Hey, he’s like, just this guy, you know?
There are problems with Season 1, Season 2 has a better hook and because they replaced the commander and are doing a bunch of catch up work, there’s no harm starting there then circling back.
Season 1 is a slow burn and there are a lot of filler episodes that don’t go anywhere (looking at you Infection, Deathwalker, Believers, TKO).
That being said, the must watch season 1 episodes:
1-3, 5-8, 11-13, 16-20, 22.
It’s not that season 5 is bad, it’s that they pretty much resolved everything in season 4 when they didn’t think they were getting a season 5.
Then, after they hit it out of the park with 4, TNT comes along and goes “So about season 5…”
“Uhh… yeah… season 5… heh.” 💧💧😅💧💧
First season is all setup. Really, start with season 2.
Season 4 is the single best season of sci fi television ever done.
Here’s what I would do…
Burn through season 2 and 3, then go back and watch season 1 so you can see all the seeds they planted there before hitting season 4.
Season 5 is the “Oh, crap, we thought we weren’t getting a season 5…”
I was an admin at a company that was borderline psychopathic. Yeah, tons of abuse at all levels. No progression unless you were a member of the executive teams family or married to one of them. Completely dysfunctional workplace.
Abuse. Don’t take it. Know your worth.
This story was used to good effect in the comic issue Fantastic Four #275.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Fantastic_Four_Vol_1_275
She Hulk was suntanning on the top of the Baxter building, and some jerks in a helicopter blew off her bathing suit and got some topless photos.
They sold them to some shady skin magazine, and even though She Hulk sued, couldn’t stop them from going to print…
Where the printer color corrected everything to remove the green, just showing an angry woman on a roof.
They even referenced the Star Trek story in the book.
First, you kinda had to be there…
Star Trek: The Motion Picture kind of went over like a wet fart in church. People really didn’t like it.
So II rolls up, changes the uniform styles, brings back a classic villain, a tense, action driven script, and emulates Balance of Terror which is quite possibly the best TOS episode.
Then, following it up is Search For Spock which was mostly forgettable. Then Voyage Home which is just as well liked as II.
That started the early meme of “odd numbered ones suck, even numbered ones are good.”
Which held for V and VI as well.
Which one? ;)
I’m in the minority who believes Fox was right to start Firefly with the Train Robbery, so what do I know? :) (I know my wife fell asleep 1/2 way through the original pilot.)