The WORST episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation!
A century after Captain Kirk's five year mission, the next generation of Starfleet officers begins their journey aboard the new flagship of the Federation. Commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard the Galaxy class starship Enterprise NCC-1701-D will seek out new life and new civilizations - to boldly go where no one has gone before.
#1 - Shades of Gray
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/17/1989
Stardate: 42976.1 Riker is infected with an alien organism that takes over his mind. Dr. Pulaski must force Riker's mind back to a state where it can access primitive survival skills.
#2 - Sub Rosa
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/1994
Dr. Crusher attends her grandmother's funeral, to find that she had been in romantic encounters with a mysterious man who had been haunting the Howard family women for generations.
#4 - Masks
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1994
The Enterprise is slowly transformed into an ancient alien temple when Data discovers an alien archive full of information about an ancient culture. Shortly after opening the archive, Data becomes possessed with several different personalities.
#5 - Man of the People
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1992
Deanna becomes attracted to an alien ambassador. Shortly thereafter, she starts ageing rapidly and starts becoming violent.
#6 - Skin of Evil
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/25/1988
Stardate: 41601.3 When Troi's shuttle crashes on an alien planet, a new being is discovered: an entity that thrives on the suffering of others.
#7 - Manhunt
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/19/1989
Stardate: 42859.2 While being escorted to a Federation conference by the Enterprise, Lwaxana hunts for a man to satisfy her needs when her sex-drive is quadrupled during a natural mid-life cycle.
#8 - The Loss
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1990
Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.
#9 - The Host
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1991
Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill Ambassador, until she discovers the Trill's symbiotic relationship.
#10 - The Dauphin
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/20/1989
Stardate: 42568.8 Wesley falls in love with a passenger the Enterprise is escorting, who has the secret ability to shape-shift.
#11 - The Icarus Factor
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/24/1989
Stardate: 42686.4 Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation ship. Worf must confront his past and his Klingon heritage.
#12 - Aquiel
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1993
Geordie falls in love with a lieutenant who is the prime suspect in a murder case.
#13 - Up the Long Ladder
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/22/1989
Stardate: 42823.2 Picard must convince two dying civilizations that they must co-exist on the same planet to survive, however, they have other plans to ensure their survival: in the form of clones of the Enterprise crew.
#14 - Interface
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1993
Geordi defies direct orders from Captain Picard in an attempt to rescue his mother who had recently been reported as missing.
#15 - Cost of Living
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/20/1992
Stardate: 45733.63 - Deanna's mother pays a surprise visit to the Enterprise with even more surprising news: she plans to marry a man she has never met. After destroying an asteroid, the ship becomes infected with parasites that eat away at the ship's hull.
#16 - The Bonding
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1989
Worf and Wesley must help a 12 year old boy cope with the death of his mother; an archaeologist killed during an away mission to a deserted planet.
#17 - Suddenly Human
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1990
A custody battle between Picard and a child's adoptive father arises when a boy showing evidence of abuse is discovered.
#18 - Violations
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/1992
Stardate: 45419.3 - While escorting a group of telepaths, crew members on board the Enterprise suddenly start to slip into comas.
#19 - Identity Crisis
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1991
Geordi and a former crew mate begin evolving into bizarre creatures when they return to a planet both of them were on during an Away Mission five years earlier.
#20 - Pen Pals
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/1/1989
Stardate: 42695.3 Wesley must investigate the causes of strange tectonic activity on the planet where Data's pen pal lives.
#21 - Liaisons
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1993
During an exchange program, Picard's shuttle crashes on an unknown planet where he is rescued by the sole survivor of another crash.
#22 - The Perfect Mate
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/1992
Stardate: 45761.3 - The Ferengi try to abduct an empathic Metamorph who could bring peace between two warring worlds.
#23 - A Matter of Perspective
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/12/1990
Stardate: 43610.4 Riker is accused of murder when a scientist is killed in an explosion. Picard must recreate the recent events in the holodeck to prove his commander's innocence.
#24 - Samaritan Snare
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/15/1989
Stardate: 42779.1 A race known as the Pakleds kidnap Geordi La Forge. Picard must face surgery when he is left in a near-dead state.
#25 - The Outcast
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/16/1992
Stardate: 45614.6 - While investigating the disappearance of a J'naii shuttlecraft, the crew finds reason to believe the missing ship is stranded in an abnormal pocket called "null space." Riker and Soren, a member of the J'naii race, begin preparing to rescue the craft, and the two strike up a friendship. Their relationship develops quickly as the pair question each other about mating habits, since the J'naii are androgynous and do not identify themselves as either male or female. Despite this difference, sparks begin to fly between them.