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★ 8.4
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Overall Rating

★ 8.4
S2 E4
#1
★ 9.0

Mirror, Mirror

A transporter mishap swaps Captain Kirk and his companions with their evil counterparts in a parallel universe. In the so-called Mirror Universe, the Enterprise is a ship of the Terran Empire, an organization as evil as the United Federation of Planets is benevolent.

S1 E14
#2
★ 8.8

Balance of Terror

Kirk pits the Enterprise against an invisible spaceship testing the Federation's defenses.

S1 E22
#3
★ 8.7

Space Seed

The Enterprise picks up a crew of genetic supermen from the 20th century... and their leader, Khan, plans to create a new empire.

S2 E15
#4
★ 8.7

The Trouble With Tribbles

The Enterprise must protect a very important shipment of grain from both Klingons and some adorable creatures called tribbles.

S2 E1
#5
★ 8.6

Amok Time

First Officer Spock returns to his home world for a brutal Vulcan mating ritual.

S2 E6
#6
★ 8.6

The Doomsday Machine

The starship Enterprise and its heavily-damaged sister ship, the USS Constellation, must work together to stop an alien planet-killing machine headed for the heart of Federation territory.

S2 E10
#7
★ 8.5

Journey to Babel

The Enterprise must transport dignitaries to a peace conference, with an assassin on the loose.

S3 E2
#8
★ 8.4

The Enterprise Incident

The crew of the Enterprise are on a secret mission to steal a Romulan cloaking device.

S1 E25
#9
★ 8.3

The Devil in the Dark

Kirk investigates a series of grisly murders on a mining planet that are the work of a seemingly hostile alien creature.

S1 E11
#10
★ 8.2

The Menagerie (1)

Spock kidnaps his former captain, the crippled Christopher Pike, and heads for a quarantined planet, putting his career and Kirk's life on the line.

S3 E4
#1
★ 5.2

And the Children Shall Lead

On a distant planet, Kirk, Spock and McCoy find a scientific team dead, and their children who, unknown to the crew, have great powers at their disposal.

S3 E20
#2
★ 5.4

The Way to Eden

The Enterprise picks up a group of space "hippies" looking for Eden.

S3 E1
#3
★ 5.6

Spock's Brain

An alien female beams aboard the ship and, after incapacitating the rest of the crew, surgically removes Spock's brain. Kirk and the crew have just hours to locate and replace it before Spock's body dies.

S2 E23
#4
★ 6.1

The Omega Glory

Captain Kirk must find the cure to a deadly disease and put an end to another Starfleet captain's cultural interference.

S2 E7
#5
★ 6.2

Catspaw

Two powerful aliens threaten the well-being of the Enterprise and her crew.

S3 E18
#6
★ 6.2

The Lights of Zetar

Strange incorporeal aliens threaten the Memory Alpha station and the Enterprise.

S2 E5
#7
★ 6.4

The Apple

The crew of the Enterprise visits a mysterious paradisical planet controlled by a computer that is served by the local inhabitants.

S3 E10
#8
★ 6.5

Plato's Stepchildren

The crew of the Enterprise encounters an ageless and sadistic race of humanoids with the power of telekinesis and who claim to have organized their society around Ancient Greek ideals.

S3 E12
#9
★ 6.5

The Empath

While visiting a doomed planet, the landing party is subject to torturous experiments by powerful aliens.

S3 E16
#10
★ 6.5

The Mark of Gideon

A race of overpopulated aliens abduct Captain Kirk to solve their problem.

S1 E1
★ 7.2

The Man Trap

Kirk and his crew are at deadly risk from an alien creature that feeds on the salt in a human body and can take on any form.

S1 E2
★ 7.0

Charlie X

Charlie Evans, the sole survivor of a transport crash, is transferred to the Enterprise from a different ship. Why are they so eager to rid themselves of him, though? There's more to Charlie than meets the eye...

S1 E3
★ 7.7

Where No Man Has Gone Before

While exploring the edge of the galaxy, the Enterprise encounters an energy barrier that gives some crewmen strange powers.

S1 E4
★ 7.8

The Naked Time

A strange alien substance causes the crew to lose their inhibitions.

S1 E5
★ 7.6

The Enemy Within

A transporter malfunction causes Captain Kirk to split into his "good" and "evil" selves, and a landing party will freeze to death if they don't merge the two back together.

S1 E6
★ 6.7

Mudd's Women

The Enterprise picks up a intergalactic conman, Harry Mudd, and three incredibly beautiful women who harbor a dark secret.

S1 E7
★ 7.5

What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Nurse Christine Chapel is reunited with her old fiance on Exo III, but the scientist has plans for Captain Kirk and the Federation.

S1 E8
★ 6.9

Miri

Kirk and a landing party are stranded on a planet due to a disease that causes any adult to die a painful death, and must deal with the local children who have survived.

S1 E9
★ 7.4

Dagger of the Mind

Kirk investigates an experimental facility for holding prisoners and finds a sinister scheme.

S1 E11
★ 8.2

The Menagerie (1)

Spock kidnaps his former captain, the crippled Christopher Pike, and heads for a quarantined planet, putting his career and Kirk's life on the line.

S1 E12
★ 8.1

The Menagerie (2)

Spock's court-martial continues as he attempts to justify his abduction of Pike, the theft of the Enterprise, and his heading for a planet declared forbidden by Starfleet.

S1 E13
★ 7.1

The Conscience of the King

Kirk is one of the last survivors who can identify a mass killer, who lurks among a Shakespearean troupe aboard the Enterprise.

S1 E14
★ 8.8

Balance of Terror

Kirk pits the Enterprise against an invisible spaceship testing the Federation's defenses.

S1 E15
★ 7.3

Shore Leave

The Enterprise crew take shore leave on a peaceful, pastoral planet... where their dreams and fantasies come to life.

S1 E16
★ 7.6

The Galileo Seven

Spock commands a stranded away team when their shuttlecraft is stranded on a planet with hostile natives.

S1 E17
★ 7.2

The Squire of Gothos

The Enterprise finds itself at the mercy of a seemingly omnipotent being who fancies himself an 18th century Englishman.

S1 E18
★ 7.9

Arena

When a mysterious alien race destroy an Earth colony, the Enterprise pursues, but Kirk and the alien captain are forced to fight each other by powerful aliens.

S1 E19
★ 7.9

Tomorrow Is Yesterday

In a freak accident the Enterprise is sent back to 20th century Earth, and must find their way back without changing history.

S1 E20
★ 7.4

Court Martial

Captain Kirk's career is at stake when he is put on trial for the loss of a crewman during an ion storm.

S1 E21
★ 7.1

The Return of the Archons

The Enterprise encounters a seemingly peaceful civilization run by a "benevolent" being named Landru... who intends for them to join his people.

S1 E22
★ 8.7

Space Seed

The Enterprise picks up a crew of genetic supermen from the 20th century... and their leader, Khan, plans to create a new empire.

S1 E23
★ 8.0

A Taste of Armageddon

The Enterprise arrives at a planet to establish diplomatic relations and finds itself in the middle of a "peaceful" war that threatens to destroy the ship.

S1 E24
★ 7.8

This Side of Paradise

The Enterprise crew try to rescue colonists from deadly radiation, but instead encounter strange alien spores that seem to offer paradise.

S1 E25
★ 8.3

The Devil in the Dark

Kirk investigates a series of grisly murders on a mining planet that are the work of a seemingly hostile alien creature.

S2 E1
★ 8.6

Amok Time

First Officer Spock returns to his home world for a brutal Vulcan mating ritual.

S2 E2
★ 7.1

Who Mourns for Adonais?

The crew of the Enterprise are held captive by an alien who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo.

S2 E3
★ 7.5

The Changeling

The crew of the USS Enterprise deals with an indestructible planet-destroying space probe.

S2 E4
★ 9.0

Mirror, Mirror

A transporter mishap swaps Captain Kirk and his companions with their evil counterparts in a parallel universe. In the so-called Mirror Universe, the Enterprise is a ship of the Terran Empire, an organization as evil as the United Federation of Planets is benevolent.

S2 E5
★ 6.4

The Apple

The crew of the Enterprise visits a mysterious paradisical planet controlled by a computer that is served by the local inhabitants.

S2 E6
★ 8.6

The Doomsday Machine

The starship Enterprise and its heavily-damaged sister ship, the USS Constellation, must work together to stop an alien planet-killing machine headed for the heart of Federation territory.

S2 E7
★ 6.2

Catspaw

Two powerful aliens threaten the well-being of the Enterprise and her crew.

S2 E8
★ 7.3

I, Mudd

Captain Kirk has a second run-in with the conman, Harry Mudd. Mudd is now the supreme ruler of a planet of androids who cater to his every whim.

S2 E9
★ 7.2

Metamorphosis

A shuttle crew from the USS Enterprise encounters a man out of history and his mysterious alien companion.

S2 E10
★ 8.5

Journey to Babel

The Enterprise must transport dignitaries to a peace conference, with an assassin on the loose.

S2 E11
★ 6.7

Friday's Child

The crew of the Enterprise become entangled in a planet's tribal power struggle.

S2 E12
★ 7.3

The Deadly Years

Strange radiation exposes the command crew of the Enterprise to the effects of rapid aging.

S2 E13
★ 7.2

Obsession

Captain James T. Kirk becomes obsessed with destroying a deadly entity he once encountered in his youth.

S2 E14
★ 7.2

Wolf in the Fold

A series of bizarre murders points to Mr. Scott as the prime suspect.

S2 E15
★ 8.7

The Trouble With Tribbles

The Enterprise must protect a very important shipment of grain from both Klingons and some adorable creatures called tribbles.

S2 E16
★ 7.0

The Gamesters of Triskelion

Captain Kirk and his companions are abducted into slavery and trained to fight as gladiators for the gambling entertainment of three disembodied beings.

S2 E17
★ 7.7

A Piece of the Action

The Enterprise visits a planet with an Earth-like 1920s gangster culture.

S2 E18
★ 7.5

The Immunity Syndrome

The crew of the Enterprise encounters an energy-draining field which may be able to destroy the galaxy.

S2 E19
★ 6.8

A Private Little War

The crew of the Enterprise discovers Klingon interference in the development of a formerly peaceful planet and is forced to help maintain a balance of power.

S2 E20
★ 7.4

Return to Tomorrow

Ancient alien minds are given control of Captain Kirk's and First Officer Spock's bodies.

S2 E21
★ 7.4

Patterns of Force

The crew of the Enterprise tracks down a Federation observer on a planet dominated by a "Naziesque" regime.

S2 E22
★ 7.5

By Any Other Name

Beings from another galaxy commandeer the Enterprise in an attempt to return home.

S2 E23
★ 6.1

The Omega Glory

Captain Kirk must find the cure to a deadly disease and put an end to another Starfleet captain's cultural interference.

S2 E24
★ 8.0

The Ultimate Computer

A skeleton Enterprise crew are assigned to test a revolutionary computer system that is given total control of the ship.

S2 E25
★ 7.0

Bread and Circuses

The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of a ship's crew on a planet that is a modern version of the Roman Empire.

S3 E1
★ 5.6

Spock's Brain

An alien female beams aboard the ship and, after incapacitating the rest of the crew, surgically removes Spock's brain. Kirk and the crew have just hours to locate and replace it before Spock's body dies.

S3 E2
★ 8.4

The Enterprise Incident

The crew of the Enterprise are on a secret mission to steal a Romulan cloaking device.

S3 E3
★ 6.7

The Paradise Syndrome

An alien device on a primitive planet erases Captain Kirk's memory, and he begins a new life with the planet's indigenous people.

S3 E4
★ 5.2

And the Children Shall Lead

On a distant planet, Kirk, Spock and McCoy find a scientific team dead, and their children who, unknown to the crew, have great powers at their disposal.

S3 E5
★ 6.9

Is There in Truth No Beauty?

The Enterprise travels with an alien ambassador whose appearance induces madness.

S3 E6
★ 7.2

Spectre of the Gun

Having been found trespassers into Melkotian space, Captain Kirk and his companions are sent to die in a re-enactment of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

S3 E7
★ 7.7

Day of the Dove

An alien force drives the crew of the Enterprise into brutal conflict with the Klingons.

S3 E8
★ 7.1

For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

The crew of the Enterprise rush to stop an asteroid from colliding with a Federation world, but discover the asteroid is actually an inhabited generation ship.

S3 E9
★ 8.0

The Tholian Web

Captain Kirk is caught between dimensions while the crew of the Enterprise works to retrieve him. All the while, the Tholians demand that the Enterprise leave their space.

S3 E10
★ 6.5

Plato's Stepchildren

The crew of the Enterprise encounters an ageless and sadistic race of humanoids with the power of telekinesis and who claim to have organized their society around Ancient Greek ideals.

S3 E11
★ 7.3

Wink of an Eye

Invisible "time-accelerated" aliens take over the Enterprise and attempt to abduct the crew for use as "genetic stock".

S3 E12
★ 6.5

The Empath

While visiting a doomed planet, the landing party is subject to torturous experiments by powerful aliens.

S3 E13
★ 7.0

Elaan of Troyius

The USS Enterprise ferries a spoiled princess whose betrothal to a royal Troyian is hoped will bring peace to a star system at war.

S3 E14
★ 6.9

Whom Gods Destroy

Captain Kirk faces off with a demented shape-shifting starship captain determined to control the universe.

S3 E15
★ 7.1

Let That Be Your Last Battlefield

The Enterprise encounters two duo-chromatic and mutually belligerent aliens who put the ship in the middle of their old conflict.

S3 E16
★ 6.5

The Mark of Gideon

A race of overpopulated aliens abduct Captain Kirk to solve their problem.

S3 E17
★ 6.5

That Which Survives

Kirk, McCoy, and Sulu are stranded on a barren planet where a mysterious woman attempts to kill them one at a time, while the Enterprise must travel halfway across the galaxy to rescue them.

S3 E18
★ 6.2

The Lights of Zetar

Strange incorporeal aliens threaten the Memory Alpha station and the Enterprise.

S3 E19
★ 7.3

Requiem for Methuselah

The crew of the Enterprise encounter an immortal human in this science fiction variation on Shakespeare's The Tempest.

S3 E20
★ 5.4

The Way to Eden

The Enterprise picks up a group of space "hippies" looking for Eden.

S3 E21
★ 7.0

The Cloud Minders

Captain Kirk races against time to acquire plague-fighting minerals from a world in the midst of a civil uprising against a grievous social class disparity.

S3 E22
★ 6.6

The Savage Curtain

Aliens force Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock to join forces with "Abraham Lincoln" and "Surak" to battle villains in a contest of good vs. evil.

S3 E23
★ 8.1

All Our Yesterdays

Kirk, Spock and McCoy are trapped in two parts of another planet's past - a world threatened with destruction when its sun goes supernova.

S3 E24
★ 6.8

Turnabout Intruder

The Enterprise is in danger when Janice Lester, one of Kirk's former lovers, steals his body.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode Rating Range
1 ★ 7.6 24
★ 8.8 Balance of Terror
★ 6.7 Mudd's Women
2 ★ 7.4 25
★ 9.0 Mirror, Mirror
★ 6.1 The Omega Glory
3 ★ 6.9 24
★ 8.4 The Enterprise Incident
★ 5.2 And the Children Shall Lead