My Trek Rankings By Season

[Joeman]

I figured since I was geeky enough to compile all this, I might as well throw it out there in the only place I could get away with it, even though I'm sure you're all about tired of seeing people's Trek ratings.


I know it's pretty straightforward, but eventually I'd like to spice it up a bit with some episode comments and the like. Also, sorry no TOS. It's my intention to add that sooner than later. I just need to revisit and score that series.

STAR TREK: SEASON AND EPISODE RANKINGS

RATING SCALE

• 1) Awful and unwatchable.
• 2) Bad.
• 3) Pretty bad.
• 4) Maybe a few decent elements, but overall not very good.
• 5) OK.
• 6) Pretty good.
• 7) Good.
• 8) Really good.
• 9) Great.
• 10)Pretty much a perfect episode of Trek.

PILOT EPISODES

• 1) Caretaker (VOY) (9/10)
• 2) Broken Bow (ENT) (8.5/10)
• 3) Emissary (DS9) (8/10)
• 4) Encounter at Farpoint (TNG) (5/10)

FINAL EPISODES

• 1) What You Leave Behind (DS9) (10/10)
• 2) All Good Things… (TNG) (9/10)
• 3) These Are The Voyages (ENT) (5/10)
• 4) Endgame (VOY) (4/10)

SEASONS: BEST TO WORST



#1) ENTERPRISE: SEASON 3 (8.85/10)

• The Xindi (9.5/10)
• Anomaly (8.5/10)
• Extinction (7/10)
• Rajiin (9/10)
• Impulse (9/10)
• Exile (8.5/10)
• The Shipment (8.5/10)
• Twilight (9.5/10)
• North Star (9.5/10)
• Similitude (8.5/10
• Carpenter Street (6.5/10)
• Chosen Realm (8/10)
• Proving Ground (9/10)
• Stratagem (9.5/10)
• Harbinger (7/10)
• Doctor’s Orders (10/10)
• Hatchery (9/10)
• Azati Prime (9.5/10)
• Damage (8.5/10)
• The Forgotten (9.5/10)
• E2 (8.5/10)
• The Council (10/10)
• Countdown (10/10)
• Zero Hour (10/10)

#2) DEEP SPACE NINE: SEASON 7 (8.52/10)

• Image In The Sand (9.5/10)
• Shadows and Symbols (8.5.10)
• Afterimage (6/10)
• Take Me Out To The Holosuite (7/10)
• Chrysalis (4.5/10)
• Treachery, Faith, And The Great River (9.5/10)
• Once More Unto The Breach (9.5/10)
• The Siege of AR-558 (10/10)
• Covenant (8/10)
• It’s Only A Paper Moon (10/10)
• Prodigal Daughter (8/10)
• The Emperor’s New Cloak (9.5/10)
• Field of Fire (6.5/10)
• Chimera (8.5/10)
• Badda-Bing Badda-Bang (9/10)
• Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (8.5/10)
• Penumbra (8.5/10)
• ‘Til Death Do Us Part (9/10)
• Strange Bedfellows (9.5/10)
• The Changing Face of Evil (9.5/10)
• When It Rains… (10/10)
• Tacking Into The Wind (10/10)
• Extreme Measures (4.5/10)
• The Dogs of War (9.5/10)
• What You Leave Behind (10/10)

#3) DEEP SPACE NINE: SEASON 5 (8.31/10)

• Apocalypse Rising (10/10)
• The Ship (8.5/10)
• Looking For Par ‘Mach In All The Wrong Places (9/10)
• Nor The Battle To The Strong (7.5/10)
• The Assignment (10/10)
• Trails and Tribble-ations (10/10)
• Let He Who is Without Sin (8.5/10)
• Things Past (7.5/10)
• The Ascent (8.5/10)
• Rapture (9/10)
• The Darkness and The Light (4/10)
• The Begotten (8/10)
• For The Uniform (7/10)
• In Purgatory’s Shadow (8/10)
• By Inferno’s Light (9/10)
• Doctor Bashir, I Presume? (8/10)
• A Simple Investigation (7/10)
• Business As Usual (8/10)
• Ties of Blood and Water (6/10)
• Ferengi Love Songs (8.5/10)
• Soldiers of the Empire (8.5/10)
• Children of Time (9.5/10)
• Blaze of Glory (8.5/10)
• Empok Nor (9.5/10)
• In The Cards (8.5/10)
• Call To Arms (9.5/10)

#4) ENTERPRISE: SEASON 4 (8.30/10)

• Storm Front Part I (8.5/10)
• Storm Front Part II (8/10)
• Home (8/10)
• Borderland (8.5/10)
• Cold Station 12 (8/10)
• The Augments (9/10)
• The Forge (10/10)
• Awakenings (10/10)
• Kir’Shara (10/10)
• Daedalus (9.5/10)
• Observer Effect (8/10)
• Babel One (8/10)
• United (6.5/10)
• The Aenar 7/10)
• Affliction (7/10)
• Divergence (8.5/10)
• Bound (8/10)
• In A Mirror, Darkly Part I (9.5/10)
• In A Mirror, Darkly Part II (8.5/10)
• Demons (8/10)
• Terra Prime (9.5/10)
• These Are The Voyages… (5/10)

#5) DEEP SPACE NINE: SEASON 4 (8.28/10)

• The Way of the Warrior (7.5/10)
• The Visitor (9.5/10)
• Hippocratic Oath (8/10)
• Indiscretion (9/10)
• Rejoined (5.5/10)
• Starship Down (9.5/10)
• Little Green Men (9.5/10)
• The Sword of Kahless (8/10)
• Our Man Bashir (9/10)
• Homefront (8/10)
• Paradise Lost (8/10)
• Crossfire (9/10)
• Return to Grace (8/10)
• Sons of Mogh (6/10)
• Bar Association (8/10)
• Accession (9/10)
• Rules of Engagement (9.5/10)
• Hard Time (9.5/10)
• Shattered Mirror (8.5/10)
• The Muse 6.5/10
• For The Cause (7.5/10)
• To The Death (8/10)
• The Quickening (8.5/10)
• Body Parts (8/10)
• Broken Links (9.5/10)

#6) The Next Generation: Season 5 (8.25/10)

• Redemption, Part II (10/10)
• Darmok (10/10)
• Ensign Ro (10/10)
• Silicon Avatar (7/10)
• Disaster (8/10)
• The Game (9/10)
• Unification, Part I (8/10)
• Unification, Part II (8/10)
• A Matter of Time (6.5/10)
• New Ground (7.5/10)
• Hero Worship (9/10)
• Violations (7.5/10)
• The Masterpiece Society (6.5/10)
• Conundrum (9.5/10)
• Power Play (10/10)
• Ethics (8.5/10)
• The Outcast (7.5/10)
• Cause and Effect (8/10)
• The First Duty (9/10)
• Cost of Living (4/10)
• The Perfect Mate (7/10)
• Imaginary Friend (7.5/10)
• I, Borg (10/10)
• The Next Phase (8.5/10)
• The Inner Light (10/10)
• Time’s Arrow, Part I (8/10)

#7) Deep Space Nine: Season 6 (8.21/10)

• A Time to Stand (9/10)
• Rocks and Shoals (9.5/10)
• Sons and Daughters (7/10)
• Behind the Lines (9/10)
• Favor the Bold (10/10)
• Sacrifice of Angels (10/10)
• You Are Cordially Invited (9/10)
• Resurrection (7/10)
• Statistical Probabilities (8.5/10)
• The Magnificent Ferengi (6/10)
• Waltz (9.5/10)
• Who Mourns for Morn? (9/10)
• Far Beyond the Stars (8/10)
• One Little Ship (8.5/10)
• Honor Among Thieves (10/10)
• Change of Heart (8/10)
• Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night (7.5/10)
• Inquisition (10/10)
• In the Pale Moonlight (9.5/10)
• His Way (10/10)
• The Reckoning (9.5/10)
• Valiant (2/10)
• Profit and Lace (5/10)
• Time’s Orphan (6.5/10)
• The Sound of Her Voice (7.5/10)
• Tears of the Prophets (9.5/10)

#8) Deep Space Nine: Season 3 (8.21/10)

• The Search, Part I (9.5/10)
• The Search, Part II (8.5/10)
• The House of Quark (8.5/10)
• Equilibrium (7/10)
• Second Skin (9/10)
• The Abandoned (8/10)
• Civil Defense (9/10)
• Meridian (7.5/10)
• Defiant (9.5/10)
• Fascination (8/10)
• Past Tense, Part I (5/10)
• Past Tense, Part II (4.5/10)
• Life Support (8.5/10)
• Heart of Stone (8/10)
• Destiny (9/10)
• Prophet Motive (7/10)
• Visionary (9/10)
• Distant Voices (7.5/10)
• Through The Looking Glass (10/10)
• Improbable Cause (9.5/10)
• The Die is Cast (9/10)
• Explorers (9/10)
• Family Business (7.5/10)
• Shakaar (9/10)
• Facets (7.5/10)
• The Adversary (9/10)

#9) Deep Space Nine: Season 2 (8.10/10)

• The Homecoming (7.5/10)
• The Circle (9/10)
• The Siege (5.5/10)
• Invasive Procedures (6.5/10)
• Cardassians (7.5/10)
• Melora (9/10)
• Rules of Acquisition (8/10)
• Necessary Evil (10/10)
• Second Sight (7/10)
• Sanctuary (5.5/10)
• Rivals (8/10)
• The Alternate (6.5/10)
• Armageddon Game (9/10)
• Whispers (10/10)
• Paradise (7.5/10)
• Shadowplay (9/10)
• Playing God (7/10)
• Profit and Loss (8/10)
• Blood Oath (8/10)
• The Maquis, Part I (8.5/10)
• The Maquis, Part II (8/10)
• The Wire (9/10)
• Crossover (10/10)
• The Collaborator (9/10)
• Tribunal (9/10)
• The Jem’Hadar (8.5/10)

#10) The Next Generation: Season 6 (8.08/10)

• Time’s Arrow, Part II (9/10)
• Realm of Fear (8/10)
• Man of the People (5.5/10)
• Relics (8.5/10)
• Schisms (7.5/10)
• True Q (6/10)
• Rascals (2/10)
• A Fistful of Datas (9/10)
• The Quality of Life (8/10)
• Chain of Command, Part I (8/10)
• Chain of Command, Part II (10/10)
• Ship in a Bottle (10/10)
• Aquiel (7.5/10)
• Face of the Enemy (8/10)
• Tapestry (7/10)
• Birthright, Part I (8.5/10)
• Birthright, Part II (7.5/10)
• Starship Mine (9.5/10)
• Lessons (9/10)
• The Chase (7.5/10)
• Frame of Mind (8.5/10)
• Suspicions (8/10)
• Rightful Heir (9.5/10)
• Second Chances (8.5/10)
• Timescape (9/10)
• Descent, Part I (9/10)

#11) The Next Generation: Season 3 (8.06/10)

• Evolution (7/10)
• The Ensigns of Command (7/10)
• The Survivors (7.5/10)
• Who Watches the Watchers (10/10)
• The Bonding (8/10)
• Booby Trap (8/10)
• The Enemy (8.5/10)
• The Price (6.5/10)
• The Vengeance Factor (4.5/10)
• The Defector (9/10)
• The Hunted (5.5/10)
• The High Ground (7/10)
• Deja Q (9.5/10)
• A Matter of Perspective (9/10)
• Yesterday’s Enterprise (10/10)
• The Offspring (9/10)
• Sins of the Father (9.5/10)
• Allegiance (9.5/10)
• Captain’s Holiday (7.5/10)
• Tin Man (10/10)
• Hollow Pursuits (9/10)
• The Most Toys (8.5/10)
• Sarek (5.5/10)
• Menage A Troi (6/10)
• Transfigurations (7.5/10)
• The Best of Both Worlds, Part I (9.5/10)

#12) Voyager: Season 4 (8.04/10)

• Scorpion, Part II (9/10)
• The Gift (8.5/10)
• Day of Honor (7/10)
• Nemesis (8.5/10)
• Revulsion (8/10)
• The Raven (6.5/10)
• Scientific Method (9/10)
• Year of Hell, Part I (8/10)
• Year of Hell, Part II (8/10)
• Random Thoughts (6/10)
• Concerning Flight (7/10)
• Mortal Coil (7.5/10)
• Waking Moments (8.5/10)
• Message in a Bottle (10/10)
• Hunters (8/10)
• Prey (9/10)
• Retrospect (8.5/10)
• The Killing Game, Part I (8/10)
• The Killing Game, Part II (9/10)
• Vis A’ Vis (8.5/10)
• The Omega Directive (6/10)
• Unforgettable (8/10)
• Living Witness (10/10)
• Demon (8.5/10)
• One (7/10)
• Hope and Fear (7/10)

#13) Enterprise: Season 1 (7.98/10)

• Broken Bow (8.5/10)
• Fight or Flight (10/10)
• Strange New World (8/10)
• Unexpected (9.5/10)
• Terra Nova (8/10)
• The Andorian Incident (8/10)
• Breaking the Ice (7.5/10)
• Civilization (5/10)
• Fortunate Son (6/10)
• Cold Front (7/10)
• Silent Enemy (8/10)
• Dear Doctor (9/10)
• Shadows of P’Jem (9/10)
• Sleeping Dogs (8/10)
• Shuttlepod One (5/10)
• Fusion (7/10)
• Rogue Planet (9.5/10)
• Acquisition (10/10)
• Oasis (9/10)
• Detained (9/10)
• Vox Sola (6.5/10)
• Fallen Hero (8.5/10)
• Desert Crossing (7.5/10)
• Two Days and Two Nights (7/10)
• Shockwave, Part I (9/10)

#14) Voyager: Season 3 (7.87/10)

• Basics, Part II (8.5/10)
• Flashback (4.5/10)
• The Chute (8/10)
• The Swarm (8/10)
• False Profits (7.5/10)
• Remember (8/10)
• Sacred Ground (8/10)
• Future’s End, Part I (9/10)
• Future’s End, Part II (9/10)
• Warlord (3/10)
• The Q and the Grey (6/10)
• Macrocosm ( 7/10)
• Fair Trade (7.5/10)
• Alter Ego (8.5/10)
• Coda (7.5/10)
• Blood Fever (9/10)
• Unity (9/10)
• Darkling (8/10)
• Rise (7/10)
• Favorite Son (7/10)
• Before and After (9/10)
• Real Life (9/10)
• Distant Origin (10/10)
• Displaced (8/10)
• Worst Case Scenario (9.5/10)
• Scorpion, Part I (9/10)

#15) The Next Generation: Season 4 (7.85/10)

• The Best of Both Worlds, Part II (7.5/10)
• Family (7/10)
• Brothers (7.5/10)
• Suddenly Human (6/10)
• Remember Me (9/10)
• Legacy (7/10)
• Reunion (9/10)
• Future Imperfect (9/10)
• Final Mission (8/10)
• The Loss (4.5/10)
• Data’s Day (9/10)
• The Wounded (8.5/10)
• Devil’s Due (8.5/10)
• Clues (9/10)
• First Contact (9.5/10)
• Galaxy’s Child (8.5/10)
• Night Terrors (8/10)
• Identity Crisis (7/10)
• The Nth Degree (9/10)
• Qpid (9/10)
• The Drumhead (8/10)
• Half a Life (3.5/10)
• The Host (6/10)
• The Minds Eye (8/10)
• In Theory (8.5/10)
• Redemption, Part I (9.5/10)

#16) Voyager: Season 5 (7.68/10)

• Night (7/10)
• Drone (8/10)
• Extreme Risk (8/10)
• In The Flesh (8.5/10)
• Once Upon a Lifetime (7/10)
• Timeless (8/10)
• Infinite Regress (5.5/10)
• Nothing Human (8.5/10)
• Thirty Days (7.5/10)
• Counterpoint (10/10)
• Latent Image (8/10)
• Bride of Chaotica! (7.5/10)
• Gravity (7/10)
• Bliss (9/10)
• Dark Frontier (9/10)
• The Disease (7.5/10)
• Course: Oblivion (10/10)
• The Fight (2/10)
• Think Tank (8/10)
• Juggernaut (7/10)
• Someone to Watch Over Me (8.5/10)
• 11:59 (6/10)
• Relativity (9/10)
• Warhead (8/10)
• Equinox, Part I (7.5/10)

#17) Enterprise: Season 2 (7.67/10)

• Shockwave, Part II (7.5/10)
• Minefield (7/10)
• Carbon Creek (9.5/10)
• Dead Stop (9.5/10)
• A Night in Sickbay (3/10)
• Marauders (5/10)
• The Seventh (7/10)
• The Communicator (7/10)
• Singularity (8/10)
• Vanishing Point (9/10)
• Precious Cargo (7/10)
• The Catwalk (8/10)
• Dawn (8.5/10)
• Stigma (8/10)
• Cease Fire (9.5/10)
• Future Tense (8.5/10)
• Canamar (7.5/10)
• The Crossing (7/10)
• Judgment (9/10)
• Horizon (6/10)
• The Breach (6.5/10)
• Cogenitor (7/10)
• Regeneration (9.5/10)
• First Flight (7.5/10)
• Bounty (8/10)
• The Expanse (9.5/10)

#18) Voyager: Season 2 (7.62/10)

• The 37’s (9/10)
• Initiations (6/10)
• Projections (5/10)
• Elogium (4.5/10)
• Non Sequitur (7/10)
• Twisted (8/10)
• Parturition (8/10)
• Persistence of Vision (7.5/10)
• Tattoo (7/10)
• Cold Fire (8/10)
• Maneuvers (8/10)
• Resistance (9.5/10)
• Prototype (8.5/10)
• Alliances (8/10)
• Threshold (2/10)
• Meld (8.5/10)
• Dreadnought (7.5/10)
• Death Wish (2.5/10)
• Lifesigns (8.5/10)
• Investigations (10/10)
• Deadlock (9.5/10)
• Innocence (7/10)
• The Thaw (10/10)
• Tuvix (10/10)
• Resolutions (9.5/10)
• Basics, Part I (9/10)

#19) Deep Space Nine: Season 1 (7.21/10)

• Emissary (8/10)
• Past Prologue (7.5/10)
• A Man Alone (7/10)
• Babel (9/10)
• Captive Pursuit (8/10)
• Q-Less (6.5/10)
• Dax (7.5/10)
• The Passenger (6/10)
• Move Along Home (6.5/10)
• The Nagus (6/10)
• Vortex (7/10)
• Battle Lines (6/10)
• The Storyteller (6.5/10)
• Progress (6/10)
• If Wishes Were Horses (4.5/10)
• The Forsaken (8/10)
• Dramatis Personae (9/10)
• Duet (8.5/10)
• In the Hands of the Prophets (9.5/10)

#20) Voyager: Season 1 (7.17/10)

• Caretaker (9/10)
• Parallax (8/10)
• Time and Again (8/10)
• Phage (8/10)
• The Cloud (5.5/10)
• Eye of the Needle (7.5/10)
• Ex Post Facto (7.5/10)
• Emanations (6.5/10)
• Prime Factors (8/10)
• State of Flux (9/10)
• Heroes and Demons (8.5/10)
• Cathexis (3.5/10)
• Faces (5/10)
• Jetrel (6.5/10)
• Learning Curve (7/10)

#21) Voyager: Season 7 (7.17/10)

• Unimatrix Zero, Part II (7/10)
• Imperfection (9/10)
• Drive (9/10)
• Repression (3/10)
• Critical Care (8/10)
• Inside Man (9.5/10)
• Body and Soul (6.5/10)
• Nightingale (5/10)
• Flesh and Blood (7/10)
• Shattered (9/10)
• Lineage (4/10)
• Repentance (8/10)
• Prophecy (4/10)
• The Void (8/10)
• Workforce, Part I (8/10)
• Workforce, Part II (9/10)
• Human Error (4/10)
• Q2 (7/10)
• Author, Author (9/10)
• Friendship One (9.5/10)
• Natural Law (8/10)
• Homestead (8/10)
• Renaissance Man (9.5/10)
• Endgame (4/10)

#22) Voyager: Season 6 (7/10)

• Equinox, Part II (4.5/10)
• Survival Instinct (6/10)
• Barge of the Dead (3/10)
• Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy (10/10)
• Alice (8/10)
• Riddles (8/10)
• Dragon’s Teeth (8/10)
• One Small Step (9.5/10)
• The Voyager Conspiracy (5.5/10)
• Pathfinder (9.5/10)
• Fair Haven (8/10)
• Blink of an Eye (10/10)
• Virtuoso (7.5/10)
• Memorial (6/10)
• Tsunkatse (3/10)
• Collective (2/10)
• Spirit Folk (9/10)
• Ashes to Ashes (8/10)
• Child’s Play (8/10)
• Good Shepherd (8.5/10)
• Live Fast and Prosper (8.5/10)
• Muse (6/10)
• Fury (4/10)
• Life Line (7.5/10)
• The Haunting of Deck Twelve (6/10)
• Unimatrix Zero, Part I (8/10)

[Joeman]

#23) The Next Generation: Season 7 (6.88/10)

• Descent, Part II (7/10)
• Liaisons (6.5/10)
• Interface (7/10)
• Gambit, Part I (8.5/10)
• Gambit, Part II (9.5/10)
• Phantasms (7.5/10)
• Dark Page (2.5/10)
• Attached (7/10)
• Force of Nature (8/10)
• Inheritance (5/10)
• Parallels (10/10)
• The Pegasus (6/10)
• Homeward 7.5/10)
• Sub Rosa (5.5/10)
• Lower Decks (9.5/10)
• Thine Own Self (9/10)
• Masks (5.5/10)
• Eye of the Beholder (8/10)
• Genesis (3.5/10)
• Journey’s End (5/10)
• First Born (9/10)
• Bloodlines (7/10)
• Emergence (1/10 – the only 1/10 I’ve given in Trek)
• Preemptive Strike (8/10)
• All Good Things… (9/10)

#24) The Next Generation: Season 2 (6.84/10)

• The Child (8.5/10)
• Where Silence Has Lease (4/10)
• Elementary, Dear Data (9.5/10)
• The Outrageous Okona (5.5/10)
• Loud as a Whisper (6/10)
• The Schizoid Man (5.5/10)
• Unnatural Selection (8/10)
• A Matter of Honor (9/10)
• The Measure of a Man (9.5/10)
• The Dauphin (2/10)
• Contagion (7.5/10)
• The Royale (10/10)
• Time Squared (7/10)
• The Icarus Factor (7/10)
• Pen Pals (7/10)
• Q Who? (9/10)
• Samaritan Snare (7.5/10)
• Up the Long Ladder (7/10)
• Manhunt (3/10)
• The Emissary (7.5/10)
• Peak Performance (8.5/10)
• Shades of Gray (2/10)

#25) The Next Generation: Season 1 (6.44/10)

• Encounter at Farpoint (5/10)
• The Naked Now (6/10)
• Code of Honor (3/10)
• The Last Outpost (6/10)
• Where No One Has Gone Before (8/10)
• Lonely Among Us (6/10)
• Justice (6.5/10)
• The Battle (6/10)
• Hide and Q (8.5/10)
• Haven (5/10)
• The Big Goodbye (9.5/10)
• Datalore (6/10)
• Angel One (7.5/10)
• 11001001 (9/10)
• Too Short a Season (3/10)
• When the Bough Breaks (4.5/10)
• Home Soil (5.5/10)
• Coming of Age (8/10)
• Heart of Glory (8/10)
• The Arsenal of Freedom (8/10)
• Symbiosis (6/10)
• Skin of Evil (4/10)
• We’ll Always Have Paris (6.5/10)
• Conspiracy (6/10)
• The Neutral Zone (9.5/10)

SERIES RANKINGS

• 1) Enterprise (8.20/10)
• 2) Deep Space Nine (8.12/10)
• 3) Voyager (7.51/10)
• 4) The Next Generation (7.49/10)

Thanks for taking a look. Feel free to comment, even if it's just to tell me that I'm out of my mind. I know a lot of my likes and dislikes in Trek can be a bit unconventional, if there even is such a thing.

Note: Sorry, but I'm not the best with computers. All my numbers in the left column turned to dots when I pasted it in. So far, I have no clue how to fix that. I guess since the episodes listed for each season are just in order of airing, it really doesn't matter (edit: fixed it as best as I could where it mattered).

[JayOwl]

Very..... Interesting scores, although I didn't see too many below four don't think I saw many 1s. If any. I'd say your being a bit Generous. Other than that fairly accurate rankings . Course I disagree with some of them.... .

Damn. That's a lot of episodes.

I didn't think "Emergence" was bad.

[Joeman]

Jtrek wrote:

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Very..... Interesting scores, although I didn't see too many below four don't think I saw many 1s. If any. I'd say your being a bit Generous. Other than that fairly accurate rankings . Course I disagree with some of them.... .

No there are not a lot of episodes below 4, considering the sheer number of episodes. I think you are also correct in that I am pretty generous with my scoring, but that is because I guess I'm pretty forgiving when it comes to Trek. I can usually find some good elements in almost every episode, and overall there are few episodes that I really think are just all around "bad". I tend to look at the lesser episodes of Trek as still being better than 90% of anything else on television, and I'm almost always entertained to a certain degree.

Lord Garth wrote:

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I didn't think "Emergence" was bad.

My experience is that many people would agree with you. I just found it unbearable for whatever reason. I like Braga (I'm pretty sure Emergence was a Braga story, but actually written by someone else) because he really pushes the envelope. Sometimes it works (All Good Things..., The 37's), and sometimes it doesn't (Threshold, Fury). I just thought Emergence was ill conceived and ill executed. As always, to each his own.


I really didn't take on this project to eventually post on the internet. I just couldn't decide which series was my favorite, as it always seemed that it was whichever one I was currently watching. I decided to settle it once and for all. My prediction of the finishing order was:

1. TNG
2. DS9
3. VOY
4. ENT

Enterprise actually wasn't even in the picture when I started it. I had not had any interest in it at all from what I had seen of it. Needless to say I was quite shocked at the final outcome of things, especially with ENT finishing first and TNG finishing last.


Anyway, thanks for taking a look and for the comments guys. I appreciate it.

[SFRabid]

Interesting. My top five seasons would be the same as yours, but in a different order. My bottom five would be quite different with only the first two seasons of TNG being common. Though I really like Enterprise I am much more critical of some episodes you gave high marks to. Chosen Realm, Hatchery and Daedalus would have an average of 2 in my rankings. You gave them an average of 8.76. Episodes like that is why I give the edge to DS9.

[Joeman]

SFRabid wrote:

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Interesting. My top five seasons would be the same as yours, but in a different order. My bottom five would be quite different with only the first two seasons of TNG being common. Though I really like Enterprise I am much more critical of some episodes you gave high marks to. Chosen Realm, Hatchery and Daedalus would have an average of 2 in my rankings. You gave them an average of 8.76. Episodes like that is why I give the edge to DS9.

Well it's cool that your top 5 would be similar. I tend to have less than popular opinions, about everything.

I can understand anyone being critical of Chosen Realm. The whole religious fanatics thing is a bit in-your-face. I guess I mostly enjoyed seeing them get what was coming to them, and it was fairly intense. In Hatchery I enjoyed seeing Archer tripping out. Daedalus is definitely out there, but I'm one of those that likes wacky transporter episodes. I can certainly get why you wouldn't like any of those though.

[Luther Sloan]

My Trek Season Rankings

1. Deep Space Nine Season 6: A+
2. Deep Space Nine Season 7: A+
3. Deep Space Nine Season 5: A+
4. Deep Space Nine Season 4: A
5. Voyager Season 5: A
6. Voyager Season 4: A-
7. Voyager Season 6: A-
8. Original Series Season 2: A-
9. Original Series Season 3: A-
10. Original Series Season 1: A-
11. Next Generation Season 6: A-
12. Next Generation Season 5: B+
13. Next Generation Season 4: B+
14. Deep Space Nine Season 3: B+
15. Next Generation Season 3: B+
16. Enterprise Season 3: B+
17. Enterprise Season 4: B+
18. Enterprise Season 1: B+
19. Enterprise Season 2: B+
20. Voyager Season 7: B
21. Voyager Season 3: B-
22. Next Generation Season 7: C+
23. Voyager Season 1: C+
24. Voyager Season 2: C+
25. Next Generation Season 2: C
26. Next Generation Season 1: C-
27. Deep Space Nine Season 1: C-
28. Deep Space Nine Season 2: C-
29. Animated Series Season 1: D+
30. Animated Series Season 2: D+


~Episode Rankings Not Included.

[Joeman]

^^^ I like seeing rankings that include everything like that. You even got TAS in there. Eventually I'll include TOS, but I don't see TAS happening (your rating just further adds to that).

We're not terribly far off on a good deal of it. We both obviously hold DS9 in very high regard. Neither of us were super impressed as to how TNG, DS9, and Voyager came out of the gate, but I guess that's not surprising, as most shows get better as they develop.

I tried to revisit TOS a couple of years ago, but I could not get through the first disc. I'm going to do it for sure by the end of this year, and with a good attitude going in. I have high hopes.

[Luther Sloan]

Joeman wrote:

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I like seeing rankings that include everything like that. You even got TAS in there. Eventually I'll include TOS, but I don't see TAS happening (your rating just further adds to that).

Joeman:

Thank you. I am glad you like my list.

As for TAS: well, I was thinking about watching The Animated Series again. I gave it a low rating because I hardly even remember any of them. And the ones that I do remember are not all that stellar. After all it is a 1970s cartoon we are talking about. Unless someone is into classic cartoons, I really don't see the series being all that appealing to the average viewer. However, because I like Trek a lot. I am willing to dive back into my DVD set and give it another fresh perspective, though.

I tried to revisit TOS a couple of years ago, but I could not get through the first disc. I'm going to do it for sure by the end of this year, and with a good attitude going in. I have high hopes.

As for the Original Series: I highly recommend that you make sure you are watching the Remastered Versions of the show. The revamped special effects alone makes it worth it. However, I know how you feel, though. I had a hard time getting past the cheesy sets when I first watched TOS. However, give it time and you will get used to it. Also, if you think it will help, visualize Star Trek 11's cool effects and sets over the cheesy ones when you watch it, too. Either that or imagine TOS as some kind of futuristic version of the 1960s, that later gets altered by some type of time travel incident or something.

Anyways, what I am trying to really say is that if you stick with TOS, the show will really surprise you. In fact, it could even be one of your all time favorite Trek series (like it is for me now).

We're not terribly far off on a good deal of it. We both obviously hold DS9 in very high regard. Neither of us were super impressed as to how TNG, DS9, and Voyager came out of the gate, but I guess that's not surprising, as most shows get better as they develop.

Yeah, the only series that stayed consistent as far as quality for me was the Original Series. I thought all the seasons were great after repeat viewings and reflection. However, I know what you mean about later Trek, though. It seemed like most of the series didn't improve until later on.

[DevilEyes]

My ranking of seasons would be something along those lines (with some seasons sharing a spot, since I can't decide which one I like better):

1. Deep Space Nine Season 5
2. Deep Space Nine Season 6
3. Enterprise Season 3
_ The Original Series Season 1
5. The Next Generation Season 6
6. Enterprise Season 4
7. Deep Space Nine Season 4
8. The Next Generation Season 3
9. The Original Series Season 2
10. Voyager Season 4
_ Deep Space Nine Season 3
_ Deep Space Nine Season 2
13.The Next Generation Season 5
_ The Next Generation Season 4
15. Deep Space Nine Season 7
16. Voyager Season 5
17. The Next Generation Season 7
18. Voyager Season 2
19. Enteprise Season 1
20. Deep Space Nine Season 1
21. Voyager Season 1
_ The Original Series Season 3
23. Voyager Season 6
_ Voyager Season 7
25. Enterprise Season 2
26. The Next Generation Season 2
27. The Next Generation Season 1

I haven't seen TAS.

[Joeman]

Luther Sloan wrote:

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As for TAS: .... I am willing to dive back into my DVD set and give it another fresh perspective, though.

Well, now I'm thinking that perhaps once I get through TOS, if that goes well, I'll at least give TAS a shot. Like you, I love Trek, so in a way it would kind of be a shame to not even give it a chance.

Luther Sloan wrote:

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As for the Original Series: I highly recommend that you make sure you are watching the Remastered Versions of the show. The revamped special effects alone makes it worth it... Also, if you think it will help, visualize Star Trek 11's cool effects and sets over the cheesy ones when you watch it, too. Either that or imagine TOS as some kind of futuristic version of the 1960s, that later gets altered by some type of time travel incident or something.

Well the only access I'll have to it is whatever Netflix has. Honestly, I didn't even know it had been remastered with revamped special effects. That's wild. I hope that's what Netflix has.

I haven't seen the entire series since sometime around the early 80's. It was quite a shock to try and watch when I tried most recently, especially after watching the four modern series. I'll try and keep your tricks in mind when I do watch it (I chuckled at the "futuristic version of the 1960's"- that's good). I really do think I'm going to really enjoy it this time around.

DevilEyes wrote:

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My ranking of seasons would be something along those lines (with some seasons sharing a spot, since I can't decide which one I like better):

Yeah we really are quite close in our Trek tastes as far as seasons go. Cool.

Another thing that surprised me is that going in, I really thought that at least one season of Voyager would make a run at the top spot. Couldn't believe when the dust cleared it didn't even come in until #12. I see your first season is at #10, and we both agree it's season 4 at the top for VOY.

My season rankings:

TOS - 1, 2, 3
TNG - 6, 3, 4, 7, 5, 2, 1
DS9 - 6, 5, 4, 7, 2, 3, 1
VOY - 4, 7, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1
ENT - n/a

It's too late at night for me to group together 24 seasons at once.

Someone's bound to ask me about fifth season TNG, so I'll just say something seemed off that year but the sixth season more than made up for it, especially as it progressed.

VOY is the hardest to rank because the episodes vary so wildly in quality. There's almost no point in ranking those seasons but I'd put the fourth season at the top with the seventh season just underneath it.

[Luther Sloan]

Joeman wrote:

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Well, now I'm thinking that perhaps once I get through TOS, if that goes well, I'll at least give TAS a shot. Like you, I love Trek, so in a way it would kind of be a shame to not even give it a chance.

Joeman:

Yeah, TAS is definitely not going to be too many people's favorite. But it is interesting to see the different stories in TAS that the live action show might have tackled if it didn't get canceled.

Well the only access I'll have to it is whatever Netflix has. Honestly, I didn't even know it had been remastered with revamped special effects. That's wild. I hope that's what Netflix has.

Yeah, that's how I first originally watched the majority of them before I started purchasing them. So to answer your question... yes. Netflix has the Remastered Version of Star Trek. In fact, I do believe it is the only version they have that I am aware of. You can confirm this in the Member Reviews section for each of the TOS DVD Seasons. Also, I think you will enjoy the enhanced special effects. They use CGI for a lot of the exterior shots of the starships, the planets, phaser fire, and strange alien phenomenon. Sometimes they will do CGI shots of a futuristic city in the background on a planet, too. They also cleaned up the picture's color / quality and the sound. They even re-scored the main theme song with a new identical voice artist in order to record it in true 5.1 digital surround sound.

I haven't seen the entire series since sometime around the early 80's. It was quite a shock to try and watch when I tried most recently, especially after watching the four modern series. I'll try and keep your tricks in mind when I do watch it (I chuckled at the "futuristic version of the 1960's"- that's good). I really do think I'm going to really enjoy it this time around.

Ha, ha, ha... I am glad that you found my reference to TOS as being futuristic version of the 1960's humorous. Whatever works for you in sticking with it, I know it will be well worth your time, my friend. Oh, and like you: I watched Star Trek: The Original Series in the early 80's, as well. I was a little kid then and had truly fond memories in watching them. However, years later I couldn't get into it after becoming a TNG fan, though. However, as you know, that has all changed now and I have come full circle in loving TOS again.

However, if your still not sure about TOS and you want to start off with a bang with the Original Series, I would watch the following episodes (below) out of the 2nd Season to start....

Doomsday Machine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivO7K2zYII

Mirror, Mirror: (The First Mirror Universe Episode)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHwvZ6HmQQI

The Trouble With Tribbles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4utsDOD8FDk

[Joeman]

Lord Garth wrote:

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My season rankings:
TOS - 1, 2, 3
TNG - 6, 3, 4, 7, 5, 2, 1
DS9 - 6, 5, 4, 7, 2, 3, 1
VOY - 4, 7, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1
ENT - n/a

That's the smart way to do it, unless you have no life and many hours to kill doing it like I did it. You can't condense it down any easier than that!

Luther Sloan wrote:

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Netflix has the Remastered Version of Star Trek. In fact, I do believe it is the only version they have that I am aware of. You can confirm this in the Member Reviews section for each of the TOS DVD Seasons. Also, I think you will enjoy the enhanced special effects. They use CGI for a lot of the exterior shots of the starships, the planets, phaser fire, and strange alien phenomenon. Sometimes they will do CGI shots of a futuristic city in the background on a planet, too. They also cleaned up the picture's color / quality and the sound. They even re-scored the main theme song with a new identical voice artist in order to record it in true 5.1 digital surround sound.

That's a relief, and good info to have. I'll feel better going into it. I really had no idea they did all that.

Luther Sloan wrote:

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Oh, and like you: I watched Star Trek: The Original Series in the early 80's, as well. I was a little kid then and had truly fond memories in watching them. However, years later I couldn't get into it after becoming a TNG fan, though. However, as you know, that has all changed now and I have come full circle in loving TOS again.

Doomsday Machine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivO7K2zYII

Mirror, Mirror: (The First Mirror Universe Episode)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHwvZ6HmQQI

The Trouble With Tribbles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4utsDOD8FDk

Well while I was too young to appreciate the original run (I'm 46), I did see the whole series for the first time in the early 70's. I was a kid and actually more interested in Saturday morning fare than Trek, but I still recall liking it.

The last time I saw the show in the early 80's, it came on Sunday nights. Myself and a few friends would get together in a bit of a ritual fashion every week, put a buzz on, and watch Trek. It was great, and we thought it was just about the coolest thing ever. I want to be able to enjoy it again kind of like how I did then (probably minus that old fashioned buzz most of the time though). I want to make that "full circle".

Thank you for the links, but get this, I'm on dial-up! Yep, you read correctly. I still have friends that send me YouTube links all the time, and I can't remind them enough times to make them remember that I can't watch it. It would be impossible for most people these days to deal with a 28.8 bps connection, but I'm pretty used to it.

Anyway, thanks again to all for the comments and the input.