Reflections (episode)
Mariner and Boimler work the Starfleet recruitment booth at an alien job fair, Rutherford challenges himself.

Summary

Teaser
Ensign Samanthan Rutherford is sleeping in his bunk, but is in the midst of a nightmare,  in which he's having trouble with an engine that's overheating and on the verge of destruction. As the engine explodes, Rutherford wakes up screaming, startling fellow ensign Federov as he walks by in a towel.

Background information

Title
 The title was announced on  by Paramount+.

Continuity
 This episode features six different Starfleet uniform styles, the most to ever appear in a single episode: Starfleet uniform (2250s-early 2270s)  Type C (on the life-size cutouts of Kirk and Spock), Starfleet uniform (2350s-2370s) Type A (on a PADD image), Type B (worn by an officer in Rutherford's flashback and dress uniform seen on a PADD image), Starfleet uniform (late 2360s-early 2370s) (cadet uniform and pilot uniform both in illusory form), Starfleet uniform (2370s-early 2380s) (seen on PADD images), and Starfleet uniform (early 2380s) (regularly worn by the  crew).
 Anaphasic lifeforms previously appeared in .
 Petra Aberdeen, glamorous independent archeologist, is based on Vash. She served on the , and references the controversy over whether Starfleet is a military organization.
 Rutherford's repressed personality asks Barnes if the Trill her spots go all the way down; Jadzia Dax was asked a similar question by Deral. ()
 Tendi has a pod plant with mind-control pollen from Omicron Ceti III, previously encountered in .

Links and references

Starring
 Tawny Newsome as Beckett Mariner
 Jack Quaid as Brad Boimler
 Noël Wells as D'Vana Tendi
 Eugene Cordero as Sam Rutherford
 Dawnn Lewis as Carol Freeman 
 Jerry O'Connell as Jack Ransom
 Fred Tatasciore as Shaxs
 Gillian Vigman as T'Ana

Guest cast
 Carlos Alazraqui
 Georgia King as Petra Aberdeen
 Phil LaMarr
 Jessica McKenna as
 Cerritos Computer
 Barnes
 Carl Tart as Kayshon
 Kari Wahlgren

Background characters 
 Federov
 James T. Kirk (faceless stand-in cutout)
 Lars Lundy
 
 Saticoy
 Silberger
 Spock (faceless stand-in cutout)

References
Addix's species; Andorian; Antedian; Arcturian; Ariolo; "Baby Bear"; Benzite; Big Strong City; Borg; Borg drone; butt bugs; cerebral scan;  (aka ); California-class decks; Captain's yacht; Cardassian; Cerritos captain's yacht; ; Coltar; ; ; ; Delta Flyer; Delta Quadrant; Devron 500; ; Douglas Station; Earth; emergency medical team; engineering division; Evora; Federation; Ferengi; Galardonian; Gelrakian; Grand Nagus; Grand Nagus' staff; graphenated corridor joist; Independent Archaeologists Guild; Khwopian;  (alternate reality); Klingon; Kobayashi Maru scenario; Lurian; Mars; mind-control pollen; mission log; Mixtus inhabitant; mummy; Museum of Antiquities; Omicron Ceti III; PADD; Pakled; ; pip; pod plant; pseudo navy; quasar; Redwood; Repair Bay 5; Risian; Romulan; Romulan Neutral Zone; Rotciv; Sampaguita; security division; Sequoia; ;  (alternate reality); Starbase 80; Starfleet; Starfleet Academy; Star Fleet Booth [sic]; Starfleet Recruitment Manual 1701; ; Tech Services Academy; Tellarite; Trill; Palor Toff's species; truther; Tulgana IV; ; Vorgon; ; Vulcan; Vulcan inverter; Wadi; warp-capable starship; Zibalian

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