The Best Episodes Written By Rick Berman

Every TV Episode Written by Rick Berman Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Shockwave (1)
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #1 - Shockwave (1)

    Missing info
    S1:E26

    Starfleet orders Enterprise to return home when the crew seemingly causes the destruction of an alien planet. However, a visit from Crewman Daniels leads Archer to believe that this disaster was the plot of one of the factions from the temporal cold war.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
  2. Background image for Azati Prime
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #2 - Azati Prime

    Missing info
    S3:E18

    Archer sets out on a suicide mission to destroy the Xindi superweapon as Enterprise faces a brutal attack.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
  3. Background image for Zero Hour
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    #3 - Zero Hour

    Missing info
    S3:E24

    Archer puts his life on the line in a risky gambit to intercept the Xindi superweapon and disarm it from within.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
  4. Background image for Emissary (2)
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    #4 - Emissary (2)

    Missing info
    S1:E2

    Stardate: 46379.1. A new crew is assigned to a former Cardassian space station: Deep Space Nine. It is a joint Federation/Bajoran force, with Commander Sisko in charge, but his life is dramatically changed when he is declared the Emissary to the Prophets by a Bajoran priest.

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    Director:David Carson
  5. Background image for Endgame
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Endgame

    Missing info
    S7:E25

    Stardate: 54973.4 - Twenty-six years in the future, a regretful Admiral Janeway hatches an audacious plan to bring Voyager home sooner, rather than have it spend an additional sixteen years making its journey.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
  6. Background image for Carbon Creek
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #6 - Carbon Creek

    Missing info
    S2:E2

    After Archer and Trip become curious about a visit she made to a Pennsylvania mining town called Carbon Creek, T'Pol explains to them that Vulcans actually had their first contact with humans in 1957. That year, a Vulcan ship crashed on Earth and three crew members survived, including T'Pol's great grandmother. They pose as humans in Carbon Creek and take on jobs while waiting for rescue and soon find themselves becoming more involved with the town's residents.

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  7. Background image for Timeless
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    #7 - Timeless

    Missing info
    S5:E6

    Stardate: Unknown. In the future, Harry Kim attempts to correct a mistake he made 15 years earlier, which had resulted in the loss of Voyager during use of experimental engine technology.

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    Director:LeVar Burton
  8. Background image for Fallen Hero
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #8 - Fallen Hero

    Missing info
    S1:E23

    Enterprise is sent to the planet Mazar to pick up a Vulcan ambassador who has been expelled for misconduct.

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  9. Background image for The Andorian Incident
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #9 - The Andorian Incident

    Missing info
    S1:E7

    Enterprise visits an ancient Vulcan spiritual sanctuary, despite T'Pol's concerns that her human colleagues will be an awkward and disruptive presence there. Upon landing, they discover that the monastery has been forcibly taken over by the Andorians, a paranoid and highly excitable race of aliens with a long history of conflict with the Vulcans.

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    Director:Roxann Dawson
  10. Background image for The Expanse
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #10 - The Expanse

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    S2:E26

    An alien race known as the Xindi launch an attack on Earth, causing great casualties and massive damage. As Enterprise heads back home, an unlikely source informs Archer about the Xindi and that their next attack will destroy Earth.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
  11. Background image for Unification (1)
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #11 - Unification (1)

    Missing info
    S5:E7

    Stardate: 45233.1. Ambassador Spock has disappeared and intelligence finds him on Romulus. Captain Picard is sent to Romulus to find Spock. Meanwhile Riker and the rest of the crew investigate the fragments of a Vulcan ship discovered in the wreck of a Ferengi vessel.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  12. Background image for Equinox (2)
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Equinox (2)

    Missing info
    S6:E1

    Stardate: Unknown. As Janeway's determination to capture Captain Ransom becomes an obsession, Ransom begins having second thoughts about his methods.

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  13. Background image for Shockwave (2)
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Shockwave (2)

    Missing info
    S2:E1

    Daniels and Archer must find a way back to the 22nd century in order to make sure history plays out as it should. Meanwhile, on board Enterprise, the Suliban have taken over the ship, but Reed, Trip, and T'Pol formulate a plan to eject the aliens.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
  14. Background image for The Maquis (1)
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #14 - The Maquis (1)

    Missing info
    S2:E20

    Stardate: Unknown. The destruction of a Cardassian ship leads Sisko, Dukat, and Sisko's old friend Cal Hudson to the fact that there is an unofficial war between the Maquis and the Cardassians.

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  15. Background image for The Maquis (2)
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #15 - The Maquis (2)

    Missing info
    S2:E21

    Stardate: Unknown. Sisko tries to resolve the Maquis crisis by preventing a war, freeing Gul Dukat and offering the defected Hudson the chance to return.

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    Director:Corey Allen
  16. Background image for Unification (2)
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #16 - Unification (2)

    Missing info
    S5:E8

    Stardate: 45245.8. Picard and Data find Spock and discover the reason behind the secret meetings. However, a darker scheme planned by the Romulans is also uncovered in the process.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  17. Background image for Hope and Fear
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #17 - Hope and Fear

    Missing info
    S4:E26

    Stardate: 51978.2. When an alien helps the Voyager crew decode the mysterious encrypted message from Starfleet, the crew learns the whereabouts of a secret experimental starship that may be able to get them back to the Alpha Quadrant within a mere matter of months.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
  18. Background image for Equinox (1)
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #18 - Equinox (1)

    Missing info
    S5:E25

    Stardate: Unknown. Voyager encounters another Federation starship, the USS Equinox, in the Delta Quadrant. But as an alien presence prepares an attack, Janeway begins to uncover the Equinox's sinister secret.

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  19. Background image for Stigma
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #19 - Stigma

    Missing info
    S2:E14

    Enterprise visits a planet where an Interspecies Medical Exchange conference is being held. Dr. Phlox tries to obtain research on a terminal disease from the Vulcan contingency, without revealing T'Pol has been infected by it.

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  20. Background image for Cogenitor
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Cogenitor

    Missing info
    S2:E22

    The Enterprise crew makes first contact with the Vissians, a species with three genders. Trip meets one of the species' third gender, known as Cogenitor, and learns how badly Vissians treat all Cogenitors. Trip attempts to help the Cogenitor, even though it interferes with Vissian culture.

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    Director:LeVar Burton
  21. Background image for Ensign Ro
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #21 - Ensign Ro

    Missing info
    S5:E3

    Stardate: 45076.3. Picard exposes a planned genocidal attack on the Bajorans with the help of a new officer, Ensign Ro Laren.

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    Director:Les Landau
  22. Background image for Fight or Flight
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Fight or Flight

    Missing info
    S1:E3

    Captain Archer wants to convert curiosity into deeds and decides to enter a ship floating in space. Hoshi has trouble adjusting to life on Enterprise.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
  23. Background image for Shadows of P'Jem
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #23 - Shadows of P'Jem

    Missing info
    S1:E15

    Archer and the crew are disappointed to discover that T'Pol has been ordered by the Vulcan High Command to leave Enterprise--and equally frustrated at her seeming indifference to leaving their ranks. T'Pol's last mission as a Starfleet officer, however, proves eventful when she and Archer are kidnapped by a militant faction on an alien planet.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
  24. Background image for The Xindi
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    #24 - The Xindi

    Missing info
    S3:E1

    Captain Archer and his crew set out to gain information about the mysterious and antagonistic Xindi race.

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    Director:Allan Kroeker
  25. Background image for Think Tank
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #25 - Think Tank

    Missing info
    S5:E19

    Stardate: Unknown. A group of extremely intelligent aliens offers to help Voyager escape from a race of bounty hunters known as the Hazari, in exchange for Seven of Nine.

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Rick Berman Ratings Summary

"Shockwave (1)" is the best rated episode written by Rick Berman. It scored 8.2/10 based on 21 votes. It was directed by Allan Kroeker. It aired on 5/22/2002 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Azati Prime".