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5 days ago · Since 2001, Chris Kula has performed sketch and improv at UCB Theatre. He is currently a Community writer. He was previously a staff writer for MADtv and Funny or Die.
Apr 22, 2021 · EXCLUSIVE: Writer-producer Chris Kula, a co-executive producer on Star Trek: Lower Decks, has signed an overall deal with CBS Studios, the studio behind the Paramount+ animated series.
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Chris Kula is known for Wrecked (2016), Close Enough (2020) and Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020).
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With an even stronger episode than the season opener, Lower Decksintroduces an interesting new character and fully embraces the themes of Star Trek while still having fun along the way. WARNING: Spoilers below!
Back to basics
With a strong season opener that spent a good amount of time resolving various threads, the second episode hit the ground running, bringing us an even funnier and tighter episode. True to the adventure-of-the-week format born from classic TNG, Lower Decksstill takes the time for character with A and B stories connected thematically. Without being heavy-handed, everyone is learning lessons here, from Mariner seeing the value of listening to the captain tempering her need to micromanage. Betwee...
The puppet master
Bumping Brad Boimler back down to ensign was inexplicable, but it fit the show’s apparent need to keep lower deckers at the lowest rank, at least for now. The reset button is a time-honored Star Trek tradition, which this episode went out of its way to honor. In fact, writer Chris Kula went meta when Brad described his time on the Titan as “a bunch of complex characters thrown into heavily serialized battles which always ended in mind-blowing twists and made me question the basic tenets of my...
Final thoughts
Lower Decksmoves from strength to strength in season two. It’s proud to be Star Trek and not afraid to have fun along the way. With near-perfect pacing, this show is finding ways to keep the action up while still finding time and humor with our characters. Carl Tart brings a new energy and spin to the Tamarians and is a welcome addition to this crew. All is well again as the gang is back together on the good old Cerritos, and we are now ready for eight more fun adventures in season two.
Random stuff 1. Jet’s last name is Manhaver 2. Boimler took Ethics of Collecting at Starfleet Academy. 3. Terrorists tried to blow up Starbase 58. 4. Mariner’s nickname for Rutherford is “Ruthie.” 5. Titan crew use “Led” as shorthand for Pakleds. 6. Pakled snacks look like puffed cheese balls. 7. Stevens keeps a log for his mustache. Laugh lines 1....
Chris Kula is known as an Writer, Actor, Co-Executive Producer, and Teleplay. Some of their work includes Community, Jessie, Close Enough, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Brockmire, Wax On, Fuck Off, Behind the scenes of All That Glitters, and Paranormal Saw.
“Kayshon, His Eyes Open,” written by Chris Kula, gets us right back to the powerfully funny, deeply reverent, and engaging stories of the back half of Star Trek: Lower Decks’ first season — and may give “Envoys” a run for its money as the episode with the most Easter eggs tucked away in the background.
Sep 17, 2013 · Chris Kula has been performing sketch and improv at the UCB Theatre since 2001. He is currently a writer on NBC’s Community and has previously worked as a staff writer at MADtv, Funny or Die, and Comedy Central’s Onion SportsDome.
