“Darmok” is so far the only Trek episode I’ve shown my spouse, because she wanted to know what the deal was with a t-shirt I had of that episode’s famous line on it. It did the job, she seemed to get into it despite being only vaguely familiar with the show.
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Corgana@startrek.website 5 months ago
This is a great question. I like to recommend Data’s Day for newbies because he sort of goes around and introduces every character, but it’s a pretty unconventional episode.
I think I would go with “Doomsday Machine”!
That said, I also think Darmok would be a good fit too, the concept itself is unique in that as far as I know it’s the first it was used in scoence fiction, but the manner in which the concept is presented “Enterprise crew encounters a problem that can’t be solved with guns or technology” is pretty darn representative.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 5 months ago
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 months ago
Yeah, I called “Darmok” unconventional because of the two-actor stage play aspect of it, but it’s a borderline case. I’ll allow it.
Corgana@startrek.website 5 months ago
Good point! I forgot that it was mostly the two of them on the planet. It is also somewhat unusual in that there is no distinct B-plot. The events that take place in orbit are directly related.