6 Ups & 1 Down For Star Trek: Lower Decks 5.4 — A Farewell To Farms

We learnt a few things from A Farewell to Farms, the first of which was that, as of circa 2382, the Federation wasn't allowed into the Klingon system for any reason, based on the ruling of the Federation-hating leader of the Oversight Council, Bargh.

Bargh was brother of Dorg, "puppet master" of the Pakled attacks on the Federation, so his attitude wasn't so surprising. The oddest thing was that Bargh's 'Federation-ban' seemed to have bypassed the Klingon High Council. Had there been some sort of scission with Chancellor Martok?

One of the great strengths of Lower Decks is that, though this is its fifth season in four years, in-universe, no more than about two years have passed. That means everything is closely connected in time, including the Klingon intrigue and perhaps, directly or indirectly, the potholes in spacetime.

Now, I feel a 'Seán Speculates,' or at least a 'Jack Gestures,' coming on! As we found out at the end of A Farewell to Arms, this season's dimensional rifts are not a natural occurrence, but are, in fact, artificial in origin. "It's looking like someone is making them," Mariner states to Ma'ah and Malor. In reality, any number of species/collectives could be responsible, so I'm going to say… Moopsy did it! Speculation aside, if it's as good as Locarno last season, I'm looking forward to finding out who or what is really behind it all.