With william shatner, leonard nimoy, gary lockwood, sally kellerman. It didnt show any new footage, but featured star sonequa. The empath the tholian web for the world is hollow and i have touched the sky. The original series and exhausted from running the first two seasons, star trek creator gene roddenberry took a severely decreased role in the production of the shows third season, ceding control to producer fred freiberger. The episode gueststars lou antonio and frank gorshin. Oct, 2017 the five worst episodes from the entire series of star trek. Kirk has the enterprise deliberately enter the romulan neutral zone where the ship is immediately captured by the enemy.
The best star trek episodes from every series digital trends. In fact, only five other episodes got a 6 or higher star trek, original series, season 3, platos stepchildren. Kirk and spock fight alongside abe lincoln and vulcan leader surak against genghis khan and klingon founder kahless, so a powerful alien called yarnek can. The empath the tholian web for the world is hollow and i have touched the sky day of the dove platos stepchildren wink of an eye that which survives let that be your last battlefield. The in addition tos season 3 ep 5 2102015 bobby assembles an elite team of friends to rescue his mother from eagle wing, cczar and liz try dating other people, and mikey questions his sexuality. Written by oliver crawford and directed by jud taylor, it was first broadcast january 10, 1969. With star trek having narrowly avoided cancellation, the basic format remained the same as season 2. Freiberger was faced with a severely slashed budget, an awful time slot, and a writers room thin on talent. Here are the surprising reasons behind the networks decision. Top 10 star trek the original series episodes by rowan j coleman. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, skip homeier. The five worst episodes from the entire series of star trek.
Nbc made one of the biggest blunders of all time by cancelling star trek in 1969. After fighting so hard to get the show to return for a third season, once it was announced that it was going. But thanks to its still lovable characters and campy charm, star trek. If you enjoyed this video, check out my star trek podcast. You can pretty much count on one hand the number of times an episode makes reference to a previous episode, and none of them are important to the plot. Contentsshow pilot 1964 the cage season one 19661967 where no man has gone before the corbomite maneuver mudds women the enemy within the man trap the naked time charlie x balance of terror what are little girls made of. The third and final season of the american science fiction television series star trek. The season closed with turnabout intruder, in which kirk found himself trapped in the body. As bernd pointed out this episode is one that you remember being better than it actually is. Tos episodes memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Test your knowledge on this television quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. And then he goes through episodebyepisode, exploring how the.
What is the official sequence for star trek the original. Weve assembled a list of star trek s 20 best original series episodes. Ex astris scientia the original series tos season 3 guest. The original star trek was a revolutionary television show. Let that be your last battlefield is the fifteenth episode of the third season of the original american science fiction television show star trek. While the final episode of the original series turnabout intruder is generally considered to be a. Star trek or has it is more commonly known now star trek. The enterprise must escort an alien princess to her marriage to seal an interplanetary alliance. Valiant relays a tale of terrora magnetic storm at the edge of the galaxy. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, mariette hartley. The five worst star trek episodes of all time techrepublic. The original series every episode tribute by lawrence whitehurst.
If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. Star trek the original series episode guide our episode database profiles every episode of star trek. My top 5 fave episodes posted on september 29, 2014 by amy shaw as my husband and i are going through our second full watch of star trek as a couple, i thought it would be fun to report on the highlights along the way. In the episode, the enterprise ferries a spoiled princess whose betrothal is hoped will bring peace to a star system at war. I dont think it would be controversial to say that most of the famous tos episodes come from seasons one and two they contain some of the greatest hours of scifi television ever made, but everything i had read about season 3 has made it sound like embarrassing, unrefined schlock. The episodes are listed in order by original air date, which match the episode order in each seasons original, remastered. 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. Star trek the original series season 1 episodes by luke hub. A group of idealistic hippies, led by an irrational leader, come aboard the u. When kirk, spock and mccoy investigate the disappearance of a doomed planets population, they find themselves trapped in different periods of that worlds past. Tos was not intended to have an arc like ds9 or enterprise. The enterprise must deal with discorporeal cloudlike aliens who have already destroyed the inhabitants of a library planet and plan to eliminate the enterprise. 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.
Leonard nimoys character had been the breakout character of. The truth about what went wrong with the third season of. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. On a planet, looking for an urgent medicinal cure, kirk, spock and mccoy come across a dignified recluse living privately but in splendor with his sheltered ward and a very protective robot servant. Numerous undeveloped star trek episodes were written for star trek. The original series season 3 the third and final season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Dagger of the mind miri the conscience of the king. The original series, premiered on nbc on friday, september 20, 1968 and concluded on tuesday, june 3, 1969.
Some of these ideas were never produced, whereas others were. Elaan of troyius is the thirteenth episode of the third season of the american science fiction television series star trek. The iconic original gene roddenberry series that inspired a generation earned emmy nominations. Spectre of the gun elaan of troyius the paradise syndrome the enterprise incident and the children shall lead spocks brain is there in truth no beauty.
Mccoy and the rest of the enterprise crew embark on a fiveyear mission of space exploration. In the episode, the enterprise encounters two survivors of a wartorn planet, each half black and half white, each committed to destroying each other. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, steve ihnat. The crew of the enterprise pursues a mysterious woman who has abducted spocks brain. Of courses the reason of the appendage to the name is this is now the flagship of a franchise that has brought forth four live tv sequels, an animated series and eleven feature films to date. The city on the edge of forever the final episode of the original series first season gets our nod for its solid storyline.
The classic space opera saw a huge drop in quality in its final season, and then was cancelled. Singer story by gene roddenberry directed by herb wallerstein first aired jun 3, 1969 stardate 5928. Sep 05, 2016 season 2 of star trek kicked off with our first look at spocks home planet, vulcan. Kirk and spock are taken prisoners by a former starship captain named garth, who now resides at, and has taken over, a high security asylum for the criminally insane. If you are experiencing problems, please describe them. The original series is an american science fiction television series produced by fred freiberger, and. Season 2 of star trek kicked off with our first look at spocks home planet, vulcan. The episode also marked the last appearance of uhura on the show. The third season also includes the tholian web, where kirk becomes trapped between universes. Kirk, spock, and mccoy were still the only characters to be given a regular credit, although scotty also appeared in every episode. On star trek, a gamefaqs message board topic titled which are the best episodes of tos season 3. Posted by njdevil12 february 5, 2020 posted in tos tags. Season 1 season 2 season 3 all seasons season 3 19681969 9201968.
Ex astris scientia the original series tos season 3. The final episode aired on tuesday, june 3, 1969, at 7. The best episodes, though, rank among televisions very finest. The truth about what went wrong with the third season of star trek. The last episode of the series, turnabout intruder, aired on june 3, 1969, 2 but star trek would eventually return to television in animated. William shatner would have directed the twentyfifth episode, the joy machine. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, james daly. Star trek original series marathon 80 eps 5 days timelapse w rankings. Out of those 30 or so episodes there are surefire classics like season 2s mirror, mirror aka the one where evil spock has a goatee and season 1s space seed aka the one that.
There are, for sure, some bad episodes in tos, and i agree that a good portion of them are in season 3 but there are some really good ones too. Aug 14, 2018 like any series, star trek has its ups and downs. These stories were submitted or developed for production, but for various reasons never aired. The third season also includes the tholian web, where kirk becomes trapped between. 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. Picard released today on cbs all access was preceded by a very brief tease for star trek. The season opened with spocks brain, a story in which kara, the priestessleader of the underground eymorg city, steals spocks brain and transfers it to a.