Best Star Trek episodes about marriage/weddings?

[BlueStuff]

So, I got engaged yesterday and wanted to spend some remaining time as a bachelor revisiting a Trek episode about marriage/weddings as a kind of symbolic preparation. Trek has always been a show I use to mark significant moments in my life; years ago I was best man at my father's wedding and I re-watched DS9's The Visitor beforehand (superb choice).

So, lay it on me Trek fans. Which are your best Trek episodes with the theme of marriage or weddings? At first I thought of Balance of Terror (it's my favorite TOS episode) but, considering what happens to the happy couple by the end of the episode, maybe it isn't the best choice.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Memory Alpha has this article, which might be a good starting place.

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Wedding

One episode that occurred to me right away that might be missing in the linked-to articles that fan out from it is "The Paradise Syndrome."

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Congratulations on the engagement!

I like "'Til Death Do Us Part", the actual Sisko/Yates wedding is simple and understated spent with those nearest and dearest to them rather than going for the spectacle.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

I think the only episode wherein marriage is the central focus, not just an aspect, is "Change of Heart." There are also episodes that look at the challenges of marriage, like "Lineage."

 

[1001001]

DS9 - The Muse
TNG - The Cost of Living

Neither one particularly good for a happy occasion.

 

[BlueStuff]

DS9 - The Muse
TNG - The Cost of Living

Neither one particularly good for a happy occasion.

Those episodes are awful.

 

[1001001]

But they have wedding stuff in them.

 

[Vger23]

Data's Day

 

[1001001]

Data's Day

How could I have forgotten that one?

Great episode. One of my favorites.

 

[Greg Cox]

Unless it's an arranged marriage to someone you never met, I'd stay away from "Elaan of Troyius."

Or "The Perfect Mate" or "Precious Cargo."

 

[DS9forever]

No mention of "You Are Cordially Invited" yet? Brilliant episodes.

 

[Vger23]

How could I have forgotten that one?

Great episode. One of my favorites.

Agree...I'm a huge sucker for Lower Decks and Data's Day in that they show "real life" aboard a starship. I can't recall if there are episodes like that on DS9 or VOY, but I'll need to investigate!

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Call To Arms is a great episode featuring a wedding.

All the other unmentioned ones I can think of that feature engagements are terrible TNG episodes.

 

[Sparkle Fabulosa]

Drive from Voyager. There may not be an onscreen wedding but B’Elanna and Tom
end up tying the knot.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Drive from Voyager. There may not be an onscreen wedding but B’Elanna and Tom
end up tying the knot.

Speaking of which, Course: Oblivion.

 

[Sparkle Fabulosa]

^ I thought of that one but it’s such a depressing episode.

 

[velour]

Congrats on your engagement.

Does "Amok Time" count as a marriage episode? It had something to do with matrimony, albeit Vulcan style -- brutal, violent and apparently a lack of any love; nevertheless, a good ep.

 

[Defiler-Of-Redshirts]

I was always partial to Worf and Dax's wedding, I think the ep. was called "You Are Cordially Invited."

 

[MacLeod]

The first one that springs to mind is "Data's Day", the second one was "Balance of Terror" though given what happend in the latter I think the former is the better choice. It also has the advantage that we would get to see how this marriage develops of the course of time (to a certain extent).