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The Worst Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation!

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.

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  1. 3.3/10(4.3k votes)

    #1 - Shades of Gray

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    S2:E22

    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.

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  2. 4.8/10(3.5k votes)

    #2 - Sub Rosa

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    S7:E14

    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.

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  3. 5.1/10(5.0k votes)

    #3 - Code of Honor

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    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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  4. 5.3/10(37 votes)

    #4 - Man of the People

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    S6:E3

    Stardate: 46071.6. Deanna becomes attracted to an alien ambassador. Shortly thereafter, she starts ageing rapidly and starts becoming violent.

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  5. 5.7/10(4.1k votes)

    #5 - Angel One

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    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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  6. 5.8/10(4.3k votes)

    #6 - The Child

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    S2:E1

    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.

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  8. 5.8/10(40 votes)

    #7 - Aquiel

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    S6:E13

    Stardate: 46461.3. Geordie falls in love with a lieutenant who is the prime suspect in a murder case.

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  9. 5.8/10(3.3k votes)

    #8 - Masks

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    S7:E17

    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.

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    Director:Robert Wiemer
  10. 6.0/10(4.5k votes)

    #9 - Justice

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    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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  11. 6.0/10(3.4k votes)

    #10 - The Loss

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    S4:E10

    Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.

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  12. 6.0/10(3.1k votes)

    #11 - Imaginary Friend

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    S5:E22

    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.

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  13. 6.1/10(3.9k votes)

    #12 - Too Short a Season

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    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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  14. 6.1/10(3.6k votes)

    #13 - Manhunt

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    S2:E19

    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.

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    Director:Rob Bowman
  15. 6.1/10(3.1k votes)

    #14 - Cost of Living

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    S5:E20

    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.

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  16. 6.2/10(4.1k votes)

    #15 - Haven

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    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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  17. 6.2/10(4.1k votes)

    #16 - The Outrageous Okona

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    S2:E4

    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.

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  18. 6.2/10(3.9k votes)

    #17 - The Dauphin

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    S2:E10

    Stardate: 42568.8. Wesley falls in love with a passenger the Enterprise is escorting, who has the secret ability to shape-shift.

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  19. 6.2/10(3.5k votes)

    #18 - The Icarus Factor

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    S2:E14

    Stardate: 42686.4. Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation ship. Worf must confront his past and his Klingon heritage.

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  20. 6.2/10(3.8k votes)

    #19 - Up the Long Ladder

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    S2:E18

    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.

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  21. 6.2/10(3.1k votes)

    #20 - Violations

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    S5:E12

    Stardate: 45429.3. While escorting a group of telepaths, crew members on board the Enterprise suddenly start to slip into comas.

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  22. 6.2/10(2.9k votes)

    #21 - Interface

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    S7:E3

    Stardate: 47215.5. Geordi defies direct orders from Captain Picard in an attempt to rescue his mother who had recently been reported as missing.

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    Director:Robert Wiemer
  23. 6.2/10(3.1k votes)

    #22 - Journey's End

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    S7:E20

    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.

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  24. 6.3/10(4.5k votes)

    #23 - The Last Outpost

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    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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  25. 6.3/10(4.1k votes)

    #24 - Lonely Among Us

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    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
  26. 6.3/10(3.6k votes)

    #25 - The Price

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    S3:E8

    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.

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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 4325 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".