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The Most Generic STAR TREK Episode...

Which is the most generic STAR TREK episode?

  • THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS

    Votes: 9 47.4%
  • FRIDAY'S CHILD

    Votes: 10 52.6%

  • Total voters
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THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
THE NAKED TIME
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
ARENA
THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

SPECTRE OF THE GUN
ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
THE THOLIAN WEB
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
THE WAY TO EDEN
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH
THE SAVAGE CURTAIN

"WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE" continues to boldly go. It was the second pilot, but more importantly, the first time James Kirk is captain of the Enterprise.

Also the first appearance of Sulu and Scotty. And the first time godlike powers are seen in the franchise.
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
THE NAKED TIME
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS

THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

SPECTRE OF THE GUN
ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
THE THOLIAN WEB
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
THE WAY TO EDEN
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH
THE SAVAGE CURTAIN

I removed ARENA, it's coolness factor is over 10,000 Megafonzies. It is not generic.

How true! The reason given is what makes the elimination interesting or not.
Harumph! Harumph!
 
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THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
THE NAKED TIME
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

SPECTRE OF THE GUN
ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
THE THOLIAN WEB
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
THE WAY TO EDEN
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH
THE SAVAGE CURTAIN


THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR: With its half-baked story and bizarre, inconsistent direction, it's far outside the mainstream of OS episodes. Thank god.
 
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THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
THE NAKED TIME
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

SPECTRE OF THE GUN
ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
THE THOLIAN WEB
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH
THE SAVAGE CURTAIN

"THE WAY TO EDEN" goes to hell. Space hippies... need I say more... well' there's more... These hippies are underhanded, manipulative, arrogant, crazy and homicidal. Pretty much the way a group is usually described by their worst enemies. Just pick any group of people, be it religious, political, racial, ethnic, take their nemesis and you'll see those traits in the parodies they make of each other. Fortunately, this is not a generic episode.
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

SPECTRE OF THE GUN
ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
THE THOLIAN WEB
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH
THE SAVAGE CURTAIN

I'm removing THE NAKED TIME because I believe its the first time we see Environmental Suits on the crew, when they have beamed down to Psi 2000
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

SPECTRE OF THE GUN
ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
THE THOLIAN WEB
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH


It's curtains for "THE SAVAGE CURTAIN". First I love the idea of rock people (not the ENT kind that lives in walls and are the product of hallucination) but the kind that lives on a very hot planet covered with oceans of lava. Plus we meet Lincoln, IE a real person from Earth's history which though not unique, after all in "Requiem For Methuselah" the man says he's several historical persons, is definitely not generic.
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

SPECTRE OF THE GUN
ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH


I'll make my first post here (as part of the game anyway) and use the ship's power the throw us clear of The Tholian Web. I believe it's the episode with the least Kirk in the entire series. Hardly generic.
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH

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Took off the very Twilight Zone-like episode SPECTRE OF THE GUN. Between the facade sets, surreal lighting, and allusions to illusions, it is most definitely not generic.
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE DEVIL IN THE DARK
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

SPECTRE OF THE GUN
ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
THE THOLIAN WEB
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH

I remove AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD, because if this was a generic Star Trek episode, none of us would be here now discussing this. It was bad. As in all of the molecules in your body take seperate vacations bad.
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH

"THE DEVIL IN THE DARK" alights. First, there aren't that many episodes where the bad guy, a bad guy that kills at that, turns out to be a good guy. Second, first encounter with a silicon-based lifeform. Third, Spocks mind-melds with what looks like a rock... sure he's done better since but not before. Fourth, the line: "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer." is probably the best of its kind!:D
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
MIRI
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH

"THE DEVIL IN THE DARK" alights. First, there aren't that many episodes where the bad guy, a bad guy that kills at that, turns out to be a good guy. Second, first encounter with a silicon-based lifeform. Third, Spocks mind-melds with what looks like a rock... sure he's done better since but not before. Fourth, the line: "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer." is probably the best of its kind!:D

Good one. Also, only ep (?) with a teaser not involving the Enterprise crew.
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH

Taking MIRI out of the list due to the non generic adolescent Michael J Pollard who was like, 30
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS
REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH

"FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY" is no longer touching the sky. Not only is it the longest title in the franchise, but an asteroid ship is a pretty unique thing in STAR TREK.
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE ENEMY WITHIN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS

It's "REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH"'s funeral. First, it's a rare occurrence when the main character (of the episode) is said to be someone that really existed, it's even rarer when he's several historical persons rolled into one, like this one. Plus a female robot treated like a real person. Plus some borrowings to the classic movie "Forbidden Planet", itself inspired by "The Tempest" a play by Shakespeare. That's more than enough to make it a nongeneric episode.
 
THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER
MUDD'S WOMEN
THE MAN TRAP
CHARLIE X
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?
DAGGER OF THE MIND
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING
THE GALILEO SEVEN
COURT MARTIAL
THE MENAGERIE PART I
THE MENAGERIE PART II
SHORE LEAVE
THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS
TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY
THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
SPACE SEED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER
OPERATION -- ANNIHILATE!

CATSPAW
METAMORPHOSIS
FRIDAY'S CHILD
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS?
THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
WOLF IN THE FOLD
THE CHANGELING
THE APPLE
THE DEADLY YEARS
I, MUDD
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
JOURNEY TO BABEL
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION
OBSESSION
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME
BY ANY OTHER NAME
RETURN TO TOMORROW
PATTERNS OF FORCE
THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
THE OMEGA GLORY
ASSIGNMENT: EARTH

ELAAN OF TROYIUS
THE PARADISE SYNDROME
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
SPOCK'S BRAIN
THE EMPATH
DAY OF THE DOVE
WINK OF AN EYE
THAT WHICH SURVIVES
LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD
WHOM GODS DESTROY
THE MARK OF GIDEON
THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR
THE CLOUD MINDERS

Taking out THE ENEMY WITHIN for reasons as follow
No badge insignia on the uniforms in the early scenes in the episode
We saw a canine of sorts in this episode, I don't think there are any other canines in TOS
And totally non generic mysoginist behaviour from Spock when asking Rand if she perhaps enjoyed being ravished by evil Kirk
 
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