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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 10 - A Quality of Mercy
    9.1/10(6155 votes)

    #1 - A Quality of Mercy

    S1:E10

    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
    Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman

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  2. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 7 - Those Old Scientists
    8.9/10(9496 votes)

    #2 - Those Old Scientists

    S2:E7

    An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensign Brad Boimler through time from the twenty-fourth century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get him back where he belongs before he can somehow alter the timeline.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writers:Bill Wolkoff, Kathryn Lyn

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  3. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 10 - Hegemony (1)
    8.6/10(4259 votes)

    #3 - Hegemony (1)

    S2:E10

    When the U.S.S. Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and his crew face the return of a formidable enemy.

    Director:Maja Vrvilo
    Writer:Henry Alonso Myers

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  4. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 2 - Ad Astra per Aspera
    8.5/10(6846 votes)

    #4 - Ad Astra per Aspera

    S2:E2

    Commander Una faces court-martial along with possible imprisonment and dishonorable dismissal from Starfleet, and her defense is in the hands of a lawyer who’s also a childhood friend with whom she had a terrible falling out.

    Director:Valerie Weiss
    Writer:Dana Horgan

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  5. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 4 - Memento Mori
    8.4/10(5763 votes)

    #5 - Memento Mori

    S1:E4

    While on a routine supply mission to a colony planet, the U.S.S. Enterprise comes under an attack from an unknown malevolent force. Pike brings all his heart and experience to bear in facing the crisis, but the security officer warns him that the enemy cannot be dealt with by conventional Starfleet means.

    Director:Dan Liu
    Writers:Davy Perez, Beau DeMayo

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  6. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 3 - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
    8.3/10(6207 votes)

    #6 - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

    S2:E3

    La'an travels back in time to twenty-first-century Earth to prevent an attack which will alter humanity’s future history—and bring her face to face with her own contentious legacy.

    Director:Amanda Row
    Writer:David Reed

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  7. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 6 - The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail
    8.3/10(2849 votes)

    #7 - The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail

    S3:E6

    Kirk's first day as captain turns disastrous when a Scavenger Ship seizes the Enterprise.

    Director:Valerie Weiss
    Writers:Bill Wolkoff, David Reed

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  8. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 9 - All Those Who Wander
    8.2/10(5199 votes)

    #8 - All Those Who Wander

    S1:E9

    The U.S.S. Enterprise crew comes face-to-face with their demons – and scary monsters too – when their landing party is stranded on a barren planet with a ravenous enemy.

    Director:Christopher J. Byrne
    Writer:Davy Perez

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  9. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 5 - Charades
    8.2/10(5451 votes)

    #9 - Charades

    S2:E5

    A shuttle accident leads to Spock's Vulcan DNA being removed by aliens, making him fully human and completely unprepared to face T'Pring's family during an important ceremonial dinner.

    Director:Jordan Canning
    Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Kathryn Lyn

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  10. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 8 - Under the Cloak of War
    8.2/10(5291 votes)

    #10 - Under the Cloak of War

    S2:E8

    Captain Pike and his crew welcome a Klingon defector aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, but his presence triggers the revelation of some shocking secrets.

    Director:Jeffrey W. Byrd
    Writer:Davy Perez

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  11. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 1 - Strange New Worlds
    8.1/10(7679 votes)

    #11 - Strange New Worlds

    S1:E1

    When one of Pike’s officers goes missing while on a secret mission for Starfleet, Pike has to come out of self-imposed exile. He must navigate how to rescue his officer, while struggling with what to do with the vision of the future he’s been given.

    Director:Akiva Goldsman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 2 - Children of the Comet
    8.0/10(6246 votes)

    #12 - Children of the Comet

    S1:E2

    While on a survey mission, the U.S.S. Enterprise discovers a comet is going to strike an inhabited planet. They try to re-route the comet, only to find that an ancient alien relic buried on the comet’s icy surface is somehow stopping them. As the away team try to unlock the relic’s secrets, Pike and Number One deal with a group of zealots who want to prevent the U.S.S. Enterprise from interfering.

    Director:Maja Vrvilo
    Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Sarah Tarkoff

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  13. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 5 - Spock Amok
    8.0/10(5764 votes)

    #13 - Spock Amok

    S1:E5

    It’s a comedy of manners when Spock has a personal visit in the middle of Spock and Captain Pike’s crucial negotiations with an unusual alien species.

    Director:Rachel Leiterman
    Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Robin Wasserman

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  14. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 3 - Ghosts of Illyria
    7.7/10(5691 votes)

    #14 - Ghosts of Illyria

    S1:E3

    The U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a contagion that ravages the ship. One by one, the entire crew is incapacitated except for Number One, Una Chin-Riley, who must now confront a secret she’s been hiding as she races to find a cure.

    Director:Leslie Hope
    Writers:Akela Cooper, Bill Wolkoff

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  15. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 6 - Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
    7.7/10(5223 votes)

    #15 - Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach

    S1:E6

    A threat to an idyllic planet reunites Captain Pike with the lost love of his life. To protect her and a scientific holy child from a conspiracy, Pike offers his help and is forced to face unresolved feelings of his past.

    Director:Andi Armaganian
    Writers:Bill Wolkoff, Robin Wasserman

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  16. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 1 - Hegemony (2)
    7.7/10(3316 votes)

    #16 - Hegemony (2)

    S3:E1

    Pike leads a risky rescue behind enemy lines as the landing party flees a deadly enemy.

    Director:Chris Fisher
    Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Davy Perez

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  17. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 1 - The Broken Circle
    7.6/10(5707 votes)

    #17 - The Broken Circle

    S2:E1

    A distress call from Lt. Noonien-Singh compels Spock to disobey orders and take the U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew into disputed space, risking renewed hostilities with the Klingons in a bid to aid their shipmate.

    Director:Chris Fisher
    Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman

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  18. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 9 - Terrarium
    7.6/10(2405 votes)

    #18 - Terrarium

    S3:E9

    Stranded on a toxic moon, Ortegas must defy her deepest beliefs to survive.

    Director:Andrew Coutts
    Writer:Alan B. McElroy

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  19. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 5 - Through the Lens of Time
    7.5/10(2610 votes)

    #19 - Through the Lens of Time

    S3:E5

    Chapel and Korby's quest leads the Enterprise to ancient ruins hiding a dark secret.

    Director:Andi Armaganian
    Writers:Davy Perez, Onitra Johnson

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  20. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 4 - Among the Lotus Eaters
    7.3/10(4706 votes)

    #20 - Among the Lotus Eaters

    S2:E4

    Returning to a planet that dredges up tragic memories, Captain Pike and his landing party find themselves forgetting everything, including their own identities as he confronts a ghost from his past.

    Director:Eduardo Sánchez
    Writers:Davy Perez, Kirsten Beyer

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  21. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 6 - Lost in Translation
    7.3/10(4402 votes)

    #21 - Lost in Translation

    S2:E6

    Uhura seems to be the only one who can hear a strange sound. When the noise triggers terrifying hallucinations, she enlists an unlikely assistant to help her track down the source.

    Director:Dan Liu
    Writers:Onitra Johnson, David Reed

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  22. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 7 - The Serene Squall
    7.2/10(5669 votes)

    #22 - The Serene Squall

    S1:E7

    While on a dangerous humanitarian mission, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise stumbles into a harrowing game of leverage with the quadrant’s deadliest space pirate.

    Director:Sydney Freeland
    Writers:Sarah Tarkoff, Beau DeMayo

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  23. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 10 - New Life and New Civilizations
    7.1/10(2046 votes)

    #23 - New Life and New Civilizations

    S3:E10

    When an ancient evil resurfaces, Pike faces a life-altering choice to stop it.

    Director:Maja Vrvilo
    Writers:Davy Perez, Dana Horgan

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  24. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 3 - Shuttle to Kenfori
    7.0/10(2844 votes)

    #24 - Shuttle to Kenfori

    S3:E3

    Pike and M'Benga enter Klingon space for Batel's cure as M'Benga's past returns on a deadly world.

    Director:Dan Liu
    Writers:Bill Wolkoff, Onitra Johnson

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  25. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 9 - Subspace Rhapsody
    6.8/10(14370 votes)

    #25 - Subspace Rhapsody

    S2:E9

    An accident with an experimental quantum probability field causes everyone on the U.S.S. Enterprise to break uncontrollably into song, but the real danger is that the field is expanding and beginning to impact other ships—allies and enemies alike.

    Director:Dermott Downs
    Writers:Bill Wolkoff, Dana Horgan

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Quality of Mercy" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds". It scored 9.1/10 based on 6155 votes. Directed by Chris Fisher and written by Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman, it aired on 7/7/2022. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Those Old Scientists".