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Favorite Star Trek episodes.
- Thread starter toowrongfoo
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All the episodes when Q was screwing with them...
...and every single episode with Seven of Nine
...and every single episode with Seven of Nine
The Original Series:
The Enterprise Incident
Amok Time
Court Martial
The Trouble with the Tribbles
The Galileo Seven
Space Seed
The Devil in the Dark
Mirror, Mirror
Operation: Annihilate!
A Private Little War
The Ultimate Computer
Day of the Dove
Elaan of Troyius
The Animated Series:
More Tribbles, More Troubles
The Next Generation:
Skin of Evil
The Neutral Zone
Conspiracy
A Matter of Honor
The Measure of Man
Q Who
The Emissary
Yesterday's Enterprise
Sins of the Father
Sarek
Ménage à Troi
The Best of Both Worlds: Parts 1 & 2
Reunion
Data's Day
The Wounded
The Drumhead
The Mind's Eye
Redemption Parts 1 & 2
Darmok
Unification Parts 1 & 2
Ethics
I, Borg
Chain of Command Parts 1 & 2
Face of the Enemy
Birthright Parts 1 & 2
The Chase
Rightful Heir
The Peagasus
Masks
All Good Things Parts 1 & 2
Deep Space Nine:
Dramatis Personae
Cardassians
Blood Oath
Tribunal
The Jem Hadar
The Search Parts 1 & 2
The House of Quark
The Die is Cast
Way of the Warrior Parts 1 & 2
Hippocratic Oath
Little Green Men
The Sword of Kahless
Sons of Mogh
Rules of Engagement
To the Death
Apocalypse Rising
Looking for Par'Mach in all the wrong places
Trials and Tribble-ations
A Time to Stand
Rocks and Shoals
Sons and Daughters
Sacrifice of Angels
You are cordially invited
Change of Heart
In the Pale Moonlight
Tears of the Prophets
Once more unto the Breach
Extreme Measures
The Dogs of War
What you leave Behind
Voyager:
Learning Curve
Death Wish
Flashback
Scorpion Parts 1 & 2
The Raven
Message in a Bottle
Drone
Infinite Regress
Survival Instinct
Barge of the Dead
Unimatrix Parts 1 & 2
Prophecy
Endgame
The Enterprise Incident
Amok Time
Court Martial
The Trouble with the Tribbles
The Galileo Seven
Space Seed
The Devil in the Dark
Mirror, Mirror
Operation: Annihilate!
A Private Little War
The Ultimate Computer
Day of the Dove
Elaan of Troyius
The Animated Series:
More Tribbles, More Troubles
The Next Generation:
Skin of Evil
The Neutral Zone
Conspiracy
A Matter of Honor
The Measure of Man
Q Who
The Emissary
Yesterday's Enterprise
Sins of the Father
Sarek
Ménage à Troi
The Best of Both Worlds: Parts 1 & 2
Reunion
Data's Day
The Wounded
The Drumhead
The Mind's Eye
Redemption Parts 1 & 2
Darmok
Unification Parts 1 & 2
Ethics
I, Borg
Chain of Command Parts 1 & 2
Face of the Enemy
Birthright Parts 1 & 2
The Chase
Rightful Heir
The Peagasus
Masks
All Good Things Parts 1 & 2
Deep Space Nine:
Dramatis Personae
Cardassians
Blood Oath
Tribunal
The Jem Hadar
The Search Parts 1 & 2
The House of Quark
The Die is Cast
Way of the Warrior Parts 1 & 2
Hippocratic Oath
Little Green Men
The Sword of Kahless
Sons of Mogh
Rules of Engagement
To the Death
Apocalypse Rising
Looking for Par'Mach in all the wrong places
Trials and Tribble-ations
A Time to Stand
Rocks and Shoals
Sons and Daughters
Sacrifice of Angels
You are cordially invited
Change of Heart
In the Pale Moonlight
Tears of the Prophets
Once more unto the Breach
Extreme Measures
The Dogs of War
What you leave Behind
Voyager:
Learning Curve
Death Wish
Flashback
Scorpion Parts 1 & 2
The Raven
Message in a Bottle
Drone
Infinite Regress
Survival Instinct
Barge of the Dead
Unimatrix Parts 1 & 2
Prophecy
Endgame
Kahn and Cordoba commercials.......quintessential.
Season 3, Episode 15; "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield". But, it's not for the reasons you might think. My sister, who got whatever she wanted (and, to this day, thinks she still should) wanted to watch Star Trek - so we all watched Star Trek. Or, went outside, or something. Some episodes - like the one with Khan, and the one on the Gangster Planet (A Piece Of The Action)- I thought were very good. The episodes with Harry Mudd were always funny. The rest of them? Sorry, but IMO they ranged from OK, to Meh, to Very Lame. And somewhere in Season Two, Star Trek got very preachy, social consciousness-wise. While I do agree with Gene Roddenberry's premise and vision, I don't care for heavy-handed preachiness... I really tried to like the show, but I wound up trying to avoid it. This episode is my favorite because it made me just... stop trying, and give up. I never watched another episode, and I have watched very few episodes of any of the other Star Treks. Just enough to convince me that I need to watch something else. To be honest, I watched - and loved - Doctor Who, long before Star Trek came along. I still prefer The Doctor - and 
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The original series is the foundation but next generation is the heart of what the franchise is all about, IMO. I can understand not liking it if you’ve only seen a few episodes of the original.View attachment 3054032 Season 3, Episode 15; "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield". But, it's not for the reasons you might think. My sister, who got whatever she wanted (and, to this day, thinks she still should) wanted to watch Star Trek - so we all watched Star Trek. Or, went outside, or something. Some episodes - like the one with Khan, and the one on the Gangster Planet (A Piece Of The Action)- I thought were very good. The episodes with Harry Mudd were always funny. The rest of them? Sorry, but IMO they ranged from OK, to Meh, to Very Lame. And somewhere in Season Two, Star Trek got very preachy, social consciousness-wise. While I do agree with Gene Roddenberry's premise and vision, I don't care for heavy-handed preachiness... I really tried to like the show, but I wound up trying to avoid it. This episode is my favorite because it made me just... stop trying, and give up. I never watched another episode, and I have watched very few episodes of any of the other Star Treks. Just enough to convince me that I need to watch something else. To be honest, I watched - and loved - Doctor Who, long before Star Trek came along. I still prefer The Doctor - and View attachment 3054067 these guys...
Yup. Endgame, where the tyrant and war criminal Kathryn Janeway breaks the temporal prime directive to soothe her ego.
A couple of comments, or so...
On the Original Series the XO & 1st Science Officer were the same person-with the exception of the first pilot (number One was XO) & arguably the second (A case could be made Gary Mitchell was the XO in that one)
The Original Series also never had a designated Security Chief...
As well they also didn't have Away teams--they had landing parties
Maybe that's nitpicking, but just had to comment
As to the actual question, there were variations, but the main reason they would often send the Captain and his first officer on the landing party was they were the stars--they made the big bucks among the cast--not an in story reason, but they did play with that in the episode, The Ultimate Computer.
