Last week, just a mere six days ago,
I skeeted (that’s Bluesky for “posted”) at Mike McMahan on a lighthearted reply to someone who had missed First Contact Day, riffing on my initial suggestion not to worry because there’s always Second Contact Day. My impromptu message to Mike asked if he would object to using the anniversary date of Star Trek: Lower Decks series premiere episode “Second Contact” as the date for a fandom celebration date, which coincidentally also shares another important date in Star Trek history- Lucille Ball’s birthday, who many Trekkies know gave Star Trek its first second chance.
And to that silly inquiry, Mike gave his very serious and important and legally binding emoji blessing.
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And then today the news broke that Lower Decks would be ending after a fifth season.
News which seemed to catch even some of the creatives with the show off guard (a now deleted skeet that mentioned dismay may have been a clue to that end) [quick edit to update: after i posted this i saw Jack Quaid’s instagram post which basically made it clear that this was unexpected and for him, at least, they wanted to continue, but Paramount instead chose not to renew] But whatever happened, in light of that news, and how most likely Mike already knew the fate of the show when he replied in support of fans celebrating Star Trek through Lower Decks, the idea of a Second Contact Day means that much more now.
Lower Deckers, let’s stick together