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The Best Episodes of Star Trek Season 1

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

The Best Episodes of Star Trek Season 1

Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain...

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  1. Background image for The Man Trap
    7.2/10(6.5k votes)

    #1 - The Man Trap

    S1:E1

    Kirk and his crew are at deadly risk from an alien creature that feeds on the salt in a human body and can take on any form.

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  2. Background image for Charlie X
    7.0/10(6.0k votes)

    #2 - Charlie X

    S1:E2

    Charlie Evans, the sole survivor of a transport crash, is transferred to the Enterprise from a different ship. Why are they so eager to rid themselves of him, though? There's more to Charlie than meets the eye...

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  3. Background image for Where No Man Has Gone Before
    7.7/10(7.0k votes)

    #3 - Where No Man Has Gone Before

    S1:E3

    While exploring the edge of the galaxy, the Enterprise encounters an energy barrier that gives some crewmen strange powers.

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  4. Background image for The Naked Time
    7.8/10(5.7k votes)

    #4 - The Naked Time

    S1:E4

    A strange alien substance causes the crew to lose their inhibitions.

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  5. Background image for The Enemy Within
    7.6/10(5.4k votes)

    #5 - The Enemy Within

    S1:E5

    A transporter malfunction causes Captain Kirk to split into his "good" and "evil" selves, and a landing party will freeze to death if they don't merge the two back together.

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    Director:Leo Penn
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    6.7/10(5.2k votes)

    #6 - Mudd's Women

    S1:E6

    The Enterprise picks up a intergalactic conman, Harry Mudd, and three incredibly beautiful women who harbor a dark secret.

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  8. Background image for What Are Little Girls Made Of?
    7.5/10(5.1k votes)

    #7 - What Are Little Girls Made Of?

    S1:E7

    Nurse Christine Chapel is reunited with her old fiance on Exo III, but the scientist has plans for Captain Kirk and the Federation.

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  9. Background image for Miri
    6.9/10(4.9k votes)

    #8 - Miri

    S1:E8

    Kirk and a landing party are stranded on a planet due to a disease that causes any adult to die a painful death, and must deal with the local children who have survived.

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  10. Background image for Dagger of the Mind
    7.4/10(4.8k votes)

    #9 - Dagger of the Mind

    S1:E9

    Kirk investigates an experimental facility for holding prisoners and finds a sinister scheme.

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  11. Background image for The Corbomite Maneuver
    8.0/10(5.3k votes)

    #10 - The Corbomite Maneuver

    S1:E10

    The Enterprise encounters a vast alien ship that threatens the Enterprise with destruction.

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    Writer:Jerry Sohl
  12. Background image for The Menagerie (1)
    8.2/10(5.3k votes)

    #11 - The Menagerie (1)

    S1:E11

    Spock kidnaps his former captain, the crippled Christopher Pike, and heads for a quarantined planet, putting his career and Kirk's life on the line.

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    8.1/10(5.1k votes)

    #12 - The Menagerie (2)

    S1:E12

    Spock's court-martial continues as he attempts to justify his abduction of Pike, the theft of the Enterprise, and his heading for a planet declared forbidden by Starfleet.

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    7.1/10(4.6k votes)

    #13 - The Conscience of the King

    S1:E13

    Kirk is one of the last survivors who can identify a mass killer, who lurks among a Shakespearean troupe aboard the Enterprise.

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    Director:Gerd Oswald
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    8.8/10(6.2k votes)

    #14 - Balance of Terror

    S1:E14

    Kirk pits the Enterprise against an invisible spaceship testing the Federation's defenses.

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  16. Background image for Shore Leave
    7.3/10(4.9k votes)

    #15 - Shore Leave

    S1:E15

    The Enterprise crew take shore leave on a peaceful, pastoral planet... where their dreams and fantasies come to life.

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  17. Background image for The Galileo Seven
    7.6/10(4.7k votes)

    #16 - The Galileo Seven

    S1:E16

    Spock commands a stranded away team when their shuttlecraft crash lands on a planet with hostile natives.

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    7.2/10(4.6k votes)

    #17 - The Squire of Gothos

    S1:E17

    The Enterprise finds itself at the mercy of a seemingly omnipotent being who fancies himself an 18th century Englishman.

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  19. Background image for Arena
    7.9/10(4.9k votes)

    #18 - Arena

    S1:E18

    When a mysterious alien race destroy an Earth colony, the Enterprise pursues, but Kirk and the alien captain are forced to fight each other by powerful aliens.

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  20. Background image for Tomorrow Is Yesterday
    7.9/10(4.7k votes)

    #19 - Tomorrow Is Yesterday

    S1:E19

    In a freak accident the Enterprise is sent back to 20th century Earth, and must find their way back without changing history.

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  21. Background image for Court Martial
    7.4/10(4.4k votes)

    #20 - Court Martial

    S1:E20

    Captain Kirk's career is at stake when he is put on trial for the loss of a crewman during an ion storm.

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  22. Background image for The Return of the Archons
    7.1/10(4.2k votes)

    #21 - The Return of the Archons

    S1:E21

    The Enterprise encounters a seemingly peaceful civilization run by a "benevolent" being named Landru... who intends for them to join his people.

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  23. Background image for Space Seed
    8.7/10(5.9k votes)

    #22 - Space Seed

    S1:E22

    The Enterprise picks up a crew of genetic supermen from the 20th century... and their leader, Khan, plans to create a new empire.

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  24. Background image for A Taste of Armageddon
    8.0/10(4.6k votes)

    #23 - A Taste of Armageddon

    S1:E23

    The Enterprise arrives at a planet to establish diplomatic relations and finds itself in the middle of a "peaceful" war that threatens to destroy the ship.

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  25. Background image for This Side of Paradise
    7.8/10(4.5k votes)

    #24 - This Side of Paradise

    S1:E24

    The Enterprise crew try to rescue colonists from deadly radiation, but instead encounter strange alien spores that seem to offer paradise.

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  26. Background image for The Devil in the Dark
    8.3/10(4.7k votes)

    #25 - The Devil in the Dark

    S1:E25

    Kirk investigates a series of grisly murders on a mining planet that are the work of a seemingly hostile alien creature.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Man Trap" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 6452 votes. Directed by Marc Daniels and written by George Clayton Johnson, it aired on 9/8/1966. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Charlie X".