The Worst Episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

#1 Worst Episode
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6.2/10(7219 votes)
#1 - 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
6.2/10(3061 votes)
#2 - What Is Starfleet?
S3:E78/21/2025
While aiding a war-torn planet, Pike and crew face scrutiny from a probing journalist.
Director:Sharon Lewis
Writers:Kathryn Lyn, Alan B. McElroy
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Director:Sharon Lewis
Writers:Kathryn Lyn, Alan B. McElroy
6.3/10(3962 votes)
#3 - A Space Adventure Hour
S3:E47/31/2025
La'An tests a prototype holodeck with a fictional case only she can solve.
Director:Jonathan Frakes
Writers:Dana Horgan, Kathryn Lyn
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Director:Jonathan Frakes
Writers:Dana Horgan, Kathryn Lyn
6.4/10(3864 votes)
#4 - Wedding Bell Blues
S3:E27/17/2025
At a Federation celebration, an uninvited guest disrupts Spock and the crew's reflections.
Director:Jordan Canning
Writers:David Reed, Kirsten Beyer
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Director:Jordan Canning
Writers:David Reed, Kirsten Beyer
6.8/10(14370 votes)
#5 - Subspace Rhapsody
S2:E98/3/2023
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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Director:Dermott Downs
Writers:Bill Wolkoff, Dana Horgan
6.8/10(2916 votes)
#6 - Four-and-a-Half Vulcans
S3:E88/28/2025
After a mission turns crew members into Vulcans, trouble arises when they try to revert to human.
Director:Jordan Canning
Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Dana Horgan
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Director:Jordan Canning
Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Dana Horgan

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7.0/10(2844 votes)
#7 - Shuttle to Kenfori
S3:E37/24/2025
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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Director:Dan Liu
Writers:Bill Wolkoff, Onitra Johnson
7.1/10(2046 votes)
#8 - New Life and New Civilizations
S3:E109/11/2025
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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Director:Maja Vrvilo
Writers:Davy Perez, Dana Horgan
7.2/10(5669 votes)
#9 - 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
7.3/10(4706 votes)
#10 - Among the Lotus Eaters
S2:E47/6/2023
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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Director:Eduardo Sánchez
Writers:Davy Perez, Kirsten Beyer
7.3/10(4402 votes)
#11 - Lost in Translation
S2:E67/20/2023
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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Director:Dan Liu
Writers:Onitra Johnson, David Reed
7.5/10(2610 votes)
#12 - Through the Lens of Time
S3:E58/7/2025
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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Director:Andi Armaganian
Writers:Davy Perez, Onitra Johnson
7.6/10(5707 votes)
#13 - The Broken Circle
S2:E16/15/2023
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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Director:Chris Fisher
Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman
7.6/10(2405 votes)
#14 - Terrarium
S3:E99/4/2025
Stranded on a toxic moon, Ortegas must defy her deepest beliefs to survive.
Director:Andrew Coutts
Writer:Alan B. McElroy
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Director:Andrew Coutts
Writer:Alan B. McElroy
7.7/10(5691 votes)
#15 - 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
7.7/10(5223 votes)
#16 - 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
7.7/10(3316 votes)
#17 - Hegemony (2)
S3:E17/17/2025
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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Director:Chris Fisher
Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Davy Perez
8.0/10(6246 votes)
#18 - 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
8.0/10(5764 votes)
#19 - 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
8.1/10(7679 votes)
#20 - 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
8.2/10(5199 votes)
#21 - 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
8.2/10(5451 votes)
#22 - Charades
S2:E57/13/2023
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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Director:Jordan Canning
Writers:Henry Alonso Myers, Kathryn Lyn
8.2/10(5291 votes)
#23 - Under the Cloak of War
S2:E87/27/2023
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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Director:Jeffrey W. Byrd
Writer:Davy Perez
8.3/10(6207 votes)
#24 - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
S2:E36/29/2023
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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Director:Amanda Row
Writer:David Reed
8.3/10(2849 votes)
#25 - The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail
S3:E68/14/2025
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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Director:Valerie Weiss
Writers:Bill Wolkoff, David Reed