Image of USS Cerritos of Star Trek: Lower Decks

The Ultimate Chronological Star Trek Viewing Guide

Last Updated: August 17, 2023

See Recent Changes

Contents:

Abbreviation Guide

The 21st Century

The 22nd Century

    (ENT)

The 23rd Century

    (DIS,SNW,TOS,TAS)

The 24th Century

    (TNG,DS9,VOY,LDS,PRO,PIC)

The 25th Century

    (PIC)

The 31st Century

The 32nd Century

    (DIS)

Introduction

This Star Trek viewing guide will assist you through watching the entire franchise, based not on production dates, but on in-universe story order, all the way from the 21st to the 32nd centuries.  As it is a viewing guide and not a rigid chronology, some episodes are shifted to keep things as clear and fun as possible. The site is updated regularly to stay current.


To avoid spoilers, I’ve moved discussion of the thinking behind some less clear-cut decisions to a separate “methodology” page. Opinions and feedback are welcome!

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)

    SHO —> Star Trek - Short Treks (2018-2020)

    PIC —> Star Trek - Picard (2020-2023)

    MOV —> Theatrical Movies (1979-1991, 1994-2002, 2009-2016)


Current Shows:

    DIS —> Star Trek - Discovery (2017-2024)

    LDS —> Star Trek - Lower Decks (2020-)

    PRO —> Star Trek - Prodigy (2021-)

    SNW —> Star Trek - Strange New Worlds (2022-)




Series Overview and Abbreviation Guide: Star Trek Universe

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 extraterrestrial life, the Vulcans, for the first time. We will see this event later in the viewing order, but for now it’s just backstory.

2063: Star Trek: First Contact

The 22nd Century

2151:

We start with Star Trek: Enterprise (technically just titled Enterprise until season three). While the first in the timeline, this show was actually the sixth Star Trek series made, and includes many fun hints of future events.  We will mostly follow the release order, but will skip some episodes in Seasons two and four until 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


2151: Enterprise Cast

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

2152: Carbon Creek

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, but will return to 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

2153: Similitude

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 fourth and final season, Enterprise, under the guidance of a new showrunner, really takes advantage of its ability to foreshadow events in later chronologically-placed stories. Please pay attention to the episode numbers as we skip episodes 18, 19, and 22 for now and watch them later.


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

2154: Babel One

2155:

ENT    Season 4, episode 20    -    Demons

ENT    Season 4, episode 21    -    Terra Prime


Although we will be moving on from Enterprise for now, we will return to watch the skipped episodes and the series finale later. Even so, the two-parter above is near-universally considered a better end-point for this point in the story.


2155: Terra Prime

2156-2160:

The Earth-Romulan War, which was first mentioned in the original 1960s series, occurs here. Enterprise intended to cover this starting in the fifth season, but was unfortunately cancelled after Season Four. While we don't get to see the conflict on screen, its impact is felt throughout Enterprise and beyond. During 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…

2156: The Earth-Romulan War

2161

…the formation of the United Federation of Planets, the primary political organization of the Star Trek franchise.


From this point on, Star Trek focuses on the Federation, depicting its periods of peace, war, expansion, and decline, which will set the agenda for much of the franchise.

2161: United Federation of Planets

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


2152: Dead Stop

The 23rd Century

Early 2230s:

An adaptation of an (actual) ancient African legend, told to a young girl we will meet again later as an adult, this is our first “Short Treks” episode. These mini-episodes are not tied to any specific time or place in the Star Trek franchise and will appear occasionally throughout this list.


SHO    Season 2, episode 5    -    The Girl Who Made the Stars


2230s: The Girl Who Made the Stars

2233 - A sidenote about universes/timelines:

There are two main “universes” in the Star Trek franchise: the Kelvin timeline (consisting of three feature films) and the Prime timeline (covering everything else). This year, 2233, is when events occur which split the universe into the Kelvin and Prime timelines. For now, we will stay with the Prime timeline in this viewing order, but keep in mind the Kelvin timeline for later. Note that there is a third universe, the "Mirror" universe, and occasional alternate timelines. However, for simplicity, our visits there will not be separated from the Prime episodes.



2233: Shatner and Pine

2233 (Prime):

The USS Kelvin flies through space, exploring strange new worlds.


Nothing happens.


All is well.


2233: USS Kelvin

2239:

SHO   Season 1, episode 3    -    The Brightest Star


2239: The Brightest Star

2254:

After a quick Short Trek in which we meet a young ensign reporting to his new ship, we reach the very first Star Trek content ever produced: The Cage, dating from 1964-65. Rejected by NBC for being "too cerebral," studio owner Lucille Ball convinced the network to give the show another chance at a pilot. While much of The Cage’s footage was reused in a later episode, "The Menagerie," we recommend that you don't skip either one. The character of Captain Pike becomes highly significant shortly, and both episodes offer valuable insights into him.


Viewing notes: When referring to the original 1960s "Star Trek," this guide (and most others) use the abbreviation TOS (The Original Series) to distinguish it from later series. TOS is available in two versions: the classic version as it aired in the 60s and an enhanced version with updated CGI effects. Unlike Star Wars, the remastered versions do not alter the stories in any way. Therefore, the version you choose to watch is a matter of personal preference, and we do not make any official recommendation.



SHO    Season 2, episode 1    -    Q&A

TOS    Season 0, episode 1    -    The Cage

2254: The Cage

2256:

We now begin Star Trek: Discovery, which is the seventh Star Trek series produced, but only the second series chronologically. It also is the first series to significantly revamp the visual designs, departing from the previous assumption that the 23rd century looked the same as it did in the original 1960s series. Discovery updates the designs, and we are trusted to accept that they have "always" looked this way, affecting uniforms, ships, alien makeup, and more. The Klingons, in particular, received a dramatic redesign, though it was significantly backtracked after the first season. These are not continuity issues, and should not be viewed as such, though we could certainly nitpick details if we chose to.


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

2256: Discovery Cast

2257:

DIS    Season 1, episode 8    -    Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

DIS    Season 1, episode 9    -    Into the Forest I Go


Watching the franchise in this order presents a quirk in episode 10, where the USS Defiant is, to avoid spoilers, somewhere it shouldn't be. Our heroes don't know why, but the show assumes that we know the explanation. However, don't worry about it. We will get to the explanation when we reach 2268, but In the meantime, it is entirely unimportant to how the story in Discovery unfolds.


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


2257: Through the Valley of Shadows

2258:

I will avoid spoilers, but after watching the episode listed just above, it will be clear why we are pausing our viewing of Discovery, even though there are more episodes left to watch. We will come back to the series at the appropriate time and continue watching.


SHO   Season 2, episode 2    -    The Trouble with Edward

SHO   Season 2, episode 3    -    Ask Not


2250s:The Trouble With Edward

2259:

We now move away from the USS Discovery to follow Captain Pike, back in command of the Enterprise, for an absolutely delightful series that, while modern, deliberately throws back to 1960s Trek in many ways, not the least of which being the first chronological appearances of some characters we will continue to see for many years to come.


SNW    Season 1, episode 1    -    Strange New Worlds

SNW    Season 1, episode 2    -    Children of the Comet

SNW    Season 1, episode 3    -    Ghosts of Illyria

SNW    Season 1, episode 4    -    Momento Mori

SNW    Season 1, episode 5    -    Spock Amok

SNW    Season 1, episode 6    -    Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach

SNW    Season 1, episode 7    -    The Serene Squall

SNW    Season 1, episode 8    -    The Elysian Kingdom

SNW    Season 1, episode 9    -    All Those Who Wander


Pay attention to the alternate future laid out in this next episode; we will see how the timeline actually plays out later in this chronology.


SNW    Season 1, episode 10    -    A Quality of Mercy

SNW    Season 2 episode 1    -    The Broken Circle

SNW    Season 2, episode 2    -    Ad Astra per Aspera

SNW    Season 2, episode 3    -    Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

SNW    Season 2, episode 4    -    Among the Lotus Eaters

SNW    Season 2, episode 5    -    Charades

SNW    Season 2, episode 6    -    Lost in Translation


We are skipping episode 7 here, as it is a crossover with a show we won’t get to for a hundred years or and won’t make sense unless you are already familiar with Lower Decks. Don’t worry, we’ll be coming back to it later.


SNW    Season 2, episode 8    -    Under the Cloak of War

SNW    Season 2, episode 9    -    Subspace Rhapsody

SNW    Season 2, episode 10    -    Hegemony


2250s:The Trouble With Edward

2265:

Here’s that second Original Series pilot Lucille Ball fought for, now with (most) of the classic 1960’s Star Trek crew. Still no Dr. McCoy, Uhura, or Chekov, Kirk has a different middle initial, the uniforms and sets still aren’t quite right… but we are for the first time recognizably in the world of the show that started it all.


TOS    Season 1, episode 3    -    Where No Man Has Gone Before

2265: Where No Man Has Gone Before

2266-2267:

Just as a reminder - the original Star Trek may appear less advanced in terms of its designs and aesthetic compared to the other Star Trek shows we have watched so far, but this is only due to the limitations of television production at the time. This is not “true” in story terms - the technology and society in TOS should be read as on par with Discovery and Strange New Worlds, which all take place at roughly this point in the timeline.


To fully appreciate the development of the show, it's recommended to watch TOS in production order instead of by air date.  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 that the rest of the franchise takes for granted.


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


Next up we revisit the events of SNW’s season 1 finale, “A Quality of Mercy”, and see how differently events play out with Kirk in command of the Enterprise.


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 Spock and Pike since, this episode is absolutely 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!


2266: The City on the Edge of Forever

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


While Mirror, Mirror is the episode that first introduces the Mirror universe, we’ve already been there on Discovery. Enterprise had a two-part episode there too, actually, but that’s one of the ones we skipped for later viewing and will be arriving at 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


2267: The Trouble with Tribbles

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, the next three episodes we watch have a TOS episode leading into two of the Enterprise episodes we skipped, PLUS will finally explain why the Discovery detected the USS Defiant in the Mirror Universe.


TOS    Season 3, episode 9    -    The Tholian Web

ENT    Season 4, episode 18    -    In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I

ENT    Season 4, 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




2268: The Tholian Web

2269-2270:

We finish Kirk's Five-Year Mission with Star Trek: The Animated Series. Is TAS in continuity? Debatable. In later years, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry liked to say it was not, but later works in the franchise certainly seemed to disagree, with Enterprise’s Vulcan arc as well as the first of the Kelvin films borrowing heavily from Yesteryear, Robert April appearing in Strange New Worlds, numerous references in Lower Decks, etc.,  so I see no reason not to consider it as canon as everything else. Besides, “La mort de l'auteur” 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

2269: Yesteryear

2273:

Movie time! Some background here. Paramount was planning on making a new network, and intended a new Star Trek series, "Star Trek Phase II", to anchor it. Scripts were written, sets were built, and actors cast. When network plans fell through, and Star Wars became 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? mm-hmm. Anyway, if you have access to it I recommend the Director’s Cut, in which pacing is much improved and some particularly flawed effects are redone, but either version works story-wise.


MOV    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

2273: The Motion Picture

2285:

Following The Motion Picture, the franchise underwent a significant transformation with the release of the next film, adopting a different style and tone that many, including the author, believe resulted in the best Star Trek movie to date.


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

2285: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

2286:

MOV    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home


Or, to use the all-but-official secondary title, “The One With The Whales”

2063: Star Trek: First Contact

2287:

MOV    Star Trek V: The Final Frontier


2063: Star Trek: First Contact

2293:

A criminally underrated film.


MOV    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country


Sidenote: The opening sequence of the film. Star Trek: Generations takes place here, a few months after The Undiscovered Country. I very much do not expect people to watch things in pieces, but as there IS a clear delineation in the film, you can, optionally, watch the beginning of Generations 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.




2063: Star Trek: First Contact

The 24th Century

2364:

We now jump forward 70-odd years to see a far more established Federation, and perhaps the most popular and beloved Star Trek series of all, Star Trek - The Next Generation. That said, it is extremely rough at the outset, so you’ll need to give it some time. I promise you, the series gets a lot better later on and absolutely earns the affection it still receives to this day.


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


2364: Datalore

2365:

This season introduces the most popular and iconic character of the entire Star Trek franchise: Riker’s Beard. Fun fact: The writers strike this year means that not only does this slightly shorter season feature an actual Golden Girls-style clip show, the producers had to dip into episodes written for the early 70’s Phase II series that was never made. Will Riker and Troi were ALWAYS a revamp of the original plans for Will Decker and Ilia, but the season opener was literally written in the 70s with Ilia in the place of Troi.


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


The series doesn’t truly find its footing until Season 3, but “The Measure of a Man” is widely considered TNG’s first “great” episode, a sign of many more to come. There is an extended version available of this episode - worth choosing if you have access to it, but not a problem if you do not.


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


2365: Measure of a Man

2366:

TNG    Season 3, episode 1    -    Evolution

TNG    Season 3, episode 2    -    The Ensigns of Command

TNG    Season 3, episode 3    -    The Survivors

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

2366: Yesterday's Enterprise

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

2367: The Best of Both Worlds

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

2368: Unification

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 series: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, which will eventually feature Star Trek’s first significant attempt at serialized storytelling. Like other shows in the franchise, it has a slow start, but once it gets going it’s a real joy. To stay in the correct chronological order, we’ll be bouncing between TNG and DS9, and later DS9 and Voyager, though we make occasional minor tweaks to avoid interrupting 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

2369: Duet

2370:

By the end of this year we’ll have bid farewell to The Next Generation with the fantastic series finale “All Good Things,” we’ll have finally watched Enterprise’s far less popular series finale “These are the Voyages…”, and we will have been introduced to The Dominion, the major story driver for most of Deep Space Nine.


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

2370: All Good Things

2371:

Like Phase II was intended to do, and Discovery does again a few decades later, 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

2371: Past Tense

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 7    -    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

2372: Tuvix

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’ll have completed 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

2373: Flashback

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


2374: In the Pale Moonlight

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


2375: Bride of Chaotica

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


2376: The Haunting of Deck Twelve

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


2377: Nightingale

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


2378: Endgame

2379:

MOV    -    Star Trek: Nemesis


2379: 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.


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


2380: Cupid's Errant Arrow

2381:

LDS    Season 2, episode 1    -    Strange Energies

LDS    Season 2, episode 2    -    Kayshon, His Eyes Open

LDS    Season 2, episode 3    -    We’ll Always Have Tom Paris

LDS    Season 2, episode 4    -    Mugato, Gumato

LDS    Season 2, episode 5    -    An Embarrassment of Dooplers

LDS    Season 2, episode 6    -    The Spy Humongous

LDS    Season 2, episode 7    -    Where Pleasant Fountains Lie

LDS    Season 2, episode 8    -    I, Excretes

LDS    Season 2, episode 9    -    wej Duj

LDS    Season 2, episode 10    -    First First Contact

LDS    Season 3, episode 1    -    Grounded

LDS    Season 3, episode 2    -    The Least Dangerous Game

LDS    Season 3, episode 3    -    Mining The Mind's Mines

LDS    Season 3, episode 4    -    Room for Growth

LDS    Season 3, episode 5    -    Reflections

LDS    Season 3, episode 6    -    Hear All, Trust Nothing


We now travel back for our last Strange New Worlds episode, which is ABSOLUTELY a delight


SNW    Season 2, episode 7    -    Those Old Scientists

LDS    Season 3, episode 7    -    A Mathematically Perfect Redemption

LDS    Season 3, episode 8    -    Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus

LDS    Season 3, episode 9    -    Trusted Sources

LDS    Season 3, episode 10    -    The Stars at Night

2381: We'll Always Have Tom Paris

2383:

The first Star Trek since The Animated Series to be geared explicitly for kids, Star Trek: Prodigy takes place on the border of the Delta Quadrant last seen in Voyager, and features the return of several characters from that series. Don’t dismiss this as a “kids show” though, it’s quite complex, quite good, and quite Star Trek.


PRO    Season 1, episode 1    -    Lost & Found, Part 1

PRO    Season 1, episode 2    -    Lost & Found, Part 2

PRO    Season 1, episode 3    -    Starstruck

PRO    Season 1, episode 4    -    Dream Catcher

PRO    Season 1, episode 5    -    Terror Firma

PRO    Season 1, episode 6    -    Kobayashi

PRO    Season 1, episode 7    -    First Con-tact

PRO    Season 1, episode 8    -    Time Amok

PRO    Season 1, episode 9    -    A Moral Star

PRO    Season 1, episode 10    -    A Moral Star, Part Two

PRO    Season 1, episode 11    -    Asylum

PRO    Season 1, episode 12    -    Let Sleeping Borg Lie

PRO    Season 1, episode 13    -    All the World’s a Stage

PRO    Season 1, episode 14    -   Crossroads

PRO    Season 1, episode 15    -    Masquerade

PRO    Season 1, episode 16    -    Preludes

PRO    Season 1, episode 17    -    Ghost in the Machine

PRO    Season 1, episode 18    -    Mindwalk

PRO    Season 1, episode 19    -    Supernova, Part 1

PRO    Season 1, episode 20    -    Supernova, Part 2


Season 2 returns later in 2023



2383: Star Trek Prodigy

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

2385: Children of Mars

2387:

Okay. Deep breath. In 2387 the Romulan sun goes supernova, devastating the Romulan empire. A failed attempt by Starfleet to help stop this accidentally sends the Romulan mining vessel Narada back to 2233, creating an alternate reality  known as the “Kelvin Universe” or “Kelvinverse.” We'll be watching the three movies set in this universe next. It's essential to note that this new timeline DOES NOT replace the original “Prime” timeline, which still exists as it always has and to which we will be returning shortly.

2387: Romulan Supernova

2233 - (Kelvinverse):

The USS Kelvin is destroyed by the Narada, newly arrived from the Prime Universe 2387. This begins the divergence from the Prime timeline.

2233: USS Kelvin

2258 - (Kelvinverse):

Too action-oriented for some, and plot-holes galore, 2009’s “Star Trek” is not what I would want Star Trek to be all the time, but is a quite fun alternate take on the original series, with some great acting and effects. 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)


2258: Star Trek (2009)

2259 - (Kelvinverse):

MOV    Star Trek Into Darkness


2259: Star Trek Into Darkness

2263 - (Kelvinverse):

MOV    Star Trek Beyond


This film, while a solid improvement on Into Darkness, did not perform to expectations, meaning that the long-promised fourth film has been in-and-out of production for years, and I cannot say if we’ll ever see the Kelvin timeline again.


Therefore, we now return to the Prime timeline, already in progress.



2263: Star Trek Beyond

2399:

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

2399: Et in Arcadia Ego

The 25th Century

2401:

PIC    Season 2, episode 1    -    The Star Gazer

PIC    Season 2, episode 2    -    Penance

PIC    Season 2, episode 3    -    Assimilation

PIC    Season 2, episode 4    -    Watcher

PIC    Season 2, episode 5    -    Fly Me to the Moon

PIC    Season 2, episode 6    -    Two of One

PIC    Season 2, episode 7    -    Monsters

PIC    Season 2, episode 8    -    Mercy

PIC    Season 2, episode 9    -    Hide and Seek

PIC    Season 2, episode 10    -    Farewell


I gotta say, I really feel like the Picard seasons all make more sense if you assume A LOT more time takes place between them, but it is what it is.


PIC    Season 3, episode 1    -    The Next Generation

PIC    Season 3, episode 2    -    Disengage

PIC    Season 3, episode 3    -    Seventeen Seconds

PIC    Season 3, episode 4    -    No Win Scenario

PIC    Season 3, episode 5    -    Imposters

PIC    Season 3, episode 6    -    The Bounty

PIC    Season 3, episode 7    -    Dominion

PIC    Season 3, episode 8    -    Surrender

PIC    Season 3, episode 9    -    Vox

PIC    Season 3, episode 10    -    The Last Generation

2401: Disengage

The 31st Century

3074….ish:

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 that this episode takes place entirely in the Delta quadrant, far away from most of the events of the franchise.


VOY    Season 4, episode 23    -    Living Witness


3074: 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.


DIS    Season 3, episode 1    -    That Hope is You, Part 1


3188: That Hope is You

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    -    Su’Kal

DIS    Season 3, episode 12    -    There is a Tide…

DIS    Season 3, episode 13    -    That Hope is You, Part 2


3189: That Hope is You

3190:

DIS    Season 4, episode 1    -    Kobayashi Maru

DIS    Season 4, episode 2    -    Anomaly

DIS    Season 4, episode 3    -    Choose to Live

DIS    Season 4, episode 4    -    All is Possible

DIS    Season 4, episode 5    -    The Examples

DIS    Season 4, episode 6    -    Stormy Weather

DIS    Season 4, episode 7    -    …But to Connect

DIS    Season 4, episode 8    -    All In

DIS    Season 4, episode 9    -    Rubicon

DIS    Season 4, episode 10    -    The Galactic Barrier

DIS    Season 4, episode 11    -    Rosetta

DIS    Season 4, episode 12    -    Species Ten-C

DIS    Season 4, episode 13    -    Coming Home

3190: Discovery Season Four

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. There are still questions here. I expect Disco to answer them in Season 5, which will be the final season.


SHO   Season 1, episode 2    -    Calypso


Unknown: Calypso