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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

The animated adventures of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the Starship Enterprise.
  1. 8.0/10(1.2k votes)

    #1 - Yesteryear

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    Stardate: 5373.4 Spock travels back in time to prevent his death as a young Vulcan.

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  2. 7.0/10(1.0k votes)

    #2 - More Tribbles, More Troubles

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    S1:E5

    Stardate: 5392.4 Cyrano Jones introduces tribbles that cannot reproduce.

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  3. 7.0/10(858 votes)

    #3 - The Slaver Weapon

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    S1:E14

    Stardate: 4187.3 Spock, Sulu, and Uhura discover a time capsule from an ancient and technologically advanced race. However, it draws some unwanted attention.

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  4. 7.0/10(773 votes)

    #4 - The Counter-Clock Incident

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    Stardate: 6770.3 With Commodore Robert April (the first commander of the Enterprise) on board, Kirk pursues a ship plunging into a supernova, and enters a universe where time runs backwards.

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    Director:Bill Reed
  5. 6.9/10(823 votes)

    #5 - The Time Trap

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    Stardate: 5267.6 The Enterprise crew must work with Klingons to escape from a pocket universe.

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  6. 6.8/10(908 votes)

    #6 - The Survivor

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    Stardate: 5143.3 The Enterprise finds a long-lost explorer.

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  8. 6.8/10(766 votes)

    #7 - Albatross

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    Stardate: 5275.6 Dr. McCoy is arrested and held responsible for causing a plague that ravaged the planet Dramia II, where he performed a mass-innoculation 19 years earlier.

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    Director:Bill Reed
  9. 6.7/10(990 votes)

    #8 - One of Our Planets Is Missing

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    Stardate: 5371.3 The crew of the Enterprise races to find a way to stop a cloud from destroying inhabited planets.

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  10. 6.7/10(781 votes)

    #9 - The Eye of the Beholder

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    S1:E15

    Stardate: 5501.2 Telepathic aliens put Kirk, Spock and McCoy in a zoo.

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  11. 6.6/10(1.2k votes)

    #10 - Beyond the Farthest Star

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    Stardate: 5521.3 In orbit around a dead star, the Enterprise comes across a huge starship inhabited by a parasitic life form that threatens the entire ship.

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  12. 6.6/10(812 votes)

    #11 - The Terratin Incident

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    S1:E11

    Stardate: 5577.3 The Enterprise crew begins to shrink after radiation exposure.

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  13. 6.5/10(989 votes)

    #12 - The Lorelei Signal

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    S1:E4

    Stardate: 5483.7 Female crew members must take over the Enterprise when the men are incapacitated by a race of sirens.

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  14. 6.5/10(781 votes)

    #13 - The Pirates of Orion

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    Stardate: 6334.1 With Spock stricken down by a fatal disease, the Enterprise must track down the drug that can cure him before it is too late.

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  15. 6.4/10(791 votes)

    #14 - The Ambergris Element

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    S1:E13

    Stardate: 5499.9 While exploring the planet Argo, Kirk and Spock are turned into water breathers.

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  16. 6.4/10(789 votes)

    #15 - The Practical Joker

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    Stardate: 3183.3 The computer of the Enterprise gains partial sentience and starts playing practical jokes on the crew.

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    Director:Bill Reed
  17. 6.4/10(750 votes)

    #16 - How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth

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    S2:E5

    Stardate: 6063.4 The Enterprise runs into a being that once visited Earth and influenced the Mayan culture.

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  18. 6.3/10(839 votes)

    #17 - Mudd's Passion

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    S1:E10

    Stardate: 4978.5 Space con artist Harry Mudd returns, selling a fake love potion.

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  19. 6.2/10(831 votes)

    #18 - Once Upon a Planet

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    Stardate: 5591.2 Kirk returns to the "shore leave" planet, but it's not as peaceful as it was when they last saw it.

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  20. 6.2/10(791 votes)

    #19 - The Jihad

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    S1:E16

    Stardate: 5683.1 Kirk and Spock are recruited for a heist to recover a stolen relic, which if not recovered could spark an galactic jihad.

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  21. 6.1/10(889 votes)

    #20 - The Infinite Vulcan

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    S1:E7

    Stardate: 5554.4 A race of plant people, and their master, have a plan to force peace onto the galaxy.

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  22. 6.1/10(778 votes)

    #21 - Bem

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    Stardate: 7403.6 The Enterprise crew is joined by a unpredictable alien called Ari bn Bem, an independent observer from the planet Pandro.

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    Director:Bill Reed
  23. 5.9/10(895 votes)

    #22 - The Magicks of Megas-tu

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    S1:E8

    Stardate: 1254.4 At the center of the galaxy, the Enterprise discovers a race of powerful aliens.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Yesteryear" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek". It scored 8/10 based on 1240 votes. Directed by Hal Sutherland and written by D.C. Fontana, it aired on 9/15/1973. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "More Tribbles, More Troubles".