# Playboy has ranked every Trek episode. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211 "2014-12-14T16:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/81 "2014-12-19T19:32:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Personally, I almost always rate _Enterprise_ higher than the other ones because it has that slightly unwashed feel to it, more touchable than the others. Of course, that could be because I was born in a town called Enterprise. Enterprise began leaving fan fic and getting good just before it was canceled. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/82 "2014-12-19T19:42:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I personally have problems with any list that has _any_ episode of **Voyager** rated higher than #400. But that’s just me. That’s not really fair. Voyager as a whole was weak but here are a few episodes off the time of my head that belong in a Trek all time top 100 at least: Projections Deadlock Before and After Message in a Bottle Living Witness Course: Oblivion Wink of an Eye Shattered ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/83 "2014-12-19T19:42:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Enterprise began leaving fan fic and getting good just before it was canceled. I really like that Kirshar’a 3-episode arc, and though most of the Xindi season was a slog, there were a few good eps in there. I missed a lot of Enterprise first run because I could only get it on the Canadian wild-feed packages on T5 or T6, which were kind of unpredictable as to their appearance. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/84 "2014-12-19T19:56:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I missed a lot of Enterprise first run because I could only get it on the Canadian wild-feed packages on T5 or T6, which were kind of unpredictable as to their appearance. The actor who played Trip said they went to digital because it cost less. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/85 "2014-12-19T19:56:45Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I almost always rate _Enterprise_ higher than the other ones because it has that slightly unwashed feel to it, more touchable than the others. I could never figure out how they (or _Voyager_, for that matter) were always able to repair all the damage done to the ship in time for the next episode. :dubious: 😕 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/86 "2014-12-19T20:04:35Z")
Some folks believe each episode happens a week later. I never saw Chakotay say, “My People say something bad happens every Wednesday”. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/87 "2014-12-19T20:08:12Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I could never figure out how they (or _Voyager_, for that matter) were always able to repair all the damage done to the ship in time for the next episode. :dubious: 😕 :smack: Remember the Lectroid starship from _Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension_? Realistically, I cannot imagine a long-range ship without at least some sort of partial self-repair system. It may not have to look like a flying trilobite or dragonfly, but the idea of building a big metalite box to travel kiloparsecs at a time just seems unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/88 "2014-12-19T20:41:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I cannot imagine a long-range ship without at least some sort of partial self-repair system. On _Enterprise NX-01_, the crew was welding new sheets of metal to repair battle damage at the start of almost every episode. Where did they _get_ them? No way they could have carried that much materiel with them into deep space! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/89 "2014-12-19T20:56:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > On _Enterprise NX-01_, the crew was welding new sheets of metal to repair battle damage at the start of almost every episode. Where did they _get_ them? No way they could have carried that much materiel with them into deep space! Why not? It’s warp drive, not diesel fuel. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/90 "2014-12-19T21:04:02Z")
So they have an asteroid foundry aboard. At least they’re making an effort to address the issue. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/91 "2014-12-19T21:06:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > On _Enterprise NX-01_, the crew was welding new sheets of metal to repair battle damage at the start of almost every episode. Where did they _get_ them? No way they could have carried that much materiel with them into deep space! Well, true, but consider the later Holodeck, or the boxes-of-mystery on NCC-1701 that produced plates of food. Obviously, the NX-01 was developing technology, but they did use transporters on a few occasions, transporters were the basis for the capabilities of those other things. It seems to me making a thing that makes at least basic stuff like hull plates would be sensible first step in kitting a warp-5 ship out for long trips. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/92 "2014-12-19T22:06:04Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I could never figure out how they (or _Voyager_, for that matter) were always able to repair all the damage done to the ship in time for the next episode. :dubious: 😕 :smack: You’re forgetting the episode of Enterprise where they found a Space Maaco. ---
**Author:** ![agilpro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@agilpro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agilpro)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211/93 "2014-12-20T04:18:32Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I do not for a second believe that there are 421 episodes of Star Trek worse than “Spock’s Brain”, even if you consider it on a kitsch level. Admittedly, I stopped watching Voyager after the first season, so maybe it’s possible. I agree! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playboy-has-ranked-every-trek-episode/707211.md?page=4)