Which Star Trek series do you like best and why? Who is your favorite commander? — Page 2

TOS for certain.  My reasons are specific:

First, most TOS episodes presented a moral dilemma where the "right" thing to do is not at all clear.  Part of the episode is trying to discern right from wrong.  In some cases, that's not even clear at the end of the episode.  Building each episode around a tricky moral dilemma, to me is what made it a highly intelligent series and deeply thoughtful writing.  How many times did we see Kirk not so much struggling to win, but agonizing over what is the "right" thing to do!  By contrast, most of the episodes in the "modern" series (and the TOS movies for that matter) were built around simply defeating enemies or solving problems.

Second, no ST character has yet come remotely close to Nimoy's Spock.  One never tires of watching Nimoy in that role.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

...most TOS episodes presented a moral dilemma where the "right" thing to do is not at all clear... By contrast, most of the episodes in the "modern" series (and the TOS movies for that matter) were built around simply defeating enemies or solving problems.

Well then, do you think DS9 is closer to the first point or the second point?