FRwL

I like season 3 the best because of everyone's increased chemistry and naturalism when they were so honed in their roles even though some of my favs like Private Little War and Arena are in 2.

JimRochester

Whichever one Mirror, Mirror was on

ken_572002

I'll go with season 3 as well, if only for the simply wonderful "Turnabout Intruder" epsiode. Shatner's over-the-top style of acting was never more glorious than in that particular show.

Chew

Season 1 had Edith Keeler, Balance of Terror, and Khan.

'Nuff said.

dhmac

People are actually voting for the "Turd Season" - really?!??

Have people lost their minds?? (...Or had them stolen by the Eymorgs???)

dan30oly

DS9 season 4

Meglos

[Pedant]Arena was in Season One.[/Pedant]

wendersfan

Season 1, although there were some great episodes in Season 2, like "Mirror Mirror" and "The Trouble With Tribbles." Oh, and "Amok Time."

ETA: I can't believe anyone could seriously like S3 the best. "Plato's Stepchildren"? "Spock's Brain"? "And the Children Shall Lead"? It's painful just thinking about it.

EATA: Oh, and "The Way to Eden."

Red Dog

I'd go with S2. Early S1 wasn't all that good IMO (it doesn't really get good until The Menagerie).

wendersfan

I disagree. "Balance of Terror" was probably one of the half-dozen best ever ST episodes, and "Dagger of the Mind", "WNMHGB", "The Naked Time", etc. are all outstanding.

al_bundy

This for the Kirk series

Red Dog

I agree about Balance of Terror, but that came after The Menagerie. The rest aren't any of my favorites. Out of my top-10 eps, probably 6 or 7 come from S2.

wendersfan

You're right. "Balance of Terror" has the lower production number, but was originally aired later.

Cartload

I'd say that Season 2 has the best individual episodes of the show, but a lot of stinkers. The average episodes of Season 1 were solid. Those episodes combined with the episodes people have already cited gives me reason enough to give Season 1 my nod as the best overall.

Match

I would say season 2 is my favorite.

But there is one problem. These shows never happened. The Star Trek movie reboot (2009) wiped these shows off the timeline map.

Derrich

My favorite season of Star Trek was Enterprise Season 4

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Meglos

La la la la! I'm not listening! La la la la la....!

Trevor

Can't choose between 1 and 2. But 3 isn't that bad imo. It has more stinkers, sure, but I'll agree with the OPs comment.

cleaver

City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Eillison is the best ep of TOS by such a big margin it earns S1 the nod on it's own

milo bloom

*sigh*

They even say it in the frakking movie: It's an alternate timeline. They made a point of saying that specifically so people like yourself wouldn't go grousing all over the internet about it "erasing 40 years of stories".

See also this:

http://img.trekmovie.com/images/st09/stotimeline.jpg

Chew

I've never seen that timeline map before. Anyone know what occurred (and where was it detailed) in 2399 to dissolve the Khitomer Accords?

FRwL

Ah yes, do you remember what site/forum/other, when, and poster name who bequeathed this valiant thought seed into your boldly singular brain and when exactly did you first read it before it entered into your consciousness to hold and carry the wise words like many fathers and sons did before you?

hasslein

Season three always got a bad rap, but does have my favorite episode "Requiem for Methuselah." The new syndicated version edits out McCoys wonderful speech to Spock about how his sorrow is more for him than Jim, essentially a "better to have loved and lost" speech, but one of my favorite moments in Star Trek that new audiences unfortunately will miss. I voted season 2 though.

FRwL

3 also had the Paradise Syndrome which was as powerful as City on the Edge of Forever.

NORML54601

Season 1 edges out season 2 because of all the eps listed above, plus it contains my two favorite eps: A Taste of Armageddon and This Side of Paradise.