The final season forĀ Star Trek: Lower DecksĀ is almost upon us, and the show’s pulling out all the stops for its last hurrah. It’s always a given the USS Cerritos and her crew will get up to some shenanigans, since that’s just what they do. But the Star TrekĀ Universe panel at New York Comic-Con promises some even more wacky fun in the form of some dimension hopping.
While Beckett (Tawny Newsome) and Boimler (Jack Quaid) got to do some light time-traveling over to live-action withĀ Star Trek: Strange New WorldsĀ last year,Ā Lower DecksĀ brings the whole cast along for the ride this time. As they investigate a quantum fissue in spaceāone of many that’ve been popping up lately, according to Beckett and T’Lynāthe ship gets pulled in and blasted out the other side to another dimension. To make things more complicated, theĀ CerritosĀ is contacted by…theĀ Cerritos,Ā captained by Mariner, or rather, Becky Freeman.
Alternate realities are nothing new forĀ Star Trek,Ā butĀ Lower DecksĀ has never dipped into it before now. Beyond the shock of seeing Mariner in the captain’s chair, this other Cerritos’Ā crew features some of the main crew with someĀ interestingĀ new looks, like Boimler with a Riker-esque goatee and Rutherford with more mechanical body parts. And this being the end of the show’s journey, it’ll be interesting to see how the prime Lower Deckers react to seeing these new versions of themselves as they’re taking on more responsibilities and boldly going to new places in life.
Star Trek: Lower Decks’Ā final season premieres next Thursday, October 24.
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