What's The Deal With ‘Lower Decks' Peanut Hamper?
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Star Trek is a long-running franchise that has introduced iconic characters often quoted and spoken of in modern entertainment. While this is often true of lead characters in long-running franchises, sometimes a nature meant for a singular or small appearance will become more meaningful to a story. Star Trek: Lower Deck's Peanut Hamper is a character that has become increasingly more important, as evidenced by the most recent return. When audiences last met Peanut Hamper, the exocomp had betrayed the USS Cerritos by not sabotaging an enemy ship with a virus. The exocomp received a quick comeuppance when another ship rescued the Cerritos, leaving Peanut Hamper alone in space. Audiences find the exocomp floating through space seemingly without a haven and doing penance for the injustices committed.
As an entity, the exocomp is not a new creature to the Star Trek franchise; however, Peanut Hamper is a departure from previous characterizations. Whereas Exocomps, like the ones seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation, are depicted as human-like and generous in personality. Peanut, by contrast, is characterized as morally grey and still developing a personality. The character's personality and development are conveyed through limited body language and voice.
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Producers of the show were pleased with Keith Donohue's ability to act and give the character life. The fact that two years have passed and fans still care about Peanut is a testimony to good writing and acting. Producers have intimated that Peanut Hamper's growth development depends on situational comedy, which juxtaposes the character's theoretical perfectionism. It also is ant-climatic when the viewer sees that Peanut has shown no growth. No doubt, fans can look forward to more Peanut Hamper appearances, given the reception of the last appearance. Although, one can only wonder when that will happen.
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Source(s): Den of Geek
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