Welcome to the club! Personally I thought the first two seasons of DS9 were also patchy, like TNG, and it wasn't till S3 that it really 'hit its stride'. If you think S1 is already really good, then you are in for a real treat when you do reach the later seasons!
Especially considering this relationship is the basis of the biggest tearjerker, and often-considered best episode of all, The Visitor (in S4, the opener I think, or certainly an early ep.)
A friend commented that it had a special resonance for him, which I also felt when I finally watched it...
One step at a time? I'd guess the focus on TOS now is because of the "let's update the effects" gimmick, and at the same time they would remaster for a future HD release. No doubt TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT will be revisited in due course, with hi def transfers for re-release on Blu-ray, but they...
Very well put Chris.
I just wish I had more time and could re-watch DS9 more often. But between work, family and that much new great TV (BSG in particular), doesn't leave much time -- heck, in watching DS9 for the first time on DVD, I took forever in getting through S1 to S3, and it was...
Trek, and TNG in particular, always espoused that the principles they lived by were paramount, regardless of consequence, which is very nice philosophically, but the real world isn't so black-and-white. "In The Pale Moonlight" was one instance where "the ends justifies the means" took on real...