The crew of the USS Cerritos is ready to call it a day. Canceled by Paramount+, Star Trek: Lower Decks will end its run after five seasons with the upcoming fifth and final season this year. Set for an October 24, 2024 premier, Lower Decks will bring the show to a close this fall. Some from the cast have already moved on, namely, Tawny Newsome launching a new Star Trek comedic show, but series creator Mike McMahon hasn't.
At least not yet. He's still doing the press tour for the upcoming final season and recently spoke to Collider about the upcoming final season (via TrekMovie). Sitting down and talking to the outlet, McMahon gave fans a brief look into what to expect for the final season.
With the show known for its cameos, callbacks, and classic character returns, fans are admittedly excited over the possibility that the series finale could be a massive love letter to Star Trek as a whole. An idea that McMahon doesn't reject, saying;
""We kept adding and adding and adding to the finale because nothing was ever satisfying enough, and there weren’t enough goodbyes to tell in a funny way. Ultimately, what we ended up with was a gigantic episode that’s really fun.""
With the hype machine now in full swing for the finale, fans will no doubt start debating who will return to the series for one more run. Could we get William Shatner? Scott Bakula? Patrick Stewart? Unlikely, that isn't McMahon's style. It'll likely be some obscure character, once again played by the same actor or actress who played them 30 years ago, but has since left Hollywood to become a dentist. Or something equally as convoluted.
Luckily for Lower Decks and its fans, its last season will happen on Paramount+, and so the goodbye will be dolled out in a weekly installment, allowing for proper hype and conversations to surround the series as it ventures off to the great unknown.