The New Next Generation' is the last-ever episode of 'Lower Decks', but it almost feels like a backdoor pilot for a new 'Star Trek' show.

Lower Decks' may be over. But Trek canon is still expanding. Here's how the Season 5 finale changes the multiverse forever.

"The New Next Generation" kicks off with a fleet of Klingons patrolling the edge of their territory when the fissure shows up and emits waves that mess with the universe. Before one of the ships is destroyed, one of the Klingons transforms from their regular style based on the TNG era to resembling the Klingons from Star Trek: Discovery.

Given these explanations, most fans grudgingly accepted that Discovery's Klingons were just a natural variation of Klingons. However, the events in the series finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks offer another potential explanation for why Discovery's Klingons are so different from their brethren.

Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan unpacks the series finale with CBR - and shares where he'd like Mariner, Boimler and the crew to go next.

Set phasers to spoilers, because this article discusses major plot details from the "Star Trek: Lower Decks" series finale. The time has finally come for one of the best new additions to the "Star Trek" franchise (and one of the biggest pleasant surprises) to sail into the sunset,