Moist Vessel continues to show that Trek can do comedy and animation right, and still be Trek. First airing on 27 August, 2020, it was written by Ann Kim and continues to move our characters forward in their narrative arcs, with lots of deep cuts and humour.

The Cerritos is investigating a long-lost generation ship with fascinating terraforming tech aboard, but Mariner (Tawny Newsome) causes some strife as she may have gone too far in disrespecting her mother, Captain Freeman (Dawnn Lewis), in front of the crew, and she works on getting payback. She gets the worst duties on the ship, including cleaning out the bio-filters and waste removal of the holodeck (ugh). All in an attempt to make Mariner ask for a transfer off the ship.

What if they promote her to officer? What will happen to Boimler’s (Jack Quaid) self-confidence with that reveal? Or will he decide to use Mariner’s example as a guide to promotion and try to act out?

Tendi (Noel Wells), meanwhile, has completely pooched the spiritual ascension for a crewmate, O’Connor (Haley Joel Osment), and is not going out of her way to make things better.

What happens when an error in using the tractor beams leads to the terraforming fluid infecting the Cerritos? Classic Trek, and lots of laughs.

In terms of fun continuity and canon, there is a Tellarite, Captain Durango (Al Rodrigo), and a sarcastic Vulcan salute. There’s also command crew poker, and a reference to Q, the Traveller, and holo-Moriarty.

And there’s the stunning reveal that the universe rests on the back of a giant smiling Koala, and hey! That’s canon.

Cupid’s Errant Arrow was written by Ben Joseph and debuted on 3 September, 2020.

Mariner finds herself very suspicious of Boimler’s new girlfriend, Barb (Gillian Jacobs) – she mus be a parasitic alien of some sort… right? Boimler, meanwhile, finds himself jealous of Barb’s history with Jet (Marcus Henderson).

So is she a threat or just really tuned into Boimler? There is definitely a parasite involved…

Tendi and Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) find themselves very jealous of the USS Vancouver’s equipment. It’s a larger ship and seems to be better outfitted as a Parliament-class ship. And they almost find themselves transferred to Vancouver because of their intentions to keep some of the equipment.

They are working with the Vancouver to help solve the problem of an unstable moon and the local people who don’t want it imploded as planned. It’s a huge diplomatic issue; can Freeman and Ransom (Jerry O’Connell) and the two crews come up with a way to save the societies and their connections to the moon?

Trivia cuts include a glimpse of the Salt Vampire, an Allasomorph, the Bynars, and humpback whales. And there’s a hilarious flashback with Mariner when the Enterprise, Data, Lore, and the Borg get namechecked, and how things seemed to happen on a weekly basis for them.

Terminal Provocations was written by John Cochran and it first aired on 10 September, 2020.

Rutherford creates a hologram training program, and consequently we get our first holodeck runs amok story. Welcome Badgey (Jack McBrayer)! Badgey quickly becomes an iconic character for the series and Trek. It helps that they are designed like a Starfleet delta.

Badgey has some loading issues, and Rutherford makes some serious goofs with it, and the safety protocols are disconnected, he not only becomes self-aware, but homicidal.

We are introduced to Ensign Fletcher (Tim Robinson), who is a great guy, but a little awkward. He makes a number of errors, and despite his good intentions, things go badly, really quickly. It’s a bit of a reverse of The Nth Degree. Boimler and Mariner are able to deal with most of it, while the command crew deals with the scavengers.

And we first hear about Starbase 80! Apparently it’s one of the worst assignments.

J.G. Hertzler, who played Martok on Deep Space Nine, lends his voice to a scavenger captain. A number of holo characters get name-checked; we see an Antares-class ship as seen in Charlie X and The Ultimate Computer. Sulu gets namechecked in a maneuver, and then we also hear about the Titan, under the command of William T. Riker.