Star Trek: Lower Decks

Life aboard the USS Cerritos is less glamorous for the junior officers who keep its systems working than for the senior crew receiving the praise. Beckett Mariner, Brad Boimler, D’Vana Tendi and Sam Rutherford juggle exhausting assignments, alien encounters and the everyday indignities of serving near the bottom of Starfleet’s hierarchy. Mariner’s confidence can conceal a more complicated relationship with trust and belonging. Her connection with fellow officer Jennifer develops from antagonism into attraction, then exposes the difficulties of being vulnerable around colleagues and friends. The animated comedy combines affectionate science-fiction parody with an ensemble story about finding purpose, navigating relationships and becoming a team despite very different ambitions.