What is your favourite Star Trek episode from the original series?

I much prefer the original, poorly acted and sometimes corny episodes of Star Trek. In fact I found the 'modern' ones to really suck! What do you folks think?



I placed this in the astronomy/space category in the hope of filtering out the stupid responses. Ya ya ! I'm cynical sometimes. (Bite my event horizon!)What is your favourite Star Trek episode from the original series?"The Trouble With Tribbles" was a goodie.



Philosophically, I rather enjoyed "A Taste Of Armageddon."



Another one that had some good moments was "Balance of Terror." Cat-and-mouse on the edge of the Romulan Neutral Zone was a lot of fun.



"The City on the Edge of Forever" was conceptually pretty good too. Time travel stories are usually more fun.



I rather liked some of the TNG episodes, though a lot of them were just as hokey as the original series. Can't remember the title but the episode about the two lost colonies, one a set of return-to-nature Irish types and the other a set of high-tech clones, was pretty funny. At least TNG didn't ALWAYS degenerate to "mystery monster of the week" status, unlike some older series such as "Lost in Space" and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."



Voyager and DS9 were lost causes, but I enjoyed some episodes of Enterprise. Hate to admit it, but I watched Enterprise mostly because of Jolene Blalock's clothes and the way they fit her. Tightly. OK, so I'm a randy old buck. But at least I'm honest.What is your favourite Star Trek episode from the original series?
MIrror, MirrorWhat is your favourite Star Trek episode from the original series?I agree, but I was watching and enjoying Voyager for awhile. The originals were made in a bygone era which adds to their appeal.
I know it's the cliche answer, but my favorite is "The City on the Edge of Forever".



My second favorite is "The Conscience of the King".



And, a very close third is "A Piece of the Action". It's a lot of fun. I often think that they wrote it to save money. Why? Because of the story, they were able to film it on the back lot at Paramount with almost no special effects. It has to be one of the least expensive episodes, but it was still a good time.What is your favourite Star Trek episode from the original series?Some TOS episodes haven't aged well, and sexist attitudes definitely factor in to some of them. Others, though, remain gripping drama to this day. One of my faves is The City on the Edge of Forever. I saw one of those retrospective thingies hosted by Leonard Nimoy who described The City as a classic Greek tragedy: the protagonist is going to lose, he knows he's going to lose, and he knows there's nothing he can do about it.



I found TNG to be generally good. There were a few clunker episodes, but some real standouts too, like The Measure of a Man and Cause and Effect. Unlike many, I actually liked The Dauphin...



After that, things went downhill. The best I could say about DS9 was that it had its moments. I found Voyager unwatchable, and wondered why they bothered with Enterprise.



Addendum: Interesting that Lost In Space got mentioned. When I saw it as a kid in the 1960s, I found it fascinating. Having seen it again as an adult, I'm damned it I can see why.What is your favourite Star Trek episode from the original series?
pretty odd that I can't remember my grandkid's birthday sometimes, but I'll never forget the word or the object "TRIBBLE"......yep... me, too........
They are all pretty corny. But I like the extremely corny episode called trouble with tribbles. Remember those hairy balls that take over the ship. Dumb but funny.What is your favourite Star Trek episode from the original series?
The Trouble with Tribbles was cute and funny. For dramatic impact, The City on the Edge of Forever.
I hate the original Star Trek; it is so freakin' sexist that it makes me want to vomit sometimes. :P But the Tribbles were cute, I have to admit...
I liked the episode entitled "Bite My Event Horizon"
Hands down my favourite TOS episode is "Mirror Mirror", where a transporter accident takes Kirk, Uhura, Bones and Scotty to an alternate universe where the United Federation of Planets is replaced by the Terran Empire.



Everyone carries phasers, high ranking officials have bodyguards, promotion is by means of assassination, and the uniforms (particularly female officers) are even more revealing than normal.



Kirk and his companions realise their alternate counterparts are not present, and so must assume the roles in this universe to avoid suspicion. A truly excellent episode.



Of particular fame for this episode is the alternate Spock who sports a menacing looking goatee beard. This difference - a means of saying "I'm slightly badder than the Spock you know" - was extremely far reaching. Dozens, if not more, references to this episode of Star Trek have popped up on television in the last 10 years or more:

- In Stargate SG-1, when alternate universes have been used, the character of Teal'c (who remains an enemy in those universes) sports a goatee.

- In an episode of South Park, alternate universe versions of Eric, Stan and Kyle all have goatees.

- In an episode of Robot Chicken, Michael Jackson fights his alternate universe counterpart, who has a goatee.

- In Stargate Atlantis episode "Doppleganger", Col Shepherd asks if his sociopathic dream counterpart has a goatee.

- In an episode of Futurama, there is an alternate version of Bender called Flexo - his only difference to Bender being a metal goatee.



In addition to this, Star Trek DS9 followed on from this episode, by showing episodes involving the same alternate universe one century on. Then, in the Star Trek Enterprise, there was a 2-part episode which showed the origins of the Terran Empire. It also involved time travel linking to another TOS Episode "The Tholian Web".



There are also several books in the Star Trek Realm that involve this same alternate universe. I've read Dark Mirror, which involves the TNG crew encountering that universe. William Shatner (who seems to have never really let go of Kirk's death in "Star Trek Generations"), wrote a series of books which take place after Kirk is resurrected from this death. Some of these books include the same mirrir universe again.



So, this episode really opened up the door for so many alternate universe references. Star Trek ... such a pioneering show.



Note: TOS = The Original Series. TNG = The Next Generation. DS9 = Deep Space Nine.
I liked the original pilot best. I still much prefer Pike over Kirk.