Star Trek: The Original Series – Episode Reviews
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Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Reviews
Starbase48 Episode Ratings
Rating Scale
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ = Masterpiece / Essential Viewing
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ = Excellent
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐ = Very Good
- ⭐⭐⭐☆ = Good
- ⭐⭐⭐ = Average
- ⭐⭐ = Below Average
- ⭐ = Weak Episode
Season 1 (1966–1967)
| # | Episode | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Man Trap | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 2 | Charlie X | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 3 | Where No Man Has Gone Before | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 4 | The Naked Time | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 5 | The Enemy Within | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 6 | Mudd’s Women | ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3.0) |
| 7 | What Are Little Girls Made Of? | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 8 | Miri | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 9 | Dagger of the Mind | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 10 | The Corbomite Maneuver | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 11 | The Menagerie, Part I | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 12 | The Menagerie, Part II | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 13 | The Conscience of the King | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 14 | Balance of Terror | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 15 | Shore Leave | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 16 | The Galileo Seven | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 17 | The Squire of Gothos | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 18 | Arena | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 19 | Tomorrow Is Yesterday | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 20 | Court Martial | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 21 | The Return of the Archons | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 22 | Space Seed | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 23 | A Taste of Armageddon | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 24 | This Side of Paradise | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 25 | The Devil in the Dark | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 26 | Errand of Mercy | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 27 | The Alternative Factor | ⭐⭐☆☆☆ (2.0) |
| 28 | The City on the Edge of Forever | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 29 | Operation: Annihilate! | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
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Season 2 (1967–1968)
| # | Episode | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Amok Time | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 31 | Who Mourns for Adonais? | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 32 | The Changeling | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 33 | Mirror, Mirror | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 34 | The Apple | ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3.5) |
| 35 | The Doomsday Machine | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 36 | Catspaw | ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3.0) |
| 37 | I, Mudd | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 38 | Metamorphosis | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 39 | Journey to Babel | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 40 | Friday’s Child | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 41 | The Deadly Years | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 42 | Obsession | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 43 | Wolf in the Fold | ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3.5) |
| 44 | The Trouble with Tribbles | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 45 | The Gamesters of Triskelion | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 46 | A Piece of the Action | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 47 | The Immunity Syndrome | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 48 | A Private Little War | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 49 | Return to Tomorrow | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 50 | Patterns of Force | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 51 | By Any Other Name | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 52 | The Omega Glory | ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3.5) |
| 53 | The Ultimate Computer | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 54 | Bread and Circuses | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 55 | Assignment: Earth | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
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Season 3 (1968–1969)
| # | Episode | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | Spock’s Brain | ⭐⭐☆☆☆ (2.5) |
| 57 | The Enterprise Incident | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 58 | The Paradise Syndrome | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 59 | And the Children Shall Lead | ⭐⭐☆☆☆ (2.0) |
| 60 | Is There in Truth No Beauty? | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 61 | Spectre of the Gun | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 62 | Day of the Dove | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 63 | For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 64 | The Tholian Web | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 65 | Plato’s Stepchildren | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 66 | Wink of an Eye | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 67 | The Empath | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 68 | Elaan of Troyius | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 69 | Whom Gods Destroy | ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3.5) |
| 70 | Let That Be Your Last Battlefield | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 71 | The Mark of Gideon | ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3.0) |
| 72 | That Which Survives | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 73 | The Lights of Zetar | ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3.5) |
| 74 | Requiem for Methuselah | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5) |
| 75 | The Way to Eden | ⭐⭐☆☆☆ (2.5) |
| 76 | The Cloud Minders | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 77 | The Savage Curtain | ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.0) |
| 78 | All Our Yesterdays | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5.0) |
| 79 | Turnabout Intruder | ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3.0) |
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⭐ Starbase48 Top 10 Original Series Episodes
| Rank | Episode | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The City on the Edge of Forever | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 2 | Balance of Terror | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 3 | Space Seed | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 4 | The Trouble with Tribbles | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 5 | Mirror, Mirror | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 6 | Amok Time | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 7 | The Doomsday Machine | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 8 | Journey to Babel | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 9 | The Enterprise Incident | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 10 | The Devil in the Dark | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
These ratings are editorial Starbase48 recommendations rather than official or aggregated critic scores.
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