‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Exclusive: Peanut Hamper Is Back!

Peanut Hamper is back! The AWOL exocomp first introduced in Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1 returns in this week’s episode of the show. And as you can see in Decider’s exclusive look at “A Mathematically Perfect Redemption”, this Peanut is getting super salty.

In the look, PH has been abandoned by Starfleet (technically, the little robot ran away) and gone full-on Castaway, even creating her own friend out of some floating debris in a star-field. And though she’s refusing to call her former crewmates for help in the episode, it turns out that the exocomp that could is going to be going on an adventure of her own.

“Peanut Hamper is so funny to me,” Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan told Decider of the episode. “Kether [Donohue] plays her so amazingly, and I already love exocomps in that they’re like these little self-preservation bots, that if they decide to help you, they can save the day.”

Though the circumstances of how Peanut Hamper returns, and what happens next are under wraps until the episode streams, this week’s episode does push Peanut Hamper to the forefront of the action — and McMahan couldn’t believe they “dedicated a year of work to an episode” about “something without a face.” Though, he added: “That’s what animation is for.”

Star Trek: Lower Decks stars Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O’Connell, and Gillian Vigman. Written by Anne Kim and directed by Jason Zurek, the official synopsis for “A Mathematically Perfect Redemption” is purposefully vague: “A wayward Starfleet ensign struggles to find a path to redemption.” But given the title, will Peanut Hamper find redemption, and her way back to Starfleet? You’ll have to tune into the new episode when it streams tomorrow to find out.