Best Star Trek Episodes of All Time
Includes what I consider to be the best Star Trek Episodes. Includes movies as well. Currently does not contain DS9 or Voyager. Will never contain any of Enterprise.
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- 1987–199446mTV-PG9.2 (6.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise C enters the Enterprise D's time and space continuum, where they find Picard and crew in a constant state of war with the Klingons, and only Guinan knows it.Let's makes sure history never forgets the name Enterprise.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG9.3 (5.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonResponding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.Resistance is futile. Your life, as it has been, is over...
- 1987–199446mTV-PG9.1 (6.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert ScheererStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen Data resigns his commission rather than be dismantled for examination by an inadequately skilled scientist, a formal hearing is convened to determine whether Data is considered property without rights or is a sentient being.A courtroom is a crucible; in it we burn away irrelevancies until we are left with a pure product: the truth, for all time.
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA retired admiral boards the Enterprise in an effort to determine the actions aboard the ship surrounding an act of sabotage and possible treason.With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.
- 1987–199445mTV-PG9.2 (5.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonHaving absorbed Captain Picard and his knowledge, the Borg head for Earth, leaving Riker and the Enterprise desperate for an unanticipated way to defeat them.Our relationship is beyond friendship, beyond family and I will let him go... and you must do the same. There can only be one captain.
- DirectorLeonard NimoyStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyTo save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.My friends. We've come home.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyThe Enterprise is sent to a mining colony that is being terrorized by a mysterious monster, only to find that the situation is not that simple.The Horta has a very logical mind. And after close association with humans, I find that curiously refreshing.
- DirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonLa Forge gets left behind on a storm-plagued planet when the rest of his team encounters a Romulan warrior.There are times when it is necessary to die for one's ideals... do you believe that this is one of those times?
- DirectorChip ChalmersStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter being fired upon by a Cardassian vessel, Picard races against time to find out the facts behind the Cardassian commander's claim that the Federation attacked one of their outposts.It's not you I hate, Cardassian. I hate what I became because of you.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyBoth humans and Klingons have been lured to a planet by a formless entity that feeds on hatred and has set about to fashion them into a permanent food supply for itself.Only a fool fights in a burning house.
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonPicard must learn to communicate with a race that speaks in metaphor under a difficult set of circumstances.Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyWith the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.I have been, and always shall be, your friend.
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonMuch to Picard's displeasure, Q reappears on the Enterprise, claiming to have been ejected from the Q Continuum, and therefore, lost his powers.How the mighty have fallen.
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen transporting a dangerous material to the Enterprise, Data is kidnapped and the crew is led to believe he is dead when the shuttlecraft he was piloting explodes en route.I cannot permit this to continue.
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonQ tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time.Why? Why, to give you a taste of your future, a preview of things to come. Con permiso, capitán? The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It's now time to see if you can dance.
- DirectorJustin LinStarsChris PineZachary QuintoKarl UrbanThe crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.You gave your girlfriend a tracking device?
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyRicardo MontalbanWhile on patrol in deep space, Captain Kirk and his crew find and revive a genetically-engineered world conqueror and his compatriots from Earth's Twentieth Century.It is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven.
- DirectorRobert LedermanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise finds a lone Borg drone, separated from the collective, and brings him aboard. The drone begins to reassert his individuality, but his presence causes differing levels of fear and sympathy from various crew members.Resistance...is not futile?
- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsChris PineZachary QuintoSimon PeggThe brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.You know, your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved eight hundred lives, including your mother's – and yours. I dare you to do better.
- 1987–199446mTV-PG7.1 (3.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise encounters a planet long dead, but technical equipment still functions for the purpose of selling off its arsenal, along with self sufficiency.You poor fools - your own creation destroyed you!
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesBrent SpinerWhen the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.How many people does it take, Admiral, before it becomes wrong? Hmm? A thousand? Fifty thousand? A million? How many people does it take, Admiral?!
- 1987–199445mTV-PG6.1 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorRob BowmanStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise transports an elderly Starfleet Admiral to negotiate a hostage crisis. When the Admiral takes a de-aging drug, he endangers both his life and the mission.Rest, Jameson. Your long night... and mine, are over.
- DirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA mission of the Enterprise is seen through the eyes of some junior officers who are up for promotions, as questions of duty and honor arise among some of them, such as a Bajoran whom Worf has designated to be promoted to operations.Perhaps next time you are judged unfairly, it will not take so many bruises for you to protest.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyTo protect a space station with a vital grain shipment, Kirk must deal with Federation bureaucrats, a Klingon battle cruiser and a peddler who sells furry, purring, hungry little creatures as pets.Kirk may be a swaggering, overbearing, tin-plated dictator with delusions of godhood, but he's not soft.
- 1987–199446mTV-PG7.9 (3.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorGabrielle BeaumontStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonDeanna awakes to find herself altered to look like a Romulan, immediately unaware she's involved in a cat-and-mouse game as a member of their intelligence agency.Protection? From what? How is the Empire threatened by the words of an old man, a devoted citizen who was merely trying to speak his mind? How did the Tal Shiar protect the Empire by dragging him, my father, out of his home in the middle of the night?
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyA powerful being claiming to be the Greek god Apollo appears and demands that the crew of the Enterprise disembark onto his planet to worship him.A father doesn't destroy his children.
- 1987–199446mTV-PG8.3 (3.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid CarsonStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonA transporter malfunction, combined with a Romulan ship under stress and a damaged cloaking device, creates the illusion that Ensign Ro and Geordi are dead, but Geordi doesn't believe it to be so, and he acts accordingly.I never knew what a friend was, until I met Geordi. He spoke to me as though I were human. He treated me no differently from anyone else. He accepted me for what I am. And that - I have learned - is friendship.