The Wounded from TNG. Dealt with the themes of PTSD & confronting one's own bigotry, O'Brien's duet with his former captain is one of the most beautiful moments in all of Star Trek, and it introduced the Cardassians to the franchise. Yet is hardly ever brought up in the greatest episodes conversation

@MrDigimal

Жыл бұрын

Yeah great episode. We'll forgive the Cardassian facial hair😂

@sabonim1979

Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy that episode. Frequently when something reminds me of it I watch it specifically again. O’Brian really was fantastically played

@jeremyhire5516

Жыл бұрын

"It's not you I hate, Cardassian. I hate what I became because of you" is, in my opinion, one if the best lines in star trek. I remember it, almost verbatim, to this day

@lovipoekimo176

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Huh, I always thought that episode was beloved. I mean, I love it.

@joermnyc

Жыл бұрын

@@MrDigimal and that weird “helmet”

Connor Trinnear was a highlight to ENT. 🙂

@GoGreen1977

Жыл бұрын

He was my favorite, by far, on ENT. Archer could have died and I wouldn't be bothered at all. Btw, that Riker guilt trip, no pun intended, used a malfunctioning holodeck on the Enterprise D, again. Trip didn't die, at least not as shown. He died an old man, after years of a happy life with the woman he loved.

For the record, a lot of the reason Y2K was a non-event was a lot of people doing a lot of work. I spent a year on airplanes every week back and forth across the US doing remediation for a financial institution.

@KRWoodworks

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Thank you and you're welcome.

@Dc-alpha

Жыл бұрын

Nope, it was all BS, I have been assured this for years..... Pointing out that from 99-01 I performed more upgrades, installations, site surveys, re coding to get xyz who the f**k wrote this foe what the f**k is streamline using what the f**k language third party (should be an 11th party term) app than ever before or since makes no difference. Explaining that i was taking it easy compared to some others I knew makes no difference either. So, again, it would've been fine, everyone says so..... In all seriousness, pray none of us ever has to go through anything like that again..... money was nice though, 31/12/99 I think I was getting tot from 6 different companies just in case, all of whom were told about each other and that everything was covered but insisted on paying anyway.

@DMSProduktions

Жыл бұрын

And all for nought!

@KRWoodworks

Жыл бұрын

@@DMSProduktions Really? Well, we should have let it all fail then.

@KRWoodworks

Жыл бұрын

@@Dc-alpha I was on am Air Force contract at the Pentegon 1997-2000. Year, we were busy

The Empath has, and will always have, a special place in my heart. It was a powerful exploration of life for a lot of empathic, compassionate people. And a lot of us were drawn to Star Trek-TOS because of their compassion, their inability to ignore the pain of others, and the IDIC. The emotional content meant far more to us than the "science."

Heart of Glory is a very underrated episode from the first season of TNG. It laid the groundwork for some of the future Klingon themes that would be explored in TNG and DS9 as well as gave Worf a truly great speech at the end. The episode also explores the so called “lost boy” phenomenon we see today of young men turning to violence that makes it very relevant.

The first season of TNG had few good episodes, but I’ve always loved “The Arsenal of Freedom.” It’s themes of weapon development, sales, and use is compounded by Geordi’s struggle to survive a dangerous situation while under ridicule by a superior ranking officer and setting an example for those below him. Let’s not forget the great performance of Vincent Schiavelli as the holographic salesman who obviously cared nothing of what he sold destroying anything including his own race.

@lovipoekimo176

Жыл бұрын

That's a beloved episode, especially if you're a Geordi fan

@tonyfelder1206

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. One of all-time favorites of the Trek franchise. I'm surprised it's never mentioned as much as other episodes.

@RegBeta

Жыл бұрын

I remember that one, wasn't the higher ranked officer Geordi was bumming heads with Oliver Platt?!? MAN he was really skinny back then, I almost didn't recognize him!

@RegBeta

Жыл бұрын

Whoops! The actor's was Vyto Ruginis not Oliver Platt, just found that out on iMDB.

A sequel to the last episode of Voyager before the finale, where the doctor writes "Photons Be Free" would be a great episode and could even be done on a different trek show where Robert Picardo comes back as an older actor playing older holograms (say they age because it's easier on humans to see them age or something).

#8: The Empath(2:36-3:35): Kathryn Hays' perfermance in the non-speaking role of The Empath is exceptional, I litarally welled up watching as she gave into her gift saving Dr. McCoy🥺Soap opera fans may remember her as Kim on As The World Turns🤔Rest in peace Ms. Hays, and well done😔

Absolutely agree with The Empath. One of my faves. Thanks for the watch list!

I've always thought "Too Short a Season" from TNG's first season would have worked better if they dropped the A plot and reworked the B plot (conflict because of a Prime Directive violation from decades earlier that involved arming two sides equally) into a sequel to "A Private Little War."

"The Emperor's New Cloak" has my vote. Both Ferengi and Mirror Universe episodes on DS9 fall into the "Either you love them or hate them" category, but somehow, the mixture of the two really works.

DS9 episode: "Progress": Kira spends an episode trying to convince a farmer to leave a moon thats going to be rendered uninhabitable for a mining operation that'll help all of Bajor. a) It deals with "needs of the many vs rights of the few" b) Raises the issue of revolutionary heroes... how do you handle it when you're the one that has to make these kinds of decisions? c) If someones make a conscious decision that'll kill them do you intervene? I raise this one because Discovery decided that letting someone die was the correct course of action out of "respecting their autonomy", which I consider bloody stupid as did Kira. Whilst she sympathised with the farmers plight, what wasn't going to let him die on principle.

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it also points out - one time of many - the BS claptrap nonsense idea of Bajor having several MOONS with supposedly Earth-like gravity and atmosphere... feh.

Pretty sure "We'll Always Have Paris" is also the first of many times Brent Spiner would be in a scene acting alongside himself, which I consider noteworthy considering how many other times it happened.

@jeanlafayette7152

Жыл бұрын

What about his dual role as Data and Lore 11 episodes earlier in "Datalore"?

I've always liked the TNG season 5 episode "The Game." I've read some negative things, particularly around the junky looking CGI. Still, I think the chase through the Enterprise is fun. It also is cool to see the crew trying to thwart Wesley while under the influence, yet still competent and possessing all their skills.

Y'all hit the nail on the head: When I originally watched DS9 on first run I was bored to tears whenever Cisco opened or interacted with one of the orbs. My first re-watch years later and I saw the depth of the story the told.

"The Empath" is indeed an excellent episode, I always find myself enthralled by it, showing what humanity can do with an act of self-sacrifice, literally a case of the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few, "or the one"...

@DangerousParent

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Kathryn Hays' 1968 performance as the Empath is exceptional to say the least, fifty-four-years later and I still tear up watching as she gives into her gift to save Dr. McCoy🥺

A Private Little War avoided the usual cheerful conclusion. It made clear the tough, far from perfect choices a Starship captain has to make. Brilliant and tough call for the writers.

@nodreb123

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. It was one of my favourite episodes from the TOS.

DeForest Kelley said several times that The Empath was his favorite episode of TOS.

@Rocketsong

Жыл бұрын

I thought his favorite episode was "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky".

I never realised Pen Pals was somewhat maligned until now… Another that I’d add from Season 1 of TNG that I feel like I’m the only advocate for (apart from maybe recently SFDebris) is 11001001.

@Rocketsong

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, especially the B-plot between Riker and Minuet. (which became a key point in Future Imperfect 3 years later)

The Empath is my husband's favorite episode from the original series. It depended so much on everyone's acting skills, and it did it brilliantly. Resistance was such a good episode of Voyager, even if it was sad.

Three DS9 episodes I'd add to the discussion: "Duet", a powerful bottle episode where Kira confronts a Cardassian whom she believes to be a war criminal, who at the end was impersonating a war criminal to force his people to confront the atrocities done to the Bajorans. "Body Parts". Admittedly the A-plot where Quark is essentially blacklisted by his fellow Ferenghi, was a rote affair, but I loved the B-plot, where Kira became a surrogate mother for Miles and Keiko's son, and ends up joining them in an extended family. "The Assignment". The first appearance of the Kostamojin or 'Pah Wraiths', and a nice sense of ratcheting suspense and O'Brien has to sabotage the station to save Keiko. Also a nice foreshadowing of Rom's budding romance with Leeta, as her telling him about Bajoran history and legends provided the clue Miles need to save his wife.

@Tuning3434

Жыл бұрын

I would consider Duet as a deeply embedded in the great episode's, never heard anybody else considering that episode otherwise. A tiny glimpse in season DS9 what DS9 will offer in the future. I don't really feel for The Assignment, not even close to the top of the 'Miles must suffer' episode's, and those generally aren't that great either.

@Burt1038

Жыл бұрын

Duet is almost universally loved so I don't know why you're putting it on here. Body Parts, like all the Ferengi episodes, is pretty damn forgettable. The Assignment was a terrible episode that had no consequences whatsoever, it feels like it was just shoehorned in there to fulfill contractual obligation, much like Q episodes, time travel, or mirror episodes often are used in this and other series.

@lovipoekimo176

Жыл бұрын

All of these episodes are well liked by the fandom. Why are you including them in this list?

To be clear, the planet in A Private Little War had prior contact with Starfleet, Kirk specifically. He and the leader of the faction he armed are friends(though the friendship is greatly strained by Kirk kissing the man's wife). But one could hope that the Federation and the Klingons ended their interference sooner rather than later. It would be basically a death sentence if they continued to fight all the way up to the peace conference and beyond.

Agreed about Empath. I also love Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.

"The Thaw" on Voyager I always thought was unfairly maligned. It predated the matrix and there was a lot going on. If I was to enter that world on present day earth, populated with pop culture references to entertain me, can you imagine how terrifying it would be for SpongeBob to become self aware and keep me hostage?

Great vid and this why character development is so critical to make a long lasting show. None of these episodes would have been worth anything had star trek fans not known the backgrounds of each character in the scenes depicted here. Especially the friendship that had developed between O'Brian and Bashir over the seasons leading up to that episode.

The wonderful Kevin Tighe (whom I adored in the 70s watching "Emergency!" when I was a kid) gave a brilliant performance as Henry Janeway. 🥰🥰🥰 Speaking of the 70s, I used to watch the animated series when I was a kid.

Hey @TrekCulture and Sean: That “much hyped non-global catastrophe” that was to be Y2K was actually a real thing. The reason it didn’t become a catastrophe is because myself and thousands of my fellow IT professionals spent millions of hours fixing it, right up to the deadline. I was working 70+ hour weeks at a major corporation for over a year, upgrading systems, fixing code, and building monitoring tools, so when the new year rang in, you could drink and toast in comfort. It’s really annoying that folks now like to pretend that nothing happened and the whole thing must have been a cringe-worthy and over-hyped news story. It was real and we busted our asses to prevent it. So, you’re welcome. Please stop referring to Y2K so dismissively. It’s an insult to all the hard work that was done to prevent it.

@williamtsutherland8240

Жыл бұрын

A Sincere Thank You!

@paulwalker3758

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Thanks for saying this! I was irked by that comment too.

@currentsitguy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for pointing this out.. I basically lived at my company for 6 months before that night. Every single piece of equipment from the servers to the fax machine were checked, and re-checked. I spent hours on the phone with vendors, manufacturers, and software developers. I installed software and firmware updates on hundreds of pieces of equipment. I even replaced some. I sandboxed every critical system in the business. I set up remote login to all critical systems just so I did not have to be at the office when the clock struck 12 with the promise that I would check everything out right after midnight. I had a laptop sitting on the home bar right next to all of the drinks and snacks. My party didn't even begin until I knew everything was OK and I didn't have to rush into the office.

@5argetech56

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%.. Sean is being a nit-picky-cheeky-bastard!! I stayed home that night! only the uninformed thought as much!

@peterfirside295

Жыл бұрын

so what you are saying is that without your super work load the world would have indeed ended?

Voyager’s 11: 59 definitely deserves to be on this list. I often think of this episode when I think of Voyager

I think the there are two episodes from Voyager that I would have included. One is an episode in the third season where Kes has her mind hijacked by a terrorist. Which has some incredible acting by actress Jennifer lien. And I'd also include the fifth season episode living Witness which as you have said in the past has incredible performances by Robert picardo as well as the closest that we have to a mirror Universe episode for the rest of the cast

@fluffysheap

Жыл бұрын

Living Witness is generally considered one of Voyager's best, so it wouldn't really be a candidate here. This is about underrated episodes.

@BTScriviner

Жыл бұрын

Oh, yes, that's a great Kes episode. I think overall, the character of Kes is generally underrated. Except for the awful relationship with Neelix, I liked what the character brought to the show, especially in her interactions with the Doctor.

@lovipoekimo176

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Living Witness is a beloved episode and features frequently on the "Best" lists of THIS channel.

@railroad5024

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@@BTScriviner i agree, loved that episode and it kind made me wish Neelix would have been killed off and Kes stay when I first got into Voyager. However, Neelox grew on me by the end and I was glad he stayed til almost the end. Thought the way they had him leave was sweet. He got way less annoying once he wasn't being creepy and controlling over Kes. Was still sorry to see her go.

Many years ago when watching DS9, I had an eye-opening moment. Whenever Louise Fletcher's Kai Winn character came on screen, I found myself absolutely _loathing_ her. The way she condescended people. Patronized them. Got under everybody's skin, including my own. And then I realized, "My god... I LOVE _hating_ this character! Fletcher is SO GOOD!" She's my absolute favorite character to hate in all of Trek, if that makes sense. :D

Excellent list Sean! I would add one other episode from the original series: "The Enterprise Incident" from the third season. I don't usually see it on "the best of..." lists, but I think it well-worth watching. Joanne Linville is superb as the Romulan commander, and the very erotic scenes between her and Spock are not to be missed. It has aged very well!

@anthonyx916

Жыл бұрын

I never thought it might be under-appreciated. It's certainly one of my favorite episodes and would have assumed it to be generally popular for all the same reasons I like it. Perhaps not a "critic's choice" episode for writing, acting, or directing, but it has a nice blend of adventure, intrigue, suspense, and of course the interplay between Spock and Linville's Romulan commander.

@sureshmukhi2316

Жыл бұрын

I for one want to know what happened to the cloaking device that they stole. Did it cloak itself so that nobody could find it anymore?

@frankharr9466

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@@sureshmukhi2316 I want to know what happened to the Romulan commander. Personally, I like the idea that she and Spock found a relationship logical and reasonable for them both and that was part of why Spock decided to work to reunite the Vulcans and Romulans. Personally, I would think that the existance of the Federation holding a Romulan cloaking device would be one of the reasons why the treaty of wherever it was was negotiated. Not the percipitation reason, of course. They needed to try a bunch of other things first, but the start of that process.

@sureshmukhi2316

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@@frankharr9466 the treaty of Algeron is one of the most unfair advantages that the Romulans have over the Federation. It puts the Federation at a tremendous disadvantage. What did the Romulans have to give up? This could be the topic for another video.

@frankharr9466

Жыл бұрын

@@sureshmukhi2316 They had to give up all of the resouces that could have gone to other projects to keep ahead of the Federation's continuously-improving sensor-suits. Not to mention having to develop a novel power source to run the damn thing. And analegus question: What did small countries gain by signing onto the NNP treaty? Not having to spend money on very expensive possible boondoggles. The question is, was the Federation in a position to say No? Maybe. We don't know the background. We do know that despite the purported advantage of the cloak, the Romulans left the Federation alone for an extended period of time to do something we don't know anything about. And when they DID come back, they failed a LOT.

The Empath is one of my favorite TOS episodes. I like it's experimental minimalists style and its focus on the Kirk-Spock-McCoy triumvirate.

One of the best ST:TOS episodes "A Taste of Armageddon" never seems to hit anyone's list of best episodes, even though it has one of the very best Kirk speeches in it, his "I've given you back the horrors of war".

@sureshmukhi2316

Жыл бұрын

I would have loved to see a sequel to that. Was Ambassador Fox successful in negotiating peace between Vendekar and Eminar or did they actually destroy each other?

As a software engineer it never ceases to amaze me how many people think that the Y2K bug was a whole load of nothing. The reason it wasn't a disaster is because we fixed it and averted that disaster. You're welcome.😂

@MrTim2031

Жыл бұрын

So we should thank software engineers for fixing it? Who then, should we blame for the lack of foresight for it to be a problem in the first place?

@matthewdevalle404

Жыл бұрын

@@MrTim2031 It wasn't "lack of foresight' it was limited hardware of the era where every byte of memory counted and shaving off a couple of bytes made a big difference.

@emsleywyatt3400

Жыл бұрын

The best preventative measures always seem unneeded in retrospect.

@matthewdevalle404

Жыл бұрын

@@OldManYellsAtClouds Almost! I’m 49🤣

@turtlemama888

Жыл бұрын

I know any number of IT people who stayed up that night. We are indebted,. i am grateful.

The TOS episode "Miri" always struck me as an episode that worked with emotion and personal-level conflict. While Miri is hitting puberty, she's starting to succumb to the planet's deadly disease that affects "grups," she's also having feelings for Kirk. The nice thing is, he recognizes them, but stays above them, but works with her, Bones and Spock to try and figure out what's killing them. The whole mystery of the disease they suffer, and the potentially deadly mischievousness of Miri's friends make for an interesting mix of behaviors and confrontations. They finally unravel the mystery, come up with a cure, and potentially get Miri's post-apocalyptic society back on track (though they ony barely allude to it). The fact that you get great performances from a young Kim Darby and Michael J. Pollard just speaks to the episode's emotional depth.

I don't know how much the following episodes are overlooked, but I don't think they typically rise to the top of Voyager episode lists or Star Trek episode lists in general. 'Demon' (season 4) and 'Course: Oblivion' (season 5) definitely deserve another look (in that order). 'Demon' is a fine episode, but it's 'Course: Oblivion' (the one that 'Demon' sets up) that really stands out. It has such a compelling, heartbreaking story that it's my second favorite Voyager episode (second only to 'Timeless'). 'The First Duty' is arguably one of TNG season 5's better episodes, taking a character that has kind of annoyed viewers in the past and knocking him down a few pegs while making him a lot more relatable. It's my favorite Wesley Crusher episode, and I think it definitely deserves a second look. (Side note: It features a character on whom Voyager's Tom Paris was based. It even has the same actor playing him.) It's arguably overshadowed by 'In the Pale Moonlight' (the episode which comes right after it), but 'Inquisition' is one of my favorites from DS9 season 6. Sloan is such a great character, and I love the twists and turns in the plot.

@odesseus

Жыл бұрын

"Demon" was just a crazy episode. The first time I saw it I was blown away.

Voyager’s 11: 59 also had my favourite music score of the series

I like “Shakaar” from DS9. A peek into Kira’s past and some narrative progression for the Bajorans. The B plot is a bit medium but the main plot is great thanks to good work from Brooks, Visitor and Louise Fletcher as Kai Winn. The guest stars do a great job too, particularly the climactic scene in the valley and the scene after.

My two would be... SPECTRE OF THE GUN - Like "The Empath," one of those episodes where they literally built a story around having zero budget. DATA'S DAY - My favorite Data episode of TNG.

@julianmhall

Жыл бұрын

That and 'In Theory'.

Though (or perhaps because) Voyager is far from my favourite, I am kinda fond of 11:59. If anything, it gave Kate Mulgrew a chance to flex her acting muscles.

Oh I love Voyager's Resistance. I was a kid when I saw it and was sobbing by the end. It was so sad.

some great choices in there, especially The Reckoning - and I think I need to watch A Private Little War again because I'd forgotten the Mugato appeared in it, I'd assumed they were a Lower Decks-first ( I'm still learning, forgive me 😅)

This episode may be liked or firmly in the "second chance" category but I really love RETURN OF THE ARCHONS...the episode has a great story and some surprising subtle humor.

I'd say The Dauphin. The season 2 episode where Wesley erm Crushers on an alien girl. There's plenty to enjoy in this one. For one Wesley is just a regular flawed teenager unsure how to approach a girl leading to the iconic Riker flirting with Guinan scene. There's some truly lovely scenes between Wesley and this sheltered girl Salia including one where he shows her some space vistas on the holodeck which really shows Wesley's giddy love of exploration and the girls dissaproving chaperone is just the queen of sass. It's just a fun episode all around.

Even in the '60s I thought that "The Doomsday Machine" should have ended with a slow, silent pan through some abandoned alien control room deep inside the Planet Killer, ending with a control panel with a single blinking light.

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

You mean like the "repair station" repairing itself at the end of the Enterprise episode "Dead Stop?"

@Shinzon23

Жыл бұрын

@@kerryedavis the Ware Station? Yeah, that would have been interesting, but the issue is that the Doomsday Machine comes apart into pieces, and isn't seen to have self repair functionality.

@kerryedavis

Жыл бұрын

@@Shinzon23 When did you ever see the Doomsday Machine come apart?

Great list! I kinda agree with them all. (I especially like "The Reckoning" from DS9; any deeply-Bajoran themed episodes get my vote.)

@jackdubz4247

Жыл бұрын

Me too... But the sight of Nana and Cirroc having a staring contest on the promenade set, while the VFX boffins struggle to make the light show confrontation even 1% visually compelling, was always going to be a losing battle.

One underappreciated TNG episode that I've always liked was "The Inner Light" Picard lives an entire other life in a half hour. Imagine waking up from that and trying to go back to what you were doing perhaps 50 years ago subjective time..

@m.dwaynesteckley4832

Жыл бұрын

My thumbs up is because I was always skeptical that Picard could so easily revert back to his role after being away for 50 years (his time). I am now however at the age where I can remember things from 50 years ago as a young adult and many of those memories are fairly vivid. If I review photos of events where I was involved with people I knew, the memories do come flooding back. If somehow I were sent back to that time, with the body I had then, I am pretty sure I would meld back into the life with no one being the wiser. Now, it is one of my favorite episodes.

11:59 is one of my favs. I love those low stakes world building episodes a lot.

"It's a bit marmite"... 😆 As always, thank you so very much for the video. I'm a native Californian, with an Aussie father, and Canadian mum, who lived in England in the 60's, when I attened 1st grade, so I know what Marmite (and Vegemite) is, (and avoid it). But I wonder how many of your fans (outside the U.K.) are wondering what that meant. (It's a bit... Yeast Extract?)

You just can't get over Trip in his knickers, can you? Neither can I, to be fair 🤣😀👍

@GoGreen1977

Жыл бұрын

Knickers?? Oh, you mean his underwear.

@virginiaconnor8350

Жыл бұрын

@@GoGreen1977 That's what Malcolm would call them, like bum for behind.

I remember seeing 'Frame of Mind' in TNG; mind bending story, that created a feeling of disorientation an (even) trepidation with what would come next.

"Duet" from DS9 should be added to the list...I don't recall who plays the cardassian but his performance is amazing!

Great recap's. Sad to say I only remember 3 of these stories of which one was the cartoon :)

What about The Royale ? Love that one. Not joking. Or the one where Geordi turns into an invisible alien? The episode where Ensign Ro exits the show. That one really gets to you. She shatters Picards heart. But it doesn't demonize her either. One of those morally grey episodes. It let's you make your own decision about her motives.

Acquisition also shows the inadequacy of Ferengi translators as they couldn't translate Parthos' perfect Beaglese!

I can't remember the name of the episode but the DS9 episode where Kako is hijacked by a Bajoran entity that wants to destroy the wormhole leaving O'Brien solo to find a solution is one of my favorites. It's almost like they gave Colm Meany his own TNG plot in the DS9 world. O"Brien approaches Star Trek problems from an engineer's perspective.

Sean, thank you for always sending you videos with kind words. The world needs a lot more kindness, and Ukraine needs a shout out.

@9:35 Yes, I remember that's how they treat unruly flight passenger on "Airplane", as portrayed by the great L. Nielsen.

Maybe a hard sell, but I like Rascals. Yes there are random events that need to occur, but there is interesting story potential. It has humorous moments like Picard and Riker as "Father and Son".

@sureshmukhi2316

Жыл бұрын

And little Guinen and little Ro jumping up and down a bed. 😁

Ooh thank you for showing T, Pol.. Jolene blalock... I'm sated for the rest of the evening now

As a Data fan, loved Pen Pal. While he has logical reasons for doing what he did, it was such a HUMAN thing to do, so it was extraordinary that it was he, of all people who did it. (And he didn't just do it to "try to be human.") Seems like an experiment done by a little boy (playing around with communication equipment) that ended up in an unexpected way. That he ANSWERED (totally a no-no and he knows it), that he CONTINUED to communicate with her, and pushed it to the point of bringing the girl to the ship (maybe his lack of social awareness made it so he didn't notice and more and more irritated tone in the Captain's voice?). Would have loved to have seen what happened to those people, especially Sarjenka. Actually, on that note, would have liked to have seen what became of "Ethan" from "Future Imperfect," Jeremy from "The Bonding," and Timothy from "Hero Worship." Especially "Ethan" as he came from a culture unknown to them before.

The last episode of the first season gives us a vital clue to the existence of the Borg. The Romulans return from isolation. The Romulans have experience the Borg attacking some of their Outposts, too. The last episode help to save The Next Generation.

Spock's brain had great dialog. "Brain and brain, WHAT IS BRAIN???"

@sureshmukhi2316

Жыл бұрын

I shouldn't have reconnected his vocal chords. 😁

Nice list, fun topic. I've seen a lot of hate aimed at The Lights of Zetar, but I thought it was a pretty compelling horror story. It scared me as a kid and keeps me engaged even now. The aliens are deadly, Scotty gets to be a hero and we visit Memory Alpha for the first time. Co-written by Shari Lewis of all people.

Hippocratic Oath is one of my favorite episodes. I would be Bashir in that moment, and yet I cannot dismiss O’Brien’s perspective.

I've always believed that the war in "Private Little War" did continue as McCoy postulated until the conflict which created it, the one between the Federation and the Klingons, was resolved. Follow up episode begging to be made.

@kerryedavis

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There was a need for a lot of follow-ups. Or if not episodes, at least some throwaway mentions. One that always bugs me is when Archer steals the warp coil from those aliens so he can get to Degra on time. As a result it was going to take the aliens like 4 years or something, to get home. I think he should have made sure they got picked up by maybe a Xindi Aquatics ship that could have gotten them home in maybe a few hours, like they did for Enterprise.

There is only one TNG episode that CONSISTENTLY makes me cry EVERYTIME I watch it... "The Offspring"

Two TOS that never gets talked about...S01E23 A Taste of Armageddon that features the best Kirk Monologue (especially done by Seth McFarlan) and also S01E24 This Side of Paradise where Spock get some emotions, beats the crap out of Kirk and Mc Coy threatens to put someone in a hospital.

ngl, I always loved Acquisition, as a huge DS9 nerd I always love a good ferengi romp, plus as you said the actors were all excellent at bringing the laughs (all hail our lord and savior Jeffrey Combs 😆)

@susanscott8653

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Acquisition is also one of my favourite episodes from ENTERPRISE.

The Empath worked because it rested on the shoulders of a phenomenal actress. Katherine Hays, a lead actress playing Kim Hughes on As The World Turns 1972 to 2010.

The Empath really does feel like a stage play on a thrust stage.

11:59 is one of my favorite Voyager episodes already.... :)

I usually refer to "Code Of Honor" as "Planet Liberia." And it also seems to involve a huge violation of the Prime Directive, especially since... Planet Liberia... apparently wasn't a warp-capable civilization when first contacted.

TNG's The Survivors. I think it's well-regarded, but to me it's a top 10, four-star perfect hour of television. It maybe doesn't resonate as much as it might because the central arc is a guest character's, but as a teen the alien's monologue shook me to the core. Still love it.

From which episode was that picture of Major Kira taken?

I'd love to see an episode where Q and Guinan were trapped together somewhere.. Has there ever been such an occurance?

@rvmovieguy

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You remind me of myself I always want episodes like that of 2 specific characters

@notsyzagts7967

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Not in canon.

@kerryedavis

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How does Q get trapped anywhere?

@GabePuratekuta

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@@kerryedavis Aside from the other Q taking his powers away?

@kerryedavis

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@@GabePuratekuta Assuming neither of them had their powers, so neither could get out, what would they do besides yell at each other?

How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth, was the episode submitted to for the Emmy Awards for TAS. This became Star Trek's first Emmy Award.

the actress that played "Kai Wynn" was so good at her role....she made it so believable...she made me want to punch Kai Wynn in the nose.....the only time i ever wanted to punch a woman.....though i would never do it.....but Kai Wynn was suppose to be an anti-hero....she thought she was doing the right thing for her people even if it meant that she had to alley herself with the Bajoran counterpart of Satan (the Kostamojin).....she was suppose to make us feel that she would commit true evil to protect her people....the actress was amazing!!!!!!!!!...i hated the character Kai Wynn, but i love the actress

@Redmage913

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If that's the case, give "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" a watch. You'll love hating her again, this time as Nurse Ratched.

@Tuning3434

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Louise Fletcher, won an oscar for playing Nurse Ratched in 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'. It always amazes me what talent Star Trek consistently seems to attract in their guest and recurring stars.

@kerryedavis

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Well, she may have started out thinking it was all for the best for Bajor, but it turned out to be what she thought was best for Kai Winn. As it turned out, arguably the Prophets might have been using her all along to get to the end of The Sisko's Journey, etc. Cuz they knew it had to happen, and stuff, and since they were supposed to be "outside of time" they must have already seen it and everything.

@GabePuratekuta

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I thought the Kosst Amojin was a book about the Pah Wraiths.

@kerryedavis

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@@GabePuratekuta Yes, but the Prophets already knew about it, and at the end, the book was destroyed. And Sisko's "mother" said that was the end of them, they were forever locked in the Fire Caves with no hope of escape.

Almost all of these are episodes that I've always enjoyed, and felt were some of the strongest from their respective seasons, but which I find people ragging on all the time, and it just confuses me. Glad to see them getting some positive attention for a change!

Other than the animated episode (which I haven't seen so I won't comment), this is a fine list of Very Good Episodes. Probably could do quite a few more of these to remind folks of other episodes that don't immediately leap to mind.

@kerryedavis

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The animated episode is another that suffers from the "whew, good thing that one particular character just happened to be on that particular ship, and on the bridge for his shift, when that event happened!" thing.

Honestly, almost every single one of these is properly rated. I do remember liking that Enterprise one with the Ferengi though...

I think anything Clint Howard touches turns to gold.

@virginiaconnor8350

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Even Gentle Ben?

@stevendeans4211

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@@virginiaconnor8350 Gentle Ben was awesome. Yes it was gold.

The 20th century bush wars, as Bones called it. A very bold episode.

@kerryedavis

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That was Kirk who brought them up, not McCoy.

I'm surprised, Travelers never got a few episodes, showing Wesley's adventures, after he left And other spin-offs, that never happened

The Empath reminded me so much of a TZ ep - minimal set designs, dark shadows, and the story was more like a TZ ep than a Star Trek ep.

Oh yeah that tablet not being in Picard is what broke our hearts...sure that was what did it.

Private little War could lead the Organians to eventually walk away from enforcing the peace treaty. The Organian peace treaty is in effect through the tv series but is gone in the movies.

I found every J'em Hadar episode very intriguing. They had to introduce the "alphas" in the shrunken runabout episode just to give us some of them we could be okay with killing. They made the "Deltas" too sympathetic. And that was brilliant.

finally someone who values the full body involvement of Conner Trinneer - one of the few trek actors my partner and I can agree on...

Best performance by a guest star was William Windom, as commodore Matt Decker in the " Doomsday Machine" I can feel his pain and guilt at his inability to save his crew.

This was a great video!! Thank you for all your work in Researching, Developing, Producing, Recording, and Posting it and ALL your GREAT Content!!! I always look forward to seeing your Vids in my que!! Please keep up the good work, and THANK YOU!!!! -Matthew-

Really glad to see "How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth" on there.

10 Star Trek Episodes we haven't put in a list yet list

One goes into watching Acquisition thinking "this is going to be terrible", and then Jeff Combs simply steals the entire show.

@douglasdavis8395

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Isn't he just an acting wonder!?! He makes everything better.

@willmfrank

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I would love a series with Jeff as Marauder Mo. I imagine Mo as the Ferengi equivalent of Jack Sparrow. 😉😁

Hippocratic Oath is one of my absolute favourites!

Bashir and O'Brien - sounds like a paranormal investigator agency. "Bashir and O'Brien: Temporal Investigators Incorporated (a division of Section 31)."

06:17 I was thinking, if they contine with the Kelvin-verse movies, they should replace Checkov with Walking Bear. Or put him on SNW

TNG- "All the Lost Cards" The episode when Sloan displayed his evil jealously for Worf being a master poker player. This was the episode immediately after "The Measure of a Man," the last where Worf won a game of poker.

Great list Sean. Agee 💯 DS9 the Reckoning you can feel Kai Winn’s jealousy and disdain towards Captain Sisko (the Emissary) to the Prophets. On the list for Star Trek villains, I hate her the most.

@deltacharlie2463

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Prophets.

@Tuning3434

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yes, that Miss Fletcher really knows how to make you really love to hate a person: be it Nurse Ratchet or Kai Winn. Two of the most perfect villains in visual media.

@leticiagarcia9025

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@@deltacharlie2463 I was half 😴 thank you. 😂

Thanks for always giving a shout out to Ukraine. It's noticed. It means a lot to me.