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When the Borg were first introduced in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Q Who", they were ineffable, mysterious, and terrifying. They were a race of cyborgs that were bound by a single machine consciousness, existing only to grow and expand. They did this by stealing resources from others. When the Borg encountered a starship, they would scan it, find technology they didn't have, carve it up, and absorb its pieces into their own cube-shaped craft. To shore up their numbers, they would kidnap humanoid species as "assimilate" them. That is: implant their bodies with tubes and computers and force them to serve as mindless robot drones.
The Borg returned throughout "Next Generation," and each time were described as having a collective consciousness. It wouldn't be until "Star Trek: First Contact" in 1996 that the Borg would be likened to a beehive.
When the Borg were first introduced in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Q Who", they were ineffable, mysterious, and terrifying. They were a race of cyborgs that were bound by a single machine consciousness, existing only to grow and expand. They did this by stealing resources from others. When the Borg encountered a starship, they would scan it, find technology they didn't have, carve it up, and absorb its pieces into their own cube-shaped craft. To shore up their numbers, they would kidnap humanoid species as "assimilate" them. That is: implant their bodies with tubes and computers and force them to serve as mindless robot drones.
The Borg returned throughout "Next Generation," and each time were described as having a collective consciousness. It wouldn't be until "Star Trek: First Contact" in 1996 that the Borg would be likened to a beehive.
- 2/11/2025
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film

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Superman and Batman — they've been super friends and super adversaries, but they are the most inseparable of all superheroes. They're just perfect foils; one bright and friendly, one dour and reserved. Even their costumes reflect this. Both Superman and Batman's outfits use the same broad design layout: two-dominant colors, with a cape, yellow belt above strongman trunks, and a chest insignia. But Superman wears American red and blue, while Batman cloaks himself in the shadows of black and grey — not to mention wearing a mask, showing himself as more secretive than the outgoing Superman.
Though the Batman of James Gunn's new DC Universe made his first, small appearance in "Creature Commandos," Gunn has said we shouldn't expect to see Batman in the upcoming Superman movie. But there's another Superman on TV right now.
"My Adventures with Superman" is a cartoon airing on Adult Swim.
Superman and Batman — they've been super friends and super adversaries, but they are the most inseparable of all superheroes. They're just perfect foils; one bright and friendly, one dour and reserved. Even their costumes reflect this. Both Superman and Batman's outfits use the same broad design layout: two-dominant colors, with a cape, yellow belt above strongman trunks, and a chest insignia. But Superman wears American red and blue, while Batman cloaks himself in the shadows of black and grey — not to mention wearing a mask, showing himself as more secretive than the outgoing Superman.
Though the Batman of James Gunn's new DC Universe made his first, small appearance in "Creature Commandos," Gunn has said we shouldn't expect to see Batman in the upcoming Superman movie. But there's another Superman on TV right now.
"My Adventures with Superman" is a cartoon airing on Adult Swim.
- 2/11/2025
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film

It is a huge responsibility and commitment that Starfleet captains take on the duty and honor of commanding a starship. One can imagine it’s daunting and likely immeasurable given their oath to the Federation; the lives of their crew literally in their hands; and not to mention their diplomatic and political responsibilities to engaging Federation and non-federation planets and species across the galaxy.
As such, a well-deserved furlough is certainly in order for starship captains, and what better way to lounge in Starfleet style than a starship-to-shore leave excursion in a luxury captain’s yacht. However, in Star Trek canon there are only random mentions of a captain’s yachts and only one on screen movie deployment of a captain’s yacht. Given the scarcity in Star Trek canon, here are a few examples when captains' yachts have surfaced in Starfleet storylines.
Captain Picard's yacht the "Cousteau"
In...
As such, a well-deserved furlough is certainly in order for starship captains, and what better way to lounge in Starfleet style than a starship-to-shore leave excursion in a luxury captain’s yacht. However, in Star Trek canon there are only random mentions of a captain’s yachts and only one on screen movie deployment of a captain’s yacht. Given the scarcity in Star Trek canon, here are a few examples when captains' yachts have surfaced in Starfleet storylines.
Captain Picard's yacht the "Cousteau"
In...
- 2/9/2025
- by Anthony Cooper
- Red Shirts Always Die

Any new project in the "Star Trek" franchise has decades of lore to keep up with, which can be challenging even without the various "Star Trek" storylines that have become unwatchable with age and tend to be quietly ignored. As such, mistakes sometimes happen. These range from strange oversights -- such as when the credits for "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" managed to misspell Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) as "Uhuru" -- to creative decisions that turn out to be flawed in hindsight, like writer Ron D. Moore's admission that the biggest mistake "Star Trek: Voyager" made was defusing the conflict between the Starfleet and the Maquis far too early.
Sometimes, though, things get so weird that the franchise keeps deliberately undoing a particular plot point over and over again, across several different projects. This is what keeps happening to Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Connor Trinneer) from "Star Trek: Enterprise,...
Sometimes, though, things get so weird that the franchise keeps deliberately undoing a particular plot point over and over again, across several different projects. This is what keeps happening to Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Connor Trinneer) from "Star Trek: Enterprise,...
- 2/4/2025
- by Pauli Poisuo
- Slash Film

Star Trek fans may not have to wait too much longer for a new comedy series, that is if Tawny Newsome has anything to say about it. The actress who starred in Star Trek: Lower Decks as Beckett Mariner, was tasked with coming up with a new live-action comedy series. Alongside Justin Simien, the pair were given the lead on a new series that would focus on the crew of a pleasure planet.
Think The Office meets Star Trek but with a non-Starfleet main cast. It's one of those show concepts that really only exists because of Alex Kurtzman and his need to have as many different types of Star Trek shows as possible. A live-action, comedy, set as a workplace comedy? I'm not sure anyone is really asking for that kind of content for Star Trek.
Yet, here we are. Following the failure of Star Trek: Section 31, it's...
Think The Office meets Star Trek but with a non-Starfleet main cast. It's one of those show concepts that really only exists because of Alex Kurtzman and his need to have as many different types of Star Trek shows as possible. A live-action, comedy, set as a workplace comedy? I'm not sure anyone is really asking for that kind of content for Star Trek.
Yet, here we are. Following the failure of Star Trek: Section 31, it's...
- 1/31/2025
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

For years, Star Trek canon has underutilized its female heroines. Strong females have always been part of Starfleet missions and their success; however, it’s rare when only females are shown leading the charge to save the day. Starfleet female officers are just as capable as their male counterparts, and creators should feature them in storylines to their fullest potential.
Until series such as “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Star Trek: Discovery” with lead female captains in Janeway and Burnham, Star Trek lore has mostly been a boy's club where the men get all the action to save the crew, lead the mission, or protect an endangered planet. Recently, we have seen female leads like Phillipa Georgiou (Emperor of the Terran Empire), heading a crew of unsanctioned Starfleet Section 31 missions in “Star Trek: Section 31.”
To this point in Star Trek canon there has rarely been an all-female away team, with...
Until series such as “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Star Trek: Discovery” with lead female captains in Janeway and Burnham, Star Trek lore has mostly been a boy's club where the men get all the action to save the crew, lead the mission, or protect an endangered planet. Recently, we have seen female leads like Phillipa Georgiou (Emperor of the Terran Empire), heading a crew of unsanctioned Starfleet Section 31 missions in “Star Trek: Section 31.”
To this point in Star Trek canon there has rarely been an all-female away team, with...
- 1/28/2025
- by Anthony Cooper
- Red Shirts Always Die

For fans still recovering from what they'd hoped would be a wonderful return for Michelle Yeoh to the Star Trek universe, it's easy to point the finger at Alex Kurtzman, who has been running the franchise for over eight years now. Section 31 was originally going to be a series, but that was changed to a movie, and as it turns out, that wasn't Kurtzman's decision.
In a brief interview with CinemaBlend before the premiere of Section 31, Kurtzman was asked why the series got jettisoned for a movie instead, and he said, "I actually have nothing to do with that is the truth. Those decisions are made by people above my pay grade." He did admit, though, that making Section 31 into a movie made sense because of Covid, Michelle Yeoh's schedule after winning an Oscar, and what he called "a million different things."
But Kurtzman made it clear that the movies were outside his purview.
In a brief interview with CinemaBlend before the premiere of Section 31, Kurtzman was asked why the series got jettisoned for a movie instead, and he said, "I actually have nothing to do with that is the truth. Those decisions are made by people above my pay grade." He did admit, though, that making Section 31 into a movie made sense because of Covid, Michelle Yeoh's schedule after winning an Oscar, and what he called "a million different things."
But Kurtzman made it clear that the movies were outside his purview.
- 1/27/2025
- by Rachel Carrington
- Red Shirts Always Die

If you watched the first new "Star Trek" movie in nearly a decade and came away from it thinking about how you need to see more of one awkward-charming Chameloid in particular, you're not alone. The "Star Trek"-loving /Film staff are also unanimously endeared to Quasi, the nerdy, shapeshifting character played by Sam Richardson in the new Paramount+ film "Star Trek: Section 31."
Quasi makes a great impression from his initial introduction, in which he reveals himself to be a casual genius with a knack for babbling when he's nervous. Quasi is presented as a supporting member of the Section 31 squad, but he's endearing, entertaining, and capable enough to be a leading man -- or, at the very least, a beloved scene-stealer filling a Scotty or Chekov-like role within the ensemble. The film's script gives Richardson some of its best lines, but I think the actor deserves plenty of...
Quasi makes a great impression from his initial introduction, in which he reveals himself to be a casual genius with a knack for babbling when he's nervous. Quasi is presented as a supporting member of the Section 31 squad, but he's endearing, entertaining, and capable enough to be a leading man -- or, at the very least, a beloved scene-stealer filling a Scotty or Chekov-like role within the ensemble. The film's script gives Richardson some of its best lines, but I think the actor deserves plenty of...
- 1/24/2025
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film

Time to boldly stream, what no man has streamed before. “Star Trek” is set to have a banner year in 2025, with almost every iteration of the hit franchise available to stream on Paramount+.
For any longtime or new Trekkie, Paramount+ is going to be an almost one-stop shop for an upcoming “Star Trek” binge. Buckle up for a content overload if you’re waiting for “Star Trek: Section 31,” “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” or the new season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” because essentially every piece of “Star Trek” story is available watch online.
Here’s where to stream all the movies and TV shows in the “Star Trek” franchise. Live long and prosper!
Where can you stream all the “Star Trek” TV shows?
When it comes to streaming “Star Trek” TV in 2025, then Paramount+ is essentially a one-stop shop. Here’s where every “Star Trek” show to date is available.
For any longtime or new Trekkie, Paramount+ is going to be an almost one-stop shop for an upcoming “Star Trek” binge. Buckle up for a content overload if you’re waiting for “Star Trek: Section 31,” “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” or the new season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” because essentially every piece of “Star Trek” story is available watch online.
Here’s where to stream all the movies and TV shows in the “Star Trek” franchise. Live long and prosper!
Where can you stream all the “Star Trek” TV shows?
When it comes to streaming “Star Trek” TV in 2025, then Paramount+ is essentially a one-stop shop. Here’s where every “Star Trek” show to date is available.
- 1/24/2025
- by Jacob Bryant
- The Wrap

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This post contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Section 31."
There's a tendency among TV and film fans -- or consumers of any type of pop culture, really -- to let past portrayals off the hook by defining them as "of their time" or as something that "couldn't be made today." It's one of the most insidious habits we have as viewers, and it's usually flat-out wrong. Marginalized people have been fighting to be represented accurately on screen for as long as visual media has existed. Bigot-led '70s sitcom "All in the Family" was considered network poison before it became a hit, lesbian readers were already sick of sad gay love stories by the '50s, and Disney's famously racist film "Song of the South" was controversial even before its 1946 release.
It's easy to fall into the trap of assuming...
This post contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Section 31."
There's a tendency among TV and film fans -- or consumers of any type of pop culture, really -- to let past portrayals off the hook by defining them as "of their time" or as something that "couldn't be made today." It's one of the most insidious habits we have as viewers, and it's usually flat-out wrong. Marginalized people have been fighting to be represented accurately on screen for as long as visual media has existed. Bigot-led '70s sitcom "All in the Family" was considered network poison before it became a hit, lesbian readers were already sick of sad gay love stories by the '50s, and Disney's famously racist film "Song of the South" was controversial even before its 1946 release.
It's easy to fall into the trap of assuming...
- 1/24/2025
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film


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From low-budget romps to high-energy blockbuster films, Star Trek has become one of the most influential sci-fi franchises of all time. While Trek has decades worth of TV, film, and animated iterations that might rival Star Wars, it also has its own unique legacy and long-time, passionate cult following (and merch).
In the past few years, the Trek television universe has become one of the highlights of original programming on Paramount+.
From low-budget romps to high-energy blockbuster films, Star Trek has become one of the most influential sci-fi franchises of all time. While Trek has decades worth of TV, film, and animated iterations that might rival Star Wars, it also has its own unique legacy and long-time, passionate cult following (and merch).
In the past few years, the Trek television universe has become one of the highlights of original programming on Paramount+.
- 1/24/2025
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com

Section 31, debuting January 24th on Paramount+, is the first Star Trek streaming movie. The only other Star Trek movies we've seen have been theatrical releases. Those, as we all know, take a long time and a lot of money. But streaming movies can open up doors for stories we want Star Trek to tell. And according to Alex Kurtzman, in an interview with Trekmovie, "It would be wonderful" to create a Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy movie and even, possibly, a follow-up movie for season three of Star Trek: Picard.
While Kurtzman hasn't had any conversations with Skydance CEO and incoming Paramount chairman and CEO David Ellison about Star Trek as of yet, he said that Ellison is "a huge, huge fan of Star Trek. He was one of the producers on the films that we made, and he loves it. He loves it a lot. So...
While Kurtzman hasn't had any conversations with Skydance CEO and incoming Paramount chairman and CEO David Ellison about Star Trek as of yet, he said that Ellison is "a huge, huge fan of Star Trek. He was one of the producers on the films that we made, and he loves it. He loves it a lot. So...
- 1/23/2025
- by Rachel Carrington
- Red Shirts Always Die

Star Trek: Lower Decks does something few entries in the Star Trek lore have ever done; shone the light on the less dignified positions of a spaceship. Running a spaceship is like a town of sorts. You need everyone from the mayor to a janitor to ensure the city runs right. A Federation starship is much the same.
All sorts of positions exist, from the dignified captain to the helmsmen all the way down to ship officers who clean for the most part. Lower Decks looked at some of those positions that did the work you don't normally see in a Star Trek series. It was a solid concept that found a small fanbase, but it wasn't the common story type that Star Trek dived into.
In fact, really only the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Lower Decks" looked into the concept. Serving as the namesake for the later series,...
All sorts of positions exist, from the dignified captain to the helmsmen all the way down to ship officers who clean for the most part. Lower Decks looked at some of those positions that did the work you don't normally see in a Star Trek series. It was a solid concept that found a small fanbase, but it wasn't the common story type that Star Trek dived into.
In fact, really only the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Lower Decks" looked into the concept. Serving as the namesake for the later series,...
- 1/21/2025
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

Star Trek: Lower Decks will likely be the last show of its kind. An animated, comedy, science fiction series, that caters almost exclusively to a niche audience? Yeah, we're not seeing that again anytime soon. The circumstances for its existence will never be replicated.
Paramount+ needed dynamic content that catered to multiple types of people and only had a fininte amount of franchises to pull from. Seeing this was at a time when the money was flowing freely from banks and investors, Paramount took the money in order to build up Paramount+.
So they greenlit shows, regardless of how much interest or money they drew. They needed original content to compete with other services, and with the influx of money coming in to do just that, Paramount got bold and took risks.
Now, those same investors want their money back. This isn't exclusively a Paramount issue, as most streaming services...
Paramount+ needed dynamic content that catered to multiple types of people and only had a fininte amount of franchises to pull from. Seeing this was at a time when the money was flowing freely from banks and investors, Paramount took the money in order to build up Paramount+.
So they greenlit shows, regardless of how much interest or money they drew. They needed original content to compete with other services, and with the influx of money coming in to do just that, Paramount got bold and took risks.
Now, those same investors want their money back. This isn't exclusively a Paramount issue, as most streaming services...
- 1/20/2025
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks #3!Finally, Star Trek calls out one of my biggest issues with Lower Decks. The show, which just finished a five-season run on Paramount +, was a hilarious love letter to the franchise that also sent up every trope in it imaginable. Yet one aspect of Lower Decks always rubbed me the wrong way, and it gets a call-out in issue three of Idw’s new comic based on the show.
Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 is written by Ryan North and drawn by Jack Lawrence. Lieutenant Billups, the Cerritos’ Chief Engineer, asks his team to brainstorm possible causes for an anomaly the ship has discovered. An ensign speculates a miniscule number of Omega Particles could be the culprit. Billups points out that the Omega Particles would have caused an explosion. He then chastises the ensign, saying she should not know about the Omega Particles,...
Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 is written by Ryan North and drawn by Jack Lawrence. Lieutenant Billups, the Cerritos’ Chief Engineer, asks his team to brainstorm possible causes for an anomaly the ship has discovered. An ensign speculates a miniscule number of Omega Particles could be the culprit. Billups points out that the Omega Particles would have caused an explosion. He then chastises the ensign, saying she should not know about the Omega Particles,...
- 1/20/2025
- by Shaun Corley
- ScreenRant

Star Trek has two TV series guaranteed for the next two years, and yet it feels like the franchise is on the wane. Star Trek television was resurrected by Star Trek: Discovery in 2017, which was the first new Star Trek TV series in 12 years after Star Trek: Enterprise was canceled in 2005. Discovery's success ushered in an expansive Star Trek on Paramount+ streaming franchise, which came to boast Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Although there have been 13 Star Trek theatrical movies - and the first Star Trek made-for-streaming movie, Star Trek: Section 31, premieres January 24 on Paramount+ - Star Trek has always been fundamentally a TV franchise. Star Trek is at its best on television, which allows for the long-form storytelling needed to explore complex moral quandaries and Star Trek's massive pantheon of beloved characters.
The perceived strength of...
Although there have been 13 Star Trek theatrical movies - and the first Star Trek made-for-streaming movie, Star Trek: Section 31, premieres January 24 on Paramount+ - Star Trek has always been fundamentally a TV franchise. Star Trek is at its best on television, which allows for the long-form storytelling needed to explore complex moral quandaries and Star Trek's massive pantheon of beloved characters.
The perceived strength of...
- 1/19/2025
- by John Orquiola
- ScreenRant

Ever since Mr. Spock's (Leonard Nimoy) first appearance in Star Trek: The Original Series, Vulcans have been a staple of Star Trek cannon. In shows like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds or Star Trek: Voyager among others, Vulcans stand front and center. In other shows, like Star Trek: The Next Generation or Star Trek: Discovery, Vulcans may not be on the bridge, but Vulcan characters nevertheless have a lot of influence. Even in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, where Vulcan characters are few and far between, the influence of Vulcans on the Federation as a whole remains palpable.
The reason for their influence is obvious: Vulcans are iconic. From their green blood to the elegant Vulcan nerve pinch that few non-Vulcans can replicate, the various Vulcans of Star Trek never fail to impress both audiences and crewmembers alike. But what really sets Vulcans apart are not their physical abilities,...
The reason for their influence is obvious: Vulcans are iconic. From their green blood to the elegant Vulcan nerve pinch that few non-Vulcans can replicate, the various Vulcans of Star Trek never fail to impress both audiences and crewmembers alike. But what really sets Vulcans apart are not their physical abilities,...
- 1/18/2025
- by Lee Benzinger
- ScreenRant

Robert Duncan McNeill's Lt. Tom Paris had a very specific character trait throughout Star Trek: Voyager, and although it always made sense, it has come to be so much more effective since the show ended. After debuting in 1995, Star Trek: Voyager's ending brought the story to a close in 2001. As the ship's helmsman, Paris made major contributions to every season of Star Trek: Voyager, and McNeill was given countless storylines that allowed audiences to learn more about his character. While he was always a well-rounded character, the decades since the show ended have improved his legacy even more.
McNeill's role as part of the Star Trek: Voyager cast was brought about, at least in part, due to his franchise debut as Nick Locarno in Star Trek: The Next Generation - a quirky dual-casting that has since been acknowledged by a guest appearance where he reprised the latter role in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
McNeill's role as part of the Star Trek: Voyager cast was brought about, at least in part, due to his franchise debut as Nick Locarno in Star Trek: The Next Generation - a quirky dual-casting that has since been acknowledged by a guest appearance where he reprised the latter role in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
- 1/17/2025
- by Daniel Bibby
- ScreenRant

Every so often a site will decide to rank the Star Trek series in worst to best order. With more series having been added to the franchise, we have more to take into consideration now, and Entertainment Weekly's Chris Snellgrove took on the task of a new ranking order recently, calling it "our definitive take on every show in the sci-fi franchise." And the choices are bound to cause some disagreements, some of them vehement. In fact, the opposition has even started in the comments section.
Entertainment Weekly chose Star Trek: Picard as the worst of the series, and that set many fans off. Though the series wasn't everyone's cup of tea, the third season of Picard was an epic success and gave the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast a much better send-off than they'd gotten in their final movie together, Star Trek: Nemesis.
While the entertainment site...
Entertainment Weekly chose Star Trek: Picard as the worst of the series, and that set many fans off. Though the series wasn't everyone's cup of tea, the third season of Picard was an epic success and gave the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast a much better send-off than they'd gotten in their final movie together, Star Trek: Nemesis.
While the entertainment site...
- 1/16/2025
- by Rachel Carrington
- Red Shirts Always Die

Tawny Newsome was already a huge fan of Star Trek before she was cast as Beckett Mariner on Star Trek: Lower Decks, the animated comedy which came to a close after five seasons last month. Newsome believes it was her love of the franchise that helped her get the job on Lower Decks. In an interview with Television Academy, Newsome talked about how series creator, Mike McMahan, asked her to "riff about Star Trek" during her audition. Newsome ended up talking about Deanna Troi's [Marina Sirtis] ball gowns on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
But as much as she knew about Star Trek and all of its iterations, when it came to the Easter eggs in Lower Decks, she didn't know all about them. But her lack of knowledge only pushed her to know more, and she was constantly looking up information. Sometimes, that involved calling McMahan or doing some research on her own,...
But as much as she knew about Star Trek and all of its iterations, when it came to the Easter eggs in Lower Decks, she didn't know all about them. But her lack of knowledge only pushed her to know more, and she was constantly looking up information. Sometimes, that involved calling McMahan or doing some research on her own,...
- 1/16/2025
- by Rachel Carrington
- Red Shirts Always Die

Star Trek has returned to epic crossover stories, a stable of the 90s. You couldn't go a season without seeing someone, from another show, popping up in another series. Jean-Luc Picard cameoed in Deep Space Nine's pilot, as did Quark for Voyager's. We saw William Riker (or his clone) in nearly every show he could find time to appear in. Q was everywhere but in very limited quantities.
It was a fun time to be a fan. Yet, as the Nu Trek Era began, crossovers became a thing of the past. Sure, Seven of Nine was a major player in Star Trek: Picard but she wasn't seen as a cameo or guest star, she was part of the main cast. So she didn't really feel like a 'crossover' character.
Star Trek: Lower Decks would start doing cameos, a trend we'd see go into Star Trek: Prodigy, but as neither...
It was a fun time to be a fan. Yet, as the Nu Trek Era began, crossovers became a thing of the past. Sure, Seven of Nine was a major player in Star Trek: Picard but she wasn't seen as a cameo or guest star, she was part of the main cast. So she didn't really feel like a 'crossover' character.
Star Trek: Lower Decks would start doing cameos, a trend we'd see go into Star Trek: Prodigy, but as neither...
- 1/16/2025
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

Star Trek disappointingly has no new upcoming TV shows about its best and most popular era, Star Trek: The Next Generation's 24th century, which continued into the 25th century in Star Trek: Picard. Tng kicked off the most expansive era of Star Trek. Overseen by executive producer Rick Berman, the 24th century spanned Tng, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and 4 Star Trek: The Next Generation movies. Star Trek on Paramount+ continued Tng's era with Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Star Trek: Prodigy.
2025 won't be entirely lacking in Star Trek: The Next Generation-era representation. Star Trek: Section 31 is set in the "lost era" of the 24th century decades before Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, after Section 31, Star Trek on Paramount+ has no new projects scheduled or in production that take place in the late 24th century or early 25th century. Similarly, with...
2025 won't be entirely lacking in Star Trek: The Next Generation-era representation. Star Trek: Section 31 is set in the "lost era" of the 24th century decades before Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, after Section 31, Star Trek on Paramount+ has no new projects scheduled or in production that take place in the late 24th century or early 25th century. Similarly, with...
- 1/15/2025
- by John Orquiola
- ScreenRant

I will admit that Star Trek: Lower Decks seemed like a wild idea when it was announced, but despite my initial apprehension, I'm so happy to have been quickly proven wrong about a Star Trek comedy show being a bad idea. Of all the Star Trek TV shows, it stands out for its fearless approach to adding to the franchise's dense canon while constantly tapping on the fourth wall. I can comfortably understand why some Trekkies may not enjoy Star Trek: Lower Decks, but I am definitely not on their side and haven't been for a long time.
The epic Star Trek timeline has been enhanced further by modern efforts. After the divisive ending of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005, the Prime Universe wasn't visited again until the arrival of Star Trek: Discovery twelve years later. When the saga returned, it had, perhaps unsurprisingly, undergone the "gritty reboot" treatment. I wasn't sure at first,...
The epic Star Trek timeline has been enhanced further by modern efforts. After the divisive ending of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005, the Prime Universe wasn't visited again until the arrival of Star Trek: Discovery twelve years later. When the saga returned, it had, perhaps unsurprisingly, undergone the "gritty reboot" treatment. I wasn't sure at first,...
- 1/14/2025
- by Daniel Bibby
- ScreenRant

Warning: contains potential spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks #3!
There is a new planet in the Star Trek universe, and it is a true gift to fans. Over the course of its 58-year history, Star Trek has taken fans across the galaxy, one full to the brim with exotic and dangerous worlds. Now, in a preview for Star Trek: Lower Decks #3, the Cerritos head to one of the coolest planets ever seen in the franchise.
Ryan North has penned all of Idw's Star Trek: Lower Decks comics.
Idw shared a preview for Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 with Aipt. The issue, written by Ryan North and drawn by Jack Lawrence, opens with the Cerritos wrapping up a second contact mission with the planet Clarew. Captain Freeman notes the planet developed as “precisely as ancient Earth’s early science fiction authors predicted.” Indeed, the planet is right out of a 1930s science fiction magazine,...
There is a new planet in the Star Trek universe, and it is a true gift to fans. Over the course of its 58-year history, Star Trek has taken fans across the galaxy, one full to the brim with exotic and dangerous worlds. Now, in a preview for Star Trek: Lower Decks #3, the Cerritos head to one of the coolest planets ever seen in the franchise.
Ryan North has penned all of Idw's Star Trek: Lower Decks comics.
Idw shared a preview for Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 with Aipt. The issue, written by Ryan North and drawn by Jack Lawrence, opens with the Cerritos wrapping up a second contact mission with the planet Clarew. Captain Freeman notes the planet developed as “precisely as ancient Earth’s early science fiction authors predicted.” Indeed, the planet is right out of a 1930s science fiction magazine,...
- 1/14/2025
- by Shaun Corley
- ScreenRant

We're still not over the end of "Star Trek: Lower Decks," and to be quite honest, we might never be. Every "Star Trek" fan loves "Lower Decks." Well, at least all of us here at /Film do -- I can't speak for any of the contrarian weirdos out there who hate fun or are somehow allergic to animation. Fans have become extremely attached to the cast, and their voices now rattle around in the dark recesses of our brains. Whenever I do a rewatch of "Craig of the Creek" (another show coming to an end too soon), I feel my heart break a little whenever Noël Wells' voice as Kelsey creeps into sounding like her "Lower Decks" character, Ensign D'Vana Tendi. I'm just not ready to admit that it's really over.
Fortunately, it's not like all of these beloved performers are being launched out of an airlock and forced to...
Fortunately, it's not like all of these beloved performers are being launched out of an airlock and forced to...
- 1/13/2025
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film

Talk about taking chances! Mike McMahan, the series creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, took a big one when he wrote the series finale, "The New Next Generation." He knew who he wanted on the show and wrote the parts without knowing whether or not the actors he had in mind were available or even if they would commit to doing the show.
McMahan appeared on Tex-Trek podcast [via CinemaBlend] and shared just how stressful things were after he'd written the script. The creator said "I was so panicked because the episode written was really complex. Every single legacy character had a story in it." McMahan went on to say that "If somebody said no or their schedule didn't work, it's not like I could just replace, you know, [Alexander Siddig] as Bashir. I would have to rewrite it. I would have lost ‘Gashir’ because I just wasn't going to do it without them.
McMahan appeared on Tex-Trek podcast [via CinemaBlend] and shared just how stressful things were after he'd written the script. The creator said "I was so panicked because the episode written was really complex. Every single legacy character had a story in it." McMahan went on to say that "If somebody said no or their schedule didn't work, it's not like I could just replace, you know, [Alexander Siddig] as Bashir. I would have to rewrite it. I would have lost ‘Gashir’ because I just wasn't going to do it without them.
- 1/13/2025
- by Rachel Carrington
- Red Shirts Always Die

Star Trek: Lower Decks will always have a special place in my heart for their decision to bring back the little-discussed but incredibly charming side character from Star Trek: First Contact, Lily Sloane. Lily, played by Alfre Woodard in both the film and the Lower Decks cameo, was a standout new character at the time. The film was all the rage, and it stands as the best example of filmmaking during The Next Generation era of films.
Woodard's performance in the film was part of the reason why. Essentially paired with Jean-Luc Picard for most of the film, we got to see what the universe of Star Trek is like through someone who has seen nothing but war and death for years. It made her voice carry all the more weight when she urged Picard to stop his war against The Borg and choose to live instead.
Woodard was incredible...
Woodard's performance in the film was part of the reason why. Essentially paired with Jean-Luc Picard for most of the film, we got to see what the universe of Star Trek is like through someone who has seen nothing but war and death for years. It made her voice carry all the more weight when she urged Picard to stop his war against The Borg and choose to live instead.
Woodard was incredible...
- 1/12/2025
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

Star Trek: Lower Decks apparently didn't know how it wanted to end. That's the word from series star Tawny Newsome. She recently spoke to Variety about the close of the show and it turns out that series creator Mike McMahan was not sure how he wanted the series to end.
That's not a shocker at all. Ending a story is never easy. Especially when you're in a situation where you have to create an ending almost out of nowhere. There was a lot of talks of Lower Decks planning out more seasons before the ax came down, and when that's the case, you sort of have to scramble a bit to pull out the finish.
Sometimes that finale can really land, and sometimes it can be a bit of a cluster. Either way though, the story will end, so it's always good to figure out ahead of time how you want to end a show.
That's not a shocker at all. Ending a story is never easy. Especially when you're in a situation where you have to create an ending almost out of nowhere. There was a lot of talks of Lower Decks planning out more seasons before the ax came down, and when that's the case, you sort of have to scramble a bit to pull out the finish.
Sometimes that finale can really land, and sometimes it can be a bit of a cluster. Either way though, the story will end, so it's always good to figure out ahead of time how you want to end a show.
- 1/12/2025
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

Throughout his Star Trek career, Brent Spiner has proven himself as one of the franchise's most versatile actors by portraying several different androids beyond Star Trek: The Next Generation's Lt. Commander Data. Data was created by Dr. Noonien Soong (also portrayed by Brent Spiner), a cyberneticist who built several androids over the course of his life. Brent not only portrayed Data and his creator, but Spiner also portrayed every other Soong android that has appeared on Star Trek, including Data's evil twin brother, Lore.
Brent Spiner began acting in the late 1970s and is most well-known for his portrayal of Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation. In total, Spiner has portrayed versions of three different androids, as well as four different members of the Soong family. Spiner is also known for playing Dr. Brakish Okun in Independence Day and Independence Day: Resurgence, and Bob Wheeler in the original Night Court and the 2023 reboot.
Brent Spiner began acting in the late 1970s and is most well-known for his portrayal of Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation. In total, Spiner has portrayed versions of three different androids, as well as four different members of the Soong family. Spiner is also known for playing Dr. Brakish Okun in Independence Day and Independence Day: Resurgence, and Bob Wheeler in the original Night Court and the 2023 reboot.
- 1/12/2025
- by Rachel Hulshult
- ScreenRant

I've softened on Star Trek: Lower Decks these days. The show was never my cup of tea, and it pales in comparison to Star Trek's Strange New Worlds and Prodigy, but it's leaps and bounds better than Discovery and Picard. It's a middling show and its five-season run helps cement that fact. It was not a show that really stood out on its own.
It was emboldened by the endless cash that Paramount+ had a the start of its life cycle. Yet, when the banks came calling for past debts to be paid by these streaming services, all of a sudden just having content wasn't enough anymore. It had to be content that was bringing people in on subscriptions. By all accounts, Lower Decks didn't do this.
Animated shows are routinely less expensive to produce than a live-action sci-fi show like Star Trek, so if the show was doing well and garnering an audience,...
It was emboldened by the endless cash that Paramount+ had a the start of its life cycle. Yet, when the banks came calling for past debts to be paid by these streaming services, all of a sudden just having content wasn't enough anymore. It had to be content that was bringing people in on subscriptions. By all accounts, Lower Decks didn't do this.
Animated shows are routinely less expensive to produce than a live-action sci-fi show like Star Trek, so if the show was doing well and garnering an audience,...
- 1/11/2025
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

30 Rock remains one of TV’s most beloved comedy series. It was awarded 16 Emmys in its 7-year stint at NBC. What really set the show apart was both the fast humor and the characters that fans still remember. Developed by Tina Fey and mostly inspired by her own work for Saturday Night Live as a head writer, the show depicted fictional sketches of the working environment of an NBC sketch comedy show.
Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock | Credit: NBC
Most memorable performances from the show were delivered by characters like manipulative executive Jack Donaghey played by Alec Baldwin, and Liz Lemon portrayed by Tina Fey among many others. As we enter 2025, the actors who made viewers laugh for seven seasons have followed different careers.
Jack McBrayer Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock | Credit: NBC
As the suspicious, immortal, optimistic NBC page, Kenneth Parcell, Jack McBrayer introduced one...
Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock | Credit: NBC
Most memorable performances from the show were delivered by characters like manipulative executive Jack Donaghey played by Alec Baldwin, and Liz Lemon portrayed by Tina Fey among many others. As we enter 2025, the actors who made viewers laugh for seven seasons have followed different careers.
Jack McBrayer Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock | Credit: NBC
As the suspicious, immortal, optimistic NBC page, Kenneth Parcell, Jack McBrayer introduced one...
- 1/9/2025
- by Bibon Sinha
- FandomWire

Star Trek: Lower Decks just wrapped up its fifth and final season unless fans get their wish and the series finds a reprieve at another streaming channel. The animated series finished strong but left the door open for the adventures of the Cerritos crew to continue. One of the reasons for the series' strong finish is Dawnn Lewis who portrayed Captain Freeman on the animated show. And Lewis' talent is once again being recognized with a nomination for an NAACP Image Award. [via Trekmovie]
The NAACP Image Awards honors outstanding performances of people of color in film, television, theatre, music, and literature in over forty categories. Lewis was nominated for Outstanding Television Character Voice-Over Performance. This is Lewis' second nomination for the Image Award, as she also earned one for her work in the first season of Lower Decks. She also won a Women's Network Image Award as Outstanding Actress in an...
The NAACP Image Awards honors outstanding performances of people of color in film, television, theatre, music, and literature in over forty categories. Lewis was nominated for Outstanding Television Character Voice-Over Performance. This is Lewis' second nomination for the Image Award, as she also earned one for her work in the first season of Lower Decks. She also won a Women's Network Image Award as Outstanding Actress in an...
- 1/9/2025
- by Rachel Carrington
- Red Shirts Always Die

The USS Voyager spent seven years stranded in the Delta Quadrant before it was finally able to return to Earth at the end of Star Trek: Voyager. Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, episode 9, "Fissure Quest," however, reveals in at least one universe, that return to Earth never happened. When the USS Voyager was initially stranded in the Delta quadrant, it was the first time Star Trek took the concept of being lost in space and made it the premise for an entire show. At the time, it was unclear whether or not this premise would pan out.
Nevertheless, being stranded in the Delta Quadrant, with no assistance or guidance from Starfleet, was precisely what made Star Trek: Voyager episodes so interesting to begin with. It meant that when the crew faced tight situations - from battles for their survival to nuances of the Prime Directive - they faced those dangers entirely alone.
Nevertheless, being stranded in the Delta Quadrant, with no assistance or guidance from Starfleet, was precisely what made Star Trek: Voyager episodes so interesting to begin with. It meant that when the crew faced tight situations - from battles for their survival to nuances of the Prime Directive - they faced those dangers entirely alone.
- 1/8/2025
- by Lee Benzinger
- ScreenRant

Star Trek: Lower Decks made T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) Star Trek's newest Dax, but it's unclear what this means for either character's future or if audiences will ever see it. In its fifth and final season on Paramount+, Star Trek: Lower Decks' USS Cerritos investigated a series of quantum fissures that had mysteriously opened up throughout the galaxy. The penultimate episode, "Fissure Quest," revealed that Section 31 had assigned Captain William Boimler (Jack Quaid) and a Star Trek legacy character crew of "interdimensional castaways" to discover the cause of these unstable connections to the multiverse.
Captain Boimler's ragtag crew was made up of several familiar faces from across Star Trek's vast timeline, including T'Pol and Curzon Dax (Fred Tatasciore), the Trill host for the Dax symbiont before Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Jadzia (Terry Farrell). Although Curzon died before the events of DS9, he nevertheless had a presence on the show,...
Captain Boimler's ragtag crew was made up of several familiar faces from across Star Trek's vast timeline, including T'Pol and Curzon Dax (Fred Tatasciore), the Trill host for the Dax symbiont before Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Jadzia (Terry Farrell). Although Curzon died before the events of DS9, he nevertheless had a presence on the show,...
- 1/6/2025
- by Rachel Hulshult
- ScreenRant

A great premise for a Star Trek movie about Section 31, Starfleet's clandestine black ops division, was already set up in Star Trek: Lower Decks, but that's not the Section 31 movie that Paramount+ is actually making. Coming January 24, Star Trek: Section 31 is the first feature-length movie in Star Trek's streaming era. Star Trek: Section 31 is a spinoff of Star Trek: Discovery featuring Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou, and directed by Discovery's Olatunde Osunsanmi, with the darker and edgier tone that earlier seasons of Star Trek: Discovery embraced.
In the season 5 finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "The New Next Generation", the crew of the USS Cerritos thwarts a barrage of soliton energy that threatens to destroy Star Trek's Prime Universe by turning the rift into a stable multiversal portal. Captain William Boimler (Jack Quaid) and the crew of Section 31's Defiant-class Anaximander are poised to...
In the season 5 finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "The New Next Generation", the crew of the USS Cerritos thwarts a barrage of soliton energy that threatens to destroy Star Trek's Prime Universe by turning the rift into a stable multiversal portal. Captain William Boimler (Jack Quaid) and the crew of Section 31's Defiant-class Anaximander are poised to...
- 1/5/2025
- by Jen Watson
- ScreenRant

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has the opportunity to become the very definition of Star Trek on Paramount+ in 2025. After a 2 year delay caused by the combined SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 will finally premiere on Paramount+ in 2025. Strange New Worlds returns to a drastically different landscape since season 2 bowed out in 2023, as the prequel series about Captain Christopher Pike's (Anson Mount) USS Enterprise is now the only Star Trek on Paramount+ series scheduled for 2025.
The changing nature of the streaming business and the sale of Paramount Global to Skydance led to Paramount+ ending four of the five Star Trek series that began with Star Trek: Discovery in 2017. Along with Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Lower Decks have all wrapped on Paramount+. However, along with Michelle Yeoh's Star Trek: Section 31 streaming movie, Strange New Worlds benefits by having 2025 all...
The changing nature of the streaming business and the sale of Paramount Global to Skydance led to Paramount+ ending four of the five Star Trek series that began with Star Trek: Discovery in 2017. Along with Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Lower Decks have all wrapped on Paramount+. However, along with Michelle Yeoh's Star Trek: Section 31 streaming movie, Strange New Worlds benefits by having 2025 all...
- 1/4/2025
- by John Orquiola
- ScreenRant

I've come around on Star Trek: Lower Decks. I find it to be a charming, relatively inoffensive offering from Star Trek. It's not 'Star Trek' as I would want it, but it catered to a small group within the fandom that wanted something different than what they were getting from Star Trek's Discovery or Picard. Of all the new shows, it snuggles directly into the middle of all the new shows.
Still, with Star Trek's Strange New Worlds and Prodigy out, it's hard to say that Lower Decks will have the same effect on the fandom as those two new shows. The reason for that is pretty simple, as our own Brian T. Sullivan pointed out; it lived in a world of callbacks. It over-relied on the concept. To the point that each episode felt like it was just a delivery service to get to the callbacks.
Still, with Star Trek's Strange New Worlds and Prodigy out, it's hard to say that Lower Decks will have the same effect on the fandom as those two new shows. The reason for that is pretty simple, as our own Brian T. Sullivan pointed out; it lived in a world of callbacks. It over-relied on the concept. To the point that each episode felt like it was just a delivery service to get to the callbacks.
- 1/4/2025
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

As Star Trek enters 2025, there remain 4 big things fans want. 2025 marks the 59th year since Star Trek: The Original Series premiered on NBC, and the franchise on Paramount+ is transitioning into a limited number of Star Trek currently scheduled for the year. Only one series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, and the first Star Trek streaming movie, Star Trek: Section 31, are known to premiere on Paramount+ in 2025.
While Strange New Worlds remains popular, and takes Star Trek: Discovery's place as Paramount+'s new flagship Star Trek series, the franchise has ended four of the five shows that sparked a new Star Trek renaissance from 2017-2024. Star Trek: Picard ended its 3-season run in 2023, and both Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Lower Decks wrapped their respective 5-season cycles on Paramount+ in 2024. In 2023, Paramount+ also abruptly canceled Star Trek: Prodigy, which was then ported over to Netflix after a passionate fan campaign.
While Strange New Worlds remains popular, and takes Star Trek: Discovery's place as Paramount+'s new flagship Star Trek series, the franchise has ended four of the five shows that sparked a new Star Trek renaissance from 2017-2024. Star Trek: Picard ended its 3-season run in 2023, and both Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Lower Decks wrapped their respective 5-season cycles on Paramount+ in 2024. In 2023, Paramount+ also abruptly canceled Star Trek: Prodigy, which was then ported over to Netflix after a passionate fan campaign.
- 1/3/2025
- by John Orquiola
- ScreenRant

Before Star Trek: Lower Decks, Jolene Blalock hadn't been in a Star Trek production since Star Trek: Enterprise's series finale in 2005. It's not that she hasn't been offered, but she chose to step away from acting for a while, but Lower Decks' series creator, Mike McMahan, really wanted her to be on the show. According to an interview he gave CinemaBlend, he'd heard that Blalock had said no to other Star Trek appearances so he wasn't optimistic about getting her. But that didn't stop him from making an effort.
Instead of going through an agent or manager, he reached out to her via a letter, telilng her "how important her work on Enterprise was to me not only as a fan, but also as a writer of Star Trek and how I defined Vulcans and that T’Lyn is like kind of a love letter to her work [as T’Pol] among others.
Instead of going through an agent or manager, he reached out to her via a letter, telilng her "how important her work on Enterprise was to me not only as a fan, but also as a writer of Star Trek and how I defined Vulcans and that T’Lyn is like kind of a love letter to her work [as T’Pol] among others.
- 1/2/2025
- by Rachel Carrington
- Red Shirts Always Die

Jack Quaid is moving on from Star Trek: Lower Decks and Lieutenant Brad Boimler, but Jack stars in two of the most exciting new movies to kick off 2025, Companion and Novocaine. For five seasons, Quaid played the animated Brad Boimler on Star Trek: Lower Decks, as well as Boimler's transporter clone, Captain William Boimler. Jack also brought Ensign Brad Boimler to live-action, alongside Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner, in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' acclaimed season 2 crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Making his motion picture acting debut as the villainous Marvel in The Hunger Games, Jack Quaid's star has steadily risen since 2019, when Jack hit Prime Video as one of the series leads in The Boys. Following up voicing Boimler on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Quaid returned to movie screens as Richie Kirsch, one of the Ghostface killers in Scream (2022). Jack Quaid's talent and versatility have garnered him...
Making his motion picture acting debut as the villainous Marvel in The Hunger Games, Jack Quaid's star has steadily risen since 2019, when Jack hit Prime Video as one of the series leads in The Boys. Following up voicing Boimler on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Quaid returned to movie screens as Richie Kirsch, one of the Ghostface killers in Scream (2022). Jack Quaid's talent and versatility have garnered him...
- 1/2/2025
- by John Orquiola
- ScreenRant

Rob Kazinsky, who plays Zeph in Star Trek: Section 31, teases what fans can expect from Michelle Yeoh's Star Trek streaming movie on Paramount+. Premiering on January 24, Star Trek: Section 31 is Yeoh's comeback as Emperor Philippa Georgiou from Star Trek: Discovery, now drawn back into a new mission with Starfleet's black ops division. Section 31's team of super spies couldn't be more different from the noble USS Enterprise-d crew in Star Trek: The Next Generation. That makes Section 31 unique among Star Trek shows ... or does it?
Rob Zazinsky's concerns about fans disliking Star Trek: Section 31 are based on just how different Section 31 is from Star Trek: The Next Generation, even though Tng was also not well-received when it first aired. Being set a century later meant Star Trek: The Next Generation had to be different from Star Trek: The Original Series, which was not what 1980s fans...
Rob Zazinsky's concerns about fans disliking Star Trek: Section 31 are based on just how different Section 31 is from Star Trek: The Next Generation, even though Tng was also not well-received when it first aired. Being set a century later meant Star Trek: The Next Generation had to be different from Star Trek: The Original Series, which was not what 1980s fans...
- 1/2/2025
- by Jen Watson
- ScreenRant

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks #2!
Star Trek just gave one of the Original Series’ most underrated aliens a much-needed makeover. Throughout Captain Kirk’s first five-year mission, the Enterprise encountered numerous alien races, some of them powerful, and not all of them entirely friendly. Now, in Star Trek: Lower Decks #2, an alien race fulfilling those criteria makes a grand return–and receives a modern makeover in the process.
Both Ryan North and Derek Charm collaboarted on the Eisner-nominated one-shot Star Trek: Day of Blood: Shaxs' Best Day.
Star Trek: Lower Decks #2 is written by Ryan North and drawn by Derek Charm. Mariner, Boimler and the rest of the Lower Deckers have been suddenly transported to the surface of a mysterious planet. After a short while, the truth stands revealed: they have been abducted by the Excalibans, a species first appearing in the Original Series. The telepath, rock-like...
Star Trek just gave one of the Original Series’ most underrated aliens a much-needed makeover. Throughout Captain Kirk’s first five-year mission, the Enterprise encountered numerous alien races, some of them powerful, and not all of them entirely friendly. Now, in Star Trek: Lower Decks #2, an alien race fulfilling those criteria makes a grand return–and receives a modern makeover in the process.
Both Ryan North and Derek Charm collaboarted on the Eisner-nominated one-shot Star Trek: Day of Blood: Shaxs' Best Day.
Star Trek: Lower Decks #2 is written by Ryan North and drawn by Derek Charm. Mariner, Boimler and the rest of the Lower Deckers have been suddenly transported to the surface of a mysterious planet. After a short while, the truth stands revealed: they have been abducted by the Excalibans, a species first appearing in the Original Series. The telepath, rock-like...
- 1/2/2025
- by Shaun Corley
- ScreenRant

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks #2!
Star Trek just called out one of Captain Picard’s worst quirks, and honestly, he had it coming. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is rightfully regarded as one of Starfleet’s greatest captains, a seemingly never-ending well of wisdom and inspiration. Yet early in Star Trek: The Next Generation’s run, Picard was different–and not necessarily in a good way, and this gets a callout in Star Trek: Lower Decks #2.
Star Trek: Lower Decks #2 is written by Ryan North and drawn by Derek Charm. The “Lower Deckers” have been kidnapped by Excalibans, who are forcing Boimler and company to fight holographic replicas of key Starfleet personnel, in a bid to understand human nature. The Excalibans create a duplicate of Captain Picard for Boimler, basing it on his inner thoughts. The Excalibans reveal Boimler specifically wanted the “super-hard-ass Picard who just got command of...
Star Trek just called out one of Captain Picard’s worst quirks, and honestly, he had it coming. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is rightfully regarded as one of Starfleet’s greatest captains, a seemingly never-ending well of wisdom and inspiration. Yet early in Star Trek: The Next Generation’s run, Picard was different–and not necessarily in a good way, and this gets a callout in Star Trek: Lower Decks #2.
Star Trek: Lower Decks #2 is written by Ryan North and drawn by Derek Charm. The “Lower Deckers” have been kidnapped by Excalibans, who are forcing Boimler and company to fight holographic replicas of key Starfleet personnel, in a bid to understand human nature. The Excalibans create a duplicate of Captain Picard for Boimler, basing it on his inner thoughts. The Excalibans reveal Boimler specifically wanted the “super-hard-ass Picard who just got command of...
- 12/31/2024
- by Shaun Corley
- ScreenRant

Star Trek: Lower Decks is over. With it goes a strong cast of characters, imaginative aliens and worlds that animation excels at rendering, and a whole lot of references to earlier iterations of Star Trek. While Lower Decks has a good chance of becoming a beloved chapter in the Star Trek canon, its overreliance on callbacks clouds the show's unique identity.
The issue here is not references in themselves. Star Trek has frequently featured callbacks to past series and adventures. Doing this helps to remind us that this is all the same universe. It can also highlight the historical importance that a character like James T. Kirk holds in the world of Star Trek. The issue is when there is too much of it.
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, there was a general moratorium on referencing the Original Series for the first few seasons. Yes, there are legacy species,...
The issue here is not references in themselves. Star Trek has frequently featured callbacks to past series and adventures. Doing this helps to remind us that this is all the same universe. It can also highlight the historical importance that a character like James T. Kirk holds in the world of Star Trek. The issue is when there is too much of it.
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, there was a general moratorium on referencing the Original Series for the first few seasons. Yes, there are legacy species,...
- 12/31/2024
- by Brian T. Sullivan
- Red Shirts Always Die

You have to give it to Mike McMahan, he's not pulling punches. With the end of Star Trek: Lower Decks, the series creator has been very vocal of a trending topic that recently caught headlines. Apparently, Netflix is now instructing creators that scripts should have explanations of what's happening so that those who are only partially watching can still keep up with the program they're watching.
Even though they're really not. It's stupid and shows the disconnect that millionaires and billionaires have compared to the people who are watching their products. If people wanted to really pay attention to something, they would. No amount of hand-wringing is going to get someone to pay more attention to some slop that you made on the cheap.
And McMahan agrees. When the trending topic broke online, McMahan chimed in via his Bluesky account, saying;
"Back in 2019: was told while making Lower Decks...
Even though they're really not. It's stupid and shows the disconnect that millionaires and billionaires have compared to the people who are watching their products. If people wanted to really pay attention to something, they would. No amount of hand-wringing is going to get someone to pay more attention to some slop that you made on the cheap.
And McMahan agrees. When the trending topic broke online, McMahan chimed in via his Bluesky account, saying;
"Back in 2019: was told while making Lower Decks...
- 12/31/2024
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is often seen as the new flagship entity within the larger Star Trek franchise. It's the show that will set the pace for what's to come. It is the template, the blueprint, and the proof of concept for how Star Trek could and should work in the new era.
It's done a great job of reaching past the established fanbase and appealing to new fans, while also respecting the desires of those who have been here for years. The reason for that is pretty simple, they've found a good balance of the old and the new within one show.
On the one hand, characters like LA'an Noonien Singh, Erica Ortegas, Hemmerr, and Pelia have added a new flavor to classic Star Trek that has really made fans happy. Yet, the show also balances the new with the old, bringing in characters from the original pilot and series,...
It's done a great job of reaching past the established fanbase and appealing to new fans, while also respecting the desires of those who have been here for years. The reason for that is pretty simple, they've found a good balance of the old and the new within one show.
On the one hand, characters like LA'an Noonien Singh, Erica Ortegas, Hemmerr, and Pelia have added a new flavor to classic Star Trek that has really made fans happy. Yet, the show also balances the new with the old, bringing in characters from the original pilot and series,...
- 12/31/2024
- by Chad Porto
- Red Shirts Always Die

As far as television science fiction goes, no show has had such a legacy or enduring influence on the genre and medium as "Star Trek." With nearly a dozen shows since the start of the franchise in 1966, "Star Trek" has effectively blended social commentary with hard sci-fi concepts and earned millions of fans worldwide. However, not every "Star Trek" series has come out the gate on its best foot, with many needing to find their overarching direction over time. These first impressions are made through pilot episodes, with networks deciding to commission the series through the strength of this inaugural episode.
The various "Star Trek" pilot episodes are a fascinating look back at the shows' history, and in some cases, they're far from how each respective series would gradually evolve. The ensemble casts of each show tend to find their characters quickly, but maybe not quite fully grown into them yet.
The various "Star Trek" pilot episodes are a fascinating look back at the shows' history, and in some cases, they're far from how each respective series would gradually evolve. The ensemble casts of each show tend to find their characters quickly, but maybe not quite fully grown into them yet.
- 12/30/2024
- by Samuel Stone
- Slash Film

Star Trek is one of the most beloved Sci-Fi franchises in the history of the genre, but that doesn’t mean every little thing about it is perfect. In fact, there are a few details that are downright nonsensical, including and especially one that has amounted to little more than a running gag throughout Star Trek’s many iterations. But, in the most recent Star Trek installment, this particular detail gets a clever fix that actually makes sense.
In Star Trek #26 by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Angel Hernandez, the psychopathic android duplicate of Data named Lore has detonated a bomb in the center of all reality, one that will extinguish all life in every universe. Captain Sisko and his crew of the USS Theseus narrowly escape the destruction of their universe, sliding through time into an alternate past, where they meet variants of Captain Kirk and his crew of the USS Enterprise.
In Star Trek #26 by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Angel Hernandez, the psychopathic android duplicate of Data named Lore has detonated a bomb in the center of all reality, one that will extinguish all life in every universe. Captain Sisko and his crew of the USS Theseus narrowly escape the destruction of their universe, sliding through time into an alternate past, where they meet variants of Captain Kirk and his crew of the USS Enterprise.
- 12/30/2024
- by Spencer Connolly
- ScreenRant

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks' Series Finale - "The New Next Generation"Star Trek: Lower Decks introduced a new captain to the Star Trek franchise, and he has a hilarious reason for breaking Gene Roddenberry's infamous Star Trek: The Next Generation rule. After the USS Cerritos saves the universe in Star Trek: Lower Decks series finale, Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) accepts a position overseeing missions to the multiverse at the newly relocated Starbase 80. With the Cerritos in need of a Captain, Starfleet promotes Commander Jack Ransom (Jerry O'Connell) and gives him command of the California-class ship.
When Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in 1987, Gene Roddenberry was heavily involved in the show's production. As part of his Roddenberry's vision for a Utopian future, Gene insisted that there be no interpersonal conflict among the main crew members of the USS Enterprise-d. Roddenberry postulated that there would be...
When Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in 1987, Gene Roddenberry was heavily involved in the show's production. As part of his Roddenberry's vision for a Utopian future, Gene insisted that there be no interpersonal conflict among the main crew members of the USS Enterprise-d. Roddenberry postulated that there would be...
- 12/29/2024
- by Rachel Hulshult
- ScreenRant

All good things have to come to an end. We don’t like it, but at least some shows are given the chance to wrap up on their own terms. This was the case for the five TV shows on this list for 2024.
We’re only looking at those that were either final seasoned or wrapped when they wanted to. They had the time to tell their full story—or at least, full enough to be able to bring fans closure. We’re not including those that were abruptly and unfairly canceled.
These shows not only brought an ending that worked for their stories, but they brought consistently good writing and fun storytelling. These are the five shows that we would have loved to see more of that we said goodbye to in 2024.
Alex Rider
After three seasons, the best Alex Rider adaptation came to an end. Of course, all...
We’re only looking at those that were either final seasoned or wrapped when they wanted to. They had the time to tell their full story—or at least, full enough to be able to bring fans closure. We’re not including those that were abruptly and unfairly canceled.
These shows not only brought an ending that worked for their stories, but they brought consistently good writing and fun storytelling. These are the five shows that we would have loved to see more of that we said goodbye to in 2024.
Alex Rider
After three seasons, the best Alex Rider adaptation came to an end. Of course, all...
- 12/29/2024
- by Alexandria Ingham
- ShowSnob
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