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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks

Every episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks!

The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks

The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi...

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  1. Background image for Fissure Quest (1)
    9.0/10(968 votes)

    #1 - Fissure Quest (1)

    S5:E9

    Fissures must be closed before they get inflamed.

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  2. Background image for The New Next Generation (2)
    8.9/10(755 votes)

    #2 - The New Next Generation (2)

    S5:E10

    Season finale where lots of wild stuff happens!

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    Director:Megan Lloyd
  3. Background image for Old Friends, New Planets (2)
    8.6/10(871 votes)

    #3 - Old Friends, New Planets (2)

    S4:E10

    Mariner faces her past.

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    Director:Bob Suarez
    Writer:May Darmon
  4. Background image for First First Contact
    8.5/10(12 votes)

    #4 - First First Contact

    S2:E10

    In the season two finale, the U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked to aid another class starship on a first contact mission.

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    Director:Jason Zurek
  5. Background image for The Stars at Night
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #5 - The Stars at Night

    S3:E10

    The Cerritos crew must prove their worth in a mission race.

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    Director:Jason Zurek
  6. Background image for wej Duj
    8.4/10(13 votes)

    #6 - wej Duj

    S2:E9

    Boimler tries to find a friend from the bridge, while the crew of the USS Cerritos has free time during a long warp trip.

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    Director:Bob Suarez
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  8. Background image for Twovix
    8.2/10(999 votes)

    #7 - Twovix

    S4:E1

    The Cerritos ensigns must assist a caretaker on the voyage of a historically significant starship.

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  9. Background image for Fully Dilated
    8.1/10(616 votes)

    #8 - Fully Dilated

    S5:E7

    It's a pre-warp society undercover Girls Trip!

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    Director:Megan Lloyd
  10. Background image for No Small Parts
    8.0/10(20 votes)

    #9 - No Small Parts

    S1:E10

    The USS Cerritos encounters a familiar enemy. Tendi helps a struggling recruit find her footing.

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  11. Background image for Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus

    S3:E8

    Boimler's holodeck movie sequel tries to live up to the original.

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  12. Background image for The Inner Fight (1)
    8.0/10(762 votes)

    #11 - The Inner Fight (1)

    S4:E9

    Captain Freeman assigns the Lower Deckers an overly safe mission to try and keep a self-destructive Mariner out of danger.

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  13. Background image for Crisis Point
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Crisis Point

    S1:E9

    Mariner repurposes Boimler's holodeck program to cast herself as the villain in a Lower Decks style movie.

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    Director:Bob Suarez
  14. Background image for Room for Growth
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Room for Growth

    S3:E4

    Mariner, Boimler and Tendi clash with their arch-rivals: Delta Shift. The Cerritos engineers go on mandatory relaxation leave.

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    Director:Jason Zurek
  15. Background image for Reflections
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #14 - Reflections

    S3:E5

    Mariner and Boimler work the Starfleet recruitment booth at an alien job fair, Rutherford challenges himself.

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  16. Background image for Hear All, Trust Nothing
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #15 - Hear All, Trust Nothing

    S3:E6

    The Cerritos crew unexpectedly spends a day on Deep Space Nine.

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  17. Background image for I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee
    7.9/10(911 votes)

    #16 - I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee

    S4:E2

    Mariner tries to get demoted, Rutherford tries to get promoted, and Boimler makes a big move.

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  18. Background image for Kayshon, His Eyes Open
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #17 - Kayshon, His Eyes Open

    S2:E2

    Our Lower Deckers have trouble bonding with Ensign Jet Manhaver, who has been assigned Boimler’s bunk and shift duties. Meanwhile, we get a glimpse of Boimler’s life on the U.S.S. Titan, which is more intense than he thought it would be.

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    Director:Kim Arndt
    Writer:Chris Kula
  19. Background image for Where Pleasant Fountains Lie
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Where Pleasant Fountains Lie

    S2:E7

    Mariner and Boimler are stranded on an uninhabited planet with a sentient computer. On the Cerritos, Lt. Commander Billups must prove his engineering abilities to an old adversary.

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  20. Background image for I, Excretus
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    #19 - I, Excretus

    S2:E8

    A consultant arrives on the U.S.S. Cerritos to run drills that require the lower deckers and bridge crew to swap duties.

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    Director:Kim Arndt
  21. Background image for Something Borrowed, Something Green
    7.8/10(857 votes)

    #20 - Something Borrowed, Something Green

    S4:E4

    Tendi is summoned back to Orion for a wedding.

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  22. Background image for Parth Ferengi's Heart Place
    7.8/10(831 votes)

    #21 - Parth Ferengi's Heart Place

    S4:E6

    The Cerritos visits the Ferengi homeworld.

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  23. Background image for Veritas
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #22 - Veritas

    S1:E8

    Mariner, Boimler, Tendi and Rutherford are caught off guard when aliens force them to testify about a series of seemingly unrelated events.

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    Director:Kim Arndt
  24. Background image for Mugato, Gumato
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Mugato, Gumato

    S2:E4

    The U.S.S. Cerritos is dispatched to a planet to investigate an unexplained sighting of a dangerous Mugato.

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    Director:Jason Zurek
  25. Background image for Grounded
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Grounded

    S3:E1

    Mariner enlists her friends on a rogue mission to exonerate her mother, as Captain Freeman faces a military tribunal for the destruction of Pakled Planet.

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    Director:Jason Zurek
    Writer:Chris Kula
  26. Background image for Caves
    7.7/10(774 votes)

    #25 - Caves

    S4:E8

    The Lower Deckers go on a classic cave mission.

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    Director:Megan Lloyd

Best Episodes Summary

"Fissure Quest (1)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks". It scored 9/10 based on 968 votes. Directed by Brandon Williams and written by Lauren McGuire, it aired on 12/12/2024. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The New Next Generation (2)".