[Bender2]

#4 "Spectre of the Gun"

(originally titled "The Last Gunfight") is an episode from the third season of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek, that was first broadcast on October 25, 1968, and repeated on April 4, 1969. This show was the last episode to air on NBC at 10p.m. on Fridays. It is episode #61, production #56, and was written by former producer Gene L. Coon (under the pseudonym of Lee Cronin) and directed by Vincent McEveety.

In this episode, having been found trespassing into Melkotian space, Captain Kirk and members of his crew are sent to die in a re-enactment of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral..

Loved the early 1950ish TV... minimalist set decoration--

But the Melkotian bad guy... and plot was way less than abstract artsy!

I'll take it from here, Bendy... and Gene Coon's nom de plume gets his just reward--

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#3 "And the Children Shall Lead"

is a third season episode of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek, and was broadcast October 11, 1968. It is episode #59, production #60, written by Edward J. Lakso and directed by Marvin Chomsky.

In this episode, on a distant planet, Kirk, Spock and McCoy find a scientific team dead, and their children who, unknown to the crew, have great powers at their disposal.

When the guest star is a lawyer, the results cannot be good and here they prove this to the nth degree.

No, you cannot do this-- I'm... a lawyer!

Logically, if they were my offspring... I'd whip their hind ends until they couldn't hold shucks!

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#2 "Spock's Brain"

is the first episode of the third season of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek, first broadcast September 20, 1968. It was the first episode to air after NBC moved the show from 8:30 P.M. to 10 P.M. on Friday nights. It was repeated July 8, 1969. It is episode #56, production #61, written by Gene L. Coon (under the pseudonym Lee Cronin) and directed by Marc Daniels.

In this episode, an alien female beams aboard the ship and, after incapacitating the rest of the crew, surgically removes Spock's brain. Kirk and the crew have just hours to locate and restore it before Spock's body dies.

Yes, the episode had some nice... eye candy for Kirk to charm--

But this abomination is almost a tie with #1 below, so, close, but no #1 cigar for Void-Head Spock--

Logically I deserved a bad review... but 2 years and a fine!

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Drum Roll... Please!

Maestro, the Fairfare... if you will.

#1 "The Way to Eden"

is the twentieth episode of the third season of the original science fiction television series, Star Trek was broadcast February 21, 1969. It was written by Arthur Heinemann, based on a story by Heinemann and D. C. Fontana (using the pen name "Michael Richards"), and directed by David Alexander.

In this episode, the Enterprise is hijacked by a madman-scientist and his fanatical, hippie-like followers who are blindly obsessed in finding a mythical planet of perpetual paradise. is the nineteenth episode of the second season of the original science-fiction television series, Star Trek, first broadcast February 2, 1968, and repeated on August 23, 1968. The screenplay was written by Gene Roddenberry, based on a story by Don Ingalls under the pseudonym Jud Crucis, and directed by Marc Daniels. It was intended as an allegory about America's involvement in the Vietnam War.

First, it is not the good Doc Sevrin using a hand sign... that make me throw up a little in my mouth--

But this attempt to pay tribute the 1960s 'Hippie... Movement' smells worse than the hippies ever did!

Did I really... look like that?

Did you... ever!

All these stinkers come from the final Third Season and the only one I've even seen in probably 30 years is "Spectre of the Gun" that I pulled up from Netflix to show a friend just exactly what early 1950ish TV minimalist set decoration was--

[Bender2]

Okay, y'all talk amongst yourselves... while I make a beer run.

[blueunicorn6]

The only hippies I hate worse than old hippies is future hippies.

[Army Air Corps]

At least the Space Hippies suffered at the end of the episode.

[Az Joe]

So bad they were good!

[Hugin]

By the third season the series had already been cancelled, and budgets cut. Many of those scripts were clearly written to take advantage of existing sets and costumes. Aside from OK Corral World, there was Nazi World, Roman World, 20s Gangster World, and a time travel trip to the Depression. Some like the last two were pretty good, the first two should have been on your list.

[Jhadur]

The Way to Eden?

Seriously? Sure, the plot is thin and the characters are cardboard cut-outs...

...but Kirk & Spock kick liberal’s butts...what could be wrong with that?

[FreedomStar3028]

The best episodes of Star Trek are not to be found in TNG. Nor are the worst.

In the pale moonlight is the best Star Trek episode of all time. Period.

The worst probably is the Star Trek: Enterprise series finale.

I actually liked most of these TNG episodes. #4 is pretty good, as well as #3. #1 is pretty terrible. no comment on #2.

[Emergencyawesome]

Assignment: Earth, Lame spin off attempt

[Dilbert San Diego]

It would be cool to rank order all the Star Trek episodes from best to worst. There’s an endless parlor game for people, considering there are so many opinions as to which episodes are good and which not so great .......

[Celtic Conservative]

And the children shall lead: The skipper from “gilligans island” in a dress and five brats.

CC

[yarddog]

I just looked them up and the last 3 episodes were all pretty bad. I liked Star Trek but it had run it’s course.

[Emergencyawesome]

Any episode that has evil Lincoln

[Sybeck1]

The worse is IMO is the Alternative Factor. It is flat out boring. All the ones above at least have fun camp qualities

[Political Junkie Too]

We reach!

-PJ

[LeoTDB69]

The addition of Harry Mudd could have saved any of these 4.

[Bratch]

We reach, Mr. Bender.

[FredZarguna]

You got three out of four, not too bad, although I would switch one and two: "Brain and brain! What is brain!?" pretty much cinches Spock's Brain in the top slot.

Unfortunately, you blew yourself up completely with the #4 choice, which was actually one of the BEST Star Trek TOS of the third season. (Not saying a lot, but certainly it doesn't come anywhere close to deserving your ranking.)

Replace #4 with The Empath and you've got 100%.

[aomagrat]

The Lights of Zetar is my least favorite.

[left that other site]

LOL! I concur! :-)

[FredZarguna]

Oh, and by the way, I believe Spectre of the Gun was specifically done as an homage to Roddenberry, who wrote a number of episodes of Jefferson Drum, Bat Masterson, and Richard Boone's #1 hit series, Have Gun Will Travel.