Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 1

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Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 2

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CBS All Access | Paramount+ | Season Premiere Date: August 6, 2020

Summary: Set in 2380, the animated comedy series from Mike McMahan follows the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos as they try to balance working and living on a Starfleet ship.

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. No Small Parts
Air Date: October 8, 2020
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S1:E10. No Small Parts
Air Date: October 8, 2020
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S1:E9. Crisis Point
Air Date: October 1, 2020

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IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

Aug 7, 2020

This may not be the best “Trek” series ever, but based on the first four episodes it might be the most “Trek” series ever. It isn’t a riff on Starfleet shenanigans, it’s the real deal, raw and undiluted. Read full review

Josh Jackson

Aug 6, 2020

Lower Decks finds a lot about the long-running sci-fi franchise worthy of lampooning, but mostly it’s a fun, imaginative and clever look at this beloved universe from a very different perspective. Read full review

Joel Keller

Aug 6, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks is a hilarious look at the people who make Starfleet run and never get credit. And it’s the first Trek product since The Voyage Home to really do a good job skewering the franchise’s self-important streak. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Aug 6, 2020

Star Trek continues to be the big gun in CBS All Access' streaming arsenal, which has been steady if not particularly inventive. Star Trek: Lower Decks somewhat rectifies the second part of that with an irreverent, Adult Swim-type animated series that likely won't beam up many new subscribers but should mildly amuse a quadrant of the more committed ones. Read full review

Mike Hale

Aug 6, 2020

Through four episodes, “Lower Decks” feels caught in between. It’s a smooth and zippy package, but it doesn’t register very strongly as either a geekfest or a transgressive satire. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Aug 6, 2020

The entire show seems to be caught in between extremes. It’s just over the edge of being too adult for kids to watch — Mariner complains that a yeti she once met was “being a dick,” and in one episode gets a punishment detail to clean the holodeck of what’s implied to be semen — but never really delves into truly R-rated Trek content. Read full review

The Guardian Noah Gittell

Aug 6, 2020

The problem is it’s not really interested in anything. It’s a comedy show without gags or setpieces. The voice actors – most of whom are members of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy improv family – do their best to imbue the dialogue with real comic timing. Read full review

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genesis2k

Aug 9, 2020

It's not like "original" star trek, it's not the production quality of the "new" movies. But! it's funny - i seriously enjoy this kind of low level humor - ofc og star trek fans might be BH, but give it a chance!

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ACNH

Dec 25, 2020

I don’t understand the hate this got. It was a fantastic Star Trek show! And I don’t need to add anything to that but I do need to fill a minimum word count so that is why I’m writing this much.

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Gribbledul

Aug 6, 2020

Tightly written, though perhaps too fast paced, it needs to give more space for the character beats they’re hitting to truly land.

But the characterization is sharp and clear. The pilot is a little overstuffed and while it succeeds in letting us know who we’re watching and what motivatesTightly written, though perhaps too fast paced, it needs to give more space for the character beats they’re hitting to truly land.

But the characterization is sharp and clear. The pilot is a little overstuffed and while it succeeds in letting us know who we’re watching and what motivates them, the story around them is pretty rote.

If the show can follow the character drives and let the action grow from that while developing more sophisticated plots, it will surely grow a following.… Expand

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Drael

Aug 6, 2020

Really hard to imagine who the audience is. The comedy isn't particularly edgy, there's a lot of romance vibes, the comedy is really flat, the plot is uninteresting. It's not for gen x, but it seems to be for teenagers. Perhaps it's written for teenagers, but not by someone that remotelyReally hard to imagine who the audience is. The comedy isn't particularly edgy, there's a lot of romance vibes, the comedy is really flat, the plot is uninteresting. It's not for gen x, but it seems to be for teenagers. Perhaps it's written for teenagers, but not by someone that remotely understands teenagers. Either way, it's dross.… Expand

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DaveAus

Aug 6, 2020

Yes this show is bad something we all suspected. Relies very heavily on quirky over the top reactions, no set ups or punch lines. Devoid of any interesting moral or scientific problems Star Trek would usually have.

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N-fan

Aug 6, 2020

Lower Decks, a subpar rip-off of The Orville, which ironically is closer to Star Trek than anything officially produced by Alex Kurtzman, is a new comedy webseries without any humour.

It stars an obnoxious, loud character who doesn't understand the concept of personal space and enjoysLower Decks, a subpar rip-off of The Orville, which ironically is closer to Star Trek than anything officially produced by Alex Kurtzman, is a new comedy webseries without any humour.

It stars an obnoxious, loud character who doesn't understand the concept of personal space and enjoys telling everyone they're wrong because she's always right according to her.

It's like the animated adventures of STD's Michael Burnham, with grating personality to match.

The show's producers claim Lower Decks is canon but none of the characters behave like they're Starfleet officers or even mature adults.

Avoid this latest disaster from CBS at all cost and watch The Orville and Final Space instead.… Expand

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TwiTu

Aug 11, 2020

I dont even know what I should write about this ridiculous stuff anymore.
By now I am just sure that the producers of modern "Star Trek" hated Gene Roddenberry with a passion and want to destroy and pervert his creation because they are simply filled with massive hate, for whatever reason.I dont even know what I should write about this ridiculous stuff anymore.
By now I am just sure that the producers of modern "Star Trek" hated Gene Roddenberry with a passion and want to destroy and pervert his creation because they are simply filled with massive hate, for whatever reason.
There can be no other reason why "Star Trek" is so complete and utter trash nowadays. Nobody can be that stupid to produce **** like this and be serious about it.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: October 24, 2024
Season 4

83
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 7, 2023
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: August 25, 2022
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 12, 2021
Season 1

59
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 6, 2020
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  S1:E10. No Small Parts
  Air Date: October 8, 2020
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  S1:E10. No Small Parts
  Air Date: October 8, 2020
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  S1:E9. Crisis Point
  Air Date: October 1, 2020
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  S1:E9. Crisis Point
  Air Date: October 1, 2020
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  S1:E8. Veritas
  Air Date: September 24, 2020
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  S1:E8. Veritas
  Air Date: September 24, 2020
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  S1:E7. Much Ado About Boimler
  Air Date: September 17, 2020
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  S1:E7. Much Ado About Boimler
  Air Date: September 17, 2020
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  S1:E6. Terminal Provocations
  Air Date: September 10, 2020
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  S1:E6. Terminal Provocations
  Air Date: September 10, 2020
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  S1:E5. Episode 05
  Air Date: September 3, 2020
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  S1:E5. Cupid's Errant Arrow
  Air Date: December 2, 2020
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  S1:E5. Cupid's Errant Arrow
  Air Date: December 2, 2020
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  S1:E4. Moist Vessel
  Air Date: November 25, 2020
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  S1:E4. Moist Vessel
  Air Date: November 25, 2020
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  S1:E3. Temporal Edict
  Air Date: November 25, 2020
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  S1:E3. Temporal Edict
  Air Date: November 25, 2020
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  S1:E2. Envoys
  Air Date: November 18, 2020
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  S1:E2. Envoys
  Air Date: November 18, 2020
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  S1:E1. Second Contact
  Air Date: August 9, 2020
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  S1:E1. Second Contact
  Air Date: August 6, 2020