Star Trek Lower Decks
Summary
Star Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 has the opportunity to bring backStar Trekcharacters from multipleStar Trekshows . Plenty ofStar Trek : The Next Generation - era characters have been inStar Trek : Lower deck , which takes station in the 2380s , shortly afterStar Trek : scourge . Returning favourite have already includedStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s Captain William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) and Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) , andStar Trek : Deep Space Nine’sColonel Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) and Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) . Robert Duncan McNeill even extract double duty reprising both of his live - actionStar Trekroles : Star Trek : Voyager ’s Lt . Tom Paris andTNG ’s Nick Locarno .
Star Trek : Lower Decksprides itself on being in melodic line with some of the deepest cuts ofStar Trekreferences , and Gabrielle Ruiz , who plays Lieutenant T’Lyn , says the guest star inclination inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 is"sick" . Taken together , this could meanmore than a few surprises are in computer storage forStar Trek : Lower Decks’upcoming 5th time of year . The fact that it’sStar Trek : Lower deck ' net time of year means it might be time to rive out all the occlusion , with the USS Cerritos crew meeting characters from all over theStar Trektimeline , and not just the tardy 24th hundred . Here ’s a few familiar faces we ’d like to see .
Gabrielle Ruiz joined Star Trek : Lower Decks season 4 ’s main mould as T’Lyn , and she hint at awe-inspiring guest lead appearing in Lower Decks time of year 5 .
10Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko
Reporter Jake Sisko Is On The Case
Jake Sisko ’s ( Cirroc Lofton ) potentialStar Trek : Lower Decksappearance could be a more blithe version of the unrealized architectural plan to putJake Sisko inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , which would have shown Jake as an investigative diary keeper hot on the pillow slip of Changelings that had penetrate Starfleet . flashback show that Lt . Beckett Mariner ( Tawny Newsome ) served on DS9 while Jake was live on there , soBeckett Mariner could be the connection that gets reporter Jake Sisko connected with the USS Cerritos work party to explore a story . ( Or maybe Jake just wants his sweater back from Sam Rutherford ( Eugene Cordero ) … )
InStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 3 , instalment 1 , " Grounded " , Mariner and Boimler wreck Tendi and Rutherford ’s dinner at Joseph Sisko ’s New Orleans eatery .
9Jolene Blalock as Subcommander T’Pol’s Descendant
It’s Like A Reverse “Carbon Creek” Thing
There are morenods expected toStar Trek : EnterpriseinLower Decksseason 5 , after tribute toStar Trek : Deep Space NineandStar Trek : VoyagerinStar Trek : Lower Decksseasons 3 and 4 , severally . Jolene Blalock ’s Subcommander T’Pol is from about as far back as you could go in theStar Trektimeline , but there ’s precedent for the women of T’Pol ’s category to resemble each other , since Blalock played T’Pol ’s ascendant T’Mir inStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 2 , episode 2 , " Carbon Creek" . A descendent of T’Pol could easily be live and well in the time ofStar Trek : Lower Decks , with one of the USS Cerritos ' savvy junior officer cook the link .
8Robert Picardo as The Doctor
When DID Voyager’s EMH Meet The Cerritos Crew?
InStar Trek : Prodigy , Robert Picardo ’s Doctor mention the USS Cerritos crewoffhandedly without feed any particular about their previous interactions . While the Cerritos ' Lower Deckers may actually be so dysfunctional as to be legendary , the MD ’s remark still pay for speculation about whether the USS Voyager ’s EMH may have actually crossed paths with the Cerritos crew , and if so , when . A guest place inStar Trek : Lower Deckscould unveil the truth about the Doctor ’s alleged experiences aboard the Cerritos , while also permit Picardo lean into the Doctor ’s more comedic aspects .
7Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim
Just Give Harry Kim A Promotion Already
SinceStar Trek : Lower Deckscelebrates the lowest - ranked Starfleet police officer , Lower Decksis the utter serial to finally raise Garrett Wang ’s Ensign Harry Kim . Despite claims thatHarry Kim " belongs " toStar Trek : Prodigy , Star Trek : Voyager ’s forever ensign stay on remarkably scatty from any forward-looking loop ofStar Trek . An visual aspect onStar Trek : Lower Deckswould at least lease us know that there ’s more than one radar target on miserable Harry ’s dog collar after the USS Voyager ’s victorious return to the Alpha Quadrant . ( Otherwise , he ’d have to call theLower Deckscharacters"sir " , and that would be kind of funny , but so unenviable for Kim . )
Harry Kim was a master inStar Trek : Voyager ’s series conclusion , " Endgame " , but that futurity is n’t the same timeline asStar Trek ’s Prime Timeline , so it does n’t count .
There ’s always room for growth in an organization like Starfleet , and Star Trek has pay back many beloved characters with much - deserved promotions .
6Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer
It’s Been A Long Road, Getting From There To … Where, Again?
Star Trek : Lower Decksis great at pointing out that universally pannedStar Trekepisodes are n’t as spoilt as they seem , soLower Decksseason 5 is poise to call out the weirdest parts ofStar Trek ’s fifth live legal action series . That meansthe USS Cerritos ' junior ship’s officer just might make the good ofStar Trek : go-ahead ’s disappointing final episode , " These Are the Voyages … " , and there ’s no one well to serve them do that than Scott Bakula give asCaptain Jonathan Archer .
Star Trek : Lower Decksmight give away , in its characteristic quick - witted line of gab , how Archer ’s involvement in the founding of the United Federation of Planetsreallywent down , since what we view in " These Are the Voyages … " was just a holodeck program . Better yet , Lower Decks ' characters could run their own holodeck curriculum , more or less like Commander Riker ’s , and put correctly what once went wrong .
5Todd Stashwick as Liam Shaw
Shaw Just Says “No” To Everything The Cerritos Crew Does, Probably
Star Trek : Picard ’s fan - favourite , Captain Liam Shaw , would be a much younger reading of his crusty ego inStar Trek : Lower deck ' 2380s setting , but still very much a part of Starfleet since Shaw was present for the Battle of Wolf 359 . An animated cameo featuring Shaw would pick out the desire forStar Trek : Legacywithout necessarily committing to anything bigger . Shaw would be a great by - the - book antagonist for the chaotic USS Cerritos next-to-last officers , while also being someone who has more in common with Lt . Beckett Mariner than both might initially think . That could mean a classicStar Trekbonding moment for both Mariner and Shaw .
4Walter Koenig as Federation President Anton Chekov
Or Koenig Could Bring TOS' Pavel Chekov To Lower Decks
Walter Koenig already has a character in modernStar Trek : Federation President Anton Chekov , the descendent ofStar Trek : The Original Series’Pavel Chekov , who was hear inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , episode 10 , " The Last Generation " . SinceStar Trek : Lower Deckstakes post in the early 2380s , about 20 geezerhood beforeStar Trek : Picard , the younger Chekov would be in the earlier mean solar day of his political life history . That metre difference would make Anton Chekov the equivalent of a lower Dekker himself , giving him something in unwashed with theStar Trek : Lower Decksmain fibre .
Koenig could also theoretically reprise his original office of Pavel Chekov inStar Trek : Lower Decks , despite the hundred years ' conflict between the series . Star Trek : The Original Series ' George Takei lay a precedent forTOSactors withCaptain Hikaru Sulu’sStar Trek : Lower Decksappearance in season 3 , episode 8 , " Crisis Point 2 : Paradoxus " , as part of Ensign Brad Boimler ’s ( Jack Quaid ) dreaming . Koenig ’s original Chekov could be in a dreaming sequence , like Sulu , or be part of a holodeck program .
3Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou
Georgiou Could Have Section 31 Business With William Boimler
With few details useable about the exact time frame or game of the upcomingStar Trek : Section 31movie , there ’s no reason that Michelle Yeoh ’s Emperor Philippa Georgiou could n’t wind up up in the 24th century , courtesy of some Section 31 O.K. time travel . ( Or not . Georgiou does n’t handle about your rules.)There ’s even a logical reason for Georgiou to cross paths with the USS Cerritos . Star Trek : Lower Decksintroduced a plot of ground where Ensign Brad Boimler ’s car transporter knockoff , William Boimler ( Jack Quaid ) , was recruited into Section 31 , which needs to be decide beforeStar Trek : Lower Decksends for good .
Academy Award - winner Michelle Yeoh headline Star Trek : discussion section 31 , and here ’s what we know about Paramount+ ’s first Star Trek streaming motion picture .
2Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
This Girls' Trip Is Sponsored By The Fenris Rangers
Jeri Ryan ’s Seven of Nine was rejected from Starfleet fairly early after return to the Alpha quarter-circle , but it ’s possibleSeven ’s stint with the Fenris Rangersin the Beta Quadrant has n’t started yet . T’Lyn actress Gabrielle Ruiz suggests that the"sick"guest cast overlap with this season ’s girls ' trip , sowhy not have Seven of Nine meet Mariner , Tendi ( Noël Wells ) , and T’Lyn for a really epic hang ? Maybe it ’s a in effect old - fashioned heist . possibly Tendi has family connexion to the Fenris Rangers . And mayhap the lady ofStar Trek : Lower Decksinspire Seven to do good wherever she can , with or without Starfleet .
1Ethan Peck as Lt. Spock
Hijinks Are, Once Again, A Logical Course Of Action
AfterStar Trek : Lower Decks ' Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimlercrossed over intoStar Trek : unusual New Worldsseason 2 , episode 7 , " Those Old Scientists " , it ’s time forStrange New Worldsto repay the favour . One ofStar Trek ’s many variety of prison term anomalousness could drop Lieutenant Spock ( Ethan Peck ) in the neighbourhood of Boimler or Mariner in the 24th hundred , prompt an entertaining reunion . Imagine Mariner trying fervently to excuse that their new Vulcan friend entirely is n’t Spock , because he ’s way too young and that would be so weird . No , this is T’Lyn ’s hot cousin … Spork . Imagine Spock essay to toy along .
Of naturally , Spock is n’t the only name fromStar Trek : unusual New Worldsthat we ’d like to see inStar Trek : Lower Decks . Celia Rose - Gooding as Ensign Nyota Uhura could conjoin in on the promised girl ' trip and have loose a small spot , ramp up off Uhura ’s scenes with Mariner inStar Trek : Strange New Worlds . Rebecca Romjin as act One almost has to run across tangible - life married man Jerry O’Connell ’s Commander Jack Ransom . And Anson Mount ’s Captain Christopher Pike is always welcome . These are just our picks , but any name from across theStar Trekfranchise will almost for sure make the node list inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 5 amazing .
Cast
