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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x04 "Something Borrowed, Something Green"
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I agree that Mariner's role in the episode was nothing but a running gag, but I have to point out what an exceptionally well written running gag it was, both in terms of her character and her character development over the course of the series.
Mariner's behavior in this episode tells us two things about her. First, she's the type of person who can get stabbed three times in a single day and (mostly) shrug it off. This isn't really a surprise. She's has always been both tough and resourceful, but she's also impulsive and emotional which too often results in her messing things up. Not this time though, and that's the second thing the episode tells us. Mariner is maturing. In past seasons a knife in her shoulder would have resulted in either a fight or a great deal of grandstanding about what a badass she is for not caring that she got stabbed, but not this time. This time Mariner knows that she's only here to support her friend.
Mariner is the running gag in this episode because now, perhaps for the first time, she can handle being the running gag. She knows that this adventure is about Tendi, and she's not going to derail it over a little thing like getting stabbed three times.