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"He's the worst counselor in the fleet! He just tosses out nonstop food metaphors!"
– Beckett Mariner, 2380 ("Crisis Point")

Doctor Gabers Migleemo was a male Klowahkan who served as a Starfleet officer during the late 24th century as a counselor aboard the USS Cerritos.

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Doctor Gabers Migleemo, an ornithoid species member, served as a counselor on the USS Cerritos in the late 24th century. His therapy style, characterized by frequent use of food metaphors, was a source of annoyance for his shipmates, leading to a lack of trust in his sessions.
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Captain Carol Freeman mandated therapy sessions for Ensign Beckett Mariner with Dr. Migleemo in 2380. Mariner was resistant, criticizing Dr. Migleemo's therapeutic approach, which heavily involved food metaphors. However, due to Mariner's repeated insubordination, Captain Freeman stood firm on her decision.
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Dr. Gabers Migleemo, a counselor on the USS Cerritos, had a unique therapy style involving food metaphors. His shipmates, including Ensign Beckett Mariner, found this approach unhelpful and annoying. Despite Mariner's protests, she was ordered to undergo therapy with Dr. Migleemo, who she believed to be incompetent and expected to focus on food-related ramblings.
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Ensign Beckett Mariner objected to therapy with Dr. Migleemo, deeming him incompetent. She was irritated by his incessant use of food metaphors, which she believed overshadowed any valuable counsel, causing her to distrust him as a therapist and dread their sessions.
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Starfleet career[]

2380[]

In 2380, Captain Carol Freeman ordered her daughter, Ensign Beckett Mariner, to undergo therapy with Dr. Migleemo, despite Mariner's protests that he was incompetent and would only ramble about food. He noted the frequent examples of insubordination in Mariner's report, and suggested that she make paella as a means of channeling her rage. (LD: "Crisis Point")

2381[]

In 2381, when the bridge crew were discussing the Collector's Guild, Captain Freeman mentioned that the collectors all tried to collect Data. Migleemo regarded this with sadness, as he cried and asked why they could not simply leave Data alone, as he "just wanted to feel."

Later that same day, after the away team returned to the Cerritos from their away mission on Kerner Hauze's starship, Migleemo found Lieutenant Kayshon, who had been turned into a puppet, in sickbay. Migleemo contemplated using Kayshon for puppet therapy, but he was prevented from doing so by Dr. T'Ana, who told him to acknowledge the sign on Kayshon's biobed stating not to play with him, as he was not a real puppet. (LD: "Kayshon, His Eyes Open")

The same year, Migleemo had avoided his annual physical exam, until Dr. T'Ana had Ensign D'Vana Tendi track him down along with a list of others. (LD: "Mugato, Gumato", display graphic)

Migleemo had accumulated collection of "stuff" that was required to be collected as part of anomaly consolidation duty. After Ensign Tendi discovered his name on the list of items to collect, she admitted that she "didn't know he even went on missions." In visiting his office, it was found that he had a considerable "pile of random junk", including a "dusty goggles thing", "half of some sort of sword, and a "perfectly good storybook" copy of the Three Little Pigs that turned out to be an energy field book and materialized monstrous versions of the title characters. (LD: "The Spy Humongous")

Later that year, he participated in the training drills presented by Shari yn Yem. (LD: "I, Excretus")

He was in a session with Jet Manhaver when Captain Freeman requested all hands on deck to assist in removing the Cerritos' hull plating.

Later, he was in the corridor lineup to congratulate Captain Freeman on her promotion when she was, in actuality, being arrested by Starfleet Security. (LD: "First First Contact")

Migleemo also served as Ensign Tendi's mentor in the senior science officer training program. Although foreign to him, he was able to mentor Tendi with a bit of useful advice: "Captains have big egos. You need to cut through that and speak for science, which is why you will be serving as a science officer trainee with Captain Freeman today." He added, "I want you to focus on getting the captain's attention. Really prove that you've got the grapes to stand up to her." (LD: "Mining The Mind's Mines")

Later that year, he was on the bridge when the Cerritos received a distress call from former Ensign Peanut Hamper from the planet Areolus and battled a Drookmani-operated Areore ship. (LD: "A Mathematically Perfect Redemption")

He was on the bridge when the Cerritos traveled from Ornara to Brekka during Project Swing By. He glared at Mariner after she entered the bridge and informed the crew to "look alive people!", while on her way to the ready room, unaware that everyone knew about her unauthorized interview with Victoria Nuzé and incorrectly believed that she had made the Cerritos look bad. As Migleemo and the others glared, Mariner commented on them being "a tough crowd", and that it must be true that "the camera does add ten frowns." After Mariner entered the ready room, she commented to Freeman and Ransom on how she wasn't usually concerned with the crew's morale, but the energy of Migleemo and the others was "dark".

Following the ship's arrival at Brekka, soon after, Freeman gave Migleemo command of the bridge as she left with the away team. Excited, he ordered Ensign Brad Boimler to contact his mother so she could see her "special boy" being the captain. Migleemo was still talking to her when Freeman returned, amid a Breen attack. To cover up his actions, he feigned blaming her for calling him while at work, before hanging up on her. (LD: "Trusted Sources")

He was on the bridge when the Cerritos arrived in the Portelo system. Later, he was taken hostage in the newly created T'Illups' quarters, where he was merged with Captain Freeman and was "Tuvixed" into the being known as Frigleeman. (LD: "Twovix")

Migleemo was among those telepathically affected by T'Lyn's emotional turmoil, causing him to become inordinately angry at and attack a replicator for not giving him regurgitated soup like he had wanted. (LD: "Empathological Fallacies")

In response to self-destructive behavior by now Lieutenant jg Mariner, Lieutenant Boimler suggested that Captain Freeman send her to therapy with Migleemo, but due to an impending mission to place Nick Locarno in protective custody, Freeman decided against it, reasoning that they had no time. (LD: "The Inner Fight")

Shortly afterwards, when Mariner was captured by Locarno and trapped in the Detrion system, D'Vana Tendi was forced to demand a barter by combat when negotiations with her sister D'Erika Tendi for a ship capable of breaching the trynar shield failed. When D'Erika brought out B'eth as her champion, D'Vana chose Migleemo as hers because B'eth was allergic to feathers. Migleemo was losing the duel until he fluffed his down at D'Vana's request, leading to B'eth sneezing uncontrollably. However, Migleemo became cocky and failed to get out of B'eth's way before she collapsed, leading to her collapsing on top of him and winning by default. (LD: "Old Friends, New Planets")

2382[]

In 2382, the Cerritos were greeted by two Klowahkan scholars - Legnog and Gonald. He was nervous with their presence as their prestige was known far and wide. However, it seemed that everything he did backfired - being a Starfleet officer, making replicated meals and even making an actual meal, all of them lead to the two accusing him of being bland. They took Migleemo into custody, intending to send him to flavor jail once they returned to their homeworld. However, Tendi, Rutherford and Freeman realized something was up when a lot of their reviews claimed all of their meals were bland. The trio tricked the two into revealing that they had lost their sense of taste, allowing Migleemo to approach them and offer to help restore their sense through therapy in exchange for high-end catering every session. (LD: "A Farewell To Farms")

Personality[]

Being a Klowahkan, Migleemo often peppered his speech with food-related metaphors. This affectation annoyed his shipmates, and his usage of them as part of his therapy style, effectively obfuscating any useful advice he might give to a non-Klowahkan, caused them to dread sessions with him and not trust him as a therapist. (LD: "Crisis Point", "Trusted Sources", "The Stars At Night")

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Background information[]

Migleemo was voiced by Paul F. Tompkins.

His first name was initially given on StarTrek.com before it was confirmed on screen in "A Farewell To Farms". [1](X)

Lower Decks series creator Mike McMahan described Migleemo as being "not outstanding at his job." [2] Just above average at his job.

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