‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Team Say Although the Show Will End With Season 5, Audiences Will Feel Like They Could ‘Keep Telling These Stories’
variety.comJack Dunn Across five seasons of the Paramount+ animated series “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” the voice cast got so close that costar Jerry O’Connell invited his fellow actors and “Lower Decks” creator Mike McMahan to his birthday party — where he read them a poem dedicated to their friendships. “He had a printed-out set of papers — plural — that he read from,” joked McMahan. “I love ‘Lower Decks,’ we’re a family,” O’Connell said. “And I wanted to celebrate my birthday with my cast.” O’Connell and McMahan were joined by “Lower Decks” stars Tawny Newsome and Noël Wells in the Variety Studio presented by Google TV at San Diego Comic-Con to discuss their journey up to the fifth and final season of the “Star Trek” animated spin-off. “Star Trek: Lower Decks” follows the supporting crew of one of Starfleet’s most insignificant starships, the U.S.S Cerritos.
Coincidentally, the first time O’Connell and Newsome met was at Comic-Con to unveil the first season of “Lower Decks,” an announcement which, according to O’Connell, was not received as well as they hoped. “I met Tawny here at Comic-Con exactly five years ago when we announced the show…it was not thunderous applause,” said O’Connell. “It was rough announcing it.” “It was a confused Hall H,” added McMahan.
Four years and two Emmy nominations later, “Lower Decks” is heading towards its series finale. Although it may seem natural for the show to end when the “Lower Decks” crew is inevitably promoted to higher ranks, McMahan feels he left the show in a place where the character’s stories could keep going. “You do get to see everybody grow up in Season 5,” McMahan said. “To me, there isn’t a natural end to being ‘Lower Decks’ because I feel like I am still learning stuff all the.
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