• owen@lemmy.caOP
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    Will do. Unless somebody goes nuts about this starting point, I’ll start my journey tonight.

    To infinity and beyond! or whatever the Darleks say

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        8 months ago

        Thank you. I’ll try out the shitters but I’m keeping this bookmarked just in case…

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          If you don’t want to use the full viewing guide… Skip episode 1 of TNG.

          I watched all of TNG with my girlfriend at the time. If it was up to episode 1 to convince us to watch, we’d have dropped it instantly. She refused to watch anything past the 20 minutes mark or something and just left, leaving me to watch the rest of the first episode alone, and tbh I don’t blame her. I had to insist that we watched the rest of the show and even researched the online reaction to the first episode to show her that this was an outlier.

          We ended up loving TNG, all of it, even the stinkers, except for the first episode.

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        +1 to this guide. I don’t agree with all of their ratings (I liked some of the episodes they recommended skipping), but I used it when I started watching Star Trek and now I’m obsessed.

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        Thanks for this. I’m starting TNG right now, and I’m wondering about the eps my SO says are skippable, so this is helpful. Also, I’m on season 2 and the finale is a 0?! Wow, that’s surprising! Looks like it really picks up in season 3 tho, so excited!

        • Kelly Aster 🏳️‍⚧️@lemmy.world
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          I’m not gonna spoil it, but you won’t miss anything if you skip S02E22. That season “finale” is an unfortunate casualty of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike of 1988 and doesn’t contribute anything of value to Trek lore. A zero rating is pretty harsh, though.

          Oh yeah, TNG really finds its footing in season 3. You’re gonna love it.

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      I’d agree, although the original movies are also great. But TNG basically establishes the “modern” world going forward.

      Who the fuck downvoted this? What the actual fuck? Why?