Considering Star Trek touts 751 episodes spanning 53 years and 33 seasons you could easily do a top 12 or more for each series except for Discovery and The Animated Series. For this pointless exercise I wanted to include at least one episode from each show that highlights what’s best about either that series or Star Trek as a whole. I’ve excluded Discovery because I think it’s too early to fully judge it against the others as it’s only half way through season 2. Instead of personal preference I’ve put them generally in order of when each series ran, but not in air-date order. I’ve counted two part episodes as one since it’s my website, and the rules don’t matter. With that said, here are the 12 episodes I would recommend.