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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited February 2011 in Ten Forward
So this thought occurred to me in another thread.

I'm sitting here, north of Chicago, snowed in. There's no STO at the moment :( so I was thinking that this would be a great time to watch some Trek.

So...if you were going to be marooned somewhere, and you could only have 10 total episodes of Trek (any series)...which 10 would you want? Your first instinct would be to go for the "best" but -- and this is a subtle distinction -- there may be a difference between "best" and "most rewatched." Example: I don't consider "A Piece of the Action" to be the *best* TOS episode (or even in the top 5), but for some reason it's like a comfort episode for me: I can watch it over and over. So it's definitely on my list.

I'll post my full list in a bit, but I'd love to see others'.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    1. Balance of Terror (TOS)
    2. A Taste of Armageddon (TOS)
    3. The Trouble with Tribbles (TOS)
    4. Relics (TNG)
    5. Unification (TNG)
    6. All Good Things (TNG)
    7. The Wire (DS9)
    8. Family Business (DS9)
    9. Bar Association (DS9)
    10. Babel One/United/The Aenar (ENT)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    TNG The chase
    TNG Yesterdays Enterprise
    TNG All good things (I'll count that as one episode)

    DS9 Duet
    DS9 In the hands of the prophets
    DS9 The way of the warrior (again ill count this as one episode)
    DS9 The sacrifice of angles
    DS9 In the pale moonlight

    VOY Timeless
    VOY Future end (again one ep)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Threshold - THE one
    Let He Who Is Without Sin - the risa one
    Spock's Brain - the wacky one
    Masks - the boring one
    Favorite Son - the harrowing one. (or i love you harry)

    oh wait...those are the ones you wanna avoid.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    1. Best of Both Worlds (1&2)-TNG
    2. Homefront-DS9
    3. Paradise Lost-DS9
    4. Endgame-Voyager
    5. Scorpion-Voyager
    6. Tomorrow is Yesterday-TOS
    7. Balance of Terror-TOS
    8. The Trouble with Tribbles-TOS
    9. Trials and Tribbleations-DS9
    10. Little Green Men-DS9
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I feel your pain, here in south-east Michigan we're snowed in pretty tightly, too.

    Top ten episodes of the franchise for my own inevitable stranding on a desert island, that's a good question. Now are we counting 2-parters are one episode? I'll just assume we are because several of my favorites just happen to be 2-parters.

    In no particular order:
    Balance of Terror (TOS)
    Amok Time (TOS)
    Best of Both Worlds (TNG)
    Chain of Command (TNG)
    All Good Things... (TNG)
    Way of the Warrior (DS9)
    What You Leave Behind (DS9)
    Equinox (VOY)
    Endgame (VOY)
    In a Mirror Darkly (ENT)... just to keep a bit of variety.

    Edit: Looking through some of the ones before me, and I realized I completely forgot about Timeless (VOY), one of my favorite Voyager episodes. 10 episodes is just not enough!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    You're right, 10 isn't nearly enough. (And I'm fine with 2-parters counting as 1, by the way.)

    Originally I tried to select at least one or two from each series, but that's just impossible. I like each series, but unfortunately I couldn't even squeeze in a Voyager or TAS episode, and only one lowly ENT.

    On the flipside, I had a REAL problem with DS9. There are SO many good DS9 episodes (in my opinion there are more well-written DS9 episodes than there are for any other series), but many of them are part of the longer arcs; I tried to avoid these and shoot for self-contained episodes (with partial success).

    Anyway, my list:
    • TOS: A Piece of the Action
    • TOS: City on the Edge of Forever
    • ENT: In a Mirror Darkly
    • TNG: Deja Q
    • TNG: The Best of Both Worlds
    • TNG: Unification
    • TNG: Chain of Command
    • DS9: Hard Time
    • DS9: Sacrifice of Angels
    • DS9: Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
    As I said in my original post, these aren't necessarily the *best* episodes (though there is overlap), but they are ones I could re-watch over and over.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Hmm, interesting topic. My list would include:

    DS9: Far Beyond the Stars {My favorite ep of all the series}
    DS9: Trials and Tribble-ations
    DS9: Little Green Men
    DS9: Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
    TNG: Unification 1&2
    TNG: Cause and Effect
    TOS: The Trouble with Tribbles
    TOS: City on the Edge of Forever
    VOY: Tuvix
    ENT: In a Mirror Darkly

    for the most part my favorite episodes are the DS9 time travel episodes.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    1. City on the Edge of Forever
    2. The Inner Light
    3. Balance of Terror
    4. Duet
    5. Far Beyond the Stars
    6. Errand of Mercy
    7. The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1
    8. The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
    9. Lower Decks
    10. Q Who
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    All good things (TNG)
    far beyond the stars (DS9)
    Relics (TNG)
    Tapestry (TNG)
    Author, author (VOY)
    Tinker tenor doctor spy (VOY)
    Sons of Mogh (DS9)
    Judgement (ENT)
    Carbon creek (ENT)
    Paralells (TNG)
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