Star trek is one of the most popular and longestrunning franchises in all of tv history. Weve assembled a list of star trek s 20 best original series episodes. You want the worst 10 star trek episodes of all time. From kirk to picard to sisko to janeway and more, the captains of the various ships and their crews have imprinted themselves on our cultural consciousness. Empire counts down the 50 best star trek episodes of all time, spanning the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager. Here are 10 episodes two from each liveaction series. The original series may have beaten that breakdown slightly, thanks to an excellent first season and a lot of strong second season shows. Altman and daren dochterman along with special guests ashley e.
The top 10 star trek episodes of all time as chosen by fans of the 50th anniversary star trek convention in las vegas, usa in 2016. In honor of its 25th anniversary, here are the top 15 episodes of deep space nine, all available on hulu. Its the ultimate year end holiday countdown as cohosts mark a. Over the years, the original star trek episodes have taken their fair share of jabs, due in part to the many cheesy looking aliens the shows have had. Star trek gave us six tv series, spanning over 700 episodes, because its such a rich universe. Choosing 10 episodes out of 726 episodes of the original series. The 10 best episodes in star trek tv history, ranked screenrant. Choosing 10 episodes out of 726 episodes of the original series tos, the next generation tng. The top 100 best star trek episodes ever according to imdb. The wrath of khan, and we would all be worse off for it. Star trek is arguably the greatest sciencefiction television series of all time if for no other reason than its lasting influence on the genre, 51 years after it first aired. Devil in the dark is a favorite for people to goof on.
Choosing 10 episodes out of 726 episodes of the original series tos, the next generation tng, deep space nine ds9, voyager voy. The next generation debuted in 1987 and has seen its fanbase grow every year since. Best star trek episodes of all time by nickclennett created 27 dec 2014 updated 22 apr 2017 public includes what i consider to be the best star trek episodes. Heres our ranking of the 10 best episodes in star trek television.
As kamin, picard is a charming scientist and musician married to the patient and lovely eline. My favorite episode of the original star trek series was any time uhura would get a chance to get off the bridge, nichols says with a smile. Top 155 star trek episodes of all time 19662016 imdb. Star trek has a long history of seeing popular actors enter the directors chair. Whether our characters were traveling through time, being visited by people from the future, living through changed timelines, or dealing with something else time related, weve seen the characters of. To mark the 50th anniversary of star trek this month, the hollywood reporter counted down the top 100 episodes of star trek across all six tv. Tng s best episode, beloved by all fans, is the inner light. The five worst star trek episodes of all time techrepublic.
The 10 best star trek episodes including all network. Strange as it sounds, it was both hard and easy to pick out the ten best episodes from the most phenomenal scifi tv series of all time. This episode shows picard experiencing an entire lifetime on an alien planet after being probed by a spatial time capsule. Im not only looking at how effective and dramatic these. Top 100 star trek episodes of all time gizmodo australia. To find out, we painstakingly compiled the 100 greatest trek episodes, from any of the series.
Fifty years later, the mission continues as star trek castmembers from the original series, next generation, deep space nine, voyager, and enterprise pick their top episodes and share. The best star trek episodes every trekkie should watch. Mccoy accidentally changes history and destroys his time, kirk and spock follow him to prevent the disaster, but the price to do so is high. Star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it had its stinkers too so were ranking all 79 episodes. My journey through all of star trek is one series nearer to completion. The top 10 star trek episodes ever the washington post. The five worst star trek episodes of all time by jay garmon in geekend, in after hours on august 25, 2011, 10. The top 100 best star trek episodes ever according to imdb menu.
Over the course of several decades, star trek has introduced some truly iconic characters. The five best deep space nine episodes of all time. The best episodes, though, rank among televisions very finest. The 10 best star trek time travel episodes, ranked nerdist. Driven by the deadly mating urge known as pon farr, spock returns to the planet vulcan in order to satisfy the most primal and compelling instinct of all. Every star trek series included episodes that dealt with time travel. With this voyager episode, levar burton took a turn though it was not his first time in the center seat. The second star trek episode ever telecast on september 15, 1966, charlie x guest stars robert walker jr.
From the outside, its easy to see why people would laugh at this episode. The top 10 star trek episodes ever in honor of star treks 50th anniversary, my idiosyncratic but nonetheless definitive ranking of the best episodes of the trek franchise. For a long time, sulu was known for being a cultured gentleman and a barechested fencer, but he got his big moment in the movie star trek vi as captain of the excelsior. Returning the franchise to its tv roots while the original series cast was making movies, next generation ran for seven seasons and paved the way for a more mature version of gene roddenberrys concept. Didnt like it at first and then i realized how good it was to the timeline. Discovery coming this sunday on cbs, we asked the people around the office which star. The pilot was rejected by nbc as being too cerebral among other complaints. The trek episode that changed the way time travel was dealt with onscreen, the city on the edge of forever sees kirk and spock travel back in time hoping to rescue a raving mad mccoy, ending up. Without this episode, there would be no star trek ii. Khan quickly tries to take over the enterprise, leading to one of the best captain kirk fights of all time. Deep space nine of all ds9s ferengi comedy episodes, this is one of the funniest quark has to rescue his mother from the dominion, but everything. Its star treks 50th anniversary, which is funny in way because its hard for many of us to think about a time when there wasnt such a thing as trek. Here are our picks for the top ten star trek time travel episodes. Similar to episodes about holoprograms, time travel was a classic device used in the franchise to tell all types of stories.
In honor of star trek s 50th anniversary this month, the hollywood reporter counted down the top 100 episodes of star trek ranking them across all six tv series with help from the stars and. Jeffrey hunter chose to withdraw from the role of pike when creator gene. Since star treks debut on september 8th, 1966, it has gone on to become a pop culture touchstone that has spawned a hearty collection of spinoff shows, comics, video games and animated cartoons. Star trek is one of the greatest movie and tv franchises of all time. The best star trek characters of all time cinemablend. Wrath of khan will always be the best of the old series and of course into darkness is the best in the new but first contact has an amazing feeling about it especially when the vulcans arrive at the end and basically save humanity from itself. Discovery has really added some spice to the gagh, and added a shipload of new klingons to canon. This scene is downright charming and the progenitor to uhuraspock in the abrams trek filmsbut that, my friends, is a blog post for another day. With five liveaction tv series, each ranging from three to seven seasons, theres been a ton of great star trek over the years. The original series, i thought id share my opinions on which episodes deserve to be regarded as the greatest ever made. Movies the top 10 best star trek episodes ever mtvgeek 051620.
With all of this in mind, its time to break out a barrel of bloodwine 2309, of course and rank the top ten best klingons in all of trek. With every episode of star trek available on netflix in the uk, wired picks the best from the original series, the next generation, voyager. Voyager a hilarious pastiche of oldschool science fiction serials, this story puts the voyager crew in the middle of a spaceopera fantasy gone very, very wrong. This is a timeless list of 20 thrilling star trek episodes that delight, excite, and entertain, all the while exploring the deepest aspects of the human condition and questioning our place in the. As we continue the celebration of star treks 50th anniversary, its only logical pun intended to countdown the top 10 episodes of the original star trek series. It had some great episodes and a lot of confused fluff, but theres no. But time travel is a trek staple, and has some of the best episodes of the franchise have dealt with crazy temporal adventures. The 10 best star trek episodes all the top news about. Conventiongoing star trek fans sort through the highlights from across the entire television franchise to seek out the single greatest trek.
Designed to celebrate star treks 30 anniversary, this glorious episode steps away from deep space nines traditional gloom and doom by flinging the cast back in time and into the original series. Star trek is arguably the greatest sciencefiction television series of all time if for no other reason than its lasting influence on the genre. And a federation starship is the perfect vehicle to tell unforgettable stories. The show has given us hundreds of great stories, and countless themes to dwell on. Best star trek original series episodes ranked business insider.