The Best Episodes Written By Gene Roddenberry
Every TV Episode Written by Gene Roddenberry Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Gene Roddenberry Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Gene Roddenberry is "The Menagerie (1)", rated 7.7/10 from 42 user votes. It was "directed by Marc Daniels". "The Menagerie (1)" aired on 11/17/1966 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Menagerie (2)".
7.7/10 42 votes#1 - The Menagerie (1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1966
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.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
7.7/10 43 votes#2 - The Menagerie (2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1966
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.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
7.3/10 3 votes#3 - Decision
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1997
After Police Captain William Boone's wife is killed, he is recruited to work for the taelons, a seemingly benevolent alien race that has been on Earth for 3 years. To do so he will be implanted with a CVI- a cyber viral implant that will expand his mental abilities and allow him to control a bio-weapon of unlimited power. However before he can make his decision he is also recruited by the resistance, a group of humans who oppose the taelons being on Earth. Lead by Jonathan Doors, the resistance informs Boone that the taelons are not what they appear to be. The CVI implant brainwashes its subjects into following the taelon blindly, in effect controlling them. The resistance informs Boone that they can remove this aspect from the CVI on the condition that he works for both the taelons and the resistance. Boone accepts and now searches for the truth of why the taelons are on earth and if they are responsible for the death of his wife.
Director: Allan Eastman
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
7.2/10 35 votes#4 - I, Mudd
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1967
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
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
7.1/10 35 votes#5 - The Return of the Archons
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/9/1967
The Enterprise encounters a seemingly peaceful civilization run by a "benevolent" being named Landru... who intends for them to join his people.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
7.0/10 36 votes#6 - Assignment: Earth
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 3/29/1968
While back in time observing Earth in 1968, the Enterprise crew encounters the mysterious Gary Seven who has his own agenda on the planet.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
7.0/10 1 votes#7 - Apparition
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/2000
Liam is asked by a Church of the Companions member, Devon, to help find his girlfriend, also a member who has mysteriously disappeared. Sandoval gives Da'an some energy dust. Liam and Renee join the Church as homeless people. At the church's shelter they find that the food has a Taelon additive. In an underground environment on Church of the Companions land, Volunteers force drugged Church of the Companions members to harvest Kryss, a substance necessary that is vital to Taelons survival on Earth. Liam knows that Taelon plants only grow in 98F degree temperature. They discover that humans are being used to grow Kryss.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.8/10 32 votes#8 - A Private Little War
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1968
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
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.8/10 25 votes#9 - Turnabout Intruder
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 6/3/1969
The Enterprise is in danger when Janice Lester, one of Kirk's former lovers, steals his body.
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.7/10 57 votes#10 - Charlie X
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1966
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...
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.7/10 31 votes#11 - Bread and Circuses
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/15/1968
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
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.7/10 48 votes#12 - Hide and Q
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1987
Stardate: 41590.5. Q places the senior crew of the Enterprise in a war game that pits them against a boar-faced, Napoleonic enemy.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.5/10 67 votes#13 - Encounter at Farpoint
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1987
Stardate: 41153.7. The new commander of the recently built U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC1701-D), Captain Jean- Luc Picard takes the crew on their first mission to discover the secret of Farpoint Station. During their journey, they encounter an omnipotent being known as Q. Q accuses humanity of barbarism, and places humanity on trial. Jean-Luc must prove otherwise or the human race will be annihilated.
Director: Corey Allen
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.4/10 45 votes#14 - Mudd's Women
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1966
The Enterprise picks up a intergalactic conman, Harry Mudd, and three incredibly beautiful women who harbor a dark secret.
Director: Harvey Hart
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.4/10 29 votes#15 - The Savage Curtain
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/7/1969
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.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
6.0/10 30 votes#16 - The Omega Glory
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1968
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
3.8/10 2 votes#17 - Blood Ties
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/16/2001
Liam and Renee suspect Zo'or of orchestrating a series of murders.
Director: Martin Wood
Writer: Gene Roddenberry