Star Trek Lower Decks Episodes

Sept. 24, 2021

"Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" Review

Season two of Lower Decks warps right along as the ASNP crew reviews episode seven, "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie." This week, we found out that Billups is royalty, probably ace, and his mom is a Queen who lives on a ren fair...

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Sept. 17, 2021

"The Spy Humongous" Review

Star Trek Lower Decks season two has officially reached its back half! On this week's episode of ASNP, we're joined by special guest David Majors from the Promenade Merchants Podcast! David joins Julian, Brittany, and Hawk a...

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Sept. 10, 2021

"An Embarrassment of Dooplers" Review

We've hit the midway point of Lower Decks season 2, and the ASNP crew are here with their review of "An Embarrassment of Dooplers." This week is all about growth. Boimler and Mariner finally have it out over his sudden promot...

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Sept. 3, 2021

"Mugato, Gumato" Review

This week on ASNP, CBS and Paramount dropped some big Star Trek Prodigy and Picard news! The crew reacts to the beautiful new opening credits for Prodigy, composed by Michael Giacchino. Plus, Annie Wersching has been cast as ...

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Aug. 27, 2021

"We'll Always Have Tom Paris" Review

This week on ASNP, the crew review the aptly titled third episode of Lower Decks season 2, "We'll Always Have Tom Paris." How much Tom Paris did we get, and was it enough? How did Mariner and Tendi's girl trip turn out? And f...

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Aug. 20, 2021

"Kayshon, His Eyes Open" Review

Lower Decks season two rolls along with its second episode of the season, with stories this week onboard both the Cerritos and Titan. What happens when Mariner, Rutherford, and Tendi beam down to a station full of Trek easter...

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Aug. 13, 2021

"Strange Energies" Review

Star Trek Lower Decks is back for its second season and the ASNP bridge crew is here to review the season premiere! Three months after the events of "No Small Parts," The Cerritos is on a second contact mission where, as Mari...

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July 30, 2021

Animation For the Next Generation

Join the crew of A Strange New Pod this week as they break down the trailers for both the first season of Star Trek Prodigy and Star Trek Lower Decks Season 2. The team also talks about what they expect from both series, as w...

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April 9, 2021

Q, And Disco, And Boimler, Oh My! | First Contact Day 2021

"What up? We doing sci-fi stuff today?" - Ensign Mariner We hope everyone enjoyed their First Contact Day! Join the ASNP crew as they wrap up all the events and panels that took place. The team also breakdown the trailers for...

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Oct. 16, 2020

I'll Be Your Number One

This week on A Strange New Pod, the crew pay tribute to all the first officers we've come to know and love in Star Trek. From Enterprise all the way to the brand new series, Lower Decks, join Julian, Erik, and Brittany (Hawk ...

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Oct. 9, 2020

BONUS POD: "No Small Parts" Review

It's the season finale of Lower Decks and we've brought back all of our guests from our Bonus Pods to help us break down "No Small Parts." Our guests this week are Marcie London from the newly launched Disco Tech Podcast, Sim...

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Oct. 2, 2020

BONUS POD: "Crisis Point" Review

Listen or die! This week on Lower Decks, Mariner works out her mommy issues by hijacking Boimler's holodeck program. Plus, Boimler tries to prepare for a review meeting with the Captain. Does Vindictia get her revenge? Does B...

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Sept. 25, 2020

BONUS POD: "Veritas" Review

This week on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, and Rutherford are caught off guard when aliens force them to testify about a series of seemingly unrelated events. Plus, a special appearance from one of the most...

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Sept. 18, 2020

BONUS POD: "Much Ado About Boimler" Review

This week on Lower Decks, Boimler gets transported out of phase, Tendi makes a dog, and Mariner's best friend from the Academy guest Captains aboard the Cerritos. Joining us to help review this week's episode is Erin Coplan f...

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Sept. 11, 2020

Welcome to the Future - Star Trek Day 2020 Wrap Up

This week on ASNP, we’re covering some of the bigger pieces of news to come out of Star Trek Day. First, we’ll be breaking down what we saw in the Season 3 trailer for Star Trek: Discovery . Also, though there wasn’t a lot of...

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