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Star Trek: Lower Decks is the ninth main series set in the Star Trek universe, the tenth including the companion series Star Trek: Short Treks, and the twelfth Star Trek series overall. It is the second series to be entirely animated, after Star Trek: The Animated Series, with episodes running half an hour, and the third series to have animated episodes, after Short Treks. Lower Decks is the first original animated series commissioned by CBS All Access, as well as the first produced by the new CBS animation arm, CBS Eye Animation Productions, and was announced in October 2018, with All Access committing to a two-season order. [1]
Created by Mike McMahan, the series is an adult animation comedy produced in association with Titmouse, Inc. and forms part of Alex Kurtzman's five-year deal with CBS to expand the Star Trek franchise. Lower Decks focuses on "the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships." [2]
The show takes place aboard the California-class USS Cerritos on the "lower decks". [3] The show's time period is described as the Star Trek: The Next Generation-era, more specifically 2380, after Star Trek Nemesis. [4][5]
A full-length trailer was released on 12 July 2020. [6]
The first season was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Animated Series. [7]
In April 2021 it was announced that Lower Decks had been renewed for a third season. [8]
↑ John Van Citters has chosen "LDS" as the series' official abbreviation, while also alluding to it being a reference to Kirk's line about LSD in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. [9] This is consistent with the three letter abbreviations for other series, though no "official" abbreviations have been given for Star Trek: Short Treks, After Trek, or The Ready Room. MA will use the abbreviation "LD" for Lower Decks to remain consistent with using the first letter in titles with more than one word after Star Trek.
Contents
Main cast
The ensigns of Lower Decks
The command crew of the USS Cerritos
- Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner
- Jack Quaid as Ensign/Lieutenant junior grade Brad Boimler
- Noël Wells as Ensign D'Vana Tendi
- Eugene Cordero as Ensign Sam Rutherford
- Dawnn Lewis as Captain Carol Freeman
- Jerry O'Connell as Commander Jack Ransom
- Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs (2020)
- Gillian Vigman as Dr. T'Ana
Special guest stars
- John de Lancie as Q
- Jonathan Frakes as Captain William T. Riker
- Marina Sirtis as Commander Deanna Troi
Recurring characters
- Eugene Cordero as Lieutenant Winger Bingston, Jr.
- Lauren Lapkus as Ensign Jen
- Jack McBrayer as Badgey
- Jessica McKenna as Ensign Barnes / Cerritos computer
- Sam Richardson as Ensign Vendome
- Tim Robinson as Ensign Fletcher
- Ben Rodgers as Lieutenant Commander Stevens
- Paul Scheer as Lieutenant Commander Andy Billups
- Fred Tatasciore as Admiral Vassery
- Gillian Vigman as Captain Dayton
Opening credits
The opening credits for Star Trek: Lower Decks contained imagery of USS Cerritos passing near various spatial phenomena.
Episode list
Season 1
LD Season 1, 10 episodes:
| Title | Episode | Prodno. | Stardate | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Contact | 1x01 | LD-1001 | 57436.2 | 2020-08-06 |
| Envoys | 1x02 | LD-1002 | Unknown | 2020-08-13 |
| Temporal Edict | 1x03 | LD-1003 | 57501.4 | 2020-08-20 |
| Moist Vessel | 1x04 | LD-1004 | 57538.9 | 2020-08-27 |
| Cupid's Errant Arrow | 1x05 | LD-1005 | 57601.3 | 2020-09-03 |
| Terminal Provocations | 1x06 | LD-1006 | 57663.9 | 2020-09-10 |
| Much Ado About Boimler | 1x07 | LD-1007 | 57752.6 | 2020-09-17 |
| Veritas | 1x08 | LD-1008 | Unknown | 2020-09-24 |
| Crisis Point | 1x09 | LD-1009 | Unknown | 2020-10-01 |
| No Small Parts | 1x10 | LD-1010 | Unknown | 2020-10-08 |
Season 2
LD Season 2, 12 episodes:
| Title | Episode | Prodno. | Stardate | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 11 | 2x01 | 201 | Unknown | 2021-08-12 |
| Episode 12 | 2x02 | 202 | Unknown | 2021-08-19 |
| Episode 13 | 2x03 | 203 | Unknown | 2021-08-26 |
| Episode 14 | 2x04 | 204 | Unknown | 2021-09-02 |
| Episode 15 | 2x05 | 205 | Unknown | 2021-09-09 |
| Episode 16 | 2x06 | 206 | Unknown | 2021-09-16 |
| Episode 17 | 2x07 | 207 | Unknown | 2021-09-23 |
| Episode 18 | 2x08 | 208 | Unknown | 2021-09-30 |
| Episode 19 | 2x09 | 209 | Unknown | 2021-10-07 |
| Episode 20 | 2x10 | 210 | Unknown | 2021-10-14 |
| Episode 21 | 2x11 | 211 | Unknown | 2021-10-21 |
| Episode 22 | 2x12 | 212 | Unknown | 2021-10-28 |
Season 3
LD Season 3, Not yet announced
Crew
- Casting
- Casting assistants
- Consultant
- Co-executive producers
- Co-producers
- Executive producers
- Heather Kadin
- Katie Krentz
- Alex Kurtzman
- Mike McMahan – head writer
- Rod Roddenberry
- Trevor Roth
- Head writer
- Mike McMahan – executive producer
- Staff writers
- Story editor
- Supervising Producers
- Producers
- Dave Ihlenfeld
- David Wright
Production companies
- CBS Eye Animation Productions
- Roddenberry Entertainment
- Secret Hideout
- Important Science
- Titmouse, Inc.
Development
Promotion
- Season 1
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Products
In February 2021, Eaglemoss/Hero Collector's Ben Robinson revealed that the USS Cerritos would be manufactured as a starship miniature and estimated that the company's Lower Decks ships line would begin to launch to retail at the end of 2021 or in early 2022. [10] Three starships from the series will also be covered in the second edition of the company's Star Trek: Shipyards - Starfleet Ships 2294 to the Future reference book, which is slated for release in August 2021.
Related topics
Media
| Star Trek television series |
|---|
| The Original Series • The Animated Series • The Next Generation • Deep Space Nine • Voyager • Enterprise • Discovery • Picard • Lower Decks |
| Companion series: After Trek • Short Treks • The Ready Room |
| In development: Untitled Section 31 series • Prodigy • Strange New Worlds |
External links
- Star Trek: Lower Decks at Wikipedia
- Star Trek: Lower Decks at the Internet Movie Database
- Star Trek: Lower Decks at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
