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This is the Daystrom Institute Episode Analysis thread for Lower Decks 4x01 Twovix and 4x02 I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee.

Now that we’ve had a few days to digest the content of the latest episode, this thread is a place to dig a little deeper.

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[–] williams_482@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

why restore the transporter patterns to their components rather than their Tuvix’d counterparts?

Counterpoint: why would you restore the transporter merges? The Tuvix'd contingent occupies the exact same state as the original individuals: "dead", destroyed in the process of recreating another, larger being. Reverting to those obviously unstable and dangerous merged beings instead of the individuals who had been merged to create them would be absurd.