Most Thrilling Episode of TOS?
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Arena, one of my favourite episodes! A story that tells you that not all reptilian Tyrannosaurus monsters are what they seem and Kirk discovers that a lot of alien Gods look very Greek in their get ups when explaining why they're so much better than we are!
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What about Friday's Child. There was a lot of action on the planet. Kirk and Spock rig communicators to act as an improvised disruptor. The main characters on the ship get some action, more than just stating things to Kirk for exposition.
The Tholians were well known to the crew of The Enterprise but alas we never really got to see any more of them in the future spin offs!
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Yes, just the sound of the title, 'The Tholian Web', is cool. And the fight scene between Kirk and Spock in AT is a classic.
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Yes!
The lirpa weapon was cool in AT, but I thought the ahn woon was kind of weak looking.
Unleess you're the one being brought to the ground by it? 
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Unleess you're the one being brought to the ground by it?
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Spock can choose the ahn woon. I'll stick with the lirpa.
Wonder what they could have done with Shahna's giant can opener from Triskelion! 
Wonder what they could have done with Shahna's giant can opener from Triskelion!
...and doesn't it have a 3 pronged grappling hook on the other end?
Amok Time has the most exciting fight , music and plot.
Devil in the Dark I also find exciting as on first watching one does not know what the fate of the Horta will be.
Devil in the Dark I also find exciting as on first watching one does not know what the fate of the Horta will be.
To be honest I find the way they deal with the Doomsday machine is pretty obviously the only thing Kirk could try. Though Kirk is very cool in the countdown and I like episodes like this with a lot of Jeffries' tube action.
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IDK - I like "The Doomsday Machine" a lot - BUT; wouldn't a photon torpedo (which is supposed to be an anti-matter warhead; and has been shown decimating large starships):
1) Have a higher effective yield then 97.835 megatons
2) Effectively be fired down into the Maw of the machine
But it seems the crew (aka scriptwriter) conveniently forgot the ship was equipped with them.
[In the same manner they forgot they had Shuttlecraft and a shuttlebay while Sulu and Co. were freezing to death waiting for the Transporter to be repaired in "The Enemy Within"
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Omega Glory, The organian episode, balance of terror, Gary Seven episode, that episode with the Air Force pilot.
And the one with that guy who did that stuff!
Well, it was cool stuff after all. I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it.
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