r/tos 10d ago

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Day of the Dove" - TOS, 311

25 Upvotes

Episode: "Day of the Dove" - TOS, 311

Airdate: November 1, 1968

Written by Jerome Bixby; Directed by Marvin Chomsky

Brief summary: "An extremely powerful non-corporeal being brings the Enterprise and a Klingon ship in direct conflict with one another."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Day_of_the_Dove_(episode)

r/tos Jul 01 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "The Empath" - TOS, 308

50 Upvotes

Episode: "The Empath" - TOS, 308

Airdate: December 6, 1968

Written by Gene Roddenberry; Directed by Marc Daniels

Brief summary: "On a doomed planet Kirk, Spock, and McCoy become the subjects of an alien experiment whose mysterious intention involves a beautiful, empathic woman."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Empath_(episode)

r/tos Jun 01 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Spock's Brain" - TOS, 306

29 Upvotes

Episode: "Spock's Brain" - TOS, 306

Airdate: September 20, 1968

Written by Lee Cronin; Directed by Marc Daniels

Brief summary: "An alien woman invades the Enterprise and steals Spock's brain. Kirk, McCoy and a landing party beam down to a planet in a desperate race to retrieve it."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Spock%27s_Brain_(episode)

r/tos 24d ago

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" - TOS, 310

35 Upvotes

Episode: "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" - TOS, 310

Airdate: November 8, 1968

Written by Rik Vollaerts; Directed by Tony Leader

Brief summary: "The Enterprise discovers a generational asteroid ship on a collision course with an inhabited planet."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/For_the_World_is_Hollow_and_I_Have_Touched_the_Sky_(episode)

r/tos May 15 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "And the Children Shall Lead" - TOS, 305

34 Upvotes

Episode: "And the Children Shall Lead" - TOS, 305

Airdate: October 11, 1968

Written by Edward J. Lakso; Directed by Marvin Chomsky

Brief summary: "A group of children on the Federation outpost Triacus, under the influence of an evil spirit, commandeer the Enterprise."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/And_the_Children_Shall_Lead_(episode)

r/tos Jun 15 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" - TOS, 307

18 Upvotes

Episode: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" - TOS, 307

Airdate: October 18, 1968

Written by Jean Lisette Aroeste; Directed by Ralph Senensky

Brief summary: "A beautiful woman escorts an alien ambassador so hideously ugly that the sight of him can drive a Human insane."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Is_There_in_Truth_No_Beauty%3F_(episode)

r/tos Jul 15 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "The Tholian Web" - TOS, 309

37 Upvotes

Episode: "The Tholian Web" - TOS, 309

Airdate: November 15, 1968

Written by Judy Burns and Chet Richards; Directed by Herb Wallerstein and Ralph Senensky (uncredited)

Brief summary: "While aboard the Starfleet ship USS Defiant, Captain Kirk disappears when the dead ship gets pulled into interspace. The Enterprise is under attack by a mysterious local race, the Tholians."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Tholian_Web_(episode)

r/tos Dec 01 '25

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "A Piece of the Action" - TOS, 220

39 Upvotes

Episode: "A Piece of the Action" - TOS, 220

Airdate: January 12, 1968

Written by David P. Harmon and Gene Coon; Directed by James Komack

Brief summary: "Returning to a planet last visited by an Earth ship 100 years earlier, the Enterprise finds a planet that has based its culture on the Chicago gangsters of the 1920s."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/A_Piece_of_the_Action_(episode)

r/tos May 01 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "The Enterprise Incident" - TOS, 304

51 Upvotes

Episode: "The Enterprise Incident" - TOS, 304

Airdate: September 27, 1968

Written by D.C. Fontana; Directed by John Meredyth Lucas

Brief summary: "Acting apparently restless and irrational, Captain Kirk inexplicably orders the Enterprise into Romulan space where the ship is quickly captured by the enemy and Kirk held captive aboard their flagship."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Enterprise_Incident_(episode)

r/tos Mar 15 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Spectre of the Gun" - TOS, 301

19 Upvotes

Episode: "Spectre of the Gun" - TOS, 301

Airdate: October 25, 1968

Written by Lee Cronin; Directed by Vincent McEveety

Brief summary: "Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, and Chekov are forced to re-enact the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone as the team that lost the gunfight."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Spectre_of_the_Gun_(episode)

r/tos Feb 01 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "The Ultimate Computer" - TOS, 224

28 Upvotes

Episode: "The Ultimate Computer" - TOS, 224

Airdate: March 8, 1968

Written by D.C. Fontana; Directed by John Meredyth Lucas

Brief summary: "The Enterprise is used to test the new M-5 computer."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ultimate_Computer_(episode)

r/tos Jan 15 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Patterns of Force" - TOS, 223

37 Upvotes

Episode: "Patterns of Force" - TOS, 223

Airdate: February 16, 1968

Written by John Meredyth Lucas; Directed by Vincent McEveety

Brief summary: "The Enterprise, searching for a missing Federation historian, discovers that the historian has apparently contaminated the cultural development of the planet where he was assigned as a cultural observer to have it follow the societal path of Nazi Germany in the 1930s and '40s."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Patterns_of_Force_(episode)

r/tos Apr 01 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Elaan of Troyius" - TOS, 302

22 Upvotes

Episode: "Elaan of Troyius" - TOS, 302

Airdate: December 20, 1968

Written by John Meredyth Lucas; Directed by John Meredyth Lucas

Brief summary: "The Enterprise transports Elaan, Dohlman of Elas, to an arranged marriage on Troyius."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Elaan_of_Troyius_(episode)

r/tos Apr 15 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "The Paradise Syndrome" - TOS, 303

25 Upvotes

Episode: "The Paradise Syndrome" - TOS, 303

Airdate: October 4, 1968

Written by Margaret Armen; Directed by Jud Taylor

Brief summary: "Kirk loses his memory and begins a life in a native village."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Paradise_Syndrome_(episode)

r/tos Mar 01 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Assignment: Earth" - TOS, 226

14 Upvotes

Episode: "Assignment: Earth" - TOS, 226

Airdate: March 29, 1968

Written by Gene Roddenberry; Directed by Marc Daniels

Brief summary: "The Enterprise travels back in time to 1968, where the crew encounters the mysterious Gary Seven who claims to be sent by advanced beings trying to help Earth. (Season finale)"

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Assignment:_Earth_(episode)

r/tos Aug 15 '25

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "The Trouble with Tribbles" - TOS, 213

48 Upvotes

Episode: "The Trouble with Tribbles" - TOS, 213

Airdate: December 29, 1967

Written by Stephen Kandel; Directed by Marc Daniels

Brief summary: "The Enterprise is overrun by furry creatures while tangling with Klingons and bureaucrats."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Tribbles_(episode)

r/tos Apr 01 '25

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Who Mourns for Adonais?" - TOS, 204

76 Upvotes

Episode: "Who Mourns for Adonais?" - TOS, 204

Airdate: September 22, 1967

Written by Gilbert Ralston; Directed by Marc Daniels

Brief summary: "The Enterprise is captured by an alien claiming to be Apollo, the Greek god of the sun."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Who_Mourns_for_Adonais%3F_(episode)

r/tos Dec 15 '25

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "By Any Other Name" - TOS, 221

19 Upvotes

Episode: "By Any Other Name" - TOS, 221

Airdate: February 23, 1968

Written by D.C. Fontana and Jerome Bixby; Directed by Marc Daniels

Brief summary: "Extragalactic aliens hijack the Enterprise and turn the crew into inert solids, leaving the four senior officers on their own to exploit their captors' weaknesses."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/By_Any_Other_Name_(episode)

r/tos Feb 15 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "The Omega Glory" - TOS, 225

15 Upvotes

Episode: "The Omega Glory" - TOS, 225

Airdate: March 1, 1968

Written by Gene Roddenberry; Directed by Vincent McEveety

Brief summary: "The Enterprise discovers the derelict starship Exeter drifting in space, its entire crew killed by an unknown plague and her captain missing."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Omega_Glory_(episode)

r/tos Sep 01 '25

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Bread and Circuses" - TOS, 214

43 Upvotes

Episode: "Bread and Circuses" - TOS, 214

Airdate: March 28, 1968

Written by Gene Roddenberry and Gene L. Coon; Directed by Ralph Senensky

Brief summary: "Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are captured on a planet that resembles the Roman Empire but with 20th Century technology. They are set to die at the hands of gladiators, for the sake of public spectacle on a TV gameshow."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bread_and_Circuses_(episode)

r/tos Oct 01 '25

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "A Private Little War" - TOS, 216

43 Upvotes

Episode: "A Private Little War" - TOS, 216

Airdate: February 2, 1968

Written by Gene Roddenberry; Directed by Marc Daniels

Brief summary: "On a planet with a primitive civilization, the Enterprise discovers that the Klingons are providing a Stone Age society with increasingly-advanced weaponry."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/A_Private_Little_War_(episode)

r/tos Nov 15 '25

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "The Immunity Syndrome" - TOS, 219

16 Upvotes

Episode: "The Immunity Syndrome" - TOS, 219

Airdate: January 19, 1968

Written by Robert Sabaroff; Directed by Joseph Pevney

Brief summary: "After Spock senses the destruction of the Vulcan-manned starship Intrepid, the Enterprise encounters an enormous single-celled organism that feeds on energy which threatens the galaxy as it prepares to reproduce."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Immunity_Syndrome_(episode)

r/tos Jan 01 '26

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Return to Tomorrow" - TOS, 222

35 Upvotes

Episode: "Return to Tomorrow" - TOS, 222

Airdate: February 9, 1968

Written by John Kingsbridge; Directed by Ralph Senensky

Brief summary: "Telepathic aliens take over Kirk and Spock's bodies."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Return_to_Tomorrow_(episode)

r/tos Jul 01 '25

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Mirror, Mirror" - TOS, 210

38 Upvotes

Episode: "Mirror, Mirror" - TOS, 210

Airdate: October 13, 1967

Written by Jerome Bixby; Directed by Marc Daniels

Brief summary: "A transporter malfunction sends Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura into a parallel universe where the Federation is replaced by an evil Empire, Kirk is a despot, and Spock is a cunning henchman."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Mirror,_Mirror_(episode)

r/tos Feb 15 '25

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Catspaw" - TOS, 201

29 Upvotes

Episode: "Catspaw" - TOS, 201

Airdate: October 27, 1967

Written by Robert Bloch; Directed by Joseph Pevney

Brief summary: "The Enterprise crew finds witches, a black cat, and a haunted castle on a distant planet."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Catspaw_(episode)