Season 1 DVDs

[DevilintheDark]

Im mainly a TOS fan but i just bought season one of TNG. Its the show I watched as it aired as a kid and i wanted to rewatch the episodes, most of them I havent seen in a very long time. Anyhow, I notice the episodes are out of order. At first I thought they were arranged as they were aired rather than production date like the TOS DVDs but wikipedia seems to list them in proper numerical order. So, whats the deal? Should I just watch them as they are or watch them in numerical order?

 

[Harvey]

I'm not aware of the episodes being out of order. What DVD region are you in?

 

[DevilintheDark]

Hmm. Region 1. I mean the episode numbering...like 105 is on disk 3 between episodes 110 and 111. That may not be exact but whatever. Are those numbers not immportant? lol. I assumed they were episode order. Production order maybe. *shrug*

 

[The Old Mixer]

They're in original airing order.

 

[DevilintheDark]

So then is the numbering production order? Or is it something else?

 

[The Old Mixer]

^Correct, numbering is production order.

 

[DevilintheDark]

Ok, thanks. So should i watch them in production order, airdate order or does it not really matter?

 

[Kadratis]

I'd go with airdate, since otherwise you might get confused with Symbiosis/Skin of Evil's production order and wonder why:

Spoiler: Production Order Confusion

Tasha is dead and then alive in the next episode according to production order.

 

[Harvey]

Yeah, follow airdate order. Episodes were filmed in a different order than aired, for a variety of reasons.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Airdate order works best for modern Trek, as sometimes episodes that clearly take place in a certain order, and were aired that way, were often filmed out of order. Production order works best for TOS, though, even though they put them in airdate order on the DVDs.

 

[Harvey]

^^
Which is about the only justification I have to cling like the curmudgeon I am to my two episode per volume TOS DVDs.

 

[Spockula]

Airdate order is absolutely necessary for modern trek. For example, in TNG season 5, Unification II was shot before Unification I, to accomodate Leonard Nimoy's schedule. The discs are arranged in airdate order (follow the order on the inside of the disc box, if the menus are confusing).

 

[ialfan]

Airdate order is absolutely necessary for modern trek. For example, in TNG season 5, Unification II was shot before Unification I, to accomodate Leonard Nimoy's schedule. The discs are arranged in airdate order (follow the order on the inside of the disc box, if the menus are confusing).

Except for Voyager season one can be watched in production order and works a little better with "The 37's" as a season finale than that cheese episode.

 

[Spockula]

That's true, I probably should have said TNG, rather than modern trek.

 

[Keith1701]

They're in original airing order.

This is true.....

 

[erastus25]

That's true, I probably should have said TNG, rather than modern trek.

Nah - you're right. DS9 had some cases of funky production order as well. The season 1/2 thing on Voyager is kind of irrelevant as watching them in either airdate or production order won't affect storylines.

 

[LastStarDate]

This was something I was wondering about as well. I'm watching all of VOY right now, but as soon as I'm done, I'll start on TNG.