The "A" plot involves Boimler and Mariner on the planet to help install a new subspace transmitter. Lower Decks follows the standard three-plot story structure common to Next Generation episodes. Boimler is a nerdy, by-the-book type, while Mariner (the recent demotee) decidedly isn't, which leads to some funny Odd Couple situations in the first episode. Of the four main characters, two got the lion's share of attention in the pilot episode (titled Second Contact), Ensign Brad Boimler and Ensign Beckett Mariner. The principal cast is four newly assigned ensigns, three fresh out of the Academy and one who has been demoted and sent to the Cerritos as punishment. The setting is the USS Cerritos, a nondescript starship whose mission is Second Contacts, going in after the big name starships make First Contact with a new civilization. So Lower Decks is firmly set in the 1990s-feel Next Generation era. That said, I enjoyed Star Trek: Lower Decks a lot more than I thought I would.įor those not sure of the dates, the 2380 setting places the show a year or so after the last Next Generation-era production, 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis. I'm not big on animated comedy like Family Guy or Rick & Morty, The Simpsons and Futurama are more my speed. But something can be full of silly, childish humor and still have enjoyable characters and tell good stories, you know? These are not qualities that are mutually exclusive.
If this is nothing more than a bunch of stupid toilet jokes, without any characterization or story to hang it on, then yeah, I'll be done with it. I look forward to seeing what kind of stories they try to tell within the framework of the comedy. I have never watched Rick & Morty, though I do enjoy the Orville and other efforts that mix humor with science fiction. The interviews I have seen seem to suggest that the showrunners want to make real Star Trek stories, with a thick overlay of Rick & Morty style humor.
The crew is interacting via LCARS interfaces, not animated to swing their hands and arms randomly so that another animator can create holo-controls to match them later. He's also a huge Star Trek fan, which is likely how this show got made in the first place.Īt the very least, the tech looks proper from the TNG era. There is a very good reason this looks like it's channeling Rick & Morty - the creator of that show is one of the main creators of Below Decks, as well.
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