Bro was goofing off and heard the captain coming and was like “shit I gotta look busy fast”
Kirk never suspected a thing.
True lower decks material
Kirk probably would have laughed and told him ''take it easy Jeff this isn't the Acadamy''
Being an extra with a sense of humor would be the best job. Especially if that show ended up being overly scrutinized fifty years later.
He’s holding a prop and using it like some kind of two-handed screwdriver on that point on the GNDN pipes.
Also the thing on the wall just looks like a bunch of natural gas pipes and regulators and shit stuck halfway into the drywall and painted yellow. Like someone just ran out to Home Depot to find some "futuristic" looking parts in the plumbing section. Also I'm pretty sure that's just a commercial fire alarm horn/strobe on the wall to the left.
I like picking apart props.
Even by low budget sci-fi show standards, those are pretty bad!
Míster Invisible Wheel Turner!
i guess this was before stem bolts were self-sealing
The wheel of time... Or maybe the wheel of fire from Babylon 5?
He is wearing a small digital lens kit on the left eye that allows him to view and interact with holographic images and digitally generated moving parts. He looks like he is randomly miming nothing in thin air but he is actually remotely adjusting plasma vents and radiation emitters behind the bulkhead and operating moving parts on the outside of the ship from the safety of the inside.
Judging from the reactions of the rest of the crew walking past ... Ensign Jimmy Turny Knob is just going through a normal day at work.
The Mime Department is the backbone of Starfleet!
