The adventures of the Cerritos are continuing – in comicbook form: This sort of story is what Star Trek has always excelled at and Lower Decks too. So seeing it […]

Star Trek: Lower Decks bows out after five seasons: The pacing remains breakneck throughout, a good thing with, basically, a pretty thin plot. ‘Thin’ works in this case and gives […]

There’s only one more episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks after this – but the series is intent on going out on a high: The entire episode sparkles, in part […]

Flipping things round from its TNG inspiration, the pre-penultimate Lower Decks focuses on the Upper Deckers… A low-key episode that’s greater than the sum of its (already good) parts, Click […]

Double entendres that aren’t funny, and other jokes that just don’t land… Trying something new is always commendable and generally should be encouraged. In this episode, alas, the experimentation fails […]

There’s some godly goings-on on board the Cerritos in episode 6: We meet new Ensign Olly, and it will be most interesting to see if she’s a new recurring character […]

A trip to Starbase 80 proves difficult in many senses. A rather thin episode even with the zombies thrown in. It’s little more than a series of near misses with […]

The fourth episode of the final season of Lower Decks sees a Klingon encounter: Throughout this installment, the humor slightly but repeatedly misses its mark. Click here to read Rigel […]

The Lower Deckers head to a resort to sort out a nanite problem in episode 3: Not sure what’s up with the scruff on Boimler’s chin, but I hope it […]

The second episode of the final season of Lower Decks continues its Orion rehabilitation: The franchise overall has pretty much made a mess of exploring Orion culture, which was founded […]

Lower Decks is back – and Rigel Ailur steps up to the reviewing plate: Nothing profound, perfectly good but not great, an enjoyable installment. Click here to read her full review […]

The final episode of Star Trek Lower Decks for this year sees one character facing their past: Lower Decks works best when it has a definite focus and not just […]

There’s some Star Trek history in the penultimate episode of this season of Lower Decks: There’s some lovely writing by Mike McMahan that gets to the heart of the ensign’s […]

The latest episode of Star Trek’s animated series Lower Decks sees the characters caught in a cave A surprisingly sweet half hour, with a lot going on. Click here to […]