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Star Trek: Lower Decks

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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or average reviews based on 90 Ratings

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Star Trek: Lower Decks

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CBS All Access | Paramount+ | Release Date: August 6, 2020

Summary: Set in 2380, the animated comedy from Mike McMahan follows the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos as they try to balance working and living on a Starfleet ship.

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation

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Critic Reviews

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IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

Aug 7, 2020

Season 1 Review: This may not be the best “Trek” series ever, but based on the first four episodes it might be the most “Trek” series ever. It isn’t a riff on Starfleet shenanigans, it’s the real deal, raw and undiluted. Read full review

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Paste Magazine

Josh Jackson

Aug 6, 2020

Season 1 Review: Lower Decks finds a lot about the long-running sci-fi franchise worthy of lampooning, but mostly it’s a fun, imaginative and clever look at this beloved universe from a very different perspective. Read full review

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Decider

Joel Keller

Aug 6, 2020

Season 1 Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks is a hilarious look at the people who make Starfleet run and never get credit. And it’s the first Trek product since The Voyage Home to really do a good job skewering the franchise’s self-important streak. Read full review

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CNN

Brian Lowry

Aug 6, 2020

Season 1 Review: Star Trek continues to be the big gun in CBS All Access' streaming arsenal, which has been steady if not particularly inventive. Star Trek: Lower Decks somewhat rectifies the second part of that with an irreverent, Adult Swim-type animated series that likely won't beam up many new subscribers but should mildly amuse a quadrant of the more committed ones. Read full review

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The New York Times

Mike Hale

Aug 6, 2020

Season 1 Review: Through four episodes, “Lower Decks” feels caught in between. It’s a smooth and zippy package, but it doesn’t register very strongly as either a geekfest or a transgressive satire. Read full review

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Rolling Stone

Alan Sepinwall

Aug 6, 2020

Season 1 Review: The entire show seems to be caught in between extremes. It’s just over the edge of being too adult for kids to watch — Mariner complains that a yeti she once met was “being a dick,” and in one episode gets a punishment detail to clean the holodeck of what’s implied to be semen — but never really delves into truly R-rated Trek content. Read full review

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The Guardian Noah Gittell

Aug 6, 2020

Season 1 Review: The problem is it’s not really interested in anything. It’s a comedy show without gags or setpieces. The voice actors – most of whom are members of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy improv family – do their best to imbue the dialogue with real comic timing. Read full review

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User Reviews

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Diako83

Aug 6, 2020

I love this show. I little bit of Rick and Morty with some Final Space in the setting of Star Trek. Don’t take the show to seriously and enjoy the ride

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NathanFan

Oct 7, 2020

Lower decks comes out swinging but quickly settles into a wholesome adult animation series with delightful characters and a ship ripe for story growth. The humor is a little brash at times but nothing surprising for a new animation series. Lower Decks has the makings of a fantastic animatedLower decks comes out swinging but quickly settles into a wholesome adult animation series with delightful characters and a ship ripe for story growth. The humor is a little brash at times but nothing surprising for a new animation series. Lower Decks has the makings of a fantastic animated series. Im excited to see where it goes.… Expand

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mit_m

Sep 19, 2020

Star Trek Lower Decks is a lot of fun. It's the right balance of Star Trek and comic relief. I hope it continues on as it's perfect to unwind and have a laugh. It's a good counterbalance to Picard (philosophical) or Discovery (militaristic). And it keeps most positive Star Trek valuesStar Trek Lower Decks is a lot of fun. It's the right balance of Star Trek and comic relief. I hope it continues on as it's perfect to unwind and have a laugh. It's a good counterbalance to Picard (philosophical) or Discovery (militaristic). And it keeps most positive Star Trek values alive.

The negative reviews aren't wrong per se. The series is likely hit or miss depending on your protectiveness or conservatism about Star Trek form. But on substance it's first degree fun with second degree good positive values.… Expand

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czar190

Oct 1, 2020

As someone who has been a Star Trek fan for as long as I can remember my experience has been that all Star Trek shows get better as they progress and Star Trek: Lower Decks is no different. The first episode is undeniably weak but as the series has progressed I have come to appreciate it andAs someone who has been a Star Trek fan for as long as I can remember my experience has been that all Star Trek shows get better as they progress and Star Trek: Lower Decks is no different. The first episode is undeniably weak but as the series has progressed I have come to appreciate it and it's loving sense of humor that clearly comes from people with a deep respect for the franchise. If you are a Trek fan I recommend sticking with it through the first few episodes because I think the payoff is worth it.… Expand

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NorseGod

Aug 8, 2020

Not sure what this show is supposed to be, but it's not great star trek. Might be interesting as a random sci fi show about lowly crew members on a fancy ship, but there's so much baggage from TNG that they can't get over. Bad choices all over.

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Neko404

Aug 10, 2020

Wow that first episode was crap. This might have worked as a Rick and Morty with a flavoring of Trek but as it is... It is garbage. Which is a shame because The Orville and Galaxy Quest have proven that you can do a Star Trek style comedy, but Lower Decks is just flaming garbage.

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AaronJupiter

Apr 3, 2021

Again like in Star Trek Discovery (Burnham) we have a colored female Space Jesus (Mariner) who can do everything and knows everything. Again, the male mostly white colleagues are boring and stupid and their diligence and work ethic is mocked. All of this should come across as funny and cool,Again like in Star Trek Discovery (Burnham) we have a colored female Space Jesus (Mariner) who can do everything and knows everything. Again, the male mostly white colleagues are boring and stupid and their diligence and work ethic is mocked. All of this should come across as funny and cool, but it isn't because it is always at the expense of the weaker (Boimler) and not so cool. To mock the character and work ethic of colleagues over and over again has nothing to do with a good parody, it is bullying. Lower Decks portrays bullying as cool and hip and packages the whole thing as a funny and witty parody of Star Trek. Disgusting!… Expand

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