question: best star trek episode and why?

[OIO]

well, TOS was PC for its times. It did bring up lots of issues to the screen though, like the first interracial kiss on TV and black/white issues (wasnt there an episode of aliens that had faces half black half white?).

If you think about it, even the modern Star Treks are not entirely PC. You ever seen a fat starfleet officer? No, they dont fit in the cameras. or a puerto rican crewman? No, they dont wanna work in the future either ( ok ok getting non-PC, sue me! haha).

Matter of fact, go to a star trek event. Here in orlando we had a star trek exposition in the Orlando Science center.. they had their staff in starfleet uniforms, which was really cool. Until the upper management came out of the closets with beer bellys stretching that pajama uniform. That was gross. LOL

[Vipermann]

My favorite is "Arena" where Kirk has to fight that green lizard thing. He makes a cannon out of bamboo and it shoots diamonds into the lizard.

[Raubvogel]

NEEERRRRDDSSSS!!

[GtoRA2]

Funny funny stuff in a sad way.

[Wlfgng]

You ever seen a fat starfleet officer?

hell no.. or fat women..

haven't you ever heard of the MFTR ?
it's for women .. a requirement about the body being in such a tight outfit!

now don't go getting all bent out of shape!
it's just an observation

[Sabre]

Originally posted by SaburoS
"Balance of Terror" to this day is still my favorite.
The cat and mouse fight between the Enterprise and the Romulan flagship.

Amen, Brother SubaroS.  That's my all time favorite as well.  Romulan captain's line at the end was classic (guy played Spock's father, and a Klingon in another episode, I believe):

"I regret we met this way.  We are much alike.  Under other circumstances, I might have called you 'friend.'"

[udet]

there was an episode in TNG where everybody goes kinda wild (living their own fantasies), and Data gets to screw Tasha, the blond security chick who dies later in the show.

[Saurdaukar]

Nucking ferds.

[rshubert]

"mudd's women" and/or the one with Harry Mudd and the fembots...

[vorticon]

Originally posted by pugg666
come on you're all forgeting The Trouble with Tribbles. that was a great one.

agreed...im suprised that wasnt the first one mentioned

[Arfann]

The best? Had to be on Saturday Night Live when Kirk addressed a Trekkie convention and told them all to get a life.

[funkedup]

The one where Kirk and Spock have to fight in the arena and they play the cool bellybutton music.  Also any of the episodes where there are multiple Kirks/Spocks, evil versions and good versions.

[LePaul]

Yeah, the new series do not have the charm the old did just in the realm of Away Teams...

Spock, McCoy, Ensign FunkedUp...Transporter room 2.  And you knew who wouldn't be beaming back    Ah, those red jersey'd bastids....

[pugg666]

you mean this guy LePaul

[vorticon]

lol...gotta love the way the crew members that the ship needs most go into the most danger...isnt it traditional that those sort stay on the ship in there lay-z-boys and laugh at the o-club???