Though the announcement comes to no surprise to Star Trek fans, Lower Decks will be concluding this fall according to a letter on StarTrek.com from Mike McMahan and Alex Kurtzman. The animated show on Paramount+ brings Rick & Morty-style humor to space in what is more a Star Trek parody than a serious show.
Alex Kurtzman and Mike McMahan posted this letter:
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.
LLAP
Mike McMahan and Alex Kurtzman
With Discovery going off the air in the same year and Picard already concluded, fans can’t help but wonder if the Alex Kurtzman era of Star Trek is being written off by Paramount+ with streaming numbers not up to what they expected.
Fans have roundly criticized Alex Kurtzman for his handling of the Star Trek mythos. Lower Decks has provided fans with many references to the prior shows they loved, marking a smaller bright spot in the franchise’s recent offerings. However, the show has had its fill of identity politics and near-pornographic instances in attempts at edgy humor.
What do you think of Star Trek Lower Decks going off the air? Is Alex Kurtzman finally done? Leave a comment and let us know.
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They allowed it to run this long though
What? I’m amazed at how long they let these horrible Star Trek shows run for. Who watches them? The phantom “modern audience”?
The Message™ allowed this Crap to air for so Long.