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The Best Episodes Written By David Gerrold

Every TV Episode Written by David Gerrold Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 8.3/10(48 votes)

    #1 - The Trouble With Tribbles

    S2:E15

    The Enterprise must protect a very important shipment of grain from both Klingons and some adorable creatures called tribbles.

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  2. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Cha-Ka

    S1:E1

    Will and Holly save a Pakuni ape-boy named Cha-Ka from Grumpy the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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    Director:N/A
  3. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Sleestak God

    S1:E2

    While searching the Lost City, Will and Holly are captured by lizard-men which are known as Sleestak.

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    Director:N/A
  4. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Adventures in Slime and Space

    S2:E2

    When Slimer passes through Egon's latest invention, he is broken up into thousands of tiny Slimers that coat the city in a layer of green goo. However, the Ghostbusters' solution to the problem only results in a large – and angrier – Slimer.

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    Director:N/A
  5. 7.7/10(7 votes)

    #5 - More Tribbles, More Troubles

    S1:E5

    Stardate: 5392.4 Cyrano Jones introduces tribbles that cannot reproduce.

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  6. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Levitation

    S1:E19

    A teenager enraptured with magicians goes to a flee-bitten circus to seek out one of the greater: Kharma. However, Kharma now does cheap magic for the crowds, and none of the great illusions the teenager believes him capable of. When Kharma refuses to do them, the kid heckles him until Kharma relents and uses the boy as a subject for his greatest feat of levitation. However, Kharma dies of a heart attack, and the boy simply keeps on levitating...up into the sky and out of sight.

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  7. 7.3/10(40 votes)

    #7 - I, Mudd

    S2:E8

    Captain Kirk has a second run-in with the conman, Harry Mudd. Mudd is now the supreme ruler of a planet of androids who cater to his every whim.

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  8. 7.1/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Believers

    S1:E10

    An alien couple comes to Dr. Franklin with their fatally ill son. The child could be cured by a simple operation, but the parents' religion specifically forbids it. Meanwhile, Ivanova escorts a damaged star liner through raider territory.

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  9. 7.0/10(33 votes)

    #9 - The Cloud Minders

    S3:E21

    Captain Kirk races against time to acquire plague-fighting minerals from a world in the midst of a civil uprising against a grievous social class disparity.

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    Director:Jud Taylor
  10. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Man Out of Time

    S1:E5

    Logan, Jessica and Rem encounter a time traveler from the past who is trying to discover what caused the nuclear war 200 years earlier.

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    Director:N/A
  11. 6.2/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Bem

    S2:E2

    Stardate: 7403.6 The Enterprise crew is joined by a unpredictable alien called Ari bn Bem, an independent observer from the planet Pandro.

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    Director:Bill Reed
  12. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - A Day in Beaumont / The Last Defender of Camelot

    S1:E24

    In the 1950s a flying saucer crashes on Earth. The crash is seen by a couple. They run into town, but no one believes them. "The Last Defender of Camelot" takes place in 1986 in London and, eventually, Cornwall. An extension of the story by Sir Thomas Mallory, a mid-50's man is drawn toward Cornwall with a sense of urgency. He is jumped by 3 young men, who are thrown aside like playthings. The old man forces one of the younger ones to take him to the boss. The boss is a late-30's woman, who reveals herself as Morgana. Lancelot is quested by her to see Merlin, who is asleep in a cave in Cornwall. Lancelot finds Merlin awakened. Merlin has different plans to resurrect a new king. What does the world's oldest magician have up his sleeve? Who can save mankind? Perhaps the Last Defender of Camelot?

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  13. 6.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Once and Future King / A Saucer of Loneliness

    S2:E1

    An Elvis impersonator is transported to the 1950s where he meets the real Elvis who thinks that the impersonator is his long dead brother. A quiet waitress sees a glowing UFO, which gives her a message that everyone wants to know. She refuses to reveal exactly what the message is.

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    Director:Jim McBride
  14. 5.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - New Gods for Old

    S5:E5

    Just before sliding out and escaping a small army, Mallory is shot with a laser beam and paralyzed. His only chance of walking again lies in a group of spiritual healers, but their cure could be much worse than being paralyzed.

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  15. 3.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - If the Shoes Fit...

    S1:E18

    Fast-talking politician Bo Gumbs finds himself in serious trouble when he arrives for a meeting and waits at a nearby hotel.

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David Gerrold Ratings Summary

"The Trouble With Tribbles" is the best rated episode written by David Gerrold. It scored 8.333/10 based on 48 votes. It was directed by Joseph Pevney. It aired on 12/29/1967 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Cha-Ka".