Star Trek: Lower Decks

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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 12 July 2020. [6]

↑ 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. [7] This is consistent with the three letter abbreviations for other series, though no "official" abbreviations have been given for Star Trek: Short Treks, The Ready Room, or After Trek. 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.

Main cast

Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner
Jack Quaid as Ensign/Lieutenant jg 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

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	57791.1 – 57818.4	2020-09-24
Crisis Point	1x09	LD-1009	Unknown	2020-10-01
No Small Parts	1x10	LD-1010	Unknown	2020-10-08