The WORST episodes of Star Trek: Discovery
Every episode of Star Trek: Discovery ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Life, Itself
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/30/2024
Trapped inside a mysterious alien portal that defies familiar rules of time, space, and gravity, Captain Burnham must fight Moll -- and the environment itself -- in order to locate the Progenitors' technology and secure it for the Federation. Meanwhile, Book puts himself in harm's way to help Burnham survive and Rayner leads the U.S.S. Discovery in an epic winner-takes-all battle against Breen forces.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - …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.
#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
#7 - 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.
#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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Under the Twin Moons
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/4/2024
On the heels of their startling discovery, Captain Burnham and the crew investigate a seemingly abandoned planet in their continued quest to solve the galaxy’s greatest mystery. Meanwhile, Saru helps Burnham make an important decision.
#13 - Jinaal
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/11/2024
On Trill, Captain Burnham, Book, and Culber must pass a dangerous test to prove themselves worthy of the next clue. Adira reconnects with Gray and Saru's first day as ambassador is complicated by his engagement to T'Rina.
#14 - Face the Strange
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/18/2024
On the way to the next clue, the U.S.S. Discovery is sabotaged by a mysterious weapon, leaving Captain Burnham, Rayner, and Stamets as the only crew members who can possibly save the ship in time.
#15 - Mirrors
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/25/2024
Captain Burnham and Book journey into extradimensional space in search of the next clue to the location of the Progenitors' power. Meanwhile, Rayner navigates his first mission in command of the U.S.S. Discovery, and Culber opens up to Tilly.
#16 - Whistlespeak
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/2/2024
While undercover in a pre-warp society, Captain Burnham is forced to consider breaking the Prime Directive when a local tradition threatens Tilly's life. Meanwhile, Culber tries to connect with Stamets, and Adira steps up when Rayner assigns them a position on the bridge.
#17 - Erigah
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/9/2024
With Moll and L'ak finally in custody, the Federation is pulled into a diplomatic and ethical firestorm when the Breen arrive and demand they be handed over. Meanwhile, a frustrated Book looks for ways to help as Tilly, Adira, and Reno work to decipher the latest clue.
#18 - Labyrinths
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/16/2024
When Captain Burnham is trapped within a "mindscape" designed to test her worthiness to retrieve the Progenitor’s powerful technology, Book, Rayner, and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery must hold off the Breen long enough for her to escape.
#19 - Lagrange Point
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/23/2024
After Moll and the Breen capture a mysterious structure that contains the Progenitors' power, Captain Burnham must lead a covert mission to retrieve it before the Breen figure out how to use it.
#20 - Red Directive
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2024
Discovery investigates an ancient Romulan vessel where they face-off with some unexpected guests and uncover a vast mystery that sends them on a race across the galaxy. Meanwhile, Saru is presented with a unique opportunity.
#21 - There is a Tide…
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/31/2020
After capturing the U.S.S. Discovery, Osyraa seeks a meeting with Admiral Vance while Burnham and the crew must overcome unimaginable odds as they attempt to regain command of their ship.
#22 - Die Trying
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/2020
After reuniting with what remains of Starfleet and the Federation, the U.S.S. Discovery and its crew must prove that a 930 year old crew and starship are exactly what this new future needs.
#23 - Terra Firma (2)
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2020
Georgiou uncovers the truth about the plot against her, leading her to a revelation about how deeply her time on the U.S.S. Discovery changed her.
#24 - Su'Kal
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/24/2020
Discovery ventures to the Verubin Nebula, where Burnham, Saru and Culber make a shocking realization about the origin of the Burn. The rest of the crew faces an unexpected threat.
#25 - 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.