I recently rewatched that clip because it’s so good.
TNG is a good entry point, but the first two seasons can be rough. Feel free to skip them if they’re on the verge of turning you off the series entirely.
Riker grows a beard in s2, which was such a dramatic shift in the show’s quality that it caused a new saying “Riker’s Beard”, which means the opposite of “Jump the Shark”.
I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation first, then Deep Space 9, then started Voyager, but it wasn’t as good IMHO.
Now watching select episodes from The Original Series, select episodes from Voyager, Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks.
Edit: New - -> Next
Very helpful to suggest a new watcher to cherry pick from all the shows.
If you want to do it chronologically, start with TOS, TAS and their movies.
If you don’t care for the old style of acting and storytelling, start with TNG. Though the first two seasons can be a bit rough at times, the show finds its stride around the time riker grows a beard.
The two TNG spinoffs DS9 and VOY are also great, though voyager has a little less memorable characters than the other shows (with two obvious exceptions I don’t want to spoil).
When you have watched those three, you could delve into nutrek as well (discovery, Picard, strange new worlds, lower decks). Those are essentially modern Trek, which will feel a bit different, but most of them make reference to the TNG era and it is nice to have watched that already to get those.
Strange New Worlds may be a good starting point. I know a lot of people will recommend The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine. They’re both good series, on a whole, but they both had teething problems in the early episodes. (TNG worse than DS9.) SNW is more consistent out of the gate.
Ignore the people saying to start with SNW. Start with season 2 of TNG, then go to season 2 of DS9 after finishing TNG, then you’re good. From there you can pick whatever you want, but nothing will ever be as good again. TOS can be fun, but it’s very dated and campy. The TOS movies are lots of fun, especially the one with the whales. Double dumb ass on you!
Are the TNG movies worth watching in your opinion? If so, should i watch TOS and TOS movies before TNG ones?
They’re okay, not great, not bad, just okay. There are references to the original crew of the Enterprise in the TNG show a few times, but I don’t remember any references in the movies. I think they can all be watched as stand-alone movies except for the Star Trek: Nemesis movie because there’s a major plot development in it.
This was excellent television, a life lesson, dramatic conflict, demonstration of how professional adults deal with issues, a resolution… A real role model show
And a complete modern day fantasy of how we would like to imagine ourselves and fail to achieve such high morals because we instead act like the frightened cavemen we are more closely associated to in our current time.
This, and the scene where Worf advises Data on picking a wedding present, are the two best Data/Worf scenes
The line should be, “Sir - Klingon relationships weather far worse than polite rebuke.” As written, it is bone-dry, even in the context of Worf getting pulled aside and chewed out.
