Which Star Trek: TRS episodes should I watch?

the first two are “the trouble with tribbles” and “mirror, mirror”

You mean… TOS? :D

@ragingloli is right about the first two you mentioned. The Trouble with Tribbles is kind of a joke, but it’s worth seeing, and Mirror, Mirror is a great story, plus you get to see Spock with a goatee, and Uhura in an especially enticing costume, flirting with Sulu using a dagger. AHEM!

As for Kirk & Spock being forced to fight to the death, I’m pretty sure that was in several episodes. At least one of them was Amok Time, when Spock has to travel back to Vulcan to contend with his primal urges.

Errand of Mercy is probably my favorite episode. It’s a total Cold War drama (as were many of the episodes in the late-60s original Star Trek)—the Federation is vying for the cooperation of a planet full of pacifists. The Enterprise crew has to try to convince these pacifists that it’s worth their while to side with the Federation, rather than the predatory Klingons. I love this episode for the interactions between Kirk and the head Klingon, who has so much dignity and honor that he really should have been a Romulan.

The City on the Edge of Forever is one of the most famous episodes, and involves time travel to Depression-era America.

Plato’s Stepchildren is another great story, and featured the first interracial kiss on American television.

You definitely want to check out Space Seed, our first glimpse of Khan.

Shore Leave is fun once you get to know all the characters… They stop for shore leave on a fantasy planet where whatever you dream of just appears…

You gotta see Patterns of Force. They travel to a planet that strangely resembles Nazi Germany. Worth it just to see Spock crack on Kirk for making a convincing Nazi (and both actors are American Jews, in fact!). Also, you get to see Leonard Nimoy’s bare chest, but I don’t know if that’ll be a clincher for you. (It is for me and @Kardamom, I happen to know…)

The Corbomite Maneuver is quite famous and I’ve seen it parodied several times in popular culture, and features Ron Howard’s very strange looking young brother Clint Howard.

Finally, I’d recommend Mudd’s Women, and I, Mudd. Harry Mudd is truly larger than life, kind of a space pirate, and these are funny episodes.

Happy watching :) Now I’ve got to see the new movie myself…

Purely subjective, but here are my three of my favorites:

1. “The Menagerie, “Parts 1 & 2 (which was a re-editing of the failed first pilot)
2. “Space Seed” (which introduces Khan Noonien Singh, an infamous character whose two later reappearances you won’t want to miss)
3. And perhaps the best of all, “The City on the Edge of Forever”

Here is a list of all the eipsodes from the original series.

Keep this list of Original Star Trek TV Show Episodes handy, or better yet, print it out. Then you can either order the episodes from itunes, or find them on Youtube, or purchase them on DVD’s if you want specific episodes.

Of course, I would highly suggest that you watch them all, in order, in maybe a couple of marathon Star Trek watching days. If you like them, you will be hooked in no time.

After you’ve seen some of the typical episodes, that show you how all of the various characters act, what they are like with regards to their personality types, it will be fun to watch an episode called This Side of Paradise, in which Spock, whilst down on a planet, gets some spores from a plant blown into his face, he then starts acting very a-typically of his usual calm and logical manner. He gets down right randy and silly. It’s one of my favorites.

Kirk vs Gorn is a definite must see.

There is a company remastering star trek in 1080p using the original films, and it’s available on blu ray, it apparently makes it like a brand new show, I’d look into it.

So here’s my plan…

I’m going to watch all of these finishing up with Amok Time (which someone in real life told me was the best) and then Space Seed. Which will lead me into Wrath of Kahn, then Search for Spock, then The Journey Home. Next I will watch Generations which will lead me to watch the of best of Star Trek: Next Generation.

@simone54 : Sounds like a good plan. Have fun!