Star Trek: Lower Decks

I have been working my way through the ST catalogue and came across this gem. I really didn't know what to expect and was almost going to skip it, glad I didn't.

While this is a parody show and pokes fun at Star Trek and the lesser thought of aspects of the Federation it takes itself serious enough that it ends up being pretty good Star Trek, a funny comedy, decent sci fi.

It's not well rounded, meaning it's really aimed at adults and fans of Star Trek. If you haven't watched ST before there will be tons of small jokes and events that won't make much sense so in that case it's better to have watched at least some Star Trek. Probably at least OG Star Trek, The Next Generation up to Voyager and you will get a lot of the gags and references in this show.

Looking forward to more seasons!

To comment on two themes I see in other reviews: this series is rated TV-14, so of course, it's not for young kids. And I'm not sure why fans who want all Star Trek shows to highlight social, moral, ethical and dramatic themes would even watch this. You know this show isn't for you. It's okay that this show isn't for you - be well and live your life. For reference, I'm 45 and watched all of TNG, all the movies, and Picard. I like this show because it's a funny, zany cartoon with Star Trek themes. Period. Life is hard - if you want to laugh at a Star Trek cartoon, then watch this. If you want to critique a cartoon that dares to be part of Star Trek, then skip it because this isn't for you...and that's okay!

Following the adventures of the backbone crew of a Starship...

Those expecting Lower Decks to echo 1973's Star Trek the animated series may be left feeling like Gene Roddenberry Holodeck ghost. In terms of tone this animated vision of Star Trek is reminiscent of The Orville, Futurama with a mix of Rick and Morty. It's sharp, fast paced and above all entertaining.

Thankfully, with plenty of in-jokes it never leaves the Star Trek universe, firmly set in the Star Trek world of TOS, TNG, DS9 and Voyager etc showing that if anyone can and should be parodying Star Trek it's, er, Star Trek. Lower Decks is wacky, funny, refreshing and outlandish.

With a cast of excellent voice actors the character are humorously and likably brought to life and for obvious reasons Tawny Newsome's Mariner is a sure instant fan favourite. Notable are Jerry O'Connell as Freeman and Noël Well's Tendi to name a few.

While no doubt many fans prefer a live action serious series and rightly so, but so long as they are running this wonderful animated incarnation in conjunction with the usual traditional style series this is Praxis shockwave gold.

Overall, once you buy into the style, it's plain Starship sailing, recommend.

I was going into it without any expectations. But i enjoyed it very much. Its an ironic take on star trek. As long as it doesnt join canon iam fine with it!

I went into this show, a quite disgruntled star trek fan expecting to be disappointed once again. "Rick and Morty humor with Star Trek? How long are they going to beat the horse they killed?" I thought to myself. But then it turned out that I liked it. While it's not perfect and not all the humor lands for me, it's not bad either. Many Star Trek fans are understandably, and from my point of view, justifiably bitter about what has been done to Star Trek with Discovery and Picard, and even though Kurtzman is running this show too, I think there is an opportunity for it to shine by satirizing what made people like me hate the last two 'not treks' CBS made. It's not the trek you wanted, that mantle seems to have passed onto the Orville, but it's worth continuing to watch in my opinion as long as the show doesn't try to take itself too seriously, and especially will be if the creators can eventually seize the opportunity to demonstrate self-awareness about what went wrong with the last two shows.