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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. 9.2/10(7.1k votes)

    #1 - The City on the Edge of Forever

    S1:E28

    Kirk and Spock must travel into the past in order to correct a change that will alter history.

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  2. 8.8/10(6.2k votes)

    #2 - Balance of Terror

    S1:E14

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

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  3. 8.7/10(5.8k votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 8.3/10(4.7k votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 8.2/10(5.3k votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 8.1/10(5.0k votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. 8.1/10(4.4k votes)

    #7 - Errand of Mercy

    S1:E26

    The Federation and the Klingon Empire teeter on the brink of war as Kirk investigates Organia, a humble planet, inhabited by pacifists, that is unwittingly caught in the middle.

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    Director:John Newland
  9. 8.0/10(5.3k votes)

    #8 - 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
  10. 8.0/10(4.5k votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 7.9/10(4.9k votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. 7.9/10(4.7k votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 7.8/10(5.6k votes)

    #12 - The Naked Time

    S1:E4

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

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  14. 7.8/10(4.4k votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. 7.7/10(6.9k votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. 7.6/10(5.3k votes)

    #15 - 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
  17. 7.6/10(4.6k votes)

    #16 - The Galileo Seven

    S1:E16

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

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  18. 7.5/10(5.0k votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. 7.5/10(4.0k votes)

    #18 - Operation: Annihilate!

    S1:E29

    Kirk and the Enterprise must combat parasitic aliens threatening the lives of millions.

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  20. 7.4/10(4.7k votes)

    #19 - Dagger of the Mind

    S1:E9

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

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  21. 7.4/10(4.3k 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. 7.3/10(4.8k votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. 7.2/10(6.4k votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. 7.2/10(4.5k votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. 7.1/10(4.6k votes)

    #24 - 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
  26. 7.1/10(4.2k votes)

    #25 - 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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The City on the Edge of Forever" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek" season 1. It scored 9.2/10 based on 7094 votes. Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by D.C. Fontana, Harlan Ellison, it aired on 4/6/1967. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Balance of Terror".