From: a195722%etd.DECnet@MDCGWY.MDC.COM ("ETD::A195722")
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Subject: Ranking of Star Trek Episodes
Date: 31 Jul 92 00:28:00 GMT


                                  Star Trek
                                Episode Guide
                     (Ranked In Order from Best to Worst)

           - Original data from Saul Jaffe (Moderator, Sf-Lovers) -

Classifications of the Ranking System:
[01]      The best part is the opening credits.
[02]      Poor, scientifically-unsound plot, with mediocre acting.
[03]      Mediocre plot and acting, scientifically sound but highly
          implausible.
[04]      Average Star Trek, typical acting, not especially
          intriguing.
[05]      A two-star show with some novel twist added.
[06]      A minimal "entertaining" episode.
[07]      Fair, scientifically-sound plot, good acting.  Usually has
          at least one outstanding scene.
[08]      Good plot, damned good acting, no major flaws.  To see such
          an episode, a hard-core Trekkie would be willing to miss a
          midterm in a non-departmental course.
[09]      Excellent, well-developed plot, unparalleled acting.  Only
          flaw is in falling slightly short of full development of the
          theme, or containing a minor error important to the plot.  A
          Trekkie would be willing to miss any midterm to see it.
[10]      To see a 5-star episode, a Trekkie would be willing to skip
          a final, to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous
          fortune, to cross into the Romulan Neutral Zone, to boldly
          go where no man has gone before.

The various classifications of the Star System were assigned between
stardates 1974.3 and 1975.5 by a general consensus among members of the
Bridge Crew, the regular Trek-watchers of Stevenson Hall, at Princeton
University.


[10] 43 "THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES"                            
         DEC 29, 1967  David Gerrold

[10] 45 "A PIECE OF THE ACTION"                                
         JAN 12, 1968  David P. Harmon and Gene L. Coon

[09] 11 "THE MENAGERIE (part I)"                               
         NOV 17, 1966  Gene Roddenberry

[09] 28 "THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER"                      
         APR 06, 1967  Harlan Ellison

[09] 35 "THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE"                                 
         OCT 20, 1967  Norman Spinrad

[08] 03 "WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE"                         
         SEP 22, 1966  Samuel A. Peeples

[08] 12 "THE MENAGERIE (part II)                               
         NOV 24, 1966  Gene Roddenberry

[08] 19 "TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY"                                
         JAN 26, 1967  Dorothy Fontana

[08] 30 "AMOK TIME"                                            
         SEP 15, 1967  Theodore Sturgeon

[08] 40 "THE DEADLY YEARS"                                     
         DEC 08, 1967  David P. Harmon

[08] 46 "THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME"                                
         JAN 19, 1968  Robert Sabaroff

[08] 55 "ASSIGNMENT: EARTH"                                    
         MAR 29, 1968  Art Wallace

[08] 59 "THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT"                              
         xxx 30, 1968  Dorothy Fontana

[07] 04 "THE NAKED TIME"                                       
         SEP 29, 1966  John D. F. Black

[07] 14 "BALANCE OF TERROR"                                    
         DEC 15, 1966  Paul Schneider

[07] 22 "SPACE SEED"                                           
         FEB 16, 1967  Gene L. Coon and Carey Wilbur

[07] 24 "THIS SIDE OF PARADISE"                                
         MAR 02, 1967  Dorothy Fontana

[07] 26 "ERRAND OF MERCY"                                      
         MAR 23, 1967  Gene L. Coon

[07] 37 "I, MUDD"                                              
         NOV 03, 1967  Stephen Kandel

[07] 41 "OBSESSIONS"                                           
         DEC 15, 1967  Art Wallace

[07] 52 "THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER"                                
         MAR 08, 1968  Dorothy Fontana

[07] 58 "THE PARADISE SYNDROME"                                
         xxx 30, 1968  Margaret Armen

[06] 02 "CHARLIE X"                                            
         SEP 15, 1966  Dorothy Fontana

[06] 09 "DAGGER OF THE MIND"                                   
         NOV 03, 1966  Shimon Wincelberg

[06] 10 "THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER"                               
         NOV 10, 1966  Jerry Sohl

[06] 18 "ARENA"                                                
         JAN 19, 1967  Gene L. Coon 
                       (from a story by Fredric Brown)

[06] 23 "A TASTE OF ARMAGEDDON"                                
         FEB 23, 1967  Robert Jamner and Gene L. Coon

[06] 25 "THE DEVIL IN THE DARK"                                
         MAR 09, 1967  Gene L. Coon

[06] 32 "THE CHANGELING"                                       
         SEP 29, 1967  John Meredyth Lucas

[06] 33 "MIRROR, MIRROR"                                       
         OCT 06, 1967  Jerome Bixby

[06] 39 "JOURNEY TO BABEL"                                     
         NOV 17, 1967  Dorothy Fontana

[06] 47 "A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR"                                 
         FEB 02, 1968  Gene Roddenberry 
                       (from a story by Judd Crucis)

[06] 54 "FRIDAY'S CHILD"                                       
         MAR 22, 1968  Dorothy Fontana

[06] 56 "SPECTRE OF THE GUN"                                   
         xxx 30, 1968  Lee Cronin

[06] 73 "THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR"                                  
         xxx 30, 1968  Jeremy Tarcher and Shari Lewis

[06] 78 "ALL OUR YESTERDAYS"                                   
         xxx 30, 1968  Jean Lisette Aroeste

[05] 06 "MUDD'S WOMEN"                                         
         OCT 13, 1966  Stephen Kandel

[05] 17 "THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS"                                 
         JAN 12, 1967  Paul Schneider

[05] 48 "RETURN TO TOMORROW"                                   
         FEB 09, 1968  John Kingsbridge

[05] 50 "BY ANY OTHER NAME"                                    
         FEB 23, 1968  Dorothy Fontana and Jerome Bixby

[05] 57 "ELAAN OF TROYIUS"                                     
         xxx 30, 1968  John Meredyth Lucas

[05] 62 "IS THERE IN TRUTH NO BEAUTY?"                         
         xxx 30, 1968  Jean Lisette Aroeste

[05] 66 "DAY OF THE DOVE"                                      
         xxx 30, 1968  Jerome Bixby

[05] 69 "THAT WHICH SURVIVES"                                  
         xxx 30, 1968  John Meredyth Lucas

[05] 72 "THE MARK OF GIDEON"                                   
         xxx 30, 1968  George F. Slavin and Stanley Adams

[04] 01 "THE MAN TRAP"                                         
         SEP 08, 1966  George Clayton Johnson

[04] 07 "WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?"                       
         OCT 20, 1966  Robert Bloch

[04] 08 "MIRI"                                                 
         OCT 27, 1966  Adrian Spies

[04] 15 "SHORE LEAVE"                                          
         DEC 29, 1966  Theodore Sturgeon

[04] 20 "COURT-MARTIAL"                                        
         FEB 02, 1967  Don M. Mankiewica and Stephen W. Carabatsos

[04] 21 "RETURN OF THE ARCHONS"                                
         FEB 09, 1967  Boris Sobelman

[04] 29 "OPERATION--ANNIHILATE"                                
         APR 13, 1967  Stephen W. Carabatsos

[04] 31 "WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS"                               
         SEP 22, 1967  Gilbert Ralston and Gene L. Coon

[04] 34 "THE APPLE"                                            
         OCT 13, 1967  Max Ehrlich

[04] 44 "THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION"                          
         JAN 05, 1968  Margaret Armen

[04] 49 "PATTERNS OF FORCE"                                    
         FEB 16, 1968  John Meredyth Lucas

[04] 64 "THE THOLIAN WEB"                                      
         xxx 30, 1968  Judy Burns and Chet Richards

[04] 65 "FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW, AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY"  
         xxx 30, 1968  Rik Vollaerts

[04] 74 "THE CLOUD MINDERS"                                    
         xxx 30, 1968  Margaret Armen 
                       (from a story by David Gerrold and Oliver Crawford)

[04] 76 "REQUIEM FOR METHUSELAH"                               
         xxx 30, 1968  Jerome Bixby

[04] 77 "THE SAVAGE CURTAIN"                                   
         xxx 30, 1968  Arthur Heinemann and Gene Roddenberry

[03] 05 "THE ENEMY WITHIN"                                     
         OCT 06, 1966  Richard Matheson

[03] 16 "GALILEO SEVEN"                                        
         JAN 05, 1967  Oliver Crawford and Shimon Wincelberg

[03] 36 "CATSPAW"                                              
         OCT 27, 1967  Robert Bloch and Dorothy Fontana

[03] 42 "WOLF IN THE FOLD"                                     
         DEC 22, 1967  Robert Bloch

[03] 68 "WINK OF AN EYE"                                       
         xxx 30, 1968  Lee Cronin

[03] 71 "WHOM GODS DESTROY"                                    
         xxx 30, 1968  Lee Erwin

[03] 79 "TURNABOUT INTRUDER"                                   
         xxx 30, 1968  Arthur Singer 

[02] 27 "THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR"                               
         MAR 30, 1967  Don Ingalls

[02] 38 "METAMORPHOSIS"                                        
         NOV 10, 1967  Gene L. Coon

[02] 51 "THE OMEGA GLORY"                                      
         MAR 01, 1968  Gene Roddenberry

[02] 53 "BREAD AND CIRCUSES"                                   
         MAR 15, 1968  Gene Roddenberry and Gene L. Coon 

[02] 60 "AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD"                          
         xxx 30, 1968  Edward J. Lakso

[02] 61 "SPOCK'S BRAIN"                                        
         xxx 30, 1968  Lee Cronin

[02] 67 "PLATO'S STEPCHILDREN"                                 
         xxx 30, 1968  Meyer Dolinsky

[01] 13 "THE CONSCIENCE OF THE KING"                           
         DEC 08, 1966  Barry Trivers

[01] 63 "THE EMPATH"                                           
         xxx 30, 1968  Joyce Muskat

[01] 70 "LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD"                    
         xxx 30, 1968  Oliver Crawford 
                       (from a story by Lee Cronin)

[01] 75 "THE WAY TO EDEN"                                      
         xxx 30, 1968  Arthur Heinemann