Preview the finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks season 2 "First First Contact" with new stills and teaser
"First First Contact" -- Epi#210 -- In the season two finale, the U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked to aid an Excelsior-class starship on a first contact mission in the Paramount+ series STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS. Photo: PARAMOUNT+ ©2021 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved **Best Possible Screen Grab**
OCTOBER 12, 2021 - It’s hard to believe, and sad to note, that the season finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks is already upon us. “First First Contact” is the last episode of season two, and the official trailer dropped via the Star Trek on Paramount+ Twitter page gives very little away other than a promise of “an EPIC Captain Freeman Day.”
Get ready for an EPIC Captain Freeman Day! Watch this sneak peek of the #StarTrekLowerDecks Season 2 finale. pic.twitter.com/yKW6KoNmjj
— Star Trek on Paramount+ (@StarTrekOnPPlus) October 10, 2021
What we do know is with that auspicious day approaching aboard the USS Cerritos, Ensign Boimler is, unsurprisingly, going out of his way to impress his commanding officer. Painting a banner that looks suspiciously like the “Captain Picard Day” one found in the TNG episode “The Pegasus” (which he had already referenced in the first season episode “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”), Boimler remarks, “My decorations have to be the best.” He remains undeterred, even when challenged by Rutherford’s observation that “Captain Freeman Day” is really just “a craft day for toddlers.”
Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan did offer one other tidbit for the season finale, tweeting out a pic of a new Obena-class starship, most certainly named after Lower Decks Art Director Nollan Obena, called the USS Archimedes.
In a season that has brought us the return of Tom Paris, the first Tamarian in Starfleet, a visit to the Pakled homeworld, and (of course) an Embarrassment of Dooplers, one can only guess what surprises this season finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks has in store. Find out when “First First Contact” premieres on Paramount+ this Thursday, October 14th.
Jack Brown is a contributing writer for Daily Star Trek News on the Roddenberry Podcast Network. Jack teaches at a small film school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and also helps to manage his wife's career as a novelist and speaker. In his spare time he writes fiction, cooks, and watches classic movies.
