Favorite Sci Fi Series and Episode

Star Trek: the original series; episode -- "The Balance of Terror".  So much like a WWII submarine movie.

Hmmm....Wow. Too many to think of. X-Files, Fringe, Firefly, Star Trek. I can't think of the others off the top of my head.

MAJ Mike

Star Trek: the original series; episode -- "The Balance of Terror".  So much like a WWII submarine movie.

True that. sort of like in  "The Enemy Below" but in the future.

In terms of TV series, Star Trek:  The Next Generation with The Best of Both Worlds (two-parter) where Captain Picard was captured by the Borg and Riker took command of the Enterprise.  Great episode.

In terms of movie series, Star Wars, Episode V:  The Empire Strikes Back

actually,I love the Star Trek: Voyager series.There was some great writing on the show and very good actors from many types of acting.

The episode that stands out is in season 4 and is Mortal Coil, written by Bryan Fuller.

Some great acting on that episode!!!!!

Let's try to stay away from WWII.

Stargate SG-1 ( initial series ) for humorous scripts written for  Richard Dean Anderson and other cast

Mmm, Goa'uld TV .......

Favorite episode? not sure....haven't seen all of 'em...Prometheus Unbound had some amusing script writing .  Icon was nice just seeing AK 47 and M1 Garands and the script recognition that just visiting the planet resulted in civil war and  the destruction of the civilization

Then there's The Broca Divide : O'Neill, to a primitive Daniel: "Daniel, you dog. Keep this up you'll have a girl on every planet."

Star Trek "classic" " Doomsday Machine "

Space Rangers- some amusing scripts though series very short lived

Gosh... too hard to do. Ok:

Star Trek, TOS: The balance of Terror or the Doomsday Machine. Too hard to decide.

Star Trek, TNG: Best of Both Worlds is amazing, I really can't decide on any of the others.

Firefly: difficult to weed out my favorite. Jayne's  town was great for the lolz, but the pilot episode and  the one where you see the past of Serenity are close seconds.

Star Wars The clone wars: I simply mentioned it because it must die. A horrible death. I ahve no positive feelings for it whatsoever.

"Demon..." was good. I loved it when it was broadcast, then bought it first on VHS and again on DVD. But favorite series? Quirky, mad, loveable FARSCAPE, hands down! I have every episode and TV movie on DVD. My favorite episode is (ta da):

"Revenging Angel" (Season 3, Episode 16)

If you haven't seen it, Google it and prepare to bust a gut laughing. Froonium Forever!

Too many to choose just one show, and each has its good eps.

WIth B5 it would be a short list of which ones weren't good.  I feel the same way about Farscape, and I can't think of any Firefly eps that weren't great.

I think my favorite Stargate SG-1 ep is the "Groundhog Day" episode.  "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try again."

All the Trek series had good ones, from TOS "City on the Edge of Forever" and "Doomsday Machine" to DS9's "Paper Moon" and the one ( forgot the title ) where Sisko's dictating a log entry struggling with getting his hands dirty with Garak's help in securing Romulan support in the Donimion War.

X-Files had great ones as well, both in the main story and the one-shots.

And, of course the new BSG.  The ones that weren't great for the shoot-em-ups were still great for the story, I'd say that series was the best overall since I can't think of a single episode that wasn't great in one way or another.

I'm heavily into Fringe at the moment - can't pick a favourite episode, they're all great.

ST-TNG, as mentioned earlier, The Best of Both Worlds - I'll add Yesterday's Enterprise and Parallels as stand-out episodes.

Too many to list but the first one that comes to mind is the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles".

Until Firefly became co-favorite, it was definitely Star Trek- The Next Generation. Episode: Deja Q. I think John de Lancie is fantastic in that series.

Stargate Universe & BSG. Both have plenty of good "spaceship" time with large & impressive spaceships. A bit of a story & plenty big spaceships - what more could you want.

Current favorite is Firefly.  Need to re-watch the movie Serenity.  So much going on in that movie.  Thus far, each episode has been a keeper.

Babylon 5 was a treat, too.  Favorite episode was "Into the Fire".

Original Star Trek....Episode-City on the Edge of Forever.

Anybody saw the TV series Life on Mars back in 08 to 09? It was  about a police Det. that gets knocked out in 2008 and wakes up in 1973!  It really got hooked on it cause around that time I went into the Police Dept. so it brought back a lot of great polyester memories, not to mention the old police equipment. I did hate the ending to it!!

plastickjunkie

Anybody saw the TV series Life on Mars back in 08 to 09? It was  about a police Det. that gets knocked out in 2008 and wakes up in 1973!  It really got hooked on it cause around that time I went into the Police Dept. so it brought back a lot of great polyester memories, not to mention the old police equipment. I did hate the ending to it!!

The original British version was much better than the US adaptation (the ending wasn't as cliched). The sequel "Ashes to Ashes" was pretty good too and wrapped up the entire story not long ago.

MAJ Mike

Current favorite is Firefly.  Need to re-watch the movie Serenity.  So much going on in that movie.  Thus far, each episode has been a keeper.

Babylon 5 was a treat, too.  Favorite episode was "Into the Fire".

Oh man I forgot about Babylob 5. I love that series. I have the box set for Firefly and the DVD for Serenity.

No one episode stands out, but several series certainly do...

Gundam: the 8th M.S. Team--short but sweet (at only 12 episodes).

Battlestar Galactica--the more recent one.

Star Trek--"The Trouble with Tribbles", the original movies with Kirk, The Next Generation, Voyager, and DS9.

Star Wars--Episode 4, 5, and 6. (Yes, they're movies, but titled as episodes, so it counts)

Think that's about it...

I've been watching the new Battlestar Galactica.  It's an awesome show, although I find it amusing that with such a technologically advanced civilization as they depict, Commander Adama is answering a telephone on the bridge of the Galactica that has a coiled cord attached.  Seems so 20th-century-earth-like!  Plus, it took me a while to get past the gender-bending of characters from the original series to this (Starbuck, et al).

Forgot to mention Gundam Wing and Full Metal Panic.  My favorite Japanese animae.

The Twilight Zone "To Serve Man" Love that one

StarGate the whole serires

Starblazer that from way back

Hands down Outer Limits and Twlight Zone. I can watch these over and over again.

Favorite episode

I dont remember the title but its where a guy is actually a robot but he thinks he is human.

The bad guys are chasing him around in a large multi story building.

lost in space the tv show. deep space nine .

Ron

MAJ Mike

Forgot to mention Gundam Wing and Full Metal Panic.  My favorite Japanese animae.

Oh man I forgot about the anime Sci-Fi series. Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, and Gundam 00.

mitsdude

Hands down Outer Limits and Twlight Zone. I can watch these over and over again.

Favorite episode

I dont remember the title but its where a guy is actually a robot but he thinks he is human.

The bad guys are chasing him around in a large multi story building.

I believe the Outer Limits show Demon With the Glass Hand featured the L.A. Bradbury Building- also seen in the movies DOA and Blade Runner.

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Bradbury_Building.html

mitsdude

Hands down Outer Limits and Twlight Zone. I can watch these over and over again.

Favorite episode

I dont remember the title but its where a guy is actually a robot but he thinks he is human.

The bad guys are chasing him around in a large multi story building.

 

SG Got it. That is the Episode I posted as I opened the thread. Robert Culp played the part of Trent, the eternal guadian of mankind. The girl he finds in the office building is Arlene Martel. She also  played the Russian Cosmaonaut in I dream of Genie and  Tiger the Allied agent in Hogan's Heroe's. And most important  T'Pring as Spok's Vulcan wife in Amok Time..

There's a reason for the corded phones as explained in the BSG pilot: secure comms.

Favorite has to be Star Trek TOS. It's difficult to pick one episode, maybe "Arena"

Other Fav's are UFO, the episode "Timelash" is great

The Invaders, "Genesis"

Space 1999, "Dragons Domain" or "The last Sunset"

BattleStar Galactica, Both new and old.