Future Tense, Regeneration, Minefield, Cogenitor and The Expanse were all good

Yep, I agree. The first two seasons are truly the worst tv Ive ever seen.

Im pretty sure it was the basis for the Xindi arc which I really liked

Season 2 has a few gems but yes its an overall bland season

Picard season 3 was probably the most dramatic improvement in Trek history

I always have skipped the first two seasons of DS9 on rewatches to the point that i dont even remember most of the episodes in these seasons. I guess Ill have to give them another go

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Not to be confused with favorite series. I think my favorite season is ENT sesson 4, which is funny because the series overall is def on the weaker end of the spectrum, and i dont think any particular episode of the fourth season is Star Treks very best, its just the season that has more good than bad episodes of any season of Trek I can remember. Next would be DS9 season 6 and TNG season 3 and so on. Whats your choice?

I have both books. Very fascinating reads. Unification two parter is one of my favorite Trek two parters btw

Love that they went to some exotic alien structure in space and not just a normal planet

I have ParamountPlus but I'll just watch it on YouTube anyway as an excuse to watch the episode again

I guess I should try Foundation finally

PIC season 3 def should have been the first season.

Discovery doesn't have a single good episode I've went back to revisit, while even the "weaker" series like ENT have episodes I revisit.

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I asked this question sometime ago on The Orville's subreddit, and surprisingly got mixed responses. I assume most here however, are going to prefer Star Trek, specifically TNG that its aping from. For the record I do prefer TNG as well, but rewatching The Orville, after you get past its kinda sucky first season, I really enjoyed the show and feel it's a very good successor to TNG just with added humor and levity which I think is a good thing. And there are elements I find better in The Orville. And now that Lower Decks is back (a show I'm now a fan of after dismissing it for so long), I felt the need to return to The Orville and see if I still liked it. I'm really hoping it at least gets a fourth season. Anyway, what do you guys think?

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(Not including the reboot trilogy as that's a different altogether topic)

I was recently in a mood to binge the first ten Star Trek films as I hadn't seen any of them in several years, and I notice that the TOS films are better than the TNG films. Which is weird because when it comes to the tv series, I far prefer TNG and its spin-offs over TOS but when it came to the films, it's the opposite. I love First Contact, and like Generations but Insurrection and Nemesis are pretty bad IMO, whereas the only TOS film I truly dislike is V. (My favorites are IV and VI) Was wondering what others here thought, I think this may be the standard opinion in fact.

As for why they're better, I think for whatever reason the TOS movies feel more cinematic, whereas the TNG films were mostly trying to capture the TNG feeling and not as much be cinematic?

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I was born in 1989, so I grew up with the TNG era and ENT, and I always dismissed TOS as a kid as the cheesy 60s original version that TNG remade and left in the dust. It wasn't until high school that I actually sat down and watched TOS and fell in love with it. I even now wonder if Kirk is better than Picard, it's a debate I have with myself often. Was wondering if anyone else had a similar experience with TOS?

I still think TNG is better, but TOS is great in its own right.

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Just interested if there's an episode of a particular series you find yourself going back to? Not necessarily "the best" or your favorite, just one you gravitate toward for a comfort re-watch? Here's the episodes from each series I find myself re-watching a lot:

TOS: Mirror, Mirror (instant classic, love the episode)

TNG: The Offspring (favorite Data episode, gives me a lump in the throat)

DS9: The Visitor (similar feeling to The Offspring)

VOY: Blink of an Eye (brilliant episode, even if it apparently rips off a novel but it's cool to see the concept on TV)

ENT: Similitude (love the drama, love the theme and emotions)

DIS: Need to rewatch the first four seasons to find an episode that I'd want to rewatch

PIC: Vox (Okay, for the ENT-D reveal..)

SNW: Momento Mori (the first season is way better than the second season, and this episode is really cool IMO)

Haven't seen enough of TAS, Prodigy, and Lower Decks to select any.

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I'm currently rewatching it, and at first I admit I hated the season and didn't understand all the praise it got, but on this second viewing, I am actually warming up a bit to it. It still is deeply flawed, with a lot of things that don't make sense or could have been done better, but I kinda like it regardless. What do you think?

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