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Last week, Decks made devastatingly effective use of Trek’s past by tying the series to the Next Generation episode (also titled “Lower Decks”) that inspired...

Perpetually reckless Mariner has been taking even bigger, wilder risks than usual, and that has her friends (and her mom) concerned. So when the Cerritos...

It’s been a while since we’ve had an episode that just focused on our main foursome, and this episode opens by lampshading that, as Lower...

We get two cold opens this week, each bringing back its own recurring villain. First, an alien salvage ship recovers Rutherford’s original cybernetic implant —...

One thing Star Trek doesn’t get enough credit for is cleaning up its own messes. The original series’ Klingons were one-dimensional villains in brownface who...

T’Lyn has been a terrific addition to the cast this season, as a straightlaced foil to Tendi’s enthusiasm and Mariner’s penchant for chaos. Her straightlaced...

Lower Decks’ biggest strength is that, while it’s funny, steeped in Star Trek lore, and generally provides a fun adventure-of-the-week, it’s first and foremost a...

The Cerritos visits Corusconia, an alien megastructure that’s been colonized by the Federation, a “bespoke” artificial world run by Vexilon, a benevolent supercomputer, “with no...

I was among the skeptics when Lower Decks premiered. An animated comedy that pokes fun at Star Trek? Hacky stand-up comics have been making hay...