As this is a new community I thought it would be fun to get to know each other by sharing our most and least favourite series. (We’ll do the films another time)
Obviously I’ll start.
- Deep Space Nine
- Voyager
- The Next Generation
- Enterprise
- Picard Season 3
- The Original Series
- Lower Decks
- Strange New Worlds
- Prodigy
- The Animated Series
- Discovery
- Picard Seasons 1 & 2
I know I’m kind of cheating by splitting Picard up but season 3 is so different and so far removed from the truly awful first two seasons it deserves its own slot. I do believe Picard has the single worst season in all of Star Trek with season 1 and the single best season in the franchise with season 3.
TNG’s 3rd and 4th seasons come close but I think Picards 3rd season just tops them. That’s a massive credit to Terry Matalas to turn the show around from some of the worst in the franchise to some of the best.
Here’s hoping we get Star Trek Legacy but given Paramounts current financial situation it seems unlikely.
Also Ben Sisko is the GOAT of Starfleet Captains.
What order would you put the series in?
DS9
Lower Decks
VOY
TOS
TNG
SNW
TAS
Enterprise
Prodigy
Discovery
Picard
DS9 writing just stands above the rest, excepting TOS, but tos doesn’t do characterization as well and isn’t nearly so consistent.
Lower Decks is brilliant and packs more characterization and trekky soul in 30mins than most series do per hour.
I’ll admit that Voyager eps are probably weaker on average than TNG and TOS, but I love that family and ship and I will go anywhere and do anything to help Janeway get more coffee.
TOS does mystery boxes with setups better than Abrams, but unlike when Abrams does them they actually go somewhere and say something.
TNG does so much so well, but the first couple seasons are a slog and I can’t stand how Picard thinks watching people who can’t help themselves die is moral because.. the universe wants it?