Star Trek: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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The iconic series "Star Trek" follows the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as it completes its missions in space in the 23rd century. Captain James T. Kirk -- along with half- human/half-Vulcan science officer Spock, ship Dr. "Bones" McCoy, Ensign Pavel Chekov, communications officer Lt. Nyota Uhura, helmsman Lt. Hikaru Sulu and chief engineer Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott -- confront strange alien races, friendly and hostile alike, as they explore unknown worlds.

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An optimistic ode to humanity, Star Trek may look dated, but its gadgetry and solid storytelling solidify its place as one of pop culture's most enduring franchises.

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Star Trek: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Kelly Lawler USA Today It offers a winning combination of great science-fiction storytelling and a sense of hope and optimism. Nov 10, 2021 Full Review Star Trek: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Duncan Barrett Guardian As an adult, I could see past the things that once put me off: the dubious special effects, exaggerated makeup and occasionally histrionic acting. Oct 30, 2017 Full Review Star Trek: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Ed Gross Empire Magazine [The City on the Edge of Forever is] Star Trek at its absolute best. Oct 30, 2017 Full Review Star Trek: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Given so many iterations, it may be hard for younger viewers to understand just what a cultural lodestone the original series was in its day... Sep 10, 2022 Full Review Star Trek: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Sophy Ziss Nerdist Thoughtful, intelligent, and immensely entertaining from the jump. Sep 18, 2018 Full Review Star Trek: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Josh Jackson Paste Magazine The original Star Trek introducing a broad audience to the joys of science fiction and providing a more optimistic view of the future at the height of Viet Nam, the Cold War and the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. May 22, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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David K One of the best science fiction shows in the history of TV!My favorite heroes, my favorite series and my favorite franchise! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review Julian L The first season of Star Trek brings the franchise to life. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Not R Must see tv, required viewing Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/24 Full Review lord b Arguably the greatest TV show ever made. Unsurpassed 70 years later. Staggeringly godo and stunning it didn't go 10 seasons shows how brain dead TV executives are. Real scifi with excellent plots and unbeleivable likable characer creation. The standard by which all other shows are measured. Game of thrones does not even come close. The only real contender is doctor who from 70s with tom baker the 4th doctor or maybe twin peaks. Everything else are like ant far below. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/24 Full Review Gustavs G An amazing and interesting tv show. Intruiging. amazing characters. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/27/23 Full Review paul R As a kid, I watched the series when it first debuted in 1966. Compared to the standard mindless programming on TV then, with only 3 networks, the series was captivating without the benefit of today's special effects or production budgets. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cast & Crew

William Shatner Capt. James T. Kirk Leonard Nimoy Mr. Spock DeForest Kelley Dr. Leonard McCoy James Doohan Engineer Montgomery Scott Nichelle Nichols Lt. Uhura George Takei Lt. Sulu
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 8, 1966 The Man Trap Mysterious deaths of Enterprise crew on a desolate planet disrupt McCoy's unexpected reunion with an old love. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 15, 1966 Charlie X A troubled teen (Robert Walker Jr.), sole survivor of a spaceship crash, imposes his will on the Enterprise. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 22, 1966 Where No Man Has Gone Before Kirk confronts two crew members (Gary Lockwood, Sally Kellerman) after a psychic force invades their minds. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 29, 1966 The Naked Time A strange ailment which bares emotions afflicts the crew as the Enterprise observes a planet's disintegration. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 6, 1966 The Enemy Within A transporter malfunction strands Sulu and others on a frigid planet and splits Kirk into two antithetical people. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 13, 1966 Mudd's Women The Enterprise interferes with Harry Mudd's (Roger C. Carmel) new business, supplying wives to rich but lonely miners. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 20, 1966 What Are Little Girls Made Of? The Enterprise finds Nurse Chapel's former fiance, a scientist missing for five years; guest Ted Cassidy. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 27, 1966 Miri The Enterprise finds a band of orphaned children living alone on a desolate, Earthlike world; guests Kim Darby, Michael J. Pollard. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 3, 1966 Dagger of the Mind A routine visit to the Tantalus penal colony proves dangerous for Kirk and an Enterprise psychiatrist; guest James Gregory. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 10, 1966 The Corbomite Maneuver Kirk matches wits with the alien commander of a huge ship restraining the Enterprise; guest Clint Howard. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 17, 1966 The Menagerie Spock faces court-martial after kidnapping his former captain and taking over the Enterprise; guest Jeffrey Hunter. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 24, 1966 The Menagerie Spock's court-martial defense is a transmission from a forbidden world, Talos IV; guests Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 8, 1966 The Conscience of the King Kirk investigates the eerie similarity between an actor in a traveling Shakespearean troupe and Kodos the Executioner, a mass murderer believed dead, and he invites the troupe onto the Enterprise to confirm his suspicions. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 15, 1966 Balance of Terror The Enterprise battles a Romulan ship suspected of destroying outposts near the neutral zone; guest Mark Lenard. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 29, 1966 Shore Leave Shore leave on an idyllic world goes awry when Enterprise crew members find the fruits of their imaginations coming to life. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 5, 1967 The Galileo Seven Spock faces a test of leadership when an ion storm strands him and a shuttlecraft crew on a hostile world. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 12, 1967 The Squire of Gothos Kirk challenges Trelane (William J. Campbell), ruler of the world Gothos, to a duel for the lives of the Enterprise crew. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 19, 1967 Arena A third party forces Kirk into combat with the reptilian captain of a spacecraft the Enterprise was pursuing. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 26, 1967 Tomorrow Is Yesterday An Air Force pilot becomes an unwilling passenger after the Enterprise is hurled back through time to 1960s Earth. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 2, 1967 Court Martial Kirk's old flame, now a Star Fleet lawyer, prosecutes when he is accused of murder; guests Elisha Cook, Percy Rodrigues. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 9, 1967 The Return of the Archons A search for the long-missing spaceship Archon leads the Enterprise to a world dominated by the god Landru. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 16, 1967 Space Seed The 20th-century followers of a man named Khan (Ricardo Montalban) are found in suspended animation on the derelict ship Botany Bay. Details Episode 23 Aired Feb 23, 1967 A Taste of Armageddon To save his ship, Kirk intervenes in a 500-year-old, computerized war between neighboring worlds; guest Barbara Babcock. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 2, 1967 This Side of Paradise The Enterprise crew falls under the spell of space spores on an agricultural colony world; guest Jill Ireland. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 9, 1967 The Devil in the Dark The Enterprise officers search for an elusive, rock-burrowing creature which is killing the miners of Janus 6. Details Episode 26 Aired Mar 16, 1967 Errand of Mercy Kirk cannot comprehend the apathy of the peaceful residents of Organia in the face of Klingon atrocities. Details Episode 27 Aired Mar 23, 1967 The Alternative Factor Identical men (Robert Brown in a dual role) from parallel universes will cause total annihilation if they meet. Details Episode 28 Aired Apr 6, 1967 The City on the Edge of Forever Capt. Kirk faces an agonizing choice when he and Spock follow McCoy to 1930s New York to restore history's altered course. A Hugo Award winner. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 13, 1967 Operation -- Annihilate! Mind-controlling organisms infesting a colony world attack Kirk's brother and his family, then turn on Spock. Details

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Director
Marc Daniels, Joseph Pevney, Vincent McEveety, Gerd Oswald, James Goldstone, Don McDougall, Harvey Hart, Robert Butler

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Screenwriter
Gene L. Coon, D.C. Fontana, Shimon Wincelberg, Paul Schneider, Gene Roddenberry, Steven W Carabatsos, Robert Bloch, John D. F. Black, Boris Sobelman, Stephen Kandel, George Clayton Johnson

Network
NBC

Rating
TV-PG

Genre
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure

Original Language
English

Release Date
Sep 8, 1966
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