Here are 10 episodes two from each liveaction series that we rank as the best. With patrick stewart, jonathan frakes, levar burton, michael dorn. Deep space nine premiered in january 1993 and is primarily set within. The best episodes, though, rank among televisions very finest. Tragically, because the transporters got really messed up in this episode, the little alfa. Starfleet ranks officers star trek expanded universe. The star trek movies have supplied their share of action and scifi over the years.
It was the last star trek program to end its run on television. Every episode of every star trek series ever, ranked. Matt goldberg ranks the star trek movies from 1979s the motion picture through the next generation films and through 2016s star trek beyond. The starfleet rank system has a long history dating back to early space explorers of the earth starfleet and its predecessor naval and military forces. The next generation is known for the incredible chemistry between its cast members both on and off the screen including jonathan frakes, hot off his role as. In 2018, the wrap placed bashir as 15th out 39 in a ranking of main cast characters of the star trek franchise prior to star trek. Friday, were breaking that list down even further ranking the episodes by. Heres our definitive ranking of all installments to date. Patrick stewart stepped behind the camera to direct tngs halloween episode. Here are some of the best episodes of star trek that center on the legal system. The episode where he makes out with ashley judd will always be a classic. The only episode which had higher nielsen ratings during that.
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. Rating is available when the video has been rented. In 2016, syfy ranked bashir as the fifth best of the six maincast space doctors of the star trek franchise. It originally aired from january 3, 1993, to june 2, 1999, in. Weve assembled a list of star trek s 20 best original series episodes. 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. Based on my many interactions with fans over the years, i believe star trek.
Q interrupts an urgent enterprise mission and tempts riker by endowing him with extraordinary powers. It built on the found of the original series in quantity and scope in a way that no one ever thought possible. The second series in the star trek franchise, it is the first sequel. Turnabout intruder the very last episode of the original star trek series is also its worst, a dispiritingly sexist commentary on gender roles that sees capt.
The series premiered september 26, 2001, on the upn television network with the final episode airing on may, 2005. Trek fans still marvel over the one scene in enterprise where archer. Episodes rated zero often have incredible technical. The seventh season was the next generations last, running from 1993 to 1994. Viewers saw an interesting puzzle early in the twopart episode. Star trek always does a good job with time travel stories. It is the second live action series of the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 178 episodes over seven seasons. Avery brooks, rene auberjonois, alexander siddig, terry farrell. Enterprise is a science fiction tv series and a prequel to the original star trek.
Star trek first aired more than 50 years ago, and with five network liveaction tv series to choose. An episode rated 10 would be one of the best episodes star trek has ever done. Deep space nine is a series thats often forgotten by fans. It was created by gene roddenberry, and was aired for seven years, from 1987 to 1994 the next generation was set in the 24th century, eighty years after the original series of star trek, and it focused on the lives of a crew on a starship called enterprise. The next generation the chase tv episode 1993 imdb. The animated series 197375 yes, its at the bottom, but honestly, this isnt a bad series, given its limitations. When the next generation era of star trek came to an end in 2001, doing a show like. Heres a totally subjective, and completely accurate, ranking of every star trek show from worst to best. The 10 best star trek episodes including all network series space. Odo relives some terrible and tragic memories of a past investigation when he was the constable on cardassianoccupied deep space nine, then named terok nor.
The next generation its cinematic debut and since some members of the enterprises original crew were either unwilling to return leonard nimoy or not well enough deforest kelley, the seventh trek movie seemed like the perfect spot for a changing of the guard. The crew of the enterprise must race against various rival. 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. Every star trek series, ranked worst to best screen rant. External links starfleet ranks officers article at memory alpha, the canon star trek wiki.
Every star trek movie ranked from worst to best episodes, paramount felt the time was right to give the cast of star trek. Star trek movies, 19791994 paramount the tv version of capt. In 2018, cbr ranked bashir the 16th best starfleet character of star trek. Created by gene roddenberry, the science fiction television series star trek which eventually acquired the retronym star trek. All 39 star trek main characters ranked, from spock to wesley photos a look back at the franchises many memorable charactersand its handful of duds. The next generation became the most popular scifi show on television. The series picks up about 95 years after the original series is said to have taken place. Every star trek pilot episode, ranked from worst to best. It originally aired from september 8, 1973 to october 12, 1974 on nbc, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons.
One of the earliest star trek episodes, the enemy within featured trek s very first space dog. When captain picards artificial heart fails, he is offered the rare opportunity to go back in time and set right the mistake that led to his demise. The role of captain janeway was recast while filming was occurring, and due to the reshoots the pilot episode of the series actually cost more than star trek ii. Star trek movies ranked from worst to best collider. The message behind the plot is superbly played out in the final scene patrick stewarts laconic replies are excellently delivered. Every star trek season of tv ever, ranked from worst. While its visual effects are cheesy and primitive by modern tv standards, and the original series produced several bad episodes when its budget was reduced in season 3 due to low ratings, star treks best episodes are still hailed as among the finest of the entire franchise. Today in slate, matthew yglesias explains just why star trek is greatand why the franchises natural home is television, not the movies. The next generationranking the crew from picard to. Mark bourne of the dvd journal wrote of season one. There are some smart scifi scripts spread throughout the shows twoseason run, especially the timetravel episode yesteryear, which gives us a glimpse into spocks childhood. The original series starred william shatner as captain james t.
The top 10 star trek episodes ever washington post. Deep space nine ds9 is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and michael piller. The best and worst star trek movies, ranked time out new. In honor of star trek s 50th anniversary, my idiosyncratic but nonetheless definitive ranking of the best episodes of the trek franchise. Space seed introduced khan noonien singh ricardo montalban, the charismatic villain who later starred in star trek ii. Ensign ro aired in october 1991 introducing the experiences of living in cardassianoccupied space. The next generation was the second television series of the science fiction franchise star trek. Kirk played by william shatner is almost like a modern odysseus. If episodes set in the past entertain, that goes double for episodes that deal with the future. Jordan hoffman of playboy has ranked all 695 episodes of every star trek series, with comments on each episode. Discovery premiering tonight, its only fitting that we rank every star trek pilot episode from worst to best. Deep space nine had big shoes to fill, so big in fact that it boldly decided to skip trying to fit the mold entirely and, instead, zig left almost every time tng wouldve zagged right.
Vedek winn, a candidate in the race for the open kai position, stirs up trouble on ds9 when she attempts to boycott keikos school for not teaching. Voyager alright, ill be honest, numbers 4 and 3 are almost interchangeable for me. Cardassians were introduced on star trek the next generation in january 1991 with the episode the wounded, which lays some of the foundation for the federation settlements on the cardassian border. While trying to beam to earth, an accident sends the defiant back to 2024, a time period where earth was still in a state of anarchy. Keep in mind, this is not the same as ranking the series as a whole. The next generation is an american science fiction television series which aired in syndication from september 1987 through may 1994. The next generation is the star trek of choice for most trekkies. The animated series tas, originally aired as star trek and as the animated adventures of gene roddenberrys star trek, is an american animated science fiction television series created by gene roddenberry.
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