10 Times Star Trek Rewarded Audiences For Sticking With It
2. Star Trek: Lower Decks
Star Trek: Lower Decks is an absolute gift to fans of the franchise. While there are enough new ideas and storylines that the show quite merrily works on its own two feet, almost every frame of the screen is filled with nods, references, and enough Easter eggs to fill a hamper the size of a swimming pool.
Q turns up, voiced by John de Lancie. J.G. Hertzler guest stars. The Gorn have a beautiful wedding ceremony. Rutherford gives us an update of Uhura's famous fan dance from Star Trek V. Any one of these moments would be enough to warrant an entry here, so picking the best among them is a difficult job.
No Small Parts, the show's final episode of the first season, sees the USS Titan finally appear on-screen, having first been mentioned twenty years previously in Star Trek: Nemesis. The Luna-class ship was designed by Seán Tourangeau for the novel line, so seeing it in the flesh, so to speak, was never guaranteed. Yet here it was, rewarding fans of the series, fans of the novels, and fans of fan designs.
Star Trek: Lower Decks was quite possibly the best new Trek that came out of 2020. The excitement levels for season two are immense.