Star Trek: Lower Decks 2.4 Review - Ups & Downs From Mugato, Gumato
4. He Likes To Watch - UP
This was potentially one of the most uncomfortable, hilarious moments in Star Trek: Lower Deck's run to date. When Boimler and Rutherford are confronted by a pair of Mugato, they quickly dive inside a hollowed-out tree trunk, desperate to escape. Above them, the two Mugato begin to *ahem* take advantage of this new alone time.
And, thanks to some interestingly close-up shots on one of their faces, the creatures are clearly having a good time. Things change when another Mugato bursts into the clearing, roaring. Rutherford speculates that there could be an Alpha rival about to break out.
Instead, this new arrival bids the other two to continue, while he begins pulling his horn off. The entire scene is bizzare. Rutherford's casually disgusted statement of 'I guess he likes to watch' sums up much of the feelings I had during this scene - that I had stumbled into the middle of something I wasn't quite meant to see. It goes on slightly longer than one would expect, though certainly long enough to confirm that Lower Deck is not a children's show.
Up. But I feel wrong about it.