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What is your favorite Star Trek series and episode?

Deep Space 9 - In The Pale Moonlight

The original TV series, episode "Space Seed" (1967) -  (Ricardo Montalban is epic!)

Then the Star Trek II movie, The Wrath of Khan. (He is still epic!)

Then, later in the new Star Trek movie, Into Darkness, Benedict Cumberbatch does a fantastic job as the young Khan. Those are big shoes to fill, but he does a very good job.

Is claiming TNG's "The Inner Light" cheating? That darn flute...the way Picard kind of hugs it at the end as the camera pans out and fades to black...I cry every single time.

Quote from: katiebee on February 14, 2026, 06:07:00 PMIs claiming TNG's "The Inner Light" cheating? That darn flute...the way Picard kind of hugs it at the end as the camera pans out and fades to black...I cry every single time.

Why would that be cheating? I love how they brought the flute back in 'Lessons' when Picard was having a relationship with a female character who played the piano.

Love always -- Jessica Rose

There are so many different Star Trek series.  I wonder if they have overextended them.

The latest one I think is about the Star Fleet Academy.  I have not watched any of its episodes.

Hi One and All

Well as asked for, here are my main favourites in the Star Trek TV series:  Yes Chrissy, there are alot.

Star Trek Series	My Favourite
The Original Series (1966 to 1969)	The Trouble with Tribbles (Season 2 Episode 15)
The Animated Series (1973 to 1974)	Not watched
The Next Generation (1987 to 1994)	The Best of Both Worlds (Season 3 Episode 26 + Season 4 Episode 1)
Deep Space Nine (1993 to 1999)	In the Pale Moonlight (Season 6 Episode 19)
Voyager (1995 to 2001)	Scorpion (Season 3 Episode 26 + Season 4 Episode 1)
Enterprise (2001 to 2005)	Not watched
Discovery (2017 to 2024)	Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad (Season 1 Episode 7)
Picard (2020 to 2023)	No Win Scenario (Season 3 Episode 4)
Lower Decks (2020 to 2024)	Not watched
Prodigy (2021 to 2024)	Not watched
Strange New Worlds (2022 to present)	Not watched
The Orville (2017 to present)	Identity About a Girl (Season 1 Episode 3), A Tale of Two Topas (Season 3 Episode 5) and Midnight Blue (Season 3 Episode 8 ) and Identity (Season 2 Episode 8 + Season 2 Episode 9) *

Yes, I know Orville was not exactly Star Trek but it had the look and classical feel of Star Trek.

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator
PS Misspent youth?
*PSS I have corrected my favourite story line arc it includes two now. I know supposed to only be one.
@ChrissyRyan

The Orville is The Next The Next Generation and you'll never convince me otherwise!

Quote from: Lori Dee on February 14, 2026, 05:39:46 PMThe original TV series, episode "Space Seed" (1967) -  (Ricardo Montalban is epic!)

Then the Star Trek II movie, The Wrath of Khan. (He is still epic!)

Too many great episodes in the original series to pick one, but Space Seed is definitely in the top 10, maybe even the top 5. 

The Wrath of Khan was by far the best move.  I hadn't recognized the name Khan when I went to see the movie, but when Chekov read the name SS Botany Bay, I remember saying to my self "Oh ->-bleeped-<-".  I was on the edge of my seat during the entire move.

I did watch the first couple of episodes from Star Trek the Next Generation.  They sucked and I lost all interest in anything Star Trek since. 

Best single episode was the TNG one when the Borg annihilated most of Starfleet - The Best of Both Worlds (Season 3 Episode 26 + Season 4 Episode 1) Wins for the shock factor alone.

Best series is tricky though. I pretty much loved them all.

I grew up with TOS and TNG so they have a special place in my heart.

For nostalgia I would go for the last season of Picard, it was an awesome season.

Brave New Worlds was pretty cool when they introduced the Gorn,

Deep Space 9 was cool when they had the war with the Dominion.

Voyager had some amazing episodes

Movie wise there is no contest, The Wrath of Khan

Mind, my favourite Sci-Fi series of all is The Expanse by a country mile followed closely by Babylon 5 then Star Trek and Battelstar Galactica. honourable mention goes to Andor too

I love Star Trek.  I will watch any iteration. Enterprise gets a bad wrap sometime, especially the end of the last season. It is amazing and has some great foundation for all the other series.  I went through about a year ago and started them from Enterprise to Discovery.  Now I have to do it again with Strange New Worlds right after Enterprise and Star Fleet Academy at the end.

Quote from: Sarah B on February 14, 2026, 09:50:54 PMHi One and All

Well as asked for, here are my main favourites in the Star Trek TV series:  Yes Chrissy, there are alot.

Star Trek Series	My Favourite
The Original Series (1966 to 1969)	The Trouble with Tribbles (Season 2 Episode 15)
The Animated Series (1973 to 1974)	Not watched
The Next Generation (1987 to 1994)	The Best of Both Worlds (Season 3 Episode 26 + Season 4 Episode 1)
Deep Space Nine (1993 to 1999)	In the Pale Moonlight (Season 6 Episode 19)
Voyager (1995 to 2001)	Scorpion (Season 3 Episode 26 + Season 4 Episode 1)
Enterprise (2001 to 2005)	Not watched
Discovery (2017 to 2024)	Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad (Season 1 Episode 7)
Picard (2020 to 2023)	No Win Scenario (Season 3 Episode 4)
Lower Decks (2020 to 2024)	Not watched
Prodigy (2021 to 2024)	Not watched
Strange New Worlds (2022 to present)	Not watched
The Orville (2017 to present)	Identity (Season 2 Episode 8 + Season 2 Episode 9)

Yes, I know Orville was not exactly Star Trek but it had the look and classical feel of Star Trek.

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator
PS Misspent youth?
@ChrissyRyan

The Orville has a story arc starting primarily in Season 1, episode 3 "About a Girl," where there is a sex change of an infant issue, for changing a female at birth to male.  In season 3 a reversion back to female story line for the same child: see episode 5, a "Tale of Two Topas," where the child wants to revert back to birth sex.

This first one I'm going to put separate from the Original Series:

The Cage
TOS: Court Martial
TAS: The Practical Joker
TNG: The Best of Both Worlds Pts 1&2
DS9: Civil Defense
VOY: Future's End Pt 1 & 2
Enterprise: In a Mirror Darkly PT 1&2
Disco: only seen first two seasons.  Snore bore for all episodes (the books did Control better).  "Spock's Brain" and "The Alternative Factor" are better than any Disco episode.
Picard:  a disservice to TNG.  Seen all 3 seasons, nothing stuck out.
Lower Decks: does trailer themes me off and the crossover with SNW was worst than TOS's "Spock's Brain".  Otherwise not seen.
Prodigy: the videogame.  That's all that I've experienced of Prodigy.
SA: not seen

If you're talking about the old stuff... I like Voyager most. I don't really have a favourite episode, though. I kind of just watched them like being wrapped in a comfort blanket.

I will say... the episode of "Strange New Worlds" where Spock did the ritual with his betrothed and they swapped bodies... that kind of made me feel a certain way. I quite liked Discovery and Strange New Worlds.

For those not familiar... it's Season 1, episode 5 of "Strange New Worlds".

Quote from: Stottie Girl on February 15, 2026, 04:44:32 AMMovie wise there is no contest, The Wrath of Khan

I kind of like the reboot version: "Star Trek: Into Darkness". They turned the Wrath of Khan movie on its head. I know most hardcore fans hated it but I mean you have to admire the ingenuity. Especially at the end, when they flipped the role of Kirk and Spock (no spoilers). It's worth watching. I always wish they had done a 4th movie, because the 3rd one kind of sucked. First and second were kind of awesome though. All the crew were way too big to do another movie, though.

The movies, I enjoyed Nemesis when I saw it in the theater and I still like it. 

Star Trek Beyond I thought was good, except the bad guy I was finding at times I couldn't understand what he was saying so I really don't understand how he changed from the human into what he became.  However I will say that I find the 2009-2016 movies were written a lot better than the 2017-present streaming series. 

However I also enjoy Star Trek The Motion Picture, especially the Director's Edition. 

Quote from: Sephirah on March 05, 2026, 08:07:33 PMI kind of like the reboot version: "Star Trek: Into Darkness". They turned the Wrath of Khan movie on its head. I know most hardcore fans hated it but I mean you have to admire the ingenuity. Especially at the end, when they flipped the role of Kirk and Spock (no spoilers). It's worth watching. I always wish they had done a 4th movie, because the 3rd one kind of sucked. First and second were kind of awesome though. All the crew were way too big to do another movie, though.

Well I certainly didn't hate on into darkness like some, it had it's moments. To be honest I love everything Star Trek and will watch any of it happily. It's not too late for them to come together to do another one. I just hope they don't get Pegg to direct it. I like the guy but that last offering was one of the poorer iterations.

Have you watched the Expanse? Now that's good Sci-Fi. I would love them to do a Babylon 5 remake too.

Quote from: NancyDrew1930 on March 06, 2026, 05:16:42 AMThe movies, I enjoyed Nemesis when I saw it in the theater and I still like it. 

Star Trek Beyond I thought was good, except the bad guy I was finding at times I couldn't understand what he was saying so I really don't understand how he changed from the human into what he became.  However I will say that I find the 2009-2016 movies were written a lot better than the 2017-present streaming series. 

However I also enjoy Star Trek The Motion Picture, especially the Director's Edition. 

Yeah I loved the motion picture, I don't understand why it got so much hate.

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 06, 2026, 11:28:56 AMYeah I loved the motion picture, I don't understand why it got so much hate.

People didn't like the pacing of it.  You have to remember that in 1979, the version that was released was essentially a rough cut of the film—-it didn't even have all the sound effects.  It was mostly just music. 

Plus, the story of the movie was changing constantly throughout the shoot—-at one point the actors didn't even know how the movie would end, because they were shooting with only 2 acts of a 3 act screenplay complete.

Plus, in 1983, Paramount inserted cut scenes into an already unfinished movie, so that it would air in a three-hour time slot on ABC.  And the 1983 TV Version is the one most people, myself included, remember from the 80's and 90's, because it was the one on VHS/Laserdisc/Betamax that replaced the original pan-and-scan version of the theatrical version (after 1983, the theatrical version wouldn't really be available until the 2009 Blu-Ray, widescreen VHS/Lasrrdisc versions used the theatrical version because the scenes added in 1983 were transferred from film in 4:3, and not widescreen, so Paramount couldn't issue the "Special Longer Version" in widescreen).

So in 2001 Robert Wise was allowed to go back and do the final edit that he couldn't do in 1979 and tighten up the story and redo the effects.  Just when I think of "Director's Editions" of films, "Star Trek The Motion Picture" and "Superman II The Richard Donner Cut" are really the Top 2 because, in both cases, the films were never given the proper editing they deserved until years later.

Maybe I should re-visit it as it likely the TV version I saw. The first Star Trek film I saw at the pictures was the Search For Spock.

There is a Star Trek captain's chair in Seattle at a local museum in the Science Fiction section.

You can stop in Vulcan, Alberta, Canada and see all kinds of Star Trek related stuff!

There us a town in Idaho that honors captain Kirk.

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 06, 2026, 11:27:20 AMHave you watched the Expanse? Now that's good Sci-Fi. I would love them to do a Babylon 5 remake too.

I watched maybe 3 seasons of it, yes. Then, for whatever reason, I didn't keep up with it.

Babylon 5... now you're talking my language! I don't know that they could remake it though. It was one of those shows where the actors were as pivotal to it as the plot. I don't know that another cast could make it work. Although they pulled it off with Battlestar Galactica, so you never know.

As far as Simon Pegg goes... I liked "Spaced", the comedy TV show he did with Nick Frost back in the late 90s-early 2000s. Wasn't a fan of the movies, though. I thought they were a bit cheesy, and contrived.

But anyway, back on the topic of Star Trek. Enterprise was the only series I never really watched. I saw the pilot but it didn't grab me. I like what they did with Picard, but sometimes it feels like they wheel actors out of the retirement home for fan service, I don't know.

You're right about Picard, they did wheel out everybody after a disapointing 2nd series but by god it worked I felt like a little kid again!

See Babylon 5 had a compelling story and great acting, usually great stories like that come from books but this was all tv, a rare thing. It's just the early CGI that lets it down now which is why I would like to see it rebooted.

I think they are working on a Mass Effect series based on the games, that has potential to be up there too as it's a great story with amazing world building.

Another series i really enjoyed was the rebooted Battlestar Galactica. They did some amazing stuff

Quote from: Dawn Kellie on March 07, 2026, 04:50:15 PMAnother series i really enjoyed was the rebooted Battlestar Galactica. They did some amazing stuff

Absolutely agree, Dawn. That was a fantastic show and I would recommend it to anyone. Even as someone who watched the original aired originally back in the late 70s.

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 07, 2026, 04:48:16 PMYou're right about Picard, they did wheel out everybody after a disapointing 2nd series but by god it worked I felt like a little kid again!

See Babylon 5 had a compelling story and great acting, usually great stories like that come from books but this was all tv, a rare thing. It's just the early CGI that lets it down now which is why I would like to see it rebooted.

I think they are working on a Mass Effect series based on the games, that has potential to be up there too as it's a great story with amazing world building.

I don't know how I would feel about a Mass Effect TV show, Sarah. I have played all the games and I am a huge fan of the franchise. The key element of that is choice. At least in the original trilogy. You choose how everything plays out and it carries over between games. The ending of the third game sucked badly and felt like a giant cop out for all the investment you made but nevertheless... the whole point of the games was choice. I don't know how I would feel about a show where the choices were all pre-made. I mean I would absolutely watch it because... it's an incredible sci-fi world.

The question you have to ask, though, is would it be Mark Meer or Jennifer Hale as Shepard? You'd kind of alienate half the potential fanbase having a male or female Shepard because... they are both equally good (unlike Cyberpunk 2077, where Cherami Leigh's portrayal of female V is objectively so much better than Gavin Drea's guy version). Obviously I always went with Jennifer Hale and her fem-shep, so to speak. It would be extremely weird for me having a male Shepard character. I don't know how they would satisfy both audiences with a TV show.

I kind of like the Babylon 5 CGI. It was groundbreaking for its time. As I understand it, it was made on a whole lot of Commodore Amiga computers... which is something I grew up with as a kid, haha. It was one of the shows of my childhood.

The first computer I used was an apple 2. The first computer I owned was a comadore 64.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 07, 2026, 05:22:11 PMAbsolutely agree, Dawn. That was a fantastic show and I would recommend it to anyone. Even as someone who watched the original aired originally back in the late 70s.

I don't know how I would feel about a Mass Effect TV show, Sarah. I have played all the games and I am a huge fan of the franchise. The key element of that is choice. At least in the original trilogy. You choose how everything plays out and it carries over between games. The ending of the third game sucked badly and felt like a giant cop out for all the investment you made but nevertheless... the whole point of the games was choice. I don't know how I would feel about a show where the choices were all pre-made. I mean I would absolutely watch it because... it's an incredible sci-fi world.

The question you have to ask, though, is would it be Mark Meer or Jennifer Hale as Shepard? You'd kind of alienate half the potential fanbase having a male or female Shepard because... they are both equally good (unlike Cyberpunk 2077, where Cherami Leigh's portrayal of female V is objectively so much better than Gavin Drea's guy version). Obviously I always went with Jennifer Hale and her fem-shep, so to speak. It would be extremely weird for me having a male Shepard character. I don't know how they would satisfy both audiences with a TV show.

I kind of like the Babylon 5 CGI. It was groundbreaking for its time. As I understand it, it was made on a whole lot of Commodore Amiga computers... which is something I grew up with as a kid, haha. It was one of the shows of my childhood.

Ha! I loved my Amiga! I didn't know that about the CGI, that's awesome!

Yeah female shepherd for me all the way, though in all honesty everytime there was a choice in any game I would play the female all the way back to the likes of Valkyrie in Gauntlet. They say that's actually a big trans indicator.

I kinda know what you mean with the choice thing but it has worked with Fallout so I see no reason why it wouldn't work.

Kellie - My first computer was the Commodore Vic-20. Yes, I am that old!

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 07, 2026, 05:34:06 PMHa! I loved my Amiga! I didn't know that about the CGI, that's awesome!

Yeah female shepherd for me all the way, though in all honesty everytime there was a choice in any game I would play the female all the way back to the likes of Valkyrie in Gauntlet. They say that's actually a big trans indicator.

I kinda know what you mean with the choice thing but it has worked with Fallout so I see no reason why it wouldn't work.

Kellie - My first computer was the Commodore Vic-20. Yes, I am that old!

Omg Gauntlet... arcade games on the Skegness sea front... Girl where have you been all my life!

That's a good point about Fallout. I enjoyed that TV show very much. But again I think that's because Courtenay Taylor did a way better job voicing the female protagonist in Fallout 4. So it's who most people went with. So... having Ella Purnell as the protagonist wasn't such a jarring thing.

A gauntlet machine was in the college canteen and I missed so many lectures due to being unable to walk away! Fond memories.

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 07, 2026, 01:58:29 PMMaybe I should re-visit it as it likely the TV version I saw. The first Star Trek film I saw at the pictures was the Search For Spock.

In 2022 Paramount finally upgraded the Director's Edition and the Special Longer Version to 4K, and released the DE by it's (the SLV was part of a box set and could be turned on when watching the theatrical version.  But they finished the unfinished optical shots in SLV, including the infamous Kirk one where he goes out the ship and you could just see some of the studio walls that were meant to be removed had the shot been completed in 79.)

There is a birthplace marker for Captain Kirk in Iowa.

There is a birthplace marker for Captain Janeway in Indiana.

These birthplace markers are not for the actors that protrayed the characters.
They are for the characters themselves.

So many trekkies on here. I wonder if that's significant ha ha!

We are out of this world.

I just watched The Balance of Terror.
A great episode

Quote from: Paulie on February 14, 2026, 10:59:29 PMToo many great episodes in the original series to pick one, but Space Seed is definitely in the top 10, maybe even the top 5. 

For TOS "City on the Edge of Forever" is up there!

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 07, 2026, 05:34:06 PMMy first computer was the Commodore Vic-20.

Mine was an Atari-800 I bought after college.

The first desktop machine I used was an HP 9830A while in college ... HP called it calculator but it was programed in BASIC and cost about $6K (in 1972 dollars!!!) when it was released back then.

  https://www.hpmuseum.org/hp9830.htm

Quote from: Stottie Girl on March 08, 2026, 08:30:34 AMSo many trekkies on here. I wonder if that's significant ha ha!

In one way Jadzia Dax was the first transgender woman on Star Trek. 

I think there was an agender (without gender) society episode in SNG (Next generation.)