Star Trek: Lower Decks: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Strange Energies
Aug 12, 2021
Approximately three months after the events of the season one finale, the U.S.S. Cerritos is dispatched on a mission where it ends up in a sci-fi event resulting in "strange energy
Kayshon, His Eyes Open
Aug 19, 2021
Our Lower Deckers have trouble bonding with Ensign Jet Manhaver, who has been assigned Boimler’s bunk and shift duties. Meanwhile, we get a glimpse of Boimler’s life on the U.S.S.
We'll Always Have Tom Paris
Aug 26, 2021
Assigned a special task by Dr. T'Ana, Tendi enlists Mariner for help. On the U.S.S. Cerritos, Rutherford is consumed by a bridge crew mystery.
Mugato, Gumato
Sep 2, 2021
The U.S.S. Cerritos is dispatched to a planet to investigate an unexplained sighting of a dangerous Mugato.
An Embarrassment of Dooplers
Sep 9, 2021
Mariner and Boimler try to track down the location of a legendary Starfleet party while the bridge crew deals with an insecure alien diplomat.
The Spy Humongous
Sep 16, 2021
Anomaly consolidation day on the U.S.S. Cerritos leaves the Lower Deckers with mixed emotions. Captain Freeman attempts to negotiate peace on the Pakled home world.
Where Pleasant Fountains Lie
Sep 23, 2021
Mariner and Boimler are stranded on an uninhabited planet with a sentient computer. On the Cerritos, Lt. Commander Billups must prove his engineering abilities to an old adversary.
I, Excretus
Sep 30, 2021
A consultant arrives on the U.S.S. Cerritos to run drills that require the lower deckers and bridge crew to swap duties.
wej Duj
Oct 7, 2021
Boimler tries to find a friend from the bridge, while the crew of the USS Cerritos has free time during a long warp trip.
First First Contact
Oct 14, 2021
In the season two finale, the U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked to aid another class starship on a first contact mission.