While some of the most popular Star Trek episodes happened in a courtroom, Deep Space Nine was especially skilled at bringing the thrill of legal drama into space and keeping fans engaged. The franchise first realized it was sitting on a goldmine of storytelling in the first season of The Original Series. First Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) went on trial after going rogue and stealing the Enterprise in Season 1, episodes 1 and 2, “The Glass Menagerie.” Fans were thrilled to see the unusually defiant Vulcan go against Starfleet protocol. But (plot twist) the court scenes turned out to be an elaborate ploy set up by the big-brained Talosians from the original pilot episode.
Star Trek: Court Case Episodes in Deep Space Nine, Explained
