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Season 7

Oct. 18, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 10 ”First First Contact”

In the season finale of Lower Decks, the Cerritos is headed to the Laaperian system to assist the USS Archimedes in a first contact mission. Things go awry when a solar flare causes an unstable planetoid to blow and completely knocks out power on the Arc...

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Oct. 11, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 9 ”wej Duj”

It's a long warp for the crew of the Cerritos, 12 hours. So Captain Freeman is giving folks the day off. To chill and hang. Boimler is excited to spend time with the gang but they're all hanging out with various "bridge buddies." He wonders if life is as...

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Oct. 4, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 8 ”I, Excretus”

Mariner's feeling a bit sour because she and the lower decks gang go left out in space for six hours when the Cerritos has to warp away to help another ship in trouble. Also, a Starfleet drill instructor is showing up to run the entire crew through perfo...

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Sept. 27, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 7 ”Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”

First, there's this evil supercomputer that caused a hundred years of war on a nameless planet. Boimler and Mariner are tasked with bringing it to the Daystrom Institute to be put on ice, but when they get stranded on a deserted planet. AGIMUS, the afore...

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Sept. 20, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 6 ”A Spy Humungous”

There is, indeed, a spy humongous on the USS Cerritos. Capt. Freeman and Shaxs have gone down to the Pakled planet (which they called "Pakled Planet") to try and negotiate a peace. But then a "prisoner" from the planet "escapes" to the Cerritos and asks ...

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Sept. 13, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 5 ”An Embarrassment of Dooplers”

The Cerritos is headed to Starbase 25 for the annual Command Conference (which is purported to have one of the most outrageous after-parties in the quadrant!) and it will be the only California-class ship attending. Captain Freeman is rather chuffed.    ...

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Sept. 6, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 4 ”Mugato Gumato”

So there's this big scary mugato creature on on Frylong IV, precisely where it shouldn't be. Cerritos is dispatched to get to the bottom of it. So what if they're poisonous, carnivorous, and incredibly strong? Shaxs leads the away mission and turns out t...

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Aug. 30, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 3 ”We‘ll Always Have Tom Paris”

Lieutenant Paris is visiting the Cerritos! You know, Janeway’s hand-selected, to-be-redeemed, ace pilot. He’s visiting!Also, Tendi is sent on a mission by Dr. T’Ana and decides to bring Mariner along for a “Girl’s Trip.” Hijinks ensue. Rutherford wants t...

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Aug. 24, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 2 ”Kayshon, His Eyes Open”

Season two of Lower Decks rapidly picks up speed. First we meet the new head of security (a Tanarian named Kayson) and then we see Boimler hard at work trying to fit in with the pugilistic types on his new ship. Lt. Kayshon leads the Cerritos gang (along...

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Aug. 16, 2021

Star Trek Lower Decks S2 E 1 ”Strange Energies”

It's strange energy indeed, as we return to life aboard the Cerritos with Ensign Mariner and her mother Captain Freeman. Things are going great – and they both secretly hate it! You would think they could talk about it, but it seems like they can't. It t...

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