Here we go with round two. There are 41 selections instead of 40 because three episodes tied for the last position in this round. Pick your favorite 20 episodes from this list. Have fun.
Pilots (2 episodes) The Cage Where No Man Has Gone Before Season One (8 episodes) The Corbomite Maneuver Balance of Terror The Galileo Seven Arena Court Martial The Devil in the Dark Errand of Mercy The City on the Edge of Forever Season Two (7 episodes) Amok Time Mirror, Mirror The Doomsday Machine Journey to Babel Obsession The Trouble with Tribbles A Piece of the Action Season Three (3 episodes) The Enterprise Incident The Tholian Web All Our Yesterdays
Hard to pick just 20, I went with these ones: A Private Little War Amok Time Arena Balance of Terror Errand of Mercy Journey to Babel Mirror, Mirror Operation - Annihilate! Shore Leave Space Seed The Cage The City on the Edge of Forever The Conscience of the King The Corbomite Maneuver The Doomsday Machine The Enemy Within The Enterprise Incident The Immunity Syndrome The Naked Time Where No Man Has Gone Before
I don't need 20 picks: Balance of Terror Shore Leave Space Seed The Cage The Corbomite Maneuver The Doomsday Machine The Savage Curtain (write-in) Tomorrow is Yesterday
Not too tough so far: A Piece of the Action Amok Time Arena Balance of Terror Journey to Babel Mirror, Mirror Shore Leave Space Seed The Cage The City on the Edge of Forever The Corbomite Maneuver The Deadly Years The Devil in the Dark The Doomsday Machine The Enterprise Incident The Squire of Gothos The Trouble with Tribbles This Side of Paradise Tomorrow is Yesterday Where No Man Has Gone Before
The City on the Edge of Forever - because Spock's use of stone knives and bearskins was very MacGuyverish Arena - because the cannon Kirk built was very MacGuyverish The Doomsday Machine - mostly because of Peter David's novel, Vendetta (one of the very few Trek novels I've read), although I always liked how they used the auxiliary bridge to differentiate between the Enterprise and the Constellation The Devil in the Dark - because of fond memories of my family referring to the Horta as "The Roving Pizza" The Trouble with Tribbles - just because
Oh man, so many classic episodes. Amok Time. Arena. Balance of Terror. Court Martial. Errand of Mercy. Journey to Babel. Mirror, Mirror. Operation - Annihilate! The Cage. The Corbomite Maneuver. The Devil in the Dark. The Doomsday Machine. The Galieo Seven. The Immunity Syndrome. The Menagerie, Pt. 1. The Menagerie, Pt. 2. The Tholian Web. The Trouble with Tribbles. The Ultimate Computer. Where No Man Has Gone Before.
Been and voted - listing all twenty is a bit much though so I'll wait until the field thins out a bit before doing that. The usual suspects (e.g 'Amok Time', 'Balance of Terror', 'Court Martial' 'Journey To Babel' etc) all got due recognition though. GM
Amok Time Balance of Terror Errand of Mercy Mirror, Mirror Obsession Space Seed The Cage The City on the Edge of Forever The Corbomite Manouver The Devil in the Dark The Doomsday Machine The Enterprise Incedent The Galileo Seven The Immunity Syndrome The Paradise Syndrome The Tholian Web The Trouble With Tribbles The Ultimate Computer This Side of Paradise Where No Man Has Gone Before BRG
Amok Time, Arena, Balance of Terror, Day of the Dove, Errand of Mercy, Journey to Babel, Mirror, Mirror, Space Seed, The Cage, The City on the Edge of Forever, The Corbomite Maneuver, The Devil in the Dark, The Doomsday Machine, The Galileo Seven, The Immunity Syndrome, The Enemy Within, The Tholian Web, The Trouble with Tribbles, The Ultimate Computer and Where No Man Has Gone Before. It's getting tough now and the next couple of rounds are going to get painful for me.
I was sort of disappointed that many of my favorite episodes didn't make it past the first round. Well, I guess that's what happens when you love the third season.
It's been a week, so it's time to call this one. Below are the top 20 vote getters going into the next round at the time I called it. No more votes in this poll will count. Mods, this one can be unpinned. Thanks. Balance of Terror 23 The Doomsday Machine 22 Where No Man Has Gone Before 20 Amok Time 19 Arena 18 Mirror, Mirror 18 The Cage 18 The Corbomite Maneuver 18 The Devil in the Dark 18 The Enterprise Incident 18 The City on the Edge of Forever 17 The Tholian Web 17 Journey to Babel 16 Errand of Mercy 15 Space Seed 15 The Trouble with Tribbles 14 The Ultimate Computer 14 Shore Leave 13 The Galieo Seven 12 The Naked Time 11