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Which season should one with no prior knowledge of star trek start from? (lemmy.world)
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I heard about the whole thing being kind of uplifting. Something about a hopefull view of society.

Which season should one with no prior knowledge of star trek start from?

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

First couple seasons of TNG were pretty rough. If someone told me the first episode of something I should love was "Encounter at Farpoint", I think I'd drop the show after the first episode.

I'm going to suggest something different: Enterprise Season 1 Episode 1.

A new watcher would be on nearly equal footing with the crew in discovering the galaxy beyond Earth. Many of the same frustrations about being held back or being naively altruistic would be genuine human responses new viewers could identify with.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago*

    I think Encounter at Farpoint is important for that hopeful view of the future that OP is looking for. It establishes what the Federation is as a power in the Alpha Quadrant, and also gives a nice basic moral hurdle for them to overcome. Plus, seeing Q's first appearance is kinda necessary imo

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Fair point on both. ENT does get a lot less "optimistic" as it enters the "war on terror" seasons, though, but the first season for sure.

    Re: TNG S1

    I didn't hate "Encounter at Farpoint" and it definitely wouldn't have turned me off to the series. "Code of Honor" though is one I routinely skip.

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