Ranking Star Trek Pilots From Every Series Worst To Best

10. The Captain Is The Most English Frenchman Ever, And The Pilot Is Blind - What Could Go Wrong?

With the success of the movies kicking Star Trek back into warp speed, it was time for the franchise to return to its roots. Star Trek The Next Generation was conceived as a continuation of the show and to say that it was met, initially, with lukewarm reactions is underselling it.

The Original Cast were not entirely on board to begin with. George Takei, James Doohan and even Deforest Kelley (the seemingly nicest man who ever lived) were not thrilled to hear that they were being replaced in the eyes of Trekkies everywhere. Kelley was the first to come around, appearing in the pilot in one of the most heartwarming scenes of The Next Generation's seven year run.

The rest of the cast also eventually came around, though Encounter at Farpoint is rarely voted by fans as the best episode of the show. While there is a lot to like - both the visuals and the introduction of Q serve as highlights to the premiere - it suffered from that common ailment of not knowing quite what it was as it came out the door.

Although, it's safe to say that, as time went on - The Next Generation did kind of ok!