The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1

Every episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1!

STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY will introduce us to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they will discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.

Last Updated: 1/17/2026Network: Paramount+Status: Continuing
Beta Test
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7.29
184 votes

#1 - Beta Test

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2026

With the start of the new academic year, Caleb’s unease about his future at Starfleet Academy persists. But when a delegation from a former Federation ally arrives and Caleb is tasked with showing their leader’s daughter around campus, he must put his uncertainty aside to discover what life at the Academy is really about.

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Kids These Days
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7.25
288 votes

#2 - Kids These Days

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2026

After being on the run since age 6, 21-year-old Caleb, a brilliant street kid, is offered the chance of a lifetime: to join the first new Starfleet Academy class in San Francisco in over a century. There’s just one problem – the person offering him the spot is newly-minted Chancellor Nahla Ake, the Starfleet captain who sentenced his mother to Federation prison 15 years ago…