Episode Ratings

At the end of each podcast episode, Wes gives a score for the Star Trek episode discussed on the show. The scoring system uses a 1-5 scale.

The following are the episodic Star Trek ratings for The Pensky Podcast.

From season 4 of Deep Space 9 onward, we also “officially” recorded Clay’s rating.

The Rating Scale

1A terrible episode that, for one reason or many, is a complete failure.
2A subpar episode with some potential. It has serious structural and/or conceptual flaws.
3A totally average episode of the franchise. Right down the middle.
4A very strong episode – this is the first tier that you’d recommend to people new to the franchise.
5An all-time classic. Perfect execution and excellent storytelling.

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The Original Series

Season 1
The Cage2
The Man Trap3
Charlie X2
Where No Man Has Gone Before3
The Naked Time3
The Enemy Within4
Mudd’s Women1
What Are Little Girls Made Of?4
Miri5
Dagger of the Mind4
The Corbomite Maneuver4
The Menagerie I2
The Menagerie II2
The Conscience of the King2
Balance of Terror5
Shore Leave3
The Galileo Seven3
The Squire of Gothos3
Arena4
Tomorrow is Yesterday2
Court Martial1
The Return of the Archons1
Space Seed3
A Taste of Armageddon4
This Side of Paradise4
The Devil in the Dark5
Errand of Mercy3
The Alternative Factor1
The City on the Edge of Forever5
Operation: Annihilate!2
Season 2
Amok Time4
Who Mourns for Adonais?2
The Changeling3
Mirror, Mirror4
The Apple2
The Doomsday Machine5
Catspaw1
I, Mudd4
Metamorphosis4
Journey to Babel3
Friday’s Child3
The Deadly Years1
Obsession2
Wolf in the Fold3
Trouble with Tribbles2
The Gamesters of Triskelion3
A Piece of the Action4
The Immunity Syndrome2
A Private Little War4
Return to Tomorrow3
Patterns of Force2
By Any Other Name3
The Omega Glory1
The Ultimate Computer5
Bread and Circuses3
Assignment: Earth2
Season 3
Spock’s Brain1
The Enterprise Incident4
The Paradise Syndrome2
And the Children Shall Lead3
Is There No Truth in Beauty?3
Spectre of the Gun4
Day of the Dove4
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky2
The Tholian Web4
Plato’s Stepchildren1
Wink of an Eye2
The Empath1
Elaan of Troyius3
Whom Gods Destroy3
Let That be Your Last Battlefield3
The Mark of Gideon3
That Which Survives1
The Lights of Zetar1
Requiem for Methusa3
The Way to Eden2
The Cloud Minders2
The Savage Curtain1
All Our Yesterdays3
Turnabout Intruder2

The Next Generation

Season 1
Encounter at Farpoint2
The Naked Now1
Code of Honor1
The Last Outpost2
Where No One Has Gone Before2
Lonely Among Us1
Justice2
The Battle2
Hide and Q2
Haven1
The Big Goodbye2
Datalore3
Angel One1
110010013
Too Short a Season2
When the Bough Breaks1
Home Soil3
Coming of Age3
Heart of Glory2
Arsenal of Freedom3
Symbiosis3
Skin of Evil1
We’ll Always Have Paris3
Conspiracy3
The Neutral Zone1
Season 2
The Child1
Where Silence Has Lease1
Elementary, Dear Data3
The Outrageous Okana2
Loud as a Whisper 3
The Schizoid Man2
Unnatural Selection3
A Matter of Honor4
The Measure of a Man4
The Dauphin1
Contagion3
The Royale4
Time Squared2
The Icarus Factor1
Pen Pals2
Q Who?5
Samaritan Snare2
Up the Long Ladder2
Manhunt2
The Emissary3
Peak Performance4
Shades of Gray1
Season 3
Evolution3
The Ensigns of Command2
The Survivors5
Who Watches the Watchers4
The Bonding3
Booby Trap2
The Enemy3
The Price2
The Vengeance Factor1
The Defector5
The Hunted3
The High Ground1
Deja Q3
A Matter of Perspective2
Yesterday’s Enterprise5
The Offspring4
Sins of the Father4
Allegiance3
Captains Holiday3
Tin Man2
Hollow Pursuits4
The Most Toys4
Sarek5
Menage a Troi3
Transfigurations1
The Best of Both Worlds I5
Season 4
The Best of Both Worlds II4
Family5
Brothers3
Suddenly Human2
Remember Me 2
Legacy3
Reunion3
Future Imperfect3
Final Mission2
The Loss1
Data’s Day4
The Wounded5
Devil’s Due2
Clues4
First Contact4
Galaxy’s Child2
Night Terrors3
Identity Crisis2
The Nth Degree4
Q’Pid1
The Drumhead5
Half a Life4
The Host2
The Minds Eye4
In Theory3
Redemption I3
Season 5
Redemption II4
Darmok5
Ensign Ro3
Silicon Avatar 3
Disaster 4
The Game2
Unification I2
Unification II1
A Matter of Time3
New Ground3
Hero Worship2
Violations3
The Masterpiece Society1
Conundrum5
Power Play4
Ethics3
The Outcast3
Cause and Effect 5
The First Duty3
Cost of Living2
The Perfect Mate3
Imaginary Friend2
I, Borg4
The Next Phase4
The Inner Light5
Time’s Arrow I3
Season 6
Time’s Arrow II2
Realm of Fear3
Man of the People2
Relics4
Schisms4
True Q2
Rascals1
A Fistful of Datas3
The Quality of Life2
Chain of Command I4
Chain of Command II5
Ship in a Bottle4
Aquiel2
Face of the Enemy4
Tapestry5
Birthright I4
Birthright II3
Starship Mine3
Lessons4
The Chase3
Frame of Mind4
Suspicions2
Rightful Heir4
Second Chances4
Timescape3
Descent I2
Season 7
Descent II2
Liaisons2
Interface2
Gambit I3
Gambit II 3
Phantasms2
Dark Page2
Attached3
Force of Nature1
Inheritance3
Parallels4
The Pegasus3
Homeward2
Sub Rosa3
Lower Decks4
Thine Own Self3
Masks2
Eye of the Beholder3
Genesis4
Journey’s End3
Firstborn2
Bloodlines1
Emergence3
Preemptive Strike3
All Good Things…5

Deep Space 9

Season 1
Emissary3
Past Prologue2
A Man Alone2
Babel1
Captive Pursuit3
Q-Less1
Dax3
The Passenger2
Move Along Home1
The Nagus2
Vortex2
Battle Lines4
The Storyteller2
Progress3
If Wishes Were Horses2
The Forsakes2
Dramatis Personae2
Duet5
In the Hands of the Prophets3
Season 2
The Homecoming4
The Circle3
The Seige2
Invasive Procedures1
Cardassians 4
Melora1
Rules of Acquisition2
Necessary Evil5
Second Sight1
Sanctuary2
Rivals3
The Alternate3
Armageddeon Game3
Whispers4
Paradise4
Shadowplay2
Playing God1
Profit and Loss3
Blood Oath3
The Maquis I4
The Maquis II4
The Wire3
Crossover3
The Collaborator3
Tribunal4
The Jem’Hadar4
Season 3
The Search I4
The Search II4
The House of Quark4
Equilibrium1
Second Skin3
The Abandoned4
Civil Defense3
Meridian1
Defiant3
Fascination2
Past Tense I2
Past Tense II2
Life Support 2
Heart of Stone3
Destiny2
Prophet Motives3
Visionary4
Distant Voices1
Through the Looking Glass2
Improbable Cause5
The Die is Cast4
Explorers4
Family Business3
Shakar2
Facets3
The Adversary4
Season 4WesClay
The Way of the Warrior55
The Visitor55
Hippocratic Oath44
Indiscretion44
Rejoined3NA
Starship Down2NA
Little Green Men34
The Sword of Kahless33
Our Man Bashir44
Homefront34
Paradise Lost33
Crossfire55
Return to Grace44
Sons of Mogh44
Bar Association33
Accession33
Rules of Engagement44
Hard Time33
Shattered Mirror23
The Muse22
For the Cause55
To the Death44
The Quickening33
Body Parts33
Broken Link33
Season 5WesClay
Apocalypse Rising33
The Ship55
Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places33
… Nor the Battle to the Strong34
The Assignment23
Trials and Tribbleations55
Let he Who is Without Sin…11
Things Past44
The Ascent33
Rapture33
The Darkness and the Light34
The Begotten44
For the Uniform44
In Purgatory’s Shadow44
By Inferno’s Light44
Doctor Bashir, I Presume?33
A Simple Investigation23
Business as Usual32
Ties of Blood and Water33
Ferengi love Songs33
Soldiers of the Empire43
Children of Time55
Blaze of Glory33
Empok Nor23
In the Cards42
Call to Arms55
Season 6WesClay
A Time to Stand44
Rocks and Shoals55
Sons and Daughters33
Behind the Lines33
Favor the Bold54
Sacrifice of Angels54
You Are Cordially Invited…44
Resurrection11
Statistical Probabilities54
The Magnificent Ferengi33
Waltz55
Who Mourns for Morn?23
Far Beyond the Stars55
One Little Ship23
Honor Among Thieves23
Change of Heart43
Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night55
Inquisition34
In the Pale Moonlight55
His Way34
The Reckoning11
Valiant44
Profit and Lace11
Times Orphan11
The Sound of Her Voice23
Tears of the Prophets22
Season 7WesClay
Image in the Sand33
Shadows and Symbols33
Afterimage33
Take Me Out to the Holosuite34
Chrysalis22
Treachery, Faith, and the Great River44
Once More Unto the Breach33
The Siege of AR-55855
Covenant34
It’s Only a Paper Moon44
Prodigal Daughter11
The Emperor’s New Cloak12
Field of Fire22
Chimera54
Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang33
Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges55
Penumbra33
‘Til Death Do Us Part33
Strange Bedfellows33
The Changing Face of Evil34
When it Rains…44
Tacking Into the Wind55
Extreme Measures12
The Dogs of War22
What You Leave Behind55

Enterprise

Season 1WesClay
Broken Bow23
Fight or Flight34
Strange New World33
Unexpected43
Terra Nova22
The Andorian Incident33
Breaking the Ice34
Civilization23
Fortunate Son22
Cold Front22
Silent Enemy32
Dear Doctor45
Sleeping Dogs22
Shadows of P’Jem33
Shuttlepod One32
Fusion22
Rogue Planet22
Acquisition22
Oasis22
Detained33
Vox Sola33
Fallen Hero32
Desert Crossing22
Two Days and Two Nights22
Shockwave I44
Season 2WesClay
Shockwave II33
Carbon Creek42
Minefield23
Dead Stop44
A Night in Sickbay11
Marauders11
The Seventh11
The Communicator22
Singularity32
Vanishing Point22
Precious Cargo22
The Catwalk34
Dawn33
Stigma44
Cease Fire23
Future Tense33
Canamar33
The Crossing33
Judgment44
Horizon32
The Breach33
Cogenitor45
Regeneration44
First Flight32
Bounty22
The Expanse33
Season 3WesClay
The Xindi33
Anomaly33
Extinction22
Rajiin22
Impulse34
Exile22
The Shipment34
Twilight34
North Star44
Similitude45
Carpenter Street11
Chosen Realm33
Proving Ground44
Stratagem33
Harbinger34
Doctor’s Orders22
Hatchery22
Azati Prime34
Damage44
The Forgotten44
23
The Council33
Countdown33
Zero Hour22
Season 4WesClay
Storm Front22
Home34
Borderland32
Cold Station 1244
The Augments23
The Forge34
Awakening23
Kir’Shara33
Daedalus23
Observer Effect44
Babel One33
United34
The Aenar22
Affliction34
Divergence33
Bound43
In a Mirror, Darkly44
Demons23
Terra Prime11
These Are the Voyages…11

Ranking the Seasons

Series and SeasonAverage
DS9 S43.48
DS9 S53.36
DS9 S63.20
TNG S63.19
DS9 S73.17
TNG S33.15
TNG S53.15
TOS S13.10
TNG S43.08
TOS S22.92
DS9 S22.88
DS9 S32.87
ENT S32.83
ENT S22.73
TNG S72.72
ENT S42.70
ENT S12.64
TNG S22.50
TOS S32.42
DS9 S12.37
TNG S12.00

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