I gotta give props to Kirk here. No, TOS probably wasn't even the second best series, but Kirk-Spock-Bones had some of the best dynamics of any Star Trek characters ever. Kirk traveled through space with troutty special effects and frequently troutty writing, and had to pull everything off based on the strength of his character, really. And all things considered, he did pretty damn well.

Plus, (SPOILER)KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!