We send off the crew of the USS Cerritos and salue the completion of the five-year mission of "Star Trek: Lower Decks." This show expanded what "Star Trek" could be--in several dimensions. And yet it was also utterly, completely a "Star Trek" series. We try to find the special alchemy that brought it all together.

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