Well, we might as well put the forth the question to those who like Star Trek: what is your favorite episode?

As for me, my favorite episode would have to "All Good Things," the final episode of The Next Generation. That episode, for me, was simply representative of all things Star Trek, as well as being one of the single best endings to anything, ever. An honourable mention goes to "In the Pale Moonlight," my favorite Deep Space 9 episode.

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In the episode, the Federation is doing very badly in its war against the Dominion. Commander Benjamin Sisko is attempting to get the Romulans to join the Federation in the war, as they could be a decisive factor. Unfortunately, things are not going well in this attempt. Desperate, Sisko resorts to faking a recording, in the form of a data rod, of a Dominion meeting where the leaders of the Dominion discuss their plan to attack the Romulans. He gives the data rod to the Romulans, and all seems to be going well, until the Romulan commander confronts Sisko with what is probably the most famous line in all of DS9: "It'ssss a faaaaake!!", which of course has been immortalized in this ytmnd, which will get extremely annoying if you leave it on for more than five seconds. All seems to be over for Sisko, as the Romulan ship departs, the commander furious. However, then comes the twist -- Sisko receives word that the Romulan ship has been destroyed by a bomb planted on board, and that the Romulans have recovered the data rod, which was not destroyed. Although I don't remember the exact details, the quality of the data rod which had made the Romulan commander realize its fraudulence could now easily be explained as a result of the explosion. As such, the Romulans take the rod as genuine and soon join the Federation in the war. Sisko soon discovers that the bomb was planted by Garak, a rather ambigious Cardassian resident of Deep Space 9 who has always been a fan favorite because of his myserious past, witty lines, and charming demeanor. Garak believed that the ends justified the means in this case, and went over Sisko's head in planting this bomb on the Romulan ship. Sisko is furious at Garak, but soon realizes that there is nothing he can do to change what has happened, and that he has, in fact, gotten what he wanted. The entire episode is in the form of a flashback as Sisko dictates his personal log. The episode ends with a chilling monologue by Sisko, possibly my favorite scene in Trek, and so good that I bring it to you here. Of note, this is the only time in all of Star Trek in which a character directly addresses the camera. I love that scene, and I love this episode. It is such a poignant expression of the question "do the ends justify the means?" Simply a wonderful episode all around.

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I don't feel like writing an analysis of "All Good Things" right now, but maybe I'll do that in the future. I also think I need to comment on "Darmok," another excellent episode of TNG.

That´s sad, Scotty (James Doohan) died today.
Scotty

All time favourite would be "Trouble with Tribbles" (? or something like that) about this furry cute creatures that bred like rabbits and ended filling up the whole Enterprise - was fantastic. Can´t remember the plot but I loved the episode then.
Also liked the episode where Cpt. Kirk and Lt. Uhura kissed (I think it was all about pair-bonding for some alien group) but I can remember very little about the episode, perhaps someone can fill me in. Read many years later that it was one of the first (if not THE first) interracial kiss on American TV. There was also one with creepy flying disc creatures (sort of pizza-like) that landed on your back and stunned you that was good too.
Sorry I´m short on details with the above, it´s been many years.
(These I would guess are all from the original series).

Yes, I heard about Doohan's death. Quite sad, although I suppose he was getting on in years.

The Trouble With Tribbles is without a doubt one of the most entertaining Star Trek episodes I have seen. I think the City on the Edge of Forever would be my favorite episode of the original series, but the Trouble With Tribbles comes close. It's probably my favorite "light-hearted" Star Trek episode.

I don't actually know what episode it is they kissed in -- I know about the kiss, of course, and how big a deal it was, but I don't think I've ever seen the episode. But then, TOS isn't exactly the series I'm most familar with.

I'd have to say alot are great, but include "The Outcast" among my top ones, it deals with the issue of sexuality or homosexuality and the whole idea of "curing" people.

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From Wikipedia:
Commander William Riker (played by Jonathan Frakes) falls in love with Soren who is a member of an advanced, humanoid alien race called the J'naii. The J'naii are an androgynous species that views the expression of any sort of male or female gender, and especially sexual liaisons, as a sexual perversion. According to their official doctrine, the J'naii had evolved beyond gender and thus viewed the idea of male/female sexuality as primitive. Those among the J'naii who viewed themselves as possessing gender were ridiculed, outcast, and forced to undergo "psychotectic therapy" - a psychological treatment to remediate gender-specificity and allow acceptance back into J'naii society. When the affair between Riker and Soren is discovered, J'naii diplomats force Soren to undergo this therapy. When Riker beams down to the planet to rescue her, she has already undergone the therapy. She refuses to go with him, claiming that she is happy now, and that she was sick during her affair with Riker. She apologizes to him for his feelings of love toward her. Riker remains unconvinced of the righteousness of the procedure.

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Ah, "All Good Things" is an excellent two-parter. It ended The Next Generation very well. "In the Pale Moonlight" kind of parallels with the Zimmerman Note in World War One. It appeared that Germany was going to help Mexico retake California, Texas and Arizona, but it is now believed that the British faked the note in the first place to get a little extra back up.

But my favorite episodes? Dear God, i don't know where to begin.......

One Eposide i liked was "The Reckoning" from Deep Space Nine.

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It all starts when Benjamin Sisko is called to an archaological site he discovered earlier on Bajor, where a strange tablet with inscriptions is found. There, he gets a vision from the Prophets (the gods of Bajor, but they're really aliens from the Bajoran Wormhole) saying that a critical event is coming. The tablet is taken back to Deep Space Nine and thouroughly studied. After little progress with the translasions, Sisko becomes angry and smashes it. Out of the tablet comes a prophet and a Pah-wraith (basically an evil prophet). Before long, the wormhole starts to open violently, and Bajor experiances several enviromental disasters. Then, the Prophet takes over the body of Kira, the second officer. The Pah-wraith takes over Ben's son, Jake, and a great, long-ago prophisized event called "The Reckoning" begins. This event will decide the fate of Bajor, depending on who wins. the station is evacuated and the two begin a great, supernatural battle. During the fight, Kira's nose get's bloody and black veins start to buldge from Jake's head. The fight ends when Kai Winn (basically the Bajoran Pope) releases some sort of gas or radiation (i can't remember which) that drives the prophet and Pah-Wraith from the stolen bodies, stopping the reckoning and saving the station.

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I think that was an awsome episode. Here's a picure of the Reckoning that i found:



The blue beam is from the prophets, the orange from the pah-wraiths.

Deep Space Nine sometimes encounters religious conflict, like in one episode where the Bajorans temporarally go back to their caste system. It parallels the Hindu Caste System and causes a lot of trouble in the episode.

There are many, many other episodes that i like, but i'll discuss them in another post.

Yeah, I'd have to rate "All good things' very highly as well.

I almost forgot about "Redemption" which is that two parter between season 4 and 5, when Worf leaves to fight in the Klingon Civil War. I dunno, always found Klingons to be very interesting, and this one gave a lot of insight into their culture.

Klingons are like alien samuris. they're awsome.

The klingon civil war was interesting. I'd forgotten about that....