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The Worst Episodes of Star Trek

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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(3.8k 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(3.8k 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
    5.7/10(4.3k votes)

    #3 - The Alternative Factor

    S1:E27

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

    Director:Gerd Oswald
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  4. Background image for Spock's Brain
    5.7/10(4.0k 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.

    Director:Marc Daniels
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  5. Background image for The Omega Glory
    6.1/10(3.9k 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(3.9k 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 Plato's Stepchildren
    6.5/10(3.7k votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for The Empath
    6.5/10(3.5k votes)

    #10 - The Empath

    S3:E12

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

    Director:John Erman
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  12. Background image for The Mark of Gideon
    6.5/10(3.4k votes)

    #11 - The Mark of Gideon

    S3:E16

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

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  13. Background image for That Which Survives
    6.5/10(3.3k votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for The Savage Curtain
    6.6/10(3.4k votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for Mudd's Women
    6.7/10(5.4k votes)

    #14 - Mudd's Women

    S1:E6

    Rescuing the crew of a ship from an asteroid belt, the Enterprise plays host to conman extraordinaire, the cunning Harry Mudd and his cargo: three beautiful women looking for suitors.

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  16. Background image for Friday's Child
    6.7/10(3.8k votes)

    #15 - Friday's Child

    S2:E11

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

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  17. Background image for The Paradise Syndrome
    6.7/10(3.7k votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Jud Taylor
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  18. Background image for A Private Little War
    6.8/10(3.7k votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Turnabout Intruder
    6.8/10(3.3k votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for Miri
    6.9/10(5.0k votes)

    #19 - Miri

    S1:E8

    On a planet populated by children whose aging process has been slowed artificially. Kirk’s landing party members contract a virus that kills adults. Despite their violent attacks, Kirk is determined to help the children.

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  21. Background image for Is There in Truth No Beauty?
    6.9/10(3.6k votes)

    #20 - Is There in Truth No Beauty?

    S3:E5

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

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  22. Background image for Whom Gods Destroy
    6.9/10(3.5k votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for Charlie X
    7.0/10(6.1k votes)

    #22 - Charlie X

    S1:E2

    Raised from boyhood by non-corporeal beings, 17 year old Charles Evans is picked up and transferred to the Enterprise. On board the ship, the teenager proves dangerously unable to wield his enormous psionic powers with maturity.

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  24. Background image for The Gamesters of Triskelion
    7.0/10(3.9k votes)

    #23 - The Gamesters of Triskelion

    S2:E16

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

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  25. Background image for Bread and Circuses
    7.0/10(3.7k votes)

    #24 - Bread and Circuses

    S2:E25

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

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  26. Background image for Elaan of Troyius
    7.0/10(3.5k votes)

    #25 - Elaan of Troyius

    S3:E13

    The USS Enterprise ferries a spoiled princess whose betrothal to a royal Troyian is hoped will bring peace to a star system at war.

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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 3787 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".