Star Trek: Lower Decks

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

4.5	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 147 Ratings

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Dinglebat299Aug 10, 2020

This show feels like it's a desperate attempt to tick as many boxes as possible. Unoriginal, boring, not funny. Whoever thought this was a good idea needs to be fired, seriously.

18 of 20 users found this helpful182

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AfricanWhiteyAug 10, 2020

what happened to Star Trek?!? This show is anti-Star Trek drivel. I wouldn't let me kids watch this garbage cartoon.

16 of 18 users found this helpful162

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bewarechameleonAug 7, 2020

imagine having the spectacle, self respect and the seriousness from the original star trek series, taking all of that out and replacing it with all the tween XDing, twerking and fart humour we got in teen titans go with a lick of rick andimagine having the spectacle, self respect and the seriousness from the original star trek series, taking all of that out and replacing it with all the tween XDing, twerking and fart humour we got in teen titans go with a lick of rick and morty paint and you'd get the dumpster fire that is star trek: lower decks. this show has no respect for old star trek fans and feels like a star trek show made for people who hate star trek. the only praise i can give to this show is the art style appealing to my admiration for the rick and morty series but it gets grating fast when you realise this is tied to the star trek franchise.… Expand

15 of 19 users found this helpful154

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Neko404Aug 10, 2020

Wow that first episode was crap. This might have worked as a Rick and Morty with a flavoring of Trek but as it is... It is garbage. Which is a shame because The Orville and Galaxy Quest have proven that you can do a Star Trek style comedy,Wow that first episode was crap. This might have worked as a Rick and Morty with a flavoring of Trek but as it is... It is garbage. Which is a shame because The Orville and Galaxy Quest have proven that you can do a Star Trek style comedy, but Lower Decks is just flaming garbage.… Expand

15 of 21 users found this helpful156

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N-fanNov 24, 2020

Lower Decks, a subpar rip-off of The Orville, which itself 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'tLower Decks, a subpar rip-off of The Orville, which itself 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

7 of 7 users found this helpful70

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Voodoo123Apr 17, 2021

Like anything kurtzman touches, lower decks does nothing to honor the original Gene Roddenberry concept of setting an example of how mankind could behave as an evolved species. It's just sci fi american dad

6 of 6 users found this helpful60

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AlexB138Aug 14, 2021

Just horrible on every level. Cliche characters, lame "clever" writing. Every male character is a sniveling weakling, every female is strong and independent. Lazy, boring, and a terrible use of Star Trek IP.

5 of 5 users found this helpful50

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AaronJupiterApr 3, 2021

Again like in Star Trek Discovery (Burnham) we have a colored female Space Jesus (Mariner) who can do everything and knows everything. Again, the male mostly white colleagues are boring and stupid and their diligence and work ethic is mocked.Again like in Star Trek Discovery (Burnham) we have a colored female Space Jesus (Mariner) who can do everything and knows everything. Again, the male mostly white colleagues are boring and stupid and their diligence and work ethic is mocked. All of this should come across as funny and cool, but it isn't because it is always at the expense of the weaker (Boimler) and not so cool. To mock the character and work ethic of colleagues over and over again has nothing to do with a good parody, it is bullying. Lower Decks portrays bullying as cool and hip and packages the whole thing as a funny and witty parody of Star Trek. Disgusting!… Expand

5 of 5 users found this helpful50

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erlikSep 17, 2020

This show should be right up my alley: I love animated comedies of all stripes, chiefly Rick and Morty--which the creator wrote for--and I like Start Trek well enough, finding palatable even shows like Enterprise and Discover that many othersThis show should be right up my alley: I love animated comedies of all stripes, chiefly Rick and Morty--which the creator wrote for--and I like Start Trek well enough, finding palatable even shows like Enterprise and Discover that many others love to hate.
Well, I made an account here just to tell people how much I hate this show.
I gave it my best shot, going into each of the 6 episodes so far with an open mind and trying gamely to find a bit of real humor in all the paint-by-number plots, over-the-top-stupid everything and annoying Saturday-morning cartoon vibe. There's nothing there. There's nothing to like. I'm going to stop trying.
To CBS: This will never, ever work as a show. PLEASE CANCEL IT. For the love of god, just CANCEL IT. It hurts me to know that money is being spent on this show.… Expand

5 of 5 users found this helpful50

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Marcin_BartonApr 25, 2021

This fad makes me nervous. Again, a white male portrayed as a weak. Why should I like this series, who should I identify with?

4 of 4 users found this helpful40

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Mankind_dividedOct 22, 2021

Wtf is this s**t. It's humourless crap that that feels like it was written and drawn by a 6 year old. Way to pee on the legacy of star trek.

4 of 4 users found this helpful40

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Wehmut1701Nov 17, 2021

Nice show, but too fast. And with some unnecessary brutality. Nothing for kids.

4 of 4 users found this helpful40

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enut_butterJan 19, 2022

It’s bad Star Trek for effeminate r*dditors obsessed with Rick and Morty. Continuing the trend of the other nuTrek shows it displays no affection or understanding of the IP while being horribly unfunny and poorly animated.

3 of 3 users found this helpful30

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Chaostheory6682May 7, 2023

This show is extremely violent and the characters spend most of their time screaming at one another --often for no discernible reason. Its themes mostly revolve around interpersonal drama. The dialogue often feels like it is made forThis show is extremely violent and the characters spend most of their time screaming at one another --often for no discernible reason. Its themes mostly revolve around interpersonal drama. The dialogue often feels like it is made for angsty-teens. The characters act like children most of the time. It pretty much breaks all the rules the franchise established to keep its quality high and its stories unique and engaging. Overall, ST:LD is your average teen to young adult animation show, sometimes okay, sometimes cringe-worthy, sometimes intolerably immature and violent. Don't expect something with the whit or charm of shows like Futurama. This is more Cartoon Network in the early 2000s.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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BubberAug 8, 2020

This is more like Rick & Morty than Star Trek. They could've named it something else, but I guess they wanted to milk the Star Trek brand.

Edit: It's getting worse

13 of 14 users found this helpful131

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tagginondawalAug 10, 2020

Oh man....What has happened to Trek recently? This show is very poor. It's humor is very forgettable, characters are meh though some seem to be okay. It has a Rick and Morty-esque feel to it. I think whoever wrote this is forgetting...this isOh man....What has happened to Trek recently? This show is very poor. It's humor is very forgettable, characters are meh though some seem to be okay. It has a Rick and Morty-esque feel to it. I think whoever wrote this is forgetting...this is STAR TREK. We want smart dialogue. We wanted something that engages the mind, makes us question whether it was right or wrong. That was the things I loved about TNG, DS9, even Voyager. They presented actual dilemmas, and showed consequences. The new stuff is "this way is right, everything else wrong!" And don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind a comedic Trek, but keep what Star Trek is supposed to be first and foremost!… Expand

13 of 14 users found this helpful131

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beebo42Aug 9, 2020

This has none of the humor of Rick and Morty. In fact it has none of the humor...at all. I have no clue who this will appeal to. Not Rick and Morty fans and certainly not Star Trek fans.

10 of 11 users found this helpful101

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FakeyNameyMar 28, 2021

I couldn't get through 10 minutes. Utterly terrible. Not funny. Not anything. More of the complete ruination of Star Trek under the 'guidance' of Alex Kurtzman, a complete hack who ruins everything he touches. If you like this, congrats onI couldn't get through 10 minutes. Utterly terrible. Not funny. Not anything. More of the complete ruination of Star Trek under the 'guidance' of Alex Kurtzman, a complete hack who ruins everything he touches. If you like this, congrats on learning something important about yourself: You have bad taste.… Expand

8 of 9 users found this helpful81

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umaumaiAug 6, 2020

Welcome to Star Trek: “We’ve Destroyed The Brand So Much That We Are Now Just Trying To Get The Attention Of The Demographic That Buys Things And Watches Adult Swim, Rick and Morty, And Final Space.” We really want you to like us so don’tWelcome to Star Trek: “We’ve Destroyed The Brand So Much That We Are Now Just Trying To Get The Attention Of The Demographic That Buys Things And Watches Adult Swim, Rick and Morty, And Final Space.” We really want you to like us so don’t expect to find anything “Star Trek” here other then the identifiable surface settings.

Seriously, this show doesn’t have any of the heart that the source material has. That includes the Kelvin timeline. The idea for this is one of those things that sounds fine on paper, but the writing - and I’m using that term loosely - is boring as balls. It’s just not well executed in its pacing and the introduction of characters. With all of the Star Trek universe at you’re disposal you come up with the same characters you find in the same situations from all the above mentioned shows that it “steals” from. And Star Trek had better be careful here because right now having another show accused of borrowing from other writers isn’t something that they need right now.

I don’t think that the voice acting is bad, but the characters are very one dimensional. I don’t even like the visuals as they too “borrow” too much from other current sci-fi comedy cartoons.

All that said if you liked this show that’s fine. Just know that there are much better ones out there for comedy. Even “Be Cool Scooby-Doo” had better writing and wit than this. "Solar Opposites" is another one that brings the sci-fi and interesting characters. I didn't care too much for the second season of "Final Space," but the first one was solid and offered a great story that had me excited to watch the next episode. Man, who would have thought that Seth Macfarlane would have the best current “Star Trek” show.… Expand

14 of 16 users found this helpful142

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ScienceAdvisorAug 13, 2020

Unfunny, unbelievable, and unwatchable. These writers understand nothing of Star Trek, and refuse to actually watch the previous shows. This leads to innumerable issues, and misuse of what they learned off of the internet pages they read.Unfunny, unbelievable, and unwatchable. These writers understand nothing of Star Trek, and refuse to actually watch the previous shows. This leads to innumerable issues, and misuse of what they learned off of the internet pages they read. An example of the quality - in the second episode they claim all Klingons have an apostrophe in their name. This is after talking about Worf in both the first and second episode. I would hate to see how they are spelling it in the script.… Expand

13 of 15 users found this helpful132

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RambonerAug 7, 2020

Gene Roddenberry is rolling over in his grave. A disgraceful assault on the legacy of Star Trek. Everyone involved in the making of this should hang their heads in shame.

13 of 15 users found this helpful132

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PavchrisAug 21, 2021

Skipped most of the first season and checked in with the second in the hopes it had improved. Nope, looks like they fed the writers coke and bl** j**bs instead of pushing them off a cliff... Worse are the fake gushing reviews on the ParamountSkipped most of the first season and checked in with the second in the hopes it had improved. Nope, looks like they fed the writers coke and bl** j**bs instead of pushing them off a cliff... Worse are the fake gushing reviews on the Paramount youTube channel for the free premier episode to boost this abomination.… Expand

5 of 6 users found this helpful51

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Qgal5kapAug 20, 2021

What an absolute piece of crap this show is. Whoever is responsible should be ashamed. And not only that, the people responsible for greenlighting this, should forever be walking the streets with their gaze firmly placed on their toes. SHAME ON YOU!!

5 of 6 users found this helpful51

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RonnamAug 11, 2020

Why do they keep letting people who dislike Star Trek and don't care about Star Trek write its new shows? This show is not funny. I did not laugh once. Worse, it's contrary to Star Trek's heart and soul. Avoid.

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NorseGodAug 8, 2020

Not sure what this show is supposed to be, but it's not great star trek. Might be interesting as a random sci fi show about lowly crew members on a fancy ship, but there's so much baggage from TNG that they can't get over. Bad choices all over.

12 of 15 users found this helpful123

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SladeDariusAug 14, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its sucks sooo bad. We get it, white males = bad. Jesus let it go. Stop trying to please people who don't even watch the show.… Expand

9 of 12 users found this helpful93

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Razrback16Aug 9, 2020

What an awful show - doesn't even resemble Star Trek. Awful "humor". Full of woke bs. More typical garbage from Kurtzman. CBS's best bet at this point is to run out Kurtzman's contract, don't greenlight any projects for the Star Trek IP whileWhat an awful show - doesn't even resemble Star Trek. Awful "humor". Full of woke bs. More typical garbage from Kurtzman. CBS's best bet at this point is to run out Kurtzman's contract, don't greenlight any projects for the Star Trek IP while Kurtzman is still there, and then once his contract expires, get some folks in there who actually know what Star Trek is, and who won't push a bunch of woke trash political ideology.… Expand

14 of 21 users found this helpful147

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RattazustraAug 16, 2020

Star Trek did not deserve this. Watching this feels like my childhood barfed into my mouth and forced me to swallow. And then it starts getting worse. I am just disgusted by this soulless abomination of a show.

11 of 17 users found this helpful116

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dramaticwordsAug 13, 2020

It's one thing to satirize something, but when it's your own brand you're tearing down, that makes little sense. Lower Dreck tries to push the message that Star Trek was stupid, and fans who found it inspiring were stupid. Rather than putIt's one thing to satirize something, but when it's your own brand you're tearing down, that makes little sense. Lower Dreck tries to push the message that Star Trek was stupid, and fans who found it inspiring were stupid. Rather than put Starfleet officers in funny situations, it tries to mock Starfleet in the most juvenile and condescending way. Fans will hate this show. Non-fans won't get the references. Too many naked men for a kids show. Not smart enough for adults. Who is this for?… Expand

10 of 16 users found this helpful106

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TheFrogAug 24, 2022

And finally, even Star Trek embraces the cause of female supremacy.
Two main characters: a stupid, goofy, plaintive, worthless male, who lives for regulations, and a dashing, ultra-competent, ultra-tough, genius, brilliant female, who alwaysAnd finally, even Star Trek embraces the cause of female supremacy.
Two main characters: a stupid, goofy, plaintive, worthless male, who lives for regulations, and a dashing, ultra-competent, ultra-tough, genius, brilliant female, who always succeeds at everything.
You are supposed to laugh at seeing the male embarrassing himself and the female solving every situation.
This is not comedy, this is [yet another example of] feminist brainwashing.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

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