1) City on the Edge of Forever: No one else but Kirk and Spock. The writing is great, the pacing is great, the tension is great.
2) Balance of Terror: Close contender for best episode. An excellent update of destroyer vs submarine.
3) Amok Time: We see Vulcan for the first time, with a brilliant performance from Leonard Nimoy.
4) The Enterprise Incident: Secret orders? Neutral Zone? Kirk as a Romulan? Warp speed!
5) The Trouble With Tribbles: Nice tension mixed with good comedy, an excellent template for the 30th Anniversary.
6) Patterns of Force: Space Nazis! A glimpse at what the Cardassians would become.
7) Journey to Babel: A classic political episode with an intriguing mystery plot behind it. Plus, Bones gets the last word.
8) Let That Be Your Last Battlefield: Racism is bad, segregation is bad, but at a time when they were still holding out hope that segregation would return, this was an excellent episode.
9) Bread and Circuses: Let the 1968 Hunger Games begin! For once, we know that religion exists in the Federation, plus one of the best taunts of the Prime Directive.
10) Arena: Kirk fights a stunt man in a rubber suit. Often mocked for its campiness, but I feel that having Kirk fight an alien for amusement is an interesting concept.
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