The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1

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

Follow Christopher Pike, Spock and Number One in the decade before Capt. Kirk boarded the Enterprise as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

Last Updated: 10/30/2024Network: Paramount+Status: Continuing
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A Quality of Mercy
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8.15
2469 votes

#1 - A Quality of Mercy

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/7/2022

Captain Pike considers his path forward after encountering someone who brings his dark fate front and center — leading the officer to wonder if he can save himself from the future.

Directors: Chris Fisher
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Strange New Worlds
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7.85
3366 votes

#2 - Strange New Worlds

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/5/2022

Captain Christopher Pike comes out of self-imposed exile to rescue an officer gone missing during a secret mission.

Directors: Akiva Goldsman
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Memento Mori
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7.81
2674 votes

#3 - Memento Mori

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/26/2022

Pike must find unconventional Starfleet methods to deal with a malevolent force that attacks the Enterprise.

Directors: Dan Liu
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All Those Who Wander
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7.78
2432 votes

#4 - All Those Who Wander

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/30/2022

The U.S.S. Enterprise crew comes face-to-face with their demons – and scary monsters too – when their landing party is stranded on a barren planet with a ravenous enemy.

Writer: Davy Perez
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Children of the Comet
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7.74
2940 votes

#5 - Children of the Comet

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/12/2022

An ancient alien relic thwarts the Enterprise crew from re-routing a comet on track to strike an inhabited planet.

Directors: Maja Vrvilo
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Spock Amok
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7.66
2624 votes

#6 - Spock Amok

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/2/2022

It's a comedy of manners when Spock has a personal visit in the middle of Spock and Captain Pike's crucial negotiations with an unusual alien species.

Directors: Rachel Leiterman
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Ghosts of Illyria
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7.62
2786 votes

#7 - Ghosts of Illyria

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2022

Una must confront a secret she's been hiding when a contagion ravages the ship, incapacitating the rest of the crew.

Directors: Leslie Hope
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Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
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7.61
2550 votes

#8 - Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/9/2022

A threat to an idyllic planet reunites Captain Pike with a lost love. To protect her and a scientific holy child from a conspiracy, Pike offers his help and is forced to face unresolved feelings of his past.

Directors: Andi Armaganian
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The Serene Squall
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7.58
2529 votes

#9 - The Serene Squall

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/16/2022

While on a dangerous humanitarian mission, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise stumbles into a harrowing game of leverage with the quadrant’s deadliest space pirate.

Directors: Sydney Freeland
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The Elysian Kingdom
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6.84
2473 votes

#10 - The Elysian Kingdom

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/23/2022

The U.S.S. Enterprise becomes stuck in a nebula that is home to an alien consciousness that traps the crew in a fairy tale.

Directors: Amanda Row
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