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Star Trek: Lower Deckscreator Mike McMahan says season 5"feels like an amazing sendoff… but not the end of a series.“Fans ofStar Trek’s first animated half-hour comedy were crushed when Paramount+ announcedLower Decksseason 5 would be the final season. McMahan hinted that this was a possibility while promotingStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 4 last year, and the upcoming end of the voyages of the USS Cerritos is a sad affair. But also a happy one, asthere are still 10 more episodes ofStar Trek: Lower Decksto come in fall 2024.
Mike McMahan was a guest onAwards Radar’s Extended ‘Versepodcastto chat aboutStar Trek: Lower Decks’ successful season 4 and upcoming fifth and final season.McMahan gave his perspective on his"miracle"show ending,and his words thatStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 5"feels like the end of a chapter, but not the end of a series"offers a smidge of hope that there may still be a future for the USS Cerritos. Read his quote below, and listen to theExtended ‘Versepodcast in the link above.
For me, it’s like, I’m greedy. I would have kept making this show forever, but getting five seasons is such a miracle. It’s insane that this show even existed. Every season I felt like it was a miracle. There are grand stories I’m telling for the characters inLower Decks.So season five feels like an amazing sendoff. It feels like the end of a chapter, but not the end of a series.I had enough time to know that it had to be special.
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 - Everything You Need To Know
Star Trek: Lower Decks to the franchise where it had never been before with five seasons of comic antics, but sadly the show went off the air as well.
Can Star Trek: Lower Decks Be Saved?
Or could the USS Cerritos have a different future?
There are fan movements tosaveStar Trek: Lower Deckseven though Paramount+ has decided to end the series. A dedicated fan campaign in 2023 savedStar Trek: Prodigyafter its Paramount+ cancelation, helping to secure Netflix as its new streaming home. Although the same furor hasn’t manifested to saveLower Decks, Star Trek’s first animated comedy may not be completely over after its five-season run.There’s a possibilityLower Deckscould return as a Paramount+ streaming movielikeStar Trek: Section 31. OrLower Deckscharacters could appear in a live-actionStar Trekseries in the future.
Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid brought Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimler to live-action in a comedy crossover withStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Star Trek: Lower Deckshas been a boon toStar Trekby continuing the late 24th-century era ofStar Trek: The Next Generationwhile also lovingly poking fun at every aspect of the venerable franchise. Meanwhile,Lower Decksintroduced numerous loveable characters and conceptstoStar Trekcanon.Tawny Newsome is one ofLower Decks’ greatest gifts toStar Trek,and she has branched out as a writer forStar Trek’s next series,Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Hopefully, Tawny can inject some of the spirit ofStar Trek: Lower DecksintoStar Trek: Starfleet Academyafter her own show ends with season 5.
