Top 20 Best Star Trek The Original Series Episodes

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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  7 місяців тому +26

    Did we miss a great episode of this original series? Set your phasers on stun and shoot us a comment down below.
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    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 7 місяців тому +2

      Love your content 😊😊😊

    • @Lesley_RedRhody
      @Lesley_RedRhody 7 місяців тому +4

      _Operation- Annihilate!_ has always been one of my favorite episodes of _TOS._ Particularly of the Spock-centric episodes since he was always my favorite character!
      In this episode, we’re introduced (albeit briefly) to Jim Kirk’s brother, George Samuel Kirk- Jim being the only person to call him by his middle name- as well as a pretty cool looking single celled organism which attaches itself to the backs of its victims.
      Said organism leaves Kirk’s brother dead, his nephew Peter comatose and his best friend Spock fighting for his life!
      🖖😯🖖😯

    • @toddsimpson9164
      @toddsimpson9164 7 місяців тому +2

      You should do a best-of with the sequel TV show: The Next Generation!

    • @TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA
      @TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA 7 місяців тому +2

      Love It WatchMojo.

    • @jcj268
      @jcj268 7 місяців тому

      Can you do a video for Top 20 Murder, She Wrote episodes?

  • @adamrubella2290
    @adamrubella2290 7 місяців тому +85

    There aren’t to many TV shows from the late 1960’s that still hold entertainment value today but in my humble opinion Star Trek is one of the few. Truly timeless!

    • @scottmcguirk4848
      @scottmcguirk4848 7 місяців тому +8

      Twilight zone and early gun smoke hold up well for B&W of the early 60s. Aside from campy comedies star trek is probably the only show that will be remembered and rewatched when television first went to color.

    • @sweetsour55
      @sweetsour55 7 місяців тому +2

      Oh I concur with your statement 😊❤!

    • @Barnabas45
      @Barnabas45 7 місяців тому +4

      On the contrary I would take almost ANY show from the 60's than the crap now!

    • @charlesbrentner4611
      @charlesbrentner4611 6 місяців тому +1

      And even fewer TV shows have had so many spinoffs. ST:TNG, Voyager, DS9, Enterprise, Star Trek Picard, Star Trek Academy and Strange New Worlds (so far).

    • @Artificialintelligentle
      @Artificialintelligentle 4 місяці тому +1

      Mirror Mirror episode, the best.

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 7 місяців тому +77

    Star Trek The Original Series was one of the best classics.

    • @XZITT
      @XZITT 3 місяці тому

      Gene Roddenberry, The Master.

  • @deeesher
    @deeesher 7 місяців тому +56

    My personal number one will always be Doomsday Machine. Obviously William Windom was phenomenal, but a fantastic story as well, with the last 5 minutes being some of the best Trek tension ever made for television. The editors needed to win all the awards. Not to mention the brilliant score composed by Saul Kaplan. This theme would eventually inspire John Williams to write the theme for Jaws.

    • @stevepolski239
      @stevepolski239 6 місяців тому +4

      "The Doomsday Machine" IS the best episode! I then like "Mirror, Mirror." Who doesn't like seeing the very sexy Barbara Luna? "Court Martial" is really good from the 1st Season.

  • @villain68
    @villain68 7 місяців тому +10

    Star Trek the original series is one of my favorite shows of all time. For a couple years I watched it on a local channel every night and after several repeats I still loved it. 😊

  • @tagoldich
    @tagoldich 7 місяців тому +14

    Great list! The only questionable one for me is "Day of the Dove." Admittedly, it's hard to choose a 3rd season episode to make it into the top 20 episodes, but I'd go with "The Enterprise Incident" as perhaps a bit more adult. It's cliche to place "City on the Edge" at number 1. But it's cliche for a reason; it really is the finest hour in all of TOS. Artistically, it's sublime.
    TOS will always be my favorite Trek!

  • @kevingiven3463
    @kevingiven3463 7 місяців тому +20

    I can't believe that "Day of the Dove" made your list, the only third season episode to do so, when "The Enterprise Incident" is a far better, and the best, of the third season shows.

    • @marysheeran519
      @marysheeran519 7 місяців тому +6

      Soooooo agreed! Terrific performances, particularly by Linville.

    • @Popcultureguy3000
      @Popcultureguy3000 7 місяців тому +1

      Honestly, the only reason I ever watched “The Day of the Dove” was because the evil red entity was used again brilliantly in the “Beta Canon” Star Trek Prometheus trilogy of books (shame the title starship that could separate into three sections never made a reappearance in main canon again, she was a real beauty to watch in action). I hadn’t seen the episode before I’d listened to the audiobook versions of the trilogy.

    • @starmnsixty1209
      @starmnsixty1209 6 місяців тому +3

      Agreed, Enterprise Incident is excellent. For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky is another 3rd season episode that's very good.

  • @user-lh7pu5dl7c
    @user-lh7pu5dl7c 7 місяців тому +25

    Omega Glory: “In a battle between good and evil I’ve found that evil usually triumphs - unless good is very, very careful.” Dr. McCoy

  • @cliffdixon6422
    @cliffdixon6422 7 місяців тому +35

    The Squire of Gothos (which may have been a template for Q) and Who Mourns for Adonis are worth a mention, as is 'The Enterprise Incident' from Season 3

    • @deeesher
      @deeesher 7 місяців тому +4

      Read the book Q Squared by Peter David. He brilliantly combines the two characters.

    • @zqxzqxzqx1
      @zqxzqxzqx1 7 місяців тому +3

      We never miss Squire of Gothos. Trelane was such a great character, and William Campbell played him brilliantly.

    • @ericdelong4227
      @ericdelong4227 7 місяців тому +3

      Totally agree. Gothos was a great episode and loved William O. Campbell strutting around. "Enterprise Incident" was a great show, especially in the sad-sack Season 3, but whatever happened to the lovely captured Romulan Commander?

    • @starmnsixty1209
      @starmnsixty1209 6 місяців тому

      ​@@ericdelong4227 I believe it's stated that she was repatriated shortly thereafter-wards.

    • @stevepolski239
      @stevepolski239 6 місяців тому

      What about "The Tholian Web?"

  • @danbeaudet6718
    @danbeaudet6718 7 місяців тому +9

    My personal favorites: Devil in the dark, City on the edge of forever, Mirror, mirror and Amok time.

  • @edkeaton
    @edkeaton 7 місяців тому +19

    I became a fan of "Star Trek" through the original series and the films that had followed later on. My two favorite classic Trek episodes are "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "Space Seed" which would feature the late, great Ricardo Montalban as "Khan", who would resurface later in "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan" (1982).

  • @Clarrisani
    @Clarrisani 7 місяців тому +14

    I love "The Gallileo Seven". It's a perfect episode that pits Spock and Bones against each other. That, the "The Empath".

  • @jamespierce6777
    @jamespierce6777 7 місяців тому +13

    The "Doomsday Machine" and "The Balance of Terror" are my favorite Star Trek episodes❤

  • @sethmaki1333
    @sethmaki1333 7 місяців тому +14

    It needs to be mentioned that Star Trek created the modern world as we know it today.

    • @WCLCooke
      @WCLCooke 6 місяців тому +3

      That is true. Automatic doors, cell phones, and even the theory of warp speed.

  • @texleeger8973
    @texleeger8973 7 місяців тому +9

    At age 73, I know most of these by rote. This was so much fun. Laughed and laughed. My god, what we remember sixty years hence. Thanks for the memories. :)
    PS Corbomite makes a tasty dessert topping too.

    • @zqxzqxzqx1
      @zqxzqxzqx1 7 місяців тому +2

      Also goes well with Tranya. ;)

    • @NanCRow
      @NanCRow 7 місяців тому +3

      I thought it was a floor wax! ;-) (Or am I being too obscure here?)

  • @gaylegoodman9097
    @gaylegoodman9097 7 місяців тому +2

    I was a “Latchkey kid”. This meant from age 10-18, I had a key around my neck, and was home alone, until my mom came home this was the start of franchised episodes, which was just forming. There were several shows that were featured after school, with Star Trek being one of them. My mom was in agreement with Star Trek’s values, having already teaching me of these values. Star Trek just reinforced them. Coming home everyday, and watching them after school, was kind of a ritual every day. I got to a point where, within seconds, I knew which episode it was.
    I, of course, remembered every episode you presented within seconds. Another one I loved, was when the Enterprise, encountered two races on a planet, and they had continually been at war for long time. Kirk first comes across one of of the aliens, whose face was White on one side, with Black on the other side.
    Kirk & the ship, encounters one of these races, and they are able to convince Kirk that the other is from a horrific race, which repeatedly stands with holding the other group. As it turns out, that both have Black on one side, with White on the opposite side of their face. Kirk finally encounters the “enemy” race, and realizes the argument is regarding which side of their faces featured the differences. This was broadcast during the Civil Rights movement, and was extremely relevant for the time. There is a poignant part of the of the story, where choices are made, and the story’s explanation is revealed. Gene Roddenberry was an extremely progressive storyteller, with the moral of the story, is being revealed. Thank you so much for showing this episode. I really appreciate it.

  • @JurassicGodzillaFan
    @JurassicGodzillaFan 7 місяців тому +10

    The OG series will always the best. The Ultimate Computer, The Devil in the Dark, Tribbles, and Space Seed are my favorites.

  • @rodolfohernandez3303
    @rodolfohernandez3303 7 місяців тому +23

    To me the number one episode of the orignal series of Star Trek will always be: THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE.

    • @Lesley_RedRhody
      @Lesley_RedRhody 7 місяців тому +6

      Although the novels are not considered canon (at least I don’t _think_ they are), I thoroughly enjoyed reading TNG’s _Vendetta!_
      This book reveals that The Doomsday Machine was constructed by Guinan’s enigmatic species in a failed attempt to destroy The Borg.

    • @stevepolski239
      @stevepolski239 6 місяців тому

      I totally agree!!

    • @stevepolski239
      @stevepolski239 6 місяців тому

      I totally agree!!

  • @AdreanAlcantara
    @AdreanAlcantara 7 місяців тому +13

    “A Piece of the Action” & “The Conscience of the King” are a some of my personal favorites

    • @joshuas4695
      @joshuas4695 7 місяців тому +2

      A piece of the Action was amazing.....And the one with the Tombstone theme......Those are both Top 10

    • @DayTrooperGW
      @DayTrooperGW 6 місяців тому +1

      ‘Spectre of the Gun’ is the Tombstone episode you’re thinking of.

  • @eX0dus77
    @eX0dus77 7 місяців тому +12

    Hope this continues, the Star Trek lists are long overdue for a redux.

  • @Shadowace724
    @Shadowace724 7 місяців тому +4

    I have seen every episode on this list a dozen times each. It is a very good list, quite logical. :)

  • @maxwellstupid5253
    @maxwellstupid5253 7 місяців тому +2

    I usually have some sort of beef with your lists, but not this one. It hit the nail on the head. Great job!

  • @dtfrancis8888
    @dtfrancis8888 7 місяців тому +3

    A very good list. Glad there were some less commonly recognized episodes on this list like The Menagerie and Where No Man Has Gone Before. Please do lists for TNG and DS9!

  • @Kyleplier
    @Kyleplier 7 місяців тому +8

    I got my start with The Original series in 1990 via reruns recorded onto VHS. I’ve been a Trekkie since.
    Although, as an old school Trekkie, I’m not too keen on New Trek. In 1995 at the age of 9, as I wouldn’t turn 10 until December 27th, I was quite literally the only 9 year old in Flower Mound Texas, who could use MS-DOS and played one of the best Star Trek games ever made, Star Trek The Next Generation: A Final Unity

  • @AlmostEthical
    @AlmostEthical 7 місяців тому +7

    So many episodes that I love that you didn't include - The Cage, The Man Trap, The Squire of Gothos, Errand of Mercy, I Mudd, Who Mourns for Adonis and The Return of the Archons. My favourites are probably Doomsday Machine, Devil in the Dark and Arena. Big soft spot for the Immunity Syndrome too.

  • @dagnyhof9156
    @dagnyhof9156 7 місяців тому +6

    Mirror, Mirror had the best Kirk monologue to finish the episode. Ranks #2 IMO. Agree with #1

  • @xtheunknown4662
    @xtheunknown4662 7 місяців тому +4

    This show is just a lot of fun to watch. Probably because I've watched it all my life. 😂

  • @mrbtrn
    @mrbtrn 7 місяців тому +7

    The city on the edge of forever was my dads favorite episode.

  • @NomenLuni1975
    @NomenLuni1975 7 місяців тому +4

    I would include The Galileo Seven, which is a fantastic Spock story. A couple more from the oft overlooked season 3 are recommended too, in particular The Enterprise Incident, The Tholian Web, and All Our Yesterdays.

  • @thenewmodfather
    @thenewmodfather 7 місяців тому +12

    Piece Of The Action is my favourite

    • @Michael_Knight823
      @Michael_Knight823 7 місяців тому +3

      I also love that one! It introduced the "game" of Fizzbin. (I wonder if Fizzbin is Antarean for "bullshit"?)

  • @Shuttlebay4
    @Shuttlebay4 7 місяців тому +8

    Some excellent choices, I must admit I did skip to number one to see what it was - and it was what I expected! Which just goes to show how great an episode it is and how universally appreciated it is (it's one we've covered too in our group, Shatner really shines in it).

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 7 місяців тому +8

    *thumbnail*
    Captain Kirk: "Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation."

  • @sureshmukhi2316
    @sureshmukhi2316 7 місяців тому +2

    Some of my favorites not mentioned. Tomorrow is Yesterday, Assignment Earth, The Immunity Syndrome among others.

  • @marvelgeek9577
    @marvelgeek9577 7 місяців тому +10

    The Enterprise incident, Let that be your last battlefield, Tomorrow is yesterday?

    • @ericdelong4227
      @ericdelong4227 7 місяців тому

      I never could get into "Battlefield" due to the poor makeup quality on Bele and Lokai.

    • @robertpolanco1973
      @robertpolanco1973 5 місяців тому +1

      @@ericdelong4227 Well, I didn't really notice any bad quality of the makeups for both "Bele" and "Lokai" after all. They looked fine to me and they were done pretty well anyway.

  • @kkhshout573
    @kkhshout573 7 місяців тому +4

    Finally some Shore Leave appreciation! One of the funniest episodes! I have to say, I love Star Trek, but sometimes I feel a bit lonely being a 22yo female fan of Star Trek TOS because none of my friends watch this. Even my parents watched TNG, not this. That aside, I truly think this is one of the best tv-series ever made 🖖🏻

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 6 місяців тому +1

      I also think it's one of the best tv series ever made too. Glad you like this old tv show,I first watched it in 1978/79 during syndication in Philly and have LOVED it since.But,I also LOVE and have watched TNG,DS9 and Voyager. Have you watched any other Star Trek tv series ???

  • @lindaschulman1789
    @lindaschulman1789 7 місяців тому +6

    City on the edge of forever is a great episode. It was never considered the number one episode until the program dynasty with Joan Collins in it then it was associated with her, and it became known as the greatest thing ever produced.

  • @user-lh7pu5dl7c
    @user-lh7pu5dl7c 7 місяців тому +9

    And the Children Shall Lead: "Evil does seek to maintain power by suppressing the truth." "Or by misleading the innocent." Spock and McCoy

    • @sureshmukhi2316
      @sureshmukhi2316 7 місяців тому +2

      This is an unpopular choice. Many hate that episode. However, to each their own. I personally like The Way to Eden even though many hate that episode.

  • @fabiorabelo3506
    @fabiorabelo3506 7 місяців тому +7

    leave "Let That Be Our Last Battlefield" out of this list is borderline criminal ...

    • @adrianbooth438
      @adrianbooth438 7 місяців тому +2

      "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"?

    • @fabiorabelo3506
      @fabiorabelo3506 7 місяців тому +3

      @@adrianbooth438 sorry, The time is wrong, not the future, but now, corrected now ;-)

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 7 місяців тому +5

    0:27 Good Kirk: "Prepare for trouble!"
    Evil Kirk: "And make it double!"

    • @Shuttlebay4
      @Shuttlebay4 7 місяців тому +3

      To protect the galaxy from devastation!
      To unite all peoples within our Federation!

  • @chassan10
    @chassan10 7 місяців тому +5

    I would have added "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield."

  • @davidrose5632
    @davidrose5632 7 місяців тому +4

    The next list needs to be about the Top XX Star Trek Original Series episodes whose social commentary is just as relevant today as it was when it originally aired.

  • @VJAllison1974
    @VJAllison1974 7 місяців тому +10

    What about "The Empath"? It was so well acted and its storyline was so well written. It really showcased the talent of everyone in it.

    • @jonearley
      @jonearley 7 місяців тому +3

      Wasn't this episode and Miri banned from the UK until recently?

    • @joshuas4695
      @joshuas4695 7 місяців тому +4

      They botched this list

    • @Popcultureguy3000
      @Popcultureguy3000 7 місяців тому +2

      This list only put *ONE* season three episode on it, and they seriously chose “Day of the Dove” over “The Empath”? Were these Watch Mojo writers really big fans of the Star Trek Prometheus book trilogy or something? Because by season three, evil energy god/entity episodes were starting to get a bit old, and I’m not sure it had enough to mark it as being better than “the Squire of Gothos”.

    • @ericdelong4227
      @ericdelong4227 7 місяців тому +4

      "The Empath" was boring and failed to grab my attention. I found it implausible and really a waste of my time. But that's my opinion. I liked "The Savage Curtain" a lot, but most people don't like that one.

    • @VJAllison1974
      @VJAllison1974 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Popcultureguy3000 I'm wondering what series they're watching... Fully agree.

  • @fredklein3829
    @fredklein3829 7 місяців тому +3

    Not a bad list. Third season episodes "IsThere in Truth No Beauty?" and "All Our Yesterdays" are beautiful as is "Metamorphosis" (Second season).

  • @Coyotek4
    @Coyotek4 7 місяців тому +8

    HM: "Squire of Gothos", featuring a godlike character that bears a similar personality to that of Q from TNG.

    • @deeesher
      @deeesher 7 місяців тому +3

      Read the book Q Squared by Peter David. He brilliantly combines the two characters.

    • @robertpolanco1973
      @robertpolanco1973 5 місяців тому +1

      @@deeesher Personally, after having read David's novel, I was NOT impressed with the idea of "Trelane" being a member of the "Q" continuum at all. IF "Trelane" had made a comeback on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in any of its episodes involving "Q," I think the writing would have better conceived based on what the TOS writers had come up with in regards to the two characters anyway.

  • @r-rod8116
    @r-rod8116 7 місяців тому +3

    Balance of Terror, Space Seed, and The City on the Edge of Forever are some of my favorites.

  • @jasonbean2764
    @jasonbean2764 7 місяців тому +4

    I always have a piece of the action.:)

  • @aaronyoung8716
    @aaronyoung8716 7 місяців тому +3

    Miri was one of my favorites and the one when a shuttle craft smashed on the planet and white monsters with spears kept killing the crew and the one with Abe Lincoln was great as well.

  • @sheilatruax6172
    @sheilatruax6172 5 місяців тому +2

    I still love the Original Series. Been watching since September of 66.

  • @edwardwhite4015
    @edwardwhite4015 7 місяців тому +3

    While many Star Trek actors had to develop their characters over time, Shatner had Kirk down pat from day one in 'Where no Man has gone Before.'

  • @stevenewman1393
    @stevenewman1393 6 місяців тому +2

    🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and executed and informatively explained in every detail way shape and form provided on this format and subject matter on the various Top 20 original Startrek series episodes indeed!, A job very wonderfully well done Young Lady!👌.

  • @dinomonzon7493
    @dinomonzon7493 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for this list, Ms. Rebecca!
    The Original Star Trek series remains the one to beat. It may not have the cutting edge CGI effects of its successor series, but it more than made up for it with character driven stories.
    Nice to see The Doomsday Machine at #9; its my all time fave Star Trek episode- the scene where Capt. Kirk invoked his Executive Privelege as Captain of the Enterprise to have Mr. Spock back in command over Commodore Decker was my fave scene.
    One episode that should've been added was Tomorrow is Yesterday where the Enterprise is accidentally sent back to the year 1966.

  • @anthonyeverts8404
    @anthonyeverts8404 6 місяців тому +2

    Love Shore Leave, Amok time and Errand of mercy. This is a good list

  • @garbuz3324
    @garbuz3324 3 місяці тому +1

    "All our yesterdays" was a brilliant concept, even if the episode itself wasn't too exciting

  • @superpenguinzzz
    @superpenguinzzz 7 місяців тому +3

    iirc Mirror Mirror was the basis for Transformers: Shattered Glass

  • @Potrimpo
    @Potrimpo 7 місяців тому +5

    When haters, purists and gatekeepers -- who have often shown they couldn't tell the difference between the USS Enterprise and the Millennium Falcon -- complain how spinoffs like Discovery are so dark, they neglected to realize one of the darkest episodes of all Star Trek was, "City On The Edge of Forever."
    Kirk having to let the woman he fell in love with die to save the future.
    And when you look at the definition of a dark story, "A story is considered dark if it tackles the stuff that would make most people uncomfortable," then Star Trek easily fits the bill, even when they sugar coat it for the 1960s.
    Especially when you have gruesome murders, torture, humiliation, fights to the death for entertainment, even rape as there were 3 attempted rapes on Star Trek.
    - Janice Rand on, "The Enemy Within,"
    - Yeoman Barrows on, "Shore Leave,"
    - Uhura on, "The Gamesters of Triskelion."
    I say attempted as SNW and the Kelvin timeline Uhura is showing to be more of a badass, but that wouldn't stop a thrall from trying, even if he may have ended up like Jack Ransom on, "Strange Energies," with multiple kicks to the groin.

  • @deeesher
    @deeesher 7 місяців тому +4

    City always seems to get number one on Trek TOS countdowns, but not many mention how much writer Harlan Ellison hated it. He routinely had some bad things to say about Roddenberry and felt he destroyed his script. If you want to compare, Ellison released a book where he tells the whole story, as well as reprinting his original version. There's also a graphic novel that has his original version as well. I personally think both have good elements, but I don't know which I'd prefer.

    • @sureshmukhi2316
      @sureshmukhi2316 7 місяців тому

      We know about how Harlan Elisson felt about it. He has mentioned it many times.

    • @marysheeran519
      @marysheeran519 7 місяців тому

      I never fell for this episode even as a kid. I knew she had to die. This was 60s television. But...shh...she didn't have to die, really, and it would have been fine. Think about a scenario where that would be possible. Because it was. All you have to do is treat Edith Keeler as an adult.

    • @sureshmukhi2316
      @sureshmukhi2316 7 місяців тому

      @@marysheeran519 she had to die or else the guardian wouldn't have released them.

    • @deeesher
      @deeesher 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@sureshmukhi2316Unless you're an Ellison fan, most Star Trek fans I've seen comments from were unaware of his feelings about the episode.

    • @sureshmukhi2316
      @sureshmukhi2316 7 місяців тому

      @@deeesher i am a Star Trek fan and have known about Ellison's rants for decades. He is very vocal about it.

  • @candiceperry9803
    @candiceperry9803 7 місяців тому +2

    It is awesome to watch Star Trek on television

  • @goodrich06
    @goodrich06 6 місяців тому +1

    Mirror Mirror Evil Spock with a beard was classic 🖖

  • @fd5927
    @fd5927 7 місяців тому +1

    "The Trouble With Tribbles" and the Star Trek Deep Space Nine crossover story ..... MY FAVOURITE ..... 😀

  • @nanoeletron
    @nanoeletron 7 місяців тому +1

    I rewatch the original every year

  • @KNYHT.FIRE-1
    @KNYHT.FIRE-1 2 місяці тому

    Spock: Captain, I am pleased to see you're still alive.
    Kirk: Yes, I'm rather pleased myself! 😂

  • @larrygrebler5054
    @larrygrebler5054 6 місяців тому +1

    There are so many great episodes on Star Trek the original series it would be impossible to place them in any kind of order. I think your picks are pretty good.

  • @crypticghost21
    @crypticghost21 7 місяців тому +8

    My matrix class last year, and the Big Bang theory got me to watch and sort of like Star Trek

  • @xr4ti548
    @xr4ti548 18 днів тому +1

    The second season's 'The Ultimate Computer' was a memorable episode. A stand out performance by mad computer scientist William Marshall, aka Blacula.

  • @docHOLLAday53
    @docHOLLAday53 Місяць тому +2

    Spock’s Brain should be #2!!!!! And don’t forget “gonna click my heels and jump for joy, I got a clean bill of health from Dr. McCoy!” That episode pissed James Doohan off to no end…

  • @kmoore02809
    @kmoore02809 4 місяці тому +2

    Three episodes:
    'Conscience of the King'. Fantastic piece of writing and provides some interesting backstory for Kirk.
    'Errand of Mercy': Introduces the Klingons with the fantastic John Colicos as Commander Kor.
    'The Galileo Seven': Spock's reliance on logic sometimes fail. Great acting and writing and a great showcase of using conflict to tell a story.

  • @LLlap
    @LLlap 7 місяців тому +3

    12:02 Ohura is ripped!

  • @ArcaneAzmadi
    @ArcaneAzmadi 6 місяців тому +2

    I confess to being suprised when Amok Time came in at #5, as its often hailed as one of the 2 best episodes along with City, but I can't argue with the other 3 you put ahead of it (Tribbles, Space Seed and Terror) either. It's a pretty good list. The Squire of Gothos, Errand of Mercy and The Empath could also have made the list.

  • @wmarclocher
    @wmarclocher 7 місяців тому +1

    "Spock's Father is a Romulan spy!" My remark after first seeing Journey To Babel at the age of nine.

  • @bcraig1701
    @bcraig1701 7 місяців тому +4

    My #1 didn't even make the list: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield. The story and visuals just show how the impact of racism in such poignant way.

  • @thefamouspeopleus
    @thefamouspeopleus 7 місяців тому

    Love your content, WatchMojo!

  • @chewydewok
    @chewydewok 7 місяців тому

    The Trouble with Tribbles has always been my personal favorite.

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 7 місяців тому +8

    Star Trek Continues - a sequel of Star Trek The Original Series that continued where they left off and it was pure unadulterated awesomeness.

    • @Shuttlebay4
      @Shuttlebay4 7 місяців тому +6

      It's incredible how they've captured the look and feel of the series, a lot of effort has gone into really continuing the spirit of the original series.

    • @grahamrich3368
      @grahamrich3368 7 місяців тому +2

      You said it! Star Trek Continues is an excellent and faithful tribute to the original series of the 1960s!! 🚀

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 6 місяців тому +2

      Continues is good,I've watched all of their episodes and other trek fanfilms.

  • @Deevo037
    @Deevo037 7 місяців тому +1

    I thought for a moment there you were going to say Number 1, Spock's Brain .... Only kidding.

  • @O-DogKubrick
    @O-DogKubrick 7 місяців тому

    I like the Trouble With Tribbles episode. Especially with all those adorable furballs that multiply.

  • @s.l.nicholson4240
    @s.l.nicholson4240 3 місяці тому +1

    Balance of Terror is perhaps the greatest episode of television drama ever created.

  •  7 місяців тому +1

    The Cloud Minders. An underestimated one from season 3

  • @laughingoutloud5742
    @laughingoutloud5742 6 місяців тому +2

    The City on the Edge of Forever is written by one of my favourite authors Harlan Ellison. He also wrote an episode on Outer Limits that James Cameron ripped off when he wrote The Terminator.

  • @angelicagaldos
    @angelicagaldos 7 місяців тому +2

    Since I was born and raised with TNG and onward I do love TOS ST. One of my favorite shows. I wished it did less to season 5

  • @andrewmichaelscollectibles
    @andrewmichaelscollectibles 7 місяців тому +1

    "The Doomsday Machine" should be higher up. Best episode ever, and it has been my favorite ever since I was little. I loved every episode but I never understood why "The City on the Edge of Forever" was everyone's favorite.

  • @sebastianschmidt7234
    @sebastianschmidt7234 7 місяців тому +2

    Balance of Terror is my number One.

  • @TomRichardson-et2qx
    @TomRichardson-et2qx 3 місяці тому +1

    I think they're all great with the possible exception of spectre of the gun

  • @brennanwn
    @brennanwn 7 місяців тому +1

    7:37 - 7:51 That’s pretty cool

  • @mikeoyler2983
    @mikeoyler2983 7 місяців тому +2

    It also helps to watch the Original Series according to production number and not air date.

  • @localdrummerinov7905
    @localdrummerinov7905 7 місяців тому

    At least you guys mentioned "APiece of the Action", and "The Squire of Gothos" set up the future appearance of "Q"

  • @stephennewton5697
    @stephennewton5697 7 місяців тому

    Good choice of top 20 episodes of Star Trek the original series 😊

  • @gfear24
    @gfear24 6 місяців тому +2

    Just a casual reminder the TOS & TNG are the reasons behind many of the inventions we as a society have used over the last 2+ decades.

  • @seanpatrickcain2
    @seanpatrickcain2 7 місяців тому +1

    Fry: Episode 10. Balance of Terror.
    Melllvar: More like episode 9!

  • @davidlonergan5875
    @davidlonergan5875 6 місяців тому +1

    Yes, City on the Edge of Forever is the best, but Metamorphosis is a solid second best. Plus introducing Zefram Cochrane!!

  • @SirPaul928
    @SirPaul928 7 місяців тому +1

    While Harlan Ellison's masterpiece was always going to be #1, the complete omission of my personal #2 is surprising.
    Season one's Errand of Mercy was a joy from start to finish. In fact, I'd argue that John Colicos' glorious scene chewing was never bettered by any guest star.

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 7 місяців тому +2

    Mirror Mirror also introduced a theme to subsequent Star Trek series, the Mirror universe, seen in Deep Space Nine, Discovery, Enterprise and Picard.
    There's also a fun sequel to The Trouble With Tribbles done for Deep Space Nine.
    Special mention for Tomorrow Is Yesterday, when the original Enterprise crew have to sort out a time travel incident, something that happened in other Star Trek series.
    The parallel Earth type worlds in several stories are good and I would also add Let This Be Your Last Battlefield, a chilling study of racism gone out of control.

    • @superpenguinzzz
      @superpenguinzzz 7 місяців тому +2

      Mirror Mirror was also the inspiration for Transformers Shattered Glass

    • @laustcawz2089
      @laustcawz2089 7 місяців тому +1

      There was also a Tribbles sequel
      in the Animated Series.

    • @sureshmukhi2316
      @sureshmukhi2316 7 місяців тому

      Which was the mirror universe in Picard? If you mean season 2, that was an alternate timeline.

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 7 місяців тому +1

      @@sureshmukhi2316 Very similar in concept to the Mirror Universe, so it could have appeared to be that, but the writers probably thought they could be sued for copyright. There is a Mirror Universe Star Trek: The Next Generation graphic novel tale, from a comic book series.

    • @sureshmukhi2316
      @sureshmukhi2316 7 місяців тому +1

      @@julianaylor4351 why would they be sued for copyright? Anyway, my point was though the alternate timeline was somehow like a mirror universe, it wasn't.

  • @GrnXnham
    @GrnXnham Місяць тому

    Always a fan of horror, The Devil in the Dark has always been my favorite.
    I remember watching this as a kid in the 70's, and this episode scared me to death.

  • @kissmybuttID
    @kissmybuttID 7 місяців тому +3

    Not sure of rhe title but its the one where they all get old.

  • @skidawg22
    @skidawg22 7 місяців тому +2

    Glad to see Day of the Dove on this list. Space Seed belongs nowhere near this list. Should have considered the one with the longest title in all of Trek - For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky.

  • @Theonetruewonderfly
    @Theonetruewonderfly 7 місяців тому +4

    Bring on the "Top 20" for "Next Generation" and "Deep Space 9".

  • @dieseljester3466
    @dieseljester3466 6 місяців тому +1

    William Shatner: "When did Star Trek become so political?"
    Fans: "You were LITERALLY there!"

  • @viswanathanpather6849
    @viswanathanpather6849 7 місяців тому +1

    One of my favourite episodes has always been Let That Be Your Last Battlefield. An absolute brilliant episode showing the stupidly of racism and prejudice.

  • @izzafizza339
    @izzafizza339 7 місяців тому +1

    Tos spocks beard is better than the disco version

  • @Slimerson93
    @Slimerson93 7 місяців тому +2

    As a small Star Wars fan, i REALLY need to start this series frm the beginning frfr😢😮

    • @sureshmukhi2316
      @sureshmukhi2316 7 місяців тому

      Yes you do, then you'll know why Star Trek is the superior "Star". 😉

    • @deeesher
      @deeesher 7 місяців тому +2

      It's apples and oranges really. Other than both being in space and having aliens and lasers, they really are quite different (or at least they should be). Star Trek was conceptually about exploration and making you think. Star Wars is more of a fantasy... which is fine, but you can shut off your brain more. Star Trek makes you really think. And we definitely need more of that.

    • @sureshmukhi2316
      @sureshmukhi2316 7 місяців тому

      @@deeesher Star Trek is set in the future. Star Wars is history. "A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away." 😁

    • @deeesher
      @deeesher 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@sureshmukhi2316Yup, that sums it up. You nailed it 🤦‍♂️

  • @docHOLLAday53
    @docHOLLAday53 Місяць тому +2

    Doomsday Machine should be in the top 3.