Release order as always is best pracrice but there is so much of it and the original series is very 60s so mileage can vary on that. If you don't wanna do release order start with tng and know the first 2 seasons kinda suck but watch them anyway. There's some good shit here and there and also bad episodes are part of the stsr trek experience. Aside from Code of Honor which is racist af, most early tng is either just okay or good bad but with clearly earnest good intents, there is stuff that pays off later and it's not THHHAAAAT bad for the most part, but it really hits it's stride in the third season and by the time that's half way through you're looking at mostly gold. I'd just watch tng the whole way, either during that or after hit up some TOS, there's many best episode lists, I'd watch all of a best episode list and then like 3 random ones from each season if you don't wanna watch the whole thing. There's so.e essentials and it's good to know the characters before watching all the tos movies which is next. After that you're ready for the best one, ds9. Ds9 is the peak. When you're done with that you're already a trekkie and don't need my wisdom anymore
I've seen TNG and am just entering season 3 of DS9. I was planning on doing Lower Decks next, but now you got me wondering if I should watch some others before I jump ahead. Voyager is a possibility. I liked season 1 of Picard, hated season 2, and may or may not just finish the damn thing to finish it. May watch ToS or just do Wrath if Khan and call it a day. May do Discovery
Are these others worth bothering with? I watched some eps of Voyager back in the day and managed to like it well enough when Neelix wasn't on screen.
The tos classics should be watched and you should at least watch the episode space seed prior to wrath of khan cause it'd where khan is first introduced. I'd also watch sooome tos cause it's gonna pay off a bit in ds9, if you're 3 seasons in then you should watch Tos the trouble with tribbles. The tos movies also fucking rule aside from 5 which is funny bad. LD has references for the whole series so if you don't wanna miss out on every gag watch it last but I'd say be familiar with tos, the tos movies, tng, ds9 and maybe so.e voyager and enterprise to get everything. There animated series references here, they aren't all essential, basically none are but I'd at lest finish off ds9 and get some essential tos episodes and movie going first. I never watched it as a non nerd and I think lower decks works okay otherwise but I don't have the perspective to know. I do know there are lots of really really deep backtou f gsgs
Space Seed introduces Kahn. City on the Edge of Forever is unanimously the best. Amok time is crucial, I'd just watch tos stsr to finish a d be patient cause otherwise you'd miss out on amazing crap like shore leave. I would stop ds9 to watch the tos movies though. The tos movies rule.
TOS is quite a slog by modern TV standards, but if you can tough it out with it in the background for a while you'll absorb enough to get the extreme number of references Lower Decks makes to it.
I didn't wanna comment too hard there cause I love old times slow as fuck pacing. If anything it works better now cause you can check yr phone and not miss much
Nope. It's super referential.
Release order as always is best pracrice but there is so much of it and the original series is very 60s so mileage can vary on that. If you don't wanna do release order start with tng and know the first 2 seasons kinda suck but watch them anyway. There's some good shit here and there and also bad episodes are part of the stsr trek experience. Aside from Code of Honor which is racist af, most early tng is either just okay or good bad but with clearly earnest good intents, there is stuff that pays off later and it's not THHHAAAAT bad for the most part, but it really hits it's stride in the third season and by the time that's half way through you're looking at mostly gold. I'd just watch tng the whole way, either during that or after hit up some TOS, there's many best episode lists, I'd watch all of a best episode list and then like 3 random ones from each season if you don't wanna watch the whole thing. There's so.e essentials and it's good to know the characters before watching all the tos movies which is next. After that you're ready for the best one, ds9. Ds9 is the peak. When you're done with that you're already a trekkie and don't need my wisdom anymore
I've seen TNG and am just entering season 3 of DS9. I was planning on doing Lower Decks next, but now you got me wondering if I should watch some others before I jump ahead. Voyager is a possibility. I liked season 1 of Picard, hated season 2, and may or may not just finish the damn thing to finish it. May watch ToS or just do Wrath if Khan and call it a day. May do Discovery
Are these others worth bothering with? I watched some eps of Voyager back in the day and managed to like it well enough when Neelix wasn't on screen.
The tos classics should be watched and you should at least watch the episode space seed prior to wrath of khan cause it'd where khan is first introduced. I'd also watch sooome tos cause it's gonna pay off a bit in ds9, if you're 3 seasons in then you should watch Tos the trouble with tribbles. The tos movies also fucking rule aside from 5 which is funny bad. LD has references for the whole series so if you don't wanna miss out on every gag watch it last but I'd say be familiar with tos, the tos movies, tng, ds9 and maybe so.e voyager and enterprise to get everything. There animated series references here, they aren't all essential, basically none are but I'd at lest finish off ds9 and get some essential tos episodes and movie going first. I never watched it as a non nerd and I think lower decks works okay otherwise but I don't have the perspective to know. I do know there are lots of really really deep backtou f gsgs
I've seen Trouble with Tribbles and that one episode where the crew splits into good and evil counterparts
Space Seed introduces Kahn. City on the Edge of Forever is unanimously the best. Amok time is crucial, I'd just watch tos stsr to finish a d be patient cause otherwise you'd miss out on amazing crap like shore leave. I would stop ds9 to watch the tos movies though. The tos movies rule.
TOS is quite a slog by modern TV standards, but if you can tough it out with it in the background for a while you'll absorb enough to get the extreme number of references Lower Decks makes to it.
I didn't wanna comment too hard there cause I love old times slow as fuck pacing. If anything it works better now cause you can check yr phone and not miss much