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or how about just an episode that presents serious ethical / philosophical / moral dilemmas that leave open ended interpretations, holds a mirror to our current society, provides personal introspection and generally just makes the viewer think critically of the world we all live in.
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Nu Trek:
SFX gets dated, but good writing and acting is timeless.
Or generally an episode where they just have some people talking a bunch so they can save on special effects. (DS9's Duet comes to mind.)
That is such a good episode really showed DS9 is not black and white and still speaks about the world today.
I unironically love the ship-in-a-bottle episodes. If they made a Star Trek show called, "Meet me in my ready room" I would watch it several times.
Want both?
Battlestar Galactica: Come for the battles, stay for the moral quandaries
Hmm i wonder who made that show... Ronald D Moore for the win again 😁
I think what people forget as in the nu trek writing staff is something Ronald D Moore said about writing for TNG. Star Trek was one of the few shows that where they could do all the genres in a single season. One day it would be a western the next it can be a medical drama. The next a courtroom drama.
Most of the new shows it's the same story every season. There is a MacGuffin, the crew does a scavenger hunt to find said MacGuffin and that MacGuffin saves the universe.
Know your audience. I’m talking to you, new Trek shows.