I have a giant playlist with every trek episode and just put it on random.
Let the universe choose.
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If you use Plex, Smart Collections are perfect for this.
The real answer is Stargate SG-1
You misspelled Farscape
I think you mean Firefly
RIP
Babylon 5 wants to know your location.
Just when I thought Star Trek was enough sci-fi for me .... there's so much more to watch
Don't forget The Orville!
I presume that the Anla'Shok already do...:-P
Huh? That isn't how you spell Lexx either.
Not to be confused with Stargate S9 and 10 nicknamed Fargate
I barely watched the new Stargate series but two main characters of Farscape joined Stargate, right?
Yes, you should at least watch the episode called 200 because it is a little meme to themselves.
chronologically! def tng -> ds9
worf/obrien start on the enterprise if i recall correctly.
I was nerd enough to make an table with all episodes of tng, ds9 and voy and ordered it by release date. They overlap with a short period of only DS9. Watching this order makes you realize some story lines containing two or even three series.
https://chronolists.com/star-trek
this is one of my favourite things. log in with plex and it’ll create a chronologically accurate playlist of any content you have
The full list is too long for a comment, so here is just where things start/end overlapping
markdown table
| Series | Episode | Title |
|---|---|---|
| TNG | 6-10 | Chain of Command: Part One |
| TNG | 6-11 | Chain of Command: Part Two |
| DS9 | 1-1 | Emissary, Part I |
| DS9 | 1-2 | Emissary, Part II |
| DS9 | 1-3 | Past Prologue |
| DS9 | 1-4 | A Man Alone |
| DS9 | 1-5 | Babel |
| TNG | 6-12 | Ship in a Bottle |
| DS9 | 1-6 | Captive Pursuit |
| TNG | 6-13 | Aquiel |
| DS9 | 1-7 | Q-Less |
| TNG | 6-14 | Face of the Enemy |
| DS9 | 1-8 | Dax |
| TNG | 6-15 | Tapestry |
| DS9 | 1-9 | The Passenger |
| TNG | 6-16 | Birthright: Part One |
| TNG | 6-17 | Birthright: Part Two |
| DS9 | 1-10 | Move Along Home |
| DS9 | 1-11 | The Nagus |
| TNG | 6-18 | Starship Mine |
| TNG | 6-19 | Lessons |
| DS9 | 1-12 | Vortex |
| DS9 | 1-13 | Battle Lines |
| TNG | 6-20 | The Chase |
| DS9 | 1-14 | The Storyteller |
| TNG | 6-21 | Frame of Mind |
| DS9 | 1-15 | Progress |
| TNG | 6-22 | Suspicions |
| DS9 | 1-16 | If Wishes Were Horses |
| TNG | 6-23 | Rightful Heir |
| DS9 | 1-17 | The Forsaken |
| TNG | 6-24 | Second Chances |
| DS9 | 1-18 | Dramatis Personae |
| DS9 | 1-19 | Duet |
| TNG | 6-25 | Timescape |
| DS9 | 1-20 | In the Hands of the Prophets |
| TNG | 6-26 | Descent: Part One |
| TNG | 7-1 | Descent: Part Two |
| DS9 | 2-1 | The Homecoming (Part 1) |
| TNG | 7-2 | Liaisons |
| DS9 | 2-2 | The Circle (Part 2) |
| TNG | 7-3 | Interface |
| DS9 | 2-3 | The Siege (Part 3) |
| TNG | 7-4 | Gambit: Part One |
| DS9 | 2-4 | Invasive Procedures |
| TNG | 7-5 | Gambit: Part Two |
| DS9 | 2-5 | Cardassians |
| TNG | 7-6 | Phantasms |
| DS9 | 2-6 | Melora |
| TNG | 7-7 | Dark Page |
| DS9 | 2-7 | Rules of Acquisition |
| TNG | 7-8 | Attached |
| DS9 | 2-8 | Necessary Evil |
| TNG | 7-9 | Force of Nature |
| DS9 | 2-9 | Second Sight |
| TNG | 7-10 | Inheritance |
| DS9 | 2-10 | Sanctuary |
| TNG | 7-11 | Parallels |
| DS9 | 2-11 | Rivals |
| DS9 | 2-12 | The Alternate |
| TNG | 7-12 | The Pegasus |
| TNG | 7-13 | Homeward |
| DS9 | 2-13 | Armageddon Game |
| TNG | 7-14 | Sub Rosa |
| DS9 | 2-14 | Whispers |
| TNG | 7-15 | Lower Decks |
| DS9 | 2-15 | Paradise |
| TNG | 7-16 | Thine Own Self |
| DS9 | 2-16 | Shadowplay |
| TNG | 7-17 | Masks |
| DS9 | 2-17 | Playing God |
| TNG | 7-18 | Eye of the Beholder |
| DS9 | 2-18 | Profit and Loss |
| TNG | 7-19 | Genesis |
| DS9 | 2-19 | Blood Oath |
| TNG | 7-20 | Journey's End |
| DS9 | 2-20 | The Maquis, Part I |
| TNG | 7-21 | Firstborn |
| DS9 | 2-21 | The Maquis, Part II |
| TNG | 7-22 | Bloodlines |
| DS9 | 2-22 | The Wire |
| TNG | 7-23 | Emergence |
| DS9 | 2-23 | Crossover |
| TNG | 7-24 | Preemptive Strike |
| DS9 | 2-24 | The Collaborator |
| TNG | 7-25 | All Good Things... |
| TNG | 7-26 | All Good Things... |
| DS9 | 2-25 | Tribunal |
| DS9 | 2-26 | The Jem'Hadar |
| DS9 | 3-1 | The Search, Part I |
| DS9 | 3-2 | The Search, Part II |
| DS9 | 3-3 | The House of Quark |
| DS9 | 3-4 | Equilibrium |
| DS9 | 3-5 | Second Skin |
| DS9 | 3-6 | The Abandoned |
| DS9 | 3-7 | Civil Defense |
| DS9 | 3-8 | Meridian |
| DS9 | 3-9 | Defiant |
| DS9 | 3-10 | Fascination |
| DS9 | 3-11 | Past Tense, Part I |
| DS9 | 3-12 | Past Tense, Part II |
| VOY | 1-1 | Caretaker |
| VOY | 1-2 | Caretaker |
| VOY | 1-3 | Parallax |
| VOY | 1-4 | Time and Again |
| DS9 | 3-13 | Life Support |
| DS9 | 3-14 | Heart of Stone |
| VOY | 1-5 | Phage |
| VOY | 1-6 | The Cloud |
| DS9 | 3-15 | Destiny |
| DS9 | 3-16 | Prophet Motive |
| VOY | 1-7 | Eye of the Needle |
| DS9 | 3-17 | Visionary |
| VOY | 1-8 | Ex Post Facto |
| VOY | 1-9 | Emanations |
| VOY | 1-10 | Prime Factors |
| VOY | 1-11 | State of Flux |
| DS9 | 3-18 | Distant Voices |
| DS9 | 3-19 | Through the Looking Glass |
| DS9 | 3-20 | Improbable Cause (Part 1) |
| VOY | 1-12 | Heroes and Demons |
| VOY | 1-13 | Cathexis |
| DS9 | 3-21 | The Die is Cast (Part 2) |
| VOY | 1-14 | Faces |
| DS9 | 3-22 | Explorers |
| VOY | 1-15 | Jetrel |
| DS9 | 3-23 | Family Business |
| VOY | 1-16 | Learning Curve |
| DS9 | 3-24 | Shakaar |
| DS9 | 3-25 | Facets |
| DS9 | 3-26 | The Adversary |
| VOY | 2-1 | The 37's |
| VOY | 2-2 | Initiations |
| VOY | 2-3 | Projections |
| VOY | 2-4 | Elogium |
| VOY | 2-5 | Non Sequitur |
| DS9 | 4-1 | The Way of the Warrior, Part I |
| DS9 | 4-2 | The Way of the Warrior, Part II |
| VOY | 2-6 | Twisted |
| VOY | 2-7 | Parturition |
| DS9 | 4-3 | The Visitor |
| DS9 | 4-4 | Hippocratic Oath |
| DS9 | 4-5 | Indiscretion |
| VOY | 2-8 | Persistence of Vision |
| DS9 | 4-6 | Rejoined |
| DS9 | 4-7 | Starship Down |
| VOY | 2-9 | Tattoo |
| DS9 | 4-8 | Little Green Men |
| VOY | 2-10 | Cold Fire |
| VOY | 2-11 | Maneuvers |
| DS9 | 4-9 | The Sword of Kahless |
| DS9 | 4-10 | Our Man Bashir |
| VOY | 2-12 | Resistance |
| DS9 | 4-11 | Homefront (Part 1) |
| DS9 | 4-12 | Paradise Lost (Part 2) |
| VOY | 2-13 | Prototype |
| VOY | 2-14 | Alliances |
| DS9 | 4-13 | Crossfire |
| VOY | 2-15 | Threshold |
| VOY | 2-16 | Meld |
| DS9 | 4-14 | Return to Grace |
| DS9 | 4-15 | Sons of Mogh |
| VOY | 2-17 | Dreadnought |
| DS9 | 4-16 | Bar Association |
| VOY | 2-18 | Death Wish |
| VOY | 2-19 | Lifesigns |
| DS9 | 4-17 | Accession |
| VOY | 2-20 | Investigations |
| VOY | 2-21 | Deadlock |
| VOY | 2-22 | Innocence |
| DS9 | 4-18 | Rules of Engagement |
| DS9 | 4-19 | Hard Time |
| DS9 | 4-20 | Shattered Mirror |
| DS9 | 4-21 | The Muse |
| VOY | 2-23 | The Thaw |
| DS9 | 4-22 | For the Cause |
| VOY | 2-24 | Tuvix |
| DS9 | 4-23 | To the Death |
| VOY | 2-25 | Resolutions |
| DS9 | 4-24 | The Quickening |
| VOY | 2-26 | Basics, Part I |
| DS9 | 4-25 | Body Parts |
| DS9 | 4-26 | Broken Link |
| VOY | 3-1 | Basics, Part II |
| VOY | 3-2 | Flashback |
| VOY | 3-3 | The Chute |
| VOY | 3-4 | The Swarm |
| DS9 | 5-1 | Apocalypse Rising |
| VOY | 3-5 | False Profits |
| DS9 | 5-2 | The Ship |
| VOY | 3-6 | Remember |
| DS9 | 5-3 | Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places |
| DS9 | 5-4 | ...Nor the Battle to the Strong |
| DS9 | 5-5 | The Assignment |
| VOY | 3-7 | Sacred Ground |
| DS9 | 5-6 | Trials and Tribble-ations |
| VOY | 3-8 | Future's End, Part I |
| DS9 | 5-7 | Let He Who Is Without Sin... |
| VOY | 3-9 | Future's End, Part II |
| DS9 | 5-8 | Things Past |
| VOY | 3-10 | Warlord |
| DS9 | 5-9 | The Ascent |
| VOY | 3-11 | The Q and the Grey |
| VOY | 3-12 | Macrocosm |
| DS9 | 5-10 | Rapture |
| DS9 | 5-11 | The Darkness and the Light |
| VOY | 3-13 | Fair Trade |
| VOY | 3-14 | Alter Ego |
| DS9 | 5-12 | The Begotten |
| VOY | 3-15 | Coda |
| DS9 | 5-13 | For the Uniform |
| VOY | 3-16 | Blood Fever |
| DS9 | 5-14 | In Purgatory's Shadow (Part 1) |
| VOY | 3-17 | Unity |
| DS9 | 5-15 | By Inferno's Light (Part 2) |
| VOY | 3-18 | Darkling |
| DS9 | 5-16 | Doctor Bashir, I Presume? |
| VOY | 3-19 | Rise |
| VOY | 3-20 | Favorite Son |
| DS9 | 5-17 | A Simple Investigation |
| DS9 | 5-18 | Business as Usual |
| VOY | 3-21 | Before and After |
| DS9 | 5-19 | Ties of Blood and Water |
| DS9 | 5-20 | Ferengi Love Songs |
| VOY | 3-22 | Real Life |
| DS9 | 5-21 | Soldiers of the Empire |
| VOY | 3-23 | Distant Origin |
| DS9 | 5-22 | Children of Time |
| VOY | 3-24 | Displaced |
| DS9 | 5-23 | Blaze of Glory |
| VOY | 3-25 | Worst Case Scenario |
| DS9 | 5-24 | Empok Nor |
| VOY | 3-26 | Scorpion, Part I |
| DS9 | 5-25 | In the Cards |
| DS9 | 5-26 | Call to Arms |
| VOY | 4-1 | Scorpion, Part II |
| VOY | 4-2 | The Gift |
| VOY | 4-3 | Day of Honor |
| VOY | 4-4 | Nemesis |
| DS9 | 6-1 | A Time to Stand |
| VOY | 4-5 | Revulsion |
| DS9 | 6-2 | Rocks and Shoals |
| VOY | 4-6 | The Raven |
| DS9 | 6-3 | Sons and Daughters |
| DS9 | 6-4 | Behind the Lines |
| DS9 | 6-5 | Favor the Bold (Part 1) |
| VOY | 4-7 | Scientific Method |
| DS9 | 6-6 | Sacrifice of Angels (Part 2) |
| VOY | 4-8 | Year of Hell, Part I |
| DS9 | 6-7 | You are Cordially Invited... |
| VOY | 4-9 | Year of Hell, Part II |
| DS9 | 6-8 | Resurrection |
| VOY | 4-10 | Random Thoughts |
| DS9 | 6-9 | Statistical Probabilities |
| VOY | 4-11 | Concerning Flight |
| VOY | 4-12 | Mortal Coil |
| DS9 | 6-10 | The Magnificent Ferengi |
| DS9 | 6-11 | Waltz |
| VOY | 4-13 | Waking Moments |
| VOY | 4-14 | Message in a Bottle |
| DS9 | 6-12 | Who Mourns for Morn? |
| VOY | 4-15 | Hunters |
| DS9 | 6-13 | Far Beyond the Stars |
| VOY | 4-16 | Prey |
| DS9 | 6-14 | One Little Ship |
| VOY | 4-17 | Retrospect |
| DS9 | 6-15 | Honor Among Thieves |
| VOY | 4-18 | The Killing Game, Part I |
| VOY | 4-19 | The Killing Game, Part II |
| DS9 | 6-16 | Change of Heart |
| DS9 | 6-17 | Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night |
| VOY | 4-20 | Vis à Vis |
| DS9 | 6-18 | Inquisition |
| VOY | 4-21 | The Omega Directive |
| DS9 | 6-19 | In the Pale Moonlight |
| VOY | 4-22 | Unforgettable |
| DS9 | 6-20 | His Way |
| DS9 | 6-21 | The Reckoning |
| VOY | 4-23 | Living Witness |
| VOY | 4-24 | Demon |
| DS9 | 6-22 | Valiant |
| VOY | 4-25 | One |
| DS9 | 6-23 | Profit and Lace |
| VOY | 4-26 | Hope and Fear |
| DS9 | 6-24 | Time's Orphan |
| DS9 | 6-25 | The Sound of Her Voice |
| DS9 | 6-26 | Tears of the Prophets |
| DS9 | 7-1 | Image in the Sand |
| DS9 | 7-2 | Shadows and Symbols |
| VOY | 5-1 | Night |
| DS9 | 7-3 | Afterimage |
| VOY | 5-2 | Drone |
| DS9 | 7-4 | Take Me Out to the Holosuite |
| DS9 | 7-5 | Chrysalis |
| VOY | 5-3 | Extreme Risk |
| DS9 | 7-6 | Treachery, Faith, and the Great River |
| VOY | 5-4 | In the Flesh |
| DS9 | 7-7 | Once More Unto the Breach |
| VOY | 5-5 | Once Upon a Time |
| DS9 | 7-8 | The Siege of AR-558 |
| VOY | 5-6 | Timeless |
| VOY | 5-7 | Infinite Regress |
| DS9 | 7-9 | Covenant |
| VOY | 5-8 | Nothing Human |
| VOY | 5-9 | Thirty Days |
| VOY | 5-10 | Counterpoint |
| DS9 | 7-10 | It's Only a Paper Moon |
| DS9 | 7-11 | Prodigal Daughter |
| VOY | 5-11 | Latent Image |
| VOY | 5-12 | Bride of Chaotica! |
| VOY | 5-13 | Gravity |
| DS9 | 7-12 | The Emperor's New Cloak |
| DS9 | 7-13 | Field of Fire |
| VOY | 5-14 | Bliss |
| DS9 | 7-14 | Chimera |
| VOY | 5-15 | Dark Frontier, Part I |
| VOY | 5-16 | Dark Frontier, Part II |
| VOY | 5-17 | The Disease |
| DS9 | 7-15 | Badda-Bing Badda-Bang |
| VOY | 5-18 | Course: Oblivion |
| DS9 | 7-16 | Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges |
| VOY | 5-19 | The Fight |
| VOY | 5-20 | Think Tank |
| DS9 | 7-17 | Penumbra |
| DS9 | 7-18 | ’Til Death Do Us Part |
| DS9 | 7-19 | Strange Bedfellows |
| VOY | 5-21 | Juggernaut |
| DS9 | 7-20 | The Changing Face of Evil |
| VOY | 5-22 | Someone to Watch Over Me |
| DS9 | 7-21 | When It Rains… |
| VOY | 5-23 | 11:59 |
| VOY | 5-24 | Relativity |
| DS9 | 7-22 | Tacking Into the Wind |
| VOY | 5-25 | Warhead |
| DS9 | 7-23 | Extreme Measures |
| DS9 | 7-24 | The Dogs of War |
| VOY | 5-26 | Equinox, Part I |
| DS9 | 7-26 | What You Leave Behind |
And Voyager sets off from Deep Space 9
Depending on how you like TV you might like the episodic way DS9 is done vs the 'monster of the week' that is TNG
As a stranger on the internet, I would be remiss if I didn't correct you: DS9 is famously the least episodic classic Trek series. The word you should've used to describe it is "continuous."
Which is probably why I'll agree that ds9 is a bit harder to watch. You have to start at the beginning and endure the first and second seasons in order to enjoy the rest. It took me about three or four attempts over the years to watch it, lose interest and stop, then start again a year or two later. But once you get through that hump at the beginning, it is such a rewarding experience to see every character evolve and the stories to unfold. So many great leading characters and so many great villains and so many individuals that are in between.
I just finished watching the episode where Dax’s symbiont was stolen. The saga before that with The Circle was pretty good.
I think there's great stuff in seasons 1 and 2, but, like all Star Trek, there's some rough ones too
DS9 as a whole is my favorite Trek series, but the worst episode in all of Star Trek, in my opinion, is from the show: Move Along Home, episode nine of season one. The gang gets trapped in an alien's board game, and hijinks ensue. It features all the worst things about Trek, and none of the best. It's campy but not charming, it's got nonsense words that are completely unnecessary and never again referenced, its stakes are simultaneously too high and insignificant, and the writing is just bad.
Similarly, Voyager is my favorite, but it also has my absolute least favorite episode: the one where Kes goes into heat. I'm not going into any further details lol
Great period of episodes with that subject because it's a direct reflection on our history and our ideas and attempts at 'purifying our race' or in the ideas that "some are worthy" and others are not.
First time I saw those episodes was last year and the image of Barjoran extremists really reminded me of the "OK" finger gesture that white supremacists used a few years ago.
Also note that the name of the Barjoran extremist group is "The Circle" which can be seen as comparable to the idea of the KKK .... KKK is an acronym for Ku Klux Klan which takes its name from the Greek word Kuklos, which means "the circle" .... I'm pretty sure the writers were really making a statement by coming up with that name.
Definitely a great watch because there is more to come in future episodes ... you're going to enjoy yourself.
I'm looking forward to trying DS9 again. It just didn't grab me at the time. Also, said time was high school for me, which meant much less time available to watch consistently. My spouse and I are finishing up TNG, but it's gonna be awhile before I can convince her to do more Trek.
TNG follows the Greek Morality Play structure of ToS, hence "monster of the week".
Nighttime TV didn't really take to serialization heavily until the 90's. You can see it starting with later TNG.
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Any of them is a good choice. I'm in season 6 of DS9 watching it for the first time. I had watched TNG in the 90s in parts, then completely the full series in about 2000.
I've also watched all of Voyager and now almost all of TOS. And after finishing DS9 I hope to watch Enterprise and I've also watched most of the latest series with Picard, Discovery, Strange New Worlds and even Lower Decks. I think I also have to squeeze in and watch the Animated Series in there somewhere.
After seeing so much and due to my aging brain ... I don't quite remember everything. So after I've finished saying I've watched all of this, I plan on rewatching the same series all over again in the future.
I think I'll be spending the rest of my life just rewatching all these shows over and over again until someone just transfers me over into a transport buffer.
Spoiler alert: ~~you~~ we are already there...:-P
Babylon 5
(TNG -> DS9)
But seriously, also watch Babylon 5
DS9 stan here.
I had watched DS9 episodes when I came across them over the years. Usually good, but didn't have the itch to commit to 173 episodes back-to-back. Finally binged the whole thing about 3 years ago, and good lord it's every bit as relevant today as it was 25+ years ago.
Obviously, you hang in the castle for a bit so you can go over to the ion storm later with a full understanding of context.