‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Will End Its Interstellar Journey with Season 5

In a post to StarTrek.com, Star Trek: Lower Decks series creator Mike McMahan and Alex Kurtzman confirmed that the adult animated comedy — an envelope-pushing genre experiment for the leviathan sci-fi franchise — will be concluding this fall with the fifth season. The show launched in 2020 and streams on Paramount+.

The duo wrote:

To the fans,

We wanted to let you know that this fall will be the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks. While five seasons of any series these days seems like a miracle, it’s no exaggeration to say that every second we’ve spent making this show has been a dream come true. Our incredible cast, crew and artists have given you everything they have because they love the characters they play, they love the world we’ve built, and more than anything we all love love love Star Trek. We’re excited for the world to see our hilarious fifth season which we’re working on right now, and the good news is that all previous episodes will remain on Paramount+ so there is still so much to look forward to as we celebrate the Cerritos crew with a big send-off.

Finally, thank you for always being so creative and joyful, for filling convention halls and chanting “LOWER DECKS!” We remain hopeful that even beyond Season 5, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford and the whole Cerritos crew will live on with new adventures.

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Mike McMahan and Alex Kurtzman

Star Trek: Lower Decks focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos. These “lower decks” shipmates are Beckett Mariner (voiced by Tawny Newsome), Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), D’Vana Tendi (Noël Wells) and Sam Rutherford, voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters on the Bridge include Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis), Commander Jack Ransom (Jerry O’Connell) and Doctor T’Ana (Gillian Vigman).

The series is produced by CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Executive producers include Alex Kurtzman, Mike McMahan, Aaron Baiers, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. Emmy Award-winning studio Titmouse produced the animation for the series.

[Source: startrek.com]