John’s Semi-Chronological Star Trek Viewing Guide
Last Updated: November 29, 2020
Contents:
Introduction
This suggested Star Trek viewing order is probably best for someone already somewhat familiar with the basics of Star Trek, who wants to watch the entire franchise in roughly the order the episodes are intended to take place. The goal is NOT to be rigid about this - some episodes are moved around the timeline to enhance the story-watching experience - but generally this guide will take you from the 21st Century right through to the 32nd.
Originally, this document had notes interspersed commenting on some of the less clearcut cases and my logic, but that can spoil the episodes referenced, which can take some of the fun out of it. If you’d like to see more information and explanation on specific choices I have made, I have broken them out into a separate “methodology” page which can be found here.
Series Overview and Abbreviation Guide
Past Shows:
TOS —> Star Trek - The Original Series (1964, 1966-1969)
TAS —> Star Trek - The Animated Series (1973-1974)
TNG —> Star Trek - The Next Generation (1987-1994)
DS9 —> Star Trek - Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)
VOY —> Star Trek - Voyager (1995-2001)
ENT —> Star Trek - Enterprise (2001-2005)
MOV —> Theatrical Movies (1979-1991, 1994-2002, 2005-2016)
Current Shows:
DIS —> Star Trek - Discovery (2017-)
SHO —> Star Trek - Short Treks (2018-)
PIC —> Star Trek - Picard (2020-)
LDS —> Star Trek - Lower Decks (2020-)
Upcoming Shows:
PRO —> Star Trek - Prodigy (2021-)
SNW —> Star Trek - Strange New Worlds (2022?-)
S31 —> Star Trek - Section 31 (?-)
The 21st Century
April 5th, 2063:
Star Trek essentially begins on this date, when Zefram Cochrane creates faster-than-light travel (“warp drive”) allowing humans to meet our first aliens: the Vulcans. We will eventually come back around to this event much later in the viewing order, but for now it’s just useful backstory.
The 22nd Century
2151:
We begin our viewing order with Star Trek: Enterprise (technically just titled Enterprise for the first two seasons). While the earliest series chronologically, chronicling the events leading up to the formation of the United Federation of Planets, this show was actually the sixth Star Trek series made. We will be watching the series essentially in release order, but will be skipping some episodes in Seasons two and four to watch later in the viewing order.
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 1 - Broken Bow, Part 1
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 2 - Broken Bow, Part 2
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 3 - Fight or Flight
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 4 - Strange New World
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 5 - Unexpected
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 6 - Terra Nova
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 7 - The Andorian Incident
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 8 - Breaking the Ice
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 9 - Civilization
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 10 - Fortunate Son
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 11 - Cold Front
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 12 - Silent Enemy
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 13 - Dear Doctor
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 14 - Sleeping Dogs
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 15 - Shadows of P'Jem
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 16 - Shuttlepod One
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 17 - Fusion
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 18 - Rogue Planet
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 19 - Acquisition
2152:
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 20 - Oasis
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 21 - Detained
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 22 - Vox Sola
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 23 - Fallen Hero
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 24 - Desert Crossing
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 25 - Two Days and Two Nights
- ▫ ENT Season 1, episode 26 - Shockwave, Part I
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 1 - Shockwave, Part II
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 2 - Carbon Creek
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 3 - Minefield
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 4 - Dead Stop
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 5 - A Night in Sickbay
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 6 - Marauders
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 7 - The Seventh
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 8 - The Communicator
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 9 - Singularity
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 10 - Vanishing Point
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 11 - Precious Cargo
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 12 - The Catwalk
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 13 - Dawn
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 14 - Stigma
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 15 - Cease Fire
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 16 - Future Tense
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 17 - Canamar
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 18 - The Crossing
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 19 - Judgment
2153:
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 20 - Horizon
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 21 - The Breach
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 22 - Cogenitor
We are skipping episode 23 (“Regeneration”) for now, and will be watching it later.
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 24 - First Flight
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 25 - Bounty
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 26 - The Expanse
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 1 - The Xindi
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 2 - Anomaly
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 3 - Extinction
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 4 - Rajiin
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 5 - Impulse
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 6 - Exile
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 7 - The Shipment
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 8 - Twilight
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 9 - North Star
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 10 - Similitude
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 11 - Carpenter Street
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 12 - Chosen Realm
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 13 - Proving Ground
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 14 - Stratagem
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 15 - Harbinger
2154:
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 16 - Doctor's Orders
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 17 - Hatchery
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 18 - Azati Prime
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 19 - Damage
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 20 - The Forgotten
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 21 - E-Squared
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 22 - The Council
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 23 - Countdown
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 24 - Zero Hour
In its final season, with a new show runner, Enterprise really goes nuts with tying things into chronologically later stories. Watch the episode numbers, as we skip episodes 18, 19, and 22 to watch later on.
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 1 - Storm Front, Part 1
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 2 - Storm Front, Part 2
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 3 - Home
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 4 - Borderland
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 5 - Cold Station 12
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 6 - The Augments
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 7 - The Forge
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 8 - Awakening
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 9 - Kir'Shara
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 10 - Daedalus
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 11 - Observer Effect
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 12 - Babel One
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 13 - United
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 14 - The Aenar
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 15 - Affliction
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 16 - Divergence
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 17 - Bound
2155:
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 20 - Demons
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 21 - Terra Prime
We are finished with Enterprise, for now, but we’ll loop back to the episodes that we skipped, including the “official” series finale, later in the run. Even so, the above two-parter is very much a better story to go out on in the meantime.
2156-2160:
The Earth-Romulan War, first established in the Original ‘60s series, occurs here. It was intended to be covered starting in Enterprise’s fifth season, but unfortunately it was cancelled after Season four. Anyway, by the end of the war, Humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites, form a loosely structured Coalition of Planets which manages to push back the Romulans. This Coalition leads directly to…
2161:
The United Federation of Planets, the dominant political organization of the Star Trek franchise is officially formed here, and in a future entry in this viewing order we will be seeing some of the events around that formation.
The Federation’s various periods of expansion and decline, peace and war, will be a major focus of the franchise from here on out.
The 23rd Century
Early 2230s:
An adaptation of an (actual) ancient African legend, told to a young girl we will be meeting as an adult shortly, this is our first “Short Treks” episode. These are short mini-episodes that are not pinned down to any specific time or place in the franchise and will pop up now and then in this list.
- ▫ SHO Season 2, episode 5 - The Girl Who Made the Stars
2233 - A sidenote about universes/timelines:
The Star Trek franchise includes two primary “universes” that co-exist independently. The Kelvin timeline, consisting of three feature films, and the Prime timeline, which covers literally everything else. This year, 2233, is the point at which the universe splits into Kelvin and Prime. None of this is actually important for now, as we stick with the Prime timeline until much later in this viewing order, but remember it for later.
Do note there is actually a third universe, the “Mirror” universe, which we’ll be getting to know shortly, but this is a whole different thing, and for simplicity our visits there are not separated from the Prime episodes.
2233 (Prime):
The USS Kelvin flies through space, exploring strange new worlds. Nothing happens. All is well.
2239:
- ▫ SHO Season 1, episode 3 - The Brightest Star
2254:
After a quick Short Trek in which we meet a young ensign reporting to his new ship for the first time, we reach the very first bit of Star Trek ever produced: the first pilot, dating from 1964-65. Rejected by NBC for being "too cerebral," studio owner Lucille Ball convinced the network to give them another shot, which we’ll get to in a few years. Historical sidenote: This episode was re-edited into a later original Star Trek episode, and was not actually seen in its entirety until the late 80s, but don’t skip it - the character of Captain Pike becomes very important shortly
- ▫ SHO Season 2, episode 1 - Q&A
- ▫ TOS Season 0, episode 1 - The Cage
A sidenote about Discovery and design:
While only the second series chronologically, Discovery, which we have now reached, is the seventh Star Trek series produced, and the first to significantly revamp the visual designs. While every previous show assumed the 23rd century appeared as it did in the original 1960s series, Discovery updates these designs and trusts us to accept that they “always” looked this way. This affects uniforms, ships, alien makeup and more. Worth particular mention are the Klingons, who were dramatically redesigned, though this rather unpopular redesign is backtracked significantly, though not entirely, in season 2. (Though don’t ask me why they aren’t looking human after the events portrayed late in Star Trek Enterprise).
2256:
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 1 - The Vulcan Hello
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 2 - Battle of the Binary Stars
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 3 - Context is for Kings
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 4 - The Butchers Knife Cares Not for the Lambs Cry
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 5 - Choose Your Pain
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 6 - Lethe
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 7 - Magic to Make the Sanest Man go Mad
2257:
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 8 - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 9 - Into the Forest I Go
One of the quirks in watching the franchise this way pops up here, as episode 10 establishes that the USS Defiant is somewhere it shouldn’t be. Our heroes don’t know why, but the show assumes that we do. Even so, don’t worry about it for now - we will see the explanation when we get to 2268, and in the meantime, it’s not at all important to how the story in Discovery plays out.
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 10 - Despite Yourself
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 11 - The Wolf Inside
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 12 - Vaulting Ambition
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 13 - What's Past is Prologue
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 14 - The War Without, The War Within
- ▫ DIS Season 1, episode 15 - Will You Take My Hand?
- ▫ SHO Season 1, episode 1 - Runaway
- ▫ SHO Season 1, episode 4 - Escape Artist
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 1 - Brother
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 2 - New Eden
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 3 - Point of Light
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 4 - An Obol for Charon
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 5 - Saints of Imperfection
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 6 - The Sound of Thunder
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 7 - Light and Shadows
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 8 - If Memory Serves
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 9 - Project Daedalus
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 10 - The Red Angel
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 11 - Perpetual Infinity
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 12 - Through the Valley of Shadows
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 13 - Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1
- ▫ DIS Season 2, episode 14 - Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2
Late 2250s-Early 2260s:
I will attempt to avoid spoilers here, but if you’ve seen the Disco episode listed just above, you will understand why we are leaving Discovery at this point despite the fact that there are more episodes that we have yet to watch. Rest assured, we will return to Discovery at the proper time to continue the series.
Star Trek - Strange New Worlds, (and, possibly Section 31(?)) will likely take place here once they air.
- ▫ SHO Season 2, episode 2 - The Trouble with Edward
- ▫ SHO Season 2, episode 3 - Ask Not
2265:
Here’s that second Original Series pilot Lucille Ball fought for, now with (most) of the classic Star Trek crew. Still no Bones, Uhura, or Chekov, Kirk has a different middle initial, the uniforms and sets still aren’t quite right, etc. But we are recognizably in the world of the show that started it all.
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 3 - Where No Man Has Gone Before
2266-2267:
The episode order will jump around significantly for a while, as they are listed here by production order instead of by airdate. TOS has very little inter-episode continuity anyway, but production order still seems to make the most sense. In general, don’t get too hung up on continuity with the rest of the franchise in these early days - they take quite a while to pin some stuff down. For example, there’s about five different contradictory names given for the agency they work for before someone finally says the word “Starfleet”.
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 10 - The Corbomite Maneuver
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 6 - Mudd's Women
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 5 - The Enemy Within
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 1 - The Man Trap
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 4 - The Naked Time
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 2 - Charlie X
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 14 - Balance of Terror
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 7 - What Are Little Girls Made of?
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 9 - Dagger of the Mind
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 8 - Miri
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 13 - The Conscience of the King
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 16 - The Galileo Seven
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 20 - Court Martial
The Menagerie is largely reedited from The Cage, which we watched a while back, but don’t skip it - after spending so much time with Captain Pike since, this episode is essential.
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 11 - The Menagerie (Part I)
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 12 - The Menagerie (Part II)
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 15 - Shore Leave
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 17 - The Squire of Gothos
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 18 - Arena
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 27 - The Alternative Factor
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 19 - Tomorrow is Yesterday
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 21 - The Return of the Archons
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 23 - A Taste of Armageddon
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 22 - Space Seed
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 24 - This Side of Paradise
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 25 - Devil in the Dark
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 26 - Errand of Mercy
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 28 - The City on the Edge of Forever
- ▫ TOS Season 1, episode 29 - Operation:Annihilate!
2267-2268:
With the arrival of Chekov, the classic cast is finally complete.
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 7 - Catspaw
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 9 - Metamorphosis
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 11 - Friday's Child
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 2 - Who Mourns for Adonais?
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 1 - Amok Time
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 6 - The Doomsday Machine
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 14 - Wolf in the Fold
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 3 - The Changeling
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 5 - The Apple
Mirror, Mirror was Star Trek’s very first visit to the Mirror universe, even though we’ve already been there in our viewing order. Star Trek - Enterprise visited there too, actually, but that’s one of the ones we skipped for later viewing. Keep an eye out for that shortly.
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 4 - Mirror, Mirror
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 12 - The Deadly Years
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 8 - I, Mudd
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 15 - The Trouble with Tribbles
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 25 - Bread and Circuses
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 10 - Journey to Babel
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 19 - A Private Little War
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 16 - The Gamesters of Triskelion
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 13 - Obsession
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 18 - The Immunity Syndrome
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 17 - A Piece of the Action
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 22 - By Any Other Name
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 20 - Return to Tomorrow
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 21 - Patterns of Force
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 24 - The Ultimate Computer
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 23 - The Omega Glory
- ▫ TOS Season 2, episode 26 - Assignment: Earth
2268-2269:
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 6 - Spectre of the Gun
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 13 - Elaan of Troyius
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 3 - The Paradise Syndrome
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 2 - The Enterprise Incident
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 4 - And the Children Shall Lead
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 1 - Spock's Brain
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 5 - Is There No Truth in Beauty?
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 12 - The Empath
In one of the more fun examples of the shows tying together, these next three episodes loop in two of the Enterprise episodes we skipped to explain why the USS Defiant was over in in Discovery’s Mirror Universe.
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 9 - The Tholian Web
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 18 - In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I
- ▫ ENT Season 3, episode 19 - In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 8 - For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 7 - Day of the Dove
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 10 - Plato's Stepchildren
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 11 - Wink of An Eye
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 17 - That Which Survives
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 15 - Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 14 - Whom Gods Destroy
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 16 - The Mark of Gideon
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 18 - The Lights of Zetar
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 21 - The Cloud Minders
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 20 - The Way to Eden
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 19 - Requiem for Methuselah
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 22 - The Savage Curtain
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 23 - All Our Yesterdays
- ▫ TOS Season 3, episode 24 - Turnabout Intruder
2269-2270:
Is The Animated Series in continuity? Debatable. Roddenberry liked to say it was not, but much that first appears here is used later, with Enterprise’s Vulcan arc borrowing heavily from Yesteryear, Robert April being namedropped in Disco, Lower Decks having a character from a race previously only seen here, etc. And yes, some parts are cheesy, like say giant clone Spock… but remember when his brain was stolen in TOS? So… sure, why not. Death of the author means we don’t have to listen to Gene.
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 1 - Beyond the Farthest Star
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 2 - Yesteryear
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 3 - One of Our Planets is Missing
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 4 - The Lorelei Signal
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 5 - More Tribbles, More Troubles
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 6 - The Survivor
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 7 - The Infinite Vulcan
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 8 - The Magicks of Megas-tu
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 9 - Once Upon a Planet
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 10 - Mudd's Passion
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 11 - The Terratin Incident
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 12 - The Time Trap
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 13 - The Ambergris Element
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 14 - The Slaver Weapon
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 15 - The Eye of the Beholder
- ▫ TAS Season 1, episode 16 - The Jihad
- ▫ TAS Season 2, episode 1 - The Pirates of Orion
- ▫ TAS Season 2, episode 2 - Bem
- ▫ TAS Season 2, episode 3 - The Practical Joker
- ▫ TAS Season 2, episode 4 - Albatross
- ▫ TAS Season 2, episode 5 - How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth
- ▫ TAS Season 2, episode 6 - The Counter-Clock Incident
2273:
Movie time! Some background here. Paramount was planning on making a new network, and thought a new Star Trek series, to be entitled Star Trek Phase II, was just the thing to anchor it. Many scripts were written, new characters created and cast… and the network plans fell through. And so did the show at first, but when Star Wars was such a hit, they decided to take one of those scripts and streeeeeeeeeetch it out into a movie.
So…. Is it way too long for the amount of plot it has? Yes, though it has its charms. And isn’t it basically a retread of Nomad from the episode The Changeling anyway? It is. And hey, isn’t that the pedophile Dad from 7th Heaven? Yes, yes it is. Anyway, I recommend the Director’s Cut, in which pacing is improved and some particularly flawed effects are redone, but storywise it doesn’t matter which cut you watch.
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
2285:
After TMP didn’t do so well, Star Trek II, a sequel to the episode Space Seed, was being made as a TV movie. Halfway through filming, though, they decided to release it to theaters. And, in my and many others’ opinion, it’s the best Star Trek movie of all.
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Ephraim and Dot ’s continuity really makes no sense anywhere, but it’s cute so who cares. Anyway, this seemed the BEST place to put it.
- ▫ SHO Season 2, episode 4 - Ephraim and Dot
2286:
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
2287:
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
2293:
A criminally underrated film
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Sidenote: The opening sequence of Star Trek: Generations takes place here. Optionally, you can watch the beginning of that movie and stop when the “78 years later” caption comes up. Or you can just not worry about it, and watch the whole film in one sitting when we reach 2371.
The 24th Century
2364:
We now jump forward 70-odd years to see a far more established Federation, and perhaps the most popular Star Trek series of all, rivaling even the original: Star Trek - The Next Generation. That said, it is extremely rough at the outset. For more info on how close it came to outright failure in seasons 1 and 2, you can watch the surprisingly entertaining documentary Chaos on the Bridge, but rest assured, it gets a lot better later on.
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 1 - Encounter at Farpoint, Part 1
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 2 - Encounter at Farpoint, Part 2
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 3 - The Naked Now
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 4 - Code of Honor
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 5 - The Last Outpost
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 6 - Where No One Has Gone Before
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 7 - Lonely Among Us
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 8 - Justice
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 9 - The Battle
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 10 - Hide and Q
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 11 - Haven
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 12 - The Big Goodbye
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 13 - Datalore
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 14 - Angel One
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 15 - 11001001
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 16 - Too Short a Season
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 17 - When The Bow Breaks
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 18 - Home Soil
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 19 - Coming of Age
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 20 - Heart of Glory
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 21 - The Arsenal of Freedom
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 22 - Symbiosis
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 23 - Skin of Evil
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 24 - We'll Always Have Paris
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 25 - Conspiracy
- ▫ TNG Season 1, episode 26 - The Neutral Zone
2365:
Enter: Riker’s Beard. Fun fact: The writers strike this year means that not only do we get an actual Golden Girls-style clip show, the producers dip into episodes written for the Phase II series that was never made and eventually became The Motion Picture. Riker and Troi were ALWAYS a revamp of the original plans for Decker and Ilia, but the season opener was literally written in the 70s to happen to Ilia.
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 1 - The Child
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 2 - Where Silence Has Lease
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 3 - Elementary, Dear Data
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 4 - The Outrageous Okona
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 5 - Loud as a Whisper
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 6 - The Schizoid Man
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 7 - Unnatural Selection
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 8 - A Matter of Honor
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 9 - The Measure of a Man
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 10 - The Dauphin
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 11 - Contagion
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 12 - The Royale
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 13 - Time Squared
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 14 - The Icarus Factor
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 15 - Pen Pals
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 16 - Q Who?
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 17 - The Samaritan Snare
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 18 - Up the Long Ladder
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 19 - Manhunt
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 20 - The Emissary
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 21 - Peak Performance
- ▫ TNG Season 2, episode 22 - Shades of Gray
2366:
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 1 - Evolution
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 2 - The Survivors
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 3 - The Ensigns of Command
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 4 - Who Watches the Watchers?
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 5 - The Bonding
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 6 - Booby Trap
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 7 - The Enemy
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 8 - The Price
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 9 - The Vengeance Factor
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 10 - The Defector
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 11 - The Hunted
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 12 - A Matter of Perspective
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 13 - The High Ground
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 14 - Deja Q
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 15 - Yesterday's Enterprise
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 16 - The Offspring
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 17 - Sins of the Father
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 18 - Allegiance
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 19 - Captain's Holiday
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 20 - Tin Man
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 21 - Hollow Pursuits
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 22 - The Most Toys
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 23 - Sarek
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 24 - Menage a Troi
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 25 - Transfigurations
- ▫ TNG Season 3, episode 26 - The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1
2367:
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 1 - The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 2 - Family
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 3 - Brothers
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 4 - Suddenly Human
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 5 - Remember Me
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 6 - Legacy
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 7 - Reunion
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 8 - Future Imperfect
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 9 - Final Mission
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 10 - The Loss
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 11 - Data's Day
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 12 - The Wounded
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 13 - Clues
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 14 - Devil's Due
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 15 - First Contact
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 16 - Galaxy's Child
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 17 - Night Terrors
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 18 - Identity Crisis
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 19 - The Nth Degree
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 20 - Qpid
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 21 - The Drumhead
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 22 - Half a Life
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 23 - The Host
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 24 - The Mind's Eye
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 25 - In Theory
- ▫ TNG Season 4, episode 26 - Redemption, Part 1
2368:
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 1 - Redemption, Part 2
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 2 - Darmok
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 3 - Ensign Ro
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 4 - Silicon Avatar
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 5 - Disaster
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 6 - The Game
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 7 - Unification I
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 8 - Unification II
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 9 - A Matter of Time
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 10 - New Ground
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 11 - Hero Worship
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 12 - Violations
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 13 - The Masterpiece Society
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 14 - Conundrum
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 15 - Power Play
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 16 - Ethics
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 17 - The Outcast
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 18 - Cause and Effect
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 19 - The First Duty
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 20 - Cost of Living
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 21 - The Perfect Mate
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 22 - Imaginary Friend
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 23 - I, Borg
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 24 - The Next Phase
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 25 - The Inner Light
- ▫ TNG Season 5, episode 26 - Time's Arrow, Part 1
2369:
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 1 - Time's Arrow, Part 2
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 2 - Realm of Fear
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 3 - Man of the People
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 4 - Relics
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 5 - Schisms
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 6 - True-Q
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 7 - Rascals
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 8 - A Fistful of Datas
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 9 - The Quality of Life
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 10 - Chain of Command, Part 1
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 11 - Chain of Command, Part 2
We now reach my personal favorite Trek: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, which will eventually feature Star Trek’s first real foray into plot serialization. Typical for shows in the Star Trek franchise, it starts out quite uneven, but once it finally gets going it’s a real joy. We’ll be essentially bouncing between series to stay in the correct chronological order, though with occasional tweaks to keep from breaking up story arcs too much.
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 1 - Emissary, Part 1
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 2 - Emissary, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 3 - Past Prologue
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 4 - A Man Alone
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 5 - Babel
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 12 - Ship in a Bottle
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 13 - Aquiel
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 6 - Captive Pursuit
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 7 - Q-Less
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 14 - Face of the Enemy
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 8 - Dax
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 15 - Tapestry
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 9 - The Passenger
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 16 - Birthright, Part 1
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 17 - Birthright, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 10 - Move Along Home
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 11 - The Nagus
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 18 - Starship Mine
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 19 - Lessons
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 12 - Vortex
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 13 - Battle Lines
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 14 - The Storyteller
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 20 - The Chase
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 21 - Frame of Mind
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 22 - Suspicions
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 15 - Progress
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 23 - Rightful Heir
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 16 - If Wishes Were Horses
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 24 - Second Chances
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 17 - Dramatis Personae
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 18 - The Forsaken
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 19 - Duet
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 25 - Timescape
- ▫ DS9 Season 1, episode 20 - In the Hands of the Prophets
- ▫ TNG Season 6, episode 26 - Descent, Part 1
2370:
In this year we’ll be watching the fantastic Next Generation series finale, but also finally going back to watch the… less fantastic… series finale of Enterprise. (Leaving just one more episode before we finish Enterprise once and for all.)
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 1 - Descent, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 1 - The Homecoming
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 2 - The Circle
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 3 - The Siege
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 2 - Liaisons
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 3 - Gambit, Part 1
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 4 - Gambit, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 4 - Cardassians
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 5 - Invasive Procedures
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 5 - Interface
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 6 - Phantasms
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 6 - Melora
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 7 - Dark Page
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 7 - Rules of Acquisition
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 8 - Necessary Evil
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 8 - Attached
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 9 - Force of Nature
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 9 - Second Sight
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 10 - Sanctuary
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 10 - Parallels
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 11 - Rivals
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 12 - The Alternate
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 11 - Inheritance
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 12 - Homeward
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 13 - The Pegasus
- ▫ ENT Season 4, episode 22 - These Are the Voyages...
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 13 - Armageddon Game
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 14 - Sub Rosa
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 15 - Lower Decks
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 14 - Paradise
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 15 - Whispers
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 16 - Shadowplay
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 16 - Thine Own Self
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 17 - Masks
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 17 - Playing God
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 18 - Eye of the Beholder
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 18 - Profit and Loss
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 19 - Genesis
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 19 - Blood Oath
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 20 - Journey's End
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 20 - The Maquis, Part 1
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 21 - The Maquis, Part 2
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 21 - Firstborn
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 22 - Bloodlines
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 22 - The Wire
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 23 - Emergence
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 23 - Crossover
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 24 - Preemptive Strike
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 24 - The Collaborator
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 25 - Tribunal
- ▫ DS9 Season 2, episode 26 - The Jem’Hadar
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 25 - All Good Things, Part 1
- ▫ TNG Season 7, episode 26 - All Good Things, Part 2
2371:
Like Phase II was intended to before it, and Discovery actually does after it, Star Trek - Voyager is launched at this point as the centerpiece of a new network: the short-lived UPN, home of Shasta McNasty and The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfieffer. Note that Voyager episode orders, particularly in season two, jump around a bit due to some production weirdness.
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 1 - The Search, Part 1
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 2 - The Search, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 3 - The House of Quark
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 4 - Equilibrium
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 5 - Second Skin
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 6 - The Abandoned
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 7 - Civil Defense
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 1 - Caretaker, Part 1
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 2 - Caretaker, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 8 - Meridian
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 3 - Parallax
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek: Generations
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 9 - Defiant
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 10 - Fascination
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 11 - Past Tense, Part 1
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 12 - Past Tense, Part 2
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 4 - Time and Again
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 13 - Life Support
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 14 - Heart of Stone
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 5 - Phage
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 15 - Destiny
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 6 - The Cloud
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 16 - Prophet Motive
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 7 - Eye of the Needle
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 17 - Visionary
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 8 - Ex Post Facto
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 9 - Emanations
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 10 - Prime Factors
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 18 - Distant Voices
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 11 - State of Flux
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 19 - Through the Looking Glass
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 12 - Heroes and Demons
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 20 - Improbable Cause
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 21 - The Die is Cast
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 13 - Cathexis
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 22 - Explorers
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 14 - Faces
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 23 - Family Business
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 15 - Jetrel
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 24 - Shakaar
- ▫ VOY Season 1, episode 16 - Learning Curve
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 3 - Projections
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 4 - Elogium
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 25 - Facets
- ▫ DS9 Season 3, episode 26 - The Adversary
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 6 - Twisted
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 1 - The 37’s
2372:
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 2 - Initiations
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 5 - Non Sequitur
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 1 - The Way of the Warrior, Part 1
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 2 - The Way of the Warrior, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 3 - The Visitor
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 4 - Hippocratic Oath
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 1 - Parturition
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 5 - Indiscretion
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 8 - Persistence of Vision
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 9 - Tattoo
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 10 - Cold Fire
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 6 - Rejoined
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 11 - Maneuvers
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 7 - Starship Down
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 8 - Little Green Men
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 9 - The Sword of Kahless
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 12 - Resistance
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 10 - Our Man Bashir
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 11 - Homefront
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 12 - Paradise Lost
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 13 - Prototype
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 18 - Death Wish
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 14 - Alliances
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 13 - Crossfire
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 15 - Threshold
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 14 - Return to Grace
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 16 - Meld
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 17 - Dreadnought
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 19 - Lifesigns
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 20 - Investigations
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 21 - Deadlock
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 15 - Sons of Mogh
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 16 - Bar Association
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 17 - Accession
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 22 - Innocence
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 18 - Rules of Engagement
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 19 - Hard Time
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 20 - Shattered Mirror
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 23 - The Thaw
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 21 - The Muse
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 24 - Tuvix
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 22 - For the Cause
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 25 - Resolutions
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 23 - To the Death
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 24 - The Quickening
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 25 - Body Parts
- ▫ DS9 Season 4, episode 26 - Broken Link
- ▫ VOY Season 2, episode 26 - Basics, Part 1
2373:
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 1 - Basics, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 1 - Apocalypse Rising
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 2 - The Ship
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 7 - Sacred Ground
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 5 - False Profits
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 2 - Flashback
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 3 - The Chute
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 6 - Remember
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 4 - The Swarm
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 3 - Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 4 - Nor the Battle to the Strong
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 5 - The Assignment
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 6 - Trials and Tribble-ations
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 8 - Future's End, Part 1
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 9 - Future's End, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 7 - Let He Who is Without Sin
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 8 - Things Past
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 10 - Warlord
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek: First Contact
Only took 222 years, but after this next episode, we’ve watched all of Star Trek Enterprise.
- ▫ ENT Season 2, episode 23 - Regeneration
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 9 - The Ascent
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 11 - The Q and the Grey
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 10 - Rapture
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 11 - The Darkness and the Light
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 12 - Macrocosm
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 13 - Fair Trade
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 14 - Alter Ego
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 12 - The Begotten
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 13 - For the Uniform
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 15 - Coda
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 16 - Blood Fever
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 14 - In Purgatory's Shadow
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 15 - By Inferno's Light
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 17 - Unity
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 18 - Darkling
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 16 - Doctor Bashir, I Presume
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 19 - Rise
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 17 - A Simple Investigation
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 18 - Business as Usual
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 19 - Ties of Blood and Water
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 20 - Favorite Son
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 20 - Ferengi Love Songs
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 21 - Soldiers of the Empire
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 22 - Children of Time
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 21 - Before and After
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 22 - Real Life
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 23 - Distant Origin
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 24 - Displaced
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 23 - Blaze of Glory
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 25 - Worst Case Scenario
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 24 - Empok Nor
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 25 - In the Cards
- ▫ DS9 Season 5, episode 26 - Call to Arms
- ▫ VOY Season 3, episode 26 - Scorpion, Part 1
2374:
Voyager gets a much needed shot in the arm with the introduction of Seven of Nine, and Deep Space Nine delivers a great season as the Dominion War arc reaches full swing.
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 1 - Scorpion, Part 2
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 2 - The Gift
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 3 - Day of Honor
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 4 - Nemesis
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 5 - Revulsion
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 1 - A Time to Stand
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 2 - Rocks and Shoals
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 3 - Sons and Daughters
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 4 - Behind the Lines
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 5 - Favor the Bold
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 6 - Sacrifice of Angels
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 6 - The Raven
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 7 - Scientific Method
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 7 - You are Cordially Invited
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 8 - Year of Hell, Part 1
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 9 - Year of Hell, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 8 - Resurrection
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 10 - Random Thoughts
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 9 - Statistical Probabilities
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 11 - Concerning Flight
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 10 - The Magnificent Ferengi
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 11 - Waltz
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 12 - Mortal Coil
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 14 - Message in a Bottle
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 13 - Waking Moments
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 12 - Who Mourns for Morn?
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 13 - Far Beyond the Stars
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 14 - One Little Ship
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 15 - Hunters
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 15 - Honor Among Thieves
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 16 - Change of Heart
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 16 - Prey
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 17 - Retrospect
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 18 - The Killing Game, Part 1
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 19 - The Killing Game, Part 2
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 17 - Wrongs Darker than Death or Night
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 18 - Inquisition
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 19 - In the Pale Moonlight
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 20 - Vis a Vis
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 21 - The Omega Directive
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 20 - His Way
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 22 - Unforgettable
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 21 - The Reckoning
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 22 - Valiant
We are skipping Voyager episode 23 (“Living Witness”) for now, and will be watching it later.
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 24 - Demon
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 23 - Profit and Lace
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 25 - One
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 24 - Time's Orphan
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 26 - Hope and Fear
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 25 - The Sound of her Voice
- ▫ DS9 Season 6, episode 26 - Tears of the Prophets
2375:
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 1 - Night
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 2 - Drone
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 3 - Extreme Risk
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 4 - In the Flesh
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 5 - Once Upon a Time
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 8 - Nothing Human
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 6 - Timeless
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 1 - Image in the Sand
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 2 - Shadows and Symbols
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 3 - Afterimage
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 4 - Take Me Out to the Holosuite
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 5 - Chrysalis
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 6 - Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 7 - Once More Unto the Breach
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 8 - The Siege of AR-558
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 9 - Thirty Days
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 9 - Covenant
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 7 - Infinite Regress
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 10 - Counterpoint
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 10 - It's Only a Paper Moon
There’s no place to put Insurrection so its references to the war and the presence of Worf really make perfect sense, but this is probably the closest to working. I’m not going to go too nuts about it.
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek: Insurrection
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 11 - Prodigal Daughter
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 11 - Latent Image
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 12 - Bride of Chaotica
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 12 - The Emperor's New Cloak
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 13 - Gravity
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 13 - Field of Fire
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 14 - Bliss
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 14 - Chimera
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 17 - The Disease
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 15 - Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 16 - Inter Arma Silent Leges
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 18 - Course: Oblivion
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 15 - Dark Frontier, Part 1
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 16 - Dark Frontier, Part 2
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 19 - The Fight
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 20 - Think Tank
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 17 - Penumbra
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 18 - 'Til Death Do Us Part
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 19 - Strange Bedfellows
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 20 - The Changing Face of Evil
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 21 - When it Rains
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 22 - Tacking into the Wind
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 23 - Extreme Measures
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 24 - The Dogs of War
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 25 - What You Leave Behind, Part 1
- ▫ DS9 Season 7, episode 26 - What You Leave Behind, Part 2
Farewell, DS9. I’ll always love you best.
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 21 - Juggernaut
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 22 - Someone to Watch Over Me
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 23 - 11:59
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 24 - Relativity
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 25 - Warhead
- ▫ VOY Season 5, episode 26 - Equinox, Part 1
2376:
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 1 - Equinox, Part 2
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 2 - Survival Instinct
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 3 - Barge of the Dead
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 4 - Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 7 - Dragon's Teeth
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 5 - Alice
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 6 - Riddles
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 8 - One Small Step
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 9 - The Voyager Conspiracy
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 10 - Pathfinder
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 11 - Fair Haven
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 15 - Tsunkatse
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 12 - Blink of an Eye
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 13 - Virtuoso
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 16 - Collective
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 14 - Memorial
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 17 - Spirit Folk
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 18 - Ashes to Ashes
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 19 - Child's Play
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 20 - Good Shepherd
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 23 - Fury
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 21 - Live Fast and Prosper
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 24 - Life Line
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 22 - Muse
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 25 - The Haunting of Deck Twelve
- ▫ VOY Season 6, episode 26 - Unimatrix Zero, Part 1
2377:
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 1 - Unimatrix Zero, Part 2
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 3 - Drive
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 4 - Repression
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 2 - Imperfection
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 5 - Critical Care
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 6 - Inside Man
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 7 - Body and Soul
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 8 - Nightingale
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 9 - Flesh and Blood, Part 1
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 10 - Flesh and Blood, Part 2
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 11 - Shattered
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 12 - Lineage
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 13 - Repentance
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 14 - Prophesy
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 15 - The Void
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 16 - Workforce, Part 1
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 17 - Workforce, Part 2
2378:
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 18 - Human Error
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 19 - Q2
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 20 - Author, Author
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 21 - Friendship One
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 22 - Natural Law
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 23 - Homestead
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 24 - Renaissance Man
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 25 - Endgame, Part 1
- ▫ VOY Season 7, episode 26 - Endgame, Part 2
2379:
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek: Nemesis
2380:
Star Trek returns to animation with its ninth series, and first all-out comedy, Star Trek: Lower Decks, aimed towards a more adult audience than The Animated Series or Prodigy. Best first season since the Original Series? I dare say yes.
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 1 - Second Contact
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 2 - Envoys
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 3 - Temporal Edict
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 4 - Moist Vessel
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 5 - Cupid’s Errant Arrow
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 6 - Terminal Provocations
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 7 - Much Ado About Boimler
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 8 - Veritas
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 9 - Crisis Point
- ▫ LDS Season 1, episode 10 - No Small Parts
2385:
The events of this Short Trek set the events of Star Trek - Picard, which we’ll be coming to shortly, in motion.
▫ SHO Season 2, episode 6 - Children of Mars
2387:
The Romulan sun goes supernova, devastating the Romulan empire. A failed attempt to stop this sends the Romulan mining vessel Narada back to 2233, creating an alternate universe known as the “Kelvin Universe” or “Kelvinverse.” Three movies take place in this Kelvin universe, and we will be viewing them now. It is important to remember that this new timeline DOES NOT replace the original “Prime” timeline, which exists as it always has and to which we will be returning shortly.
2233 (Kelvinverse):
The USS Kelvin is destroyed by the Narada, newly arrived from the Prime Universe 2387.
2258 (Kelvinverse):
Too action-oriented for some, and plot-holes galore, but 2009’s “Star Trek” is a quite fun take on the original series. You can use the butterfly effect of the appearance of the Narada in 2233 as a reason the 2258 Kelvinverse looks and feels quite different than the Prime Universe. Or you can just accept it as creative license and a visual reboot. Don’t overthink the chronology and details of this batch of movies though, or you’ll start seeing all kinds of things that make no sense.
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek (2009)
2259 (Kelvinverse):
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek Into Darkness
2263 (Kelvinverse):
- ▫ MOV - Star Trek Beyond
This film, while a solid improvement on Into Darkness, did not do very well, meaning that, despite recurring talks of a fourth film, Beyond may end up being our last visit to the Kelvinverse. I wouldn’t want all Trek to be like it, but it was a fun corner of the franchise while it lasted.
We now return to the Prime timeline, already in progress.
2399 (Prime):
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 1 - Remembrance
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 2 - Maps and Legends
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 3 - The End is the Beginning
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 4 - Absolute Candor
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 5 - Stardust City Rag
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 6 - The Impossible Box
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 7 - Nepenthe
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 8 - Broken Pieces
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 9 - Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1
- ▫ PIC Season 1, episode 10 - Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2
The 31st Century
3074ish:
As you watch this you’ll see why the exact placement can be debatable, but 3074ish seemed best. With this episode, we finish Star Trek: Voyager. Keep in mind this episode, like most of Voyager, takes place entirely in the Delta quadrant, far away from most of the events of the franchise.
- ▫ VOY Season 4, episode 23 - Living Witness
The 32nd Century
3188:
Several hundred years later, we rejoin Star Trek: Discovery, already in progress, to discover what has happened in the interim. The below episode titles have not all been confirmed at the time of this being written. They will be corrected if necessary as episodes air.
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 1 - That Hope is You, Part 1
3189:
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 2 - Far From Home
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 3 - People of Earth
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 4 - Forget Me Not
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 5 - Die Trying
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 6 - Scavengers
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 7 - Unification III
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 8 - The Sanctuary
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 9 - Terra Firma, Part 1
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 10 - Terra Firma, Part 2
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 11 - The Citadel
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 12 - The Good of the People
- ▫ DIS Season 3, episode 13 - Outside
Unknown:
Calypso is intentionally somewhat mysterious, and we have yet to learn exactly how it fits into the Star Trek timeline, but for now it seems to be the final part of our Star Trek Viewing Guide… except for Disco herself not appearing as we would expect her to if takes place after Season 3. I guess we’ll find out eventually…
- ▫ SHO Season 1, episode 2 - Calypso
