janeway

In Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 2, “Envoys,” Ensign Rutherford faces a new version of the famous no-win scenario from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. During a holographic command training program, Commander Ransom puts him in several situations in which it seems like there’s literally no way to save the ship. After the ship is destroyed in the very first simulation, Ransom says this: “In situations like that, try employing the Janeway protocol.” When Rutherford asks “what’s that?” Ransom replies cryptically, and hilariously, with “good one!” The joke is great. But, what’s even funnier is that we don’t…