Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5
Star Trek: Voyager’s eternal Ensign, Harry Kim (Garrett Wang), finally receives a promotion he waited 29 years for inStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 5. The final season ofStar Trek: Lower Deckson Paramount+ premieres on Thursday, October 24, with two episodesdropping that day.Star Trek: Lower Decksseason 5 continues the comedic voyages of the USS Cerritos with all-new hi-jinks involving Orions, Klingons, and an encounter with multiple Harry Kims as seen in the newly released final trailer forLower Decksseason 5.
Star Trek: Voyagerpremiered on UPN in 1995 with Garrett Wang’s Ensign Harry Kim part of the main cast led by Kate Mulgrew’s Captain Kathryn Janeway. Because the USS Voyager was trapped in the Delta Quadrant and faced a 70,000 light-year journey back to Earth, Janeway froze Voyager’s crew’s ranks after integrating members of the Maquis into her ship. This meantHarry Kim remained an Ensignfor all seven seasons ofStar Trek: Voyager,which became a punchline, especially sinceHarry’s heroism throughoutVoyagermeant he deserved promotionseveral times over.
Star Trek: Voyager’s Harry Kim Is Now A Lieutenant
Harry Kim has… two pips?!
Star Trek: Lower Decksseason 5’s final trailer ends with the reveal that Harry Kim is now a Lieutenant, which is pointed out by a room full of Harry Kim duplicates who are all still Ensigns. Clearly,Star Trek: Lower Decks is having a lot of fun with the fact that Harry Kim waited an excruciatingly long time to receive a second pip on his collar. It’s also great to hearGarrett Wang voicing all of the Harry Kims inStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 5,making him the latest Star Trek: Voyager guest voice to join the animated comedy.
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Star Trek: Lower Deckshas lovingly spoofedStar Trek: Voyagerthroughout its five seasons. Robert Duncan McNeill returned to voice Lieutenant Tom Paris inStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 2. (McNeill also voiced his otherStar Trekcharacter, disgraced ex-Starfleet cadet Nicholas Locarno inStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 4.) The USS Voyager itself played a central role inStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 4’s premiere, where the Lower Deckers had an adventure on Captain Janeway’s former starship and faced a trio ofStar Trek: Voyager’s holographic villains.
Why Star Trek: Lower Decks Is The Perfect Show To Reveal Lt. Harry Kim
Harry Kim is the ultimate Lower Decker
There is no better series thanStar Trek: Lower Decksto debut Lieutenant Harry Kim. As the USS Voyager’s Eternal Ensign, Harry could be considered the patron saint of Lower Deckers. After all, Harry was part of countless bizarre circumstances inStar Trek: Voyager, including getting replaced by his own duplicate. Still, Ensign Kim always performed his duties as a Starfleet Officer admirably. Considering the USS Cerritos' Warp Core Five all got promoted to Lieutenant junior grade inStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 4,it would have been embarrassing for Harry to still be an Ensign.
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Harry Kim is also a full Lieutenant inStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 5, which means he outranks junior grade Lieutenants Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), D’Vana Tendi (Noel Wells), and T’Lyn (Gabrielle Ruiz). A plan forCaptain Harry Kimto appear inStar Trek: Picardseason 3 was, unfortunately, scrapped, butit’s great to see and hear Garrett Wang reprise Harry Kim after over 20 years. It’s not clear yet if Lt. Harry Kim will interact withLower Decks’main cast aboard the USS Cerritos, but it’s already fun to anticipate Boimler geeking out over the latest hero fromStar Trek: Voyagerto appear onStar Trek: Lower Decks.
