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The support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, have to keep up with their duties, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
19 August 1952, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA
27 January 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 April 1956, Rochester, Kent, England, UK
5 November 1949, Lakewood, New Jersey, USA
23 December 1963, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
22 November 1956, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
1 January 1972, Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
30 March 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
27 May 1973, Macon, Georgia, USA
23 December 1986, San Antonio, Texas, USA
16 September 1975, Lagos, Nigeria
20 April 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 July 1943, New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USA
31 January 1977, Eastchester, New York, USA
13 July 1977, Hoisington, Kansas, USA
19 October 1969, New York City, New York, USA
7 December 1979, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
August 06, 2020
Series creator Mike McMahan clearly loves this world he's satirizing with such spot-on and in-joke detail.
August 06, 2020
The show's at its strongest when it sticks most closely to its premise: background Trek characters going about their days, intersecting with the glamorous bridge crew only glancingly, if at all.
August 06, 2020
It's a smooth and zippy package, but it doesn't register very strongly as either a geekfest or a transgressive satire. Which is another way of saying it's not all that funny. Wherever it's going, it's not doing it very boldly.
August 07, 2020
There's a lived-in feeling to the comedy too, like it emerges organically from actual storytelling that continues the particular '90s-style exploration of the galaxy we saw on "Next Gen" and "Deep Space Nine."
August 06, 2020
When I watch Star Trek I always hope for awe... Lower Decks is a lot of things: fun, raucous, adult in language but not in emotional landscape. But it's also too cool to aim for awe.
August 06, 2020
"Lower Decks" has its occasional chuckle-worthy moments, but too often the show opts for wild chaos as a substitute for actual comedy.
August 06, 2020
The first episode of Lower Decks isn't perfect... But, because "Second Contact" has narrowed the focus of Star Trek, it's actually made the stories less about those space zombies and more about the characters.
August 06, 2020
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.
August 06, 2020
Maybe it could serve that purpose for the children that parents are hoping will follow the philosophies of Roddenberry, but kids may wonder why mom and dad ever liked "Star Trek" in the first place.
August 06, 2020
As a result, the show fails to distinguish itself, even as it is well-animated and performed... In most cases, that's fine. But there are moments when Lower Decks, entirely in passing, makes jokes that suggest an altogether more interesting show.
August 06, 2020
Lower Decks is amusing but slight, and needs a clearer course forward to demonstrate whether the angle it brings to Star Trek has singularity or longevity.
August 06, 2020
Although Star Trek: Lower Decks isn't about to break any new ground in ethical and philosophical discourse, it has a good time and presents a fresh take on the world of Trek.
