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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1

Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

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  1. Background image for Encounter at Farpoint
    6.9/10(7.9k votes)

    #1 - Encounter at Farpoint

    S1:E1

    Stardate: 41153.7. The new commander of the recently built U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC1701-D), Captain Jean-Luc Picard takes the crew on their first mission to discover the secret of Farpoint Station. During their journey, they encounter an omnipotent being known as Q. Q accuses humanity of barbarism, and places humanity on trial. Jean-Luc must prove otherwise or the human race will be annihilated.

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    6.5/10(5.1k votes)

    #2 - The Naked Now

    S1:E2

    Stardate: 41209.2. The crew of the Enterprise are infected with a virus contracted by the away team while they were investigating the mysterious deaths of the entire crew of the Starship Tsilkovsky.

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  3. Background image for Code of Honor
    5.1/10(5.0k votes)

    #3 - Code of Honor

    S1:E3

    Stardate: 41235.25. Tasha Yar must fight for her life and a vaccine to save a race of people when she is kidnapped and forced to battle with her abductor's wife.

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    6.3/10(4.6k votes)

    #4 - The Last Outpost

    S1:E4

    Stardate: 41386.4. A powerful entity disables the Enterprise and a Ferengi ship. Their only means of escape is if they can correctly answer the riddles he asks.

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    7.5/10(5.0k votes)

    #5 - Where No One Has Gone Before

    S1:E5

    Stardate: 41263.1. The Enterprise is flung across space into a distant galaxy billions of light years away when a propulsion engineer and his mysterious companion, attempt to re-design the ship's engine systems.

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  6. Background image for Lonely Among Us
    6.3/10(4.2k votes)

    #6 - Lonely Among Us

    S1:E6

    Stardate: 41249.3. Picard's mind is taken over by an energy field that the Enterprise passes through.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
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    6.0/10(4.5k votes)

    #7 - Justice

    S1:E7

    Stardate: 41255.6. Picard is forced to choose between friendship and the Prime Directive when Wesley Crusher is sentenced to death for accidentally breaking the law on Rubicon III.

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    6.8/10(4.2k votes)

    #8 - The Battle

    S1:E8

    Stardate: 41723.9. The Ferengi hand over an old ship which Picard once captained, the U.S.S. Stargazer. The Ferengi have installed a mind altering device that alters Picard's mind to make him think that he is reliving a past battle, and the target is the Enterprise.

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    Director:Rob Bowman
  10. Background image for Hide and Q
    6.9/10(4.4k votes)

    #9 - Hide and Q

    S1:E9

    Stardate: 41590.5. Q places the senior crew of the Enterprise in a war game that pits them against a boar-faced, Napoleonic enemy.

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    6.2/10(4.1k votes)

    #10 - Haven

    S1:E10

    Stardate: 41294.6. The mother of Deanna Troi, Lwaxana, pays a surprise visit to the Enterprise and announces the prearranged marriage of Deanna to the son of her mother's late husband's best friend.

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    7.2/10(4.4k votes)

    #11 - The Big Goodbye

    S1:E11

    Stardate: 41997.7. Picard, Dr. Crusher and Data are placed in great danger when the holodeck malfunctions while they are running a Dixon Hill program, which pits them against 1940's mobsters.

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    7.6/10(4.6k votes)

    #12 - Datalore

    S1:E12

    Stardate: 41242.4. While exploring his homeworld, the crew of the Enterprise find android parts that are identical to Data's. When assembled, an 'evil' twin of Data named Lore is revived.

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    Director:Rob Bowman
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Angel One
    5.7/10(4.2k votes)

    #13 - Angel One

    S1:E13

    Stardate: 41636.9. The Enterprise discovers the male crew of a crashed Federation freighter are hiding as fugitives on the planet Angel One, which is dominated and ruled by women.

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    7.4/10(4.5k votes)

    #14 - 11001001

    S1:E14

    Stardate: 41365.9. While undergoing repairs, the Bynar Engineers steal the Enterprise to save their planet from destruction.

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    6.1/10(4.0k votes)

    #15 - Too Short a Season

    S1:E15

    Stardate: 41309.5. The aging and terminally ill Starfleet Admiral Mark Jameson, who is negotiating the release of hostages, suddenly begins growing younger through an unexplained phenomenon.

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    6.4/10(3.9k votes)

    #16 - When the Bough Breaks

    S1:E16

    Stardate: 41509.1. The children of the Enterprise, including Wesley Crusher, are abducted by a race of sterile people who are unable to have children of their own.

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    6.8/10(3.9k votes)

    #17 - Home Soil

    S1:E17

    Stardate: 41463.9. The members of an away team investigating the death of an engineer encounter vengeful microscopic life forms.

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  19. Background image for Coming of Age
    7.1/10(4.0k votes)

    #18 - Coming of Age

    S1:E18

    Stardate: 41416.2. While Wesley takes the entrance exam to Starfleet Academy, the Enterprise is investigated by the Inspector General's office and Picard's competency is questioned.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
  20. Background image for Heart of Glory
    7.2/10(3.9k votes)

    #19 - Heart of Glory

    S1:E19

    Stardate: 41503.7. Two Klingons, rescued by the Enterprise, try to take over the ship.

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    Director:Rob Bowman
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Arsenal of Freedom
    7.1/10(4.0k votes)

    #20 - The Arsenal of Freedom

    S1:E20

    Stardate: 41798.2. The crew encounters bizarre phenomena while searching for the missing U.S.S. Drake.

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  22. Background image for Symbiosis
    6.9/10(4.0k votes)

    #21 - Symbiosis

    S1:E21

    Stardate: Unknown. Picard attempts to break an ancient co-dependency between two species on one planet without violating the Prime Directive.

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  23. Background image for Skin of Evil
    6.8/10(4.4k votes)

    #22 - Skin of Evil

    S1:E22

    Stardate: 41601.3. When Troi's shuttle crashes on an alien planet, a new being is discovered: an entity that thrives on the suffering of others.

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  24. Background image for We'll Always Have Paris
    6.5/10(3.8k votes)

    #23 - We'll Always Have Paris

    S1:E23

    Stardate: 41697.9. Picard meets an old flame, whose husband has created a haywire dimensional experiment.

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  25. Background image for Conspiracy
    8.0/10(4.7k votes)

    #24 - Conspiracy

    S1:E24

    Stardate: 41775.5. The strange behavior of high-ranking officers leads Picard to uncover a twisted alien conspiracy within Starfleet.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  26. Background image for The Neutral Zone
    7.4/10(4.2k votes)

    #25 - The Neutral Zone

    S1:E25

    Stardate: 41986.0. A derelict satellite is found with cryonically frozen humans aboard as the USS Enterprise is sent to investigate the destruction of outposts near Romulan space.

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    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Encounter at Farpoint" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 7854 votes. Directed by Corey Allen and written by Gene Roddenberry, D.C. Fontana, it aired on 9/28/1987. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Naked Now".