The Star Trek Way

[RobertScorpio]

If you were to explain to someone one what you think "star trek" is all about, at its core, what episode would you instruct them to see to bring this point home???

Rob
Scorpio

 

[The Wormhole]

Darmok

 

[RobertScorpio]

Darmok

Good pick..believe it or not? I'm still pondering...

Rob

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

The first year of TOS.

 

[Brian]

The Measure of a Man
The Offspring
The Inner Light

 

[Loupjo]

I, Borg
The measure of a man
Darmok

 

[RobertScorpio]

All good picks..

I went with

BALANCE OF TERROR
THE OFFSPRING
THE VISITOR
WAY OF THE WARRIOR
WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS

Rob

 

[opali]

It's hard to pick just one!

The Measure of a Man

Who Watches the Watchers

From TOS, I would pick:

The Menagerie

 

[zenophite]

Spock's Brain.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Well, to explain the core of Star Trek...

All Good Things is a must, if simply for what Q tells Picard at the end.

Star Trek "isnt just about maping stars and studying nebula, it's about charting the unknown possibilities of existence."

 

[C.E. Evans]

I would chose TOS' "Arena."

 

[Sector 7]

TOS:
Journey to Babel- political & family relationships
Balance of Terror- fear, prejudice, DRAMA

MOVIES:
Spock's Death Scene
Spock's Funeral Scene- both show best of Trek, relationships & emotional cost of what they do

TNG:
The Inner Light- still my favorite modern episode, exploring another culture is what it's all about
Darmok- first contact at its best
Family- explores emotional cost & relationships

VOY:
the one with aliens planning the invasion... Boothby look-a-like (don't know episode title)

ENT:
opening theme song

DS9: not going there, playing nice today

 

[ialfan]

Observer Effect

Demons / Terra Prime

 

[JiNX-01]

Demons/Terra Prime for this reason alone:


Up until about 100 years ago, there was one question that burned in every human, that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them. Are we alone? Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question. We are all explorers driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet the more I've experienced, the more I've learned that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there, the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us, woven into the threads that bind us, all of us, to each other. The final frontier begins in this hall. Let's explore it together."

-- Captain Jonathan Archer​

 

[KaiClark]

If you were to explain to someone one what you think "star trek" is all about, at its core, what episode would you instruct them to see to bring this point home???

Rob
Scorpio

My list

I chose one main and a runner up from each series, which was extremely hard since there are so many good ones.
TOS
Main was "City on the Edge of Forever" Runner-up "Where No Man has Gone Before"

TAS
Main pick "Yesteryear" and the runner-up "More Trouble, More Tribbles"

Movies
Main pick is "The Wraith of Khan" Runner-up "First Contact"

TNG
Main pick "Family" Runner-up "The Drumhead"

DS9
Main pick "Far beyond the Stars" Runner up "The Visitor"

Voy
Main pick "One" runner up "Blink of an Eye"

Ent
Main pick "Demons" and the runner up "Terra Prime"

 

[I am not Spock]

^ Ooh, good choices. Those are what Trek is about.

 

[Dane_Whitman]

Demons/Terra Prime for this reason alone:


Up until about 100 years ago, there was one question that burned in every human, that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them. Are we alone? Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question. We are all explorers driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet the more I've experienced, the more I've learned that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there, the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us, woven into the threads that bind us, all of us, to each other. The final frontier begins in this hall. Let's explore it together."

-- Captain Jonathan Archer​

Excellent choice.

 

[snatit4387]

When faced with this question, I am always inclined to say "Star Trek: First Contact". Captain Picard essentially defines what the Star Trek philosophy is to the character of Lilly. In addition, the end of the movie allows one to witness literally the birth of Star Trek. It doesn't hurt that the movie is perhaps the most accessible and interesting to a non-fan.

In terms of exlusively episodes, "Darmok", "The Devil in the Dark", "Demons"/"Terra Prime" and especially "The Measure of a Man" strike me as strong candidates.

 

[JiNX-01]

Demons/Terra Prime for this reason alone:


Up until about 100 years ago, there was one question that burned in every human, that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them. Are we alone? Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question. We are all explorers driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet the more I've experienced, the more I've learned that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there, the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us, woven into the threads that bind us, all of us, to each other. The final frontier begins in this hall. Let's explore it together."

-- Captain Jonathan Archer​

Excellent choice.

Awwww.

 

[RobertScorpio]

When faced with this question, I am always inclined to say "Star Trek: First Contact". Captain Picard essentially defines what the Star Trek philosophy is to the character of Lilly. In addition, the end of the movie allows one to witness literally the birth of Star Trek. It doesn't hurt that the movie is perhaps the most accessible and interesting to a non-fan.

In terms of exlusively episodes, "Darmok", "The Devil in the Dark", "Demons"/"Terra Prime" and especially "The Measure of a Man" strike me as strong candidates.

All good picks..

Robert Scorpio