The Best Episodes Directed By Robert Butler

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(56 votes)

   #1 - The Menagerie (1)

   S1:E1111/17/1966

   Apparently summoned to Star Base 11, Kirk, Spock and McCoy visit a former Enterprise Commander, the paralyzed and horribly disfigured Christopher Pike. Uncharacteristically, Spock commandeers the Enterprise, then turns himself in for court martial.

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   7.8/10(57 votes)

   #2 - The Menagerie (2)

   S1:E1211/24/1966

   Spock's court martial reveals the actions of Captain Pike on his previous visit to Talos IV, where the powerful Talosians tried to persuade Pike to breed with women provided for the purpose.

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   7.6/10(18 votes)

   #3 - Hi Diddle Riddle

   S1:E11/12/1966

   While the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme.

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   7.6/10(9 votes)

   #4 - The Penguin's a Jinx

   S1:E41/20/1966

   Bruce Wayne escapes the Penguin's deathtrap and returns to the Batcave. What he doesn't know is that one of the Penguin's clues, an umbrella, has a listening device.

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   7.5/10(38 votes)

   #5 - Double Shock

   S2:E83/25/1973

   A wealthy man is murdered; his twin nephews stand to inherit, but which one committed the crime?

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   7.4/10(13 votes)

   #6 - Smack in the Middle

   S1:E21/13/1966

   The Riddler fashions a mold of the face of the unconscious Robin. He contacts Batman with two more riddles. The Riddler tells Batman if he can solve the riddles, he'll know where Robin is.

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   7.2/10(26 votes)

   #7 - Publish or Perish

   S3:E51/18/1974

   A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.

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   7.1/10(8 votes)

   #8 - Instant Freeze

   S1:E72/2/1966

   Mr. Freeze, thought to have perished, has returned and is seeking revenge on Batman. The villain is committing crimes involving diamonds, or "ice," in one form or another. He freezes Batman and Robin, who look like goners.

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   7.1/10(10 votes)

   #9 - Pilot

   S1:E19/12/1993

   Clark Kent becomes embroiled in a story involving Lex Luthor and a plot to sabotage a space launch.

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10. 

    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Fine Feathered Finks

    S1:E31/19/1966

    The Penguin plots to manipulate Batman into inadvertently devising capers for him.

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    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Rats Like Cheese

    S1:E82/3/1966

    Vince, a temperamental physician at a Gotham City hospital (apparently a takeoff on Ben Casey), saves Batman and Robin. The Dynamic Duo resume their pursuit of Mr. Freeze. Eventually, Batman substitutes himself for Paul Diamonte, a baseball player, Mr. Freeze has kidnapped. Robin, disobeying Batman's orders to stay away, is also captured by the villain. Now, in his headquarters, Mr. Freeze is using his climate controls so that only Batman or Robin will have access to life-giving warmth.

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12. 

    7.0/10(60 votes)

    #12 - The Cage (Original Pilot)

    S0:E110/15/1988

    "The Cage" is the first pilot episode of the Star Trek: The Original Series science fiction series. It was completed in early 1965, but not broadcast on television in its complete form until late 1988. The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler. It was rejected by NBC in February 1965, and the network ordered another pilot episode, which became "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Much original footage from "The Cage" was later incorporated into the first season two-parter, "The Menagerie".

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    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #13 - The Encounter

    S5:E315/1/1964

    A World War II veteran and a Japanese-American gardener battle each other over a war that ended more than 20 years ago.

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    6.0/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Caesar and Me

    S5:E284/10/1964

    A ventriloquist's dummy goads him into committing burglaries.

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