The Next Generation and then Deep Space 9. You could start with the Original series but itâs not necessary to understand the events of the TNG/Voyager/DS9 era of time.
TNG has some absolutely awful episodes in the beginning and the first two seasons arenât really considered very good by most, but once they find their footing itâs pretty consistent with only the rare complete miss. Deep Space 9 is a really good one though, I passed it up for years because it didnât take place on a starship but that only allowed for a completely different style of storytelling with recurring characters and interwoven plot lines.
Damdy@lemmy.world â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
If you have literally no experience at all, Iâd pick and choose some great standalone episodes to get started with.
Some ideas: TOS: Balance of terror/Space seed TNG: Drumhead/Darmok DS9: The House of Quark/Trials and tribulations (harder to find good standalone episodes as so many of the best are part of the main plot. VOY: Eye of the Needle/The Void
The 2 parter DS9 and voyager opening episodes are both also pretty good places to start.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net â¨7⊠â¨months⊠ago
I started with the Voyager pilot, itâs so great. It sets up an incredible premise that is so much more compelling than âwe are explorersâ, at least in my opinion. The whole series has an arc that is integral to every episode in a way that truly doesnât get old.
I mean⌠I started with that, my best friend in my first year of high school showed me the first few seasons, and then I pretty much didnât watch more until now, ~mumble~ years later, when I decided to go through the whole of Voyager. Itâs genuinely a very good show. Thereâs some stuff in there that Iâll put down to TV restrictions - low budget and tight schedules mean you canât close every plot hole - but itâs got a lot of heart. It shows people being mature and dealing with their problems, and just openly saying how much they care about each other on a regular basis, which I love.
Just like⌠be aware that there are things that havenât aged well. The three biggest I can think of are:
Chakotayâs character being played by a non-indigenous person and the indigenous consultant actually being a fraud, which leads to some extremely awkward pastiches of indigenous culture.
Kes being âborn sexy yesterdayâ.
The generally exploitative way women are dressed and treated in the whole show. Kes is put in a catsuit, then soon after replaced with 7 of 9 in a catsuit. Plus in general theyâll just shove women in bikinis on screen at their first chance, or even when no chance presented itself at all. For a show that does a lot of openly-feminist stuff with its female captain that insists on being called âcaptainâ over âsirâ or âmaâamâ and who generally kicks butt, it has a lot of sexism that seems even more dated than the 90s era it was made in.
Even so, amazing show.