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cellioBold means I've seen it a whole lot/watched it religiously/etc.
Underline means I've seen every episode at least once.
30. Northern Exposure
29. Highlander
28. Wonderfalls
27. The Daily Show
26. Firefly
25. Freaks and Geeks
24. Absolutely Fabulous
23. Forever Knight
22. H. R. Pufnstuf
21. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (In someone else's home.)
20. Twin Peaks
19. Dark Shadows
18. Doctor Who
17. The Avengers
16. My So-Called Life
15. Quantum Leap
14. Beauty and the Beast
13. Babylon 5
12. Family Guy
11. Mystery Science Theatre 3000
10. Pee-Wee's Playhouse
9. Xena: Warrior Princess
8. The Twilight Zone (see note)
7. The Prisoner
6. The Simpsons
5. Monty Python's Flying Circus
4. Farscape
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. The X-Files
1. Star Trek (see note)
(Aside: I would welcome exposure to Firefly and Farscape, if any of my local friends would care to evangelize in my direction.)
Twilight Zone: There are are few episodes that were not syndicated (mostly from the season of one-hour episodes), and I haven't seen them as a result. I have seen the half-hour episode that was pulled from syndication for reasons of offensiveness. There was a revival that aired about 10 years ago that I've only seen a few episodes of because local stations didn't carry it. I've seen every episode of the recent (UPN) revival.
Star Trek: a few episodes of the original series, but all episodes of all the modern series (TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise).
Re: Trek
Date: 2004-06-11 09:16 pm (UTC)Amok Time: A-. The definitive Spock episode, as that stereotypical Vulcan cool finally succumbs to hormones. Much of what we know about Vulcans comes from this story.
The Changeling: C. Not a *good* episode, IMO, but a somewhat important one. Star Trek: The Motionless Picture is sort of vaguely adapted from this episode. And it has the definitive "kill the computer with logic" scene.
Mirror, Mirror: A. The introduction of the Mirror Universe, and an all-around fun episode. This one resounds through ST fanfic to this day.
The Doomsday Machine: B-. Rather melodramatic, but an interesting Moby Dick story, as the Enterprise goes up against the universe's largest ice cream cone. Inspired by Saberhagen, IIRC.
I, Mudd: B. Harcourt Fenton Mudd gets his own planet. Not at all deep, but a fun episode of the ups and downs of having an unlimited number of androids at your disposal.
Metamorphosis: C. Weird Romance story, interesting mostly because it introduces Zephram Cochrane, who becomes a critical character in the Trek backstory. (However, this version and the one in the movie bear no resemblance to each other.)
Journey to Babel: A-. *Hugely* important story, that defines much of the Trek universe's geopolitics. Low-grade thriller in style.
The Trouble With Tribbles: A-. You've seen it.
The Gamesters of Triskelion: C+. Another "aliens force our heroes to do battle" story. Interesting mainly for introducing the quatloo, the favorite pseudo-currency of fanfic jokes.
A Piece of the Action: A. I love this one -- pure silliness, but fun. Our heroes wind up in a perfect simulation of gangland Chicago, and we finally get proof that James T. Kirk is, at heart, a gang boss. Very much like Star Trek IV in tone.
The Immunity Syndrome: B according to
Return to Tomorrow: B-. Rich in pathos, as our heroes find themselves embroiled in millenia-old loves and rivalries.
The Omega Glory: F. Notable mainly as a reminder that nothing in TNG was quite this awful. A mind-blowingly ham-handed metaphor for the Cold War, apparently ghost-written by propagandists in the State Department.
Assignment: Earth: A. Pilot for a spinoff series that sadly never happened except in fanfic. My personal favorite time-travel episode, as the Enterprise finds itself in the distant past (that is, today), confronted by a man who is not at all what he seems. Gary 7 is perhaps the greatest enigma in the Trek continuity.