Three computerized villains return to cause problems for the Cerritos crew.

The mysterious alien vessel attacks a legacy race in this episode, which is a real deep cut from TNG – the Binars from episode 11001001 – but the main focus here is on anthropomorphic holographic antagonist Badgey, as first played by Jack McBrayer in Season 1’s Terminal Provocations and No Small Parts.

Badgey is back, and more powerful than ever, and at the same time Boimler and Tendi are called upon to meet up with two other computer villains from their pasts. If anything, there’s just a bit too much going on, and more disappointingly, every single threat is resolved toothlessly; It’s all build-up and no satisfying delivery.

Verdict: ‘You can turn your red light blue? You are a jerk!’ Lots of call backs to previous Lower Decks episodes, the opportunity for something clever is squandered. 6/10

Nick Joy