S1 is pretty bad. S2 isn't much better. But it really takes off in S3 and it's a solid ride to the end, with some episodes that are stand-out best-of-era TV.

S1 is pretty bad. S2 isn't much better. But it really takes off in S3 and it's a solid ride to the end, with some episodes that are stand-out best-of-era TV. DS9 has a few of those too, but it's grittier and less obviously utopian.