I think I'm experiencing something that a lot of you have been through before... I've finally finished watching all the episodes of all the 'trek series'.
TNG was on TV still when I was a kid and I remember watching it a lot though it was in it its final days when I started to pay attention to it and I saw about 3/4 of the series in reruns. Recently a bout of nostalgia caused me to seek out the entire TNG series and watch the episodes in order from beginning to end. This took me a couple of months and I was really pretty sad at the end. I just wanted there to be more and more... you really fall in love with these characters after a while. The movies were ok but I don't think it's any secret that only the first two TNG flicks were any good.
In an attempt to fill the void that I had created in my daily routine without having any TNG to watch, I then started on DS9 and watched ll of them in order over a period of a few months as well. I remember this being on TV when I was a kid too, and I had seen about half of them. I once again fell under the show's trance and wished there was more to watch.
Once again I found myself missing having a Trek episode playing in the background while I was on the computer, on my phone plugged in to my aux input in the car on the way to work, etc. I found Voyager, which I had never seen before, and watched the whole series over about two months. Yet again I grew attached to the characters and didn't want it to be over.
Finally, I found Enterprise and watched the entire series. This series I got through in about a week and a half. I really enjoyed this one quite a bit and felt as though it still had several years of life left in it. I couldn't believe it only lasted four seasons.
The recent Star Trek reboot flick was good and that held be over for a bit but now I'm stuck... Trekless... with this unyielding addiction to the franchise that just cropped up out of nowhere after never having really paid any attention to it. I don't really watch TV at all and now I'm left with this sense of really missing having a new Trek to watch every night when I go to bed, etc. Are there any hidden Trek gems I've missed that might keep me going for a little bit longer? Any other shows that might be worth looking into? Anybody got any ideas to recover from acute Treklessness?
Thanks!
TNG was on TV still when I was a kid and I remember watching it a lot though it was in it its final days when I started to pay attention to it and I saw about 3/4 of the series in reruns. Recently a bout of nostalgia caused me to seek out the entire TNG series and watch the episodes in order from beginning to end. This took me a couple of months and I was really pretty sad at the end. I just wanted there to be more and more... you really fall in love with these characters after a while. The movies were ok but I don't think it's any secret that only the first two TNG flicks were any good.
In an attempt to fill the void that I had created in my daily routine without having any TNG to watch, I then started on DS9 and watched ll of them in order over a period of a few months as well. I remember this being on TV when I was a kid too, and I had seen about half of them. I once again fell under the show's trance and wished there was more to watch.
Once again I found myself missing having a Trek episode playing in the background while I was on the computer, on my phone plugged in to my aux input in the car on the way to work, etc. I found Voyager, which I had never seen before, and watched the whole series over about two months. Yet again I grew attached to the characters and didn't want it to be over.
Finally, I found Enterprise and watched the entire series. This series I got through in about a week and a half. I really enjoyed this one quite a bit and felt as though it still had several years of life left in it. I couldn't believe it only lasted four seasons.
The recent Star Trek reboot flick was good and that held be over for a bit but now I'm stuck... Trekless... with this unyielding addiction to the franchise that just cropped up out of nowhere after never having really paid any attention to it. I don't really watch TV at all and now I'm left with this sense of really missing having a new Trek to watch every night when I go to bed, etc. Are there any hidden Trek gems I've missed that might keep me going for a little bit longer? Any other shows that might be worth looking into? Anybody got any ideas to recover from acute Treklessness?
Thanks!
If anything you can start again, but this time slow the pace. Start with TOS. Watch an episode a week. Don't even skip the "lesser" ones. They each have their own merit. And then you've got TNG again... 7 seasons. That'll take you a good long while. 
