The City on the Edge of Forever SEASON 1, EPISODE 28
Wiki Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cit...dge_of_Forever
There's a reason this is most consistently voted the best Star Trek episode of the original series. Because it's brilliant. The script, pacing, drama, story, all wonderfully tight and fitting together beautifully. This really is the greatest episode of this season, and possibly all of them. Harlan Ellison, a great writer most of the time, delivered something beautiful here.
My only gripe is I think Joan Collins wasn't great, but then again, she was good enough to keep this beautiful episode on the rails.
I think this might be a top 10 TV episode of all time.
Redshirt Count: 4
Classics -
The City on the Edge of Forever (S1E28)
The Naked Time (S1E04)
The Corbomite Maneuver (S1E10)
Balance of Terror (S1E14)
The Enemy Within (S1E05)
The Squire of Gothos (S1E17)
Devil in the Dark (S1E25)
Arena (S1E18)
Miri (S1E08)
A Taste of Armageddon (S1E23)
Charlie X (S1E02)
Space Seed (S1E22)
Very Good
This Side of Paradise (S1E24)
Decent -
Return of the Archons (S1E21)
Mudd's Women (S1E06)
The Menagerie (S1E11+12)
Shore Leave (S1E15)
Court Martial (S1E20)
The Conscience of the King (S1E13)
Where No Man Has Gone Before (S1E03)
The Man Trap (S1E01)
What Are Little Girls Made Of (S1E07)
Dagger of the Mind (S1E09)
Galileo Seven (S1E16)
Errand of Mercy (S1E26)
Tomorrow Is Yesterday (S1E19)
Terrible -
The Alternative Factor (S1E27)[/QUOTE]