[ghaff]

Well, the point is that--for most shows and most people--the idea of jumping into a previously aired series requiring a 100+ hour commitment to work through is daunting, to put it mildly. Given the amount of TV hours I budget, I know it's a non-started for me; I still haven't made it all the way through the Sopranos. There are a lot of shows--even many with well-defined arcs--that lend themselves to a "20 hour version" or so approach capturing both the overall flow and feel of the series. I'm not sure it works for everything--not sure about BSG or Lost for example--but I think it works pretty well for most of Star Trek.

[Nux]

Well, we definitely have different ways of watching stuff.

Which such good stuff such as ST, there are not enough episodes. I wish there were more. "It's the journey that matters!"

Re BSG, you DO NOT want to skip episodes, there's even a "right" order: http://thunderpeel2001.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/battlestar-gal...