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Personally, I’d say yes if they’ve heard of Captain Kirk and Mister Spock.
Not all of it, but a couple of select episodes such a Space Seed and Balance of Terror.
Then a couple of TNG episodes like The Measure of a Man and Q Who
If they’re into it after that, some TOS films (2,3 and 4 come to mind) and a few more TNG episodes in order.
The first couple of DS9 episodes to see if they like the space station format, but after season 2 or 3 I think those need to be watched in order really.
Then Voyager, then Enterprise.
If they don’t get on with TNG, maybe look at the first few episodes of Discovery. If that’s a bit grim for them, Strange New Worlds should be light enough.
Prodigy might be a good start if they don’t want to watch 60 years of legacy Trek to catch them up.
And Lower Decks is nice and light but I think they’d get far more out of it if they have some reference on what’s being riffed on.
