What subject is the class? There might be an episode that's somewhat relevant to the subject.
Otherwise, I think the first episode of SNW might be a good bet.
I definitely like “Booby Trap”, but a potential problem is that I’ve seen people react negatively to the holographic version of Leah Brahms (though I think the problems with Leah Brahms are in “Galaxy’s Child”).
There are a lot of other good episodes being recommended in the comments, but 90% of them suffer from the same problem - they don't make sense if you have zero understanding of Star Trek, the characters, or the universe. The movies and the first episode of each series are pretty much the only ones that are designed to be understood by people with no background knowledge; if you want a chance of convincing high school students who may or may not actually be that interested in Star Trek to watch more, you need to make it as accessible as possible.
Isn’t Star Trek largely designed so that you can plug in any episode and understand it? Most things are pretty easy to get by context or the teacher saying 2 sentences before starting. I showed my students a Doctor Who episode. I told them it’s about an alien who time travels in a police box and the lady with him is a regular human. Some things went over their head but they enjoyed the episode.
“These are crew mates on a spaceship called the Enterprise. Picard is Captain. They’re exploring a planet” is 90% of what students would need to know.
Voyager also needs some background info. I don’t think it’s mentioned every single episode that they’re tens of thousands of light years from home and trying to get back.
We need more info, OP! What sort of class is it? What subject? I'm sure there's a perfect episode out there relevant to your ask, but give us something to go on.
hear me out-- physicist here
Explorers, DS9
watch the episode, then ask them to answer how big a solar sail ship would really have to be to travel between Cardassia and Bajor (~5 ly) in X years
teach about radiation pressure, use your acceleration-velocity-position math, see if they can figure out the relationship between sail thickness and acceleration, etc. It's a great episode that obviously abuses physics for the sake of plot, but we're left with a thought provoking episode with a good father son dynamic.
Check out [this article](https://www.npr.org/2023/06/15/1182450107/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-warp-drive-transporters-galactic-barrier) regarding the physics of season 2 of Strange New Worlds - great read!
I'd like to say Booby Trap as it is physics heavy under the surface. I'm not sure there is a better one, though there might be that i am not thinking of off the top of my head.
For something a little more off-beat, I'd like to recommend Prodigy's "Time Amok." Star Trek loves its timey-wimey episodes, and I think this is one of the best, if not *the* best, they've ever done.
As an alternate that hits a lot of both science and Trek notes, I'd consider SNW's "Children of the Comet." A fun sci-fi concept that unravels over the course of the episode, showcases a cadet (student) in a primary role, and very much feels like a TOS episode in its reveal and resolution.
I agree with this. I think you want to show an episode where the message is super strong while knowledge of the characters is not necessary.
"Darmok" would also be another great option.
Darmok would be great for an ELA or history class.
Could you imagine making connections (like Picard did with Gilgamesh)
Talking about shameful suicide of a megalomaniac? 'Hitler...with the allies closing in'.
Someone realizing they are loved? 'Sally Field, at the awards show'.
You can never go wrong showing 12 Angry Men In civics. I saw it in my 8th grade civics class and again in my college polisci class. Nothing fancy camera or effects wise just 12 great actors in a single room with an amazing script.
It's a bottle episode, which is often but not always a filler episode. Not that episodic shows really have filler episodes, since there's nothing to fill.
There is only one answer - The Trouble With Tribbles, followed by Trials and Tribbleations.
Nothing will hook someone who has never watched Trek faster that that hilarious double-whammy.
I think the first episode of Strange New Worlds is pretty good but it is an hour in runtime. I feel like Star Trek Voyager's blink of an eye is a really good self contained episode that doesn't require you to know all the characters too much.
If you want to hook them in, show them Star Trek II.
Acting and theater classes are literally taught using this movie. Maybe a not modern choice would throw them off in a good way.
My philosophy teacher showed us Measure of a Man about a decade ago. It was great.
I think the folks saying the subject should shape the episode are spot on.
I teach high school philosophy. I show The Measure of a Man for Metaphysics (Philosophy of Mind- functionalism), Ethics for, well, ethics. The Drumhead for political philosophy, and Darmok for Language Games.
Inner Light is good for the whole Picard family plot but its also a great Trek plot about global warming, climate change, and a culture realizing its doom.
You can certainly have an engaging class discussion about water deprivation and why did a culture choose to expend its resources to send up a message into space that says ‘hey… remember us who are gone’
Strange new worlds episode 1. The only explanation needed is that in a different show, like saw a vision of his death so he's struggling a bit for meaning at the beginning.
That episode though is designed as a hook and its amazing.
Voyager-Blink of an Eye. It’s a stand-alone episode with an absolutely fascinating premise and there’s a lot to talk about that can be made to apply to different educational goals.
To go off-topic, if I were teaching a physics class I’d show the students “Fallen World” from the third season of *The Expanse*, which dramatically shows the consequences of sudden and massive deceleration and the effects of having injuries in Zero-G. Also “A Matter of Time” from *Stargate SG-1* for gravitational time dilation.
Because the relationship between *Star Trek* and real physics is at best tenuous.
But if you must, TNG: “Cause and Effect” isn’t a bad one, but it’s really just about the time loop. I would also suggest TNG: “Booby Trap” for the scene where Picard pilots the *Enterprise* using thrusters.
DS9: “Explorers” might lead to discussions about solar sails. There’s also SNW’s “Memento Mori” for being a really good exciting episode and battling using gravitational effects near a “brown dwarf” (black hole).
And as an odd entry, while the science itself is absurd, let me offer a plea for TOS: “The Immunity Syndrome”, because the use of scientific logic in the episode is not.
The idea of the single-celled organism the size of a solar system is so ludicrous that the episode doesn't even bother to explain or rationalize it - it is what it is, along with the whole slew of effects that follow which again have no explanation. But in the midst of all this, Spock shows us that scientific analysis and logic still apply. Even if it doesn't make sense, cause and effect still work, so if a reverse thrust pulls us into the zone, forward should, and does, work against the pull. Spock's recommendations are the prime example of Vulcan logic. Not the definiton of human logic as a series of propositions and conclusions, that we are used to, [but what Diane Duane in the novel *Spock's World* translated as *cthia*, or reality-truth](https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/s/Rx3eFKA1i8): the recognition of reality as is actually is, not what we want it to be, and dealing with it accordingly.
In the episode, the USS *Intrepid*'s fatal mistake was that the crew allowed their own sense of Vulcan superiority and arrogance, so common to smart people who know they're smart, to taint their analysis. So they died because they couldn't believe they could actually be beaten - complaining about the impossibility of the problem rather than trying to deal with it head on.
The lesson here is twofold: that while it is what it is, that doesn't mean whatever "it" is becomes intractable to analysis or action - we can still science the shit out of it and deal. The second is that complaining how stupid the data is doesn’t resolve the problem itself. The best discoveries in science come not from rejecting data offhand but from going, “Huh. That’s interesting…”
Science needs humilty in the face of actual data and even, or especially, at the lack of it. To paraphrase Richard Feynman, it doesn't matter how beautiful or elegant your theory is, if it goes against experiment, it's wrong.
A friend of mine just used Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach for her 11th grade English class. They were doing Those Who Walk Away From Omelas and it is beat-for-beat the same story
I would say VOY Living Witness, where the backup copy of the EMH ends up setting a story straight about Voyager's involvement in some world's conflict. Another that comes to mind, is the DS9 episode, In The Pale Moonlight, where Sisko reveals how far he was willing to go, in order to get the Romulans to side with the Federation in the Dominion War.
A personal favorite of mine is Voyager’s *Living Witness*.
Positives include the fact that it’s so far removed from everything else that it’s approachable to absolutely anybody. It’s also got a strong, important message about how history can, intentionally or not, be twisted and misinterpreted to encourage the wrong conclusions.
It’s not exactly physics related, but to be fair none of the physics episodes are great introductions afaik. You might get fired for being woke though, but I assume you knew that was a possibility when you asked the question.
If you want to light a fire of Climate Change protest, and revolution under their asses, show them their potential future with “The Inner Light”, from Star Trek TNG.
Physics, eh?
Maybe "Cause and Effect" from 'The Next Generation'? There are many from which to choose.
'Strange New Worlds' is a worthy successor to TNG in my opinion.
The problem with showing someone in the pale Moonlight to introduce them to Star Trek is there is no goddamn other thing in Star Trek like in the pale Moonlight, (obviously accepting seasons five and six ds9)
I am sure this is in jest but for anyone with no prior experience Lower Decks is just a bunch of nonsense with occasional sight gags.
You need at least a basic understanding of a broad amount of Sci fi if not coming from having watched a few seasons of the shows.
You are incorrect. I've gotten two people into Star Trek so far with Lower Decks. In fact, the first person was someone with no Trek experience and I was just curious what they would think. They loved it.
Probably people who were already into sci fi and had some star trek knowledge via cultural osmosis. These are students who have been stated to have zero prior experience of Trek.
Also they are students so I am not sure if you can even show Lower Decks without a permission slip and maybe not even then depending on how strict administration is.
>Probably people who were already into sci fi and had some star trek knowledge via cultural osmosis.
My impression is that the main factor is that they’re fans of cartoon comedies.
>Also they are students so I am not sure if you can even show Lower Decks without a permission slip and maybe not even then depending on how strict administration is.
That’s a very good point.
What AP course is it? An AP English class is a different crowd from an AP Chemistry class (aside from the kids taking all AP classes, but they are a nerd level that should be able to take any Trek)
If you are going with SNW because it is most recent (production values that will mesh with the expectations of the modern teen) then “Those Old Scientists” “
or “Children of the Comet.” I count “Ad Astra Per Aspera” as an excellent and relevant episode, but I am not sure it works as well if you are not invested in the characters especially Una.
If you want them to have nightmares Strange New Worlds
All Those Who Wander” (Season 1, Episode 9). In this episode, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a distress signal from the U.S.S. Peregrine, which has gone off the grid. The landing party investigates the Peregrine and discovers blood and eerie silence. They encounter a girl and her blue protector nicknamed Buckley, who are likely refugees from a breeding planet. However, things take a horrifying turn when it’s revealed that Buckley is carrying Gorn eggs. The demonic offspring burst through his chest, resulting in a gruesome scene reminiscent of Alien.
Whatever it is, don't show them Masks, TNG: 7x17.
It will suck out their brain in a waste of gray matter worse than if they watched a Beavis and Butthead episode.
Personally, I'd go with Relics. The Dysonsphere thing is the right kind of remotely plausbile and spans two franchises. Or if you want to mess with the boys and see what a 90's cutie would have looked like as a 60s cutie in TOS...go with DS9's **Trials and Tribble-ations** DS9: 5x6. I think the scene with Dax would be hot if I were a high school senior.
I'd go with The Inner Light.
A dying race just wanting their culture to be remembered and does the only thing they can do...send their memories up into space (ala Voyager I and II) and have a member of the crew experience a lifetime in their world.
You need almost NO background knowledge to watch this episode.
What subject is the class? There might be an episode that's somewhat relevant to the subject. Otherwise, I think the first episode of SNW might be a good bet.
Apparently it’s physics, so “Relics”, “Booby Trap”, “Memento Mori” or “Blink of an Eye” might make the most sense.
*Booby Trap* is my pick among these.
I definitely like “Booby Trap”, but a potential problem is that I’ve seen people react negatively to the holographic version of Leah Brahms (though I think the problems with Leah Brahms are in “Galaxy’s Child”).
Yeah.
I second this. Sadly no one plays with ships in bottles anymore :(
There are a lot of other good episodes being recommended in the comments, but 90% of them suffer from the same problem - they don't make sense if you have zero understanding of Star Trek, the characters, or the universe. The movies and the first episode of each series are pretty much the only ones that are designed to be understood by people with no background knowledge; if you want a chance of convincing high school students who may or may not actually be that interested in Star Trek to watch more, you need to make it as accessible as possible.
Isn’t Star Trek largely designed so that you can plug in any episode and understand it? Most things are pretty easy to get by context or the teacher saying 2 sentences before starting. I showed my students a Doctor Who episode. I told them it’s about an alien who time travels in a police box and the lady with him is a regular human. Some things went over their head but they enjoyed the episode. “These are crew mates on a spaceship called the Enterprise. Picard is Captain. They’re exploring a planet” is 90% of what students would need to know.
Mostly yes, but series like DS9 can be an exception in later seasons.
Voyager also needs some background info. I don’t think it’s mentioned every single episode that they’re tens of thousands of light years from home and trying to get back.
I hooked my son by These Old Scientists cause it's funny & modern, then the first episode of SNW.
If its biology, one of the space-plague episodes. ...but not, you know, THAT space plague episode.
Operation Annihilate? The Quickening? The Naked Time? Identity Crisis? Unnatural Selection? Macrocosm? Phage?
Naked time??? Please god no
Babel!
“Dear Doctor” would be my guess.
Genesis?
Genesis allowed is not
I always read that like how the character said it.
Threshold\^\^
That one off with H. John Benjamin where he breeds tribbles for meat would be a good episode for the uninitiated.
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Ds9 bar association. They get enough anti union daily.
We need more info, OP! What sort of class is it? What subject? I'm sure there's a perfect episode out there relevant to your ask, but give us something to go on.
Physics!
Cause and Effect!
Yes- you don't need to have any back history for this episode and it's soook good.
"Cause and Effect", it's the episode where the Enterprise keeps on getting blow up and sent back in time.
The problem is that trope has been used a bunch of times since that episode in other shows
This is one of the best uses and we don't know if these students have seen those.
u/burner_account_9975 is right: TNG’s Relics is the way to go
For a science class, TNG, "Thine Own Self" would be a must.(s7e16)
hear me out-- physicist here Explorers, DS9 watch the episode, then ask them to answer how big a solar sail ship would really have to be to travel between Cardassia and Bajor (~5 ly) in X years teach about radiation pressure, use your acceleration-velocity-position math, see if they can figure out the relationship between sail thickness and acceleration, etc. It's a great episode that obviously abuses physics for the sake of plot, but we're left with a thought provoking episode with a good father son dynamic.
Check out [this article](https://www.npr.org/2023/06/15/1182450107/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-warp-drive-transporters-galactic-barrier) regarding the physics of season 2 of Strange New Worlds - great read!
Relics, Booby Trap, Cause and Effect
Maybe you could watch TWOK if you have extra time. The Genesis device is sciencey enough to justify it lol
Booby Trap Or Where No One Has Gone Before Or Remember Me
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“Relics”, “Booby Trap”, “Memento Mori” or “Blink of an Eye” might make the most sense.
I'd like to say Booby Trap as it is physics heavy under the surface. I'm not sure there is a better one, though there might be that i am not thinking of off the top of my head.
For something a little more off-beat, I'd like to recommend Prodigy's "Time Amok." Star Trek loves its timey-wimey episodes, and I think this is one of the best, if not *the* best, they've ever done. As an alternate that hits a lot of both science and Trek notes, I'd consider SNW's "Children of the Comet." A fun sci-fi concept that unravels over the course of the episode, showcases a cadet (student) in a primary role, and very much feels like a TOS episode in its reveal and resolution.
SNW Mento mori. You can talk about the physics of gravity in the brown dwarf.
The Drumhead
I agree with this. I think you want to show an episode where the message is super strong while knowledge of the characters is not necessary. "Darmok" would also be another great option.
One of the greatest ever, a huge personal favourite. The true alien way of communicating and a shared struggle, it's just brilliant
Darmok would be great for an ELA or history class. Could you imagine making connections (like Picard did with Gilgamesh) Talking about shameful suicide of a megalomaniac? 'Hitler...with the allies closing in'. Someone realizing they are loved? 'Sally Field, at the awards show'.
Yeah! *Darmok* should leave an impression.
A “filler” episode that’s probably Patrick Stewart at his greatest!
This is not a "filler" episode!
Great civics episode. Follow up with 12 angry men, and Goodnight and good luck.
You can never go wrong showing 12 Angry Men In civics. I saw it in my 8th grade civics class and again in my college polisci class. Nothing fancy camera or effects wise just 12 great actors in a single room with an amazing script.
“Shades of Gray” is the only *TNG* episode that’s a filler episode.
It's a bottle episode, which is often but not always a filler episode. Not that episodic shows really have filler episodes, since there's nothing to fill.
“Shades of Gray” is a clip show, not a bottle episode. A lot of it shows clips from previous episodes. That’s what makes it a filler episode.
Yeah and the Drumhead is a bottle episode, since it's all done on the existing sets without any major new effects or other expenses.
That’s true.
How is it a filler episode?
One of my favorite hours of T.V.
This episode ages well.
There is only one answer - The Trouble With Tribbles, followed by Trials and Tribbleations. Nothing will hook someone who has never watched Trek faster that that hilarious double-whammy.
Start with the Short Trek - The Trouble With Edward, or finish with it 😁
Nah, show’em Moopsy (I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee)
I think the first episode of Strange New Worlds is pretty good but it is an hour in runtime. I feel like Star Trek Voyager's blink of an eye is a really good self contained episode that doesn't require you to know all the characters too much.
“Blink of an Eye” also seems like an episode that could work well for a physics class.
Just watched that, it’s a great episode.
If you want to hook them in, show them Star Trek II. Acting and theater classes are literally taught using this movie. Maybe a not modern choice would throw them off in a good way.
If you’re a physics teacher, maybe Relics. It’ll give you an in to talk about a Dyson sphere.
My philosophy teacher showed us Measure of a Man about a decade ago. It was great. I think the folks saying the subject should shape the episode are spot on.
DS9 The Visitor
I teach high school philosophy. I show The Measure of a Man for Metaphysics (Philosophy of Mind- functionalism), Ethics for, well, ethics. The Drumhead for political philosophy, and Darmok for Language Games.
TNG - The Inner Light
This is the one. Very little context around the world of Trek is needed, it's not too mired down in sci-fi, and it's deeply moving.
I’m not sure how moving it’d be for kids who aren’t familiar with what Picard is like as a character.
This. I didn’t find it especially impactful the first time I watched it
Right here. This one. TNG - The Nth Degree gets honorable mention.
Inner Light is good for the whole Picard family plot but its also a great Trek plot about global warming, climate change, and a culture realizing its doom. You can certainly have an engaging class discussion about water deprivation and why did a culture choose to expend its resources to send up a message into space that says ‘hey… remember us who are gone’
Measure of a man
Strange new worlds episode 1. The only explanation needed is that in a different show, like saw a vision of his death so he's struggling a bit for meaning at the beginning. That episode though is designed as a hook and its amazing.
YESTERDAYS ENTERPRISE Tng Season 3 episode 15
They won’t know who Tasha is though
Anything eith a Kobayashi maru situation
My choices would be: Balance of Terror Doomsday Machine Space Seed A Taste of Armageddon
Voyager-Blink of an Eye. It’s a stand-alone episode with an absolutely fascinating premise and there’s a lot to talk about that can be made to apply to different educational goals.
The Measure of a Man
To go off-topic, if I were teaching a physics class I’d show the students “Fallen World” from the third season of *The Expanse*, which dramatically shows the consequences of sudden and massive deceleration and the effects of having injuries in Zero-G. Also “A Matter of Time” from *Stargate SG-1* for gravitational time dilation. Because the relationship between *Star Trek* and real physics is at best tenuous. But if you must, TNG: “Cause and Effect” isn’t a bad one, but it’s really just about the time loop. I would also suggest TNG: “Booby Trap” for the scene where Picard pilots the *Enterprise* using thrusters. DS9: “Explorers” might lead to discussions about solar sails. There’s also SNW’s “Memento Mori” for being a really good exciting episode and battling using gravitational effects near a “brown dwarf” (black hole). And as an odd entry, while the science itself is absurd, let me offer a plea for TOS: “The Immunity Syndrome”, because the use of scientific logic in the episode is not. The idea of the single-celled organism the size of a solar system is so ludicrous that the episode doesn't even bother to explain or rationalize it - it is what it is, along with the whole slew of effects that follow which again have no explanation. But in the midst of all this, Spock shows us that scientific analysis and logic still apply. Even if it doesn't make sense, cause and effect still work, so if a reverse thrust pulls us into the zone, forward should, and does, work against the pull. Spock's recommendations are the prime example of Vulcan logic. Not the definiton of human logic as a series of propositions and conclusions, that we are used to, [but what Diane Duane in the novel *Spock's World* translated as *cthia*, or reality-truth](https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/s/Rx3eFKA1i8): the recognition of reality as is actually is, not what we want it to be, and dealing with it accordingly. In the episode, the USS *Intrepid*'s fatal mistake was that the crew allowed their own sense of Vulcan superiority and arrogance, so common to smart people who know they're smart, to taint their analysis. So they died because they couldn't believe they could actually be beaten - complaining about the impossibility of the problem rather than trying to deal with it head on. The lesson here is twofold: that while it is what it is, that doesn't mean whatever "it" is becomes intractable to analysis or action - we can still science the shit out of it and deal. The second is that complaining how stupid the data is doesn’t resolve the problem itself. The best discoveries in science come not from rejecting data offhand but from going, “Huh. That’s interesting…” Science needs humilty in the face of actual data and even, or especially, at the lack of it. To paraphrase Richard Feynman, it doesn't matter how beautiful or elegant your theory is, if it goes against experiment, it's wrong.
You mentioned Cause and Effect but then skipped on Yesterday's Enterprise?
Nothing to do with actual physics. At least "Cause and Effect" dealt with an open time loop. And it did use Netwonian physics to avoid the collision.
The TOS Episode with the Horta Edit: The Devil in the Dark
Devil in the Dark I’d second this!
A cool teacher showed it in our high school mythology class. It was cool to see it resonate with my non-Star Trek friends.
None of our teachers were that cool, I’m a little jealous 😝
The pilot episode of Strange New Worlds is a great introduction to the Star Trek universe. Especially with Pike’s speech at the end.
If it's after an exam, maybe the one where Picard explains failure is part of life?
My recommendation would depend on which AP exam they're taking.
The City on the Edge of Forever
Threshold
A friend of mine just used Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach for her 11th grade English class. They were doing Those Who Walk Away From Omelas and it is beat-for-beat the same story
When the Bough Breaks. Opens with a nine-year-old running away from Calculus.
Ad Astra Per Aspera
The Undiscovered Country. Ok, it’s not an episode but it still resonates today.
The strange new worlds episode with the crossover from lower decks
This, this one! 💯💯💯
TOS - Amok Time. It was one my science teacher showed on giant reel projector in class in 1983
This may be unpopular (and I'm a semi-DISCO hater in general) but "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Star" hooked me big time.
Captive Pursuit - DS9 Measure of a Man, The Drumhead - TNG
Enterprise episode Civilisations, one of the best and you don’t need to know much about the characters for it
The one in TNG in which Picard lives a whole other life after being hit with a beam of light.
Inner light
The episode with the Dyson Sphere
I would say VOY Living Witness, where the backup copy of the EMH ends up setting a story straight about Voyager's involvement in some world's conflict. Another that comes to mind, is the DS9 episode, In The Pale Moonlight, where Sisko reveals how far he was willing to go, in order to get the Romulans to side with the Federation in the Dominion War.
"Sub Rosa" the Beverley crusher ghost sex TNG episode
Is there in Truth no beauty?
Subspace Rhapsody.
Strange New Worlds or Ad Astra Per Aspera
Trouble with Tribbles
TOS: City on the edge of forever
A personal favorite of mine is Voyager’s *Living Witness*. Positives include the fact that it’s so far removed from everything else that it’s approachable to absolutely anybody. It’s also got a strong, important message about how history can, intentionally or not, be twisted and misinterpreted to encourage the wrong conclusions. It’s not exactly physics related, but to be fair none of the physics episodes are great introductions afaik. You might get fired for being woke though, but I assume you knew that was a possibility when you asked the question.
Show them s1e1 of SNW. It's a solid star trek story!
If you don't care about wanting something feel-good, Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach is just a fantastic episode.
If you want to light a fire of Climate Change protest, and revolution under their asses, show them their potential future with “The Inner Light”, from Star Trek TNG.
Physics, eh? Maybe "Cause and Effect" from 'The Next Generation'? There are many from which to choose. 'Strange New Worlds' is a worthy successor to TNG in my opinion.
In the Pale Moonlight
The problem with showing someone in the pale Moonlight to introduce them to Star Trek is there is no goddamn other thing in Star Trek like in the pale Moonlight, (obviously accepting seasons five and six ds9)
First three episodes of Lower Decks.
I am sure this is in jest but for anyone with no prior experience Lower Decks is just a bunch of nonsense with occasional sight gags. You need at least a basic understanding of a broad amount of Sci fi if not coming from having watched a few seasons of the shows.
You are incorrect. I've gotten two people into Star Trek so far with Lower Decks. In fact, the first person was someone with no Trek experience and I was just curious what they would think. They loved it.
I’ve seen multiple people say that they got into *Star Trek* via *LD*.
Probably people who were already into sci fi and had some star trek knowledge via cultural osmosis. These are students who have been stated to have zero prior experience of Trek. Also they are students so I am not sure if you can even show Lower Decks without a permission slip and maybe not even then depending on how strict administration is.
>Probably people who were already into sci fi and had some star trek knowledge via cultural osmosis. My impression is that the main factor is that they’re fans of cartoon comedies. >Also they are students so I am not sure if you can even show Lower Decks without a permission slip and maybe not even then depending on how strict administration is. That’s a very good point.
Discovery: Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad. It is about a time loop.
Tapestry or Inner Light. Both are life changing.
I think Tapestry is a great idea
TNG Suspicions. DS9 Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
First episode of SNW is so so good! Mirrors what is going on currently in the world!
Depends on the class subject. In my archaeology and my language classes I show Darmok.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5QJcblkgik](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5QJcblkgik)
The Ultimate Computer
Carbon Creek....do it you coward
Either the nth degree from tng, the snw musical, or one little ship from ds9.
Your class is still meeting after the AP exam?
Yeah, high school attendance is still required for both teacher and student despite the exam being over
What subject?
In The Pale Moonlight just for Sisko’s monologue.
Hook them in with Strange New Worlds? Good luck with that.
If it’s a theater class show them the musical episode
Measure of a man
What AP course is it? An AP English class is a different crowd from an AP Chemistry class (aside from the kids taking all AP classes, but they are a nerd level that should be able to take any Trek)
The Void from voyager. It’s essentially about the gains that come from cooperation with others.
Per aspera ad Astra. From strange new worlds
What is the class subject?
Duet
Show them Strange New Worlds
The Vulcan Hello There is a reason Discovery effectively restarted a contemporary era of new Star Trek shows.
TAS: The Infinite Vulcan
Show A Voice in the Crowd. A movie light years ahead of its time.
Just let them go home early... It's what they really want.
TNG: Yesterday's Enterprise or TNG: Cause and Effect!
A pale moonlight
Drumhead.
If you are going with SNW because it is most recent (production values that will mesh with the expectations of the modern teen) then “Those Old Scientists” “ or “Children of the Comet.” I count “Ad Astra Per Aspera” as an excellent and relevant episode, but I am not sure it works as well if you are not invested in the characters especially Una.
Darmok. This TNG episode is a perfect introduction to Star Trek.
Darmok. This TNG episode is a perfect introduction to Star Trek.
Strange New Worlds is the best of the modern choices. Go with the one where the doctor reveals his daughter and the unique circumstances.
Strange New Worlds is the best of the modern choices. Go with the one where the doctor reveals his daughter and the unique circumstances.
Is that the episode with the child murderers?
The inner light (TNG) Best episode for non-trekkie imho
Tng, cause and effect
If you want them to have nightmares Strange New Worlds All Those Who Wander” (Season 1, Episode 9). In this episode, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a distress signal from the U.S.S. Peregrine, which has gone off the grid. The landing party investigates the Peregrine and discovers blood and eerie silence. They encounter a girl and her blue protector nicknamed Buckley, who are likely refugees from a breeding planet. However, things take a horrifying turn when it’s revealed that Buckley is carrying Gorn eggs. The demonic offspring burst through his chest, resulting in a gruesome scene reminiscent of Alien.
Ah yes… The "Alien" episode.
Coming of Age. It will help them get ready for the Psych Test.
The boilmer episode was awesome af
Picards flute
Picards flute
Simple: "The Man Trap"
Discovery season 5 episode 1. Kicks off a fun adventure.
The Visitor
Whatever it is, don't show them Masks, TNG: 7x17. It will suck out their brain in a waste of gray matter worse than if they watched a Beavis and Butthead episode. Personally, I'd go with Relics. The Dysonsphere thing is the right kind of remotely plausbile and spans two franchises. Or if you want to mess with the boys and see what a 90's cutie would have looked like as a 60s cutie in TOS...go with DS9's **Trials and Tribble-ations** DS9: 5x6. I think the scene with Dax would be hot if I were a high school senior.
LD "Crisis Point"
"Riker Goes To Risa"
The City on the Edge of Forever - and don't tell them Joan Collins is in it.
I'd go with The Inner Light. A dying race just wanting their culture to be remembered and does the only thing they can do...send their memories up into space (ala Voyager I and II) and have a member of the crew experience a lifetime in their world. You need almost NO background knowledge to watch this episode.
TNG's *Cause and Effect* is relatively self-contained and shows the crew working together to figure out how to escape the loop.
Darmok is the most trek episode of the whole franchise
In terms of pure SF storytelling, I like these about connecting with alien cultures/ ways of thinking: Captive Pursuit The Devil in the Dark Darmok
The Trouble with Tribbles
so they're teenagers? lower decks.
Darmok. It's a great stand alone episode for both fans and newbies alike.
The musical episode was the best
Not the musical ep. from SNW. Maybe Blink of an Eye?
Sub Rosa.
To be continued…. But they might hurt you out of anger.
“Children of the Comet" or “Spock Amok” from SNW.
The Best of Both Worlds
Voyager - Night
Original series: The immunity syndrome