I find whenever I want to watch an episode or series, it's extremely hard to pick at random which episode I want to see. Unless it's a 2 parter that I'm really anxious to see, I find myself staring at the shelf wondering which series/episode/season I should see and it doesn't really go anywhere. Because of this, I think I've decided that I need to watch a series in order, especially the bad episodes. (Don't really like skipping that much even though I've done it) So this begs the question. You have DVDs, you're in the mood to watch Star Trek. Do you decide on just a random episode (And how do you choose with so many to choose from) or just say this is where I left off, I'm in the mood for this kind of series, so I'm going to just watch the next one.
With tos and tas it does not matter. For the most part the other series needs to be in order. If I choose random in those it is stand alone material. Last random for me was Mirror Darkly.
I have the exact same problem! I think to myself 'oooh, I feel like watching some Trek' but thats as far as I go, because I end up trying to decide which series, and then which season, and then which episode... In the past, when I knew which series I wanted to watch, I'd often pick a season at random (sometimes involving dice rolls, or asking a family member to 'pick a number between 1 and 7'), and then I'll pick which disc at random (using the same method). But more often I'll just start watching a series from the beginning and then before I know it I'm rewatching all of it.
When I do random viewings it is primarily from one of the following mostly... Deep Space Nine Season's 4-7 Voyager Season's 4-7 Enterprise Season 1-4 When I do a viewing order it is this... Spoiler: Complete Trek Viewing Order Core Star Trek Chronological Viewing Order: TOS - The Cage (Season 3 Disc 7) (Not the extended episode) * TOS - Where No Man Has Gone Before (Season 1 Disc 1) TOS - The Man Trap TOS - Charlie X TOS - The Naked Time TOS - The Enemy Within TOS - Mudd’s Women TOS - What Are Little Girls Made Of? TOS - Miri TOS - Dagger Of The Mind TOS - The Corbomite Maneuver TOS - The Menagerie, Part 1 TOS - The Menagerie, Part 2 TOS - The Conscience Of The King TOS - Balance Of Terror TOS - Shore Leave TOS - The Galileo Seven TOS - The Squire Of Gothos TOS - Arena TOS - Tomorrow Is Yesterday TOS - Court Martial TOS - The Return Of The Archons TOS - Space Seed TOS - A Taste Of Armageddon TOS - This Side Of Paradise TOS - The Devil In The Dark TOS - Errand Of Mercy TOS - The Alternative Factor TOS - The City On The Edge Of Forever TOS - Operation: Annihilate TOS - Amok Time TOS - Who Mourns For Adonais? TOS - The Changeling TOS - Mirror, Mirror TOS - The Apple TOS - The Doomsday Machine TOS - Cat’s Paw TOS - I, Mudd TOS - Metamorphosis TOS - Journey To Babel TOS - Friday’s Child TOS - The Deadly Years TOS - Obsession TOS - Wolf In The Fold TOS - The Trouble With Tribbles DS9 - Trials and Tribble-ations (Deep Space Nine Season 5 Disc 2) TOS - The Gamesters Of Triskelion TOS - A Piece Of The Action TOS - The Immunity Syndrome TOS - A Private Little War TOS - Return To Tomorrow TOS - Pattern Of Force TOS - By Any Other Name TOS - The Omega Glory TOS - The Ultimate Computer TOS - Bread And Circuses TOS - Assignment: Earth TOS - Spock’s Brain TOS - The Enterprise Incident TOS - The Paradise Syndrome TOS - And The Children Shall Lead TOS - Is There In Truth No Beauty? TOS - Spectre Of The Gun TOS - Day Of The Dove TOS - For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky TOS - The Tholian Web ENT - In A Mirror Darkly, Part 1 (Enterprise Season 4 Disc 5) ENT - In A Mirror Darkly, Part 2 (Enterprise Season 4 Disc 5) TOS - Plato’s Stepchildren TOS - Wink Of An Eye TOS - The Empath TOS - Elaan Of Troyius TOS - Whom Gods Detroy TOS - Let That Be Your Last Battlefield TOS - The Mark Of Gideon TOS - That Which Survives TOS - The Lights Of Zetar TOS - Requiem For Methuselah TOS - The Way To Eden TOS - The Cloud Minders TOS - The Savage Curtain TOS - All Our Yesterdays TOS - Turnabout Intruder MOV - The Motion Picture MOV - The Wrath Of Khan MOV - The Search For Spock MOV - The Voyage Home MOV - The Final Frontier MOV - The Undiscovered Country TNG - Encounter At Farpoint TNG - The Naked Now TNG - Code Of Honor TNG - The Last Outpost TNG - Where No One Has Gone Before TNG - Lonely Among Us TNG - Justice TNG - The Battle TNG - Hide And Q TNG - Haven TNG - The Big Goodbye TNG - Datalore TNG - Angel One TNG - 11001001 TNG - To Short A Season TNG - When The Bough Breaks TNG - Home Soil TNG - Coming Of Age TNG - Heart Of Glory TNG - The Arsenal Of Freedom TNG - Symbiosis TNG - Skin Of Evil TNG - We’ll Always Have Paris TNG - Conspiracy TNG - The Neutral Zone TNG - The Child TNG - Where Silence Has Lease TNG - Elementary, Dear Data TNG - The Outrageous Okona TNG - Loud As A Whisper TNG - The Schizoid Man TNG - Unnatural Selection TNG - A Matter Of Honor TNG - The Measure Of A Man TNG - The Dauphin TNG - Contagion TNG - The Royale TNG - Time Squared TNG - The Icarus Factor TNG - Pen Pals TNG - Q Who? TNG - Samaritan Snare TNG - Up The Long Ladder TNG - Manhunt TNG - The Emissary TNG - Peak Performance TNG - Shades Of Gray TNG - Evolution TNG - The Ensigns Of Command TNG - The Survivors TNG - Who Watches The Watchers? TNG - The Bonding TNG - Booby Trap TNG - The Enemy TNG - The Price TNG - The Vengeance Factor TNG - The Defector TNG - The Hunted TNG - The High Ground TNG - Deja Q TNG - A Matter Of Perspective TNG - Yesterday’s Enterprise TNG - The Offspring TNG - Sins Of The Father TNG - Allegiance TNG - Captain’s Holiday TNG - Tin Man TNG - Hollow Pursuits TNG - The Most Toys TNG - Sarek TNG - Menage A Troi TNG - Transfigurations TNG - The Best Of Both Worlds, Part 1 TNG - The Best Of Both Worlds, Part 2 TNG - Family TNG - Brothers TNG - Suddenly Human TNG - Remember Me TNG - Legacy TNG - Reunion TNG - Future Imperfect TNG - Final Mission TNG - The Loss TNG - Data’s Day TNG - The Wounded TNG - Devil’s Due TNG - Clues TNG - First Contact TNG - Galaxy’s Child TNG - Night Terrors TNG - Identity Crisis TNG - The Nth Degree TNG - Qpid TNG - The Drumhead TNG - Half A Life TNG - The Host TNG - The Mind’s Eye TNG - In Theory TNG - Redemption, Part 1 TNG - Redemption, Part 2 TNG - Darmok TNG - Ensign Ro TNG - Silicon Avatar TNG - Disaster TNG - The Game TNG - Unification, Part 1 TNG - Unification, Part 2 TNG - A Matter Of Time TNG - New Ground TNG - Hero Worship TNG - Violations TNG - The Masterpiece Society TNG - Conundrum TNG - Power Play TNG - Ethics TNG - The Outcast TNG - Cause And Effect TNG - The First Duty TNG - Cost Of Living TNG - The Perfect Mate TNG - Imaginary Friend TNG - I, Borg TNG - The Next Phase TNG - The Inner Light TNG - Time’s Arrow, Part 1 TNG - Time’s Arrow, Part 2 TNG - Realm Of Fear TNG - Man Of The People TNG - Relics TNG - Schizms TNG - True Q TNG - Rascals TNG - A Fistful Of Datas TNG - The Quality Of Life TNG - Chain Of Command, Part 1 TNG - Chain Of Command, Part 2 DS9 - Emissary DS9 - A Man Alone DS9 - Past Prologue TNG - Ship In A Bottle DS9 - Babel TNG - Aquiel DS9 - Captive Pursuit TNG - Face Of The Enemy DS9 - Q-Less TNG - Tapestry TNG - Birthright, Part 1 TNG - Birthright, Part 2 DS9 - Dax TNG - Starship Mine DS9 - The Passenger TNG - Lessons DS9 - Move Along Home DS9 - The Nagus DS9 - Vortex DS9 - Battle Lines DS9 - The Storyteller TNG - The Chase TNG - Frame Of Mind TNG - Suspicions TNG - Rightful Heir DS9 - Progress DS9 - If Wishes Were Horses TNG - Second Chances DS9 - Dramatis Personae DS9 - The Forsaken TNG - Timescape DS9 - Duet DS9 - In The Hands Of Prophets TNG - Descent, Part 1 TNG - Descent, Part 2 DS9 - The Homecoming DS9 - The Circle DS9 - The Siege TNG - Liaisons TNG - Gambit, Part 1 TNG - Gambit, Part 2 DS9 - Cardassians DS9 - Invasive Procedures TNG - Interface TNG - Phantasms DS9 - Melora TNG - Dark Page DS9 - Rules Of Acquisition DS9 - Necessary Evil TNG - Attached TNG - Force Of Nature DS9 - Second Sight TNG - Parallels DS9 - Sanctuary DS9 - The Alternate TNG - Inheritance TNG - Homeward DS9 - Rivals TNG - The Pegasus DS9 - Armageddon Game TNG - Sub Rosa DS9 - Whispers TNG - Lower Decks DS9 - Paradise DS9 - Shadowplay TNG - Thine Own Self DS9 - Playing God TNG - Masks TNG - Eye of The Beholder DS9 - Profit And Loss TNG - Genesis TNG - Journey’s End DS9 - Blood Oath DS9 - The Maquis, Part 1 DS9 - The Maquis, Part 2 TNG - Firstborn TNG - Bloodlines DS9 - The Wire TNG - Emergence DS9 - Crossover TNG - Preemptive Strike DS9 - The Collaborator DS9 - Tribunal TNG - All Good Things... DS9 - The Jem’Hadar DS9 - The Search, Part 1 DS9 - The Search, Part 2 DS9 - The House Of Quark DS9 - Equilibrium DS9 - Second Skin VOY - Caretaker DS9 - The Abandoned DS9 - Civil Defense DS9 - Meridian VOY - Parallax DS9 - Defiant VOY - Time And Again DS9 - Fascination DS9 - Past Tense, Part 1 DS9 - Past Tense, Part 2 DS9 - Life Support DS9 - Heart Of Stone VOY - Phage DS9 - Destiny VOY - The Cloud VOY - Eye Of The Needle DS9 - Prophet Motive VOY - Ex Post Facto DS9 - Visionary MOV - Generations VOY - Prime Factors VOY - State Of Flux DS9 - Distant Voices DS9 - Through The Looking Glass VOY - Heroes And Demons DS9 - Improbable Cause DS9 - The Die Is Cast VOY - Cathexis VOY - Faces DS9 - Explorers VOY - Jetrel DS9 - Family Business VOY - Learning Curve DS9 - Shakaar VOY - Projections DS9 - Facets VOY - Elogium VOY - Twisted DS9 - The Adversary VOY - The 37’s VOY - Initiations VOY - Non Sequitur DS9 - The Way Of The Warrior, Part 1 DS9 - The Way Of The Warrior, Part 2 VOY - Parturition DS9 - Hippocratic Oath DS9 - The Visitor VOY - Persistence Of Vision DS9 - Indiscretion VOY - Tattoo DS9 - Rejoined VOY - Cold Fire DS9 - Little Green Men VOY - Maneuvers DS9 - Starship Down VOY - Resistance DS9 - The Sword Of Kahless DS9 - Our Man Bashir VOY - Prototype DS9 - Homefront DS9 - Paradise Lost VOY - Death Wish VOY - Alliances DS9 - Crossfire VOY - Threshold DS9 - Return To Grace VOY - Meld DS9 - Bar Association VOY - Dreadnought DS9 - Accession VOY - Lifesigns VOY - Investigations VOY - Deadlock DS9 - Sons Of Mogh VOY - Innocence DS9 - Rules Of Engagement VOY - The Thaw DS9 - Hard Time VOY - Tuvix DS9 - Shattered Mirror DS9 - The Muse VOY - Resolutions DS9 - For The Cause DS9 - The Quickening DS9 - To The Death DS9 - Body Parts DS9 - Broken Link VOY - Basics, Part 1 VOY - Basics, Part 2 DS9 - Apocalypse Rising DS9 - The Ship DS9 - Looking For Par’Mach In All The Wrong Places VOY - Sacred Ground VOY - False Profits DS9 - The Assignment VOY - Flashback DS9 - Nor The Battle To The Strong VOY - The Chute DS9 - Trials And Tribble-ations VOY - Remember VOY - The Swarm DS9 - Let He Who Is Without Sin... VOY - Future’s End, Part 1 VOY - Future’s End, Part 2 DS9 - Things Past VOY - Warlord DS9 - The Ascent VOY - The Q And The Grey DS9 - Rapture DS9 - The Darkness And The Light VOY - Macrocosm DS9 - The Begotten VOY - Fair Trade VOY - Alter Ego DS9 - For The Uniform VOY - Coda VOY - Blood Fever DS9 - In Purgatory’s Shadow DS9 - By Inferno’s Light DS9 - Dr. Bashir, I Presume VOY - Unity VOY - Darkling DS9 - A Simple Investigation VOY - Rise DS9 - Business As Usual DS9 - Ties Of Blood And Water VOY - Favorite Son VOY - Before And After DS9 - Ferengi Love Songs VOY - Real Life DS9 - Soldiers Of The Empire VOY - Distant Origin DS9 - Children Of Time DS9 - Blaze Of Glory MOV - First Contact DS9 - Empok Nor VOY - Displaced DS9 - In The Cards VOY - Worst Case Scenario DS9 - Call To Arms VOY - Scorpion, Part 1 VOY - Scorpion, Part 2 VOY - The Gift DS9 - A Time To Stand DS9 - Rocks And Shoals VOY - Day Of Honor DS9 - Sons And Daughters VOY - Nemesis DS9 - Behind The Lines VOY - Revulsion DS9 - Favor The Bold DS9 - Sacrifice Of Angels VOY - The Raven VOY - Scientific Method DS9 - You Are Cordially Invited VOY - Year Of Hell, Part 1 VOY - Year Of Hell, Part 2 VOY - Random Thoughts DS9 - Resurrection VOY - Concerning Flight DS9 - Statistical Probabilities DS9 - The Magnificent Ferengi DS9 - Waltz VOY - Mortal Coil DS9 - Who Mourns For Morn? VOY - Waking Moments DS9 - Far Beyond The Stars DS9 - One Little Ship DS9 - Honor Among Thieves VOY - Message In A Bottle VOY - Hunters DS9 - Change Of Heart VOY - Prey DS9 - Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night VOY - Retrospect DS9 - Inquisition VOY - The Killing Game, Part 1 VOY - The Killing Game, Part 2 DS9 - In The Pale Moonlight VOY - Vis A Vis DS9 - His Way VOY - The Omega Directive DS9 - The Reckoning VOY - Unforgettable DS9 - Valiant VOY - Living Witness DS9 - Profit And Lace VOY - Demon DS9 - Time’s Orphan VOY - One DS9 - The Sound Of Her Voice DS9 - Tears Of The Prophets VOY - Hope And Fear VOY - Night DS9 - Image In The Sand DS9 - Shadows And Symbols DS9 - Afterimage DS9 - Take Me Out To The Holosuite VOY - Drone VOY - Extreme Risk DS9 - Chrysalis VOY - In The Flesh DS9 - Treachery, Faith, And The Great River DS9 - Once More Unto The Breach DS9 - The Siege Of AR-558 VOY - Once Upon A Time MOV - Insurrection DS9 - Covenant DS9 - It’s Only A Paper Moon DS9 - Prodigal Daughter VOY - Timeless VOY - Thirty Days DS9 - The Emperor’s New Cloak DS9 - Field Of Fire DS9 - Chimera DS9 - Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang VOY - Infinite Regress DS9 - Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges VOY - Nothing Human DS9 - Penumbra VOY - Counterpoint DS9 - Til Death Do Us Part VOY - Latent Image DS9 - Strange Bedfellows VOY - Bride Of Chaotica! DS9 - The Changing Face Of Evil VOY - Gravity DS9 - When It Rains... VOY - Bliss DS9 - Tacking Into The Wind VOY - Dark Frontier DS9 - Extreme Measures VOY - The Disease DS9 - The Dogs Of War VOY - Course: Oblivion DS9 - What You Leave Behind VOY - The Fight VOY - Think Tank VOY - Juggernaut VOY - Someone To Watch Over Me VOY - 11:59 VOY - Relativity VOY - Equinox, Part 1 VOY - Equinox, Part 2 VOY - Survival Instinct VOY - Barge Of The Dead VOY - Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy VOY - Alice VOY - Dragon’s Teeth VOY - Riddles VOY - One Small Step VOY - The Voyager Conspiracy VOY - Pathfinder VOY - Fair Haven VOY - Blink Of An Eye VOY - Vituoso VOY - Memorial VOY - Tsunkatse VOY - Collective VOY - Spirit Folk VOY - Ashes To Ashes VOY - Child’s Play VOY - Good Shepherd VOY - Live Fast And Prosper VOY - Muse VOY - Fury VOY - Life Line VOY - The Haunting Of Deck Twelve VOY - Unimatrix Zero, Part 1 VOY - Unimatrix Zero, Part 2 VOY - Drive VOY - Repression VOY - Imperfection VOY - Critical Care VOY - Inside Man VOY - Body And Soul VOY - Nightingale VOY - Flesh And Blood, Part 1 VOY - Flesh And Blood, Part 2 VOY - Shattered VOY - Lineage VOY - Repentance VOY - Prophecy VOY - The Void VOY - Workforce, Part 1 VOY - Workforce, Part 2 VOY - Human Error VOY - Q2 VOY - Author, Author VOY - Friendship One VOY - Natural Law VOY - Homestead VOY - Renaissance Man VOY - Endgame MOV - Nemesis COM - Star Trek: Countdown issue #1 (Optional) (Non Canon) COM - Star Trek: Countdown issue #2 (Optional) (Non Canon) COM - Star Trek: Countdown issue #3 (Optional) (Non Canon) COM - Star Trek: Countdown issue #4 (Optional) (Non Canon) MOV - Star Trek (2009) Enterprise - An Alternate Time Line Series Viewing Order (Optional): MOV - First Contact ENT - Broken Bow ENT - Fight Or Flight ENT - Strange New World ENT - Unexpected ENT - Terra Nova ENT - The Andorian Incident ENT - Breaking The Ice ENT - Civilization ENT - Fortunate Son ENT - Cold Front ENT - Silent Enemy ENT - Dear Doctor ENT - Sleeping Dogs ENT - Shadows Of P’jem ENT - Shuttlepod One ENT - Fusion ENT - Rogue Planet ENT - Acquisition ENT - Oasis ENT - Detained ENT - Vox Sola ENT - Fallen Hero ENT - Desert Crossing ENT - Two Days And Two Nights ENT - Shockwave, Part 1 ENT - Shockwave, Part 2 ENT - Carbon Creek ENT - Minefield ENT - Dead Stop ENT - A Night In Sickbay ENT - Marauders ENT - The Seventh ENT - The Communicator ENT - Singularity ENT - Vanishing Point ENT - Precious Cargo ENT - The Catwalk ENT - Dawn ENT - Stigma ENT - Cease Fire ENT - Future Tense ENT - Canamar ENT - The Crossing ENT - Judgment ENT - Horizon ENT - The Breach ENT - Cogenitor ENT - Regeneration ENT - First Flight ENT - Bounty ENT - The Expanse ENT - The Xindi ENT - Anomaly ENT - Extinction ENT - Rajiin ENT - Impulse ENT - Exile ENT - The Shipment ENT - Twilight ENT - North Star ENT - Similitude ENT - Carpenter Street ENT - Chosen Realm ENT - Proving Ground ENT - Stratagem ENT - Harbinger ENT - Doctor’s Orders ENT - Hatchery ENT - Azati Prime ENT - Damage ENT - The Forgotten ENT - E^2 ENT - The Council ENT - Countdown ENT - Zero Hour ENT - Storm Front, Part 1 ENT - Storm Front, Part 2 ENT - Home ENT - Borderland ENT - Cold Station 12 ENT - The Augments ENT - The Forge ENT - Awakening ENT - Kir’shara ENT - Daedalus ENT - Observer Effect ENT - Babel One ENT - United ENT - The Aenar ENT - Affliction ENT - Divergence ENT - Bound TOS - The Tholian Web (Original Series Season 3 Disc 3) ENT - In A Mirror Darkly, Part 1 ENT - In A Mirror Darkly, Part 2 ENT - Demons ENT - Terra Prime TNG - The Pegasus (Next Generation Season 7 Disc 3) ENT - These Are The Voyages... Animated Series - Cartoon Alternate Time Line Viewing Order (Optional): TAS - The Magicks of Megas-Tu TAS - The Practical Joker TAS - The Slaver Weapon TAS - Mudd's Passion TAS - The Survivor TAS - Beyond the Farthest Star TAS - The Time Trap TAS - Albatross TAS - One of Our Planets Is Missing TAS - Yesteryear TAS - More Tribbles, More Troubles TAS - The Lorelei Signal TAS - The Ambergris Element TAS - The Eye of the Beholder TAS - The Infinite Vulcan TAS - The Terratin Incident TAS - Once Upon a Planet TAS - The Jihad TAS - How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth TAS - The Pirates of Orion TAS - The Counter-Clock Incident TAS - Bem Important Note: Enterprise can be placed before TOS and the episode titled "These Are Voyages..." can be placed after the TNG episode titled "Pegasus". However, it is recommended that you watch Enterprise as a separate alternate time line after you watch the core time line (if at all). Important Note 2: ~Of course TAS (The Animated series) can be skipped over if it is hard to get into it. Also, the Animated episodes are listed by stardate and not by airdate. So you will have to watch it according to this list and not the way that it presented within the DVD Complete Set. Furthermore, if you want to watch this series with the others (chronologically), it should be watched immediately after TOS (The Original Series). Important Note 3: * In addition, I recommend watching the Remastered Version of the original unaired pilot episode titled "The Cage" instead of the extended version. The extended episode of "The Cage" has black and white shots (or footage) mixed with color shots. it is a bit uneven or unnatural to watch the episode that way for the first time. Also, one will have to rent or buy the 3rd Season of the Remastered TOS in order to view "The Cage" first, too (Original Series Season 3 Disc 7).