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What "third generation" Trek is worth watching? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by dumples@kbin.social to c/startrek@startrek.website
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I started with Star Trek after watching the Star Trek (2009) movie in college. After that I went wild watching everything I could since I was young with loads of time. I watched most of TOS, all of TNS, all of DS9, all of Voyager, all of Enterprise and all of the movies. I then stopped since I didn't have the time and wasn't ready to download a new app to watch Discovery.

I am interested in watching some of the new shows from Discovery onwards but don't know where to start and what are worth watching. I no longer have hours to watch TV or movies anymore and want to prioritize series on an easy to find streaming service. What is worth watching and what is worth skipping? Is it worth while to watch them all the way chronically or just watch one series and then another one.

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[–] LibraryLass@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It’s a dizzyingly uneven show with the lowest points of quality in all of Trek.

Dude I've seen TNG season 1 and Enterprise seasons 1-2. I know we both know it can get worse.

[–] beefcat@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

TOS also has some truly awful episodes, but it's pretty easy to ignore them.

I think the low points of DSC and PIC stick out for two reasons:

  1. Recency bias. It's been 15 years since I last watched Code of Honor, and I rarely even think about it except when it's time to make memes about season 1.
  2. Serialization. You can watch TNG, skip bad episodes like Code of Honor or Sub Rosa, and not really lose out on anything. But if you watch DSC and skip a bad episode, you blow a giant gaping hole in the over-arching story.
[–] raphael_fl@wandering.shop 1 points 1 year ago

@beefcat @dumples @tymon @LibraryLass That last point is one of the problems with arc-centered shows

[–] tymon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, I'll give you Code of Honor.