When episode 7 of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 2 dropped onto Paramount Plus a few days early for San Diego Comic-Con last month, it treated fans with that highly-anticipated live-action crossover with the animated series "Star Trek: Lower Decks."
The trippy storyline of the "Those Old Scientists" episode, directed by "Star Trek" royalty Jonathan Frakes from a fun script by Kathryn Lyn & Bill Wolkoff, includes a time portal incident that sends "Lower Decks" Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler tumbling back in time 120 years, where Captain Pike and his 23rd century Enterprise crew need to return them to their existence before they change the timeline.
