I actually preferred the earliest seasons. Humans as the scrappy underdogs exploring the galaxy are more fun to watch than the humans who have been around the block for a few years and are building space ships for themselves. Also, half of the early episodes are dedicated to adding some interesting worldbuilding concepts. There are only a handful of episodes in the latter half of the series that added some neat new concept.
I always consider that the early seasons were them throwing a lot of shit at the wall to see what sticks and feels right, and then they actually followed through on that. Like how the quantum mirror episode carried a lot of water for later plot points. They just didn’t take themselves seriously from the get go, and were able to figure out something that works, so the cringe stuff doesn’t even feel that bad in the long run, we just move on, it’s not coming back anyway.
Plus there’s a couple of big episodes that were in surprisingly early seasons, like the “crystal boy tries to heal O’Neill”, that showed what kind of stories they wanted to make, that it was worth keeping up with.
As with most shows, the first couple seasons are the weakest, but the show overall is just fantastic. It’s a must-see for scifi fans.
I actually preferred the earliest seasons. Humans as the scrappy underdogs exploring the galaxy are more fun to watch than the humans who have been around the block for a few years and are building space ships for themselves. Also, half of the early episodes are dedicated to adding some interesting worldbuilding concepts. There are only a handful of episodes in the latter half of the series that added some neat new concept.
Oh I don’t disagree, just that the first two seasons had a significant amount of cringe that smooths out by season 3.
I always consider that the early seasons were them throwing a lot of shit at the wall to see what sticks and feels right, and then they actually followed through on that. Like how the quantum mirror episode carried a lot of water for later plot points. They just didn’t take themselves seriously from the get go, and were able to figure out something that works, so the cringe stuff doesn’t even feel that bad in the long run, we just move on, it’s not coming back anyway.
Plus there’s a couple of big episodes that were in surprisingly early seasons, like the “crystal boy tries to heal O’Neill”, that showed what kind of stories they wanted to make, that it was worth keeping up with.