First of all, thank you for the suggestions on which Star Trek episodes I should watch with my kids to give them a good feel for the universe in my previous post. My original goal was a dozen per series (except for Voyager which we plan on watching all the seasons.) You guys are very enthusiastic and if I follow all of your advice we will be watching TV for several hours a day throughout their high school careers. Therefore I'm asking for help again.
What follows is the list I created based on all the suggestions. If everyone selects their favorite three episodes from each series, I think that will narrow it down to something more manageable. If you only like one series, just comment on that one. If you didn't get in the first round, add your favorite now! In addition to helping me, I think this could be a definitive GeekParent List of Star Trek for Kids. Which would be cool.
We did watch TOS Trouble with Tribbles this week. The kids were bored, then very amused.
THE ORIGINAL SERIES
Season 1
3 Where No Man Has Gone Before
14 Balance of Terror
15 Shore Leave
16 The Galileo Seven
17 The Squire of Gothos
18 Arena
19 Tomorrow is Yesterday
23 Space Seed
24 Taste of Armageddon
25 The Devil in the Dark
26 Errand of Mercy
28 City on the Edge of Forever
Season 2
1 Amok Time
4 Mirror Mirror
6 The Doomsday Machine
15 Trouble with Tribbles
17 A Piece of the Action
24 The Ultimate Computer
26 Assignment: Earth
Season 3
1 Spock's Brain
2 The Enterprise Incident
14 Let that be your Last Battlefield
THE NEXT GENERATION
Season 1
1 and 2 Encounter at Far Point
Season 2
3 Elementary, Dear Data
8 A Matter of Honor
9 (or 10?) The Measure of a Man
15 Pen Pals
21 Peak Performance
Season 3
10 The Defector
13 Deja Q
26 The Best of Both Worlds
15 Yesterday's Enterprise
16 The Offspring
17 Sins of the Father
26 The best of Both Worlds (1)
Season 4
1 The Best of Both Worlds (2)
14 Clues
20 Qpid
21 Drumhead
22 Half a Life
23 The Host
Season 5
2 Darmok
5 Disaster
19 The First Duty
21 The Perfect Mate
23 I, Borg
25 The Inner Light
26 Time's Arrow (1)
Season 6
1 Time's Arrow (2)
4 Relics
7 Rascals
10 and 11 Chain of Command
12 Ship in a Bottle
15 Tapestry
18 Starship Mine
21 Frame of Mind
Season 7
6 Phantasms
16 Thine Own Self
17 Masks
19 Genesis
24 Preemptive Strike
DEEP SPACE NINE
(Several suggested watching All Seasons)
Season 2
20 and 21 The Maquis
Season 3
1 and 2 The Search
Season 4
1 and 2 The Way of the Warrior
3 The Visitor
Season 5
6 Trials and Tribble-ations
Season 6
6 Sacrifice of Angels
13 Far Beyond the Stars
19 In the Pale Moonlight
Season 7
8 The Siege of AR-558
10 It's Only a Paper Moon
VOYAGER
We will be watching all this series. My reasoning is that there is something to watching characters grow and develop over time. I decided to choose one of the series to watch from start to finish. Voyager was my own personal favorite. However, to make a good list, I still included some favorite episodes recommended by others.
Season 1
1 and 2 Caretaker
5 Phage
14 Faces
15 Jetrel
Season 2
17 Dreadnaught
25 Resolutions
Season 3
17 Unity
26 Scorpion (1)
Season 4
1 Scorpion (2)
14 Message in a Bottle
Season 5
12 Bride of Chaotica!
Season 6
4 Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy
10 Pathfinder
24 Life Line
Season 7
7 Body and Soul
Series Finale: Endgame
ENTERPRISE
Season 1
1 Broken Bow
Season 3
10 Similtude
ps. Amusing that the later series have less and less fan favorites. Although I stopped watching Enterprise early on, I did write a fanfiction for it, which you will never, ever see.
