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The Best Episodes of Star Trek

Every episode of Star Trek ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Star Trek!

The Best Episodes of Star Trek

Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain...

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  1. 8.6/10(59 votes)

    #1 - The City on the Edge of Forever

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    S1:E28

    Kirk and Spock must travel into the past in order to correct a change that will alter history.

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  2. 8.5/10(50 votes)

    #2 - Mirror, Mirror

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    S2:E4

    A transporter mishap swaps Captain Kirk and his companions with their evil counterparts in a parallel universe. In the so-called Mirror Universe, the Enterprise is a ship of the Terran Empire, an organization as evil as the United Federation of Planets is benevolent.

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    Director:Marc Daniels
  3. 8.4/10(51 votes)

    #3 - Space Seed

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    S1:E22

    The Enterprise picks up a crew of genetic supermen from the 20th century... and their leader, Khan, plans to create a new empire.

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  4. 8.3/10(54 votes)

    #4 - Balance of Terror

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    S1:E14

    Kirk pits the Enterprise against an invisible spaceship testing the Federation's defenses.

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  5. 8.3/10(49 votes)

    #5 - Amok Time

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    S2:E1

    First Officer Spock returns to his home world for a brutal Vulcan mating ritual.

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  6. 8.3/10(48 votes)

    #6 - The Trouble With Tribbles

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    S2:E15

    The Enterprise must protect a very important shipment of grain from both Klingons and some adorable creatures called tribbles.

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  8. 8.1/10(51 votes)

    #7 - The Doomsday Machine

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    S2:E6

    The starship Enterprise and its heavily-damaged sister ship, the USS Constellation, must work together to stop an alien planet-killing machine headed for the heart of Federation territory.

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  9. 8.1/10(44 votes)

    #8 - Journey to Babel

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    S2:E10

    The Enterprise must transport dignitaries to a peace conference, with an assassin on the loose.

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  10. 8.0/10(47 votes)

    #9 - Errand of Mercy

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    S1:E26

    The Federation and the Klingon Empire teeter on the brink of war as Kirk investigates Organia, a humble planet, inhabited by pacifists, that is unwittingly caught in the middle.

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    Director:John Newland
  11. 7.9/10(44 votes)

    #10 - A Taste of Armageddon

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    S1:E23

    The Enterprise arrives at a planet to establish diplomatic relations and finds itself in the middle of a "peaceful" war that threatens to destroy the ship.

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  12. 7.9/10(49 votes)

    #11 - The Devil in the Dark

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    S1:E25

    Kirk investigates a series of grisly murders on a mining planet that are the work of a seemingly hostile alien creature.

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  13. 7.8/10(49 votes)

    #12 - The Menagerie (2)

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    S1:E12

    Spock's court-martial continues as he attempts to justify his abduction of Pike, the theft of the Enterprise, and his heading for a planet declared forbidden by Starfleet.

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  14. 7.8/10(40 votes)

    #13 - The Ultimate Computer

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    S2:E24

    A skeleton Enterprise crew are assigned to test a revolutionary computer system that is given total control of the ship.

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  15. 7.7/10(47 votes)

    #14 - The Menagerie (1)

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    S1:E11

    Spock kidnaps his former captain, the crippled Christopher Pike, and heads for a quarantined planet, putting his career and Kirk's life on the line.

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  16. 7.7/10(45 votes)

    #15 - This Side of Paradise

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    S1:E24

    The Enterprise crew try to rescue colonists from deadly radiation, but instead encounter strange alien spores that seem to offer paradise.

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  17. 7.7/10(39 votes)

    #16 - The Enterprise Incident

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    S3:E2

    The crew of the Enterprise are on a secret mission to steal a Romulan cloaking device.

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  18. 7.6/10(44 votes)

    #17 - The Changeling

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    S2:E3

    The crew of the USS Enterprise deals with an indestructible planet-destroying space probe.

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  19. 7.6/10(38 votes)

    #18 - Patterns of Force

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    S2:E21

    The crew of the Enterprise tracks down a Federation observer on a planet dominated by a "Naziesque" regime.

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  20. 7.6/10(37 votes)

    #19 - By Any Other Name

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    S2:E22

    Beings from another galaxy commandeer the Enterprise in an attempt to return home.

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  21. 7.6/10(33 votes)

    #20 - All Our Yesterdays

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    S3:E23

    Kirk, Spock and McCoy are trapped in two parts of another planet's past - a world threatened with destruction when its sun goes supernova.

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  22. 7.5/10(57 votes)

    #21 - The Corbomite Maneuver

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    S1:E10

    The Enterprise encounters a vast alien ship that threatens the Enterprise with destruction.

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    Writer:Jerry Sohl
  23. 7.5/10(37 votes)

    #22 - The Deadly Years

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    S2:E12

    Strange radiation exposes the command crew of the Enterprise to the effects of rapid aging.

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  24. 7.5/10(34 votes)

    #23 - The Immunity Syndrome

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    S2:E18

    The crew of the Enterprise encounters an energy-draining field which may be able to destroy the galaxy.

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  25. 7.4/10(47 votes)

    #24 - Tomorrow Is Yesterday

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    S1:E19

    In a freak accident the Enterprise is sent back to 20th century Earth, and must find their way back without changing history.

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  26. 7.4/10(39 votes)

    #25 - A Piece of the Action

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    S2:E17

    The Enterprise visits a planet with an Earth-like 1920s gangster culture.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The City on the Edge of Forever" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek". It scored 8.6/10 based on 59 votes. Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by D.C. Fontana, Harlan Ellison, it aired on 4/6/1967. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mirror, Mirror".