered a number of chowders over the course of his voyages.)
They’re additionally damning concerning the Cerritos’ fluorescent lighting — although, as Captain Freeman factors out, it has been “scientifically attuned to swimsuit all dwelling beings” — and take into account Migleemo’s replicated providing of Mordanian Beef Loin and Mac and Cheese unbearably bland. Actually, they see the meal as such an affront that Migleemo is dismissed as a heretic.
What are the results of being consigned to the “E-book of the Flavorless”?
Migleemo tries to make amends by residence cooking an Enaran Hogfish Galantine. Alas, not even the elegant dicing abilities Tendi discovered at murderer faculty are sufficient for Legnog and Gonald, who declare Migleemo’s efforts blandly substandard.
In a punishment so disproportionate it will make Gordon Ramsay wince, they threaten to banish Migleemo’s complete household from the “nice seating chart” and sentence him to flavour jail. The latter could not sound that dangerous, but it surely’s the one place on Klowahka the place butter will not be allowed — and never even the tasty amuse bouche gifted to each customer on arrival goes to sugar that almost all bitter of capsules.
How does Migleemo get out of culinary jail?
Migleemo is ready to get out of culinary jail by enjoying a trick on his condescending jailors.
Eager to exhibit the supremacy of Klowahkan meals, Legnog and Gonald decree the oysters served on arrival an undisputed triumph. However Tendi and Rutherford have carried out a crafty change, changing the precise shellfish with replicated variations created from … nicely, one thing nasty. They’re so disgusting to everybody else that Legnog and Gonald’s secret is revealed: the stress of critiquing a lot meals has prompted an entire lack of style.
Migleemo agrees to work with the duo to assist them overcome their affliction, in return for loads of “high-end catering.” And but, regardless of all the things, Legnog and Gonald nonetheless give the Cerritos replicators a mere two stars of their evaluation.
New episodes of “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” season 5 debut on Paramount Plus on Thursdays.
