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I am trying to describe to a friend of mine, who doesn't get to watch a lot of TV and is apparently easily confused, about Star Trek. What should I tell her and if/when the time comes, what recommendations for episodes to watch do you have. From any/all of the series.
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Have him watch the SFdebris on TNG-AGT. It shows both the good and bad side of things and really covers a lot of the TNG era in just twenty minutes.
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Deepcrush wrote:Have him watch the SFdebris on TNG-AGT. It shows both the good and bad side of things and really covers a lot of the TNG era in just twenty minutes.
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Whatever. I'll pretend to pretend to care later.
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A quick rundown on the different series would work nicely.

TOS: The original show, with Kirk/Shatner. Campy, cheesey, bad acting, low budget, but still pretty fun to watch.
TNG: The revival of Star Trek that came a few decades later. Tends more towards moralising than action.
DS9: Set on a space station, featuring a few members of the TNG cast. The first show that really had season-spanning plots. Fair bit of action.
VOY: Utter idiocy. Don't watch.
ENT: See above.
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As far as introductory eps to watch, I'd go with the ones that focus most on characterization and least on the SF aspect as more than set material. TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" and TNG: "The Inner Light" come to mind.
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Sionnach Glic wrote:ENT: See above.
It wasn't quite that bad. Season four, if you cut out Storm Front and Riker's badly-researched holodeck fantasy, was quite watchable.
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Most of season 3 wasn't bad either. The first two seasons were by and large show cases of incompetence but it got better towards the end.
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Deepcrush wrote:...I'll pretend to pretend to care later.
No, you won't. :lol:
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Yeah, you're right.
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