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The Worst Episodes of Star Trek

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 And the Children Shall Lead
    5.2/10(3.7k votes)

    #1 - And the Children Shall Lead

    S3:E4

    On a distant planet, Kirk, Spock and McCoy find a scientific team dead, and their children who, unknown to the crew, have great powers at their disposal.

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  2. Background image for The Way to Eden
    5.4/10(3.7k votes)

    #2 - The Way to Eden

    S3:E20

    The Enterprise picks up a group of space "hippies" looking for Eden.

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  3. Background image for The Alternative Factor
    5.6/10(42 votes)

    #3 - The Alternative Factor

    S1:E27

    Kirk and Spock encounter an alien named Lazarus who claims to be from an anti-matter universe.

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    Director:Gerd Oswald
  4. Background image for Spock's Brain
    5.7/10(3.9k votes)

    #4 - Spock's Brain

    S3:E1

    An alien female beams aboard the ship and, after incapacitating the rest of the crew, surgically removes Spock's brain. Kirk and the crew have just hours to locate and replace it before Spock's body dies.

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    Director:Marc Daniels
  5. Background image for The Omega Glory
    6.1/10(3.8k votes)

    #5 - The Omega Glory

    S2:E23

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

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  6. Background image for Catspaw
    6.2/10(4.0k votes)

    #6 - Catspaw

    S2:E7

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

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  8. Background image for The Lights of Zetar
    6.2/10(3.2k votes)

    #7 - The Lights of Zetar

    S3:E18

    Strange incorporeal aliens threaten the Memory Alpha station and the Enterprise.

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  9. Background image for The Apple
    6.4/10(3.8k votes)

    #8 - The Apple

    S2:E5

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

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  10. Background image for Mudd's Women
    6.5/10(53 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for Plato's Stepchildren
    6.5/10(3.6k votes)

    #10 - Plato's Stepchildren

    S3:E10

    The crew of the Enterprise encounters an ageless and sadistic race of humanoids with the power of telekinesis and who claim to have organized their society around Ancient Greek ideals.

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  12. Background image for The Empath
    6.5/10(3.5k votes)

    #11 - The Empath

    S3:E12

    While visiting a doomed planet, the landing party is subject to torturous experiments by powerful aliens.

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    Director:John Erman
  13. Background image for The Mark of Gideon
    6.5/10(3.3k votes)

    #12 - The Mark of Gideon

    S3:E16

    A race of overpopulated aliens abduct Captain Kirk to solve their problem.

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  14. Background image for That Which Survives
    6.5/10(3.2k votes)

    #13 - That Which Survives

    S3:E17

    Kirk, McCoy, and Sulu are stranded on a barren planet where a mysterious woman attempts to kill them one at a time, while the Enterprise must travel halfway across the galaxy to rescue them.

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  15. Background image for The Savage Curtain
    6.6/10(3.3k votes)

    #14 - The Savage Curtain

    S3:E22

    Aliens force Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock to join forces with "Abraham Lincoln" and "Surak" to battle villains in a contest of good vs. evil.

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    6.7/10(64 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for The Conscience of the King
    6.7/10(46 votes)

    #16 - 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
  18. Background image for Shore Leave
    6.7/10(47 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Friday's Child
    6.7/10(3.7k votes)

    #18 - Friday's Child

    S2:E11

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

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  20. Background image for The Paradise Syndrome
    6.7/10(3.6k votes)

    #19 - The Paradise Syndrome

    S3:E3

    An alien device on a primitive planet erases Captain Kirk's memory, and he begins a new life with the planet's indigenous people.

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    Director:Jud Taylor
  21. Background image for A Private Little War
    6.8/10(3.6k votes)

    #20 - A Private Little War

    S2:E19

    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.

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  22. Background image for Turnabout Intruder
    6.8/10(3.3k votes)

    #21 - Turnabout Intruder

    S3:E24

    The Enterprise is in danger when Janice Lester, one of Kirk's former lovers, steals his body.

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    6.9/10(53 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. Background image for Dagger of the Mind
    6.9/10(52 votes)

    #23 - Dagger of the Mind

    S1:E9

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

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  25. Background image for Is There in Truth No Beauty?
    6.9/10(3.5k votes)

    #24 - Is There in Truth No Beauty?

    S3:E5

    The Enterprise travels with an alien ambassador whose appearance induces madness.

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  26. Background image for Whom Gods Destroy
    6.9/10(3.4k votes)

    #25 - Whom Gods Destroy

    S3:E14

    Captain Kirk faces off with a demented shape-shifting starship captain determined to control the universe.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"And the Children Shall Lead" is the worst rated episode of "Star Trek". It scored 5.2/10 based on 3711 votes. Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and written by Edward J. Lakso, it aired on 10/11/1968. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Way to Eden".