Best 'Star Trek' episodes

Stacker ^ | July 20, 2023 | Chris Compendio

[where's_the_Outrage?]

It's hard to think of a more everlasting and impactful science fiction property than "Star Trek." In 1966, what is now known as "Star Trek: The Original Series" premiered on NBC, the brainchild of creator, writer, and executive producer Gene Roddenberry. What made "Star Trek" unique for its time was its devotion to an optimistic vision of society, one where human civilization has moved past war and poverty, boldly going "where no man has gone before."

This utopian future was reflected by a diverse cast, with the crew of the USS Enterprise including a woman of African descent (Nyota Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichols) and an Asian man (Hikaru Sulu, played by George Takei). Starting in Season Two, "Star Trek" added a Russian character (Pavel Chekov, played by Walter Koenig) during a real-life period of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.......

Read on to see if your favorite "Star Trek" episodes made the cut.

#25. Day of the Dove (1968)

#24. A Piece of the Action (1968)

#23. Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966)

#22. This Side of Paradise (1967)

#21. The Naked Time (1966)

#20. Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967)

#19. Arena (1967)

#18. The Tholian Web (1968)

#17. The Ultimate Computer (1968)

#16. A Taste of Armageddon (1967)

#15. The Corbomite Maneuver (1966)

#14. All Our Yesterdays (1969)

#13. Errand of Mercy (1967)

#12. The Menagerie: Part II (1966)

#11. The Menagerie: Part I (1966)

#10. The Devil in the Dark (1967

#9. The Enterprise Incident (1968)

#8. Journey to Babel (1967)

#7. The Doomsday Machine (1967)

#6. Amok Time (1967)

#5. The Trouble with Tribbles (1967)

#4. Space Seed (1967)

#3. Balance of Terror (1966)

#2. Mirror, Mirror (1967)

#1. The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)

[tumblindice]

If you are not the body, you will be absorbed.
Early democrats?

[Ciaphas Cain]

Any list of best Star Trek episodes that doesn't include "Mirror, Mirror" is highly suspect.

My personal favorite moment from the episode, Uhura's HILARIOUS fall toward the camera:

[tumblindice]

of the body

[Flaming Conservative]

I disliked the TNG one where they were cloned to populate a dying civilization. Not that they shouldn’t have been upset, but they turned their outrage into, “my body, my choice”, which was an obvious nod to abortion rights.

[Palio di Siena]

Whichever one had Yvonne Craig painted green

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Agreed

[pburiak]

“I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again, I would. Computer, erase log…”

[MotorCityBuck]

😄

[rbg81]

I liked “What are Little Girls Made Of” with Ted Cassidy.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Whom Gods Destroy

Star Trek: Season 3, Episode 14

https://youtu.be/1H2QvmWLT4s?si=7SMa_HwwIgk7jHAf

[Varsity Flight]

✅

[Ciaphas Cain]

I disliked the TNG one where they were cloned to populate a dying civilization. Not that they shouldn’t have been upset, but they turned their outrage into, “my body, my choice”, which was an obvious nod to abortion rights.

That episode was "Up The Long Ladder", written by Melinda Snodgrass, and it was DEFINITELY meant to insult the pro-life movement. In her own words:

"I got enormous flack from the right to life coalition because they destroyed the clones. They thought I was condoning abortion. In fact, I did put a line in Riker's mouth that was very pro-choice and the right to life coalition went crazy. He says "I told you that you can't clone me and you did it against my will, and I have the right to have control over my own body." That's my feeling and it was my soapbox, and it was one I got to get on.

[Frank Drebin]

[laplata]

Thanks for posting this. At 74 I remember the original Star Trek well. Great stuff!

[Dstorm]

One of my favorites was Requiem for Methuselah mostly for McCoy’s speech to Spock at the end.

“MCCOY: Well, I guess that’s all. I can tell Jim later or you can. Considering his opponent’s longevity, truly an eternal triangle. You wouldn’t understand that, would you, Spock? You see, I feel sorrier for you than I do for him because you’ll never know the things that love can drive a man to. The ecstasies, the miseries, the broken rules, the desperate chances, the glorious failures, the glorious victories. All of these things you’ll never know simply because the word love isn’t written into your book. Goodnight, Spock.”

[Varsity Flight]

#2. Metamorphosis ⏱️

[Varsity Flight]

“You know why you’re not afraid to die, Spock? You’re more afraid of living. Each day you stay alive is just one more day you might slip, and let your Human half peek out.

That’s it, isn’t it? Why, you wouldn’t know what to do with a genuine, warm, decent feeling.

Spock: Really, Doctor?
Dr. McCoy: I know. I’m worried about Jim, too.

-—Bread and Circuses

[Dstorm]

McCoy’s interaction with Spock always produced the best writing

[ChiefJayStrongbow]

Thanks

[JeemBeau]

I recall that she became the 2nd woman to fly solo (in a single-engine plane?) from Europe to the U.S. . Quiet an intelligent woman!

Deterred, detoured, or detained?