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The Star Trek universe is based on the premise that a peaceful, united mankind is acting as a benevolent, civilized partner and friend of all alien species.
But let’s be honest, we all know we would behave like the aliens from Independence Day - mercilessly conquering and harvesting alien worlds and spreading destruction across the universe.
The only right way to start is with TOS. And now get out of my grain silo, damn tribbles!
I started with voyager, was that wrong?
Understood; starting with Picard and Discovery first!
Picard is easily the worst serious ever. And I don’t mean it in the sense of “place to start” but in the sense of “worst serious period”. Discovery is great tho.
no, the correct answer is star trek online, klingon empire gorn science captain.
In my time we started most shows in the middle of whatever season was on when you stumbled them while flipping channels.
My recommendation is to start with the second movie and make your way to first contact.
Then switch to voyager. If you reach the middle of it, there is no stopping you anymore.
Alternatively, you can switch to deep space 9 after the movies.
Start with TOS and if you find it too hard to watch start with TNG and if you find the first bit of TNG too hard to watch you can skip ahead of you really want to I guess, but I find it all worth watching.
I’ve been in a serious Star Trek fan for over 40 years, and my experience has never been anything like this. And if it were, I don’t think I’d like Star Trek at all.
You clearly start with “The Cage”
Obviously…
Maybe that’s their problem. They never saw the cage, so none of Star Trek makes sense for them. None of that makes sense to me, but, hey, what do I know?
The only Star Trek media I’ve consumed are the new movies. Burn me at the stake trekkies.
You’ll be tied to the deflector dish
This will either destroy them, or make them more powerful than we could possibly imagine.
Congratulations, you started with the action parody. Now go catch up on the classics.
It’s very obviously TNG. But after season 2.
Nah, start from the beginning. When I introduced my partner to star trek, she loved the first TNG seasons, despite recognizing that the latter are better
Even though I think DS9 is objectively better than TNG, I would still recommend TNG to get into it, as the more exploration focus should appeal to a wider audience.
Also you can appreciate DS9 better as a contrast to TNG
A few of my very favorite episodes of Star Trek ever are in season 1, though. I wouldn’t skip it entirely!
- s01e11 Haven, because I love Lwaxana when she’s being mischievous
- s01e13 Datalore, for Spiner in his early glory
- s01e18 Home Soil, for a decent “murder mystery”
- s01e22 Symbiosis, seriously one of the best episodes of the whole show with a lesson on why the Prime Directive is important, plenty of Crusher vs Picard moral discussions, and an attempt at a sympathetic view on drug addiction (though a dated one now)
TOS - The Man Trap.
Wow, Devils Due is like the second episode I watched (first was Silicon Avatar) and I remember enjoying the ending where Picard mimics all her tricks before telling her to fuck off.
In hindsight easily a notgreat episode, but I remember it fondly.
Lost, confused, disturbed, unsettled, baffled and eve a bit turned on.
This could describe every decon scene in ENT.
I loved when they got tired of putting the eye candy in those scenes and started throwing in random characters like Porthos.
This is incorrect.
If you are new at this point “Lower decks” is the right place to start.
After that you can go to any series, even if TNG is the right next step. You can pick anything.
Lower decks has soooo many references to the other series I feel like it would be a very confusing place to start.
I think either Strange New Worlds or Lower Decks is a good starting point for someone new to Trek. I think I’d recommend SNW over Lower Decks though just because the number of references in Lower Decks to other Star Trek media is pretty high.
Ew.
i am a very late bloomer to ST. i watches TOS and loved it; i startrd up TNG about a month ago.
im in season 3 episode 4 and councillor troy hasnt died yet. i hate her with a fiery passion for ruining what seems to be a really good show. my friends have confirmed she doesnt die and told me to leave TNG behind and move on to DS9.
i guess i get DS9 tomorrow.
I’m going to be the serpent in the grass and say give Babylon 5 a go before DS9. The first season will feel slow because the show is structured like a novel; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion. There are small things like newspaper headers that hint towards future developments, and every main character undergoes a major arc. I enjoy DS9, but it’s never felt as cohesive as B5 to me. You may throw your stones now.
B5 definitely best star trek. Ds9 or lower decks a close second.
It’s such a weird choice to put “ships councilor” on the bridge.
All the high-maintenance staff are on the bridge.
Someone had to protect Wesley from Picard.
