https://www.looper.com/947531/star-treks-best-and-worst-episodes-ranked/

BY ADAM LEVINE/AUG. 1, 2022 10:56 AM EDT

Among television's longest running franchises, "Star Trek" launched in 1966 and has since produced 12 television series compiling a total of more than 800 episodes. From its first season on the air, "Star Trek" started producing some of science fiction's best stories, from all-time classics that have transcended the genre to fan favorites that have become pop culture staples. But that's not to say that everything "Trek" has ever produced has been of the highest quality. Every generation has their favorite series, and each new show has its fans and detractors.

But which episodes rank among the franchise's finest across its more than five decades, and which are its biggest clunkers? We've tried to narrow it down, but it's not an easy list to compile. We were forced to leave off some of the all-time best of "Trek," including standout "Deep Space Nine" entry "Duet" and the "Enterprise" episode "Twilight." Narrowing down the worst episodes "Trek" has to offer was no easy feat either, as there simply wasn't room for many colossal stinkers; the "DS9" episode "Move Along Home" and the original series episode "Spock's Brain" both avoided a place on the "worst" list.

But fret not, fanboys. Regardless of your tastes, you're sure to find something to love or hate on this list of the seven best and seven worst episodes of "Star Trek" to date.


Worst: Let He Who is Without Sin (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/d505.php) (Deep Space Nine)

Best: Blink of An Eye (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/v933.php) (Voyager)

Worst: Justice (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/t109.php) (The Next Generation)

Best: Memento Mori (https://www.trekbbs.com/posts/14161200/) (Strange New Worlds)

Worst: The Way to Eden (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/s074.php) (The Original Series)

Best: Yesterday's Enterprise (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/t163.php) (The Next Generation)

Worst: Threshold (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/v832.php) (Voyager)

Best: In the Pale Moonlight (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/d543.php) (Deep Space Nine)

Worst: And the Children Shall Lead (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/s060.php) (The Original Series)

Best: The Best of Both Worlds (https://sfdebris.com/videos/mini/mini8.php) (The Next Generation)

Worst: Sub Rosa (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/t266.php) (The Next Generation)

Best: The City on the Edge of Forever (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/s028.php)

Worst: Code of Honor (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/t104.php)

Best: The Visitor (https://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/d476.php) (Deep Space Nine)