Premiering on september 8, 1966, star trek was on the air for just three years on nbc, but the series about the crew of the starship enterprise, starring william shatner and leonard nimoy, lived. There have been seven star trek series over 53 years and counting. Similar to episodes about holoprograms, time travel was a classic device used in the franchise to tell all types of stories. Created by gene roddenberry, the science fiction television series star trek which eventually acquired the retronym star trek. Yes, its hard to believe, but star treks first episode premiered on nbc on september 8th, 1966. Star trek movies, 19791994 paramount the tv version of capt. To get through this herculean task, i first ranked the episodes in each season, then merged those into a single comprehensive ranking for each series, and then merged all of that into a massive list of my alltime star trek episode ranking list coming soon. Uss callister is the first episode of the fourth series of anthology series black mirror. An episode rated 10 would be one of the best episodes star trek has ever done.
Every episode of every star trek series ever, ranked. The top 10 star trek episodes ever in honor of star treks 50th anniversary, my idiosyncratic but nonetheless definitive ranking of the best episodes of the trek franchise. Dec 16, 2014 jordan hoffman of playboy has ranked all 695 episodes of every star trek series, with comments on each episode. It would be a pretty brave effort for someone to sift through over 700 episodes of star trek in order to find the very best. No ranks above captain were seen in the star trek pilot episodes, leaving the question as to admiral insignia completely unknown. Jan 16, 2017 star trek was gene roddenberrys hopeful ideal for humanitys future, as well as an exploration of what it is that makes us humanflaws and all. As a ds9 fan i was looking forward to the appearance of jeffrey combs as shran, and as a longterm fan of star trek, i was also looking forward to a new take on the. Additional parts can be found here part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 as well as the picard tea pot series.
Six thirdseason episodes were nominated for eight emmys. I started watching it in afternoon reruns when i was in junior high. Spock, saw only three seasons, it made an indelible. Mike mcmahan is best known for his work on the emmy awardwinning rick and morty, which he currently serves as executive producer and showrunner, and as the author of star trek. Sep 22, 2017 in honour of the franchises return to television, we ranked the best episodes from the original star trek. And a federation starship is the perfect vehicle to tell unforgettable stories. Episodes rated zero often have incredible technical. Here are some of the best episodes from each of the five liveaction series. In honor of the latest addition to the franchise, star trek.
Episode i the phantom menace 1999 george lucas prequels get a bad rap and, well, they kind of deserve it at times. From kirk to picard to sisko to janeway and more, the captains of the various ships and their crews have imprinted themselves on our cultural consciousness. This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pilot episode, the cage. Weve assembled a list of star trek s 20 best original series episodes. It built on the found of the original series in quantity and scope in a way that no one ever thought possible. And a federation starship is the perfect vehicle to. Dec 01, 2016 much has happened in star trek since the franchise debuted in 1966.
An engaging guide to the neveraired 8th season, an official parody book published in 2015. In 2016, ign ranked this the 8th best episode of all star trek series. These are the best tng episodes if you need a picard primer. On september 8th, a scant 5 days ago, star trek celebrated its 50th anniversary. It explores bigotry, prejudice, heroism, honor, and duty all in the context of a great science fiction episode.
Oct 31, 2014 top 10 star trek deep space nine episodes duration. Keep in mind, this is not the same as ranking the series as a. Here are the best original star trek episodes, ranked elena holodny and andy kiersz 20170921t15. Oct 31, 2018 the writer of the next installment of star trek.
We still have 6 episodes to raise the average, and i am wondering if as time goes on. Keep in mind, this is not the same as ranking the series as a whole. In honour of the franchises return to television, we ranked the best episodes from the original star trek. The best episodes of the original star trek series, the one that started the whole franchise. The 10 best episodes of the original series to rewatch. Most of these rankings may seem natural and obvious to many readers, but its just a testament to the strength and timelessness of these star trek episodes. Star trek is at its best when it uses scifi allegories to tackle real ethical quandaries, and this chapter of enterprise is a proud contributor. While the original series, which starred william shatner as captain james t. The best star trek episodes from every series digital trends. The episodes are listed in order by original air date, which match the episode order in each seasons original, remastered, and bluray dvd box sets. Lakso and directed by marvin chomsky, it was first broadcast on october 11, 1968. Short treks is teasing some intriguing mysteries in calypso. Ranked list of all 30 seasons of star trek, in order of.
It has routinely been ranked among the top of all star trek franchise episodes. Discovery coming this sunday on cbs, we asked the people around the office which star trek episodes from any of the series were their. Amazon prime video, picards international distributor, confirmed it will attend the event when it is held at the sao palo expo on december 5th. Empire counts down the 50 best star trek episodes of all time, spanning the original series, the next generation, deep space nine, voyager. Click on up and down arrows to affect items ranking. The episode has been mocked by some trek fans for being unintentionally campy. Kirk played by william shatner is almost like a modern odysseus. Episodes pilots 19641965 star trek s pilot episode, the cage, was completed between november 1964 and january 1965, and starred jeffrey hunter as captain christopher pike, majel barrett as number one, and leonard nimoy as spock.
The pilot was rejected by nbc as being too cerebral among other complaints. Michael chabon is the pulitzer prizewinning author of such novels as the amazing. Jul 29, 2016 this is part 1 in a seven part series. I remember the fatigue and the tension every season, of wondering if we would be canceled or not, recalls william shatner. Ranked list of all 30 seasons of star trek, in order. Another poster has been pulling imdb data for star trek.
At the heart of star trek is an essential optimism, a faith in the hope that, with enough time and effort, intelligent life of every variety can find a way to live together in peace. Every star trek pilot episode, ranked from worst to best. Among his upcoming projects is solar opposites, an animated show set to. A rating of 0 means i think the episode is so bad that i have usually, but not always personally dropped it from star trek canon. Star trek tv shows ranked by tomatometer star trek universe kicked off in 1966 with the original series, created by science fiction visionary gene roddenberry, and later exploded into a massive film and tv juggernaut.
Every star trek series included episodes that dealt with time travel. Discovery premiering tonight, its only fitting that we rank every star trek pilot episode from worst to best. Sep 08, 2016 star trek faced long odds on its way to redefining what scifi could be. Here are some of the best episodes of star trek that center on the legal system. I had a preconceived notion of what the rankings would be, but was very, very shocked as to what came out as the highest rated of the entire series.
Page 1 of 2 1 2 next seven of five rear admiral rear admiral. I enjoyed both series quite a bit, and it is almost unfair to rank one above the other, but im going to, and when we get to 3, ill tell you why it lands higher on the list for me. Roddenberry, maurice hurley, rick berman and michael piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production. Every star trek series, ranked worst to best screen rant. So, about a month ago i decided to write a post ranking all the trek episodes ever, from the original series to enterprise. Rated 2 points posted 10 years ago by artofwar11 in category television. The original series that everybody needs to rewatch before the star trek discovery premier. Since then weve seen been treated to movies and 5 different television series, producing hundreds of hours of some of the best science fiction television. The show has given us hundreds of great stories, and countless themes to dwell on. Sep, 2016 the top 10 star trek episodes ever in honor of star treks 50th anniversary, my idiosyncratic but nonetheless definitive ranking of the best episodes of the trek franchise. The top 10 star trek episodes ever the washington post. The best episodes, though, rank among televisions very finest. There will be others, of course, some very well reasoned, some not at all, because that is the way of things. Top 10 star trek deep space nine episodes duration.
Discovery, and comparing it to first seasons of the other shows, so i decided to broaden the scope a bit and pull info for the 716 episodes currently with ratings on imdb. The 2260s and 2270s edit by 2266, starfleet had once again changed its uniforms and, while still using the sleeve stripe system to denote rank, the rank stripes had been modified to show more detail for each particular rank. From the wikipedia article the rank system of the star trek universe has always been based upon that of the united states navy and the british royal navy in star trek. Star trek tv shows ranked by tomatometer 8th season, an official parody book published in 2015. The motion picture, ranks are indicated by sleeve stripes. We also made giant charts and ranked seasons based on how many good versus bad episodes it had.
Aug 23, 2017 there will be others, of course, some very well reasoned, some not at all, because that is the way of things. Jul 12, 2012 star trek is at its best when it uses scifi allegories to tackle real ethical quandaries, and this chapter of enterprise is a proud contributor to that tradition. The next generation is the star trek of choice for most trekkies. Every star trek season of tv ever, ranked from worst. The original series starred william shatner as captain james t. In 2016, fans at the 50th anniversary star trek convention voted sub rosa as the 6th worst episode of any star trek series. Here are the best original star trek episodes, ranked. The 15 darkest episodes of star trek, ranked screenrant. While most episodes do explore an optimistic future where all human war, disease, and suffering have been eradicated, there is still more to trek than solvable problems. Are the star trek next generation rank pips based on anything. Star trek is one of the most popular and longestrunning franchises in all of tv history. Discovery, which premieres on cbs on september 24, heres a ranking of every liveaction star trek series from worst to best. Enterprise top 10 enterprise episodes discussion in star trek. Rank the star trek series from best to worst neogaf.
Jordan hoffman of playboy has ranked all 695 episodes of every star trek series, with comments on each episode. Every episode of every star trek series ever, ranked boing. Voyager alright, ill be honest, numbers 4 and 3 are almost interchangeable for me. Abrams mental mind games during the leadup to what we all suspected would be a wrath of khan rehash, there are so many moments. Few episodes test this premise as thoroughly and terrifyingly as the devil in the dark, the story of a giant pizzablob and the eggs it would kill to.
Conventiongoing star trek fans sort through the highlights from across the entire television franchise to. Best star trek original series episodes ranked business. And the children shall lead is the fourth episode of the third season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Ranked list of all 30 seasons of star trek, in order of average episode rating.
Based on my many interactions with fans over the years, i believe star trek. In honor of star treks 50th anniversary this month, the hollywood reporter counted down the top 100 episodes of star trek ranking them across all six tv series with help from the stars and. But despite the best arguments to the contrary, what follows is the correct order of star trek series as graded by consistency, quality, and consistency of quality. Written by series creator charlie brooker and william bridges and directed by toby haynes, it first aired on netflix, along with the rest of series four, on 29 december 2017. The next generation is an american science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry twentyone years after the original star trek series debuted in 1966. Nbcstar trek balance of terror, arguably, captures the spirit of all the treks. Hayesgehrke star trek the original series is the first science fiction series that i watched.
In 2017, it was ranked the 8th best romantic episode of star trek, noted for its exploration of sexual dreams. Star trek hard to find 5 bad shows in the 3 year run. In 2016, vox rated this one of the top 25 essential episodes of all star trek. Sep 23, 2017 our favorite star trek episodes of all time.
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