arjache

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a list of important/key episodes – but not just the good episodes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I do love a sequel years later out of nowhere! Ship in a Bottle is also a good one for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a list of important/key episodes – but not just the good episodes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I’d struggle to come up with such a list in a way that it’d be a rewarding viewing experience.

  Something to keep in mind is that almost all of Star Trek from before the streaming era was made with the assumption that people would tune in and not necessarily have seen any previous episodes. Especially with syndicated reruns, there was no real guarantee of even seeing the episodes in order. At most you would be expected to miss some details if you caught the second half of a two-parter, and those had recaps at the start.

  Star Trek only really started to do big plot arcs with DS9 and even then it was still very episodic. The earliest they had a modern BSG-style serial plot was season 3 of Enterprise. So there’s really no need to watch “must-watch” episodes. The episodes were made with the intention that you could watch each one with minimal context and still have a good time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite Star Trek books?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Diane Duane wrote some great Star Trek books - The Wounded Sky and Spock’s World are perennial favorites.

  I’d also recommend Q-Squared by Peter David. Very ambitious book and does a great job of making some lore connections.