So a little more than It's Good - it has Quark-esque sassy aliens with character depth, everyone has their own motives, etc. I will say that the captain is a little blander than Sisko or Picard but he actually fights fascists (with violence) in his own government so there is that. It does definitely have the old Trek vibe.
Okay, the first season is bad. I dropped off during the first season not knowing this. I'll power through. I already know I'll like it, but that season one was a punisher
There are some plot points that come up later from S1 but if you've seen it before you might want to just find a watch guide or something for the essentials. I don't think it's ever quite as good as DS9, for the record, but I thought it was good.
Deep Space 9 has like 100 good episodes in a row (with maybe 3 bad ones inbetween), even when imo things get slightly off the rails in Season 7
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It became a bit too Star Wars by then, but it was still fantastic
I think Babylon 5 does a better job of synthesizing cool spaceships with alien diplomacy even if the first season is terrible
I never watched it tbh
So a little more than It's Good - it has Quark-esque sassy aliens with character depth, everyone has their own motives, etc. I will say that the captain is a little blander than Sisko or Picard but he actually fights fascists (with violence) in his own government so there is that. It does definitely have the old Trek vibe.
It's good
Okay, the first season is bad. I dropped off during the first season not knowing this. I'll power through. I already know I'll like it, but that season one was a punisher
There are some plot points that come up later from S1 but if you've seen it before you might want to just find a watch guide or something for the essentials. I don't think it's ever quite as good as DS9, for the record, but I thought it was good.