The Best Episodes Written By Richard Manning

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(72 votes)

   #1 - Yesterday's Enterprise

   S3:E152/19/1990

   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.

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   7.9/10(64 votes)

   #2 - Who Watches the Watchers

   S3:E410/16/1989

   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.

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   7.9/10(16 votes)

   #3 - Nerve (1)

   S1:E191/7/2000

   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.

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   7.9/10(15 votes)

   #4 - Season of Death (2)

   S3:E13/16/2001

   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.

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   7.6/10(11 votes)

   #5 - Terra Firma (3)

   S4:E131/17/2003

   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.

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   7.5/10(11 votes)

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

   S3:E201/24/2002

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

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   7.4/10(22 votes)

   #7 - That Old Black Magic

   S1:E86/10/1999

   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.

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   7.3/10(16 votes)

   #8 - Mind the Baby

   S2:E13/17/2000

   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.

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   7.3/10(12 votes)

   #9 - Incubator

   S3:E117/12/2001

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

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Mother and Child

    S4:E1412/7/1998

    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.

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    7.3/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Won't Get Fooled Again

    S2:E158/17/2000

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

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    7.1/10(56 votes)

    #12 - Allegiance

    S3:E183/26/1990

    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.

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    7.0/10(61 votes)

    #13 - The Emissary

    S2:E206/29/1989

    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.

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    7.0/10(64 votes)

    #14 - The Schizoid Man

    S2:E61/23/1989

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

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    6.9/10(71 votes)

    #15 - The Arsenal of Freedom

    S1:E204/11/1988

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

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    6.9/10(68 votes)

    #16 - Symbiosis

    S1:E214/18/1988

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

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    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Promises

    S4:E57/11/2002

    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.

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    6.5/10(24 votes)

    #18 - Throne for a Loss

    S1:E44/8/1999

    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.

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    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Just Say Yes

    S4:E77/13/1998

    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.

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    6.2/10(39 votes)

    #20 - Paradise

    S2:E152/13/1994

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

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    3.5/10(62 votes)

    #21 - Shades of Gray

    S2:E227/17/1989

    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.

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