The toppermost of the Trekermost!

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Here we go Trek geeks time to find out the ultimate top ten episodes according to the Straight Dope minions.

Everyone is to give their top five favorite episiodes from any of the many Trek incarnations. I will keep a running tally and we will find out which is the best.

Hate to do this but try to give the title of the episodes in Question instead of vague descriptions like “the nazi planet” or “the one where Picard meets the Romulans for the second time”. Please give the series it is from as well. I’d suggest going to startrek.com or imdb.com to get the titles if you don’t know them. By the way if youdon’t know the names for shame what kind of fan are you?

I’ll submit my list later.

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  1. The Trouble with Tribbles
  2. City on the Edge of Forever
  3. Trials and Tribble-ations
  4. A Piece of the Action
  5. Ship in a Bottle
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TOS: City on the Edge of Forever.
TOS: Amok Time.
TOS: The Doomsday Machine
STNG: Starship Mine
VOY: Barge of the Dead

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wow. only 5 ?

1 - All Good Things (ST:TNG)
2 - City On The Edge Of Forever (ST:TOS)
3 - The Voyage Home (ST4:TVH)
4 - The Cage (ST:Pilot)
5 - First Contact (ST8:FC)

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any one else out there miss the animated series?

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Not for writing!

Ok here is mine

1-“The Inner Light” (STNG)
2-“City on the Edge of Forever” (TOS)
3-“In the Pale Moonlight” (DS9)
4-“Errand of Mercy” (TOS)
5-“Dear Doctor” (Enterprise)

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  1. TOS: The Trouble with Tribbles
  2. TOS: The City on the Edge of Forever
  3. TNG: The Inner Light
  4. TOS: Amok Time
  5. ENT: Dear Doctor
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I did consider “The Soft Weapon,” but that’s really Niven’s short story.

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Ouch, picking just 5 is tough…

TOS: City on the Edge of Forever
TNG: All Good Things
TNG: Yesterday’s Enterprise
DS9: Necessary Evil
DS9: The Visitor
(Some that didn’t quite make my list, but almost: The Inner Light, Duet, Trials and Tribble-ations, Amok Time, The Undiscovered Country, Mirror Mirror, Whispers, In the Pale Moonlight, I Borg.)

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All-time favorite is “What We Leave Behind” (DS-9 finale).

After that, it’s too close to call…Timmy

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I have all the tapes. “Yesteryear” was probably the best of that bunch. And in the one called “Practical Joker,” when the ship’s computer plays tricks on everyone, there’s actually a scene involving a HOLODECK! Yes, a holodeck! I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.

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I loved Lt. M’ress.

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Here are my five faves off the top of my head, not in order:

“Amok Time” (TOS)
“The Visitor” (DS9)
“City on the edge of forever” (TOS)
“The measure of a man” (TNG)
“Shuttlepod One” (Ent)

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  1. “City on the Edge of Forever,” TOS
  2. “Inner Light,” TNG
  3. “The Visitor,” DS9
  4. “Far Beyond the Stars,” DS9
  5. “In the Pale Moonlight,” DS9
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  1. Inner Light, TNG
  2. Message In A Bottle, VOY
  3. Living Witness, VOY
  4. Author, Author, VOY

It’s too late to think of another one.

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In no partiucular order:

  1. “City on the Edge of Forever,” TOS
  2. “Best of Both Worlds, Pts 1 & 2” TNG
  3. “Inner Light,” TNG
  4. “Year of Hell,” Voyager
  5. “Deja Q” TNG
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Interesting so Far
Here are the Clear top eight though the sample is still Small

  1. Trouble with Tribbles
  2. All Good Things
  3. In the Pale Moonlight
  4. Dear Doctor
  5. Amok Time
    3 The Visitor
    2 The Inner Light
  6. City on the edge of forever.

So far there have been 7 Episodes of TOS (with a total of 18 votes) 8 episodes of STNG (with a total of 12 votes) 6 Episodes of DS9 (9 votes) 5 votes for Voyager (5 votes) 2 Episodes of Enterprise (3 votes) and two votes for two of the movies

Keep the votes coming

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In no particular order, all TNG:

  1. Deja Q: Nudity! Mariachi bands! Annoying super-beings! Asteroids!

  2. Who Watches the Watchers?: The reverse God Gambit! Archery! Atheism!

  3. Measure of a Man: Courtroom drama! Picard nookie! Philosophy! “Data is a toaster!”

  4. Darmok: Incomprehensible aliens! Gilgamesh! Picard’s cool jacket!

  5. All Good Things, pts I and II: Captain Picard has come unstuck in time! Divorce! Pathos! Primordial ooze! The REAL best of the Star Trek movies!

Honorable mentions, without exclaimation points:

Best of Both Worlds, I and II, First Contact (the TV episode, not the movie), The Most Toys, The Inner Light, The Pegasas, Silicon Avatar…too many others to mention.