Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early

If you’re a Paramount Plus subscriber, you can go watch Boimler of Lower Decks geek out over the cast of Strange New Worlds right now.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/22/23802322/paramount-plus-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-lower-decks-early

Paramount Plus just dropped its big Star Trek crossover episode early

Paramount Plus announced at SDCC 2023 that it was releasing its crossover episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Lower Decks five days early. The episode is a riot.

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How important is it that I see Lower Decks first? I keep hearing good things about it, and I will get to it eventually, but I’m not familiar with it at all beyond the premise.
I’d also like to know if there are specific Lower Decks episode(s) that should be watched first to fully appreciate the crossover.
Almost every anachronistic reference the Lower Decks characters make are references you’d catch from DS9, TNG, or Enterprise. You probably won’t enjoy the campy silliness as much as fans of Lower Decks, but it’s a great episode regardless of the crossover.