The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Discovery
Every episode of Star Trek: Discovery ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: Discovery!
Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
#1 - Such Sweet Sorrow (2)
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/18/2019
The U.S.S. Discovery battles against Control in a fight not only for their lives but for the future, with a little help from some unexpected friends. Spock and Burnham discern vital new connections between the red signals while Burnham faces one of life’s harshest truths: the right decisions are often the hardest to make.
#2 - Into the Forest I Go
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/2017
Bypassing Starfleet’s orders, Lorca uses the U.S.S. Discovery crew’s ultimate asset, the ship itself, in an effort to end the war with the Klingons once and for all.
#3 - Project Daedalus
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/14/2019
When the Discovery crew infiltrates Section 31’s headquarters, suspicions arise that the crew may have a traitor in their midst. Burnham tries to help Spock but her efforts don’t go as planned.
#4 - If Memory Serves
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/7/2019
Spock and Burnham head to Talos IV, where the process of healing Spock forces the siblings to confront their troubled past. Stamets desperately tries to reconnect with Hugh, while Tyler struggles to shed the crew’s suspicions of him due to his past as Voq.
#5 - New Eden
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/24/2019
A new signal appears, prompting Stamets’ emotional return to the mycelial network and leading Burnham, Pike and Owosekun to a pre-warp planet, where they face a complex ethical dilemma. Tilly’s overeagerness lands her in trouble but when the planet – and Discovery’s landing party – are threatened, her curiosity may be the one thing that can save them.
#6 - Vaulting Ambition
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2018
Burnham heads to the ISS Charon with a special “gift” for the Emperor. With the help of an unexpected source, Stamets gains clarity while trapped inside the mycelial network. Saru asks for L’Rell’s help.
#7 - What's Past is Prologue
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2018
Lorca plans to move forward with a coup against the Emperor, propelling Burnham to make a quick decision to save not only herself, but the U.S.S. Discovery.
#8 - Such Sweet Sorrow (1)
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/11/2019
When the U.S.S. Discovery’s crucial mission does not go according to plan, Burnham realizes what must ultimately be done. The crew prepares for the battle of a lifetime as Leland’s Control ships get closer.
#9 - The Red Angel
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/21/2019
Burnham is stunned when she learns her ties to Section 31 run deeper than she ever fathomed. Armed with the identity of the Red Angel, the U.S.S. Discovery goes to work on its most critical mission to date.
#10 - The War Without, the War Within
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2018
Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery crew are faced with the harsh reality of the war during their absence. In order to move forward, Starfleet must use unconventional tactics and sources to take their next action against the Klingons.
#11 - Context Is for Kings
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2017
Michael’s shuttle is intercepted by Captain Gabriel Lorca of the mysterious U.S.S. Discovery, who orders her to join a dangerous recovery mission.
#12 - Brother
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/17/2019
The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery joins forces with Captain Pike to unravel the mystery of seven mysterious red signals that have appeared across the universe.
#13 - Through the Valley of Shadows
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/4/2019
A fourth signal leads the U.S.S. Discovery to an insular world, where Pike is forced to make a life-changing choice. Burnham and Spock investigate a Section 31 ship gone rogue, leading to a discovery with catastrophic consequences.
#14 - The Sound of Thunder
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/21/2019
When a new signal appears over Saru’s home planet, Burnham, Saru and the crew embark on a perilous mission that puts Saru in danger and raises questions about the Red Angel’s intentions. Hugh struggles to come to terms with his new reality.
#15 - Perpetual Infinity
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/28/2019
Burnham receives the reunion she’s been longing for, but it doesn’t go quite as she imagined. Georgiou and Tyler sense a disturbing change in Leland.
#17 - Will You Take My Hand?
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2018
With Georgiou at the helm of the plan to end the Klingon war once and for all, the U.S.S. Discovery crew struggles to fathom and tolerate her hostile tactics. Memories of past hardships are rekindled within Burnham.
#18 - That Hope Is You (1)
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2020
Arriving 930 years into her future, Burnham navigates a galaxy she no longer recognizes while searching for the rest of the Discovery crew.
#19 - That Hope Is You (2)
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2021
As the Emerald Chain tightens its grip, can the mystery of the Burn finally be solved? Burnham and the crew have one last chance to save themselves and the Federation.
#20 - Despite Yourself
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2018
While in unfamiliar territory, the U.S.S. Discovery crew is forced to get creative in their next efforts to survive opposing and unprecedented forces and return home.
#21 - Light and Shadows
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/2019
Burnham goes to Vulcan in search of Spock, where she unearths surprising family secrets. In researching what is left of the Red Angel’s signal over Kaminar, Pike and Tyler end up in battle with time itself. Georgiou has a few tricks up her sleeve for Leland and Section 31.
#22 - The Wolf Inside
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2018
The crew continues their guise, and Burnham is ordered on a merciless mission to end the resistance in hopes of returning home. Meanwhile, Tilly works on restoring Stamets’ neurofunction.
#23 - Lethe
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2017
Michael uses her connection to Sarek to help locate him after he is wounded in an assassination attempt. Lorca deals with an unexpected visitor.
#25 - The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2017
Voq faces a powerful challenge in his pursuit of T’Kuvma’s agenda, while Michael discovers a possible solution to the ship’s propulsion difficulties.
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