I joined late to the party. Some other posters probably did too. So for their, and my benefit -- and anyone else who wants to jump in -- here's a thread for rating the episodes on a scale of 0 to 10 or whatever system you prefer.
I'm going to curve them for my ratings. The one I think is the best gets a 10 and then the rest I'll compare it to as my standard. 5 is dead-neutral. It did absolutely nothing for me good or bad. 6-9 is everything in-between. Anything below a 5, I don't have bother to explain because there weren't any. There weren't any 5's either.
"The Vulcan Hello" & "Battle at the Binary Stars" -- 7
"Context Is for Kings" -- 8
"The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lambs Cry" -- 8
"Choose Your Pain" -- 9
"Lethe" -- 10
"Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" -- 9
"Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" -- 7
"Into the Forest I Go" -- 10
"Despite Yourself" -- 10
Average (counting the premiere as separate episodes): 8.5
EDIT: In comparison to the first 10 production episodes of TOS (to kill my curiosity):
"The Cage" -- 10
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" -- 10
"The Corbomite Maneuver" -- 8
"Mudd's Women" -- 6
"The Enemy Within" -- 10
"The Man Trap" -- 6
"The Naked Time" -- 10
"Charlie X" -- 7
"Balance of Terror" -- 10
"What Are Little Girls Made Of?" -- 8
Average: 8.5
They're dead-even. TOS tends to go higher and lower, while DSC has a more consistent range.
And TOS is DSC's only serious first season competition.
I'm going to curve them for my ratings. The one I think is the best gets a 10 and then the rest I'll compare it to as my standard. 5 is dead-neutral. It did absolutely nothing for me good or bad. 6-9 is everything in-between. Anything below a 5, I don't have bother to explain because there weren't any. There weren't any 5's either.
"The Vulcan Hello" & "Battle at the Binary Stars" -- 7
"Context Is for Kings" -- 8
"The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lambs Cry" -- 8
"Choose Your Pain" -- 9
"Lethe" -- 10
"Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" -- 9
"Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" -- 7
"Into the Forest I Go" -- 10
"Despite Yourself" -- 10
Average (counting the premiere as separate episodes): 8.5
EDIT: In comparison to the first 10 production episodes of TOS (to kill my curiosity):
"The Cage" -- 10
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" -- 10
"The Corbomite Maneuver" -- 8
"Mudd's Women" -- 6
"The Enemy Within" -- 10
"The Man Trap" -- 6
"The Naked Time" -- 10
"Charlie X" -- 7
"Balance of Terror" -- 10
"What Are Little Girls Made Of?" -- 8
Average: 8.5
They're dead-even. TOS tends to go higher and lower, while DSC has a more consistent range.
And TOS is DSC's only serious first season competition.
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