The Lower Decks’ End Got Some Extras When Its End Scenes Were Launched

The Lower Ground‘ grand finale this week It was less of a farewell and more of a reminder of the topics beginning and ending in Star Trek always—but it took a while for the cast and crew behind the show to agree that there would be a fifth season. his last stay. This trend was evident in the opening credits of the last episode, which didn’t feel like a “final” at all… until the realization started to sink in.

“Making the part was really fun. It felt like there was a little bit like, ‘This is it.’ actually end?’ Because we continued to record. Mike (McMahan, The Lower Ground‘ showrunner) continued to rewrite,” Tawny Newsome, who played Beckett Mariner on the show, said recently. Various. According to the actress, the first filming of the last episode, “The New Next Generation” did not include the Mariner’s thoughts about how he and his friends went in their years together on the trip. Cerritos.

“I remember the first time I recorded a scene that was, you know, 13 months ago or whatever, the scene in the bar wasn’t there. I remember saying in the episode, ‘If this is the end, we’re not going to end with a big send-off,'” Newsome continued. “It just felt right. like the end of the season. I think there was a little (feeling), like, ‘Well, maybe not, so maybe we don’t solve it that way.’

Alas, so close to realizing that this, indeed, would be, many things were written to be given. The Lower Ground Very solid shipping. But, as Newsome also points out, The Lower Ground it does not block the books themselves. In the right places Star Trek– way, the final message of the show is that these events will continue, regardless of whether we will see them or not. “Mike wrote a really sweet Mariner quote at the end, and I said, ‘Okay, this seems like a good fit.’ breathing to the story. It’s the end of the chapter,’” Newsome concluded. “It can go on. But I was happy that the one who gave us a small button, if this is the last to see them.”

One of those goodbyes, of course, is that the finale ends with Mariner and Boimler being promoted, as they shared the First Office under Cerritos‘ The new Captain Ransom. “It’s very cooperative to have them share,” Newsome added in conclusion. “We’re a real duo, so giving us one piece at the end — which Boimer has been dreaming of forever and which Mariner has long resisted — feels like an incredible move.”

Fingers crossed this isn’t the last time we see them, but what if? It’s a great way to watch the show. Star Trek: The Lowlands now streaming in full on Paramount+.

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