• Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        Deep Space 9 is the first ST show to have season long arcs peppered with self-contained episodes. Since someone else already mentioned Discovery, I think DS9 is a pretty good jumping on point for “classic” Trek.

      • Stamets@startrek.websiteOP
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        1 year ago

        Discovery is the first Trek show that isn’t episodic. Each episode has their own arc. Could use that as a jumping off point to discover things you find interesting and then watch episodes of other shows central to that.

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        But episodic content makes it great!

        Stories aren’t drawn out longer than necessary, and if you encounter a bad story, you can just watch the next one.

        It still has a overarching story.

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          1 year ago

          That makes it so much worse. “Yesterday we experienced x, something that might have seemed incredibly traumatic and disruptive, but please do not fret, for we are doing great today! In fact, we don’t remember a thing from yesterday, hehe! Ok, anyway, we should really focus on our larger goals.”