8.4/10 43 votes#1 - Space Seed
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/16/1967
The Enterprise picks up a crew of genetic supermen from the 20th century... and their leader, Khan, plans to create a new empire.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Gene L. Coon
7.9/10 40 votes#2 - Errand of Mercy
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/23/1967
The Federation and the Klingon Empire teeter on the brink of war as Kirk investigates Organia, a humble planet, inhabited by pacifists, that is unwittingly caught in the middle.
Director: John Newland
Writer: Gene L. Coon
7.8/10 38 votes#3 - A Taste of Armageddon
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/23/1967
The Enterprise arrives at a planet to establish diplomatic relations and finds itself in the middle of a "peaceful" war that threatens to destroy the ship.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Gene L. Coon
7.8/10 42 votes#4 - The Devil in the Dark
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/9/1967
Kirk investigates a series of grisly murders on a mining planet that are the work of a seemingly hostile alien creature.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Gene L. Coon
7.3/10 43 votes#5 - Arena
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1967
When a mysterious alien race destroy an Earth colony, the Enterprise pursues, but Kirk and the alien captain are forced to fight each other by powerful aliens.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Gene L. Coon
7.3/10 31 votes#6 - A Piece of the Action
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1968
The Enterprise visits a planet with an Earth-like 1920s gangster culture.
Director: James Komack
Writer: Gene L. Coon
7.3/10 33 votes#7 - Wink of an Eye
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1968
Invisible "time-accelerated" aliens take over the Enterprise and attempt to abduct the crew for use as "genetic stock".
Director: Jud Taylor
Writer: Gene L. Coon
7.0/10 31 votes#8 - Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1969
The Enterprise encounters two duo-chromatic and mutually belligerent aliens who put the ship in the middle of their old conflict.
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Writer: Gene L. Coon
6.9/10 37 votes#9 - Metamorphosis
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1967
A shuttle crew from the USS Enterprise encounters a man out of history and his mysterious alien companion.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writer: Gene L. Coon
6.7/10 31 votes#10 - Bread and Circuses
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/15/1968
The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of a ship's crew on a planet that is a modern version of the Roman Empire.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writer: Gene L. Coon
6.7/10 34 votes#11 - Spectre of the Gun
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1968
Having been found trespassers into Melkotian space, Captain Kirk and his companions are sent to die in a re-enactment of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Gene L. Coon
6.6/10 34 votes#12 - The Apple
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1967
The crew of the Enterprise visits a mysterious paradisical planet controlled by a computer that is served by the local inhabitants.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Gene L. Coon
6.4/10 39 votes#13 - Who Mourns for Adonais?
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1967
The crew of the Enterprise are held captive by an alien who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Gene L. Coon
5.8/10 33 votes#14 - Spock's Brain
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1968
An alien female beams aboard the ship and, after incapacitating the rest of the crew, surgically removes Spock's brain. Kirk and the crew have just hours to locate and replace it before Spock's body dies.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Gene L. Coon
The Best Episodes Written By Gene L. coon
Every TV Episode Written by Gene L. coon Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Gene L. Coon Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Gene L. Coon is "Space Seed", rated 8.4/10 from 43 user votes. It was "directed by Marc Daniels". "Space Seed" aired on 2/16/1967 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Errand of Mercy".