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Ranking every Star Trek series from the worst to the greatest

By Lauren Coates

Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available exclusively in the United States on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service.Pictured left to right: Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn and Brent Spiner in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATIONScreen grab: ©1989 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved
Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available exclusively in the United States on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service.Pictured left to right: Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn and Brent Spiner in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATIONScreen grab: ©1989 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved /
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7. Star Trek: Picard

This is the first ranking on our list that may have some of you up in arms. Before you come for us with bat’leth, let us explain ourselves. Of course, there’s a lot to love about Star Trek: Picard. The cast, first and foremost, is one of the strongest things Picard has going for it. Much of what makes the show great can be attributed to Patrick Stewart, who reprises his role as the iconic captain Jean-Luc Picard. Although many fans complained about the characterization of Picard in the new series, nobody can deny that Stewart’s performance is nothing short of stellar.

He slips effortlessly back into the role he left 30 years ago, and seeing him reunite with other fan favorites like Riker, Troi, and Data is a sheer delight for fans of The Next Generation. However, beyond the cast, that’s where we began to struggle with Picard. We were never completely sold on the Soji twin plot, nor did we come to care about Rafi, Agnes, or Narek. Santiago Cabrera’s Cristobal Rios is a bright point in the series, but on the whole, the plot was confused and messy, as well as far too rooted in science-fiction as opposed to philosophy, the meat and potatoes of The Next Generation.

While we can’t say that we won’t tune in for season two, we just didn’t love Picard enough to rank it above any of the other remaining shows in the Trek canon.

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