Strange New Worlds does have little Easter Eggs for fans of TOS, but none of them are integral to the stories. Mostly they stayed true to their promise of a stand-alone episodic series, which I liked. No prior knowledge required, but some knowledge increases enjoyment… especially of the season finale.
I didn’t write much about season 2 of Picard, mostly because I’m of mixed feelings about it. It was good, but the story arc stretched too long… it would’ve made a good two-parter with additional stories for the characters. I also feel the bond between the characters is too forced, especially Picard and Raffi, which I might not have felt if we’d seen additional adventures they shared. But it was watchable, and that era of Trek will probably always be nearest to my heart purely due to my age, so I’ll keep watching. But since they went out of their way to negate the very existence of Discovery from the prime universe, I’ll gladly go ahead and ignore it completely, too. On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 7:15 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m not too worried about TOS references, as I have had multiple close > viewings of all of those episodes throughout the years. > > On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 6:58 PM Pete Ahles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Before watching Strange New Worlds, you should watch the Original Series >> two part episode "The Menagerie". >> The Season 1 finale references "Balance of Terror" heavily. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 8:42 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks. I like Picard, and so interested to see Strange New World, but >>> for reasons related to what Kevin noted, would be just as happy to leave >>> Discovery behind for now. >>> >>> On Sat, 9 Jul 2022 at 5:21 PM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> There's no cross-referencing, so you can watch them at your convenience. >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 7:58 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> For reasons not important here, I have not yet watched the latest >>>>> seasons of the three current Star Trek series. 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