Star Trek Viewing Guide
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  1. 1The Road to the Federation2063–2161
  2. 2Toward the Five-Year Mission2230s–2261
  3. 3The Expanding Federation2265–2268
  4. 4The Long Road to Khitomer2268–2293
  5. 5A New Generation2324–2367
  6. 6Continuing Voyages2367–2369
  7. 7New Frontiers and Foundations2369–2370
  8. 8Exploring New Quadrants2371–2372
  9. 9Storms on the Horizon2372–2373
  10. 10The Dominion War2373–2375
  11. 11Trying to Get Home2375–2379
  12. 12Life on the Lower Decks2380–2382
  13. 13Echoes and Legacies2383–2401
  14. 14The Far Future3074–42nd century

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The purpose of this list is to provide a mostly chronological viewing order of the entire Star Trek franchise while also prioritizing a better storytelling experience. We make some adjustments to the order to achieve this goal. For example, to minimize or avoid viewing episodes that require foreknowledge of later events to make sense, we may delay watching those specific episodes until after the required event. However, since this can be subjective, I try to provide a detailed explanation for some of our choices on this page.

Origins and Credits

This list began as a Word document I created during the pandemic for my friend Aubrey Chizhik. Over time I tweaked it and expanded it to the point that it seemed worth posting online. It’s grown… a lot… since then.

Memory-Alpha was an invaluable resource while creating this page, to confirm references and airdates. It is an essential resource for any Trek fan.

While my list was created entirely independently, I should give credit and thanks to the similar Star Trek Chronology Project, which predates it on the internet, and, once I found it, was useful to sanity-check some of my own choices against. We don’t always agree, but we do more times than not, which I think validates the methodologies of both sites.

This website was made with Sitely 6.0.6, a really great website builder program for the Mac.

Looking for a similar list for Star WARS? A great one can be found here. Check it out!

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