The Original Series (1966-69)

The first aired series in the franchise was simply known as Star Trek at the time. It was produced and pitched by Gene Roddenberry and Desilu productions. Production on the series began in the mid-sixties, but the first pilot did not completely win over the NBC executives. So in a rare decision, they decided to allow Roddenberry to reshoot the pilot with some changes and come before them again. The second pilot won them a place in the line up.

Not all episodes were rewatched as I have a few episodes I disliked enough that I don’t want to watch it a second time.

Season 1 (1966-67)

The first season aired from September 1966 to April 1967. It contained 29 fifty minute episodes which were aired on a weekly basis. They were not aired in production order.

Season 1 contains the popular episodes The Corbomite Maneuver and The City on the Edge of Forever. It also contained the only two parter episode that TOS would ever have: The Menagerie. This episode combined the original pilot with some new footage to help reduce the costs of the show.

Main Cast (well, my definition of main rather then NBCs):

William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy as Commander Spock (unpronounceable)
DeForest Kelley as Lt. Commander Dr. Leonard McCoy
James Doohan as Lt. Commander Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Nyota Uhura
George Takei as Lt. Hikaru Sulu
Majel Barett as Lt. Christine Chapel, RN | Computer Voice.

23 Redshirts were lost in this season.

• 1.01 The Man Trap
• 1.02 Charlie X (Not Rewatched)
• 1.03 Where No Man Has Gone Before
• 1.04 Naked Time
• 1.05 The Enemy Within (Not Rewatched)
• 1.06 Mudd’s Women
• 1.07 What Are Little Girls Made Of?
• 1.08 Miri
• 1.09 Dagger of the Mind
• 1.10 The Corbomite Maneuver
• 1.11-12. The Menagerie (Two Parter)
• 1.13 The Conscience of the King
• 1.14 Balance of Terror
• 1.15 Shore Leave
• 1.16 The Galileo Seven
• 1.17 The Squire of Gothos
• 1.18 Arena
• 1.19 Tomorrow is Yesterday
• 1.20 Court Martial
• 1.21 The Return of the Archons
• 1.22 Space Seed
• 1.23 A Taste of Armageddon
• 1.24 This Side of Paradise
• 1.25 The Devil in the Dark
• 1.26 Errand of Mercy
• 1.27 The Alternative Factor
• 1.28 The City on the Edge of Forever
• 1.29 Operation: Annihilate!

Season 2 (1967-1968)

A better summery to come.

Main Cast Additions:

Walter Koenig as Ensign Pavel Chekov

21 Redshirts were killed in the course of this season.

• 2.01 Amok Time
• 2.02 Who Mourns for Adonais?
• 2.03 The Changeling
• 2.04 Mirror, Mirror
• 2.05 The Apple
• 2.06 The Doomsday Machine
• 2.07 Catspaw
• 2.08 I, Mudd
• 2.09 Metamorphosis
• 2.10 Journey to Babel
• 2.11 Friday’s Child
• 2.12 The Deadly Years
• 2.13 Obsession
• 2.14Wolf in the Fold (Not Rewatched)
• 2.15 The Trouble with Tribbles
• 2.16 The Gamesters of Triskelion
• 2.17 A Piece of the Action
• 2.18 The Immunity Syndrome
• 2.19 A Private Little War
• 2.20 Return to Tomorrow
• 2.21 Patterns of Force
• 2.22 By Any Other Name
• 2.23 The Omega Glory
• 2.24 The Ultimate Computer
• 2.25 Bread and Circuses
• 2.26 Assignment: Earth

Season 3 (1968-1969)

Better Summery to come.

9 crew people died this season, making it the safest season. 55 crew people in all during the course of TOS have died.

• 3.01 Spock’s Brain
• 3.02 The Enterprise Incident
• 3.03 The Paradise Syndrome (Not Rewatched)
• 3.04 And the Children Shall Lead
• 3.05 Is There No Truth, No Beauty?
• 3.06 Spectre of The Gun
• 3.07 Day of the Dove
• 3.08 For The World is Hollow and I have Touched The Sky
• 3.09 The Tholian Web
• 3.10 Plato’s Stepchildren
• 3.11 Wink of an Eye
• 3.12 The Empath
• 3.13 Elaan of Troyius
• 3.14 Whom Gods Destroy
• 3.15 Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
• 3.16 The Mark of Gideon
• 3.17 That Which Survives
• 3.18 The Lights of Zetar
• 3.19 Requiem for Methuselah
• 3.20 The Way to Eden
• 3.21 The Cloud Minders
• 3.22 The Savage Curtain
• 3.23 All Our Yesterdays
• 3.24 Turnabout Intruder (Not Rewatched)