With treks thirtiethanniversary right around the corner, the show runners of deep space nine wanted to do a special episode to pay homage to the original series. For many star trek fans, this twopart episode ranks as one of the best of any of the series, if only for its full introduction to the borg a race that is really a singular consciousness. We look back on all films movies ive plucked off my fathers. Join me as i rank the 5 live action star trek tv series dwfaa follow me webpage. It featured the voices of the original star trek actors except for. The 5th live action star trek series divided fans when it premiered in the fall. The final frontier 1989 usually the most denounced of the star trek series, i rank it above nemesis because for all of its faults, there are a few really effective scenes between. A miscalculation by ensign kim causes a fatal crash during voyagers first test with slipstream travel.
The lowlight for me was the series finale, which was sudden, to say the least, and felt more like an episode of the next generation, as a result of the appearances of troi and riker, and that. If episodes set in the past entertain, that goes double for episodes that deal with the future. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, jeffrey hunter, susan oliver. The next generation debuted in 1987 and has seen its fanbase grow every year since. I put tos in its own little setting because there was only one show in the timeframe that it set up23rd century. It followed the voyages of the starship uss enterprise on its fiveyear mission, the purpose of which was to explore strange new. Based on my many interactions with fans over the years, i believe star trek.
The top 10 star trek episodes ever the washington post. An episode rated 10 would be one of the best episodes star trek has ever done. Brent spiner, levar burton and jeri ryan star trek comicpalooza panel duration. Enterprise went back to the idea of the ship being a warship captain. Star trek hard to find 5 bad shows in the 3 year run. The idea was landed on to do a callback to the trouble with tribbles which you might see further down this lis and the team. Through multiple tv series, even more movies, and innumerable offshoot properties and fan versions, star trek has become a cultural juggernaut and science fiction touchstone. In 2017, listed this episode as one of the best of star trek. The best episodes, though, rank among televisions very finest. The city on the edge of forever has been frequently cited as the best episode of all the star trek series and movies. The episodes are listed in order by original air date, 2 which match the episode order in each seasons original, 3 4 5 remastered, 6 7 8 and.
Tngtos i watched both growing up tos in reruns so this is star trek to me. Ds9 i didnt get into it when it aired but when i came back i loved the way it went with the dominion war and the more serialized style. Discovery, which premieres on cbs on september 24, heres a ranking of every liveaction star trek series from worst to best. But, more importantly, this episode is essentially a prelude for the best star trek movie of all time, the wrath of khan. While the former was the best episode produced at that point in time, it doesnt really measure up to tngs best, and the latter contains a sadly aborted story arc and a. There are now seven star trek tv series, starting with the original series. Even though there are only 6 series thus far, it was a tough task to rank the top 3 as they are all bonafide classics. Ranking netflix, hulu, and amazon video streaming apps in 2019. The original series has spawned spinoffs, movies, and more. The next generation and across several feature films. Every episode of every star trek series ever, ranked. 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. Every star trek series, ranked worst to best screen rant.
Rank the star trek series from best to worst neogaf. The 10 best star trek episodes including all network. The best star trek episodes from every series digital trends. Sometimes both, but in which order, no one can say. There are a few nitwits out there that cant see this, but thats their loss. Hayesgehrke star trek the original series is the first science fiction series that i watched.
In 2018, cbr ranked this one of the top twenty time travel themed episodes of all star trek series. Picard featuring patrick stewart reprising his iconic role as jeanluc picard, which he played for seven years on star trek. The city on the edge of forever star trek the original series. Taking place 20 years after picards last appearance and seemingly estranged from starfleet, a mysterious visitor turns his life upsidedown and starts a journey that kickstarts a brand. Trek fans still marvel over the one scene in enterprise where archer. Premiering on september 8, 1966, star trek was on the air for just three years on nbc, but the series about the crew of the starship enterprise, starring william shatner and leonard nimoy, lived. Its a cult, an injoke, a war cry, and, for the uninitiated, a prime example of all that is obsessive and bizarre in nerd culture. Lists of the best episodes of television, movies, novels, broadway musicals, burgers and fries you name it are completely subjective and irrelevant. The first television series, called star trek and now known as the original series, debuted on september 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons on nbc. I started watching it in afternoon reruns when i was in junior high. A well executed repackaging of the singleseason sets that offers a tremendous amount of content for a great price. The best and worst of star trek ranking the films and. In honor of the latest addition to the franchise, star trek.
As far as the 24th century shows i put them in the following order. Season 1 is a wash, but from 2 on the arch story made for good watching. In honor of star treks 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. Discovery coming this sunday on cbs all access, we wanted to ask the people around the office. Jordan hoffman of playboy has ranked all 695 episodes of every star trek series, with comments on each episode. Stranded on a planet of alien native americans you make do with the costumes you have for almost three months, an amnesiac kirk is taken in by the natives and falls in love with miramanee, who soon becomes pregnant. The original series this ensemble doesnt act as well, or get to explore their characters as thoroughly, but what you lose there you gain in pure iconography. 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. The original series got to be whatever the fuck it wanted to be from week to week, so the constants of kirk, spock, mccoy, and to a lesser degree, uhura, sulu, scotty, and. All star trek movies ranked from worst to best photos. 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. Keep in mind, this is not the same as ranking the series as a whole. It has transcended its cheap sets and rubber prosthetics to become a part of. Every star trek pilot episode, ranked from worst to best.
Star trek ratings the pensky podcast lets watch star. I have tried to compile this same list in head but can easily be swayed. Star trek is an american media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry. The fourth star trek series in the rick berman era, this show ran on upn for four seasons, making it the shortest of the modern trek series so far. Conventiongoing star trek fans sort through the highlights from across the entire television franchise to seek out the single greatest trek. His character was good, and if we were ranking captains, i dont know that he would end up in last place. The closest tng season 1 comes is 11001001 and conspiracy. When an episode of star trek begins, you can be sure of a few things. The best episodes of the original star trek series, the one that started the whole franchise. If you just think about it for two seconds, kirks enterprise looks and feel way more advanced than archers. The next generation is the star trek of choice for most trekkies.
With star trek celebrating its 50 th anniversary, it felt like the appropriate time to look back at all of the star trek series excluding 2017s star trek. Fontana, the animated series was, at the time, considered to be the fourth season of star trek and won an emmy in 1975 for outstanding entertainment childrens series. Pike was kidnapped by powerful illusion casting aliens. The motion picture 1979 the series first film is slow even by 1979 standards, though a 2001 directors cut has better pacing and. An episode youd recommend to someone unfamiliar with the series. If ds9 was the star trek series that asked questions the other series shied away from and it was, on a regular basis this is the archetypal episode that shows how fearlessly the show. A rating of 0 means i think the episode is so bad that i have usually, but not always personally dropped it from star trek canon. The animated series aired on nbc for 2 seasons spanning 22 halfhour episodes from 1973 to 1974. Discovery premiering tonight, its only fitting that we rank every star trek pilot episode from worst to best. With five liveaction tv series, each ranging from three to seven seasons, theres been a ton of great star trek over the years. This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pilot episode, the cage. Season 1 of ds9 actually has some of the best episodes of the series duet and in the hands of the prophets. It was the series that started my love of the genre, and i heavily identified with data as someone who is socially aloof at times and misses subtle cues e. Additional parts can be found here part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 as well as the picard tea pot series.
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