Your personal Top 10 list

[Captrek]

1. The Doomsday Machine
2. Amok Time
3. The City on the Edge of Forever
4. The Galileo Seven
5. Where No Man Has Gone Before
6. Balance of Terror
7. The Menagerie (considering both parts as a single double-length episode)
8. Journey to Babel
9. Mirror, Mirror
10. Shore Leave

 

[Harvey]

Some people may not like Conscience of the King on the list.

I like it.

As do I. Forgot to include it on my list. Damn.

 

[Botany Bay]

I'm impressed that two other people have The Paradise Syndrome on their lists! I thought that was one of those "bad" eps.

Criminally underrated around here IMO

Some people may not like Conscience of the King on the list.

I like it.

And so is this one to a lesser extent.

Wow...a top ten list from TOS is hard work. There are about forty I'd consider classics, so this was tough. In no particular order :

Balance of Terror
Conscience of the King
Devil in the Dark
Errand of Mercy
City on the Edge of Forever*
Doomsday Machine
Trouble with Tribbles
Bread and Circuses
Paradise Syndrome
Tholian Web

*still the greatest IMO

 

[Gojira]

I am sure I'll be the only one that placed "The Way to Eden" in their top 10!

 

[ToddPence]

I am sure I'll be the only one that placed "The Way to Eden" in their top 10!

"The Way to Eden" will probably never be in my Top 10, but I admit that it is much, much better than its reputation. And if it's one of your ten favorites, you own it and be proud. Hell, "The Omega Glory" will most definitely be in my top 10 list and how many are going to agree with me on that?

 

[RAMA]

Nothing that's really unusual. Some people may not like Conscience of the King on the list.

TOS:

1. Balance of Terror
2. The Doomsday Machine
3. Conscience of the King
4. City on the Edge of Forever
5. A Taste of Armageddon
6. Devil in the Dark
7. The Naked Time
8. Mirror, Mirror
9. Journey to Babel
10. Arena

I thought maybe I should say why I like them though they've been around so long, I'm sure people know. My list hasn't changed in 20 years or more.

1. BOT- Brinksmanship in the age of the cold war was a story that seemed it could be all too real. It may have less impact on newer viewers. I also enjoyed the indictment of racism and the portrayal of the Romulans.
2. DM- Fast paced, good characters, and neatly wrapped up with an analogy to modern nuclear war.
3. CTK- Shakespearean drama within a Shakespearean drama. This episode's plot is as timeless as The Bard's.
4. COTEF- Gut wrenching ending, operatic in scope.
5. ATOA- Really makes you think...
6. DITD- Turning preconception on its ear, this is what good SF does.
7. NT- Principally rate this high for it's dramatic elements..revealing characters through SF trappings.
8. M, M- Seemingly simple, fun transposition, but with some conceptually interesting philosophy, especially towards the ending.
9. JTB- Learning about the workings of the UFP is fun, something I'd have like to have seen more of. Learning about Spock, also cool.
10. Arena- Duels are often provocative, Trek does the theme one better, by denying the usual conclusion.

RAMA

 

[WisTrekFan]

In no particular order, here is my personal top 10 TOS episodes:

The Corbomite Maneuver
Balance of Terror
City on the Edge of Forever
Errand of Mercy
Doomsday Machine
Mirror, Mirror
Amok Time
Journey to Babel
The Enterprise Incident
The Tholian Web

 

[BillJ]

Really had to give this one some thought...

A Taste of Armageddon - "We can admit that we're killers, but we're not going to kill today."
The Omega Glory - "We killed thousands and they still came."
The Ultimate Computer - "I'm getting a Red Alert right here."
Day of the Dove - "But for the present, only a fool fights in a burning house."
Mirror, Mirror - "In every revolution, there's one man with a vision."
The Cage - "And that's it? No apologies? You captured one of us, threatened all of us."
Bread and Circuses - "He commands not just a spaceship, Proconsul, but a starship. A very special vessel and crew."
Amok Time - "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."
The Corbomite Maneuver - "He's doing a countdown!"
The Doomsday Machine - "Vulcans never bluff."

 

[Kelso]

Balance of Terror
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Amok Time
The Doomsday Machine
A Taste of Armageddon
City of the Edge of Forever
The Devil in the Dark
The Trouble with Tribbles
Arena
The Corbomite Maneuver

Some people may not like Conscience of the King on the list.

I like it.

Me too.

 

[Masao]

These are the episodes that I rewatch most often (in alphabetical order):

Amok Time
Balance of Terror
City of the Edge of Forever
Devil in the Dark
Doomsday Machine
The Enterprise Incident
Journey to Babel
Mirror, Mirror
Shore Leave
The Trouble with Tribbles

 

[ToddPence]

Here's mine, in chronological order:

Charlie X
The Naked Time
This Side of Paradise
The City on the Edge of Forever
Mirror, Mirror
The Trouble With Tribbles
Journey to Babel
The Omega Glory
Is There in Truth No Beauty?
The Empath

 

[Isis]

In alphabetical order:

Amok Time
Balance of Terror
Mirror, Mirror
The Cage/The Menagerie
The City on the Edge of Forever
The Enemy Within (despite the last few lines of dialogue)
The Man Trap (as I watched the first few minutes of its first airing, I was hit by the Thunderbolt)
The Trouble With Tribbles
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
What Are Little Girls Made of?

 

[Armus]

In no particular order, right off the top of my head...

1. The Cage
2. Where No Man Has Gone Before
3. The Enemy Within
4. The Menagerie Part I
5. The Menagerie Part II
6. The Conscience Of The King
7. The Omega Glory
8. Errand of Mercy
9. Bread and Circuses
10. The City On The Edge of Forever

 

[Lucky]

In order, some of the ones towards the bottom half could change depending on my mood, however.

1. The City on the Edge of Forever
2. Mirror, Mirror
3. The Doomsday Machine
4. Balance of Terror
5. Space Seed
6. Where No Man Has Gone Before
7. Dagger of the Mind
8. All our Yesterdays
9. The Changeling
10. The Galileo Seven

 

[wanglung88]

You guys wanna see a cool list? I stumbled upon this list online. it had all the interesting characters of Star Trek!

http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/most-interesting-star-trek-characters

Pretty cool website it lets you rank stuff and all that. People rank stuff, and the website creates an aggregate to see which one gets on top!

 

[JonnyQuest037]

My personal Top 10 (In no particular order beyond the top 3):

1) Mirror, Mirror (My all-time favorite episode of Trek, bar none)
2) The City on the Edge of Forever
3) The Trouble With Tribbles
4) The Doomsday Machine
5) Where No Man Has Gone Before
6) The Menagerie (I consider this 2-parter to count as one episode)
7) Amok Time
8) Space Seed
9) The Devil in the Dark
10) Errand of Mercy

Honorable mention goes to Shore Leave (Yeoman Tonia Barrows... ROWRRR!!! )

 

[Madelow56]

Hello Rama: I've always felt that "Conscience" was a great script with fine performances. I always enjoy re-watching it. best regards, Madelow.

 

[T'Laina]

Oh dear! This is very difficult o___O

City on the Edge of Forever
This side of Paradise
The Enterprise Incident
The Naked Time
Shore Leave
Amok Time
Devil in the Dark
Bread and Circuses
Plato's Stepchildren
Return to Tomorrow

 

[Steve67]

Spectre of the Gun
Whom Gods Destroy
This Side of Paradise
Mirror, Mirror
Journey to Babel

The Return of the Archons
Amok Time
The Enterprise Incident
Arena
Day of the Dove

Honorable Mention: Court Martial, but there's too many obvious shots of Shatner's stuntman.

 

[RAMA]

In all good conscience I had to revise my list:

TOS:

1. Balance of Terror
2. The Doomsday Machine
3. Conscience of the King
4. City on the Edge of Forever
5. Devil in the Dark
6. The Naked Time
7. Mirror, Mirror
8. Journey to Babel
9. Arena
10. Where No Man Has Gone Before