Decrease Decks Ends With Season 5

Spoilers for “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” to observe.

Effectively, that’s it, of us. “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” has formally concluded its fifth and closing season. Sayonara, USS Cerritos, it was a very unforgettable five-year mission.

It stings as a result of it would not appear to be “Decrease Decks” mandatory to finish right here. It was reported that the sequence was ending attributable to what was occurring behind the scenes at Paramount, from scaling again because of the firm’s deliberate merger with Skydance to “Decrease Decks” reaching its restrict as a premium for Paramount+.

That is why “The New Subsequent Era” sequence finale balances an open ending whereas nonetheless leaving issues sufficiently totally different. Captain Freeman leaves the Cerritos and so Ransom turns into the brand new captain – with Boimler and Mariner as his two co-second-in-commands. Rutherford abandons his implant, whereas Tendi and T’lyn’s friendship as co-senior science officers continues to blossom. (One other drawback with “Decrease Decks” ending right here — no enough time with T’Lyn, the show’s much-loved straight woman, in the main cast.)

However every time one thing expensive involves an finish, you shouldn’t solely mourn it, you must also rejoice it. did exist. “Decrease Decks” had 50 episodes and by no means went downhill. In actual fact, it refused to accept being a easy parody of “Star Trek,” however was as an alternative a loving, earnest parody that feels proper at residence with the remainder of the property’s lengthy historical past. Season 5 of “Decrease Decks” continued its momentum (at /Film we ranked it among the best TVs of 2024). Ending right here retains the Trekkies’ fond reminiscences of “Decrease Decks” as treasured as doable.

As “Decrease Decks” ends its run, there’s one thought I can not escape: This can be essentially the most persistently good “Star Trek” sequence of all time. Oh positive, “Deep Area 9” was extra formidable (and had many extra episodes twice as lengthy). There are different particular person seasons of previous “Star Trek” exhibits that I might additionally rank towards “Decrease Decks” – “The Authentic Collection” season 1, “The Subsequent Era” season 5, and so on. However working on the 26-episode, one-season mannequin, the outdated “Star Trek” sequence would inevitably expertise some hiccups. “Decrease Decks” by no means did, and no particular person season brought on a slowdown.

Relatively than working out of steam, season 5 even introduced among the finest episodes of the sequence. “A Farewell To Farms” delivered the Klingon-focused episode of Trekkie Dreams. “Totally Dilated” had a well-recognized premise (Starfleet officers visiting a pre-warp planet and mingling with the locals), however it was firing on all cylinders, with robust characterization, humor, And drama. We virtually surprise, with nostalgia, what the writers of “Decrease Decks” may have executed primarily based on the mannequin of longer seasons. However once more, generally it is best to simply accept what you’ve gotten.

“Decrease Decks” soars after securing its place in “Star Trek” historical past, having delivered basic episodes to among the biggest “Trek” characters like Beckett Mariner herself (to not point out his unforgettable voice actor, Tawny Newsome). Not unhealthy for a sequence that would simply have turned towards itself, by overly mixing the “Star Trek” formulation with humor when in observe, it achieved an ideal steadiness and by no means misplaced it.

“Star Trek: Decrease Decks” is at the moment streaming on Paramount+.