My friend is absolutely open to older shows. I somehow forgot about “Data’s Day”. I don’t know how that one slipped past me, but it’s truly great for beginners of Star Trek. I appreciate it!
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Corgana@startrek.website 4 days ago
“Data’s Day” is actually a pretty great one to get someone into TNG, it’s fun, but most importantly, Data is essentially walking around introducing all of the main characters to the audience.
I typically recommend starting with TNG in general (I used to say because it was “modern” 😭) as it naturally leads into DS9 and VOY. That said if your friend doesn’t typically watch older shows but is open to them, then just starting with SNW or ENT is an excellent intro to the rest of Trek.
TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website 4 days ago
Corgana@startrek.website 3 days ago
Happy to help! I would love it if you report back, we used to get 100 “How do I get a friend into Trek” posts/day on /r/StarTrek but very few follow ups on if it stuck!
TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website 3 days ago
Oh, absolutely. It might take a while, but I’ll let you all now which 3 episodes each made it to the final round and how project Trekkie Assimilation went on. ^^
JWBananas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Sounds a lot like DS9’s In the Cards (525).