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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8710029" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>Whew. So, having been summoned (although, like Beetlejuice, you may not like the results), I will say the following:</p><p></p><p>1. Do not watch them chronologically in-universe. That's ... just a bad idea. </p><p></p><p>2. I would recommend watching them by series. However, if your SO wants to watch Picard with you, watch that at night with her. Because you're doing it together! And that's always more fun.</p><p></p><p>3. Are you really going to do all of them in 7 days? Look, Paramount+ is cheap. Let it ride for a month. Watch Beavis & Butthead Do the Universe. And the Halo series to. Then cancel. And you won't feel obligated to smash it all into a week. Which leads me to my next point-</p><p></p><p>4. Discovery is more bingeable than SNW. Because SNW is episodic, you might want to let it breathe a little between episodes. Maybe one a day? Giving you something to look forward to? Regardless, DO NOT WATCH SNW until you've completed season 2 of Discovery. </p><p></p><p>5. You didn't mention Lower Decks (the good animated series). If you like Trek, <em>especially TNG-era</em>, you'll like it. I know, I was surprised to.</p><p></p><p>Now, here's my thoughts. </p><p></p><p>Discovery is a good show, but flawed. It was the first show to go full "prestige TV" with season-long arcs. This is probably going to be an extremely unpopular opinion, but I think that it gets a lot of hate for creative choices that it makes that people would forgive other shows that were less ... openly ... modern (if you understand what I am saying). That said, it also shoots itself in the foot a lot, and there is a lot of deserved criticism mixed in. Personally, I think the show is worth watching, and I particularly enjoyed the last two seasons. </p><p></p><p>Picard ... is fine. Of interest to you is that the person I was watching it with, who is a casual (at best) Star Trek fan ... but only knows TNG, really liked the second season. </p><p></p><p>SNW really is all that. </p><p></p><p>If you have the time, I'd do it like this-</p><p>1. Binge Discovery by yourself.</p><p>2. Watch Picard at night with your SO.</p><p>3. When 1 & 2 are done, watch SNW at leisure with your SO.</p><p>4. And watch Lower Decks! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8710029, member: 7023840"] Whew. So, having been summoned (although, like Beetlejuice, you may not like the results), I will say the following: 1. Do not watch them chronologically in-universe. That's ... just a bad idea. 2. I would recommend watching them by series. However, if your SO wants to watch Picard with you, watch that at night with her. Because you're doing it together! And that's always more fun. 3. Are you really going to do all of them in 7 days? Look, Paramount+ is cheap. Let it ride for a month. Watch Beavis & Butthead Do the Universe. And the Halo series to. Then cancel. And you won't feel obligated to smash it all into a week. Which leads me to my next point- 4. Discovery is more bingeable than SNW. Because SNW is episodic, you might want to let it breathe a little between episodes. Maybe one a day? Giving you something to look forward to? Regardless, DO NOT WATCH SNW until you've completed season 2 of Discovery. 5. You didn't mention Lower Decks (the good animated series). If you like Trek, [I]especially TNG-era[/I], you'll like it. I know, I was surprised to. Now, here's my thoughts. Discovery is a good show, but flawed. It was the first show to go full "prestige TV" with season-long arcs. This is probably going to be an extremely unpopular opinion, but I think that it gets a lot of hate for creative choices that it makes that people would forgive other shows that were less ... openly ... modern (if you understand what I am saying). That said, it also shoots itself in the foot a lot, and there is a lot of deserved criticism mixed in. Personally, I think the show is worth watching, and I particularly enjoyed the last two seasons. Picard ... is fine. Of interest to you is that the person I was watching it with, who is a casual (at best) Star Trek fan ... but only knows TNG, really liked the second season. SNW really is all that. If you have the time, I'd do it like this- 1. Binge Discovery by yourself. 2. Watch Picard at night with your SO. 3. When 1 & 2 are done, watch SNW at leisure with your SO. 4. And watch Lower Decks! :) [/QUOTE]
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