Name That STAR TREK Episode...

[Henoch]

<tapping the microphone> @Silvermane ?

 

[Farscape One]

Any other clues?

 

[Henoch]

Game restart:

1st Clue: A joyful beginning with an ominous undertone.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

Sounds like "Balance of Terror".

 

[Methuselah Flint]

The Lights of Zetar?

 

[Henoch]

Sounds like "Balance of Terror".

@Steven P Bastien wins the game restart. Kirk is about to conduct a joyful wedding ceremony while the Enterprise is racing to the Romulan Neutral Zone in response to ominous reports that the Earth Outposts are being attacked. Poor Hansen and poor Tomlinson.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

Thank You Henoch. By the way, I hope Silvermane is OK and just got sidetracked by something.

OK, let's switch it around as we warm up this thread again.

Clue #1. An ominous beginning with a light humored undertone.

 

[Farscape One]

"CATSPAW"?

Starts with a crewman's death and Sulu and Scotty captured, but the episode comes off a little humorous despite the horror feel.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

Reasonable guess, especially given Spock's joke about the "very bad poetry". But, incorrect.

Clue #2. Does "light humored" imply "little jokes"?

 

[Methuselah Flint]

City on the Edge of Forever?

Kirk and Spock's travel back to the past does have its humourous moments, including the rice picker scene, stone knives/bear skins, and the end moments of Edith's speech scene, amongst others...Largely between the two Co-stars.

 

[Henoch]

The Trouble with Tribbles?
1. Oh no, Klingons! Never mind, Tribbles.
2. Chekov's little joke:

CHEKOV: One parsec, sir. Close enough to smell them.
SPOCK: That is illogical, Ensign. Odours cannot travel through the vacuum of space.
CHEKOV: I was making a little joke, sir.
SPOCK: Extremely little, Ensign.​

 

[Steven P Bastien]

Henoch gets the win on this one. Back over to you Henoch.

 

[Henoch]

1st Clue: A light humored beginning, an ominous middle finished with a light humored conclusion.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

I'm feeling "Shore Leave" might be it.

 

[Henoch]

Right again Mr. Bastien. Shore Leave started with the White Rabbit and Alice, Ruth and Finnegan. Then trouble with the ship and the dangerous situations escalated with a tiger, a Samurai, a Zero and lastly with the death of McCoy. But everything turns alright in the end including Ruth, again.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

Let's go with this theme while the thread is still warming up.

Clue #1 One of the grimmest episodes ever, yet it still started with joviality and ended with laughter.

 

[Farscape One]

"THE GALILEO SEVEN"?

Pretty grim episode, and it ended with all on the Bridge laughing.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

No. Not G7. Not quite enough joviality in the beginning of that one.

 

[Henoch]

Wolf In The Fold?
1. Starts with partying on Argelius. Grimm murders and Scott implicated. Ends with everyone on happy shots wanting to go back down to Argelius for more partying.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

You are correct Sir Yonder Star! Love the new receptacle too.