Star Trek TOS (Top and Bottom Episodes)

TOS has been around a long time and any list I make is likely to be predictable. Perhaps my 20-11 ranked episodes will stand out a bit, but the bottom 10 and top ten are probably pretty standard. Here are my least favorite 10 and most favorite 20 episodes from all 79 aired:

Bottom 10:

70. “Friday’s Child” (Season 2)
71. “The Corbonite Maneuver” (Season 1)
72. “Miri” (Season 1)
73. “The Alternative Factor” (Season 1)
74. “Spock’s Brain” (Season 3)
75. “Turnabout Intruder” (Season 3)
76. “And the Children Will Lead” (Season 3)
77. “Catspaw” (Season 2)
78. “The Way to Eden” (Season 3)
79. “The Omega Glory” (Season 2)

Top 20:

20. “The Apple”
19. “Who Mourns for Adonais?”
18. “Obsession”
17. “Bread and Circuses”
16. “Court Martial”
15. “The Conscience of the King”
14. “Wolf in the Fold”
13. “For the World is Hollow, and I Have Touched the Sky”
12. “The Changeling”
11. “This Side of Paradise”
10. “The Devil in the Dark”
9. “Journey to Babel”
8. “The Doomsday Machine”
7. “Space Seed”
6. “A Taste of Armageddon”
5. “Amok Time”
4. “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”
3. “The Trouble with Tribbles”
2. “Mirror, Mirror”
1. “City on the Edge of Forever”

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