Classic Ordering

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Elan Hasson asked in a Matrix chat group of Mastodon admins how he should go back and watch classic Star Trek. It got me thinking about a list of episodes to help jumpstart your knowledge without having to watch every Original Series episode (of which some haven't aged super well, or are confusing to new viewers in the context of modern Trek.)

Here's the list that I came up with:

I feel like that would be the core of some really good episodes, episodes that help round out some of what you see happen later in The Next Generation, Strange New Worlds, Discovery, and even Picard. As well as some just fantastic science-fiction stories, like City of the Edge of Forever.