Season 1 and 2 of Trek can be a landmine field in quality.
TOS is the exception to the rule IMO season 1 has some of the best episodes of Trek with their season 3 being their weakest IMO.
TNG's Season 1 has a real awful period from between Naked Now to the Battle which was TNG's 1st great episode. After the Battle TNG Season 1 was pretty solid with 2 exceptions Hide and Q and We'll Always Have Paris were weak to me. Season 2 got better with a few clunkers but no truly low points like Code of Honor, The Last Outpost, or Justice (Never tease me with killing Wesley). I do suggest watching Chaos on the Bridge to see what a mess those 1st 2 seasons were behind the scenes.
DS9 had a decent 1st season with a few clunkers but the season ended strong with 2 amazing episodes Duet and In the Hands of the Prophets and it's 3-part season 2 opener was fantastic.
VOY had the weakest season 1 and 2 of the Pre-Kurtzman era but still lights years ahead of Seasons 1 and 2 of DISCO and Picard.
ENT seems to get the wrap that the 1st 2 seasons are bad but IMO they aren't they're honestly outside of TOS probably the most sold of any Trek Show. Yes season 3 and 4 are better but they did 52 episodes in seasons 1 and 2 and there are maybe IMO 2 or 3 bad episodes in total. 49 out 52 is damn good IMO.
DISCO sucks god is there a Trek T-Shirt that says that you know a play off the old Disco Sucks from the 70's? Season 1 had one episode I liked Magic that Makes the Sanest man go Mad and season 2 had 2 episodes I liked New Eden and If Memory Serves that it.
Picard: I recently reviewed the whole season but suffice to say I didn't like the portrayal of Starfleet and Federation, the Borg while nice served no propose other than filler. Seven and LaForge's talk had a better story arc than the Borg in Season 1. Ichab's Death was unnecessarily gruesome, and the relationships did not work for me. Also, 25 years ago the Dominion War battles usually had Galaxy Classes, Excelsiors, Miranda/Soyuz Classes, Akira's and Peregrine Fighters so why did they copy past one model of ship in that final battle. Season 2 well I liked the 1st 2 episodes, but it was a 5 episode at best storyline stretched into 10. Also, Raffi with that JL stuff just no.
Strange New Worlds was Awesome best season 1 since ENT and a better Season 1 than even VOY IMO.
Prodigy was even better than SNW IMO because I felt the characters had better development over the season.
Lower Decks is just fun that's it.
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Just read Robert Beltran was offered to appear in Picard Season episode 2 as President Hansen's husband.
Originally Posted by The General, JLA #38
Shaw said the Titan was on her 5th refit and had 20-year-old connections with the nacelles.
So, I'm assuming it's the original Titan that Saavik commanded which was given Riker's Luna Class Titan's Registry Number with the A added as a homage to the Luna Class Titan.
I didn't watch Prodigy, but SNW first season was not a "banger" it was just passable. When a show is next to Discovery and Lower Decks it's easy to think that things are better than they really are.
I can't believe that we had to wait this long to get good Trek again. It feels almost spiteful. Like Paramount just threw up their arms in frustration after all their attempts and said "Okay, fine! We'll stop trying to turn it into something it isn't. Here is your stupid old Trek back!
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I checked and the actress is alive and still working so I wish in season 1 of Picard the bitchy admiral could have been Nechayev.
There's a new preview for Episode 5 out. Seems Shaw talks to Starfleet and they send a ship (Apparentally it's a new design called the Duderstadt class USS INTREPID). Strongly seems to imply there's something really wrong with the boarding party (Changelings?).
The new shuttle design also seems very reminiscent of the runabout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyIjTjrnYTw
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There was also a clip of Beverly doing an autopsy on the dead Changeling, in which they note that Changelings have always reverted to liquid when killed but this one retained La Forge's shape, and also still produces blood plasma that I guess they use to pass tests.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
If you saw the episode you know why. So far Picard has been better than The Mandalorian. If you look outside you can see some flying pigs. Also Picard's hurt feelings over Ro's betrayal all those years ago seemed to have more to them than mere Starfleet stuff.....
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"The Marvel EIC Chair has a certain curse that goes along with it: it tends to drive people insane, and ultimately, out of the business altogether. It is the notorious last stop for many staffers, as once you've sat in The Big Chair, your pariah status is usually locked in." Christopher Priest