The battleplan: episode viewing order

Since I’m new to the entire Star Trek universe, before I get started with my ridiculous mission my first task is to actually figure out what I have to watch and in what order I have to do it.

After hours of heavy research (five minutes on Wikipedia) I’ve discovered that there are six TV series, with next year’s Star Trek: Discovery being the seventh.

And yes, given how long this will take me, I’m certain watching Discovery will become part of the mission. Continue reading “The battleplan: episode viewing order”

It begins…

My name is Chris Scullion, and I’ve never seen Star Trek in my life.

Actually, that’s not entirely true: I saw the 2009 movie directed by JJ Abrams and was a wee bit lost because I didn’t know what was going on.

But that’s it. I’ve never seen a single episode of any Star Trek TV series or any of the other movies. I couldn’t even tell you how many of them there are. Continue reading “It begins…”