Of course, with so many shows produced, some are bound to be lightyears better than others.
That didn’t happen.
The second season continued this confusion with a time-travel story often bordering on incoherence.
William Shatner on ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’; Jeri Ryan on ‘Star Trek: Voyager’; Celia Rose Gooding on ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’.Credit:Silver Screen Collection/Getty; Getty; Michael Gibson/Paramount+
Any given episode had the writers tossing in stories like a giant version of a beloved character.
However, this animated show was often caught between two very different worlds.
It just didn’t start as a verygoodshow.
Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, and Patrick Stewart on ‘Star Trek: Picard’.Nicole Wilder/Paramount+
8.Star Trek: Prodigy(2021present)
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Star Trek: Prodigywas very difficult to rank.
Unlike the other twoTrekcartoons, this series was explicitly designed for younger audiences.
Ultimately, your enjoyment of this series will be largely dependent on how much you enjoy animated/YA entertainment.
Scotty, Kirk, Spock, and Leonard McCoy on ‘Star Trek: The Animated Series’.Everett Collection
Thankfully, that’s not the case.
Set years before Captain Kirk sat in that famous chair, we see Capt.
As fans like to joke, the show got better as Commander Riker’s beard got longer.
Scott Bakula and Jeffrey Combs on ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’.Everett Collection
Perhaps the main wayDS9feels so pertinent is that the show broke the longstandingTrekrule of making only standalone episodes.
The end result is thatDeep Space Nineis the first of the pre-streaming eraTrekshows that is perfect for binge-watching.
(From left to right) Zero, Jankom Pog, Gywndala, Dal R’El, Murf, and Rok-Tahk on ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’.Paramount+
Sonequa Martin-Green on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’.Michael Gibson/Paramount+
Kate Mulgrew in ‘Star Trek: Voyager’.Everett Collection
(From left to right) D’Vana Tendi, Sam Rutherford, Beckett Mariner, and Brad Boimler on ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’.PARAMOUNT+
(From left to right) Ethan Peck, Anson Mount, Dan Jeannotte, and Celia Rose Gooding on ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’.Marni Grossman/Paramount+
(From left to right) Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, and Marina Sirtis on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’.Paramount Television/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and DeForest Kelley on ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’.CBS via Getty Images
(Top, from left) Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton; (bottom, from left) Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, and Colm Meaney on ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’.Everett Collection
