‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Clip Takes Crew on a Bar Tour — Exclusive

Over the course of four seasons, “Star Trek” animated series “Lower Decks” has seen its crew of lowly officers take on the worst jobs in all of Starfleet, the type of menial work that only those at the very bottom of the chain of command are asked to do. But in the show’s upcoming episode, the core four characters get an assignment that promises much nicer pleasures: a glorified bar crawl.

“Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place,” the sixth episode of “Lower Decks” ongoing fourth season, sees junior lieutenant’s Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Boimler (Jack Quaid), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and Tendi (Noël Wells) assigned to Starfleet’s “Travel Guide Duty.” In a clip exclusively shared with IndieWire from the episode, directed by Brandon Williams with a script by Cullen Crawford, their superior first officer Jack Ransom (voiced by Jerry O’Connell) explains that the job, one of Starfleet’s most coveted, involves updating a planet’s entry in the fleet’s official travel guide, meaning they’ll receive all-expenses paid access to the system’s museums and historical sites. But mostly? They’ll be visiting a lot of bars.

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The second animated “Star Trek” series, after the short-lived “Original Series” spinoff that aired from 1973 to 1974, “Star Trek: Lower Decks” is a comedic take on the sci-fi institution’s mythos, focusing on the least important ship in the the United Federation of Planets’ Starfleet, the USS Cerritos. On the Cerritos, the show focuses not on the leader’s of the crew’s actions, but on the low-ranking officers who forced to do the dirty work. Season 4, which premiered this September, saw the four main characters all get promoted to junior lieutenants, after slumming it as ensigns for the majority of the series.

“Lower Decks” debuted in August 2020, to relatively positive reviews. The series recently crossed over with live-action “Star Trek” series “Strange New Worlds,” with both Newsome and Quaid portraying live-action versions of their characters. Both shows also received renewals in March, with “Strange New Worlds” getting greenlit for a third season and “Lower Decks” for a fifth.

The series was created by Mike McMahan, who is also known for co-creating Hulu series “Solar Opposites” and for his work on “Rick and Morty.” In addition to Newsome, Quaid, Wells, Cordero, and O’Connell, the series also features Dawnn Lewis, Fred Tatasciore, and Gillian Vigman as the crew of the USS Cerritos. CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, Secret Hideout, and Roddenberry Entertainment. McMahan executive produces the show with Alex Kurtzman and Aaron Baiers of Secret Hideout, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth of Roddenberry Entertainment, and Katie Krentz of 219 Productions. The series is animated by Titmouse, the independent animation studio that also produces “Big Mouth” for Netflix.

Episode 6 of “Star Trek: Lower Decks” Season 4 premieres October 5 on Paramount+. Watch the first look clip below.

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