9 Ups & NO Downs From Star Trek: Lower Decks 5.7 — Fully Dilated
7. UP — The (Far From) Salem Snell Trials
Thankfully, the Cerritos' resident cat-Caitian stayed aboard ship this week, as it's not just one's own curiosity that can have consequences. Oh, Snell! Even his name sounds shifty. There is always one lurking somewhere to cause trouble. And if none are around, the Snell is probably you! With the voice acting so on point, we could almost forgive all the sneaking and accusations of witchcraft.
This wasn't the first time Starfleet officers had been accused of sorcery or some sort of "unholy magic," however. For example, it didn't take long for Captain Kirk to be called a witch on the other side of the Atavachron time portal on Sarpeidon. When Fairhaven went on the fritz in Spirit Folk, the holographic townspeople tried to exorcise Tom Paris and Harry Kim. In a sense, Snell is Seamus and Milo combined.
That's all just silly superstition, of course. We all know witchcraft and wizardry (and the Salem trials as a result) are actually just the perfectly rational powers of interdimensional aliens, the Megans, from Megas-Tu. Snell would have a field day!