Star Trek: Lower Decks Archives

Alex Kurtzman Says He’s Proud Of Having Been Able “To Grow Star Trek Into Something It Had Never Been Before”

January 21, 2022

In case there was any doubt left in the minds of long time fans, current Star Trek head Alex Kurtzman has confirmed that one of his intentions in developing the franchise’s current slate of projects was “to gro...

Star Trek Embarrasses And Degrades Itself With Star Trek: Lower Decks Orgy Scene

Spencer Baculi

October 6, 2021

Television

In a scene that was both confusing and yet unsurprising, Star Trek: Lower Decks recently pushed a classic piece of franchise lore to a bizarre and overtly sexual extreme. **Warning: Graphic images from the e...

Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Tawny Newsome Says Deep Space 9’s Kira Nerys Is “Basically Antifa”

Drew Taylor

August 6, 2021

Television

In a recent interview for trekmovie.com, actors Tawny Newsome (Beckett Mariner) and Jack Quaid (Bradward Boimler) shared their thoughts on their own Star Trek series, Lower Decks, as well as some of the older s...

Star Trek: Lower Decks Showrunner Claims Every Starfleet Officer Is “Baseline Bisexual”

Drew Taylor

October 16, 2020

Television

Star Trek: Lower Decks showrunner and executive producer Mike McMahan recently claimed that every Starfleet officer on the show is "baseline bisexual." McMahan did a recent interview with Variety, where ...

Alex Kurtzman: Star Trek Must Always Be Sold To “Deep Fans”

John F. Trent

October 14, 2020

Television

Star Trek boss Alex Kurtzman recently claimed that the franchise must always be sold to "deep fans." During an interview on The Hollywood Reporter's TV's Top 5 podcast, Kurtzman was asked how he approach...

7.5

Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 10 – No Small Parts – A Glimpse At What Could Have Been

Spencer Baculi

October 13, 2020

Television

This episode makes me so mad. https://youtu.be/RS7nwMS40wk So much so that I felt the need to break my normal third-person-reviewer-voice to tell you directly, dear reader/viewer, that this episode makes ...

4.5

Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 9 – Crisis Point – All Style, No Substance

Spencer Baculi

October 7, 2020

Reviews, Television, TV Reviews

This week, Star Trek: Lower Decks goes Hollywood, as the crew of the Cerritos find themselves in an action-packed parody of the franchises' cinematic outings. https://youtu.be/s9h-hoJipIs Crisis Point ope...

3.5

Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 8 – Veritas – Will You Hold It In Contempt?

Spencer Baculi

September 30, 2020

Reviews, Television, TV Reviews

Do you like references? Star Treks: Lower Decks sure hopes you do, as this week's episode presents an unwarranted and forced walk down memory lane. https://youtu.be/7CFkWNxF62Y Related: The Boys and Star ...

Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 7 – Much Ado About Boimler – The Highlight of A Failed Experiment

Spencer Baculi

September 21, 2020

Reviews, Television, TV Reviews

In what might be the most shocking development in its first season, Star Trek: Lower Decks has actually produced an episode that’s both mildly entertaining and feels appropriately at home in the long-running sc...

Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 6 – Terminal Provocations – Who’s Going To Take The Blame For This One?

Spencer Baculi

September 14, 2020

Reviews, Television

With so many incompetent crew members in charge of various operations onboard the USS Cerritos, it is genuinely surprising that the Lower Decks crew ever manage to get a Starfleet vessel out of a planet’s gravi...

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