The BEST episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2

Every episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2!

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: 12/15/2024Network: Paramount+Status: Continuing
Hegemony
star
8.10
1894 votes

#1 - Hegemony

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/10/2023

When the U.S.S. Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and his crew face the return of a formidable enemy.

Directors: Maja Vrvilo
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Those Old Scientists
star
8.00
2260 votes

#2 - Those Old Scientists

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/22/2023

An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensign Brad Boimler through time from the twenty-fourth century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get him back where he belongs before he can somehow alter the timeline.

Directors: Jonathan Frakes
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Ad Astra per Aspera
star
7.94
2066 votes

#3 - Ad Astra per Aspera

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/22/2023

Commander Una faces court-martial along with possible imprisonment and dishonorable dismissal from Starfleet, and her defense is in the hands of a lawyer who’s also a childhood friend with whom she had a terrible falling out.

Directors: Valerie Weiss
Writer: Dana Horgan
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Charades
star
7.83
1919 votes

#4 - Charades

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/2023

A shuttle accident leads to Spock's Vulcan DNA being removed by aliens, making him fully human and completely unprepared to face T'Pring's family.

Directors: Jordan Canning
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
star
7.83
2024 votes

#5 - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/2023

La'An travels back in time to twenty-first-century Earth to prevent an attack which will alter humanity's future history and bring her face to face with her own contentious legacy.

Directors: Amanda Row
Writer: David Reed
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The Broken Circle
star
7.72
2094 votes

#6 - The Broken Circle

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/2023

A distress call from Lt. Noonien-Singh compels Spock to disobey orders and take the U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew into disputed space, risking renewed hostilities with the Klingons in a bid to aid their shipmate.

Directors: Chris Fisher
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Under the Cloak of War
star
7.65
1956 votes

#7 - Under the Cloak of War

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/27/2023

Captain Pike and his crew welcome a Klingon defector aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, but his presence triggers the revelation of some shocking secrets.

Directors: Jeffrey W. Byrd
Writer: Davy Perez
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Among the Lotus Eaters
star
7.50
1917 votes

#8 - Among the Lotus Eaters

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/6/2023

Returning to a planet that dredges up tragic memories, Captain Pike and his landing party find themselves forgetting everything, including their own identities as he confronts a ghost from his past.

Directors: Eduardo Sánchez
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Lost in Translation
star
7.50
1958 votes

#9 - Lost in Translation

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/20/2023

Uhura seems to be the only one who can hear a strange sound. When the noise triggers terrifying hallucinations, she enlists an unlikely assistant to help her track down the source.

Directors: Dan Liu
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Subspace Rhapsody
star
6.62
2213 votes

#10 - Subspace Rhapsody

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/3/2023

An accident with an experimental quantum probability field causes everyone on the U.S.S. Enterprise to break uncontrollably into song, but the real danger is that the field is expanding and beginning to impact other ships—allies and enemies alike.

Directors: Dermott Downs
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