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Mine has always been Errand Of Mercy with the great John Colicos as Commander Kor.

"Hmm.....smile and smile.....I don;t trust men who smile too much..."  :teddyr:

Original series: CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
TNG: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

I watched that last night on Fox Retro, believe it or not.  :teddyr:

And judging by my bad typing, I don't trtsut poeple whooo mak typeoes either  :wink:

Balance of Terror - okay so it's a WWII warship vs. submarine movie, but the performance from the Romulan commander (Mark Lenard, who would go on to play Spock's father in later episodes) and the whole cat-and-mouse scenario combined to make a truly unforgettable episode.

The Doomsday Machine - an extremely dramatic episode with a fantastic performance by William Windom as Commodore Decker make this another unforgettable one for me.

There are a bunch of other standout ep's but those are my two favorites.

I like the one where the spaceships go 'pew! pew!'

I can't think of any off hand that I would consider a favourite, though I am a very casual fan of the series. 


That said I read a Star Trek novel that my folks had at home once that was pretty interesting, about some planet which had Devil-like aliens in it and it was pretty interesting and introduced me to Sci-fi novels [it was the first 'set in space' book I read when I was very young.]

I can't remember the exact plot, but I remember one of the aliens seducing someone with their 'devil' ways and something about the lead alien possibly being a vegan [or at least having a particular diet of some sort]

Very hazy, yes, but I remember enjoying it all the same.

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Long time Star Trek fan here....these are among my very favorites from the original series:

The Enemy Within
The Corbomite Maneuver
Balance of Terror
Errand of Mercy
The City on the Edge of Forever
Amok Time
The Doomsday Machine
I,Mudd
Journey to Babel
The Trouble With Tribbles
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
The Tholian Web
Let This Be Your Last Battlefield

I really liked Star Trek-The Next Generation but these folks will always be my favorites:

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The Inner Light.

I have a lot of favourites so I'll break them up into different parts:

Must-see Classic Trek:

Balance of Terror
Space Seed
This Side of Paradise
The Devil in the Dark
The City on the Edge of Forever
Amok Time
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
The Naked Time
Journey to Babel
The Enterprise Incident
The Tholian Web
All Our Yesterdays

Notable for great acting/dialogue:

The Conscience of the King
The Ultimate Computer
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
Plato's Stepchildren
Requiem for Methuselah
Errand of Mercy

Personal Favourites That Just Resonate With Me:

Charlie X
The Enemy Within
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
The Galileo Seven
The Squire of Gothos
Arena
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Immunity Syndrome
By Any Other Name
Bread and Circuses
Assignment: Earth
Wink of an Eye
Let This Be Your Last Battlefield
The Way to Eden
The Cloud Minders
Shore Leave
Spectre of the Gun

Fun cheese:

Catspaw
Spock's Brain
The Lights of Zetar
The Savage Curtain

^ Oh yeah, I loved Catspaw, great episode to watch around Halloween.  The Galileo 7 was another fav'e of mine too.

Tough question. I've been watching TOS again for the first time in a few years, and I keep getting reminded of great episodes.

I would have to put The Doomsday Machine high on the list. Not only a great performance by William Windom, but I always thought the planet killer itself was a really cool machine.

Spock's Brain is good. Kind of a funny episode with some neat ideas, and Deforest Kelley is at his scenery-chewing best.

The City on the Edge of Forever has lots going for it. A solid time-travel story with humour, drama and lots of insane Bones.

And the funniest episodes, A Piece of the Action and The Trouble with Tribbles both have a lot going for them.

Also, A Wolf in the Fold, That Which Remains, The Squire of Gothos, By Any Other Name, The Naked Time and certainly more.

I haven't watched TOS in a long time, I should get on that again. I remember some years ago, a friend had borrowed me his DVDs, and I was really surprised at how good this one episode was. I had expected the show to be much more campy...which, I guess, some episodes will deliver. Anyway, in said episode, Kirk lands on some planet, loses his memory, and becomes part of what I remember as being an indian tribe. Anyone know the name of that ep?

That was The Paradise Syndrome.
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TOS- Balance of Terror
TNG- Inner Light- where Picard lives a whole life as someone else in a few minutes.
DS9- The Die is Cast- Where the Cardassiana nd Romulans attack the Dominon, and get stepped on.
Voyager- two of them
  Equinox- Where Voyager discovers a ship who didn't take teh high road to get home.
  Basics I/II- The Season 2 fanale where the crewman who murdered is required to save the ship.
Enterprise- Never got into it (I blame the theme song) But I did like the role the Andorians played (Jeffry Combs!)

For me it's...
Mudd's Women
I' Mudd
The Devil in the Dark
The Doomsday Machine
Journey to Babel
The Tholian Web
All Our Yesterdays
The Conscience of the King
The Ultimate Computer
The Galileo Seven
The Squire of Gothos
Arena
The Immunity Syndrome
Assignment: Earth

And for ultimate cheese, indeed...SPOCK"S BRAIN Brain, what is brain? :bouncegiggle:

And who can't like Harry Mudd?
Con man, cheat, liar and rogue! He belongs in jail, which is where I thought I left you,Mudd
"And thereby, hangs a tale..."

Here's two nobody seems to pick. I don't know why. I think they are both great episodes. I really like "Return of the Archohns."  Where the people in the village acted like happy zombies until the Red Hour, then they beat the crap out of each other. Their god Landrew was a computer and Kirk tricked him into self destruction. I also really like "Friday's Child." I like how the Klingon acted all tough, but quickly gave away his ships location when Kirk put a knife to his throat. Plus Tier Aakkarr, sounds like a cheap men's cologne. I also like that Bones slapped that stupid queen, you couldn't get away with that today.

The Corbonite Maneuver
Amok Time
Arena
Specter of the Gun (Cheesy, but I love it).
Friday's Child
Shore Leave
Space Seed
Mirror Mirror
The Enemy Within
A Piece of The Action

I, Borg


Loved that one!

Tapestry I thought was an interesting character piece. Better than Inner Light which I feel is a little over rated.

Not sure of the title, but there was an classic 60's episode about an archaeologist who was protecting the very last of an alien species of shape-shifting vampire that would suck the salt out of it's victims' bodies.
The scientist was protecting it in return for the information it was giving him about the creature's once living culture and history. It took the shape of his wife to give him comfort.
This was a step apart from the usual United Federation of Planets drawl where Kirk was playing peacemaker, or making out with alien women.  This was a well-done and somewhat scary episode.  It's my fave!

That is (I think) The Man Trap: quite creepy.  :smile:

I think it was the 2nd episode of the original series that I saw, and it scared the s*** out of me. It scared me so bad that it put me off the series for quite some time.

Original series -
AMOK TIME
CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
BALANCE OF TERROR

The Next Generation -
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS (2 part)
Q WHO?
STARSHIP MINE

Really? It scared you THAT bad? There again as a kid it's easy to see how, it was a very serious story and it had a very menacing premise and a somewhat scary creature.

I also remember being scared by the faceless, glittery hat and coak wearing Zaticons from the Lost In Space Episode 'wreck Of The Robot." Just the way they walked and talked in those meanicing tones..

Ye-es! It really scared me that bad.

I can see why though...come to think of it, somewhat off topic, I also remember being somewhat scared (but also fascinated) by the one Lost In Space episode, "Prisoners Of Space" (if I'm right.)

In that one, the Robinsons were put on trial by a galactic jury of their peers for crimes against space.  The courtroom scene was so awesome...a  mist-filled cave, with all manner of space monsters from every corner of the galaxy, amid the eerie music of John Willaims. There was a memory machine that would tell if the person was lying or not as it played their testimony out on screen.

Monsters are cool no matter what dude. They scare, but they also fascinate. So, hats off a free round for all our monster buddies!  :cheers:

Balance Of Terror
The Doomsday Machine
Squire Of Gothos
Dagger Of the Mind
Arena
Shore Leave
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
Obsession
Return Of the Archons