The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 4

Every episode of Star Trek: Discovery season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 4!

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.

Last Updated: 11/27/2025Network: Paramount+Status: Ended
Species Ten-C
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7.63
1910 votes

#1 - Species Ten-C

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/10/2022

As the DMA approaches Earth and Ni'Var, Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery attempt to make First Contact with the powerful species responsible before it's too late.

Writer: Kyle Jarrow
Coming Home
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7.47
1972 votes

#2 - Coming Home

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/17/2022

The DMA approaches Earth and Ni'Var. With evacuations underway, Burnham and the team aboard the U.S.S. Discovery must find a way to communicate and connect with a species far different from their own before time runs out.

Kobayashi Maru
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7.45
2494 votes

#3 - Kobayashi Maru

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/2021

After months spent reconnecting the Federation with distant worlds, Captain Michael Burnham and the crew of the Discovery are sent to assist a damaged space station—a seemingly routine mission that reveals the existence of a terrifying new threat.

…But to Connect
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7.39
2089 votes

#4 - …But to Connect

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/30/2021

Tensions rise as representatives from across the galaxy gather to confront the threat of the Dark Matter Anomaly. Zora’s new sentience raises difficult questions.

Directors: Lee Rose
Rubicon
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7.36
1901 votes

#5 - Rubicon

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/17/2022

Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery race to stop Book and Ruon Tarka from launching a rogue plan that could inadvertently endanger the galaxy.

Directors: Andi Armaganian
All In
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7.35
1965 votes

#6 - All In

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/10/2022

Following a hunch, Captain Burnham tracks Book to an old haunt from their courier days and gets drawn into a high-stakes competition for a powerful weapon

Writer: Sean Cochran
The Examples
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7.35
2125 votes

#7 - The Examples

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/2021

Burnham and Book race to evacuate a group of stranded colonists in the anomaly's path as one of the Federation's brightest scientists comes aboard the U.S.S. Discovery to do high-stakes research with Saru and Stamets.

Directors: Lee Rose
Writer: Kyle Jarrow
The Galactic Barrier
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7.34
1922 votes

#8 - The Galactic Barrier

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/24/2022

Captain Burnham and her crew must go where few have gone before: beyond the Galactic Barrier. Book learns the truth of what drives Ruon Tarka.

Anomaly
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7.28
2352 votes

#9 - Anomaly

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/25/2021

Saru returns to help the U.S.S. Discovery uncover the mystery of an unusually destructive new force. As Burnham leads the crew, she must also find a way to help Book cope with an unimaginable loss.

Rosetta
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7.25
1923 votes

#10 - Rosetta

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/3/2022

While Captain Burnham leads an away mission to a planet that was once home to the aliens responsible for the DMA, Book and Tarka secretly infiltrate the U.S.S. Discovery.

Choose to Live
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7.19
2201 votes

#11 - Choose to Live

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/2/2021

Burnham and Tilly hunt the killer of a Starfleet officer. Stamets and the science team race against the clock to prevent the anomaly from killing anyone else.

Stormy Weather
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7.15
2110 votes

#12 - Stormy Weather

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/23/2021

Seeking answers, the U.S.S. Discovery ventures into a subspace rift created by the Dark Matter Anomaly. Meanwhile, Book faces a strange visitor from his past.

Directors: Jonathan Frakes
All Is Possible
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7.01
2159 votes

#13 - All Is Possible

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/2021

Tilly and Adira lead a team of Starfleet Academy cadets on a training mission that takes a dangerous turn. Burnham is pulled into tense negotiations on Ni'Var.

Directors: John Ottman