In MMORPG space, no one can hear your bones get schlorped out by a cute little critter. But they *can* hear said critter say 'Moopsy.'
From Scavengers Reign to Star Trek and Star Wars, the io9 crew looks back on the year's dearly departed characters and shows.
Lower Decks' incredible penultimate episode is full of surprises, but its biggest is something I've wanted to see in Star Trek for decades.
The aptly named 'Upper Decks' follows on with Lower Decks namesake to give us an episode from the perspective of its senior officers.
'Fully Dilated' sees Lower Decks' final season continue to ruminate on its singular theme, but keeps things fresh with a fun riff on a classic Star Trek premise.
"Of Gods and Angles" is another example of just how far our heroes have grown over the past five seasons, but Lower Decks' final-season musings on a similar theme could start to wear pretty thin.
Plus, get a new look at Star Wars: Skeleton Crew in Lucasfilm's latest TV spot.
"Starbase 80?!" plays a long game, taking a gag from the season premiere and turning it into a pivotal moment for our learning heroes to tackle.
"A Farewell to Farms" is a fitting, potentially conclusive, entry in Lower Decks' examination of lower-decker-culture beyond the confines of a Federation ship.
The extremely funnily titled "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel" is a rare moment for Lower Decks to show its maturity by addressing its own mistakes.
The fifth and final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks is back with a message for its growing heroes: remember to actually talk to each other.
Plus, Mike McMahan teases the sentimental end to Star Trek: Lower Decks.
The first half of Lower Decks' fifth and final season finds itself united by reminders of the show's most fundamental theme: all of its kooky heroes being able to just sit down and communicate with each other.
Paramount came to NYCC with one more tease for Star Trek: Lower Decks before its final season begins on Thursday.
Not even an infinite number of alternate realities can help most versions of Harry Kim get a promotion, it seems.
The Lower Deckers return for one final adventure in October, and it looks like they haven't missed a step.
