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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Discovery

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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Discovery

Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to...

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  1. Background image for What's Past is Prologue
    7.7/10(60 votes)

    #1 - What's Past is Prologue

    S1:E13

    Lorca plans to move forward with a coup against the Emperor, propelling Burnham to make a quick decision to save not only herself, but the U.S.S. Discovery.

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  2. Background image for Into the Forest I Go
    7.4/10(66 votes)

    #2 - Into the Forest I Go

    S1:E9

    Bypassing Starfleet's orders, Lorca uses the U.S.S. Discovery crew's ultimate asset, the ship itself, in an effort to end the war with the Klingons once and for all.

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  3. Background image for If Memory Serves
    7.4/10(51 votes)

    #3 - If Memory Serves

    S2:E8

    Spock and Burnham head to Talos IV, where the process of healing Spock forces the siblings to confront their troubled past. Stamets desperately tries to reconnect with Hugh, while Tyler struggles to shed the crew's suspicions of him due to his past as Voq.

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  4. Background image for Project Daedalus
    7.4/10(50 votes)

    #4 - Project Daedalus

    S2:E9

    When the Discovery crew infiltrates Section 31's headquarters, suspicions arise that the crew may have a traitor in their midst. Burnham tries to help Spock but her efforts don't go as planned.

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  5. Background image for Such Sweet Sorrow (2)
    7.4/10(51 votes)

    #5 - Such Sweet Sorrow (2)

    S2:E14

    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 connections between the red signals while Burnham faces one of life’s harshest truths: the right decisions are often the hardest to make.

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  6. Background image for Context Is for Kings
    7.3/10(73 votes)

    #6 - Context Is for Kings

    S1:E3

    Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Despite Yourself
    7.3/10(64 votes)

    #7 - Despite Yourself

    S1:E10

    While in unfamiliar territory, the U.S.S. Discovery crew is forced to get creative in their next efforts to survive opposing and unprecedented forces and return home.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Vaulting Ambition
    7.3/10(66 votes)

    #8 - Vaulting Ambition

    S1:E12

    Burnham heads to the ISS Charon with a special "gift" for the Emperor. With the help of an unexpected source, Stamets gains clarity while trapped inside the mycelial network. Saru asks for L'Rell's help.

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  10. Background image for The War Without, The War Within
    7.3/10(59 votes)

    #9 - The War Without, The War Within

    S1:E14

    Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery crew are faced with the harsh reality of the war during their absence. In order to move forward, Starfleet must use unconventional tactics and sources to take their next action against the Klingons.

    Director:David Solomon
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Wolf Inside
    7.2/10(62 votes)

    #10 - The Wolf Inside

    S1:E11

    The crew continues their guise, and Burnham is ordered on a merciless mission to end the resistance in hopes of returning home. Meanwhile, Tilly works on restoring Stamets’ neurofunction.

    Director:T.J. Scott
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  12. Background image for Brother
    7.2/10(64 votes)

    #11 - Brother

    S2:E1

    After answering a distress signal from the U.S.S. Enterprise, the U.S.S. Discovery welcomes aboard Captain Christopher Pike and begins a new mission to investigate the meaning behind seven mysterious red signals. Michael Burnham grapples with her past growing up on Vulcan with her foster parents and brother Spock.

    Director:Alex Kurtzman
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for New Eden
    7.2/10(59 votes)

    #12 - New Eden

    S2:E2

    A new signal appears, prompting Stamets' emotional return to the mycelial network and leading Burnham, Pike and Owosekun to a pre-warp planet, where they face a complex ethical dilemma. Tilly's overeagerness lands her in trouble but when the planet - and Discovery's landing party - are threatened, her curiosity may be the one thing that can save them.

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Vulcan Hello
    7.1/10(92 votes)

    #13 - The Vulcan Hello

    S1:E1

    While patrolling Federation space, the U.S.S. Shenzhou encounters an object of unknown origin, putting First Officer Michael Burnham to her greatest test yet.

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  15. Background image for Battle at the Binary Stars
    7.1/10(80 votes)

    #14 - Battle at the Binary Stars

    S1:E2

    Face to face with Klingon vessels, the U.S.S. Shenzhou prepares for the possibility of war if negotiations fail. Amidst the turmoil, Burnham looks back to her Vulcan upbringing for guidance.

    Director:Adam Kane
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Sound of Thunder
    7.1/10(50 votes)

    #15 - The Sound of Thunder

    S2:E6

    When a new signal appears over Saru's home planet, Burnham, Saru and the crew embark on a perilous mission that puts Saru in danger and raises questions about the Red Angel's intentions. Hugh struggles to come to terms with his new reality.

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  17. Background image for Choose Your Pain
    7.0/10(72 votes)

    #16 - Choose Your Pain

    S1:E5

    Lorca unexpectedly finds himself in the company of a prisoner of war, Starfleet Lieutenant Ash Tyler, and a notorious intergalactic criminal, Harry Mudd. Meanwhile, Burnham voices her concerns about the repercussions of the spore drive jumps on “Ripper.”

    Director:Lee Rose
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  18. Background image for Lethe
    7.0/10(69 votes)

    #17 - Lethe

    S1:E6

    The U.S.S. Discovery crew is intrigued by new addition, Lt. Ash Tyler. Sarek seeks Burnham's help, rekindling memories from her past. Admiral Cornwell questions Lorca's tactics.

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  19. Background image for An Obol for Charon
    7.0/10(55 votes)

    #18 - An Obol for Charon

    S2:E4

    A mysterious sphere threatens the U.S.S. Discovery even as May, in her original form, implements a plan that puts Tilly's life in danger. Saru and Burnham's bond grows when Saru is forced to acknowledge a deeply unsettling Kelpien truth. Pike receives new intel on Spock from a loyal friend.

    Director:Lee Rose
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Red Angel
    7.0/10(48 votes)

    #19 - The Red Angel

    S2:E10

    Burnham is stunned when she learns her ties to Section 31 run deeper than she ever fathomed. Armed with the identity of the Red Angel, the U.S.S. Discovery goes to work on its most critical mission to date.

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  21. Background image for Die Trying
    7.0/10(38 votes)

    #20 - Die Trying

    S3:E5

    After reuniting with what remains of Starfleet and the Federation, the U.S.S. Discovery and its crew must prove that a 930 year old crew and starship are exactly what this new future needs.

    Director:Maja Vrvilo
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry
    6.9/10(71 votes)

    #21 - The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry

    S1:E4

    With tensions and stakes high as Starfleet continues in their efforts to end the war with Klingons, Burnham begins to settle in to her new position aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.

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  23. Background image for Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad
    6.9/10(72 votes)

    #22 - Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

    S1:E7

    As the U.S.S. Discovery crew attempts to let loose at a party, an unwelcome visitor comes aboard bringing about a problematic and twisted sequence of events.

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  24. Background image for Perpetual Infinity
    6.9/10(49 votes)

    #23 - Perpetual Infinity

    S2:E11

    Burnham receives the reunion she's been longing for, but it doesn't go quite as she imagined. Georgiou and Tyler sense a disturbing change in Leland.

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  25. Background image for Scavengers
    6.9/10(36 votes)

    #24 - Scavengers

    S3:E6

    After receiving a message from Book, Burnham and Georgiou embark on a rogue mission to find him, leaving Saru to pick up the pieces with Admiral Vance. Meanwhile, Stamets forms an unexpected bond with Adira.

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  26. Background image for Will You Take My Hand?
    6.8/10(60 votes)

    #25 - Will You Take My Hand?

    S1:E15

    With Georgiou at the helm of the plan to end the Klingon war once and for all, the U.S.S. Discovery crew struggles to fathom and tolerate her hostile tactics. Memories of past hardships are rekindled within Burnham.

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Best Episodes Summary

"What's Past is Prologue" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Discovery". It scored 7.7/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Ted Sullivan, it aired on 1/28/2018. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Into the Forest I Go".