The Star Trek franchise: which series has the single best episode(s)?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, February 1, 2008 10:10
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SIMONWHO

Friday, January 18, 2008 4:31 PM

Best of Both Worlds part one made me a Star Trek fan. I had only seen bits before then but it happened to be on TV when we were siesta-ing in Portugal. We watched it pretty much from the start and there was just this feeling of real danger, which kept building and building and then...

"Mr Worf. Fire!"

And those three dreaded words: To Be Continued...

Argh! But brilliant.

TINADOLL

Friday, January 18, 2008 4:37 PM

Yes

TNG: Best of both worlds is the best Cliffhanger EVER. I lost it when i saw that (as did my Mother and Father)

I think TOS: has Space Seed (Kahn!),City of the Edge of Forever and ofcourse- Trouble with Tribbles

DS9 and VOY had good episodes but nothing stand out right now.

Maybe Trials and Tribbulations from DS9-thats about it.

CHRISISALL

Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:36 PM

I just watched "These Are The Voyages", the final ep of Enterprise...is it just me (and the fans that voted it in the Captains' Log Collection)? I really LIKED that episode. Granted that I might not be able to detect character flaw nuances not being an Enterprise-watcher, but it was a great final ep of the franchise as far as I'm concerned.

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POWEROFTHEVERSE

Sunday, January 20, 2008 5:15 PM

The two best episodes IMO:
TNG: Where his brain gets kidnapped by the floating spacecraft and he lives a life on the extinct world. I don't know the title, but it's when he gets his whistle.

DS9: When Sisko gets stuck outside of space-time and his son, Jake, lives his life in search of his father. Sisko comes back from time to time and tells his son to get on with his life. Very moving story.

CYBERSNARK

Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:47 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I just watched "These Are The Voyages", the final ep of Enterprise...is it just me (and the fans that voted it in the Captains' Log Collection)? I really LIKED that episode. Granted that I might not be able to detect character flaw nuances not being an Enterprise-watcher, but it was a great final ep of the franchise as far as I'm concerned.

My problem with it wasn't the character nuances, it was the fact that (A) it didn't really "fit" in Enterprise, and (B) it wasn't that great a series finale (especially after the "Terra Prime" two-parter, which would have made a perfect closing for the series).

It didn't fit because the "Enterprise" segments were set (10?) years after the rest of the series, which is a cheap cop-out to not actually show any character development, and also because Trip's fate was horribly contrived (although it did lead to a couple of good novels).

It basically seemed like it wanted to be Voyager's "Living Will" (the one where the Doctor has to set the record straight regarding Voyager's intervention in a planet's history), but without an actual link to explain what history got wrong.

Also, Chef (whose face was never seen onscreen) was totally a Picard. Remember how Jean-Luc once boasted that the Picards have always been "vital" to humanity's exploration of space? Yeah. One of them totally should've been a kitchen-slave.

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GINOBIFFARONI

Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:49 PM

I really liked " In the pale moonlight " as well,
but my fav DS9 ep was " Once more unto the breach "

Once More Unto the Breach" is an episode from the seventh season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The episode has an average rating of 4.3/5 on the official Star Trek website (as of August 20th, 2007).[1]

The episode was written by Ronald D. Moore, and directed by Allan Kroeker.

[edit] Plot

Kor comes to DS9 to ask Worf for a favor. Kor claims he has no influence within the Klingon Empire anymore and frets that he will die of old age, far away from battle. He wants command of a ship for the chance to prove himself in battle one last time.

Meanwhile, Martok tells Benjamin Sisko his plan to take five cloaked Birds of Prey deep into Cardassian space to quickly strike at several important Dominion targets and then disengage. Sisko recalls from Earth history that this plan sounds remarkably like a cavalry charge. He explains that in ancient battles men on horseback would be strong enough to disrupt activities behind enemy lines but still be too fast to get caught. He approves the plan and helps with the preparations, including having a number of starships on standby in case the remaining Klingon ships bring company home with them.

Worf tries to talk to Martok about Kor, but Martok won't listen. At length Martok relents and explains why he doesn't want to give Kor a ship. As a young man, Martok aspired to be an officer, but the decision rested with Kor, who rejected Martok's application. Even though Martok eventually overcame this obstacle, he's still not inclined to help Kor now.

Despite not being quite what Kor wanted, Worf appoints him third officer on the Ch'tang and urges him to stay out of Martok's way. This proves difficult as Kor is treated as a living legend by the crew of the Ch'tang as he is a famous Dahar master and thus a large source of attention. In the mess hall, the crew listens entranced as Kor tells the story of his victory against the Federation at Caleb IV.

General Martok explains the plan of attack for their strike against the Cardassian starbase at Trelka V. Two of the Birds of Prey will decloak and make a single strafing run and then head out of the system. Soon after when their repair crews begin to assess the damage, the rest of the squadron will continue the assault. Once they arrive the attack proceeds perfectly even though one of the ships is destroyed by a Cardassian warship as it is retreating. During the second half of the skirmish, both Martok and Worf are knocked unconscious. Kor takes command, but with a sudden display of senility, orders a boarding party despite the starbase's garrison of thousands of soldiers. Kor rants that "The Federation will rue the day they dared to challenge the might of the Klingon Empire! We will take Caleb IV, and raise our banner over the smoking ruins of their own post!" The bridge crew is puzzled and are unsure of what to do. Martok realizes what's going on and takes out his knife to throw it at Kor in an attempt to kill him. Worf starts to come to and in a quick sequence of events catches Martok's knife in midair, forcefully knocks Kor to the ground, and orders them to retreat.

In the mess hall, the crew mocks Kor mercilessly. Martok does too, but later admits he gets no satisfaction from it. At that point, long range sensors show that 10 Jem'Hadar ships are tracking the Klingons even though they are cloaked. At the current rate, the Jem'Hadar will catch up to them before they reach the rendezvous with the Federation ships. The only way to shake them, Worf says, is by sacrificing one ship to stay behind and disable the warp drives of each Jem'Hadar ship. Considering there are only four ships left in their group, and the fact that one of the other captains died while the remaining one is too inexperienced, and the third ship is too damaged, Worf himself volunteers to command one of the other ships in the venture. Knowing that survival is unlikely it is decided to transport everyone off the ship they are to use so as not to sacrifice the

MUDKICKER

Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by PowerOfTheVerse:
The two best episodes IMO:
TNG: Where his brain gets kidnapped by the floating spacecraft and he lives a life on the extinct world. I don't know the title, but it's when he gets his whistle.

DS9: When Sisko gets stuck outside of space-time and his son, Jake, lives his life in search of his father. Sisko comes back from time to time and tells his son to get on with his life. Very moving story.

The TNG episode is "The Inner Light", Season 5, Epi 25 & the DS9 episode is "The Visitor", Season 4, Epi 3. Great choices! :D

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CANTTAKESKY

Monday, January 21, 2008 9:50 AM

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Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
I really liked " In the pale moonlight " as well,

In the Pale Moonlight (DS9) is my fav episode of all the Trek series. Garak is easily my fav Trek character of all time.

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ASARIAN

Monday, January 21, 2008 10:33 AM

A few that haven't been mentioned yet, but which I consider to be among the best:

The Offspring - ST:TNG
The Survivors - ST:TNG

Duet - DS9

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EVILDEAD1971

Monday, January 21, 2008 5:47 PM

st:tng - the inner light

capt picard gets to have the family he always wanted. loved the ending when he plays the flute

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