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What "third generation" Trek is worth watching? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@dumples so far, Strange New Worlds is the best of the New Trek, so far it's been all killer no filler

Both Picard and Discovery have high highs and low lows, so your mileage with them will vary

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Strange New Worlds is the best show, but Picard season 3 is by far the best single season. Picard season 3 can also be watched without needing to see season 1 (which is decent) or season 2 (which is mostly dire).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think I will wait on Picard and Discovery then. I would love to get hooked and the good shows first and then fill in

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm gonna go the other way and recommend Discovery before Strange New Worlds. Canonically, SNW happens after Discovery and even refers to it at times. Also, people like to hate on Discovery but I found Discovery so much better than most modern Trek. It brought dramatic cohesion to the ST universe and abandoned the silly episodic crap that had no ties with the episodes before or after it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

By and large episodic is what Star Trek fans want. At least to some extent.