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1) Always release order, for every piece of media. Chronological order is for retards.
2) There are four main Star Trek series that are worth your time: The Original Series (TOS), The Next Generation (TNG), Deep Space 9 (DS9), and Enterprise (ENT). Voyager (VOY) is generally pretty terrible due to inconsistent writing, and the 2009 movie and everything made after it is more like a Marvel Studios production wearing Star Trek's skin.
Of those series, TNG and DS9 are the two that I can recommend watching all the way through and which are the two best on-ramps for the series. TOS has a lot of mediocre filler and is exceptionally slowly paced, while ENT is only the kind of thing that would appeal to someone already familiar with the setting.
TNG is a pretty standard, episodic sci-fi series where the crew of an exploration ship encounters a weird new thing every episode and has to endure or solve it. It is an extremely optimistic show that very rarely compromises on the notion that everyone in the Federation is honest and hardworking. The first season is also full of really bad episodes due to the uncertainty around the show's production.
DS9 is episodic but has more story arcs and recurring characters, and the show questions some of the optimistic notions that make up the fabric of TNG. It is significantly darker, both morally and in atmosphere, and really embodies Star Trek's gritty edgy 90s phase. The first season has a lot of bland shot/reverse shot composition because the set was still under construction, but there are a couple episodes that are contenders for the high points of the series.
I think anyone who watches both shows would be hard pressed to say honestly that TNG is better, but the two shows have very different flavors and they're both good. If you like one, you'll like the other. DS9 also has Gul Dukat, a man who famously did nothing wrong.
>okay, but what do I DO??
What I did, and what I recommend everyone do, is to start at the beginning of DS9 and simply watch the 3-part series premiere. If you want to see more of the characters, continue watching the series. It's literally that simple, and you won't be missing anything major because almost all the alien races and setting information that DS9 is built upon are novel to it. The backstory of Captain Benjamin Sisko, the protagonist of the series opener, references the battle of Wolf 359, an event from one of TNG's more famous episodes. In TNG we are only shown the aftermath of the battle but in DS9 we get a brief glimpse of what it was like aboard a ship there, and how Sisko had to leave his wife behind in order to help evacuate the ship he was captaining.
What trekkies love to tell people who are curious about the franchise is that "you need to watch X" but this is wrong. Literally just watch the TV shows like anyone else would have at the time they aired and you'll figure for yourself if you like it or not. If you decide to go exploring some of the other series or extended universe stuff, you'll notice all these little pieces of lore that work together and pay homage to each other, and that kind of thing can't be expedited by binging it all. Give yourself time.
I personally enjoyed following along with each episode on the Star Trek wiki Memory Alpha to see production info, but that did open me up to pretty serious spoilers so I'd steer clear if I were you.
Hope this helped. Star Trek is a beautiful franchise that has meant a lot to me and many others over the years.
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