‘Delicious’: Star Trek’s Gillian Vigman talked to us about Dr. T’Ana’s profanity in lower decks and why she’ll miss it so much

The TV schedule 2025 is just around the corner, but not before we see Star Trek: Lower Decks will end its final season in 2024. It’s a show that has meant many different things to different people throughout its run. Some will miss the laughs they had when they streamed it with theirs Paramount+ subscriptionand others will miss their favorite characters. For Dr. T’Ana actress Gillian Vigman will miss the profanity, she told CinemaBlend when she compared her character’s whining habits to her own life.

Vigman was kind enough to speak with CinemaBlend beforehand Star Trek: Lower Decks episode “Of Gods And Angles”, where her Dr. T’Ana threw up a storm as usual when Boimler tried to get invited to her book club. The voice The actress behind the Caitian doctor confirmed that she swears just as much as her Starfleet counterpart and shared her perspective on it:

I find swearing – it’s such a strange thing to say – delicious. I think it’s funny. I like how you can use it in an emphatic way to really get a point across. And I know a lot of people would say that’s a sign that you lack intelligence (or) that you don’t know how to express yourself in any other way. And I say no. I love it. I express myself in many ways, but this is part of the rainbow of expletives I would love to use when I speak.

Nothing tastier than a finely salted F-bomb, we say.

Star Trek have traditionally looked down their noses at characters who often swore and generally stand by that rule of late and, I would assume, coming Hike shows. Lower deck is an exception where all characters swear more often than the typical Starfleet member for comedic effect. This applies especially to Dr. T’Ana, whose majority of scenes on the show include at least a swear word or five.

It’s funny, especially considering that a large part of the fandom lost their minds when Sylvia Tilly dropped an f-bomb in Star Trek: Discovery years earlier. That controversy didn’t stop Gillian Vigman from going all out when she auditioned for the role, which she recalled while mentioning what she will miss most about recording lines for Dr. T’Ana:

When I got the opportunity to audition for Dr. T’Ana, and they were like, “Go crazy, go for it.” I was like, “F yeah,” and I really went for it in a way that was the most exciting thing I could do. When I record I get to go bananas and do it. One of the things I’ll miss the most is saying the dirtiest things I know, unfortunately, they have to beep because if you heard what I said, I don’t know if I’d ever work again.

She may never work outside Star Trekbut I would like to be optimistic. There is still hope that Gillian Vigman and others Lower deck cast will return to the franchise. Tawny Newsome recently confirmed her live action comedy series tied to Trek is still in the worksand also told CinemaBlend she would like people from LD on it. Admittedly, it would take quite a bit of prosthetic work to make Vigman look like her Caitian counterpart, but the actress confirmed to me that she would be willing to go through with it for a role.

We are officially in the final stretch of episodes for Star Trek: Lower Decks and the grand finale. Creator Mike McMahan has promised a satisfying ending to the comedy series, and based on how fans have reacted to it so far, I think they’ll be very happy with the final episode. I’m sure they’d like to see another streamer swoop in and save it too, but we’ll just have to wait and see what the future holds for this show.

Stream new Star Trek: Lower Decks episode on Paramount+ on Thursdays. With the final episodes coming up in the coming weeks, now would be a good time to catch up to experience the final episode along with everyone else.

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‘Delicious’: Star Trek’s Gillian Vigman talked to us about Dr. T’Ana’s profanity in lower decks and why she’ll miss it so much

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