Five is, however, the end for this version of Lower Decks. McMahan confirmed as much during the panel. Asked if we might get a Lower Decks movie, McMahan replied that he would love to continue the show in animated or even live-action form, further revealing that he had planned what would happen to the characters post-season five.

When we last left the Enterprise crew at the end of season two, things looked decidedly less strange and new, as the ship fell awry of a group of Gorn invading a Federation colony world, who had already done a number on the USS Cayuga,