Watching the final Trek series I haven’t seen - DS9

Do you ever wish you could go back and watch a show you love for the first time again? Well, I've become a huge Star Trek fan and after seeing everything else, it's finally time to dive into Deep Space 9. I have high hopes given how highly regarded it is here and how much I've loved the rest of Star Trek.

Quick story: I first watched Star Trek 5 years ago, immediately after my first kid was born. My wife and I were bored, sitting on the couch and browsing Netflix when she found TNG, a show she knew her parents used to watch. It started off corny, but we quickly got hooked. I have great memories of being up in the middle of the night with the baby, watching Next Gen and learning more about the Trek world.

When we finished it, we jumped into Voyager, and by the time we finished that our second child was born. We went into Enterprise and did the same thing, then watched new Trek with Discovery, Picard, and Strange New Worlds. We rounded it out with the original series, the movies, Lower Decks (our new favorite), and the animated series which my firstborn is now old enough to stay up "late" and watch with us on weekends.

Skipping DS9 wasn't a conscious decision initially, but when we got closer to completing everything we decided to save it for when our third and final child shows up. Well, that happened a few days ago, so last night we cuddled up with the new baby and watched the pilot episode. I'm so excited about it I just had to share! On to episode 2 now...