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Hi there. A friend of mine wants to get into Star Trek (finally, yay). She asked me which series would be a good start since she loves binge watching. I honestly couldn't say. My favourites are VOY, ENT S1/S2 & SNW, but I'm a big fan of all series and watched them so many times back to back (with the exception of DIS & PIC - only once and never again). So, instead I thought we could watch the top 3 episodes of each series and then she can pick one to start watching the entire thing. Let me hear your top 3 episodes of one or several series. Just keep in mind she doesn't know any of the lore yet. I'm really looking forward to see your takes.

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[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

TNG: Drumhead, I, Borg, and Chain of command (or if you don't want a two parter, take your pick of Q who, Measure of a Man, or Yesterday's Enterprise)

DS9: In the Pale Moonlight, Inquisition, and It's Only a Paper Moon.

VOY: Living Witness, Tuvix, and Year of Hell (or again, if you don't want a two parter, go for Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy)

TOS: The Devil in the Dark, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Mirror Mirror.

ENT: Similitude, Regeneration, and In a Mirror Darkly (don't really have a good non-two parter to suggest over In a Mirror, Enterprise doesn't have a lot of great standalone episodes IMO)

Movies: if you want to use these as examples, The Wrath of Khan for TOS and First Contact for TNG.

And I don't really have a list for LD, PIC, DIS, SNW, or PRO.

Edit: for VOY, I might actually put Author, Author over Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy.

[–] TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Those are pretty great. Thank you. Also nice you included the movies. And you picked 2 of my 3 favourite TOS episodes! :D

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Out of curiosity, which of your three TOS episodes did I miss?

[–] TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That would be Balance of Terror. Easily in my top 3 episodes of the entire franchise.

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That is an excellent episode. It would probably have been my fourth pick. That or Arena, the Gorn don't get enough love and while the episode is cheesy (more so then the rest of TOS), it's a classic. But I had to go with Mirror, Mirror. The mirror universe episodes in any trek are some of my favorites.