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| View Poll Results: What's the Quintessential Episode of Star Trek? | |||
| Errand of Mercy |
   
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0 | 0% |
| Who Mourns for Adonais? |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Let That Be Your Last Battlefield |
  
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3 | 27.27% |
| The Measure of a Man |
  
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3 | 27.27% |
| Who Watches the Watchers |
  
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1 | 9.09% |
| Far Beyond the Stars |
  
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1 | 9.09% |
| The Assignment |
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0 | 0% |
| Death Wish |
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1 | 9.09% |
| Distant Origin |
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1 | 9.09% |
| Living Witness |
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1 | 9.09% |
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#1
08-16-2006, 01:57 AM
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mmm, wow, that's hard. Between "Battlefield" and "Measure of a Man." I don't even remember "The Assignment."
Trek has such a range, it's hard to pick one "quintessential." There are many important repeating themes: IDIC, joy in exploration and the new, overcoming ignorance, respect for the individual and treating all individuals as equal regardless of what or who that individual is, rejection of utopia as a blind fantasy, the 'outsider' commenting on Terrans/humanity, the positive outlook for the future, needs of the many vs. needs of the few or the one, with great power comes great responsibility, the loyalty of friends, the greater duty of "let me help." It's hard to pack all that into a season, let alone one episode.
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08-16-2006, 02:15 AM
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Yeah, I put Distant Origins in there. That's the one where they rehash the story of Galileo for a modern audience. I liked it and think it's great Trek.
Okay, you mentioned "let me help." It's in The City on the Edge of Forever that Kirk mentioned that those three words will top "I love you" in importance, right? The DS9 finale is not quintessential Trek. That's the tieing up of four seasons of character arcs in a barely satisfactory way.
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08-16-2006, 02:44 AM
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Not a bad ep -- possibly Rosalind Chao's best outing.
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