This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular. Pike was kidnapped by powerful illusion casting aliens. It also ran for fewer seasons than any star trek series since the original. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, ricardo montalban, madlyn rhue. Season 3 was the final season of the original series of star trek and we were lucky to get this as the show was cancelled after the second season but fans sent in letters of support, inundating the studios who relented and gave it a third season. The 15 best directed episodes of star trek tos part 1. Star trek is an american sciencefiction television series created by gene roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship uss enterprise and its cre. A shapeshifting, saltcraving creature terrorizes the crew of enterprise air date. The original series, view video clips and full episodes on cbs. While on patrol in deep space, captain kirk and his crew find and revive a genetically engineered world conqueror and his compatriots from earths 20th century. Kirk has the enterprise deliberately enter the romulan neutral zone where the ship is immediately captured by the enemy. It consisted of twentynine episodes, which is the highest number of episodes in a season of the original series of star trek. May 18, 20 star trek had its share of brilliant influential classics like space seed, amok time, the corbomite maneuver, and charlie x, but it had its stinkers too so were ranking all 79 episodes.
I had previously purchased season 1 on bluray and seasons 2 and 3 on hd dvd. At spocks court martial, he explains himself with mysterious footage about when capt. Enterprise 20012005 took us back in time to the early days of starfleet before the formation of the federation. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the united federation of planets. Star trek aka tos the original series 19661969 introduced us to the optimistic world of gene roddenberry. Discussing the season as a whole, seitz praised it as the strongest first season of any star trek series since the original and defended it against fan criticisms, believing that most complaints about the series could be applied to all star trek series or were about intentional differences from those prior series that seitz saw as honorable. From its opening montage to its largely uninteresting characters to its storytelling, enterprise was inarguably the weakest of the star trek series. Kirk and psychiatrist helen noel are trapped on a maximum security penal colony that experiments with mind control and spock must use the vulcan mindmeld to find a way to save them. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the starfleet starship. It began airing in the fall season on nbc, running new episodes until the spring of 1967, and continuing in repeats until the premiere of tos season 2 in the fall of 1967. The original series 19661969 1966 1967 1968 1969 1988. A powerful artificially intelligent earth probe, with a murderously twisted imperative, comes aboard the enterprise and mistakes capt. The episodes are listed in order by original air date, which match the episode order in each season s original, remastered, and bluray dvd box sets.
The iconic original gene roddenberry series that inspired a generation earned emmy nominations. Part 1 in star trek s only twoparter fans should note the remastered edition features more realistic and populated views of the starbase 11 complex, detailed graphics on kirk and commodore mendezs pursuit shuttlecraft from the base, and of course upgraded scenes from the opening of the saga of pikes older enterprise. This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pilot episode, the cage. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, jeffrey hunter, susan oliver. Star trek the original series season 1 episodes the.
Top 5 worst star trek the original series episodes by rowan j coleman. Best star trek original series episodes ranked business. Star trek the original series season 1 episodes by luke hub. Aug 14, 2018 like any series, star trek has its ups and downs. A powerful being claiming to be the greek god apollo appears and demands that the crew of the enterprise disembark onto his planet to worship him. Join the conversation and connect with cbss star trek. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, nichelle nichols. Mccoy discovers his old flame is not what she seems after crew members begin dying from a sudden lack of salt in their bodies. Apr 02, 2017 already cancelled give their reaction and recap to 1x of star trek the original series. The best episodes, though, rank among televisions very finest. It began airing in the fall season on nbc, running new episodes until the. The starfleet vessel uss enterprise sets out on a fiveyear mission to explore new worlds and seek out new. The next generation commenced airing in broadcast syndication in the united states on september 28, 1987, and concluded on may 16, 1988, after 26 episodes were broadcast.
The original series episodes miri is the eighth episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series, star trek. Written by adrian spies and directed by vincent mceveety, it first aired on october 27, 1966. Weve assembled a list of star trek s 20 best original series episodes. The third and final season of the american science fiction television series star trek. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, james gregory, deforest kelley. Mar 31, 2018 star trek the original series is over 50 years old now, but the series holds up pretty well, because the stories work most of the time. Many people would claim that the series true power lies in. The original series was produced and filmed from may 1966 to february 1967 by desilu. Star trek the original series season 1 episodes youtube. Written by george clayton johnson and directed by marc daniels, it first aired on september 6, 1966. I discovered star trek when i was 11 years old, and this show helped to create my values and worldview. The original series 1966 1969 opening and closing theme duration. This was the first original series episode i ever saw and it still blows my mind, says jordan hoffman.
The original series was produced and filmed from may. The first season of the american television science fiction series star trek. Dvd does not give you the option of watching the episodes in the original format, which i prefer, so i went with this. Where no man has gone before the corbomite maneuver. The crew of the enterprise pursues a mysterious woman who has abducted spocks brain. The original series episode balance of terror 1966 to represent the romulan characters in the season, and referenced the main theme from star trek. Tv pg 50min 1969 a woman from kirks past exchanges bodies with him and takes control of the ship.
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