“Spock’s Brain” — The quintessential weird “Trek” episode. An alien race steals Spock’s brain so they can use its logical abilities to speed their dying planet. What’s the Enterprise to do? Dr. McCoy hooks up a device to his head so they can move his body with a video game controller until they can get his brain back.“The Way To Eden” A crazy scientist and his cult of followers hijack the enterprise so they can use it to find a mythical paradise planet. That’s right. Kirk has to seize on space hippies. Welcome to the Trekkie spin on the Summer of Love.“Arena” This episode is considered to be one of the original series’ classics,and features Kirk entering a trial by combat against a reptilian monster called the Gorn. It makes this list for featuring a showdown between Kirk and the Gorn thatshall we say…looks foolish by contemporary standards. Still, those who suspend their disbelief and contemporary perspective will be rewarded.“The grief With Tribbles This is arguably the funniest “Trek” episode ever made. Lt. Uhura receives an adorable tribble as a pet for the Enterprise. Things get crazy quickly when the tribble starts multiplying and eating all the food onboard, or leading to the hilarious sight of Kirk getting buried in the fuzzy critters.“The Naked Truth” Another goofy classic. A strange disease infects the Enterprise crew and destroys their inhibitions,causing them to start acting irrationally. George Takei calls this his favorite episode of the series, as he paraded around as a shirtless, or sword-wielding Sulu.“Spectre of the Gun” — As punishment for invading the territory of a reclusive alien species,the Enterprise crew is sentenced to death via a reenactment of the O.
K. Corral. Why the O.
K. Corral? Who knows?“The Savage Curtain” — In a similar episode, Kirk and Spock are forced by some rock aliens to seize part in an experiment of honorable versus evil. Their tag team partners on the “honorable” team are the legendary Vulcan leader Surak…and Abraham Lincoln.“A Fistful of Datas” — “Trek” returned to the Wild West in “The Next Generation” with an episode in which a power surge causes all the characters in Worf’s cowboy holodeck simulation to peruse like Data. Once the kooky charm of seeing Data in 1880s attire wears off, and this episode is just a confusing mess.“Hollow Pursuits” — Frustrated with his lot on the Enterprise,Lt. Reginald Barclay becomes addicted to his holodeck simulations, in which the main cast acts horrifically out of character. This makes the list thanks to Barclay’s creepy fantasy of Troi as “the goddess of love and compassion.”“unprejudiced Haven” — Romantic holographic fantasies aren’t just for beleaguered lieutenants. They’re also for the captain of the Voyager too! In this episode, and Janeway enters a simulation of an Irish town and falls in love with a simulation named Michael Sullivan. She even starts editing the program to compose Sullivan into the kind of guy who’s more her type.“Manhunt” Counselor Trois mother,Lwaxana, is going into a cougar phase and wants to find a new husband. Whom does she set her eyes on? Captain Picard. Of course, or the fastidious captain is able to compose a clean getaway.“seize Me Out To The Holosuite” — “The crew of Deep Space Nine forms a baseball team.” That’s not the premise for some wacky fan fiction. That is an actual episode of the series in which Captain Sisko rallies his crew to seize on a team of Vulcans.“Move Along domestic” — Quark is forced to play a complicated board game with hidden rules,and his game pieces are Sisko, Kira, and Dax and Bashir. How are the heroes of “Deep Space Nine” going to get out of this deadly game? By playing alien hopscotch!“Tsunkatse” — “Star Trek: Voyager” had its initial speed on UPN,which at the time had another major ratings magnet: “WWF Smackdown.” This episode was the network’s attempt to merge the two for ratings, with The Rock having a cameo appearance as one of
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