Worst tos episode

[ZapBrannigan]

And eventually, I realized that the whole premise of a species that metabolized sodium chloride was utterly preposterous... given that it's almost impossible to tie up sodium+ ions or chloride- ions into something insoluble, that would keep them from finding each other and re-forming as common salt...

Maybe the creature uses salt to regulate her electrolytes and body fluids, and just needs a lot more of it than we do. She's consuming other stuff off camera, such as water, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, and then she needs copious amounts of salt to drive the plot.

 

[Orac]

I like them all, there are some that I've got to be in the right mood to watch though. I'm seldom in the mood to watch I, Mudd so perhaps that's my nomination.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Maybe the creature uses salt to regulate her electrolytes and body fluids, and just needs a lot more of it than we do. She's consuming other stuff off camera, such as water, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, and then she needs copious amounts of salt to drive the plot.

But that would not deplete salt from the environment.

 

[Uhura's Song]

The Way to Eden is just painful to watch. The space hippies are a cliche. The extended musical numbers stop whatever meager plot there is cold. Kirk comes off as weirdly stodgy and I don't really buy Spock as someone who "reaches" the space hippies.

I will stick up for Mudd's Women. Not that it is great, but I will dispute the sexism part. Eve's speech to the miner at the end redeems it. It is still absurd, granted, but I'd argue the episode's heart is in the right place, not the wrong one.

 

[picards bald cap fitter]

The odds of what? Being repulsed by the weak concept and nightmare-fodder of "The Man Trap"? Well, I'm sure you and I aren't the only ones. The odds of getting hooked by "The Devil in the Dark"? Again, I can't possibly be the only one.

Oh, and welcome to the squirrel-cage (and look out for the nuts). You've entered a realm populated by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Star Trek geeks, Including a number of currently active ST Novelist

No I meant beacuse he said he had a music Teacher that looked just like the trapper I guess that’s what you could call it

 

[Spock's Barber]

…and massive character-abuse of the principal cast.

Not to mention Shatner chewing up the scenery during the turbo lift scenes with Spock…

 

[tim0122]

I still have the majority of season three to watch, but so far, the worst for me has been Catspaw. It's the worst all-powerful beings episode of Trek so far. It's pretty disastrous: Silly, meandering, and, worst of all, boring.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Shatner chewing up the scenery

It is what he does best.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Not to mention Shatner chewing up the scenery during the turbo lift scenes with Spock…

A gigantic ham imitating an extra-large goldfish. Better in actual motion rather than freeze-frame, but still....

I still have the majority of season three to watch, but so far, the worst for me has been Catspaw. It's the worst all-powerful beings episode of Trek so far. It's pretty disastrous: Silly, meandering, and, worst of all, boring.

Objection. That funky action music was anything but boring.

 

[Spock's Barber]

I still have the majority of season three to watch, but so far, the worst for me has been Catspaw. It's the worst all-powerful beings episode of Trek so far. It's pretty disastrous: Silly, meandering, and, worst of all, boring.

For some reason it seems like nearly every television show has to have a ‘Halloween episode’.

Ummm, Spock…what do you think?

 

[picards bald cap fitter]

• I still have the majority of season three to watch, but so far, the worst for me has been Catspaw. It's the worst all-powerful beings episode of Trek so far. It's pretty disastrous: Silly, meandering, and, worst of all, boring.

It is a bit of a weird episode and the oh so powerful villain is quite bad plot line but I do enjoy it the way they shot the cat in the hallway is quite hilarious

 

[Phaser Two]

I don't see what the canon "problem" is with Balance of Terror. The particulars of the history of the Earth-Romulan War work just fine within the context of Star Trek (1966-1969) as its own standalone show. If the later shows had difficulties with it (mainly because of trying to shoehorn in Romulan stories that weren't needed), then that's their problem, not TOS's.

Kor

Right? I mean, the Canon Question gets debated all over The Trek boards constantly, but . . . for example, in watching SNW, I just decided it's a different (or alternate universe) take on the story and characters. I do very much appreciate SNW's nods to preserving TOS, but there's just no way they remodeled the SNW Enterprise, with its enormous bridge and Volume LED engine room (heck, add the cavernous sickbay and Pike's entertainer's quarters too), to look like the E in TOS. (Sorry, I'm always and forever ship-obsessed!) So I reached that internal compromise. This enables me to enjoy the SNW show and stop worrying about why Kirk would later sound like he didn't know the Gorn, what Chapel's deal was with a certain someone, who met or avoided meeting XYZ guest character, etc.

And of course you're talking about the inverse phenomenon, where somehow people can't watch TOS the same way because later shows came along and allegedly screwed things up. Yeah, no. What came later doesn't affect me at all when watching TOS, or at least not in a negative way. TOS is TOS and I'm so grateful I can still watch it. I just don't care what later shows did unless they added a thoughful take or gloss that improves TOS with another aspect to consider in an already timeless classic of a million layers. (Star Trek Continues** did this with Apollo and the Orions.) Later efforts are completely powerless to ruin my greatest show of all time.

**I know we don't talk about STC much due to its sullying by outside factors. That's different.

 

[Noname Given]

TOS S3 And The Children Shall Lead

Hands down the absolute worst episode of TOS by a Parsec.

"Hail, Hail, Fire and Snow. This episode has got to go.. ."

 

[picards bald cap fitter]

TOS S3 And The Children Shall Lead

Hands down the absolute worst episode of TOS by a Parsec.

"Hail, Hail, Fire and Snow. This episode has got to go.. ."

Hail hail fire and snow that episode wasn’t the worst you know

 

[tim0122]

Hail hail fire and snow that episode wasn’t the worst you know

I agree. Just watched that for the first time yesterday. While I found certain parts a little annoying, I generally liked it and thought it was a solid episode.

 

[Ssosmcin]

I see "Spock's Brain" thrown in and, no disrespect to anyone, I feel it's such a cliche now, I often wonder if the people naming it have actually seen the episodes after it or are just saying "Yeah that's the legendary worst episode."

Lost in Space has one also: "The Great Vegetable Rebellion," but there are some even worse episodes than that.

"Spock's Brain" does have a really cheesy pulp SF movie title, so that doesn't help. And yes, the last 20 minutes are really silly by some of Trek's higher bar episode standards, but is it really the worst episode overall? It has a great first act, a really good second and then it starts to crumble. But if I were watching it in 1968, I would have though this was a really good episode until after the mid-episode station identification.

"And the Children Shall Lead" is dire from the moment the kids do the Ring Around the Rosie. I mean, if they portrayed these kids realistically playing and not some 58 year old's out of touch idea of what Tommy Starnes would be playing, it would have been fine. I get they wanted to show the contrast, but it's just awful and Melvin Belli doesn't make it better.

"The Mark of Gideon" is woefully stupid from start to finish.

Even a couple of earlier episodes rank lower for me than "Spock's Brain." But I get it, we're all different. I just automatically go to "yeah that's the one everyone says" like naming "City on the Edge of Forever" as the very best, when I see flaws in that episode which rank it lower for me than others.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

"Spock's Brain" does have a really cheesy pulp SF movie title, so that doesn't help.

I wonder what better name they could have given the episode. (Think Bible/poetry/Shakespeare quotes)

 

[picards bald cap fitter]

I agree. Just watched that for the first time yesterday. While I found certain parts a little annoying, I generally liked it and thought it was a solid episode.

i don’t know why it’s regarded as one of the worst episodes it is a little bit cringeworthy but overall it’s not that bad in my opinion

 

[Ssosmcin]

I wonder what better name they could have given the episode. (Think Bible/poetry/Shakespeare quotes)

Of Minds and Men

The Coeus Equation

 

[Spock's Barber]

I wonder what better name they could have given the episode. (Think Bible/poetry/Shakespeare quotes)

The Search For Spock’s Skull Noodles!