The Star Trek website/Facebook is running a contest to name the top 10 episodes of the original series. Sounds good, but it’s 10 from a preselected 30. We agree on 15 of their 30. We just think they zigged when they should have zagged on 35 others (15 of theirs; 20 of ours that don’t overlap). We’re right; they’re wrong. Here is the breakdown of the top episodes, from which the top 10 should be drawn (ones where FB agrees are shown):
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Pilots (1/2) |
Facebook Top 30 |
My Top 35 |
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01 |
“The Cage“ | XXX (original Orion slave girl) | |
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Season 1 (11/27) |
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09 |
“Balance of Terror“ | XXX | XXX (das boot with Romulans) |
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14 |
“The Galileo Seven“ | XXX (scary fog monsters) | |
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19 |
“Arena“ | XXX | XXX (GORN!!!) |
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21 |
“Tomorrow Is Yesterday“ | XXX | XXX (Starfighters and time travel) |
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22 |
“The Return of the Archons“ | XXX (Landru) | |
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23 |
“A Taste of Armageddon“ | XXX (death booths) | |
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24 |
“Space Seed“ | XXX | XXX (KHAAAN!) |
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26 |
“The Devil in the Dark“ | XXX | XXX (Not a bricklayer) |
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27 |
“Errand of Mercy“ | XXX (Pacifists) | |
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28 |
“The City on the Edge of Forever“ | XXX | XXX (Joan Collins) |
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29 |
“Operation: Annihilate!“ | XXX (flying death pancakes) | |
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Season 2 (17/26) |
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32 |
“Friday’s Child“ | XXX (Julie Newmar) | |
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34 |
“Amok Time“ | XXX | XXX (Spock in heat) |
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36 |
“Wolf in the Fold“ | XXX | XXX (Jack the Ripper) |
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37 |
“The Changeling“ | XXX (Nomad: You are the Kerak) | |
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38 |
“The Apple“ | XXX (dinosaur furnace) | |
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39 |
“Mirror, Mirror“ | XXX | XXX (evil Spock) |
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40 |
“The Deadly Years“ | XXX (senile Kirk > bureaucrat) | |
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41 |
“I, Mudd“ | XXX | XXX (“Harcourt Fenton Mudd!!”) |
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42 |
“The Trouble With Tribbles“ | XXX | XXX (“Garbage scow”) |
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43 |
“Bread and Circuses“ | XXX (gladiator planet) | |
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45 |
“A Private Little War“ | XXX (monkey bites Kirk) | |
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46 |
“The Gamesters of Triskelion“ | XXX (training thralls) | |
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49 |
“A Piece of the Action“ | XXX | XXX (gangster planet) |
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52 |
“Patterns of Force“ | XXX | XXX (Nazi planet) |
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53 |
“The Ultimate Computer“ | XXX (the story of Steve Jobs) | |
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54 |
“The Omega Glory“ | XXX (Yangs and Comms) | |
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55 |
“Assignment: Earth“ | XXX | XXX (Teri Garr) |
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Season 3 (6/24) |
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57 |
“Elaan of Troyius“ | XXX (crazy chicks in love) | |
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59 |
“The Enterprise Incident“ | XXX | XXX (pointy eared Kirk) |
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72 |
“The Mark of Gideon“ | XXX (she wants kirk’s VD) | |
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75 |
“The Way to Eden“ | XXX (Dr. Sevrin – “Yay, Brother”) | |
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77 |
“The Savage Curtain“ | XXX (Lincoln) | |
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78 |
“All Our Yesterdays“ | XXX | XXX (Mariette Hartley and witches) |
so what makes up your top 10?
