The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 1
Every episode of Star Trek: Discovery season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 1!
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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Battle at the Binary Stars
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2017
Escaping from the brig while the ship is under attack, Burnham joins the captain in an audacious plan to end a battle rapidly escalating into war.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2017
A figure familiar to Lorca and Lt. Tyler from the Klingon prison ship attacks the Discovery, intending to deliver the ship to their former captors.
#14 - The Vulcan Hello
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2017
Commander Michael Burnham of the Federation starship U.S.S. Shenzhou disputes her captain’s peaceful stance when their ship encounters hostile forces.
#15 - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2017
The U.S.S. Discovery is tasked with a high priority mission to planet Pahvo and learn the science behind the Klingon’s cloaking technology.