Which 3 TAS episodes should i see before we lose Paramount Plus

[Morpheus 02]

Now that Lioness is done, my wife wants to cancel Paramount Plus. But before that happens, I want to catch 3 The Animated Series episodes while I can....

Which 3 would you reocmmend.... just saw the COunter Clock incident, the Or-ee-on episode, and of course Yesteryear. What are your top three, MUST see?

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Now that Lioness is done

I am unfamiliar with any announcement regarding Lioness season three. Season one was good and season two was outstanding with improved viewership numbers, so I don't see why a third season isn't a real possibility.

Which 3 would you reocmmend.... just saw the COunter Clock incident, the Or-ee-on episode, and of course Yesteryear. What are your top three, MUST see?

Well, "Yesteryear," naturally. "One of Our Planets Is Missing" is one of my favorites. "Beyond the Farthest Star" is good. "The Time Trap" and "The Magicks of Megas-Tu" come to mind. "Megas-Tu" is Star Trek swinging for the fences if ever it was, with the literal Lucifer as a character. "The Slaver Weapon" is distinctive as an adaptation by Niven from his own Known Space series, and the only TOS/TAS episode without Captain Kirk. "The Jihad." I mean, don't deprive yourself.

 

[fireproof78]

Yesteryear.

Practical Joker.

Infinite Vulcan.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Personally, I liked:

• More Tribbles, More Troubles
• One of Our Planets Is Missing
• Beyond the Farthest Star

Though if you want returning characters, then swap one of the last two out for Mudd's Passion.

If you want to see the show's full capacity for insanity:

• The Magicks of Megas-Tu
• The Infinite Vulcan
• The Terratin Incident

And the top episodes on IMDb (that you haven't seen yet) are:

• The Slaver Weapon
• More Tribbles, More Troubles
• The Time Trap

 

[NCC-73515]

Yesteryear is the only great one, One of our Planets and Eye of the Beholder are good, Ambergris and Counterclock are ok.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Yesteryear is the only great one

IMHO, many TAS episodes eclipse many live-action episodes, but truly "Yesteryear" eclipses the most. It is an outstanding Star Trek episode, period.

I'm not sure about it being "the only great one," but it is the greatest, by a pretty wide margin.

 

[somebuddyX]

I'd want to see the one where they get younger, the one with the submarine shuttle, and the one with Giant Spock. Glory to thee Giant Spock.

 

[Phaser Two]

"The Time Trap" and "Beyond the Farthest Star" for sure, apart from those you've already seen. By the way, without any intended thread derail, how was Lioness?

 

[Shawnster]

Albatross is a good McCoy story

 

[ChristopherPike]

Another recommendation for Magicks of Megus-Tu here.

The voice for the Salem witch trial Magistrate, is Ed Bishop from U F O. Something of a rarity because other characters would usually also be done by another of the Original Series actors. It'd be Doohan again, Nichols, Barrett or Takei doing double & triple duty voicing an alien or entity like that..

 

[Poltargyst]

The Time Trap is my favorite, but Yesteryear is certainly a good one.

 

[Commander Troi]

Beyond the Farthest Star is really cool.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

The Practical Joker, Slaver Weapon and Megas Tu.

 

[Kor]

I like Beyond the Farthest Star for showing bizarre alien creatures that wouldn't have been plausible in live-action TOS. And I like The Slaver Weapon for trying to tie Larry Niven's "Known Space" into the Trek universe.

Kor

 

[Noname Given]

Yesteryear

More Tribbles More Trouble

The Slaver Weapon
^^^
Written by Larry Niven and based on/ repurposed from one of his Tales Of Known Space short stories.

 

[Orac]

Since the time you posted this thread you could have watched the whole series 5 times.

 

[Morpheus 02]

Since the time you posted this thread you could have watched the whole series 5 times.

If it weren't for things like work, family, community obligations...

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Remember to let us know which three won!

 

[Uhura's Song]

If you still have it, I'd recommend 2 more, one of which has not been mentioned before.

"The Counterclock Incident" is the last one, and introduces a character that is SNW atm.

"The Lorelei Signal" is a personal favorite as someone other than Kirk, Spock, Scotty, or Sulu gets to sit in the big chair.

But "Yesteryear" is best in show by a wide margin. Good recs upthread.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Grab the DVD boxset from Amazon for about $20 and watch the whole thing at your leisure.