Top Ten Episodes by Series

[Trekfan4387]

I'm sure this topic comes up pretty frequently, but I thought it might be fun for everyone to give this another shot...

STAR TREK (1966-1969)
01. "The City on the Edge of Forever"
02. "The Menagerie, Part I"
03. "The Menagerie, Part II"
04. "Amok Time"
05. "The Doomsday Machine"
06. "Space Seed"
07. "Mirror, Mirror"
08. "Balance of Terror"
09. "Journey to Babel"
10. "The Trouble with Tribbles"

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (1987-1994)
01. "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I"
02. "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"
03. "All Good Things..."
04. "Yesterday's Enterprise"
05. "The Measure of a Man"
06. "The Inner Light"
07. "Chain of Command, Part I"
08. "Chain of Command, Part II"
09. "Darmok"
10. "The Drumhead"

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993-1999)
01. "In the Pale Moonlight"
02. "Far Beyond the Stars"
03. "Call to Arms"
04. "The Visitor"
05. "What You Leave Behind"
06. "Duet"
07. "Trials and Tribble-ations"
08. "Improbable Cause"
09. "The Die is Cast"
10. "The Siege of AR-558""

STAR TREK: VOYAGER (1995-2001)
01. "Scorpion, Part I"
02. "Scorpion, Part II"
03. "Timeless"
04. "Year of Hell, Part I"
05. "Year of Hell, Part II"
06. "Living Witness"
07. "Drone"
08. "Equinox, Part I"
09. "Equinox, Part II"
10. "Deadlock"

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE (2001-2005)
01. "Twilight"
02. "Azati Prime"
03. "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I"
04. "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II"
05. "Terra Prime"
06. "Similitude"
07. "The Forge"
08. "Cogenitor"
09. "Damage"
10. "The Council"

STAR TREK (1979-Present)
All 11 Ranked:
01. "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"
02. "Star Trek: First Contact"
03. "Star Trek"
04. "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"
05. "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"
06. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"
07. "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"
08. "Star Trek: Generations"
09. "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"
10. "Star Trek: Insurrection"
11. "Star Trek: Nemesis"

 

[Claudia]

Just listing my 10 favourite episodes, not in any order (because that order changes around a lot. *g*) - and I'm not goint to list any ENT-episodes because I think the 10 best episodes from that series are still just mediocre compared to the other series'...

TOS:
City on the Edge of Forever
Balance of Terror
Journey to Babel
Doomsday Machine
Immunity Syndrome
Mirror, Mirror
All Our Yesterdays
Galileo 7
Where no man has gone before
Conscience of the King

TNG:
Best of Both Worlds I+II
Inner Light
Measure of a Man
All Good Things
Parallels
Conspiracy
Drumhead
I, Borg
Pegasus Project
Yesterday's Enterprise

DS9:
The Visitor
In the Pale Moonlight
Duet
The Jem'Hadar
The Siege of AR-558
Tacking into the Wind
In Purgatory's Shadow/By Inferno's Light
Children of Time
Call to Arms
What You Leave Behind

VOY:
Scorpion I+II
Imperfection
Future's End
Eye of the Needle
Living Witness
Remember
Deadlock
The Swarm
Latent Image
Shattered

MOV:
1. Wrath of Khan
2. Undiscovered Country
3. Voyage Home
4. Star Trek
and 4. First Contact
6. Search for Spock
7. Insurrection
8. Nemesis
9. Generations
10. Final Frontier
11. The Motion Picture

 

[SFRabid]

Just listing my 10 favourite episodes, not in any order (because that order changes around a lot. *g*) - and I'm not goint to list any ENT-episodes because I think the 10 best episodes from that series are still just mediocre compared to the other series'...
...

That did not take long. Next someone is going to say that Voyager does not have 10 good episodes, followed by someone talking about how outdated TOS is. A TOS fan will be insulted and start cutting on TNG. Meanwhile someone from the DS9 crowd will insist on listing 30 episodes because they are all so great. Long after a Mod will stop in to point out that "IMHO" should be used to note opinion instead of fact when expressing displeasure over a series but by then we will be long down this familiar road of needing to insult the series we don't like.

Thanks Claudia. These threads would be boring without someone throwing the first rock.

 

[apenpaap]

Here are my lists, not in any particular order, and I haven't seen most of TOS.

TOS:
Space Seed
A Taste of Armageddon
Tomorrow is Yesterday
The Squire of Gothos
Shore Leave
Court Martial
The Conscience of the King
Charlie X
The Naked Time
Balance of Terror

TNG:
The Inner Light
I, Borg
All Good Things...
Who Watches the Watchers?
Deja Q
Yesterday's Enterprise
The Offspring
In Theory
Cause and Effect
Tapestry

DS9:
Duet
The Wire
Second Skin
The Visitor
Little Green Men
Occupation Arc
The Magnificent Ferengi
In the Pale Moonlight
His Way
Final Chapter

Voyager:
Lifesigns
Before and After
Distant Origin
Year of Hell
Message in a Bottle
Bride of Chaotica!
Someone to Watch Over Me
Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy
Dragon's Teeth
Author, Author

Enterprise:
The Andorian Incident
Silent Enemy
Minefield
Cogenitor
Xindi Arc
Augment Arc
Observer Effect
Babel One Arc
In a Mirror, Darkly
Demons/Terra Prime

Movies ranked:
1: First Contact
2: The Undiscovered Country
3: The Voyage Home
4: The Wrath of Khan
5: Generations
6: The Search for Spock
7: Insurrection
8: Trek XI
9: The Slow-Motion Picture
10: The Final Frontier
11: Nemesis

 

[Pemmer Harge]

Long after a Mod will stop in to point out that "IMHO" should be used to note opinion instead of fact when expressing displeasure over a series

It shouldn't. It's incredibly easy to tell the difference between statements of opinion and statements of fact!

 

[JayOwl]

By episodes I've seen (I havn't seen TOS apart from films or much of TNG or ENT so I'l leave them out)

DS9:
1) The Visitor
2) Duet
3) Inprobable cause/ The die is cast
4) Nor the Battle to the strong
5) Seige of AR-558
6) The Quickening
7) Field of Fire
8) Battlelines
9) In the Pale Moonlight
10) Sacrifice of Angels

Voy:
1) Scorpian
2) The Thaw
3) Dark Frontier
4) Warlord
5) Message in a bottle
6) Course: Oblivion
7) The Gift
8) Year of Hell
9) Thirty Days
10) Before and After

 

[Eyes]

Going by full episodes I've seen, and not in any particular order:

TOS:
The Man Trap (the only full episode of TOS I've ever seen)

TNG:
Yesterday's Enterprise
The Inner Light
The Next Phase
Darmok
Cause and Effect
A Matter of Time
Timescape
Q Who
The Best of Both Worlds
The Minds Eye

DS9:
Nor the Battle to the Strong
The Visitor
Past Tense
The Siege of AR-558
In Purgatory's Shadow/ By Inferno's Light
Our Man Bashir
Improbable Cause/ Die is Cast
Crossover
The Quickening
Inquisition

VOY:
Living Witness
Message in a Bottle
Timeless
Deadlock
The Thaw
Non Sequitur
Before and After
Eye of the Needle
Worst Case Scenario
Hunters

ENT:
Fight or Flight (Yep, finished Flight or Fight, and it was better than I remembered, so that holds out a bit more hope for my eventual, slow first-time watch)
Broken Bow

Movies
1. The Voyage Home
2. The Undiscovered Country
3. First Contact
4. Insurrection
5. The Search for Spock
6. The Wrath of Khan
7. Generations
8. Nemesis

 

[Trek4Ever]

TOS
City on the Edge of Forever
Mirror, Mirror
The Naked Time
This Side of Paradise
The Doomsday Machine
The Empath
Balance of Terror
A Piece of the Action
The Ultimate Computer
Day of the Dove

TNG:
The Best of Both Worlds, Part II
Yesterday's Enterprise
The Best of Both Worlds, Part I
All Good Things...
Q Who
Tapestry
Parallels
Ship in a Bottle
Face of the Enemy
Transfigurations

DS9:
The Visitor
Sacrifice of Angels
Nor the Battle to the Strong
Far Beyond the Stars
Emissary
The Jem'Hadar
Call to Arms
Way of the Warrior
The Quickening
In the Cards

VOY:
Living Witness
Course: Oblivion
Message in a Bottle
Bride of Chaotica!
Equinox, Part I
The Void
Deadlock
The Thaw
Year of Hell, Part I & II
Nemesis

ENT:
United
Through a Mirror Darkly, Part I & II
Azati Prime
Twilight
Terra Prime
Demons
Zero Hour
Countdown
The Expanse
The Forge

Movies:
The Voyage Home
The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek
First Contact
The Motion Picture
The Undiscovered Country
The Search For Spock
Nemesis
The Final Frontier
Generations
Insurrection

 

[Admiral Shran]

STAR TREK (1966-1969)
01. "Journey to Babel"
02. "The Conscience of the King"
03. "Amok Time"
04. "The Enterprise Incident"
05. "The Trouble with Tribbles"
06. "The City on the Edge of Forever"
07. "The Devil in the Dark"
08. "Arena"
09. "Balance of Terror"
10. "Day of the Dove"

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (1987-1994)
01. "The Best of Both World, Part I"
02. "The Defector"
03. "Starship Mine"
04. "Parallels"
05. "Tapesty"
06. "Reunion"
07. "Sarek"
08. "Ship in a Bottle"
09. "Descent, Part I"
10. "Masks"

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993-1999)
01. "In the Pale Moonlight"
02. "The Reckoning"
03. "Rapture"
04. "What You Leave Behind"
05. "In Purgatory's Shadow"
06. "By Inferno's Light"
07. "The Magnificent Ferengi"
08. "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
09. "One Little Ship"
10. "Trials and Tribble-ations"

STAR TREK: VOYAGER (1995-2001)
01. "Scorpion, Part I"
02. "Scorpion, Part II"
03. "The Omega Directive"
04. "The Voyager Conspiracy"
05. "Message in a Bottle"
06. "Mortal Coil"
07. "Good Shepard"
08. "Blood Fever"
09. "Worst Case Scenario"
10. "Endgame"

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE (2001-2005)
01. "United"
02. "The Andorian Incident"
03. "Carbon Creek"
04. "Kir'Shara"
05. "Awakening"
06. "The Forge"
07. "Babel One"
08. "The Aenar"
09. "Precious Cargo"
10. "Proving Ground"

STAR TREK (1979-Present)
All 11 Ranked:
01. "Star Trek First Contact"
02. "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"
03. "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"
04. "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"
05. "Star Trek Generations"
06. "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"
07. "Star Trek Insurrection"
08. "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"
09. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"
10. "Star Trek"
11. "Star Trek Nemesis"

 

[Claudia]

Thanks Claudia. These threads would be boring without someone throwing the first rock.

I'm not quite sure what you're getting at, TBH... should I just list the 10 episodes of ENT where I don't feel the urge to throw things at my TV? To me, there are no 10 favourite episodes of ENT but just 10 least annoying ones - and since that wasn't the topic I didn't list them.

But okay, if you say so...

ENT:

Carbon Creek
Cogenitor
The Forge
Broken Bow
Observer Effect
Twilight
Fallen Hero
Shadows of P'Jem
The Andorian Incident
Cold Front

 

[DevilEyes]

It is so hard to pick just 10 episodes, especially with DS9 - I could do a top 30 instead... Oops...

TOS:
Balance of Terror
This Side of Paradise
Amok Time
Mirror, Mirror
City on the Edge of Forever
Is There In Truth No Beauty?
The Cage / Menagerie
The Doomsday Machine
The Tholian Web
The Naked Time
(I might change my mind and include All Our Yesterdays or The Trouble with Tribbles instead)

TNG:
Chain of Command
The Measure of a Man
The Wounded
Best of Both Worlds
Tapestry
The Defector
Sins of the Father
The Inner Light
Yesterday's Enterprise
Sarek
(I might change my mind and decide to include Preemptive Strike, Second Chances or Reunion instead)

DS9:
Duet
In The Pale Moonlight
the Dominion occupation arc
Necessary Evil
Nor the Battle To the Strong
Ties of Blood and Water (actually I wanted to include Second Skin, too, but I thought it was too much to include both)
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
Things Past
Improbable Cause/The Die Is Cast
The Maquis
(I might change my mind and decide to include The Trouble with Tribbles, Chimera, Far Beyond the Stars, To The Death, etc.)

I haven't seen season 5, 6 and 7 of VOY yet, so this is:

VOY (top 10 of the first 4 seasons):
Living Witness
Scorpion
Meld
Year of Hell
Unity
Mortal Coil
Jetrel
Lifesigns
Prey
Before and After

(Deathwish could have almost been there, if it weren't for the annoying lines about Janeway "being able to be authoritative and keep her femininity" Come on, VOY writers! Do you really think that a Q would talk to a woman from the 24th century using the same stereotypes that silly TV critics use in the 20th century? Or that a woman being a captain is so unusual in the 24th century that you need to keep reminding people of that? )

I'm still watching season 1 of ENT, so this will have to wait.

Ranking the movies:

The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek (2009)
The Undiscovered Country
First Contact
The Search for Spock
The Motion Picture
The Voyage Home
Generations
Nemesis (only because it is less boring and preachy than Insurrection and a bit less awful than Final Frontier)
Insurrection
Final Frontier

It's weird to do this next to the top 10 episodes, since ranking the last 3 movies is basically deciding which one is more abysmal.

 

[carlmarx]

STAR TREK
1. The City On The Edge Of Forever
2. The Doomsday Machine
3. The Trouble With Tribbles
4. Mirror, Mirror
5. The Empath
6. Devil In The Dark
7. A Piece Of The Action
8. Errand Of Mercy
9. The Galileo Seven
10. Balance Of Terror

NEXT GENERATION
1. Darmok
2. The Best Of Both Worlds, Part 1
3. The Inner Light
4. Yesterdays Enterprise
5. The Measure Of A Man
6. Chain Of Command, Part 2
7. Frame Of Mind
8,9. All Good Things
10. Parallels

DEEP SPACE 9
1. In The Pale Moonlight
2. The Visitor
3. Duet
4. In Purgatory's Shadow
5. Far Beyond The Stars
6. The Siege Of AR-558
7. Chimera
8. Improbable Cause
9. The Die Is Cast
10. Rocks And Shoals

VOYAGER
1. Living Witness
2. Timeless
3. Distant Origin
4,5. Scorpion
6. Author, Author
7. Drone
8. Remember
9. The Thaw
10. Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy

ENTERPRISE
I really haven't seen enough of ENT to make a fair top ten. But from what I've seen I would probably end up including
1. Cogenitor
2. Regeneration
3. Dear Doctor
4. Twilight

Nothing else of what Ive seen has really grabbed me, INCLUDING "In A Mirror Darkly".

 

[Warp Coil]

Haven't really seen but a handful of TOS episodes so I can't really comment on that series. As for the others, my top ten lists always seem to vary depending on my mood, so take these with a grain of salt:

TNG:
"Conspiracy"
"The Measure of a Man"
"Q Who?"
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
"The Best of Both Worlds"
"The Drumhead"
"Cause & Effect"
"Frame of Mind"
"Parallels"
"All Good Things..."

DS9:
"Improbable Cause"
"The Die is Cast"
"Homefront"
"Paradise Lost"
"Trials and Tribble-ations"
"Call to Arms"
"Favor the Bold"
"Sacrifice of Angels"
"In the Pale Moonlight"
"What You Leave Behind"

VOY:
"Caretaker"
"Eye of the Needle"
"Scorpion"
"The Gift"
"Message in a Bottle"
"Living Witness"
"Pathfinder"
"Life Line"
"Critical Care"
"Shattered"

ENT:
"Broken Bow"
"Fight or Flight"
"Cold Front"
"Minefield"
"Dead Stop"
"Regeneration"
"Similitude"
"Home"
"The Forge"
"In A Mirror, Darkly"

 

[Starbreaker]

Okay... here we go... I always feel compelled to do these

TOS

Amok Time
The Doomsday Machine
Patterns of Force
The Menagerie
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Balance of Terror
The Tholian Web
All Our Yesterdays
Journey to Babel
Galileo 7

TNG

Best of Both Worlds
Family
The Inner Light
Tapestry
Parallels
The Offspring
Q Who
Yesterday's Enterprise
All Good Things
I, Borg

DS9:
Hard Time
Anything from Season 6

VOY:

Scorpion
Year of Hell
Message in a Bottle
Pathfinder
Critical Care
Before and After
Hope and Fear
Dragon's Teeth
Barge of the Dead
Eye of the Needle

Enterprise:

The Andorian Incident
Shuttlepod One
Fallen Hero
Cease Fire
Regeneration
First Flight
Twlight
Damage
Zero Hour
In A Mirror, Darkly

 

[DevilEyes]

DS9:
Hard Time
Anything from Season 6

Even Profit and Lace?

You really need to be more specific.

 

[apenpaap]

Profit and Lace isn't really that bad, actually. From DS9's unholy trinity (Meridian, Let he who is without sin, Profit and Lace) it's easily my favourite.

 

[DevilEyes]

Profit and Lace isn't really that bad, actually. From DS9's unholy trinity (Meridian, Let he who is without sin, Profit and Lace) it's easily my favourite.

So you'd put it in your top 10 DS9 episodes?

 

[apenpaap]

Profit and Lace isn't really that bad, actually. From DS9's unholy trinity (Meridian, Let he who is without sin, Profit and Lace) it's easily my favourite.

So you'd put it in your top 10 DS9 episodes?

No. Got a little sidetracked there.

 

[Starbreaker]

DS9:
Hard Time
Anything from Season 6

Even Profit and Lace?

You really need to be more specific.

Anything from Season 6 but Profit and Lace.

 

[KirkSpockTOSFan]

This my list of favorites:

The Orginal Series

1.The Trouble With Tribbles
2.The City Of The Edge Of Forever
3.Amok Time
4.Joureny To Babel
5.This Side Of Paradise
6.All Our Yesterdays
7.Spock's Brain
8.Gallieo 7
9.Naked Time
10.Opperation Annihalite

The Next Genaration:

1.Unification 1&2
2.The Measure Of A Man
3.The Best Of Both Worlds 1
4.The Best Of Both Worlds 2
5.Final Mission
And there were few other episodes I like but cant remmber the names of the episodes.

I also like different episodes from Voyager and Enterprse but cant think of names of the epsodes.

List of favorte movies:

1.Star Trek XI
2.Star Trek The Voyage Home
3.Star Trek The Search For Spock
4.Star Trek The Wrath Of Khan
5.Star Trek The Final Frontier
6.Star Trek Genarations
7.Star Trek The Undicoverd Country
8.Star Trek Nemies
9.Star Trek First Contact
10.Star Trek Inserecton
11.Star Trek The Motion Picture