Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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#startrek #lowerdecks

Star Trek: Lower Decks' fifth season ties up lots of loose ends. But does it do it as satisfyingly as lots of fans were hoping?

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- CHAPTERS -
00:00 Intro
01:07 Sponsored Segment
03:25 Background
05:05 Dos Cerritos & Shades of Green
17:14 The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel
20:56 A Farewell to Farms
24:12 Starbase 80
26:44 Of Gods and Angles
30:17 Fully Dilated
34:14 Upper Decks
35:22 Fissure Quest
42:19 The New Next Generation
45:31 What Could Have Been
48:29 Lower Decks' Legacy
50:52 Final Thoughts & Outro