An Introduction to A Season of Star Trek in 13 Episodes

So, I am reading the weekly review of DS9 on the AV Club, and someone makes the comparison that "Improbable Cause" is the point in DS9 where the shit gets real. Inevitably, comparisons pop up saying it is no Wire or Breaking Bad, but a very good show. Then the naysayers come with their "Yeah, but the 'Muse' was terrible, bringing down Season 4." It bugs in my head for a bit, then I think:

What if each season of any Star Trek show had only 13 episodes?

In the attempt to produce 23-26 episodes of content a year, Star Trek in the 90s and Aughts sometimes let bad scripts and poor attempts make it to screen to fulfill contracts and keep the entertainment train running. 

So, on a message board, I posted this challenge to create 13 episode seasons of Star Trek. We started with DS9 and Voyager, often seen as the perfect place to start condensing. We moved on to Enterprise and The Next Generation. While the DS9 is all my work, Voyager, Enterprise, and part of TNG is the work of great collaborators. You can find the original work HERE

Yet, the thread can be hard to follow and more difficult to link to specific seasons when someone asks about it online. So, I present to you this blog: an easy look at what some guys on the internet tried to modernize Trek's presentation in a way that maintains the great characterization, grand serialized plots, and really gets the essence of the series. 

Be sure to follow the tags if you are looking for a particular series. I will try to post the seasons in order, but internet things happen.  Welcome to "A Season of Star Trek in 13 Episodes"