Star Trek: Lower Decks premieres clip of first episode footage in Comic-Con@Home panel

Ensign Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Ensign Mariner (Tawny Newsome) in Star Trek: Lower Decks

Star Trek: Lower Decks has released a first look at its first episode, in an exclusive clip they premiered at Comic-Con@Home. The brand-new animated series lands in just under two weeks, on August 6th, and will then air weekly for 10 weeks on CBS All Access and its international partners. We’ve seen a teaser before, but yesterday’s drop during the Star Trek Universe panel was the longest continuous piece of footage we’ve seen yet.

The new footage comes from the series premiere, called “Second Contact”. A voiceover establishes that the U.S.S. Cerritos is tasked with the very delicate process of second contact (you know, after first contact). Then the voiceover, which is really Ensign Boimler giving a fake captain’s log, is interrupted by Ensign Mariner, who is drunk, on Romulan whisky. She’s showing off a bunch of stuff she’s found, including a Klingon bat’ um...bat’ uh...bat’...I don’t know, I’m not a scientist, it doesn’t matter, shut up!

Anyway, hilarity ensues - if you think cartoon bodily harm is funny - and that’s all we get for now.

Once again, Star Trek: Lower Decks is due to premiere on CBS All Access on Thursday, August 6th.