What Star Trek should I watch before Discovery?

What Star Trek should I watch before Discovery?

My personal recommendation would be to skip “Discovery” entirely — I wasn't able to make it through more than the first episode — and just watch “Star Trek,” “The Next Generation,” “Deep Space Nine,” “Voyager,” and “Enterprise.” To each their own, though.

Does Kirk appear in discovery?

Kirk (William Shatner) seems to have no legacy in Star Trek: Discovery's distant future and there are unfortunate reasons why the original Captain of the Starship Enterprise has been ignored by CBS All-Access' Star Trek series.

How old is Kirk during discovery?

According to Pine, the character is "a 25-year-old [who acts like a] 15-year-old" and who is "angry at the world", until he enrolls in Starfleet Academy basically after being 'dared' by Captain Christopher Pike.

Is Spock alive in discovery?

In Discovery, Admiral Vance says that the reunification of Vulcans and Romulans “took centuries after [Spock's] death.” This, however, is a presumed death. As far as Vance knows, Spock died sometime in 2387, trying to pilot his experimental ship, the Jellyfish, to use red matter to stop the Romulan supernova.

Should I watch Star Trek before Picard?

Picard is a story contained to one season and you don't require any knowledge of Discovery to follow it. Though some sort of Youtube primer about the various TNG episodes and movies it ostensibly follows on from might help your enjoyment of it.

Do I need to watch Discovery before Picard?

If you are a Star Trek fan and watched all of the shows up through Enterprise, then the best order to watch in is: First, don't watch season one of Discovery, Next, don't watch season two of Discovery. After that, don't watch season one of Picard.

When is the first episode of Star Trek Discovery?

• The first episode of Star Trek: Discovery takes place in 2255, a decade before the events of The Original Series. This means the first two seasons are set roughly 110 years before the events of The Next Generation, and roughly 100 years after the events of Enterprise. Here’s the full breakdown: Star Trek: Enterprise (2151-2161)

Who is the captain of Star Trek Discovery?

• But since Discovery takes place about 10 years before the events of Captain Kirk's The Original Series adventures on the Enterprise, the current commanding officer of the ship is Captain Christopher Pike (played by Inhumans' Anson Mount on Discovery), who Trek history tells us helmed the Enterprise just before James Kirk took over.

How did Kirk's father die in Star Trek?

• In this alternate timeline, Kirk's father died much younger than he did in the original Trek chronology. The upshot is that Kirk ends up getting recruited into Starfleet by Pike, who becomes something of a mentor to the young cadet.

What happens at the end of Star Trek Discovery?

• At the season's end, it was revealed the Discovery crew jumped into the future to thwart a time-traveling threat capable of destroying all life. Now, they're thought dead by Starfleet's most elite and their names have been expunged from records and forbidden to be mentioned by survivors to protect humanity.