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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3

Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3

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 The Best of Both Worlds (1)
    9.3/10(6.2k votes)

    #1 - The Best of Both Worlds (1)

    S3:E26

    Stardate: 43989.1 An Starfleet expert on the Borg, Lt. Cmdr. Shelby, is assigned to the Enterprise to investigate the disappearance of a Federation colony. Picard is abducted by the Borg and assimilated into the Collective, which forces Riker to attempt a rescue mission.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  2. Background image for Yesterday's Enterprise
    9.2/10(6.6k votes)

    #2 - Yesterday's Enterprise

    S3:E15

    Stardate: 43625.2. A rift in the space/time continuum brings the U.S.S. Enterprise - C forward into the 24th Century, and alters the timeline. In this future, the Federation is at war with the Klingons, Tasha Yar is on the bridge, Worf did not join the Federation, and only Guinan's unique perception of reality may restore the timeline.

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    8.5/10(4.7k votes)

    #3 - Déjà Q

    S3:E13

    Stardate: 43539.1. A Calamarian starts attacking the Enterprise while seeking revenge on a powerless Q.

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    Director:Les Landau
  4. Background image for The Offspring
    8.5/10(5.0k votes)

    #4 - The Offspring

    S3:E16

    Stardate: 43657.0. Data becomes a father when he creates a Soong-type android in the form of a daughter named Lal. Issues are complicated when Lal starts showing signs of a more evolved consciousness, including the ability to feel emotions, which attracts the attention of Starfleet scientists who want to take her away from Data and examine her advanced systems.

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    8.4/10(4.5k votes)

    #5 - The Defector

    S3:E10

    Stardate: 43462.5. A defecting Romulan warns the Federation about an impending attack by the Romulans, who are secretly establishing bases within the Neutral Zone.

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    8.1/10(4.1k votes)

    #6 - Sins of the Father

    S3:E17

    Stardate: 43685.2. Worf is reunited with his long-lost brother when their father is charged with treason for helping the Romulans. Together they make an appeal to the Klingon High Council to challenge the charges, and have them revoked.

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  8. Background image for Sarek
    8.1/10(4.2k votes)

    #7 - Sarek

    S3:E23

    Stardate: 43917.4. Spock's Vulcan father, Sarek, boards the Enterprise to negotiate political relations with the Legaran. However, Sarek has contract Bendii syndrome, which causes a Vulcan to gradually lose control, and become overpowered with emotions.

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  9. Background image for Who Watches the Watchers
    8.0/10(4.8k votes)

    #8 - Who Watches the Watchers

    S3:E4

    Stardate: 43173.5. An away team inadvertently breaks the Prime Directive and reveal themselves to a primitive culture on Mintaka III, causing the inhabitants believe that Captain Picard is a God.

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    7.8/10(3.9k votes)

    #9 - The Enemy

    S3:E7

    Stardate:43349.2. A blind Geordie is trapped on a hazardous planet with a paranoid and severely injured Romulan. In orbit, a Romulan Warbird is preventing the Enterprise from attempting a rescue mission.

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    7.7/10(4.4k votes)

    #10 - The Survivors

    S3:E3

    Stardate: 43152.4. The Enterprise discovers a planet that has had all life eradicated, except for two mysterious residents and their home, which has been left in perfect condition.

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    7.7/10(3.9k votes)

    #11 - Hollow Pursuits

    S3:E21

    Stardate: 43807.4. A nervous and insecure officer, Lt. Reginald Barclay, places the Enterprise in great danger when he neglects his duties in Engineering, and instead spends his time acting out his fantasies on the holodeck.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  13. Background image for The Most Toys
    7.6/10(3.9k votes)

    #12 - The Most Toys

    S3:E22

    Stardate: 43872.2. The crew are shattered by the apparent death of Data in a shuttle explosion, and are prevented from carrying out a detailed investigation when Starfleet gives them orders for a new mission elsewhere. However, the crew don't realize that he was actually abducted and placed on display as part of a collection of rare and valuable items held by a disreputable character.

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    7.5/10(3.8k votes)

    #13 - The Hunted

    S3:E11

    Stardate: 43489.2. A potentially new member of the Federation enlists the help of the Enterprise to track down a wanted criminal who has a reputation for his excessive violence. However, the fugitive's actions may not be of his own will.

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  15. Background image for The Ensigns of Command
    7.4/10(4.0k votes)

    #14 - The Ensigns of Command

    S3:E2

    Stardate: 43133.3. A human colony is forced to evacuate a planet when the original inhabitants return and threaten the colonists with annihilation if they do not leave within four days.

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  16. Background image for Booby Trap
    7.4/10(3.9k votes)

    #15 - Booby Trap

    S3:E6

    Stardate: 43205.6. While investigating an ancient ship left adrift in space, the Enterprise accidentally trips the ancient booby trap that disabled the old vessel over 1000 years ago.

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  17. Background image for Allegiance
    7.4/10(3.8k votes)

    #16 - Allegiance

    S3:E18

    Stardate: 43714.1. Picard is secretly abducted and switched with an alien double. The crews' suspicions are raised when he starts exhibiting unusual behaviour, and is relieved of command.

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  18. Background image for Captain's Holiday
    7.2/10(3.9k votes)

    #17 - Captain's Holiday

    S3:E19

    Stardate: 43745.2. While on vacation on Risa, Captain Picard encounters two Vorgons from the 27th Century who claim they are searching for a powerful weapon hidden somewhere on the planet.

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    7.2/10(3.7k votes)

    #18 - Tin Man

    S3:E20

    Stardate: 43779.3. The Enterprise encounters a 'living' ship in the Neutral Zone, and risks breaking the Romulan Federation alliance in order to bring it into contact with a Betazoid emissary.

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  20. Background image for Transfigurations
    6.9/10(3.4k votes)

    #19 - Transfigurations

    S3:E25

    Stardate: 43957.2. Dr. Crusher becomes attracted to an injured alien with mysterious powers, who is being tracked down by his government like a wanted criminal.

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  21. Background image for The High Ground
    6.8/10(3.7k votes)

    #20 - The High Ground

    S3:E12

    Stardate: 43510.7. Dr. Crusher is abducted by a group of terrorists while delivering crucial medical supplies to a planet ravaged by civil war.

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  22. Background image for The Bonding
    6.7/10(3.7k votes)

    #21 - The Bonding

    S3:E5

    Worf and Wesley must help a 12 year old boy cope with the death of his mother; an archaeologist killed during an away mission to a deserted planet.

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    6.7/10(3.6k votes)

    #22 - A Matter of Perspective

    S3:E14

    Stardate: 43610.4. Riker is accused of murder when a scientist is killed in an explosion. Picard must recreate the recent events in the holodeck to prove his commander's innocence.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
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    6.5/10(3.8k votes)

    #23 - Evolution

    S3:E1

    Stardate: 43125.8. A system-wide computer malfunction places the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in grave danger while they are escorting a scientist to a star in the process of exploding.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:N/A
  25. Background image for The Vengeance Factor
    6.5/10(3.5k votes)

    #24 - The Vengeance Factor

    S3:E9

    Stardate: 43421.9. The Enterprise crew tries to mend the relationship between a race known as the Acamarians and a faction known as the Gatherers.

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    Director:Timothy Bond
    Writer:Sam Rolfe
  26. Background image for Ménage à Troi
    6.5/10(3.5k votes)

    #25 - Ménage à Troi

    S3:E24

    Stardate: 43930.7. Riker and Deanna, both on shoreleave, are unexpectedly joined by Deanna's mother, Lwaxana, on Betazed. Shortly, all three are kidnapped by the Ferengi who want to study Lwaxana's telepathic abilities.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Best of Both Worlds (1)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 3. It scored 9.3/10 based on 6246 votes. Directed by Cliff Bole and written by Michael Piller, it aired on 6/18/1990. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Yesterday's Enterprise".