8.7/101,799 votesLoading...#1 - 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
8.7/101,390 votesLoading...#2 - 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
8.6/101,259 votesLoading...#3 - 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
8.6/101,261 votesLoading...#4 - 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
8.6/10766 votesLoading...#5 - Old Friends, New Planets (2)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/2/2023
Mariner faces her past.
Director: Bob Suarez
Writer: May Darmon
8.5/101,002 votesLoading...#6 - 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
8.4/101,305 votesLoading...#7 - 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
8.2/10902 votesLoading...#8 - 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
8.1/101,606 votesLoading...#9 - 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
8.1/101,002 votesLoading...#10 - 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
8.0/10672 votesLoading...#11 - 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
7.9/10972 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.9/10822 votesLoading...#13 - 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
7.8/10888 votesLoading...#14 - 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
7.8/10735 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.8/10391 votesLoading...#16 - 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
7.7/101,159 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.7/101,102 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.7/101,009 votesLoading...#19 - 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
7.7/10767 votesLoading...#20 - 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
7.7/10682 votesLoading...#21 - Caves
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/19/2023
The Lower Deckers go on a classic cave mission.
Director: Megan Lloyd
Writer: Ben Rodgers
7.7/10199 votesLoading...#22 - Star Base 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
7.6/101,554 votesLoading...#23 - Veritas
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/24/2020
Mariner, Boimler, Tendi and Rutherford are caught off guard when aliens force them to testify about a series of seemingly unrelated events.
Director: Kim Arndt
Writer: Garrick Bernard
7.6/101,234 votesLoading...#24 - Kayshon, His Eyes Open
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/19/2021
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.
Director: Kim Arndt
Writer: Chris Kula
7.6/101,177 votesLoading...#25 - We'll Always Have Tom Paris
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/26/2021
Assigned a special task by Dr. T'Ana, Tendi enlists Mariner for help. On the U.S.S. Cerritos, Rutherford is consumed by a bridge crew mystery.
Director: Bob Suarez
Writer: M. Willis
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...
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Best Episodes Summary
"No Small Parts" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks". It scored 8.7/10 based on 1799 votes. Directed by Barry J. Kelly and written by Mike McMahan, it aired on 10/8/2020. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "wej Duj".