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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 5 Episode 15 - By Inferno's Light (2)
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #1 - By Inferno's Light (2)

    S5:E15

    Stardate: 50564.2. The station readies for a Dominion attack. Worf and Garak meet some unexpected friends in a Dominion Prison camp.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 6 Episode 11 - Chain of Command (2)
    8.1/10(51 votes)

    #2 - Chain of Command (2)

    S6:E11

    Stardate: 46360.8. Picard is captured and tortured by the Cardassians, while Riker tries to prevent a Federation attack on Cardassia.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 4 Episode 25 - Broken Link
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Broken Link

    S4:E25

    Stardate: 49962.4. Odo is suddenly struck by illness. He is barely able to hold shape. Bashir and Odo see no other alternative then going to the Founders. Garak wants to come along.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 6 Episode 15 - Tapestry
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #4 - Tapestry

    S6:E15

    Stardate: Unknown. A mortally wounded Picard is forced into re-living a time of his life when he was back in Starfleet Academy, with the intervention of Q.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - Drone
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #5 - Drone

    S5:E2

    Stardate: Unknown. A transporter accident merges some of Seven of Nine's nanoprobes with The Doctor's mobile emitter to create a 29th century Borg drone.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 3 Episode 13 - Déjà Q
    7.9/10(54 votes)

    #6 - Déjà Q

    S3:E13

    Stardate: 43539.1. A Calamarian starts attacking the Enterprise while seeking revenge on a powerless Q.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - The House of Quark
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #7 - The House of Quark

    S3:E3

    Stardate: Unknown. Quark tries to boost his reputation by taking credit for the accidental death of a Klingon in his bar, but lands himself in the middle of a Klingon political struggle.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 14 - Clues
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    #8 - Clues

    S4:E14

    Stardate: 44502.7. Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 5 Episode 14 - Conundrum
    7.7/10(50 votes)

    #9 - Conundrum

    S5:E14

    Stardate: 45494.2. The Enterprise crew unknowingly receives a new first officer who claims that the Federation is at war with another species.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 5 - Second Skin
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #10 - Second Skin

    S3:E5

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira finds herself on Cardassia as a Cardassian. She is told she is called Iliana Ghemor and was a Cardassian spy.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 5 Episode 26 - Time's Arrow (1)
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #11 - Time's Arrow (1)

    S5:E26

    Stardate: 45959.1. Data's head is uncovered in an archaeological dig on Earth, where evidence is also found that aliens may have been on Earth as early as the 19th Century. Using modified technology, an away team follows Data into the late 1890s to investigate.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - Investigations
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Investigations

    S2:E20

    Stardate: 49485.2. After weeks of erratic behavior, Tom Paris leaves Voyager and joins a Talaxian convoy.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 5 Episode 7 - Unification (1)
    7.6/10(51 votes)

    #13 - 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:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 17 - Sins of the Father
    7.6/10(51 votes)

    #14 - Sins of the Father

    S3:E17

    Stardate: 43685.2. Worf is reunited with his long-lost brother when their father is charged with treason for helping the Romulans. Together they make an appeal to the Klingon High Council to challenge the charges, and have them revoked.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 14 - Whispers
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #15 - Whispers

    S2:E14

    Stardate: 47581.2. Chief O'Brien's world is turned upside down when for no reason whatsoever he is being ignored by his family and friends and is being closed out of every essential job on the station.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 7 Episode 3 - Afterimage
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #16 - Afterimage

    S7:E3

    Stardate: Unknown. Ezri Dax finds difficulty in trying to settle into a new life, as Jadzia's memories and relationships provide her with one emotional challenge after another.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 5 Episode 3 - Ensign Ro
    7.4/10(46 votes)

    #17 - Ensign Ro

    S5:E3

    Stardate: 45076.3. Picard exposes a planned genocidal attack on the Bajorans with the help of a new officer, Ensign Ro Laren.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 3 Episode 23 - Sarek
    7.4/10(46 votes)

    #18 - Sarek

    S3:E23

    Stardate: 43917.4. Spock's Vulcan father, Sarek, boards the Enterprise to negotiate political relations with the Legaran. However, Sarek has contract Bendii syndrome, which causes a Vulcan to gradually lose control, and become overpowered with emotions.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - Future Imperfect
    7.4/10(49 votes)

    #19 - Future Imperfect

    S4:E8

    Stardate: 44286.5. Riker awakens one morning to discover he is suddenly 16 years in the future as the captain of the Enterprise, and negotiating a peace treaty with the Romulans with no recollection of how he arrived at that point in time, or of any recent events.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Time's Arrow (2)
    7.4/10(48 votes)

    #20 - Time's Arrow (2)

    S6:E1

    Stardate: 46001.3. The away team's investigations are hampered by a nosy Samuel Clemens. Picard discovers that he originally met Guinan in the 1890s on Earth.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  21. undefined Season 5 Episode 10 - Counterpoint
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    #21 - Counterpoint

    S5:E10

    Stardate: Unknown. When trying to transport illegal refugees through the territory of a xenophobic civilization, Janeway must put her trust in a defector who offers his help.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  22. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - Black as Cole
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Black as Cole

    S4:E8

    Cole must face his true demonic nature when he is faced with another demon who is mistaken as the murderer of local witches who belong to the same coven. Meanwhile, Cole proposes to Phoebe, and Piper and Leo consider their future involving children.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - The Survivors
    7.3/10(54 votes)

    #23 - The Survivors

    S3:E3

    Stardate: 43152.4. The Enterprise discovers a planet that has had all life eradicated, except for two mysterious residents and their home, which has been left in perfect condition.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  24. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - Family
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    #24 - Family

    S4:E2

    Stardate 44012.3. Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of his crewmates.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Prime Factors
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    #25 - Prime Factors

    S1:E9

    Stardate: 48642.5. The Voyager crew are offered luxurious shore leave by the advanced and gregarious Sikarians, who have a device that could send Voyager 40,000 light years closer to home. However, Sikarian law strictly prohibits sharing their technology with others.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:N/A

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Les Landau Ratings Summary

"By Inferno's Light (2)" is the best rated episode directed by Les Landau. It scored 8.207/10 based on 29 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/17/1997 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Chain of Command (2)".