Ratings according to the imdb.com
TOP 10
(1) The City on the Edge of Forever (episode 1.28) rating: 9.6
(2) Balance of Terror (episode 1.14) rating: 9.6
(3) The Doomsday Machine (episode 2.6) rating: 9.2
(4) The Trouble With Tribbles (episode 2.15) rating: 9.2
(5) Amok Time (episode 2.1) rating: 9.2
(6) Mirror, Mirror (episode 2.4) rating: 9.1
(7) Space Seed (episode 2.4) rating: 9.1
(8) The Devil in the Dark (episode 1.25) rating: 8.8
(9) The Menagerie: Part 2 (episode 1.12) rating: 8.8
(10) Journey to Babel (episode 2.10) rating: 8.8
BOTTOM 10
(10) Elaan of Troyius (episode 3.13) rating: 6.3
(9) Plato’s Stepchildren (episode 3.10) rating: 6.3
(8) The Lights of Zetar (episode 3.18) rating: 6.1
(7) Whom Gods Destroy (episode 3.14) rating: 6.1
(6) For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (episode 3.8) rating: 6.1
(5) Turnabout Intruder (episode 3.24) rating: 5.9
(4) The Cloud Minders (episode 3.21) rating: 5.7
(3) And the Children Shall Lead (episode 3.4) rating: 5.0
(2) The Way to Eden (episode 3.20) rating: 4.6
(1) Spock’s Brain (episode 3.1) rating: 4.5
I think this is pretty much accurate – although I would contest the rating of “Devil in the Dark”. While I know a lot of folks love this one because it shows that “monsters can be human too”, I’ve never gotten off to it – I found the characters were flat and the plot predictable. Still, the “Pain, Pain!” line is classic.
I’m surprised that Doomsday Machine was as well-liked as it was, and that its cousin, “Immunity Syndrome” wasn’t more popular. Admittedly, I wouldn’t put it in the top ten either.
Funny, how all the best episodes are from seasons one and two and the worst are all from the third.