Married Trekkies, Nicole and Joe, are back! This time, we're getting animated with Star Trek: Lower Decks season 1 episode 5: "CUPID'S ERRANT ARROW." We chat about about the relationship between Ensign Brad Biomler (Jack Quaid), Lieutenant Barb Brinson (Gillian Jacobs) and a romance parasite with plenty of detours along the way.&nbsp;
The article mentioned in the episode: <a href="https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/star-trek-lower-decks-episode-5-alien">LOWER DECKS EPISODE 5 REINTERPRETS ALIEN IN A TOTALLY UNEXPECTED WAY - Ryan Britt</a>&nbsp;
***Special shout out to <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/">Steve Combs</a> for the music featured and remixed throughout this episode.
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Deep Space Love's Romance Rating Scale (from toxic to red hot):
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 <li>Red Alert</li>
 <li>Yellow Alert</li>
 <li>Fascinating</li>
 <li>Fully Functional</li>
 <li>Resistance is Futile 
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3. JEAN-LUC PICARD/VASH: Love & Merry Men

A (mostly) Star Trek podcast in which a married Trekkie couple explore love - in all its forms - throughout the final frontier. Join Nicole &amp; Joe as they deep dive into the romances &amp; love stories of Star Trek with special guests along the way, as well as interview people associated with Star Trek and other sci-fi franchises about our shared love for Trek and the genre as a whole.