1) Balance of Terror
Much of this list covers the human side of Kirk’s adventures, but “Balance of Terror,” frequently consideredone of the greatest episodes of Star Trek ever made, is absolutely about that and Kirk’s acumen as a captain. Facing off against an equally skillful Romulan Commander, poking at the Enterprise with his cloaked vessel in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, “Balance” triumphs not just on its tense battle of wills and martial skill—but because Kirk never considers his rival in the Romulan navy to simply be an enemy to be discounted, but an honorable adversary worthy of being treated with respect in conflict, right until the very end.
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