The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(7679 votes)

   #1 - Strange New Worlds

   S1:E15/5/2022

   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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   Director:Akiva Goldsman

   Writer:Unknown
2. 

   8.0/10(6246 votes)

   #2 - Children of the Comet

   S1:E25/12/2022

   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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   Director:Maja Vrvilo

   Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Sarah Tarkoff
3. 

   7.7/10(5691 votes)

   #3 - Ghosts of Illyria

   S1:E35/19/2022

   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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   Director:Leslie Hope

   Writers:Akela Cooper, Bill Wolkoff
4. 

   8.4/10(5763 votes)

   #4 - Memento Mori

   S1:E45/26/2022

   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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   Director:Dan Liu

   Writers:Davy Perez, Beau DeMayo
5. 

   8.0/10(5764 votes)

   #5 - Spock Amok

   S1:E56/2/2022

   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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   Director:Rachel Leiterman

   Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Robin Wasserman
6. 

   7.7/10(5223 votes)

   #6 - Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach

   S1:E66/9/2022

   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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   Director:Andi Armaganian

   Writers:Bill Wolkoff, Robin Wasserman
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7. 

   7.2/10(5669 votes)

   #7 - The Serene Squall

   S1:E76/16/2022

   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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   Director:Sydney Freeland

   Writers:Sarah Tarkoff, Beau DeMayo
8. 

   6.2/10(7219 votes)

   #8 - The Elysian Kingdom

   S1:E86/23/2022

   The U.S.S. Enterprise becomes stuck in a nebula that is home to an alien consciousness that traps the crew in a fairy tale.

   Director:Amanda Row

   Writers:Akela Cooper, Onitra Johnson

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   Director:Amanda Row

   Writers:Akela Cooper, Onitra Johnson
9. 

   8.2/10(5199 votes)

   #9 - All Those Who Wander

   S1:E96/30/2022

   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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   Director:Christopher J. Byrne

   Writer:Davy Perez
10. 

    9.1/10(6155 votes)

    #10 - A Quality of Mercy

    S1:E107/7/2022

    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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    Director:Chris Fisher

    Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman