2. BRADWARD BOIMLER/BARBARA BRINSON: A Bad Case of the Love Bugs

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.

The article mentioned in the episode: LOWER DECKS EPISODE 5 REINTERPRETS ALIEN IN A TOTALLY UNEXPECTED WAY - Ryan Britt

***Special shout out to Steve Combs 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):

• Red Alert
• Yellow Alert
• Fascinating
• Fully Functional
• Resistance is Futile