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

  1. Background image for Space Seed
    8.4/10(53 votes)

    #1 - Space Seed

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    S1:E22

    The Enterprise picks up a crew of genetic supermen from the 20th century... and their leader, Khan, plans to create a new empire.

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    Director:Marc Daniels
  2. Background image for Errand of Mercy
    8.0/10(47 votes)

    #2 - Errand of Mercy

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    S1:E26

    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.

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    Director:John Newland
  3. Background image for A Taste of Armageddon
    7.9/10(44 votes)

    #3 - A Taste of Armageddon

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    S1:E23

    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.

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  4. Background image for The Devil in the Dark
    7.9/10(49 votes)

    #4 - The Devil in the Dark

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    S1:E25

    Kirk investigates a series of grisly murders on a mining planet that are the work of a seemingly hostile alien creature.

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    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #5 - A Piece of the Action

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    S2:E17

    The Enterprise visits a planet with an Earth-like 1920s gangster culture.

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    Director:James Komack
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    7.4/10(36 votes)

    #6 - Wink of an Eye

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    S3:E11

    Invisible "time-accelerated" aliens take over the Enterprise and attempt to abduct the crew for use as "genetic stock".

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    Director:Jud Taylor
  7. Background image for Arena
    7.3/10(50 votes)

    #7 - Arena

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    S1:E18

    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.

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    7.2/10(35 votes)

    #8 - Let That Be Your Last Battlefield

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    S3:E15

    The Enterprise encounters two duo-chromatic and mutually belligerent aliens who put the ship in the middle of their old conflict.

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    Director:Jud Taylor
  9. Background image for Metamorphosis
    7.1/10(43 votes)

    #9 - Metamorphosis

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    S2:E9

    A shuttle crew from the USS Enterprise encounters a man out of history and his mysterious alien companion.

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  10. Background image for Bread and Circuses
    6.9/10(37 votes)

    #10 - Bread and Circuses

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    S2:E25

    The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of a ship's crew on a planet that is a modern version of the Roman Empire.

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  11. Background image for Spectre of the Gun
    6.8/10(38 votes)

    #11 - Spectre of the Gun

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    S3:E6

    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.

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  12. Background image for The Apple
    6.7/10(39 votes)

    #12 - The Apple

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    S2:E5

    The crew of the Enterprise visits a mysterious paradisical planet controlled by a computer that is served by the local inhabitants.

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  13. Background image for Who Mourns for Adonais?
    6.6/10(44 votes)

    #13 - Who Mourns for Adonais?

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    S2:E2

    The crew of the Enterprise are held captive by an alien who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo.

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    Director:Marc Daniels
  14. Background image for Spock's Brain
    5.9/10(37 votes)

    #14 - Spock's Brain

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    S3:E1

    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.

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    Director:Marc Daniels

Gene L. Coon Ratings Summary

"Space Seed" is the best rated episode written by Gene L. Coon. It scored 8.4/10 based on 53 votes. It was directed by Marc Daniels. It aired on 2/16/1967 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Errand of Mercy".