PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt are back and ready to rejoin the Lower Decks crew of the USS Cerritos for the third season, with our back catalogue covering every episode of the series!
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Star Trek: Lower Decks may be joining the mothball fleet--for now--and Phantastic Geek's Pete and Matt take one last look at this delightful and heartfelt series.Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Cerritos' crew sets out save multiverse. Matt and Pete discuss episode 510, “The New Next Generation.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The fissure storyline comes to a head in the series penultimate episode. Matt and Pete enter episode 509, “Fissure Quest.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Our Lower Deckers give up the spotlight as we sample a day in the life of the Cerritos A-Team. Matt and Pete explore episode 508, “Upper Decks.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Yet another inter-dimensional fissure has the crew of the Cerritos playing Prime Directive cleanup. Two lower deckers vie for the same bridge crew slot. Matt and Pete get episode 507, “Fully Dilated.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
As the Cerritos plays host to delicate diplomatic talks, Mariner becomes a mentor to the descendant of a demigod. Matt and Pete attempt to grasp episode 506, “Of Gods and Angles.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
When the Cerritos needs a critical repair, the only outpost within reasonable distance is the worst in the fleet. Matt and Pete slather up to venture over to episode 505, “Starbase 80?!”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Mariner and Boimler assist in a Klingon controversy while Dr. Migleemo fights a tasteful battle on the homefront. Matt and Pete say hello episodes 504, “A Farewell to Farms.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Cerritos takes a working vacation. Mariner confronts a former partner. Matt and Pete discuss episodes 503, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The fifth and final season begins with a double-dip of universes and piracy. Matt and Pete discuss episodes 501, “Dos Cerritos,” and 502 “Shades of Green.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Phantastic Geek returns to preview the fifth and final seasons of our beloved Star Trek: Lower Decks!Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Though buoyed by the news of more Strange New Worlds, PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt reflect on the news that Lower Decks will end in 2024 with the fifth season.Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Star Trek: Lower Decks might be in the books, but we're hopping in the mystery ship one more time to look back at season 4!Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Cerritos goes against orders to rescue one of their own in the season 4 finale. Matt and Pete connect with episode 410, “Old Friends, New Planets.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
As Mariner has a death wish, Capt. Mom sends her on a safe mission decoy while the Cerritos goes to track down a dangerous academy dropout. Matt and Pete undertake episode 409, “The Inner Fight.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
It's a Beta Shift reunion to investigate a series of subterranean spaces. Matt & Pete enter episode 408, “Caves.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
You get an AI, and you get an AI, and you get an AI! PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt beam down to talk about Lower Decks episode 407, "A Few Badgeys More."Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Cerritos is summoned to Ferenginar for the possibility of joining the Federation. Rutherford and Tendi pose as undercover lovers. Matt and Pete buy into episode 406, “Parth Ferengi's Heart Place.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
T'Lyn tries to return to her Vulcan posting, but a trio of Betazoid beauties stand in the way. Matt and Pete experience episode 405, “Empathological Fallacies.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Tendi is granted leave allowing Mariner and T'Lyn to tag along to Orion. Rutherford ups Star Trek's Twain game. Matt and Pete cordially invite you to episode 404, “Something Borrowed, Something Green.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
A benign civilization-running superintelligence goes on the fritz. Our recently-promoted protagonists battle workplace hazing. Matt & Pete seek refuge in episode 403, “In the Cradle of Vexilon.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The crew of the Cerritos goes VOY. A bone-drinking creature escapes an alien zoo. Matt and Pete encounter episode 401 “Twovix” and episode 402 “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
We're just days away from not one, but two new episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks! PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt pour over the trailer, the poster, and episode titles to help chart a course for the season.Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Your streaming device is NOT broken! It's the crossover event of the decade as lower deckers invade strange new worlds. Matt and Pete are animated about episode 207, “Those Old Scientists.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Season three might be in the rear view mirror... but PhantasticGeek.com's Pete & Matt take one look back at the latest adventures for the USS Cerritos. Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The fate of the entire California class of starships hinges on one mission. Mariner looks to get to the bottom of the archeologist guild. Matt and Pete illuminate episode 310, “The Stars at Night.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Cerritos is elevated from second-tier status with the implementation of the planetary follow-up initiative. But will the reporter assigned show outsiders what's really going on? Matt and Pete check in on episode 309, “Trusted Sources.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
It's Boimler's turn to treat the Lower Deckers to a theatrical experience, but will some bad news blunt his newfound boldness? Matt & Pete add up episode 308, “Crisis Point II: Paradoxus.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
An Exocomp explores life amongst an avian species. Matt & Pete add up episode 307, “A Mathematically Perfect Redemption.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Cerritos stops at Deep Space Nine as Tendi confronts her heritage. Mariner meets Jennifers friends. Matt & Pete contemplate episode 306, “Hear All, Trust Nothing.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The backstory of Rutherford's implants comes into view. Mariner and Boimler have to rep Starfleet at the recruitment booth. Matt and Pete look at episode 305, “Reflections.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
After another ancient mask transforms a Starfleet ship, Capt. Freeman orders some much-needed downtime for her engineers. The Lower Deckers compete for a lottery to level up. Matt and Pete measure episode 304, “Room for Growth.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Rivalries are revealed when the Cerritos partners with another Cali-class ship to pick up fantasy rocks. Tendi's science officer training doesn't go at all as she expected. Matt and Pete delve into episode 303, “Mining the Mind's Mine.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The cavalcade of Star Trek stars rolled out on this annual day of thanking the Great Bird of the Galaxy, and PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt talk about the wonderful and passionate hosts, and the panels on Star Treks Picard, Discovery, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds... along with strange new news about Wesley Crusher's video game return and a Khan-cast written by Nicholas Meyer!Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Bold Boimler says yes to everything. Meanwhile Mariner looks to lift her reputation in Ransom's eyes. Matt and Pete replay episode 302, “The Least Dangerous Game.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
As Capt. Freeman awaits trial over the coming of Pakled Planet, our intrepid Lower Deckers won't let her linger. Matt and Pete get up episode 301, “Grounded.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Season three lands in a handful of days, and PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt can't wait to return to the USS Cerritos! Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Taking to Hall H in San Diego was Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Star Trek: Lower Decks, and PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt beam down for the latest information.Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek.Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Star Trek landed in Chicago this past weekend, and at the forefront was Lower Decks! PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt talk about the view of season three and what's in store for our lower deckers. Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
With Boims and gang in the bag for the season, Pete and Matt take a look back at the ebullient adventure that was Star Trek: Lower Decks season two!Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Cerritos escorts Capt. Sonya Gomez's U.S.S. Archimedes on a first contact mission when the roles are reversed. Is this Capt. Freeman's final voyage? Matt and Pete brace for episode 210, “First First Contact.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
When the Cerritos heads into a vacant stretch of space, the lower decks across the galaxy come into view. Matt and Pete translate episode 209, “wej Duj.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
A Starfleet drill instructor flips the script on the crew of the Cerritos, placing them in classic scenarios from throughout the history of Star Trek. Matt and Pete re-live episode 208, “I, Excretus.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Mariner and Boimler babysit an alien supercomputer. Billups can't seem to escape his birthright. Matt and Pete venture into episode 207, “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Cerritos is sent to the Pakled homeworld to negotiate a ceasefire. The lower deckers take out the trash while Boimler sets his sights on the big chair. Matt and Pete have strong big feelings for episode 206, “The Spy Humongous.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
A sensitive diplomatic mission brings the Cerritos to a starbase Mariner served on known for its epic after parties. Rutherford discovers messages left to himself. Matt and Pete double down on episode 205, “An Embarrassment of Dooplers.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
On the 55th anniversary of Star Trek, shows modern and old were celebrated--but what's on the horizon? We talk the Star Trek Day reveals for Prodigy, Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, and beyond.Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Cerritos is sent to investigate an attack by a dangerous species. Boimler and Rutherford suspect Mariner is Starfleet black ops. Tendi chases down reluctant patients. Matt and Pete passionately embrace episode 204, “Mugato, Gumato.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Mariner and Tendi are off on a covert ops girls trip while Boimler endeavors to get his commemorative plate signed by a Voyager crewman. And Lt. Shaxs is back from the mysterious beyond?! Matt and Pete seek solace in episode 203, “We'll Always Have Tom Paris.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
The Lower Deckers look to catalog a collection without becoming part of it. Boimler's adventures on the Titan are just beginning. Matt and Pete decode episode 202, “Kayshon, His Eyes Open.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
Mariner is still trying to find a balance with mom as her boss while Jack Ransom goes Gary Mitchell. Rutherford's new implant may be problematic. But what's Boimler up to on the Titan? Matt and Pete absorb episode 201, “Strange Energies.”Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek--a little latinum goes a long way!Share your feedback for Star Trek by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @PhantasticGeek.MP3
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