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The Best Episodes Written By Richard Manning

Every TV Episode Written by Richard Manning Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  • Yesterday's Enterprise
    8.5/10(54)

    #1 - Yesterday's Enterprise

    Season 3 Episode 15

    Aired 2/19/1990

    Stardate: 43625.2. A rift in the space/time continuum brings the U.S.S. Enterprise - C forward into the 24th Century, and alters the timeline. In this future, the Federation is at war with the Klingons, Tasha Yar is on the bridge, Worf did not join the Federation, and only Guinan's unique perception of reality may restore the timeline.

    Director: David Carson

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Season of Death (2)
    8.1/10(7)

    #2 - Season of Death (2)

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 3/16/2001

    D'Argo and Stark try to heal John, left with his head open on an operating table, while Scorpius attempts to avoid discovery. Zhaan makes a great personal sacrifice, while Jothee and Chiana commit an indiscretion.

    Director: Ian Watson

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Nerve (1)
    7.9/10(8)

    #3 - Nerve (1)

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 1/7/2000

    Crichton and Chiana try to infiltrate a peacekeeper base to get some vital medicine for Aeryn. Crichton gets caught by Scorpius and imprisoned. He is tortured using a device called the 'Aurora Chair' which is able to look inside his mind and where Scorpius learns that Crichton has the secret to creating wormholes.

    Director: Rowan Woods

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Terra Firma (3)
    7.9/10(7)

    #4 - Terra Firma (3)

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 1/17/2003

    Moya arrives at Earth in present day, Christmas. The crew show their ships and technology to Earth's scientists. Crichton starts writing a journal. The creature left on board Moya by Grayza manages to get to Earth where it starts killing and hunting down Crichton.

    Director: Peter Andrikidis

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Who Watches the Watchers
    7.9/10(49)

    #5 - Who Watches the Watchers

    Season 3 Episode 4

    Aired 10/16/1989

    Stardate: 43173.5. An away team inadvertently breaks the Prime Directive and reveal themselves to a primitive culture on Mintaka III, causing the inhabitants believe that Captain Picard is a God.

    Director: Robert Wiemer

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter (1)
    7.6/10(5)

    #6 - Into the Lion's Den - Lambs to the Slaughter (1)

    Season 3 Episode 20

    Aired 1/24/2002

    Crichton goes to the command carrier to sabotage Scorpius' wormhole research.

    Director: Ian Watson

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • That Old Black Magic
    7.5/10(10)

    #7 - That Old Black Magic

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 6/10/1999

    Crichton is put into a head-to-head battle with Crais by a magical being named Maldis who feeds off the emotions of others and makes himself stronger by absorbing all of the negative energy and anger from Crichton and Crais.

    Director: Brendan Maher

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Won't Get Fooled Again
    7.5/10(6)

    #8 - Won't Get Fooled Again

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 8/17/2000

    The Scorpius clone puts John into a dream world to prevent the Scarrans from getting any wormhole knowledge.

    Director: Rowan Woods

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Allegiance
    7.2/10(44)

    #9 - Allegiance

    Season 3 Episode 18

    Aired 3/26/1990

    Stardate: 43714.1. Picard is secretly abducted and switched with an alien double. The crews' suspicions are raised when he starts exhibiting unusual behaviour, and is relieved of command.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Mind the Baby
    7.1/10(7)

    #10 - Mind the Baby

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 3/17/2000

    Crichton, Aeryn and D'argo are stranded in an asteroid field while Scorpius searches for them. Their safety depends on Crais, who is nearby in Talyn. Aeryn teaches Crais how to control the young Leviathan - the only thing she can offer in return for the lives of her friends. When Moya returns to the asteroid field to look for her offspring, Crichton decides to remove Crais from control of Talyn. Scorpius finally sees his chance to strike.

    Director: Andrew Prowse

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • The Schizoid Man
    7.0/10(52)

    #11 - The Schizoid Man

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 1/23/1989

    Stardate: 42437.5. Data is possessed by the consciousness of a brilliant scientist. However, it has a disturbing impact on Data's personality.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • The Emissary
    6.9/10(48)

    #12 - The Emissary

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 6/29/1989

    Stardate: 42901.3. Worf is re-united with his former lover, K'Ehleyr, while the Enterprise is ordered to intercept a Klingon ship whose crew has been in stasis for a century.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • The Arsenal of Freedom
    6.8/10(52)

    #13 - The Arsenal of Freedom

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 4/11/1988

    Stardate: 41798.2. The crew encounters bizarre phenomena while searching for the missing U.S.S. Drake.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Symbiosis
    6.8/10(51)

    #14 - Symbiosis

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 4/18/1988

    Stardate: Unknown. Picard attempts to break an ancient co-dependency between two species on one planet without violating the Prime Directive.

    Director: Win Phelps

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Promises
    6.8/10(6)

    #15 - Promises

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 7/11/2002

    D'Argo, Rygel, Crichton, Chiana and Sikozu get back to Moya only to find that Scorpius is there waiting for them along with Aeryn, now suffering from heat delirium. Aeryn has granted Scorpius asylum and claims that Scorpius saved her life.

    Director: Geoff Bennett

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Throne for a Loss
    6.6/10(12)

    #16 - Throne for a Loss

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 4/8/1999

    A group of Tavleks come aboard for trade negotiations. Rygel takes a vitally important crystal from Moya to make himself seem wealthy. The Tavleks kidnap Rygel and take him down to the planet, leaving one of their wounded on board. Everyone goes to the surface to get him except Zhaan who stays on board to keep an eye on the Tavlek left behind.

    Director: Pino Amenta

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Just Say Yes
    6.5/10(2)

    #17 - Just Say Yes

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Aired 7/13/1998

    On a world where drug use is mandatory, Maggie and Colin are dosed with mind-altering chemicals. Rembrandt and Quinn have to find a way to save them and outrun the Drug Empowerment Administration.

    Director: Jefferson Kibbee

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Mother and Child
    6.5/10(2)

    #18 - Mother and Child

    Season 4 Episode 14

    Aired 12/7/1998

    The Sliders discover a woman escaping from a Kromagg breeder camp and take her to her Earth, where an anti-Kromagg virus proves deadly for her half-Kromagg son.

    Director: Helaine Head

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Incubator
    6.5/10(6)

    #19 - Incubator

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 7/12/2001

    Scorpius puts the neural chip into his own brain in an attempt to retrieve vital wormhole equations from Crichton.

    Director: Ian Watson

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Paradise
    6.2/10(30)

    #20 - Paradise

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 2/13/1994

    Stardate: 47573.1. Sisko and Chief O'Brien discover a colony that lives without technology.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: Richard Manning

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  • Shades of Gray
    3.6/10(46)

    #21 - Shades of Gray

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 7/17/1989

    Stardate: 42976.1. Riker is infected with an alien organism that takes over his mind. Dr. Pulaski must force Riker's mind back to a state where it can access primitive survival skills.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: Richard Manning

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Richard Manning Ratings Summary

"Yesterday's Enterprise" is the best rated episode written by Richard Manning. It scored 8.454/10 based on 54 votes. It was directed by David Carson. It aired on 2/19/1990 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Season of Death (2)".