Summary

• Tawny Newsome discusses the crossover episode with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the excitement of watching it with friends and colleagues at her house.
• Tawny shares favorite memories from the set of Strange New Worlds, including dancing in a disco pizza restaurant and joking with Ethan Peck about his character Spock.
• Tawny reflects on Mariner's character development in Lower Decks season 4, the revelation about her connection to Ensign Sito, and her growth from a rebellious character to a hero who believes in Starfleet.

Star Trek: Lower Decks star Tawny Newsome has had quite a year, not just starring as Lieutenant Beckett Mariner in the hit animated comedy, but also bringing Mariner to live-action in a crossover episode with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
In Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4, Mariner resisted her promotion to Lieutenant, junior grade and behaved in self-destructive ways. Furthermore, Mariner revealed her trauma from the death of Ensign Jaxa Sito (Shannon Fill), who was her friend in Starfleet Academy. Sito died in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Lower Decks," and this defined Mariner's desire to remain a Lower Decker. But when push came to shove, Mariner still saved the galaxy from their disgraced former classmate, Nicholas Locarno (Robert Duncan McNeill).

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