I'll make sure to add that! Thank you!
I already love the show, I'm just wanting to get a good grounding of Star Trek for TNG, VOY, etc. without having to sit through all of TOS.
Thanks Johnny!
Newbie here, I watched these episodes to get a grounding for other series, am I good to move on?
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I already love the show, I'm just wanting to get a good grounding of Star Trek for TNG, VOY, etc. without having to sit through all of TOS.
Plus it contains the famous: "I am a doctor, not a brick layer" line.
"Catspaw" is a good episode too, IMO
I'd avoid "Spock's Brain" though if I were you.
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The Cloud Minders is such an underrated episode.
Also, to the OP, add "The Devil in the Dark" to your list. One of the best episodes. The Changeling is also fantastic -- classic Kirk mind-fu.
Mind-fu? Sounds interesting
and it's awesome to see another newbie here!
Yeah! You've seen some of that mind-fu in "Return of the Archons," actually!Mind-fu? Sounds interesting
Oh, just watch all of them, there's only 79!
I think you're going to get a lot of people's personal favourites being recommended to you, nothing wrong with that as TOS is great, but I agree with most that the only 'essential' you're missing is The Doomsday Machine.
Having said that, I just wanted to throw you a couple of my recommendations for Season 3 as I noticed you're a bit light on episodes from that season and while it's true it's the weakest one, there are still some good episodes in there. So in addition to what you already have, I'd suggest Whom Gods Destroy, The Empath and Elaan of Troyius (just some personal favourites, wouldn't say they're essential). Oh, and Spock's Brain (joke!).
Having said that, I just wanted to throw you a couple of my recommendations for Season 3 as I noticed you're a bit light on episodes from that season and while it's true it's the weakest one, there are still some good episodes in there. So in addition to what you already have, I'd suggest Whom Gods Destroy, The Empath and Elaan of Troyius (just some personal favourites, wouldn't say they're essential). Oh, and Spock's Brain (joke!).
I think he SHOULD watch Spock's Brain so he knows why everyone thinks it's so terrible.
Agree the OP should watch "Spock's Brain" to understand what people mean. However, I'll be a dissenting voice in the din by saying I actually didn't hate Spock's Brain. I mean, yeah the story is bonkers, the dialogue is sometimes unintentionally funny ("Brain and brain! What is brain?") But honestly, I think it's just campy, silly, nutty sci-fi fun. It's entertaining, and not in a so-bad-it's-good way, but in a so-weird-it's-fun way. I certainly like it more than "Assignment: Earth" which can barely call itself an episode of Star Trek.
Brain and brain, WHAT IS BRAIN?
Edit: Oops, sorry @Balok's Decoy, didn't see you'd already mentioned that! Possibly my favourite line in all of Trek - apart from the "It's green" joke, obviously
I agree 100%. And so do others apparently. I think Neill Blomkamp's "Elysium" movie (starring Matt Damon) is a thinly-veiled remake of "The Cloud Minders". Or at the very least it shares the same premise, only 44 years after.
Spectre of the Gun and The Empath are underrated and certainly worth review.
True, but I didn't see that it had already been mentioned in this thread.I think everybody knows that line.
I actually rewatched Spock's Brain off the back of this thread last night, just to see if it was as bad as I remembered. It was worse. I think I'd blocked a lot of it out. The bit where Kirk is rolling around on the floor while remote controlling Spock's body to grab the control device is cringe worthy.
Yes, it's very bad and strangely memorable.
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