So I used to have that EW issue from 94 where they ranked all 303 episodes at the time. However, I believe I lost it for good a few years back and I would kill for those ranking lists again. Does anyone here have the issue, and if so could they either like, post the list, or message me? That would kick ass.
Entertainment weekly 1994
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Unbelieveably (even to myself) I have the issue. Lemme see if i can scan the list and email it to you.
Or...you could post it on the forum for the rest of us lazy bastards.
I don't think i can PM you yet as you are new to the board. Anyway, since there was another request to post the list here, i'll do it that way. I tried scanning the pages but my scanner has a lid that doesnt come off, so it makes it very difficult to get the entire page scanned. Looks like i'll have to type the list up for you, so please give me a little time. I'll post each series as i go along.
In the meantime, this was the cover of the issue you are interested in:
Awesome, thank you so much!
Ok, Trek episodes divided by series, in order of best to worst (according to EW, 1994):
City on the Edge of Forever
Space See
Mirror Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Amok Time
Devil in the Dark
The Trouble with Tribbles
This Side of Paradise
The Enterprise Incident
Journey to Babel
The Menagerie
The Deadly Years
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Naked Time
All Our Yesteryears
Shore Leave
Wink of an Eye
The Changeling
The Tholian Web
The Enemy Within
Plato's Stepchildren
Is There In Truth No Beauty?
The Corbomite Maneuver
Balance of Terror
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Elaan Of Troyius
The Man Trap
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
The Galileo Seven
What Are Little GIrls Made Of?
A Taste of Armageddon
Court-Martial
Who Mourns For Adonais?
Erand Of Mercy
The Immunity Syndrome
Arena
The Conscience of the King
The Cloudminders
Requiem for Methuselah
Operation:Annihilate!
Charlie X
Metamorphosis
The Squire of Gothos
Tomorrow is Yesterday
Assignment: Earth
The Ultimate Computer
Bread and Circuses
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Obsession
Friday's Child
The Return of the Archons
That Which Survives
Mudd's Women
I, Mudd
Whom Gods Destroy
Dagger of the Mind
Wolf in the FOld
Miri
The Mark of Gideon
Turnabout Intruder
The Omega Glory
By Any Other Name
The Lights of Zetar
The Alternative Factor
The Paradise Syndrome
Patterns of Force
Return to Tomorrow
A Private Little War
A Piece of the Action
Spectre of the Gun
And the Chilldren Shall Lead
The Day of the Dove
The Way to Eden
The Apple
Catspaw
The Empath
The Savage Curtain
Spock's Brain
Obviously, i have all the other series to type up yet. Luckily i am a pretty fast typist.
Mind if i ask, what did you want the list for?
Now you need to send me your picture. LOL.
City on the Edge of Forever
Space See
Mirror Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Amok Time
Devil in the Dark
The Trouble with Tribbles
This Side of Paradise
The Enterprise Incident
Journey to Babel
The Menagerie
The Deadly Years
The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Naked Time
All Our Yesteryears
Shore Leave
Wink of an Eye
The Changeling
The Tholian Web
The Enemy Within
Plato's Stepchildren
Is There In Truth No Beauty?
The Corbomite Maneuver
Balance of Terror
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Elaan Of Troyius
The Man Trap
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
The Galileo Seven
What Are Little GIrls Made Of?
A Taste of Armageddon
Court-Martial
Who Mourns For Adonais?
Erand Of Mercy
The Immunity Syndrome
Arena
The Conscience of the King
The Cloudminders
Requiem for Methuselah
Operation:Annihilate!
Charlie X
Metamorphosis
The Squire of Gothos
Tomorrow is Yesterday
Assignment: Earth
The Ultimate Computer
Bread and Circuses
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Obsession
Friday's Child
The Return of the Archons
That Which Survives
Mudd's Women
I, Mudd
Whom Gods Destroy
Dagger of the Mind
Wolf in the FOld
Miri
The Mark of Gideon
Turnabout Intruder
The Omega Glory
By Any Other Name
The Lights of Zetar
The Alternative Factor
The Paradise Syndrome
Patterns of Force
Return to Tomorrow
A Private Little War
A Piece of the Action
Spectre of the Gun
And the Chilldren Shall Lead
The Day of the Dove
The Way to Eden
The Apple
Catspaw
The Empath
The Savage Curtain
Spock's Brain
Obviously, i have all the other series to type up yet. Luckily i am a pretty fast typist.
Mind if i ask, what did you want the list for?
Now you need to send me your picture. LOL.
Haha. I'm just a huge list nerd and try to find as many review sources as possible. I remember having this magazine right when it came out. I was like 8 and just getting into Star Trek and loved the list in the issue.
I'll try to dig up a picture...haha.
I don't remember seeing this. It'll be interesting to see the list(s) when all completed.
ALL Nex Gen episodes from best to worst according to Entertainment Weekly, 1994 issue.
The Next Generation
All Good Things (1 & 2)
Chain of Command, Pt 2
The Measure of a Man
Darmok
Unification Pt 2
Cause and Effect
The Best of Both Worlds, Pt 2
BoBW Pt 1
Relics
Descent, Pt 1
Yesterday’s Enterprise
Ship in a Bottle
Parallels
The Inner Light
Ensign Ro
Redemption, Pt 1
Chain of Command, Pt 1
Sarek
Unification, Pt 1
The Drumhead
Redemption Pt 2
Schisms
I Borg
Brothers
The Outcast
Realm of Fear
The Host
Frame of Mind
Half a Life
A Matter of Honor
Rightful Heir
Deja Q
Datalore
The Offspring
Tapestry
Sins of the Father
Reunion
Violations
The Battle
We’ll Always Have paris
A Matter of Time
Lessons
Symbiosis
Peak Performance
The Nth Degree
Ethics
Loud As A Whisper
The Chase
Encounter at Farpoint (counts as 2)
Q Who?
Conundrum
Genesis
Timescape
Masks
Rascals
The Pegasus
Starship Mine
Hero Worship
Phantasms
The Schizoid Man
Heart of Glory
Face of the Enemy
Night Terrors
Samaritan Snare
The Defector
True Q
Future Imperfect
Elemenary, Dear Dat
The First Duty
Hollow Pursuits
The Masterpiece Society
Firstborn
Time Squared
The Game
Family
Interface
The Next Phase
Attached
The Quality of Life
The Wounded
Inheritance
Hide and Q
Coming of Age
Home Soil
The High Ground
Allegiance
Menage A Troi
The Child
Booby Trap
The Enemy
Bloodlines
Contagion
The Price
The Mind’s Eye
Gambit Pt 2
Captain’s Holiday
Manhunt
The Hunted
The Naked Now
Transfigurations
The Neutral Zone
Where Silence Has Lease
The Outrageous Okona
The Emissary
Suspicions
Legacy
Silicon Avatar
Thine Own Self
The Perfect Mate
Final Mission
The Survivors
The Good Fight
Clues
Birthright Pt 1
Birthright Pt2 Data’s Day
The Most Toys
Remember Me
Gambit Pt 1
Aquiel
A Matter of Perspective
Lower Decks
The Big Goodbye
The Ensigns of Command
A Fistful of Datas
Force of Nature
Galaxy’s Child
Time’s Arrow Pt 1
Time’s Arrow Pt 2
The Icarus Factor
Tin Man
Eye of the Beholder
New Ground
Journey’s End
Identity Crisis
Cost of Living
Too Short a Season
Disaster
Homeward
Conspiracy
Who Watches the Watchers?
First Contact
11001001
Descent, Pt 2
Power Play
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
The Arsenal of Freedom
The Bonding
Imaginary Friend
Suddenly Human
Man of the People
When the Bough Breaks
Pen Pals
Liaisons
Second Chances
Evolution
The Vengeance Factor
Unnatural Selection
Angel One
The Last Outpost
Code of Honor
Up the Long Ladder
Devil’s Due
The Loss
Dark Page
Skin of Evil
In Theory
Qpid
The Dauphin
Haven
Emergence
Justice
The Royale
Sub Rosa
Shades of Gray
The Next Generation
All Good Things (1 & 2)
Chain of Command, Pt 2
The Measure of a Man
Darmok
Unification Pt 2
Cause and Effect
The Best of Both Worlds, Pt 2
BoBW Pt 1
Relics
Descent, Pt 1
Yesterday’s Enterprise
Ship in a Bottle
Parallels
The Inner Light
Ensign Ro
Redemption, Pt 1
Chain of Command, Pt 1
Sarek
Unification, Pt 1
The Drumhead
Redemption Pt 2
Schisms
I Borg
Brothers
The Outcast
Realm of Fear
The Host
Frame of Mind
Half a Life
A Matter of Honor
Rightful Heir
Deja Q
Datalore
The Offspring
Tapestry
Sins of the Father
Reunion
Violations
The Battle
We’ll Always Have paris
A Matter of Time
Lessons
Symbiosis
Peak Performance
The Nth Degree
Ethics
Loud As A Whisper
The Chase
Encounter at Farpoint (counts as 2)
Q Who?
Conundrum
Genesis
Timescape
Masks
Rascals
The Pegasus
Starship Mine
Hero Worship
Phantasms
The Schizoid Man
Heart of Glory
Face of the Enemy
Night Terrors
Samaritan Snare
The Defector
True Q
Future Imperfect
Elemenary, Dear Dat
The First Duty
Hollow Pursuits
The Masterpiece Society
Firstborn
Time Squared
The Game
Family
Interface
The Next Phase
Attached
The Quality of Life
The Wounded
Inheritance
Hide and Q
Coming of Age
Home Soil
The High Ground
Allegiance
Menage A Troi
The Child
Booby Trap
The Enemy
Bloodlines
Contagion
The Price
The Mind’s Eye
Gambit Pt 2
Captain’s Holiday
Manhunt
The Hunted
The Naked Now
Transfigurations
The Neutral Zone
Where Silence Has Lease
The Outrageous Okona
The Emissary
Suspicions
Legacy
Silicon Avatar
Thine Own Self
The Perfect Mate
Final Mission
The Survivors
The Good Fight
Clues
Birthright Pt 1
Birthright Pt2 Data’s Day
The Most Toys
Remember Me
Gambit Pt 1
Aquiel
A Matter of Perspective
Lower Decks
The Big Goodbye
The Ensigns of Command
A Fistful of Datas
Force of Nature
Galaxy’s Child
Time’s Arrow Pt 1
Time’s Arrow Pt 2
The Icarus Factor
Tin Man
Eye of the Beholder
New Ground
Journey’s End
Identity Crisis
Cost of Living
Too Short a Season
Disaster
Homeward
Conspiracy
Who Watches the Watchers?
First Contact
11001001
Descent, Pt 2
Power Play
Where No One Has Gone Before
Lonely Among Us
The Arsenal of Freedom
The Bonding
Imaginary Friend
Suddenly Human
Man of the People
When the Bough Breaks
Pen Pals
Liaisons
Second Chances
Evolution
The Vengeance Factor
Unnatural Selection
Angel One
The Last Outpost
Code of Honor
Up the Long Ladder
Devil’s Due
The Loss
Dark Page
Skin of Evil
In Theory
Qpid
The Dauphin
Haven
Emergence
Justice
The Royale
Sub Rosa
Shades of Gray
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The Ultimate Computer, Balance of Terror, The Empath, Return to Tomorrow and Day of the Dove should be much higher.
Space Seed is good, but not good enough to be #2. The Deadly Years, The Gamesters of Triskelion, Shore Leave, Plato's Stepchildren and especially Mudd's Women (one of the worst Trek episodes IMO, and far worse than I, Mudd) should be much lower on the list. (Plato's Stepchildren better than Balance of Terror and Is There In Truth No Beauty? Really?)
Space Seed is good, but not good enough to be #2. The Deadly Years, The Gamesters of Triskelion, Shore Leave, Plato's Stepchildren and especially Mudd's Women (one of the worst Trek episodes IMO, and far worse than I, Mudd) should be much lower on the list. (Plato's Stepchildren better than Balance of Terror and Is There In Truth No Beauty? Really?)
TNG:
Should be higher:
The Wounded (much higher - I'm shocked where they put it)
Tapestry
Sins of the Father
Reunion
The Defector
The First Duty
Face of the Enemy
Inheritance
The Offspring
Second Chances (not even in the first 100?!)
The Enemy
Attached
Family
Should be much lower:
Cause and Effect - the most overrated TNG episode IMO. Am I the only one who found it really boring and repetitive?
Descent pt 1
Relics - it's nice and I get the nostalgia thing, but there is no way it is in TNG top 10.
Genesis - it was awful. What is it doing in the top 100?
Also, The Best of Both Worlds part 2 higher than part 1? Come on!!
Should be higher:
The Wounded (much higher - I'm shocked where they put it)
Tapestry
Sins of the Father
Reunion
The Defector
The First Duty
Face of the Enemy
Inheritance
The Offspring
Second Chances (not even in the first 100?!)
The Enemy
Attached
Family
Should be much lower:
Cause and Effect - the most overrated TNG episode IMO. Am I the only one who found it really boring and repetitive?
Descent pt 1
Relics - it's nice and I get the nostalgia thing, but there is no way it is in TNG top 10.
Genesis - it was awful. What is it doing in the top 100?
Also, The Best of Both Worlds part 2 higher than part 1? Come on!!
Couldn't disagree more. My least favorite TOS episode of all.
Ok, list for TNG is completed. I have problems with both lists as well, but we have to remember these lists are only the opinion of the author.
Here is what the introduction to the article says:
"We know, we know---there are already enough Trek episode guides to fill a Ferengi freighter: But ours is the first to actually rank all 303 episodes from best to worst. How'd we do it? Our crack Trek-ologists devised a formula so sophisticated (plot + f/x - cheesy costumes divided by number of times Bones says "He's dead Jim!" ) not even supercomputer M-5 could figure it out. In the end, though, there's only one thing to remember: Trek is a little like sex--even when it's bad, its' pretty good."
I'll get DS9 up later. Because this was written in '94, they only get to episode #46.
Here is what the introduction to the article says:
"We know, we know---there are already enough Trek episode guides to fill a Ferengi freighter: But ours is the first to actually rank all 303 episodes from best to worst. How'd we do it? Our crack Trek-ologists devised a formula so sophisticated (plot + f/x - cheesy costumes divided by number of times Bones says "He's dead Jim!" ) not even supercomputer M-5 could figure it out. In the end, though, there's only one thing to remember: Trek is a little like sex--even when it's bad, its' pretty good."
I'll get DS9 up later. Because this was written in '94, they only get to episode #46.
Indeed. Actually I rather enjoy Spock's Brain.
You rock, my dear.
Deep Space Nine episodes #1-46 rated best to worst according to EW 1994. Makes me wonder where these would have fallen had the issue been done after all the DS9 episodes aired:
Captive Pursuit
Invasive Procedures
Dax
Past Prologue
Duet
Dramatis Personae
The Nagus
Battle Lines
The Forsaken
In the Hands of the Prophets
The Maquis Pt 2
Rules of Acquisition
Whispers
The Alternate
Blood Oath
Necessary Evil
The Collaborator
If Wishes Were Horses
Crossover
Playing God
Vortex
Cardassians
Shadowplay
Armageddon Game
Tribunal
The Jem'Hadar
The Siege
The Storyteller
The Maquis Pt 1
Sanctuary
Q-Less
Profit and Loss
Emissary, Pts 1 & 2
The Passenger
The Homecoming
Babel
A Man Alone
Second Sight
Progress
Melora
The Wire
The Circle
Rivals
Paradise
Move Along Home
And thats that! Glad to help out Carlmarx. I live to serve!
Captive Pursuit
Invasive Procedures
Dax
Past Prologue
Duet
Dramatis Personae
The Nagus
Battle Lines
The Forsaken
In the Hands of the Prophets
The Maquis Pt 2
Rules of Acquisition
Whispers
The Alternate
Blood Oath
Necessary Evil
The Collaborator
If Wishes Were Horses
Crossover
Playing God
Vortex
Cardassians
Shadowplay
Armageddon Game
Tribunal
The Jem'Hadar
The Siege
The Storyteller
The Maquis Pt 1
Sanctuary
Q-Less
Profit and Loss
Emissary, Pts 1 & 2
The Passenger
The Homecoming
Babel
A Man Alone
Second Sight
Progress
Melora
The Wire
The Circle
Rivals
Paradise
Move Along Home
And thats that! Glad to help out Carlmarx. I live to serve!
Yeah, that's a pretty weird list. The other two make sense, more or less - even though I have minor objections. But the DS9 list just makes my mind boggle. Dax and Invasive Procedures are apparently also better than Duet, which is only 5th?
Looking over that list, the only explanation that makes sense is that the people who compiled it were big TNG fans who preferred standalone, TNG-like episodes - especially if they featured TNG characters, like The Forsaken or Q-less - while most arc-based episodes or those who feature shadier characters and storylines more typical for DS9 tend to be seriously underrated on this list. For instance, the Circle 3-parter is very low on the list, and an average, TNG-lite episode like Melora is above The Wire.Why is Plato's Stepchildren so high, and The Empath so low? I like the latter episode. As for Genesis, what the hell? Why isn't that right at the bottom?
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