I started with Star Trek after watching the Star Trek (2009) movie in college. After that I went wild watching everything I could since I was young with loads of time. I watched most of TOS, all of TNS, all of DS9, all of Voyager, all of Enterprise and all of the movies. I then stopped since I didn’t have the time and wasn’t ready to download a new app to watch Discovery.
I am interested in watching some of the new shows from Discovery onwards but don’t know where to start and what are worth watching. I no longer have hours to watch TV or movies anymore and want to prioritize series on an easy to find streaming service. What is worth watching and what is worth skipping? Is it worth while to watch them all the way chronically or just watch one series and then another one.
Definetly give Lower Decks a chance. Strange New Worlds is really good too imo. Its worth noting that it is a spinoff of Discovery. Specifically season 2 I think.
Do I need to watch Discovery ahead of time? Or is it the classic Star Trek move characters into a new show trick?
Nah you can go ahead without watching Discovery. You might miss out on some references but the major plot points are explained.
I didn’t watch Discovery at all, and don’t feel like I’m missing anything important in Strange New Worlds.
You may not be missing anything important by skipping Strange New Worlds, but you’re missing some damn good TV. For example, Ad Astra per Aspera (the second episode of season two) is easily one of Star Trek’s best courtroom episodes of all time.
As far as I can tell there’s only one tidbit of information from Discovery that is relevant to the setup of Strange New Worlds that might not immediately be apparent; in an episode of Discovery captain Pike is made aware through time travel shenanigans of his “destiny” to suffer radiation exposure and become confined to that beepy chair. It makes for some poignant character moments.
Oh, and another episode involved the fact that there was a giant portal of some sort ripped open in an episode of Discovery that Starfleet officially covered up. The fact that it was officially covered up becomes relevant in the episode. But as long as you realize “oh, they’re referring to stuff that happened in another show” they provide all the background needed to keep up.
Great. If that is all I need to know I am ready.
Looks like I can skip Discovery or at least put it at the end. I think I watched 1 or 2 episodes when it first launched and was unimpressed