Star Trek Best Episodes (Chronological)
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1.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Twilight
(2003)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
His memory crippled, Archer awakens years in the future, after the Xindi have reduced Earth to a cinder and the remnants of humanity have settled on a distant planet. Now, Archer learns that he may be the key to undoing this tragedy.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 2,146
2.
Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode:
Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2
(2019)
TV-PG | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The U.S.S. Discovery battles against Control in a fight not only for their lives but for the future, with a little help from some unexpected friends. Spock and Burnham discern vital new ... See full summary »
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman
Votes: 4,989
(Left off Pt. 1 because it's actually got a surprisingly middling rating.)
3.
Star Trek: Short Treks (2018–2020)
Episode:
Calypso
(2018)
TV-PG | 18 min | Short, Action, Adventure
After waking up in an unfamiliar sickbay, Craft finds himself on board a deserted ship, and his only companion and hope for survival is an A.I. computer interface.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi | Stars: Aldis Hodge, Annabelle Wallis, Sash Striga, Fred Astaire
Votes: 1,125
4.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022– )
Episode:
A Quality of Mercy
(2022)
PG | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the season one finale, just as Captain Pike thinks he's figured out how to escape his fate, he's visited by his future self, who shows him the consequences of his actions.
Director: Chris Fisher | Stars: Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong
Votes: 5,132
5.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Balance of Terror
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Enterprise must decide on its response when a Romulan ship makes a destructively hostile armed probe of Federation territory.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Mark Lenard, Paul Comi
Votes: 5,701
6.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
The City on the Edge of Forever
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a temporarily insane Dr. McCoy accidentally changes history and destroys his time, Kirk and Spock follow him to prevent the disaster, but the price to do so is high.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Joan Collins, DeForest Kelley
Votes: 6,582
7.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Mirror, Mirror
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A transporter accident places Captain Kirk's landing party in an alternate universe, where the Enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal empire.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, BarBara Luna
Votes: 5,146
8.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
The Trouble with Tribbles
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
To protect a space station with a vital grain shipment, Kirk must deal with Federation bureaucrats, a Klingon battle cruiser and a peddler who sells furry, purring, hungry little creatures as pets.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, William Schallert
Votes: 4,935
9.
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode:
Yesteryear
(1973)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After finding himself erased from recent history, Spock must travel back in time to save himself as a youth.
Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei
Votes: 1,130
10.
Star Trek Phase II (2004–2016)
Episode:
World Enough and Time
(2007)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During an emergency transport, Sulu returns 30 years older than when he left and with his daughter.
Director: Marc Scott Zicree | Stars: James Cawley, Jeffery Quinn, John M. Kelley, George Takei
Votes: 353
11.
Star Trek Continues (2013–2017)
Episode:
To Boldly Go: Part I
(2017)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
To solve the utmost mystery, the Enterprise must return to where Kirk's five-year mission began.
Director: James Kerwin | Stars: Vic Mignogna, Todd Haberkorn, Chuck Huber, Christopher Doohan
Votes: 306
12.
Star Trek Continues (2013–2017)
Episode:
To Boldly Go: Part II
(2017)
58 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The iconic mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise comes to an end, as Kirk and his crew battle the ultimate adversary.
Director: James Kerwin | Stars: Vic Mignogna, Todd Haberkorn, Chuck Huber, Christopher Doohan
Votes: 341
13.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1
(1990)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Responding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 5,798
14.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Best of Both Worlds: Part 2
(1990)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Having absorbed Captain Picard and his knowledge, the Borg head for Earth, leaving Riker and the Enterprise desperate for an unanticipated way to defeat them.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 5,431
15.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
The Inner Light
(1992)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Picard awakes to find himself living in a small village where he is a well-known member of the community who is suffering from a delusion of being a starship captain.
Director: Peter Lauritson | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 8,261
16.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Visitor
(1995)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Melanie, an aspiring writer, wants to know why Jake Sisko stopped writing at 40. Jake tells how his father died in an accident and then suddenly reappeared.
Director: David Livingston | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 4,308
17.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Trials and Tribble-ations
(1996)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sisko tells two men from Temporal Investigations how he and his crew went back in time to when Captain James Kirk of the first Starship Enterprise exposed a Klingon spy with the help of Tribbles.
Director: Jonathan West | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 4,135
18.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
In the Pale Moonlight
(1998)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
To save the Federation in a critical scheme, Sisko comes to realize that he must violate its fundamental principles to do so.
Director: Victor Lobl | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 4,331
19.
Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode:
Scorpion
(1997)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
About to enter Borg space, Voyager finds a threat so devastating that even the Borg cannot deal with it.
Director: David Livingston | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien
Votes: 2,567
20.
Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode:
Scorpion, Part II
(1997)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Voyager finds a solution to combat the invader of Borg space. All Captain Janeway asks is free passage through their territory and Voyager will share their knowledge.
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill
Votes: 2,546
21.
Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode:
Blink of an Eye
(2000)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Voyager becomes trapped in orbit of a planet where time passes rapidly, days within seconds, and enters the mythos of its indigenous people.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill
Votes: 3,340
22.
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024)
Episode:
Old Friends, New Planets
(2023)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Mariner finds herself held as the hoped-for ally of the disgraced Nick Locarno, now a megalomaniacal insurrectionist armed with a rebel fleet and a destructively planet-reforming Genesis device.
Director: Bob Suarez | Stars: Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero
Votes: 616
23.
Star Trek: Prodigy (2021–2024)
Episode:
Supernova, Part 1
(2022)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Surrounded by the Federation armada, the crew attempts to stop their ship from destroying all of Starfleet.
Director: Andrew L. Schmidt | Stars: Rylee Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Brett Gray, Angus Imrie
Votes: 394
24.
Star Trek: Prodigy (2021–2024)
Episode:
Supernova, Part 2
(2022)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
As the Federation hangs in the balance, the crew must make the ultimate sacrifice to save Starfleet's future.
Director: Ben Hibon | Stars: Rylee Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Brett Gray, Angus Imrie
Votes: 379
25.
Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
Episode:
The Last Generation
(2023)
TV-MA | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a desperate last stand, Jean-Luc Picard and generations of crews both old and new fight together to save the galaxy from the greatest threat they've ever faced.
Director: Terry Matalas | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers
Votes: 7,048
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