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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. Background image for Shades of Gray
    3.3/10(4.4k votes)

    #1 - Shades of Gray

    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. Background image for Sub Rosa
    4.8/10(3.6k votes)

    #2 - Sub Rosa

    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. Background image for Code of Honor
    5.1/10(5.1k 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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  4. Background image for Angel One
    5.7/10(4.2k votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Man of the People
    5.7/10(3.2k votes)

    #5 - Man of the People

    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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  6. Background image for The Child
    5.8/10(4.4k votes)

    #6 - The Child

    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. Background image for Masks
    5.8/10(3.4k votes)

    #7 - Masks

    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.

    Director:Robert Wiemer
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  9. Background image for Justice
    6.0/10(4.6k votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for The Loss
    6.0/10(3.5k votes)

    #9 - The Loss

    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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  11. Background image for Imaginary Friend
    6.0/10(3.2k votes)

    #10 - Imaginary Friend

    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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  12. Background image for Aquiel
    6.0/10(3.2k votes)

    #11 - Aquiel

    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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  13. Background image for Too Short a Season
    6.1/10(4.1k votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for Manhunt
    6.1/10(3.7k votes)

    #13 - Manhunt

    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.

    Director:Rob Bowman
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  15. Background image for Cost of Living
    6.1/10(3.2k votes)

    #14 - Cost of Living

    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. Background image for Haven
    6.2/10(4.2k votes)

    #15 - Haven

    S1:E10

    Stardate: 41294.5. 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. Background image for The Outrageous Okona
    6.2/10(4.2k votes)

    #16 - The Outrageous Okona

    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. Background image for The Dauphin
    6.2/10(4.0k votes)

    #17 - The Dauphin

    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. Background image for The Icarus Factor
    6.2/10(3.6k votes)

    #18 - The Icarus Factor

    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. Background image for Up the Long Ladder
    6.2/10(3.9k votes)

    #19 - Up the Long Ladder

    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. Background image for Violations
    6.2/10(3.2k votes)

    #20 - Violations

    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. Background image for Interface
    6.2/10(3.0k votes)

    #21 - Interface

    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.

    Director:Robert Wiemer
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  23. Background image for Journey's End
    6.2/10(3.2k votes)

    #22 - Journey's End

    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. Background image for The Last Outpost
    6.3/10(4.6k votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. Background image for Lonely Among Us
    6.3/10(4.2k votes)

    #24 - Lonely Among Us

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Cliff Bole
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  26. Background image for The Price
    6.3/10(3.7k votes)

    #25 - The Price

    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 4449 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".