Rodney and Michael reflect on the Lower Decks series finale, and the series as a whole, including the production design and the morals to the story.

While Rodney grades final tests and papers, Michael examines Lower Decks S5xE9, an alternate reality story with many legacy characters, leading up to a multiverse-wide cliffhanger.

Rodney and Michael Unpack Lower Decks S5xE9, Upper Decks. At first it seems like just a fun story, but the professors find a lot of meaning and a unifying theme.

Rodney and Michael unpack Lower Decks S5xE8. At first it seems like just a fun episode, but the professors find that there are some solid themes and messages connecting the subplots.

This time it's Star Trek Lower Decks S5xE7, with the Away Team trapped down on the planet, giving us lots of character development, lessons about competition and communication, and about plagiarizing someone else's vibe.

This time we deconstruct the character development, symbolism, and meaning in Star Trek Lower Decks S5xE6, which is about angles, not angels no matter what your autocorrect tells you.

It's Star Trek Lower Decks S5xE5 this time, a lot of talk about the "second chances" theme, and character development, story arcs, and lessons learned.

This time it's Star Trek Lower Decks S5xE4, including the production design, themes, character development, story arcs, and lessons learned.

Here are our thoughts about Star Trek Lower Decks S5xE3, including the production design, themes, character development, story arcs, and the lessons to be learned about leadership.

We share our analysis of Star Trek Lower Decks S5 episodes 1 & 2, including the themes of authoritarianism, leadership, capitalism, self-determination, and discrimination based on meaningless differences.