"Star Trek"

STAR TREK
1966-1969
I was born midway through the original, so my first memories of the show were from mid-70's re-runs. Which makes me part of the audience that "created" syndication as a television phenomenon. Though i've never ordered plomeek soup in klingon, been a convention-goer (with the exception of one glorious Secaucas afternoon), or belonged to a fan-created "crew", you'd be hard-pressed to find someone more devoted. Scotty could give you warp 8 (maybe a wee bit more)...so why were there about twenty-nine episodes in which the ship went faster without blowing up or shaking apart? I think that damned ship hit warp 36 once. And yes, i resisted the BATATHON with gorshin, julie newmar, lee meriwether, yvonne craig (and even roger carmel and stanley adams!)...but you don't have to.
SERIES EPISODE AVERAGE: 3.0
BY SEASON:
1) 3.2
2) 3.0
3) 2.8
FOUR-STAR EPISODES (season)
-The Cage (1)
-Where No Man Has Gone Before (1)
-The Corbomite Maneuver (1)
-What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1)
-Menagerie (1)
-Balance of Terror (1)
-The Squire of Gothos (1)
-Space Seed (1)
-The Devil in the Dark (1)
-The City on the Edge of Forever (1)
-Amok Time (2)
-Mirror, Mirror (2)
-The Doomsday Machine (2)
-The Trouble with Tribbles (2)
-The Gamesters of Triskellion (2)
-By Any Other Name (2)
-The Enterprise Incident (3)
-Spectre of the Gun (3)
-Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (3)
-The Savage Curtain (3)
-All Our Yesterdays (3)
PERFORMANCES (# of episodes)
leonard nimoy (spock, 80) ****
Plus 22 animated episodes, 6 films, "Unification" TNG, and two films as director. The fact that i have one rounded ear and one pointed made my differentness as a child seem...logical. I didn't literally believe i was half-vulcan (or did i?), but it was a thought that made me smile.
(see http://nakedmeadow.blogspot.com/2015/03/nimsy-whimsy.html)
william shatner (kirk, 79) ****
Plus 21 animated episodes, 7 films, and director/story credit for THE FINAL FRONTIER. Now, go watch INVASION IOWA. Trust me.
KIRKATHON
-Obsession
-The Enemy Within
-The Paradise Syndrome
-GENERATIONS
DO-THE-LADIES-LOVE-KIRK-A-THON?
-The Mark of Gideon
-Miri
-By Any Other Name
-Requiem for Methusalah
-the "what IS it with you" scene from UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
JAMES-T-KLINGOTHON
-Errand of Mercy
-THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
-THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
deforest kelley (mccoy, 75) ****
Plus 20 animated episodes, 6 films, and one NEXT GEN. Brilliant? Beyond.
BONESATHON
-The Man Trap
-Friday's Child
-Albatross TAS
-For the World is Hollow, and I Have Touched the Sky
-the mccoy scene from "Encounter at Farpoint" TNG
nichelle nichols (uhura, 68) ****
Plus 18 animated episodes, and 6 films. Never less than perfect.
UHURATHON
-Children of the comet SNW

-Charlie X
-Plato's Stepchildren
-The Lorelei Signal TAS
james doohan (scotty, 64) ****
Plus 22 animated episodes, 7 films, and 1 NEXT GEN. Flawless.
SCOTTYTHON
-Wolf in the Fold
-The Lights of Zetar
-the scotty/mccoy hall scene from "Turnabout Intruder"
-the drinking scene from "By Any Other Name"
-Relics TNG
george takei (sulu, 51) ****
Plus 15 animated episodes, 6 films, and 1 VOYAGER. Young. Wet. Bitches.
TAKEITHON
-The Encounter THE TWILIGHT ZONE
-The Slaver Weapon TAS
-Flashback VOY
-World Enough and Time STAR TREK PHASE II
-The Hot Troll Deviation THE BIG BANG THEORY
walter koenig (chekov, 36) ****
Plus 7 films, and 1 TAS writing credit. A fan's greatest friend.
KOENIGTHON
-The Way to Eden
-The Return of Oro STARLOST
-the Botany Bay scene from THE WRATH OF KHAN
-The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father BABYLON 5
-To Serve All My Days STAR TREK PHASE II
majel barrett (chapel, 25) **
Plus 12 animated episodes, 2 films, the original pilot first officer, an additional subsequent recurring character...and something like 232 credits in all five series and three additional films as the computer voice. It's good to be the wife of the king.
john winston (kyle, 11) ****
Plus THE WRATH OF KHAN.
grace lee whitney (yeoman rand, 8) ****
Plus 4 films, and "Flashback" VOYAGER.
roger c. carmel (harry mudd, 3) ****
Oh harry...
HERESMUDINYOURTHON
-The Escape Artist SHORT TREKS

-Mudd's Women
-I, Mudd
-Mudd's Passion
bruce hyde (lt. kevin riley, 2) ****
Who doesn't loves a little riley?
mark lenard (sarek, 1) ****
Yes, sarek technically has twice as many appearances on NEXT GEN, and his character arc ends there. But factor in 1 TAS, 3 films (plus a fourth as a klingon), an immortal TOS appearance as a romulan, and placing mark anywhere but here would be illogical. His contributions to sci fi go well beyond seven iconic turns as the most unfeeling father this side of santini.
LENARDATHON
-Balance of Terror
-The Trap PLANET OF THE APES
-Sarek TNG
-Journey to Oasis BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY
MONTALBANATHON
Well, obviously.
LEFTOVERTHON

-The Tholian Web
-The Squire of Gothos
-Dagger of the Mind
-Tomorrow is Yesterday
RELEFTOVERTHON
-The Cage
-Operation: Annihilate!
-Return of the Archons
-The Cloud Minders
CLASSICTHON
-The Trouble with Tribbles
-The Devil in the Dark
-The Counter-Clock Incident TAS
-The City on the Edge of Forever