Best:
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RIP_IMDb — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 03:55 PM)
, you rank "
And the Children Shall Lead
" and "
Plato's Stepchildren
" as the sixth and seventh
BEST
episodes?!?! Most have "
And the Children Shall Lead
" BELOW seventh worst, usually worst or second-worst rarely better than third-worst.
I'll let you know when I come-up with a new signature,
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bjlevine — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 05:01 PM)
Best:
Balance of Terror
The Doomsday Machine
The Corbomite Maneuver
City on the Edge of Forever
Mirror, Mirror
Journey to Babel
A Taste of Armageddon
Worst:
And the Children Shall Lead
Plato's Stepchildren
The Way to Eden
The Alternative Factor
The Lights of Zetar
The Mark of Gideon
The Apple
Over 20,001 Tacos ReturnedAS GARBAGE! -
Eric-62-2 — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 08:48 PM)
Best
=The Doomsday Machine
=All Our Yesterdays
=Balance Of Terror
=Mirror, Mirror
=Trouble With Tribbles
=The Tholian Web
=The Ultimate Computer
Worst
=Patterns Of Force
=And The Children Shall Lead
=Metamorphosis
=The Alternative Factor
=Requiem For Methuselah (Kirk at his unprofessional worst)
=Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (sledgehammer sermonizing)
=Day Of The Dove (ditto, ditto) -
jxh13 — 9 years ago(July 18, 2016 03:30 AM)
Best:
- The Corbomite Maneuver
- Balance of Terror
- City on the Edge of Forever
- The Naked Time
- The Trouble with Tribbles
- Mirror, Mirror
- A Taste of Armageddon
Bubbling under: The Immunity Syndrome
Worst: - And the Children shall Lead
- Plato's Stepchildren
- The Alternative Factor
- The Mark of Gideon
- The Lights of Zetar
- The Empath
- Catspaw
Bubbling under: The Omega Glory
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narnia4 — 9 years ago(July 18, 2016 05:58 AM)
Not definitive for me by any means, but-
Best:
Balance of Terror
Space Seed
City on the Edge of Forever
Mirror Mirror
The Doomsday Machine
Journey to Babel
The Tholian Web
The Trouble with Tribbles, A Piece of the Action, The Ultimate Computer, The Naked Time, A Taste of Armageddon, and more could have easily been included. The Tholian Web is there in part as a s3 representative.
Worst:
The Alternative Factor
Who Mourns for Adonais?
The Paradise Syndrome
And the Children Shall Lead
Wink of an Eye
The Mark of Gideon
The Way to Eden
Omega Glory and Spock's Brain probably deserve to be on the worst list before a couple of others listed here, but I get more entertainment value out of them (same goes for The Way to Eden, but its bad enough to make the list anyway). -
theczz_2000 — 9 years ago(July 21, 2016 04:03 PM)
Best:
- Doomsday Machine
- Balance of Terror
- Mirror Mirror
- City on Edge of Forever
- Galileo 7
- Devil in the Dark
- Enterprise Incident
Corbomite Maneuver, Arena and Shore Leave just miss
Worst: - Empath
- And the Children Shall Lead
- The Way to Eden
- That Which Survives
- Mark of Gideon
- I Mudd
- Mudds Women
Hated the character of Mudd which is why both episodes are listed. Mark of Gideon, Let That be Your Last Battlefield and Alternative Factor next in line.
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delerium76 — 9 years ago(August 03, 2016 01:00 AM)
I'm curious why so many people have plato's stepchildren on their worst episode list, and why it has such a low rating on imdb? Surely it isn't because of that interracial kiss considering it's 2016. I didn't think the episode was one of the best, but it wasn't so horrible to call it one of the worst either. Reasons?
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jxh13 — 9 years ago(August 03, 2016 03:34 AM)
The "power corrupts" theme of "Plato's Stepchildren" has been done better, and so has the "aliens with gnarly mental powers" bit. The centerpiece of the episode is an extended torture/humiliation scene, which is particularly distasteful and unpleasant, and that is what leaves a bad taste for me. There is nothing enjoyable, entertaining, or interesting in these scenes, and no real point being made. It is uncomfortable and frankly painful to watch.
The only positive thing about the episode is the always excellent Michael Dunn. -
Eric-62-2 — 9 years ago(August 03, 2016 05:32 AM)
The only positive for me about the episode is seeing Barbara Babcock again. IMO, she deserved more screen time and would have been far better in a more "command" type role like in "Wink Of An Eye" than Kathie Browne (who IMO lacked Babcock's gravitas to be credible as a queen).
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jbaker1-2 — 3 years ago(October 10, 2022 10:52 AM)
"Aliens with gnarly mental powers" is one of the most overused (and annoying) tropes in all of science fiction.
There are 8.2 billion people in the world. 8.19 billion of them have never heard of and don't give a fuck about Charlie Kirk. Get over it. -
jbaker1-2 — 1 year ago(October 02, 2024 11:26 PM)
I wonder why so many have
Mirror, Mirror
on their best lists. I wouldn't put it on my worst list, but "alternate universe" stories just don't do much for me.
But anyway, and in no particular order…
Worst:- Spock's Brain
- The Omega Glory
- Bread and Circuses
- Patterns of Force
- The Squire of Gothos
- The Apple
- The Way to Eden
Best: - Amok Time
- The City on the Edge of Forever
- Journey to Babel
- The Conscience of the King
- Balance of Terror
- Where No Man Has Gone Before
- The Enterprise Incident
It was a lot harder to fill the "best" list than it was the "worst." I loved the show when I was a kid, but it's terribly dated now.
There are 8.2 billion people in the world. 8.19 billion of them have never heard of and don't give a fuck about Charlie Kirk. Get over it.
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jbaker1-2 — 1 year ago(October 02, 2024 11:55 PM)
And I care about the inane ramblings of the president of the Dunning-Kruger Club why, exactly…?
Go **** yourself, moron.
There are 8.2 billion people in the world. 8.19 billion of them have never heard of and don't give a fuck about Charlie Kirk. Get over it. -
jxh13 — 9 years ago(August 08, 2016 03:31 AM)
We all have different opinions, of course. "Whom Gods Destroy" is salvaged by a fine performance by Steve Ihnat; I like "Spock's Brain" as a satire on on network television, and in the "so bad it's good" vein of entertainment. "Plato's Stepchildren" is pretty awful.
"Catspaw" has a fairly interesting theme - the psychological horror of things that go bump in the night - but the theme is poorly explored, it has limited, repetitive action, and the atmosphere is wasted on a fairly silly narrative. I think they could have done much, much better. As a "harmless piece of fluff" it should at least be more entertaining. -
CountJohn — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 10:13 PM)
Best-
Arena
Mirror, Mirror
Space Seed
Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Corbomite Maneuver
The City on the Edge of Forever
Balance of Terror
Worst-
Spock's Brain
The Savage Curtain
Catspaw
Wolf in the Fold
The Way to Eden
Mudd's Women
The Alternative Factor -
Cuish — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 12:07 PM)
By no means absolute but for now:
Best:
1.
The City on the Edge of Forever
2.
The Corbomite Maneuver
3.
Space Seed
4.
Journey to Babel
5.
The Doomsday Machine
6.
The Man Trap
7.
The Conscience of the King
Worst
7.
Return to Tomorrow
6.
The Galileo Seven
5.
And The Children Shall Lead
4.
Spocks Brain
3.
The Paradise Syndrome
2.
The Alternative Factor
1.
The Apple
My DVD Collection:
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls063878029/