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what are your favourite episodes ???

they can be from any of the series:

ORIGINAL

THE NEXT GENERATION

DEEP SPACE NINE

VOYAGER

ENTERPRISE

Matthew.

i'm gonna pick mine from THE NEXT GENERATION !!!

this is the only series that i've seen them all !!!

my favourite of them all is 'YESTERDAY's ENTERPRISE' !!!

such a great 'time travel' adventure !!! and i loved the fact that TASHA YAR got to return .... only to go to the past and have a daughter SELA !!! who returned at the end of season four !!!

in the behind the scenes docu on season five [ DVD ] Denise Crosby who plays TASHA, said it was her idea for Tasha to have a daughter in the past !!!

Matthew.

My favorite is from the Original Series.

Mirror, Mirror. That episode started a fascination with alternate reality when I was but a lad that still lasts to this day. One of my favorite arcs in comics was the Star Trek series, when Marvel was doing it, that revisited the Mirror, Mirror universe and Kirk found his son David (killed in the Search for Spock) alive and leading the revolution.

My second favorite Trek episode would have to be the DS9 where they interacted with the Tribble episode of TOS. Can't remember the episode's name.

Third would be Yesterday's Enterprise. Same reasons as you Matt, plus it dealt with alternate reality.

I'm not much of a Star Trek fan despite being a bona-fide science fiction fan. Saying that though I really love "The Library" (I think its called) from the original series where Spock, McCoy and Kirk land on a doomed planet and the mysterious librarian sends them back into different pasts. Great stuff!

i think the episode was called 'The Trouble with Tribbles' ??

Matthew.

My fav might have to be that two-parter with the Borg capturing Picard.

I also liked that ep where the Enterprise was caught in a time loop and kept blowing up.

From the original series, I loved the episode that introduced the Romulans (with the actor who would later play Spock's father as the Romulan commander).

Good thread, Matthew!

I hasitated to answer, because what with the Transformers stuff and all, and now this, I could wind up looking like the biggest geek on Legion World, but... hell, you like what you like!

Anyway, since I LOVE top 10 lists, I did one for ST:TNG here, and BOY, it was hard.There were a LOT of my favorites that didn't make the list, I'll tell you. Anyway, for better or for worse, here it is:

10. Face of the Enemy

I like Romulans. They're crafty bitches all, and they're so damn arrogant! And this one, which had Troi being kidnapped onto a Romulan ship, actually gave Marina Sirtis something cool to do, though I have to admit being a bit surprised that Deanna didn't just collpase into a quivering heap... who knew there was a little James Bond inside our favorite Betazoid?

9. Cause and Effect

There are a LOT of great trippy episodes (well-written all!) where you're not really sure EXACTLY what's going on. Where something really fucked up is happening to the Enterprise and they basically have an hour to figure it out. Well, this one (where the Enterprise is stuck in a repeating time loop) stands out as the best of these generally gerat episodes.

8. Reunion

I have two major Worf episodes on this list. In this one, his old flame K'ehy'lyr gets killed by his old enemy Duras and he claims the right of vengeance over Duras, killing him in GREAT style. This episode had SERIOUS repercussions, setting up the Klingon Civil War as well as Alexander's stay on the Enterprise.

7. Sins of the Father

This may be my favorite Klingon episode EVER. Kurn comes aboard the Enterprise and reveals himself to Worf, and they go to the Klingon homeworld to clear his father's name. What they find is a hotbed of corruption, Picard gets to be Worf's cha'diy'ch... and Worf gets one of his best moments EVER when he accepts dishonor to save the Empire, but gets to tell Duras, "YOU are the son of a traitor." Chill bumps.

6. I, Borg

This episode forces Picard to come to grips with some of his emotional scars regarding the Borg, and is also one of the better Guinan and Geordi episodes. The line "No. I am Hugh." still gives me chill bumps, and that scene between Picard and Hugh is one of the best-written in the series.

5. Chain of Command, part 2

THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Nuff said.

4. All Good Things

This was an incredible tour-de-force ending movie (it's MORE than an episode, and if it had gone straight to the big screen, it would have done better than Generations did.) It's just very VERY solid, all the way around.

3. Lessons

This one is just very special to me personally, because I am a musician, composer, and teacher. Not a lot happens, just Picard meeting Neela Daren, that busty stellar cartologist who plays the piano so well. One of my very favorite moments in all of Star Trek is that sexy duet in the Jefferies tubes. I realize that the episode as a whole doesn't stand up to most of the others on this list, but I just love it for purely personal reasons.

2. The Best of Both Worlds (parts 1 and 2)

I'm sure no one disagrees with this one, except to move it up to first place!

1. Yesterday's Enterprise

Yes, it's my very favorite too. It's just SO good. It is one of the most emotional episodes in the whole series. It has one of those trippy time-paradox things that makes it intellectually so engaging. And it gives Tasha Yar the death she should have always had. Not only that, Guinan and Picard get to share some of the best scenes in Star Trek. Not to mention Guinan's scene with Tasha in the cafeteria. Oh, and that conversation between Captains Garrett and Picard, that ends up with her saying "The Romulans will get a GOOD FIGHT. We'll make it one for the history books." Chill bumps on top of chill bumps on top of CHILL BUMPS. Oh yeah, I love that episode.

I'm such a GEEK, guys.

David Warner is pretty friggin' cool is he not??

Great list Prime -- it really brings me back to when TNG hit its stride and was just about my favorite tv show.

great list 'KP' !!!

some of my other favs are there ....

Matthew.

I've only seen TOS and TNG -- not enough of DS9 and Voyager to reckon with, none of Enterprise.

(The best theme music, though, is by Jerry Goldsmith for "Voyager.")

My ten top favorites, as I can recall them, from TOS and TNG:

01 "Yesterday's Enterprise," TNG ("That'll be the day!")
02 "The City on the Edge of Forever," TOS ("He knows, Doctor. He knows.")
03 "The Inner Light," TNG ("Twenty-five minutes?")
04 "Mirror, Mirror," TOS ("One man cannot summon the future.")
05 "The Measure of a Man," TNG ("You're a wise man, my friend." "Not yet, but with your help, I will be.")
06 "Amok Time," TOS ("In a pig's eye!")
07 "Shore Leave," TOS ("Well, there were these two girls I knew on Rigel Six ...")
08 "All Good Things," TNG ("Five-card stud, jokers wild ... and the sky's the limit.")
09 "The Trouble With Tribbles," TOS ("... the Klingons' engine room, where they'll be no tribble at all.")
10 "Requiem for Methuselah," TOS ("Forget.")

Special prize for most hilarious episode:
"I, Mudd," TOS ("Logic is a pretty little flower ... that smells BAD.")

There's 2 episodes that pop into my mind.

The 2 parter in TNG where Picard gets assimilated by the Borg.

The 2 parter in Voyager where the Borg get their butts kicked by Species 8472 (I hope I got the number right).

I guess I'm a sucker for epic battles where the good guys are outpowered but win anyway.

"City On the Edge of Forever" is a great episode.

I also liked any episode that featured Spock-- though I think my relating to this character had a negative impact on my youth.

I liked NEXT GENERATION (the Romulan episodes and the BORG were the highlights, I'd have to agree) and some of DEEP SPACE (the most amibitious, I thought)... but I stopped watching regularly during VOYAGER. Liked the captain of that series, though. ENTERPRISE, I've only watched sporadically.

Did anyone enjoy any of the animated TREK? I remember there was one that involved a 'junkyard of spaceships' that I liked as a kid. I always thought M'ress and Arex (?) got a raw deal as TREK characters. I thought they were pretty fun and interesting. Does anyone remember the novelizations of the animated series? I quite liked them and wished the actual show had matched them a bit more.

That was the 'new' TREK for me, I guess-- with the original episodes showing up as reruns.

TN

I didn't mention DS9 or Voyager before since I have to rack my brain to think of anything that really stands out.

DS9 had the disadvantage of being out around the time of "Babylon 5" and trying to do something similar with a huge storyline involving a war, but B5 was so vastly superior, it hurt my appreciation of what DS9 was doing. But I did like:
-- The Tribbles episode -- it was cute and clever - especially Dax's attraction to Spock
-- (also a tribute to the past) The one where the DS9 crew meet up with their counterparts from that alternate dimension.

Voyager:
-- That time paradox episode where there were two Voyagers and they made you think the one ship that was getting trashed was the alternate version that was going to sacrifice themselves, but it was really the other one. (kindof a SW6 switcheroo)
-- The one where Harry Kim, Chikotay and the Doctor are the sole survivors in an alternate future and he sacrifices his timeline to undo his mistake and save the crew.
(as a side note, I liked Peter David's TNG novel "Imzadi" for the same reason -- it had an older Riker go through the time portal in "City on the Edge of Forever" to save Troi who had died years earlier)
-- The last episode of Voyager was also very good. It was great to see Alice Krige return as the Borg Queen -- she does it so well!

I liked the animated Trek! The novelizations were great, though it's been a long time since I've read them.

I love "City on the Edge of Forever."

I've never had the chance to watch either "All Good Things" or "The Best of Both Worlds."

Anyone got a collected DVD set they can loan me?

Hmm, off the top of my head, I'd say my top ten overall episodes (in no particular order) are:

1. Charlie X (TOS)
2. The Trouble With Tribbles (TOS)
3. Where Silence Has Lease (TNG)
4. Vanishing Point (Enterprise)
5. The Nth Degree (TNG)
6. Move Along Home (DS9)
7. Who Mourns For Adonais? (TOS)
8. Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS)
9. A Piece of the Action (TOS)
10. Mirror, Mirror (TOS)

Favorite TOS episodes, in no particular order:

"The Devil In The Dark" -- very creepy tale, with a monster in a cave that doesn't turn out to be such a monster.

"Where No Man Has Gone Before" -- Gary Lockwood did such a good turn as Gary Mitchell that I've often wanted more of the back story between him and Kirk. Plus, I loved the idea of getting turned into a psionic superhuman capable of doing anything, complete with glowing eyes.

"The Man Trap" -- another creepy episode with a mysterious killer who can look like anyone.

"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" -- I think this was one of the first ST episodes I ever saw. Its message about bigotry is over the top (the two dudes have half black and white faces!), but the fatalistic ending came as a complete surprise. It drove home the point that no one wins wars of hate.

"Day Of The Dove" -- Michael Ansara was for years my favorite Klingon (before Worf, that is). This is another episode about hate and what it takes to overcome it.

I'm a huge fan of TOS and would LOVE to own a DVD collection of each season (I REFUSE to buy the 2-eps per disc CRAP currently offered!!! There's no REASON for this!!!!)

So many great eps there's no way I can list 'em all.

SHORE LEAVE was a long-time favorite of mine of those already mentioned. THE GALILEO 7, DEADLY YEARS. Oh, there's no way I can remember them all. I always tended to enjoy the eps that featured a female crewmember and really enjoyed any ep that featured Nurse Chapel, Lt. Uhura or Yeoman Rand actively participating in a mission!

I'm with you Lash. Why can't TOS have a boxed set, by season even, like the other Trek series?

But I did get my favorite episode (Mirror, Mirror) for Christmas from one of my friends.

That's a fave ep of mine too! Possibly because Lt. Uhura has a fairly meaty role in the mission!

It seems like having a TOS boxed set by seasons is a NO-BRAINER. Is it like practically the ONLY TV series that doesn't have one now? *angry growl*

HMM I liked the one that had Joan Collins in it...beautiful story where Kirk found love.

That was City on the Edge of Forever. It was written by Harlan Ellison who actually won a Hugo award for the story.

Everyone knows this was the way Spock was meant to be shown.

Oh, and I was also particularly fond of any episode where Kirk got his shirt ripped open (which would be nearly all of 'em)!

Actually, they're releasing season sets of The Original Series sometime this year, along with Voyager. Don't know when the first one's due, but I'll definitely be getting it when it comes out!