First of all, thank you for the suggestions on which Star Trek episodes I should watch with my kids to give them a good feel for the universe in my previous post. My original goal was a dozen per series (except for Voyager which we plan on watching all the seasons.) You guys are very enthusiastic and if I follow all of your advice we will be watching TV for several hours a day throughout their high school careers. Therefore I'm asking for help again.

What follows is the list I created based on all the suggestions. If everyone selects their favorite three episodes from each series, I think that will narrow it down to something more manageable. If you only like one series, just comment on that one. If you didn't get in the first round, add your favorite now! In addition to helping me, I think this could be a definitive GeekParent List of Star Trek for Kids. Which would be cool.

We did watch TOS Trouble with Tribbles this week. The kids were bored, then very amused.

THE ORIGINAL SERIES

Season 1

3 Where No Man Has Gone Before

14 Balance of Terror

15 Shore Leave

16 The Galileo Seven

17 The Squire of Gothos

18 Arena

19 Tomorrow is Yesterday

23 Space Seed

24 Taste of Armageddon

25 The Devil in the Dark

26 Errand of Mercy

28 City on the Edge of Forever

Season 2

1 Amok Time

4 Mirror Mirror

6 The Doomsday Machine

15 Trouble with Tribbles

17 A Piece of the Action

24 The Ultimate Computer

26 Assignment: Earth

Season 3

1 Spock's Brain

2 The Enterprise Incident

14 Let that be your Last Battlefield

THE NEXT GENERATION

Season 1

1 and 2 Encounter at Far Point

Season 2

3 Elementary, Dear Data

8 A Matter of Honor

9 (or 10?) The Measure of a Man

15 Pen Pals

21 Peak Performance

Season 3

10 The Defector

13 Deja Q

26 The Best of Both Worlds

15 Yesterday's Enterprise

16 The Offspring

17 Sins of the Father

26 The best of Both Worlds (1)

Season 4

1 The Best of Both Worlds (2)

14 Clues

20 Qpid

21 Drumhead

22 Half a Life

23 The Host

Season 5

2 Darmok

5 Disaster

19 The First Duty

21 The Perfect Mate

23 I, Borg

25 The Inner Light

26 Time's Arrow (1)

Season 6

1 Time's Arrow (2)

4 Relics

7 Rascals

10 and 11 Chain of Command

12 Ship in a Bottle

15 Tapestry

18 Starship Mine

21 Frame of Mind

Season 7

6 Phantasms

16 Thine Own Self

17 Masks

19 Genesis

24 Preemptive Strike

DEEP SPACE NINE

(Several suggested watching All Seasons)

Season 2

20 and 21 The Maquis

Season 3

1 and 2 The Search

Season 4

1 and 2 The Way of the Warrior

3 The Visitor

Season 5

6 Trials and Tribble-ations

Season 6

6 Sacrifice of Angels

13 Far Beyond the Stars

19 In the Pale Moonlight

Season 7

8 The Siege of AR-558

10 It's Only a Paper Moon

VOYAGER

We will be watching all this series. My reasoning is that there is something to watching characters grow and develop over time. I decided to choose one of the series to watch from start to finish. Voyager was my own personal favorite. However, to make a good list, I still included some favorite episodes recommended by others.

Season 1

1 and 2 Caretaker

5 Phage

14 Faces

15 Jetrel

Season 2

17 Dreadnaught

25 Resolutions

Season 3

17 Unity

26 Scorpion (1)

Season 4

1 Scorpion (2)

14 Message in a Bottle

Season 5

12 Bride of Chaotica!

Season 6

4 Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy

10 Pathfinder

24 Life Line

Season 7

7 Body and Soul

Series Finale: Endgame

ENTERPRISE

Season 1

1 Broken Bow

Season 3

10 Similtude

ps. Amusing that the later series have less and less fan favorites. Although I stopped watching Enterprise early on, I did write a fanfiction for it, which you will never, ever see.