Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 3

Production Order:
After the second season, NBC was set to cancel Star Trek, but a massive letter writing campaign by the show's fans saved it. To reward the show's loyal fans, the network moved the show to the Friday night "death slot" and served up a season that was mostly crappy episodes.

Episode 1: Spectre of the Gun
Episode 2: Elaan of Troyius
Episode 3: The Paradise Syndrome
Episode 4: The Enterprise Incident
Episode 5: And the Children Shall Lead
Episode 6: Spock's Brain
Episode 7: Is There in Truth No Beauty?
Episode 8: The Empath
Episode 9: The Tholian Web
Episode 10: For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
Episode 11: Day of the Dove
Episode 12: Plato's Stepchildren
Episode 13: Wink of an Eye
Episode 14: That Which Survives
Episode 15: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Episode 16: Whom Gods Destroy
Episode 17: The Mark of Gideon
Episode 18: The Lights of Zetar
Episode 19: The Cloud Minders
Episode 20: The Way to Eden
Episode 21: Requiem for Methuselah
Episode 22: The Savage Curtain
Episode 23: All Our Yesterdays
Episode 24: Turnabout Intruder

Airdate Order:
The third season of Star Trek simply wasn't very good, and the individual episodes are by and large so poorly thought out that it almost doesn't matter what order you watch them in. That said, the episodes were reordered yet again with the inexplicable decision to place Spock's Brain, widely viewed as one of the absolute worst episodes in the series, as the lead for the season. I am left to wonder if someone removed the brains of network executives, would their decisions be improved?

Episode 1: Spock's Brain
Episode 2: The Enterprise Incident
Episode 3: The Paradise Syndrome
Episode 4: And the Children Shall Lead
Episode 5: Is There in Truth No Beauty?
Episode 6: Spectre of the Gun
Episode 7: Day of the Dove
Episode 8: For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
Episode 9: The Tholian Web
Episode 10: Plato's Stepchildren
Episode 11: Wink of an Eye
Episode 12: The Empath
Episode 13: Elaan of Troyius
Episode 14: Whom Gods Destroy
Episode 15: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Episode 16: The Mark of Gideon
Episode 17: That Which Survives
Episode 18: The Lights of Zetar
Episode 19: Requiem for Methuselah
Episode 20: The Way to Eden
Episode 21: The Cloud Minders
Episode 22: The Savage Curtain
Episode 23: All Our Yesterdays
Episode 24: Turnabout Intruder

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