The Best Episodes of Star Trek Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(5456 votes)

   #1 - Amok Time

   S2:E19/15/1967

   First Officer Spock returns to his home world for a brutal Vulcan mating ritual.

   Director:Joseph Pevney

   Writer:Theodore Sturgeon

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Joseph Pevney

   Writer:Theodore Sturgeon
2. 

   7.1/10(4601 votes)

   #2 - Who Mourns for Adonais?

   S2:E29/22/1967

   The crew of the Enterprise are held captive by an alien who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writers:Gene L. Coon, Gilbert Ralston

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writers:Gene L. Coon, Gilbert Ralston
3. 

   7.5/10(4216 votes)

   #3 - The Changeling

   S2:E39/29/1967

   The crew of the USS Enterprise deals with an indestructible planet-destroying space probe.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:John Meredyth Lucas

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:John Meredyth Lucas
4. 

   9.0/10(5868 votes)

   #4 - Mirror, Mirror

   S2:E410/6/1967

   A transporter mishap swaps Captain Kirk and his companions with their evil counterparts in a parallel universe. In the so-called Mirror Universe, the Enterprise is a ship of the Terran Empire, an organization as evil as the United Federation of Planets is benevolent.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Jerome Bixby

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Jerome Bixby
5. 

   6.4/10(3984 votes)

   #5 - The Apple

   S2:E510/13/1967

   The crew of the Enterprise visits a mysterious paradisical planet controlled by a computer that is served by the local inhabitants.

   Director:Joseph Pevney

   Writers:Gene L. Coon, Max Simon Ehrlich

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Joseph Pevney

   Writers:Gene L. Coon, Max Simon Ehrlich
6. 

   8.7/10(5195 votes)

   #6 - The Doomsday Machine

   S2:E610/20/1967

   The starship Enterprise and its heavily-damaged sister ship, the USS Constellation, must work together to stop an alien planet-killing machine headed for the heart of Federation territory.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Norman Spinrad

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Norman Spinrad
TRENDING NOW
The 20 BEST Episodes of Star Trek
READ
7. 

   6.2/10(4152 votes)

   #7 - Catspaw

   S2:E710/27/1967

   Two powerful aliens threaten the well-being of the Enterprise and her crew.

   Director:Joseph Pevney

   Writers:D.C. Fontana, Robert Bloch

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Joseph Pevney

   Writers:D.C. Fontana, Robert Bloch
8. 

   7.3/10(4317 votes)

   #8 - I, Mudd

   S2:E811/3/1967

   Captain Kirk has a second run-in with the conman, Harry Mudd. Mudd is now the supreme ruler of a planet of androids who cater to his every whim.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writers:Gene Roddenberry, David Gerrold

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writers:Gene Roddenberry, David Gerrold
9. 

   7.2/10(4196 votes)

   #9 - Metamorphosis

   S2:E911/10/1967

   A shuttle crew from the USS Enterprise encounters a man out of history and his mysterious alien companion.

   Director:Ralph Senensky

   Writer:Gene L. Coon

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Ralph Senensky

   Writer:Gene L. Coon
10. 

    8.5/10(4642 votes)

    #10 - Journey to Babel

    S2:E1011/17/1967

    The Enterprise must transport dignitaries to a peace conference, with an assassin on the loose.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:D.C. Fontana

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:D.C. Fontana
11. 

    6.7/10(3918 votes)

    #11 - Friday's Child

    S2:E1112/1/1967

    The crew of the Enterprise become entangled in a planet's tribal power struggle.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:D.C. Fontana

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:D.C. Fontana
12. 

    7.3/10(3970 votes)

    #12 - The Deadly Years

    S2:E1212/8/1967

    Strange radiation exposes the command crew of the Enterprise to the effects of rapid aging.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:David P. Harmon

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:David P. Harmon
13. 

    7.2/10(3799 votes)

    #13 - Obsession

    S2:E1312/15/1967

    Captain James T. Kirk becomes obsessed with destroying a deadly entity he once encountered in his youth.

    Director:Ralph Senensky

    Writer:Art Wallace

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Ralph Senensky

    Writer:Art Wallace
14. 

    7.2/10(3884 votes)

    #14 - Wolf in the Fold

    S2:E1412/22/1967

    A series of bizarre murders points to Mr. Scott as the prime suspect.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:Robert Bloch

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:Robert Bloch
15. 

    8.7/10(5631 votes)

    #15 - The Trouble With Tribbles

    S2:E1512/29/1967

    The Enterprise must protect a very important shipment of grain from both Klingons and some adorable creatures called tribbles.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:David Gerrold

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:David Gerrold
16. 

    7.0/10(4042 votes)

    #16 - The Gamesters of Triskelion

    S2:E161/5/1968

    Captain Kirk and his companions are abducted into slavery and trained to fight as gladiators for the gambling entertainment of three disembodied beings.

    Director:Gene Nelson

    Writer:Margaret Armen

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Gene Nelson

    Writer:Margaret Armen
17. 

    7.7/10(4394 votes)

    #17 - A Piece of the Action

    S2:E171/12/1968

    The Enterprise visits a planet with an Earth-like 1920s gangster culture.

    Director:James Komack

    Writers:Gene L. Coon, David P. Harmon

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:James Komack

    Writers:Gene L. Coon, David P. Harmon
18. 

    7.5/10(3778 votes)

    #18 - The Immunity Syndrome

    S2:E181/19/1968

    The crew of the Enterprise encounters an energy-draining field which may be able to destroy the galaxy.

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:Robert Sabaroff

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Joseph Pevney

    Writer:Robert Sabaroff
19. 

    6.7/10(3784 votes)

    #19 - A Private Little War

    S2:E192/2/1968

    The crew of the Enterprise discovers Klingon interference in the development of a formerly peaceful planet and is forced to help maintain a balance of power.

    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writers:Gene Roddenberry, Don Ingalls

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writers:Gene Roddenberry, Don Ingalls
20. 

    7.4/10(3819 votes)

    #20 - Return to Tomorrow

    S2:E202/9/1968

    Ancient alien minds are given control of Captain Kirk's and First Officer Spock's bodies.

    Director:Ralph Senensky

    Writer:John T. Dugan

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Ralph Senensky

    Writer:John T. Dugan
21. 

    7.5/10(4000 votes)

    #21 - Patterns of Force

    S2:E212/16/1968

    The crew of the Enterprise tracks down a Federation observer on a planet dominated by a "Naziesque" regime.

    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:John Meredyth Lucas

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:John Meredyth Lucas
22. 

    7.5/10(3907 votes)

    #22 - By Any Other Name

    S2:E222/23/1968

    Beings from another galaxy commandeer the Enterprise in an attempt to return home.

    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writers:D.C. Fontana, Jerome Bixby

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writers:D.C. Fontana, Jerome Bixby
23. 

    6.0/10(3962 votes)

    #23 - The Omega Glory

    S2:E233/1/1968

    Captain Kirk must find the cure to a deadly disease and put an end to another Starfleet captain's cultural interference.

    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:Gene Roddenberry
24. 

    8.0/10(4006 votes)

    #24 - The Ultimate Computer

    S2:E243/8/1968

    A skeleton Enterprise crew are assigned to test a revolutionary computer system that is given total control of the ship.

    Director:John Meredyth Lucas

    Writers:D.C. Fontana, Laurence N. Wolfe

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:John Meredyth Lucas

    Writers:D.C. Fontana, Laurence N. Wolfe
25. 

    7.0/10(3780 votes)

    #25 - Bread and Circuses

    S2:E253/15/1968

    The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of a ship's crew on a planet that is a modern version of the Roman Empire.

    Director:Ralph Senensky

    Writers:Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, John Kneubuhl

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    Director:Ralph Senensky

    Writers:Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, John Kneubuhl