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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.

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  1. Background image for Yesteryear
    8.0/10(1.3k votes)

    #1 - Yesteryear

    S1:E2

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

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    Director:Unknown
  2. Background image for More Tribbles, More Troubles
    7.0/10(1.0k votes)

    #2 - More Tribbles, More Troubles

    S1:E5

    Stardate: 5392.4 Cyrano Jones introduces tribbles that cannot reproduce.

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    Director:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Slaver Weapon
    7.0/10(871 votes)

    #3 - The Slaver Weapon

    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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    Director:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Counter-Clock Incident
    7.0/10(784 votes)

    #4 - The Counter-Clock Incident

    S2:E6

    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. Background image for The Time Trap
    6.9/10(835 votes)

    #5 - The Time Trap

    S1:E12

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

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    Director:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Survivor
    6.8/10(921 votes)

    #6 - The Survivor

    S1:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Albatross
    6.8/10(777 votes)

    #7 - Albatross

    S2:E4

    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. Background image for One of Our Planets Is Missing
    6.7/10(1.0k votes)

    #8 - One of Our Planets Is Missing

    S1:E3

    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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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Terratin Incident
    6.7/10(824 votes)

    #9 - The Terratin Incident

    S1:E11

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

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    Director:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Eye of the Beholder
    6.7/10(794 votes)

    #10 - The Eye of the Beholder

    S1:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for Beyond the Farthest Star
    6.6/10(1.2k votes)

    #11 - Beyond the Farthest Star

    S1:E1

    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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    Director:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Lorelei Signal
    6.5/10(1.0k votes)

    #12 - The Lorelei Signal

    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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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Pirates of Orion
    6.5/10(792 votes)

    #13 - The Pirates of Orion

    S2:E1

    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. Background image for The Ambergris Element
    6.4/10(805 votes)

    #14 - The Ambergris Element

    S1:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Practical Joker
    6.4/10(800 votes)

    #15 - The Practical Joker

    S2:E3

    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. Background image for How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
    6.4/10(763 votes)

    #16 - How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth

    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. Background image for Mudd's Passion
    6.3/10(850 votes)

    #17 - Mudd's Passion

    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Unknown
  19. Background image for Once Upon a Planet
    6.2/10(845 votes)

    #18 - Once Upon a Planet

    S1:E9

    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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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Jihad
    6.2/10(803 votes)

    #19 - The Jihad

    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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    Director:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Infinite Vulcan
    6.1/10(901 votes)

    #20 - The Infinite Vulcan

    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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    Director:Unknown
  22. Background image for Bem
    6.1/10(790 votes)

    #21 - Bem

    S2:E2

    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. Background image for The Magicks of Megas-tu
    5.9/10(907 votes)

    #22 - The Magicks of Megas-tu

    S1:E8

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

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    Director:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Yesteryear" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek". It scored 8/10 based on 1256 votes. Directed by Unknown 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".