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 Post subject: The top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time
PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:36 pm 
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The top 100 episodes of Star Trek. They even included a few Enterprise and Animated Series episodes. I can't say I really disagree or immediately noticed any obvious omissions. What say you all?


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 Post subject: The top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time
PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:39 pm 
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That list sucks.

(Note: Did not read it.)


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 Post subject: The top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time
PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:43 pm 
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I just assumed they culled all the TOS stuff from your posts in that other thread.

Seriously, though, I've been rewatching (or watching for the first time for most episodes) Deep Space Nine. I really didn't appreciate how great that spinoff was.


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 Post subject: The top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time
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Bobson Dugnutt wrote:
I just assumed they culled all the TOS stuff from your posts in that other thread.

Seriously, though, I've been rewatching (or watching for the first time for most episodes) Deep Space Nine. I really didn't appreciate how great that spinoff was.


I did not watch DS9 long enough for it to get really good.


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 Post subject: The top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time
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It got it's sea legs a LOT faster than TNG did. By the end of Season 2, I'd say DS9 had itself figured out.

And then they threw Worf and the Klingons in, along with the Mirror Universe, and just made it better.

Although, the episodes with Lwaxana Troi annoy the shit out of me. I can not figure out why they kept bringing her back after Roddenberry died.


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 Post subject: The top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time
PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:20 pm 
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This is actually too hard for me to do. I'd have to refamiliarize myself with far too many episodes to properly place them in order, and that would take a long time, even if I had access to all of them, which I don't. Unlike TOS, I haven't seen each series multiple times, let alone each episode half a dozen times or more.

But I did quickly order the TOS from best to worst (more or less).

001 The City On The Edge Of Forever = 10/10
002 Where No Man Has Gone Before = 9/10
003 The Corbomite Maneuver = 9/10
004 Balance Of Terror = 9/10
005 The Doomsday Machine = 9/10
006 The Ultimate Computer = 9/10
007 The Devil In The Dark = 9/10
008 Who Mourns For Adonais? = 8/10
009 The Changeling = 8/10
010 Mirror, Mirror = 8/10
011 Day Of The Dove = 8/10
012 Obsession = 8/10
013 The Tholian Web = 8/10
014 The Galileo Seven = 8/10
015 Journey To Babel = 7/10
016 Elaan Of Troyius = 7/10
017 The Naked Time = 7/10
018 Arena = 7/10
019 Space Seed = 7/10
020 The Menagerie, Part 1 = 7/10
021 The Menagerie, Part 2 = 7/10
022 The Immunity Syndrome = 7/10
023 Requiem For Methuselah = 7/10
024 Shore Leave = 7/10
025 The Squire Of Gothos = 7/10
026 The Apple = 7/10
027 Amok Time = 7/10
028 Bread And Circuses = 7/10
029 Plato's Stepchildren = 7/10
030 All Our Yesterdays = 7/10
031 Friday's Child = 6/10
032 The Trouble With Tribbles = 6/10
033 What Are Little Girls Made Of? = 6/10
034 Tomorrow Is Yesterday = 6/10
035 The Return Of The Archons = 6/10
036 The Paradise Syndrome = 6/10
037 Patterns Of Force = 6/10
038 A Taste Of Armageddon = 6/10
039 The Deadly Years = 6/10
040 The Gamesters Of Triskelion = 6/10
041 Errand Of Mercy = 6/10
042 Catspaw = 6/10
043 I, Mudd = 6/10
044 A Piece Of The Action = 6/10
045 A Private Little War = 6/10
046 Assignment Earth = 6/10
047 Operation Annihilate! = 6/10
048 By Any Other Name = 6/10
049 Specter Of The Gun = 6/10
050 The Savage Curtain = 6/10
051 Whom Gods Destroy = 6/10
052 This Side Of Paradise = 6/10
053 The Omega Glory = 5/10
054 That Which Survives = 5/10
055 The Man Trap = 5/10
056 Court Martial = 5/10
057 The Enterprise Incident = 5/10
058 Is There In Truth No Beauty? = 5/10
059 Wolf In The Fold = 5/10
060 Return To Tomorrow = 5/10
061 Wink Of An Eye = 5/10
062 Metamorphosis = 5/10
063 Let That Be Your Last Battlefield = 5/10
064 The Conscience Of The King = 5/10
065 Charlie X = 5/10
066 The Lights Of Zetar = 5/10
067 The Empath = 4/10
068 The Mark Of Gideon = 4/10
069 The Enemy Within = 4/10
070 Spock's Brain = 4/10
071 And The Children Shall Lead = 4/10
072 For The World Is Hollow And I have Touched The Sky = 4/10
073 Dagger Of The Mind = 4/10
074 The Alternative Factor = 4/10
075 Turnabout Intruder = 4/10
076 The Cloud Minders = 3/10
077 Mudd's Women = 3/10
078 The Way To Eden = 3/10
079 Miri = 3/10


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 Post subject: The top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time
PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:56 pm 
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20. "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"

19. "The Ultimate Computer"

18. "The Devil in the Dark"

17. "A Taste of Armageddon"

16. "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"

15. "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

14. "Turnabout Intruder" --(BTW, how hot was Nurse Chapel as a redhead or brunette [hard to tell]?)

13. "The City on the Edge of Forever"

12. "The Galileo Seven"

11. "The Menagerie"

10. "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"

9. "Amok Time"

8. "Whom Gods Destroy"

7. "Court Martial"

6. "Return to Tomorrow"

5. "Mirror, Mirror"

4. "The Enterprise Incident"

3. "Balance of Terror"

2. "Journey to Babel"

1. "All Our Yesterdays"


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:58 pm 
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Bobson Dugnutt wrote:
http://io9.com/the-top-100-star-trek-episodes-of-all-time-1641565699

The top 100 episodes of Star Trek. They even included a few Enterprise and Animated Series episodes. I can't say I really disagree or immediately noticed any obvious omissions. What say you all?

Tribbles is way too high.


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Majel Barrett played a brunette as #1, a blonde as Nurse Chapel, but I don't recall her as a redhead in her younger years. Was she a redhead at some point in TOS?


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Tribbles is overrated, I agree.


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 Post subject: The top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time
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I never noticed that. What episode was that? I can miss color changes so easily. Green Goats. I mean, come on.

Operation--Annihilate!? I just watched that, and I didn't even notice. When it comes to colors, I'm more blind than Spock. :paranoid:


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:19 am 
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Bobson Dugnutt wrote:
It got it's sea legs a LOT faster than TNG did. By the end of Season 2, I'd say DS9 had itself figured out.

And then they threw Worf and the Klingons in, along with the Mirror Universe, and just made it better.

Although, the episodes with Lwaxana Troi annoy the shit out of me. I can not figure out why they kept bringing her back after Roddenberry died.


DS9 was marvelous. (Although apparently a certain dude who calls himself Uncle Twitchy violently disagrees.)

As I recall there were only two Lwaxana Troi episodes of DS9, which is really not so bad.


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:20 am 
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I could be wrong, but I think Peter David did a novel where he explains why all of those Majel Barrett characters look the same. That guy is the John Byrne of Star Trek novels.


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 Post subject: The top 100 Star Trek episodes of all time
PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:36 am 
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20. "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"

19. "The Ultimate Computer"

18. "The Devil in the Dark"

17. "A Taste of Armageddon"

16. "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"

15. "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

14. "Turnabout Intruder" --(BTW, how hot was Nurse Chapel as a redhead or brunette [hard to tell]?)

13. "The City on the Edge of Forever"

12. "The Galileo Seven"

11. "The Menagerie"

10. "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"

9. "Amok Time"

8. "Whom Gods Destroy"

7. "Court Martial"

6. "Return to Tomorrow"

5. "Mirror, Mirror"

4. "The Enterprise Incident"

3. "Balance of Terror"

2. "Journey to Babel"

1. "All Our Yesterdays"


If possible, please tell me in a non-spoiler-y way what makes "Yesterdays" your top pick.

If it is not possible to do without spoilers, then please disregard. Thanks.


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:29 am 
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Is it because Mr. Atoz is
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a hilarious name for a librarian?

Hey, I liked most anything Ian Wolfe did.


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:49 am 
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Good to see Tuvix in there (#56) - one of my favourite 'ethical conundrum' episodes of any TV show, ever.

I also agree with the comments about Darmok; although the linguistic conceit isn't that well thought-out, it's still a well acted and engaging episode, IMO.

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Doot, I can't without spoilers. Let's just say I found it to be one of the most poignant Star Trek episodes.


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Hanzo the Razor wrote:
Doot, I can't without spoilers. Let's just say I found it to be one of the most poignant Star Trek episodes.

If you're into Trek novels, there are a couple of sequels to that story. I remember them as being pretty good. A lot of TOS novels in the 80s and 90s are outstanding. A lot of them are pretty awful too, unfortunately. :lol:


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One of my favorite of the Bantam Trek novels was a sequel to that story. I will not tell the title because it is a spoiler. :smile:

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Bobson Dugnutt wrote:
http://io9.com/the-top-100-star-trek-episodes-of-all-time-1641565699

The top 100 episodes of Star Trek. They even included a few Enterprise and Animated Series episodes. I can't say I really disagree or immediately noticed any obvious omissions. What say you all?


Balance of Terror, #1, Baby! Nice.
It's normally in the top five, but rarely #1.

#24 is my favorite Deep Space Nine episode, Duet, but I never saw too many of those.

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