Well... the series just ended. Last episode went out on Paramount+. It had a 5 year mission and it stuck the landing. The end* also gave an open to possible feature length films being released in the future which I am PUMPED about.
I loved this show. This is one of the best Trek shows to ever be made. I wish that more Trek fans on the Planet had picked up on this series but I get it... sometimes you just don't like something.
With the series having come to and end... my rating of Trek series is updated as follows:
1. DS9
2. TNG
3. LD
4. Enterprise
5. SNW
6. TOS
7. VOY
8. Picard**
9. Animated TOS
10. A Trek show that hasn't been made yet
11. The Orville
12. Discovery
Lower Decks made me appreciate the TNG/DS9/VOY era of Trek even more than I did before and can be re-watched multiple times with new references and call backs to the actions of the crews of the prior shows. I urge you to get past the first few episodes where it is mostly character introduction and them finding their footing. TNG's first two seasons were, mostly, rough and yet it is possibly the most beloved of them all.
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** Picard S1 was ok and S2 was hot garbage which drags down the overall score for the series