TrekRanks 230: Top 5 Episodes that Would Hurt Most to Only Watch One More Time

TrekRanks 230: Top 5 Episodes that Would Hurt Most to Only Watch One More Time

April 24, 2026 · 1h 43m · Episode 230

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The episode discusses the top 5 Star Trek episodes that would be painful to watch only once more.

This one is kind of hard to explain, so not sure we are going to even try. But it's episode 230 of TrekRanks – the "Top 5 Episodes that Would Hurt Most to Only Watch One More Time." With a title that long and that confusing, our expert panel of host Jim Moorhouse and guests Charlynn Schmiedt and Craig Main are bound to come up with a bunch of unique Prime Directives (and they do!), but in the end the conversation is lively and fun and stays (mostly) focused on all the things we love about Star Trek! Let's call this one an outlier! Episode Rundown: Diagnostic Cycle : Where host Jim Moorhouse tries to explain exactly what he means by "Episodes that Would Hurt Most to Only Watch One More Time," but apparently fails miserably. (It's kind of a bizarro world "Desert Island Disc," if that helps at all.) Prime Directive: Each guest on this week's panel reveals exactly how they narrowed down their list and made their final choices. The Order of Things: All the picks are revealed with the TrekRanks' original "Five words and a hashtag" summary. Secondary Systems: For a few extra picks that just missed our final list. Regeneration Cycle: The panel recaps their picks and we dissect some of…

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Host: Jim Moorhouse

Guests: Charlynn Schmiedt, Craig Main

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