- #1
Shades of Gray
S2:E223.3/10(4.3k)Loading...Stardate: 42976.1. Riker is infected with an alien organism that takes over his mind. Dr. Pulaski must force Riker's mind back to a state where it can access primitive survival skills.
- Director
- Rob Bowman
- Writer
- Richard Manning, Hans Beimler
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0 - #2
Sub Rosa
S7:E144.8/10(3.5k)Loading...Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Crusher attends her grandmother's funeral, to find that she had been in romantic encounters with a mysterious man who had been haunting the Howard family women for generations.
- Director
- Jonathan Frakes
- Writer
- Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor
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0 - #3
Code of Honor
S1:E35.1/10(5.0k)Loading...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.
- Director
- Russ Mayberry, Les Landau
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0 - #4
Angel One
S1:E135.7/10(4.1k)Loading...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.
- Director
- Michael Ray Rhodes
- Writer
- Patrick Barry
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0 - #5
Man of the People
S6:E35.7/10(3.1k)Loading...Stardate: 46071.6. Deanna becomes attracted to an alien ambassador. Shortly thereafter, she starts ageing rapidly and starts becoming violent.
- Director
- Winrich Kolbe, Cliff Bole
- Writer
- Frank Abatemarco, Brannon Braga
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0 - #6
The Child
S2:E15.8/10(4.2k)Loading...Stardate: 42073.1. Troi undergoes a mysterious pregnancy when the Enterprise tries to escape from a system that has recently fallen victim to a deadly plague.
- Director
- Rob Bowman
- Writer
- Jon Povill, Maurice Hurley, Jaron Summers
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0 - #7
Masks
S7:E175.8/10(3.3k)Loading...Stardate: 47615.2. The Enterprise is slowly transformed into an ancient alien temple when Data discovers an alien archive full of information about an ancient culture. Shortly after opening the archive, Data becomes possessed with several different personalities.
- Director
- Robert Wiemer
- Writer
- Joe Menosky
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Justice
S1:E76.0/10(4.5k)Loading...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.
- Director
- James L. Conway
- Writer
- Worley Thorne
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0 - #9
The Loss
S4:E106.0/10(3.4k)Loading...Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.
- Director
- Chip Chalmers
- Writer
- Hilary Bader
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0 - #10
Imaginary Friend
S5:E226.0/10(3.1k)Loading...Stardate: 45832.1. While exploring a strange form of energy in a region of space, a little girl's imaginary friend becomes real and places the Enterprise in great danger.
- Director
- Gabrielle Beaumont
- Writer
- Brannon Braga, Edithe Swensen
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0 - #11
Aquiel
S6:E136.0/10(3.1k)Loading...Stardate: 46461.3. Geordie falls in love with a lieutenant who is the prime suspect in a murder case.
- Director
- Cliff Bole
- Writer
- Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor
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0 - #12
Too Short a Season
S1:E156.1/10(3.9k)Loading...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.
- Director
- Rob Bowman
- Writer
- D.C. Fontana, Michael Michaelian
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0 - #13
Manhunt
S2:E196.1/10(3.6k)Loading...Stardate: 42859.2. While being escorted to a Federation conference by the Enterprise, Lwaxana hunts for a man to satisfy her needs when her sex-drive is quadrupled during a natural mid-life cycle.
- Director
- Rob Bowman
- Writer
- Tracy Tormé
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0 - #14
Cost of Living
S5:E206.1/10(3.1k)Loading...Stardate: 45733.6. Deanna's mother pays a surprise visit to the Enterprise with even more surprising news: she plans to marry a man she has never met. After destroying an asteroid, the ship becomes infected with parasites that eat away at the ship's hull.
- Director
- Winrich Kolbe
- Writer
- Peter Allan Fields
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0 - #15
Haven
S1:E106.2/10(4.0k)Loading...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.
- Director
- Richard Compton
- Writer
- Tracy Tormé
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0 - #16
The Outrageous Okona
S2:E46.2/10(4.1k)Loading...Stardate: 42402.7. The Enterprise is placed in a compromising situation when the captain of a disabled starship places the crew in the middle of a love triangle.
- Director
- Robert Becker
- Writer
- Burton Armus
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0 - #17
The Dauphin
S2:E106.2/10(3.9k)Loading...Stardate: 42568.8. Wesley falls in love with a passenger the Enterprise is escorting, who has the secret ability to shape-shift.
- Director
- Rob Bowman
- Writer
- Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein
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0 - #18
The Icarus Factor
S2:E146.2/10(3.5k)Loading...Stardate: 42686.4. Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation ship. Worf must confront his past and his Klingon heritage.
- Director
- Robert Iscove
- Writer
- David Assael, Robert McCullough
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0 - #19
Up the Long Ladder
S2:E186.2/10(3.8k)Loading...Stardate: 42823.2. Picard must convince two dying civilizations that they must co-exist on the same planet to survive, however, they have other plans to ensure their survival: in the form of clones of the Enterprise crew.
- Director
- Winrich Kolbe
- Writer
- Melinda M. Snodgrass
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0 - #20
Violations
S5:E126.2/10(3.1k)Loading...Stardate: 45429.3. While escorting a group of telepaths, crew members on board the Enterprise suddenly start to slip into comas.
- Director
- Robert Wiemer
- Writer
- Jeri Taylor, Pamela Gray
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0 - #21
Interface
S7:E36.2/10(2.8k)Loading...Stardate: 47215.5. Geordi defies direct orders from Captain Picard in an attempt to rescue his mother who had recently been reported as missing.
- Director
- Robert Wiemer
- Writer
- Joe Menosky
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0 - #22
Journey's End
S7:E206.2/10(3.1k)Loading...Stardate: 47751.2. Under the terms of the new Federation/Cardassian alliance, Picard is ordered to evacuate a colony of native Americans, but protests from Wesley hamper the process. Wesley's destiny is finally revealed to him when the Traveler returns.
- Director
- Corey Allen
- Writer
- Ronald D. Moore
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0 - #23
The Last Outpost
S1:E46.3/10(4.5k)Loading...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.
- Director
- Richard A. Colla
- Writer
- Herbert Wright
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0 - #24
Lonely Among Us
S1:E66.3/10(4.1k)Loading...Stardate: 41249.3. Picard's mind is taken over by an energy field that the Enterprise passes through.
- Director
- Cliff Bole
- Writer
- D.C. Fontana
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0 - #25
The Price
S3:E86.3/10(3.6k)Loading...Stardate: 43385.6. The Enterprise hosts the negotiations for the rights to a newly discovered, stable wormhole to the Delta Quadrant. One of the negotiators, Devinoni Ral, becomes attracted to Deanna Troi, but he holds a dubious secret.
- Director
- Robert Scheerer
- Writer
- Hannah Louise Shearer
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The Worst Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaMystery
Network:Syndication
Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation!
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.
Episodes
176
Avg. Rating
7.3
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6.9
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6.5
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6.5
7.0
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Shades of Gray" is the worst rated episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". It scored 3.3/10 based on 4300 votes. Directed by Rob Bowman and written by Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, it aired on 7/17/1989. This episode scored 1.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sub Rosa".