John’s Semi-Chronological Star Trek Viewing Guide

Last Updated: October 14, 2020

Contents:

Introduction

Abbreviation Guide

The 21st Century

The 22nd Century

The 23rd Century

The 24th Century

The 32nd Century

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.

If you use or have an opinion on this viewing order, I would LOVE to hear your thoughts!

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 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, and in a future entry in this viewing order we will be jumping back to see it happen officially.  


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, which consists 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


Calypso will pretty much certainly be moved forward almost to the end of this viewing order, once we see enough of Disco Season 3 to see how it fits in. As we don’t yet know exactly where or how, I am, FOR NOW, just slotting it into the time where it originally aired.


  • ▫ SHO    Season 1, episode 2    -    Calypso
  • ▫ 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 know the so-far unaired Disco Season 3 involves a time jump, and therefore its placement in the viewing order will rely very much on how that plays out and how/when/if the series returns to the late 2250s.


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, Part 1
  • ▫ TNG    Season 5, episode 8    -    Unification, Part 2
  • ▫ 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 controversial and disappointing 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 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
  • ▫ 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
  • ▫ MOV    -    Star Trek: Generations
  • ▫ 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
  • ▫ 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
  • ▫ 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 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
  • ▫ VOY    Season 4, episode 23    -    Living Witness
  • ▫ DS9    Season 6, episode 22    -    Valiant
  • ▫ 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
  • ▫ 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


Farewell, DS9. I’ll always love you best. 


  • ▫ DS9    Season 7, episode 25    -    What You Leave Behind, Part 1
  • ▫ DS9    Season 7, episode 26    -    What You Leave Behind, Part 2


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
  • ▫ 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 32nd Century


3188:

Discovery Season 3 takes place here. If they return home at the end of the season, I’ll have to decide then what makes sense from a viewing order perspective, but at least for now, it appears as a coda to the rest of the franchise. The below episode titles have not 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
  • ▫ 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