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can I start watching ST with one of the newer shows, or is everything dependent on what came before? (crazypeople.online)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I tried starting from the beginning a few years back but the production value is a little too rough for me to ignore its flaws since I have no investment in or dedication to the show yet.

I'm wondering if I can watch lower decks or whatever the new live action show is and get into Star Trek that way.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

okay I trust your judgment because you admitted:

"it doesn't start out the best"

I'm finding it difficult to get past that first interaction between Shakespeare elitist alien and Picard.

when you say start out, do you mean like the first episode, or the first season?

cuz I'll just skip the first episode and go back after I kind of care about the story and characters and find out what they talked about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly most of season 1 and about half of season 2 are pretty weak (with some decent episodes in between). Quite a lot of season 1 you can downright skip. There are quite a few guides out there on which episodes to watch and skip, for example here or even this one that skips season 1 and 2 almost entirely. In my opinion, from season 3 onwards, the general quality gets so good that you might as well watch every episode from that point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

i see, thanks so much for the guides, i appreciate it.

i'll look at both of those and probably jump into three and see how it goes.