The New Next Generation' is the last-ever episode of 'Lower Decks', but it almost feels like a backdoor pilot for a new 'Star Trek' show.

We've officially said goodbye to another Star Trek series exiting the 2024 TV schedule, but there are still fans hoping we'll see Lower Decks pop back up on the upcoming Trek slat

The last episode of Lower Decks is titled “The New Next Generation,” and it’s hard to think of something more appropriate for the show. Not only does Lower Decks take its name from a season seven episode of TNG, but its theme and font choices all recall that classic.

Given these explanations, most fans grudgingly accepted that Discovery's Klingons were just a natural variation of Klingons. However, the events in the series finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks offer another potential explanation for why Discovery's Klingons are so different from their brethren.

"The New Next Generation" kicks off with a fleet of Klingons patrolling the edge of their territory when the fissure shows up and emits waves that mess with the universe. Before one of the ships is destroyed, one of the Klingons transforms from their regular style based on the TNG era to resembling the Klingons from Star Trek: Discovery.

Equally through its friendships, on full display in Mariner's montage towards the end of The New Next Generation , Lower Decks has taught us that nobody's perfect, even in the 24th century. More than that,

Blalock's return was a wonderful surprise, especially because her role in Lower Decks gave her the opportunity to play a different kind of T'Pol. In just one, half-hour episode, Blalock got to show more of T'Pol's depth and nuance than she did in most of her run on Enterprise.

Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan unpacks the series finale with CBR - and shares where he'd like Mariner, Boimler and the crew to go next.

Set phasers to spoilers, because this article discusses major plot details from the "Star Trek: Lower Decks" series finale. The time has finally come for one of the best new additions to the "Star Trek" franchise (and one of the biggest pleasant surprises) to sail into the sunset,