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Adam Holmes

Star Trek’s Tawny Newsome Compared Lower Decks Season 4’s Big Bad To Khan, And I Totally Agree With This Connection

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Nick Locarno in Star Trek: Lower Decks and Khan in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 are ahead!

Prior to joining Star Trek: Voyager as Tom Paris, Robert Duncan McNeil made his Star Trek debut in The Next Generation episode “The First Duty” as Nick Locarno, a Starfleet Academy cadet who was expelled for his role in a classmate’s death. While Tom has obviously become McNeill’s more well-known Star Trek character, Locarno surprisingly returned to this franchise for Lower Decks Season 4’s ending episodes, where he was revealed as this season’s big bad. Tawny Newsome, who voices Beckett Mariner on the animated series, compared Nick’s heel turn to classic Trek baddie Khan while speaking with CinemaBlend, and I totally agree with this connection.

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