| DS9 by far. So much more in sync with the world we see today than any of the other shows. The Dominion and their Jem H'adar very much the terrorists - no other series had the enemy make suicide runs on starships. The religious issue, the problems of facing a military career and having a family, and oh so many other problems in issues the other series never even touched. Sure, many Trek fans called it a soap opera and complained it had no "trek" but for me it was well above the other Star Trek series. I often identified with Sisko and his command choices and problems. That was certainly crystalized when his father called him up to complain that Sisko wasn't looking for his missing grandson and Sisko in total frustration with it all bellows "I don't have any choice! There's a WAR ON!! I go where they send me!". You never saw that kind of angst in the other shows.
So my list is thus:
DS9
TNG
Voyager
Enterprise
The original series
That's kind of odd for me to look at as I can well remember being a snob about TNG when it came on and felt it didn't hold a candle to the old Trek. It took them a couple seasons but then the stories really took off. Now I have a hard time even including the original show in my list. It's just so very different from the rest of the franchise it really belongs in it's own catagory.
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