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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 3 Episode 26 - The Best of Both Worlds (1)
    8.8/10(68 votes)

    #1 - The Best of Both Worlds (1)

    S3:E26

    Stardate: 43989.1 An Starfleet expert on the Borg, Lt. Cmdr. Shelby, is assigned to the Enterprise to investigate the disappearance of a Federation colony. Picard is abducted by the Borg and assimilated into the Collective, which forces Riker to attempt a rescue mission.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - The Best of Both Worlds (2)
    8.6/10(57 votes)

    #2 - The Best of Both Worlds (2)

    S4:E1

    Stardate: 44001.4. Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 12 - Bad Blood
    8.5/10(51 votes)

    #3 - Bad Blood

    S5:E12

    After Mulder chases down and kills a young man who he believes to be a vampire, the agents return to DC aware of the mistake they just made. Faced with a lawsuit from the family of the man, they recount each of their sides to the story leading up to the event. In the extremely humorous stories that follow we see how Scully and Mulder both perceive each other.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 20 - Small Potatoes
    8.1/10(49 votes)

    #4 - Small Potatoes

    S4:E20

    Five babies in the same town are all born with tails and the local OB-GYN is blamed for tampering with fertilized eggs. However, Mulder discovers the culprit to be a simple man with a genetic deformity who may have the ability to alter his appearance.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 5 Episode 15 - Dark Frontier
    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #5 - Dark Frontier

    S5:E15

    Stardate: 52619.2. When Janeway hatches a daring plan to steal technology from a crippled Borg ship, Seven is coerced into returning to the Borg collective.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Red Sky at Morning
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #6 - Red Sky at Morning

    S3:E6

    Bela gets in the way yet again as Sam and Dean are investigating multiple victims who drowned even though they were nowhere near water. Sam and Dean make the creepy discovery that the victims all saw a ghost ship right before dying. They tell Bela to stay away, but she's not so willing to leave, as someone's paying her a lot to solve the same case Sam and Dean are investigating.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 26 - Redemption (1)
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #7 - Redemption (1)

    S4:E26

    Stardate: 44995.3. Worf must choose between his people and the Federation when a civil war threatens to destroy the Klingon Empire.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - First Contact
    7.6/10(47 votes)

    #8 - First Contact

    S4:E15

    Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 5 Episode 7 - Unification (1)
    7.6/10(48 votes)

    #9 - Unification (1)

    S5:E7

    Stardate: 45233.1. Ambassador Spock has disappeared and intelligence finds him on Romulus. Captain Picard is sent to Romulus to find Spock. Meanwhile Riker and the rest of the crew investigate the fragments of a Vulcan ship discovered in the wreck of a Ferengi vessel.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 24 - Tuvix
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #10 - Tuvix

    S2:E24

    Stardate: 49655.2. A transporter accident merges Tuvok and Neelix into one new being who calls himself 'Tuvix.'

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - Remember Me
    7.5/10(47 votes)

    #11 - Remember Me

    S4:E5

    Stardate: 44161.2. Dr. Crusher begins to question her sanity when members of the crew start disappearing one by one, and all evidence of their existence is erased.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 5 Episode 8 - Unification (2)
    7.5/10(46 votes)

    #12 - Unification (2)

    S5:E8

    Stardate: 45245.8. Picard and Data find Spock and discover the reason behind the secret meetings. However, a darker scheme planned by the Romulans is also uncovered in the process.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Future's End (2)
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    #13 - Future's End (2)

    S3:E9

    Stardate: 50312.5. While trying to rescue Paris and Tuvok, Torres and Chakotay are captured by a gang of weapons smugglers who believe that they are from the government.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Defiant
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #14 - Defiant

    S3:E9

    Stardate: 48467.3. The DS9 crew welcomes a visit from William Riker of the Enterprise, but the lieutenant’s hidden agenda leads to a tense standoff deep in Cardassian space.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - Conspiracy
    7.3/10(62 votes)

    #15 - Conspiracy

    S1:E24

    Stardate: 41775.5. The strange behavior of high-ranking officers leads Picard to uncover a twisted alien conspiracy within Starfleet.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 6 Episode 18 - Starship Mine
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    #16 - Starship Mine

    S6:E18

    Stardate: 46682.4. The crew evacuates the Enterprise when the ship needs to be cleaned of particles that have built up over the ship's hull. However, Picard accidentally stumbles over a terrorist group who plan on destroying the ship. He only has a short time to stop their attempts before the ship is swept by a beam of radiation to remove the particles that is lethal to all forms of life.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - Meld
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #17 - Meld

    S2:E16

    Stardate: Unknown. In order to help out Lon Suder, a psychopath who killed a crewmember, Tuvok performs a mind meld. Soon after, he begins showing violent tendencies, which develop until he loses control.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - The Ensigns of Command
    7.2/10(51 votes)

    #18 - The Ensigns of Command

    S3:E2

    Stardate: 43133.3. A human colony is forced to evacuate a planet when the original inhabitants return and threaten the colonists with annihilation if they do not leave within four days.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 5 Episode 14 - Bliss
    7.2/10(31 votes)

    #19 - Bliss

    S5:E14

    Stardate: Unknown. The Voyager crew is lured into a giant space creature that consumes starships as food, and only Seven and the Doctor may have the ability to save the ship.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 19 - Lifesigns
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    #20 - Lifesigns

    S2:E19

    Stardate: 46504.3. After receiving a Vidiian patient who is about to die from the Phage, the doctor transfers her consciousness into the ship's computer and creates a holographic body. He soon finds himself becoming deeply attracted to her.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  21. undefined Season 5 Episode 4 - Silicon Avatar
    7.0/10(44 votes)

    #21 - Silicon Avatar

    S5:E4

    Stardate: 45122.3. Picard attempts communications with the Crystalline Entity - a life form responsible for hundreds of deaths throughout the Alpha Quadrant. However, a scientist on board the Enterprise has plans of revenge over the death of her only son at the hands of the Entity.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - The Hunted
    7.0/10(45 votes)

    #22 - The Hunted

    S3:E11

    Stardate: 43489.2. A potentially new member of the Federation enlists the help of the Enterprise to track down a wanted criminal who has a reputation for his excessive violence. However, the fugitive's actions may not be of his own will.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 21 - Hollow Pursuits
    7.0/10(47 votes)

    #23 - Hollow Pursuits

    S3:E21

    Stardate: 43807.4. A nervous and insecure officer, Lt. Reginald Barclay, places the Enterprise in great danger when he neglects his duties in Engineering, and instead spends his time acting out his fantasies on the holodeck.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  24. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - The Emissary
    6.9/10(53 votes)

    #24 - The Emissary

    S2:E20

    Stardate: 42901.3. Worf is re-united with his former lover, K'Ehleyr, while the Enterprise is ordered to intercept a Klingon ship whose crew has been in stasis for a century.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:N/A

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Hide and Q
    6.8/10(58 votes)

    #25 - Hide and Q

    S1:E9

    Stardate: 41590.5. Q places the senior crew of the Enterprise in a war game that pits them against a boar-faced, Napoleonic enemy.

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    Writer:N/A

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Cliff Bole Ratings Summary

"The Best of Both Worlds (1)" is the best rated episode directed by Cliff Bole. It scored 8.8/10 based on 68 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 6/18/1990 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Best of Both Worlds (2)".