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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 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...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAnimationComedy
Episodes
50
Avg. Rating
7.8
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Best Episodes Summary

"Fissure Quest (1)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks". It scored 9/10 based on 762 votes. Directed by Brandon Williams and written by Lauren McGuire, it aired on 12/12/2024. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The New Next Generation (2)".

  • Fissure Quest (1)
    9.0/10762 votes
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    #1 - Fissure Quest (1)

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/2024

    Fissures must be closed before they get inflamed.

    Director: Brandon Williams

    Writer: Lauren McGuire

  • The New Next Generation (2)
    9.0/10573 votes
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    #2 - The New Next Generation (2)

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2024

    Season finale where lots of wild stuff happens!

    Director: Megan Lloyd

    Writer: Mike McMahan

  • wej Duj
    8.7/101,419 votes
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    #3 - wej Duj

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/7/2021

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

    Director: Bob Suarez

    Writer: Kathryn Lyn

  • No Small Parts
    8.6/101,826 votes
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    #4 - No Small Parts

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/8/2020

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

    Director: Barry J. Kelly

    Writer: Mike McMahan

  • First First Contact
    8.6/101,286 votes
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    #5 - First First Contact

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/14/2021

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

    Director: Jason Zurek

    Writer: Mike McMahan

  • Hear All, Trust Nothing
    8.6/101,296 votes
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    #6 - Hear All, Trust Nothing

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/29/2022

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

    Director: Fill Marc Sagadraca

    Writer: Grace Parra Janney

  • Old Friends, New Planets (2)
    8.6/10814 votes
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    #7 - Old Friends, New Planets (2)

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/2/2023

    Mariner faces her past.

    Director: Bob Suarez

    Writer: May Darmon

  • The Stars at Night
    8.5/101,033 votes
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    #8 - The Stars at Night

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/27/2022

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

    Director: Jason Zurek

    Writer: Mike McMahan

  • I, Excretus
    8.4/101,333 votes
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    #9 - I, Excretus

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/2021

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

    Director: Kim Arndt

    Writer: Ann Acacia Kim

  • Twovix
    8.2/10945 votes
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    #10 - Twovix

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2023

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

    Director: Barry J. Kelly, Jason Zurek

    Writer: Mike McMahan

  • Fully Dilated
    8.2/10476 votes
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    #11 - Fully Dilated

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2024

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

    Director: Megan Lloyd

    Writer: Andrew Mueth

  • Crisis Point
    8.1/101,633 votes
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    #12 - Crisis Point

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/1/2020

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

    Director: Bob Suarez

    Writer: Ben Rodgers

  • Reflections
    8.1/101,032 votes
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    #13 - Reflections

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/2022

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

    Director: Michael Mullen

    Writer: Mike McMahan

  • The Inner Fight (1)
    8.0/10711 votes
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    #14 - The Inner Fight (1)

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 10/26/2023

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

    Director: Brandon Williams

    Writer: Mike McMahan

  • Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus
    7.9/101,003 votes
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    #15 - Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/13/2022

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

    Director: Michael Mullen

    Writer: Ben Rodgers

  • I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee
    7.9/10863 votes
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    #16 - I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/2023

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

    Director: Megan Lloyd

    Writer: Aaron Burdette

  • Trusted Sources
    7.8/10919 votes
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    #17 - Trusted Sources

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/20/2022

    A visiting reporter on the Cerritos puts Captain Freeman on edge.

    Director: Fill Marc Sagadraca

    Writer: Ben M. Waller

  • Parth Ferengi's Heart Place
    7.8/10780 votes
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    #18 - Parth Ferengi's Heart Place

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/2023

    The Cerritos visits the Ferengi homeworld.

    Director: Brandon Williams

    Writer: Cullen Crawford

  • Where Pleasant Fountains Lie
    7.7/101,183 votes
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    #19 - Where Pleasant Fountains Lie

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/23/2021

    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.

    Director: Jason Zurek

    Writer: Garrick Bernard

  • Grounded
    7.7/101,130 votes
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    #20 - Grounded

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/25/2022

    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.

    Director: Jason Zurek

    Writer: Chris Kula

  • The Least Dangerous Game
    7.7/101,039 votes
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    #21 - The Least Dangerous Game

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2022

    On a tropical paradise planet, Mariner questions Commander Ransom on how he structures his away team. Boimler makes a bold career decision.

    Director: Michael Mullen

    Writer: Garrick Bernard

  • Something Borrowed, Something Green
    7.7/10811 votes
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    #22 - Something Borrowed, Something Green

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/2023

    Tendi is summoned back to Orion for a wedding.

    Director: Bob Suarez

    Writer: Grace Parra Janney

  • Caves
    7.7/10725 votes
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    #23 - Caves

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/19/2023

    The Lower Deckers go on a classic cave mission.

    Director: Megan Lloyd

    Writer: Ben Rodgers

  • Dos Cerritos
    7.7/10584 votes
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    #24 - Dos Cerritos

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/2024

    A spatial anomaly forces the Cerritos crew to face their own faces. Tendi pirates.

    Director: Megan Lloyd

    Writer: Aaron Burdette

  • Starbase 80?!
    7.7/10489 votes
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    #25 - Starbase 80?!

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/2024

    Ransom uses too much disinfectant gel while Mariner gets paranoid about curses.

    Director: Bob Suarez

    Writer: May Darmon