The Best Episodes Written By Gene Roddenberry

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(58 votes)

   #1 - The Menagerie (2)

   S1:E1211/24/1966

   Spock's court martial reveals the actions of Captain Pike on his previous visit to Talos IV, where the powerful Talosians tried to persuade Pike to breed with women provided for the purpose.

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   7.9/10(57 votes)

   #2 - The Menagerie (1)

   S1:E1111/17/1966

   Apparently summoned to Star Base 11, Kirk, Spock and McCoy visit a former Enterprise Commander, the paralyzed and horribly disfigured Christopher Pike. Uncharacteristically, Spock commandeers the Enterprise, then turns himself in for court martial.

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   7.3/10(64 votes)

   #3 - Datalore

   S1:E121/18/1988

   Stardate: 41242.4. While exploring his homeworld, the crew of the Enterprise find android parts that are identical to Data's. When assembled, an 'evil' twin of Data named Lore is revived.

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   7.3/10(43 votes)

   #4 - Assignment: Earth

   S2:E263/29/1968

   While back in time observing Earth in 1968, the Enterprise crew encounters the mysterious Gary Seven who has his own agenda on the planet.

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   Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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   7.3/10(41 votes)

   #5 - 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.

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   7.2/10(47 votes)

   #6 - The Return of the Archons

   S1:E212/9/1967

   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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   7.1/10(40 votes)

   #7 - 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.

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   7.0/10(39 votes)

   #8 - 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.

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   7.0/10(31 votes)

   #9 - Turnabout Intruder

   S3:E246/3/1969

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

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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Decision

    S1:E110/6/1997

    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.

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    7.0/10(60 votes)

    #11 - The Cage (Original Pilot)

    S0:E110/15/1988

    "The Cage" is the first pilot episode of the Star Trek: The Original Series science fiction series. It was completed in early 1965, but not broadcast on television in its complete form until late 1988. The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler. It was rejected by NBC in February 1965, and the network ordered another pilot episode, which became "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Much original footage from "The Cage" was later incorporated into the first season two-parter, "The Menagerie".

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    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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    6.9/10(61 votes)

    #12 - Hide and Q

    S1:E911/23/1987

    Stardate: 41590.5. Q places the senior crew of the Enterprise in a war game that pits them against a boar-faced, Napoleonic enemy.

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    6.7/10(90 votes)

    #13 - Encounter at Farpoint

    S1:E19/28/1987

    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.

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    6.7/10(71 votes)

    #14 - Charlie X

    S1:E29/15/1966

    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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    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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    6.7/10(36 votes)

    #15 - The Savage Curtain

    S3:E223/7/1969

    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.

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    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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    6.5/10(58 votes)

    #16 - Mudd's Women

    S1:E610/13/1966

    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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    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Apparition

    S3:E194/24/2000

    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.

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    6.4/10(38 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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    4.8/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Blood Ties

    S4:E184/16/2001

    Liam and Renee suspect Zo'or of orchestrating a series of murders.

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    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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