Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV Series)
Those Old Scientists (2023)
Jess Bush: Nurse Christine Chapel
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[the Enterprise senior staff are having a cocktail party in Captain Pike's quarters. They're drinking Orion Hurricanes for the first time. Also, this scene is done in the same animation style as "Star Trek: Lower Decks"]
Nurse Christine Chapel : Mm, what exactly have we been drinking for the last hour?
Dr. M'Benga : [mumbles] I don't know...
Lt. Erica Ortegas : Orion Hurricanes. Karas gave us a bottle of real Orion delaq, so they're genuine.
Captain Christopher Pike : Interesting flavor.
Una Chin-Riley : [examining her hand] Does anyone else feel strange?
Nyota Uhura : Why does everything feel so... two-dimensional?
Spock : [observing his left arm, which appears elongated and is whipping around like a snake] My arms don't normally do this.
Lt. Erica Ortegas : My eyes feel huge. Do my eyes look huge?
Una Chin-Riley , Captain Christopher Pike , Spock , Dr. M'Benga : [bending over to examine Ortegas's eyes] . Hmm...
Dr. M'Benga : What the hell is in these things?
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[Boimler is in the Enterprise's lounge, playing with a retro-PADD]
Lt. Erica Ortegas : [from behind Boimler, with Nurse Chapel] Whatcha got there?
Ensign Brad Boimler : [shrieks] Ah, uh, um, hey. Nothing. Just doing some, uh, warp field mechanics.
Lt. Erica Ortegas : Well, as long as you're not... borrowing it to input any future knowledge.
Ensign Brad Boimler : No, I don't... I don't think I did. Um, lemmee just uh...
Lt. Erica Ortegas : Relax, I'm just bustin' your chops.
[chuckles with Boimler]
Lt. Erica Ortegas : But seriously, you should probably erase whatever you just did.
Ensign Brad Boimler : [nervously] Aye, aye. Yeah.
[sits at a table to erase his work, as Ortegas and Chapel sit on either side of him]
Nurse Christine Chapel : So, how are you feeling? Has the, uh, uncontrollable vomiting come in yet?
Ensign Brad Boimler : Um, what?
Nurse Christine Chapel : Oh, chroniton poisoning. It's really common. You just wanna make sure you're close to a bathroom.
Lt. Erica Ortegas : [snickers]
Ensign Brad Boimler : [realizes he's being teased] Okay, are you guys both messing with me? What's happening?
Lt. Erica Ortegas : Yeah. Hey, what's the future like? Do you have jet packs, or what?
Nurse Christine Chapel : [to Ortegas] We have jet packs now.
Lt. Erica Ortegas : I know, but like smaller jet packs.
Ensign Brad Boimler : Why... don't you both tell me what life is like on the Enterprise? I mean, is just like non-stop excitement? Meeting all these aliens
[indicates two passing Andorian officers]
Ensign Brad Boimler : who are still, actually, y'know... alien.
Lt. Erica Ortegas : Guess you're pretty used to seeing aliens in the future?
Ensign Brad Boimler : Well yeah, but... this, right now, this... this is the Golden Age of Exploration. And you guys actually get to actually live it. I mean... I'm jealous.
[pause]
Nurse Christine Chapel : [to Ortegas] So, where's Nyota?
Lt. Erica Ortegas : Where do you think? Working.
Nurse Christine Chapel : Yeah... tracks.
Lt. Erica Ortegas : I couldn't even get her to come to movie night.
[to Boimler]
Lt. Erica Ortegas : Oh, if you're around on Friday, you should come.
Nurse Christine Chapel : Yeah!
Ensign Brad Boimler : Uh, Is that something you're doing for Captain Pike's birthday?
Nurse Christine Chapel : It's his birthday on Friday?
Lt. Erica Ortegas : How do you know his birthday?
Ensign Brad Boimler : Well, I mean, in the future, his birthday's a holiday.
[gasps]
Ensign Brad Boimler : Crap! Crap, crap. Please, please, do not tell La'an I said anything!
Nurse Christine Chapel : How's throwing the captain a party going to ruin the future?
Ensign Brad Boimler : Well, it could in several ways, um...
Lt. Erica Ortegas : Should we... throw Pike a party? I like it; good idea. I will give you all the credit for it.
Ensign Brad Boimler : Please don't. Don't put my name on anything.
Lt. Erica Ortegas : So much credit.
Nurse Christine Chapel : [seeing Spock] I have to go. Watch out for those chronitons.
Ensign Brad Boimler : [nervously] Okay, yeah.
Ensign Brad Boimler : [sees Spock smiling] *whimper*