Prelude to Picard | Part Two

I began this list several weeks in advance of the debut of Star Trek: Picard. Needless to say, as each episode premiered I was equally delighted (and dismayed) to add to this list. If you’ve not watched Star Trek: Voyager recently (or at all), I highly recommend working your way through this three-part prelude series […]

The City on the Edge of Forever

While investigating temporal anomalies emanating from a barren planet, Doctor McCoy accidentally overdoses on a miracle drug that makes him go crazy, beam off the ship, run through an ancient time portal, and alter Earth’s history. Spock and Kirk chase after him to set things right. Air Date 06 April 1967 Production Number 6149-28 Stardate […]

Prelude to Picard | Part One

I began this list several weeks in advance of the debut of Star Trek: Picard. Needless to say, as each episode premiered I was equally delighted and dismayed to add to this list. If you’ve not watched Star Trek: The Next Generation or the subsequent films recently (or at all), I highly recommend working your […]

Errand of Mercy

It’s war with the Klingons! Kirk faces off with Kor over a preindustrial planet called Organia. Air Date 23 March 1967 Production Number 6149-27 Stardate 3198.4 Gregorian Calendar Date Tuesday, 30 October 2266 16:27:57 GMTWednesday, 31 October 2266 18:02:36 GMT Primary Arc House of Kor Secondary Arc The Prime Directive Tertiary Arc The Organians See […]

The Alternative Factor

A trans-dimensional traveler has a bad hair day and nearly destroys the universe. Air Date 20 March 1967 Production Number 6149-20 Stardate 3087.6 Gregorian Calendar Date Sunday, 07 October 2266 23:03:53 GMTMonday, 08 October 2266 02:26:15 GMT Primary Arc The Multiverse Secondary Arc Final Frontier Tertiary Arc n/a See It or Skip It Skip It… […]

Bread and Circuses

The crew of the Enterprise discover a 20th century Roman civilization hundreds of lightyears from Earth. Air Date 15 March 1968 Production Number 60343 Stardate 4040.66 Gregorian Calendar Date Tuesday, 23 April 2267 12:08:56 GMTTuesday, 23 April 2267 17:16:33 GMT Primary Arc The Prime Directive Secondary Arc n/a Tertiary Arc n/a See It or Skip […]

The Devil in the Dark

Kirk and company investigate a mining outposts production problems only to discover they’ve been destroying a native habitat. Air Date 09 March 1967 Production Number 6149-26 Stardate 3196.1 Gregorian Calendar Date Tuesday, 30 October 2266 05:04:00 GMTTuesday, 30 October 2266 06:56:16 GMT Primary Arc Final Frontier Secondary Arc n/a Tertiary Arc n/a See It or […]

The Ultimate Computer

Captain Kirk finds out that he’s been made redundant by a highly advanced computer, the M-5. As you may guess, he does not like this idea, especially when it starts destroying starships during a battle simulation. Air Date 08 March 1968 Production Number 60353 Stardate 4724.92 Gregorian Calendar Date Wednesday, 11 September 2267 09:25:40 GMTThursday, […]

If Memory Serves

Spock, with his adopted sister in tow, breaks General Order 7 (for the first time) and returns to Talos IV for some joint therapy at the hands of of the Talosians. Air Date 07 March 2019 Production Number 208 Stardate 1532.9 Gregorian Calendar Date 2257 Primary Arc The Red Angel Secondary Arc The Talosians Tertiary […]

Assignment: Earth

Kirk and company take a trip back to Earth and back through time to 1968, to conduct some historical research. Air Date 05 March 1968 Production Number 60355 Stardate N/A Gregorian Calendar Date Thursday, 04 April 1968 10:20:03 GMTThursday, 04 April 1968 12:01:00 GMT Primary Arc Temporal Investigations Secondary Arc n/a Tertiary Arc n/a See […]

This Side of Paradise

Spock falls in love (under the influence of some narcotic alien projectile flower pollen) and Kirk beats it out of him. Air Date 02 March 1967 Production Number 6149-25 Stardate 3417.3 Gregorian Calendar Date Friday, 14 December 2266 13:48:48 GMTSaturday, 15 December 2266 02:49:42 GMT Primary Arc The Vulcan Way Secondary Arc Bad Medicine Tertiary […]

The Omega Glory

The Enterprise finds the starship Exeter abandoned in orbit of Omega IV. It’s crew killed by a plague and its captain missing. Skip It Sidebar: This episode’s obvious racist portrayals of asian characters on television is painful, not to mention the jingoistic plot, neither of which have a place on broadcast television even at this […]

By Any Other Name

Aliens from the Andromeda galaxy stranded in the Milky Way highjack the Enterprise to make the intergalactic trip home. Kirk and Spock devise a plan to destroy the ship rather than make the thousand-year journey. Air Date 23 February 1968 Production Number 60350 Stardate 4657.45 Gregorian Calendar Date Wednesday, 28 August 2267 12:00:06 GMTThursday, 29 […]

A Taste of Armageddon

A war between two worlds really ticks Kirk off when he finds out how they go about fighting it. Air Date 23 February 1967 Production Number 6149-23 Stardate 3192.1 Gregorian Calendar Date Monday, 29 October 2266 09:27:32 GMTMonday, 29 October 2266 14:59:31 GMT Primary Arc Prime Directive Secondary Arc n/a Tertiary Arc n/a See It […]

Space Seed

Kirk meets Khan and nearly loses his ship in the process. Air Date 16 February 1967 Production Number 6149-24 Stardate 3141.9 Gregorian Calendar Date Friday, 19 October 2266 02:23:12 GMTSaturday, 20 October 2266 05:29:52 GMT Primary Arc Khan! Secondary Arc The Augments Tertiary Arc n/a See It or Skip It See It! Previously on Star […]

Patterns of Force

In search of a missing historian, the crew of the Enterprise finds an alien planet of Nazis. The historian, a puppet of the Third Reich. Air Date 16 February 1968 Production Number 60352 Stardate Unknown (approximately 4688.0) Gregorian Calendar Date Tuesday, 03 September 2267 18:59:06 GMTTuesday, 03 September 2267 22:58:34 GMT Primary Arc The Prime […]

The Return of the Archons

The crew of the Enterprise goes in search of the lost starship Archon. Air Date 09 February 1967 Production Number 6149-22 Stardate 3156.2 Gregorian Calendar Date Monday, 22 October 2266 00:46:04 GMTMonday, 22 October 2266 09:14:33 GMT Primary Arc The Prime Directive Secondary Arc Artificial Intelligence Tertiary Arc n/a See It or Skip It See […]

Court Martial

Captain Kirk stands trial for murder! Air Date 02 February 1967 Production Number 6149-15 Stardate 2946.3 Gregorian Calendar Date Sunday, 09 September 2266 04:23:31 GMTSunday, 09 September 2266 14:58:52 GMT Primary Arc Law and Order Secondary Arc n/a Tertiary Arc n/a See It or Skip It Skip It… Previously on Star Trek Order Next Time […]

Return to Tomorrow

It’s a case of bodysnatching in this episode as Kirk and Spock, and Dr. Ann Mulhull (Diana Muldaur’s first appearance on Star Trek), give over their bodies to three aliens who attempt to resurrect themselves with android bodies. Air Date 09 February 1968 Production Number 60351 Stardate 4768.3 Gregorian Calendar Date Friday, 20 September 2267 […]

A Private Little War

Mr. Mugato! Kirk returns to the planet Neural thirteen years after he participated in a planetary study only to find Klingons lurking about. Air Date 02 February 1968 Production Number 60345 Stardate 4211.37 Gregorian Calendar Date Tuesday, 28 May 2267 15:43:04 GMTWednesday, 29 May 2267 12:34:57 GMT Primary Arc The Klingons Secondary Arc The Prime […]