DS9 had much better episode titles than the other series

[maneth]

I admit I'm a fan of fancy titles like:
Trials and Tribble-ations (a favorite episode too)
If Wishes Were Horses
Dramatis Personae (cool title, poor ep)
Rules of Acquisition
Prophet Motive
The Way of the Warrior
and the ones the OP posted:
Wrongs darker than Death or Night,
In the Pale Moonlight,
Treachery, Faith and the Great River,
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

Apart from the trek franchise, other shows with cool titles are BSG (Bastille Day, Six Degrees of Separation, Kobol's Last Gleaming, Lay Down Your Burdens, The Eye of Jupiter, Take a Break from All Your Worries, A Day In the Life, The Son Also Rises, He That Believeth In Me, Six of One, The Ties That Bind, Guess What's Coming To Dinner, Someone to Watch Over Me Blood On the Scales, Islanded In a Stream of Stars) and Babylon 5 (Midnight on the Firing Line, Born to the Purple, The Parliament of Dreams, And the Sky Full of Stars, Deathwalker, A Voice in the Wilderness, Babylon Squared, The Quality of Mercy, and that's just the first season!).

I haven't bothered to check how many of the DS9 episodes were written by BSG writer Ronald D. Moore, but no doubt some of them were.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I never cared for the lengthy titles myself, on any series. It often seems like they're used just because they sound fancy, and any real meaning or story coloration is tentative.

I appreciate simple titles that really convey meaning much more--single word titles that have both a literal and thematic meaning. The aforementioned "Damage" is a good example.

Believe it or not, Smallville--of all things--was really good at this.

 

[apollo1984]

I think that DS9 certainlly had the greatest mix of different types of episodes I mean some of my favourite ones are:-

Dramatic/emotional episodes
Duet
The visitor
In the Pale moonlight

Action episodes
Way of the Warrior
Seige or AR-55
I also liked the Circle trilogy that kicked off the season 2

Lighthearted/humourous
Our man Bashir
Badda-Bing, Badda-bang (there is something I just like about this, maybe just Sisco singing)

 

[Leviathan]

...all that good work undone by 'Profit and Lace'

 

[Farscape One]

When "VALIANT" first aired and showed the preview for the All New Episode "PROFIT AND LACE", I thought that episode was going to be called "DRAG QUARK".

 

[Balok's Decoy]

I don't know. I think TOS can give DS9 a run for its money.

For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
City on the Edge of Forever
Devil in the Dark
Is There in Truth No Beauty?
The Trouble with Tribbles.
Whom Gods Destroy
Etc.

But, yeah, I also find the more flowery titles more memorable than abstract, one-word titles like "Descent" or "Cathexis" or whatever.

Agree, TOS has some great titles too. I always LOVED the title A Taste of Armageddon.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

You might like to read this: https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/provenance-of-titles.283305/

 

[Peach Wookiee]

When "VALIANT" first aired and showed the preview for the All New Episode "PROFIT AND LACE", I thought that episode was going to be called "DRAG QUARK".

Could've been worse... Could've been "Big Eared Dude Looks Like a Lady."