10 Greatest Star Trek Feel Good Moments

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As Captain Kirk (probably, you never know) once said, "This is gonna be hashtag totes emosh".

BY JACK KIELY
MARCH 12TH, 2023

In a future in which poverty, hunger, conflict, war, greed, money, bigotry, and discrimination have been eliminated (on Earth and in the Federation at least), all moments should theoretically be feel-good moments. Of course, no place is utopia – it's in the very etymology – but Star Trek gives us a rather optimistic ideal to strive towards, nonetheless.

Above and beyond its generally hopeful ethos, and outside of the comments that it has taken a (sometimes quite literal) dark turn of late, Trek has also offered us various unique moments of pure, unadulterated joy – from long lost sons to long lost ships, sporting triumphs, first contacts, and a good ol' wedding – that standout for having made us laugh, cry, or both at the same time, and which ultimately left us feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.

For this list, we have chosen one moment from each of the live-action Star Trek series and three from the movies. We love Prodigy, Lower Decks, and The Animated Series here at TrekCulture, and we certainly don't feel good leaving them out, but we had to start (and end) somewhere. Too many of these moments and our emotion chips would start to overload.

With those stipulations in mind, here are 10 moments from Star Trek that gave us all the feels.