From: Star Trek: Lower Decks
Genre: Television, Cartoons
Who said it?: Captain Hikaru Sulu
The story behind the quote: This week’s quote comes from the Paramount+ animated show, Star Trek: Lower Decks. Instead of being a serious sci-fi adventure, Star Trek: Lower Decks is more of a comedy, focusing more on the low-ranking officers instead of the captains and leaders usually seen in other Star Trek shows.
The quote comes from the episode entitled Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus, the 8th episode of the 3rd season. In the episode, Ensign Brad Boimler (voiced by Jack Quaid) has a crisis regarding the meaning of life and creates a simulation in the holodeck to try to find it. He stays too long and starts to hallucinate. In the hallucination, he sees himself talking to Captain Hikaru Sulu (voiced by George Takei) from the original Star Trek. Captain Sulu reminisces about how many of his friends have passed away before delivering the quote.
Geek wisdom: Like Boimler said and explained, we shouldn’t be too concerned about our death as it may hinder the way we live life. There are a lot of unknowns in life. But, then again, if we cower in fear from those unknowns, we won’t be open to doing the new and exciting things that makes life worth living.