Star Trek: Lower Decks (animated series)

Crossover episode drops tonight.

What crossover episode the SNW one?

Edit: I just looked. Feckers it is out. What was the rush?

Actually I think that could be a somewhat funny running joke if Boimler constantly gets promoted and demoted throughout, somewhat of a reverse Harry Kim!

First 8 episode titles are out.

Some are a little spoilerey.

Last place I would have expected to see a nod to Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

Well what is "Trek"? Ask 50 fans get 50 different answers. Comedies have heart and characters people care about. Think Friends, Scrubs, Brooklyn 99, Fraiser.

Star Trek has always had that element of cheeky fun, Kirk and McCoy ribbing Spock at the end of an episode, that knowing "we'll never speak of this again" look between characters. Different episodes of different shows will land differently among different fans. Lower Decks gives us characters we like and enjoy. Little knowing references. The title sequence shows you if it gets too real the Cerritos is getting out of there at warp factor yeet.

Whether it's Trek or not, it's a fun show, Like The Orville once was, and I'll continue to enjoy it.

I don't know much about Brooklyn 99 but the other 3 are still huge. Friends and Scrubs are even still picking up new fans. Frasier is the only one I like but no denying the rest are not massive.

And seriously learn to fuking quote. You have been asked to do this before and it makes reading your posts an absolute shtshow.

To define Star Trek isn't an easy thing, short of broad statements like "a show that sets out to explore the human condition." I don't think any true definition of what Trek is, would preclude Lower Decks from being considered as part of it. That said, tonally, it's very clearly a parody of the shows that have come before it. That's fine, in fact, it's better than fine....the show literally walks all over modern "true" Star Trek to be fair. Again though, I don't see a universe where any of the antics of the main cast tally with what has been established by other shows. I'm fine with that though too!

It's as Trek as the original Animated Series, just a lot, LOT, better. God that was an absolute slog to get through.

Comedy certainly has a place in Trek, I think all of the different shows embraced it in some shape or form.

This is the first official 'parody' of Star Trek though, so it's naturally going to stand out in that sense, and draw fire from certain types.