Warning: Spoilers ahead forStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 5.Star Trek: Lower Decksholds a very specific place in the franchise, and it seems to be setting up its final season in a way that perfectly encapsulates the show’s chaotic vibe.Star Trek: Lower Decksseason 5’s castis responsible for bringing the animated characters to a fitting conclusion, as the show is set to end when the finale airs on June 18, 2025. When it does, theStar Trektimelinecould very well boast a huge canonical event that other projects within the franchise will need to acknowledge.
Mutliverse episodes aren’t unheard of inStar Trek, as the saga has used the sci-fi trope sinceStar Trek: The Original Seriesseason 2, episode 4 “Mirror, Mirror,” introduced the Mirror Universe. However, the franchise is very careful not to overuse these types of storylines, as they always have the possibility of getting out of hand and spreading into not just the other spinoffs, but also theStar Trekmovies. Thankfully,Star Trek: Lower Decksappears to be throwing caution to the windto end the show on a high.
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 Continues To Tease A Multiverse Finale
“A Farewell To Farms” ends with another massive multiverse tease
Most ofStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 5, episode 4, “A Farewell to Farms,” is a seemingly innocuous story of Dr. Migleemo (Paul F. Tompkins) meeting his heroes, andLt. Mariner (Tawny Newsome) paying an old friend a visit on the Klingon homeworld. Interestingly,there is an embedded subplot that involves Mariner investigating an artificially-constructed dimensional riftnearby. In isolation, this would be, at the very least, compelling. Paired withStar Trek: Lower Deck’s other season 5 multiverse teases, a strong pattern starts to emerge.
Star Trek Mocks Voyager’s Year Of Hell
With the plight of one small starship that’s also far from home, Star Trek makes fun of one of Star Trek: Voyager’s best two-parters, “Year of Hell”.
Paired with themultiversal copies of the crew inStar Trek: Lower Decks' season 5 opener, “Dos Cerritos,” plus thetiny Intrepid-class Federation shipfrom another reality in “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel,” it’s tough to ignore what the show’s final season is building toward. If the trend continues,Star Trek: Lower Deckswill surely continue to make use of bigger and bigger multiverse storylinesuntil they culminate in a thrilling finale.
Why A Multiverse Story Is The Perfect Way To End Star Trek: Lower Decks
Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 will be able to include way more references to the rest of the franchise
AlthoughLower Decksquite often parodiesStar Trekas a whole, its events do actually create part of the larger franchise’s canon.The animated show is always full ofStar TrekEaster Eggsand references to iconic moments that have happened throughout the saga. Therefore, it would make sense for the writers to double down on this part of the show’s formula and make the final season even more self-referential than ever before. A massive multiverse story would allow for countless gimmicks and not-so-subtle winks, givingStar Trek: Lower Decksa perfect, on-brand sendoff.
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The animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks follows the support crew on one of Starfleet’s least significant ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Boimler (Jack Quaid), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and Tendi (Noël Wells) have to keep up with their duties and their social lives often. At the same time, the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
