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If you're looking for a way to start, Next Generation (TNG) is a good entry point, though you might want to start with season 3 (it's when it really started to feel polished). If you like that then Voyager is similarly episodic and easy to watch, though the writers could've treated some of the characters a little better in that. Modern episodic trek is Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks, also both immediately fun and easy to get into.
Deep Space 9 is what started trek on having longer serialized arcs, and Enterprise also has long story lines (the entirety of season 3 was one arc).
And I'll probably get some disagreement for this, but despite having grown up on trek and watched almost everything that's out there (I think I just have 1 or 2 seasons of Discovery left), I've never really been able to watch much of the original series. It just feels way too dated for me. Maybe if the guys over at the Greatest Generation podcast pick it up I'll try to work through it.
I wanted to start with TNG but my partner insisted on starting at the beginning, that being said its been really fun watching tropes get introduced, like Kirk getting his shirt ripped and bones saying, "I'm a doctor not a -----" its really good if you even slightly enjoy campy stuff and has gotten tons of laughs from us as we watch it. But yeah TNG is the best place to start imo.