6.8/102,323 votes#1 - Second Contact
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/6/2020
Ensign Tendi has her first day of work on Starfleet's USS Cerritos, where she meets fellow support crew members. Boimler is tasked with a secret special assignment. Rutherford attempts to keep his dating life intact while a disaster strikes the ship.
Director: Barry J. Kelly
Writer: Mike McMahan
7.0/101,891 votes#2 - Envoys
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/13/2020
Ensigns Boimler and Mariner embark on a shuttle mission to a Klingon compound while Ensigns Tendi and Rutherford spend time together back on the USS Cerritos.
Director: Kim Arndt
Writer: Chris Kula
7.2/101,758 votes#3 - Temporal Edict
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/20/2020
A new work protocol eliminating "buffer time" has the Lower Decks crew running ragged as they try to keep up with their tightened schedules. Ensign Mariner and Commander Ransom's mutual lack of respect comes to a head during an away mission.
Director: Bob Suarez
Writer: David Ihlenfeld, David Wright
7.3/101,650 votes#4 - Moist Vessel
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/27/2020
Captain Freeman seeks the ultimate payback after Mariner blatantly disrespects her in front of the crew. A well-meaning Tendi accidentally messes up a Lieutenant's attempt at spiritual ascension and tries to make it right.
Director: Barry J. Kelly
Writer: Ann Acacia Kim
7.5/101,591 votes#5 - Cupid's Errant Arrow
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/3/2020
Ensign Boimler welcomes his girlfriend Barb onto the USS Cerritos, much to Ensign Mariner’s dismay — while Ensigns Ruthford and Tendi have starship envy when the Cerritos rendezvous with the more-advanced USS Vancouver.
Director: Kim Arndt
Writer: Ben Joseph
7.2/101,530 votes#6 - Terminal Provocations
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/10/2020
The lovable but awkward Ensign Fletcher makes work difficult for Mariner and Boimler. Rutherford introduces Tendi to a holodeck training program he created.
Director: Bob Suarez
Writer: John Cochran
7.5/101,505 votes#7 - Much Ado About Boimler
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/17/2020
Mariner tries to impress her best friend from Starfleet Academy who is now a visiting Captain. Boimler is sent to a Starfleet medical ship after a transporter accident puts him “out of phase.”
Director: Barry J. Kelly
Writer: M. Willis
7.6/101,554 votes#8 - 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
8.1/101,606 votes#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
8.7/101,799 votes#10 - 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
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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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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Second Contact" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 2323 votes. Directed by Barry J. Kelly and written by Mike McMahan, it aired on 8/6/2020. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Envoys".