The Top 100 episodes in Star Trek franchise history according to metrics
By Chad Porto
Star Trek Episode Rankings – #100-91
100. Azati Prime (ENT ) – 58.1 points
Season 3, Episode 18
An episode of Enterprise features the crew going on a “suicide mission” to destroy a Xindi weapon, but the episode ends with a bit of a cliffhanger, with the crew left in dire straights.
99. All of Our Yesterday’s (TOS) – 61 points
Season 3, Episode 23
James Kirk, Spock, and Bones McCoy land on a planet and ends up going back in time where Spock falls in love with a cavewoman.
98. Caretaker (VOY) – 62 points
Season 1, Episode 1
The starship Voyager and a Maquis raider get hurdled through space, forcing the two crews to merge and travel back to the Alpha Quadrant; a task that will take 75 years to finish.
97. Hard Time (DS9) – 64 points
Season 4, Episode 19
After Miles O’Brien is convicted of a crime, he is forced to live through 20 years of memories in an instant, leaving a residual effect that plagues him throughout the episode.
96. Tacking into the Wind (DS9) – 64.1 points
Season 7, Episode 22
The sixth part of the nine-part final arc sees Gowran attacking the Dominion on one front, while Kira and the Cardassians try to steal a Breen weapon on another front.
95. Message in a Bottle (VOY) – 66 points
Season 4, Episode 14
Thanks to Seve of Nine, The Doctor is sent to the Alpha Quadrant where he’s tasked with the toughest mission of all; dealing with Andy Dick.
94. Obsession (TOS) – 67 points
Season 2, Episode 18
James Kirk is face to face with a “vampiric cloud” from his past, the same cloud that killed many of Kirk’s former crewmates.
93. Dark Frontier (VOY) – 67.1 points
Season 5, Episode 15/16
The first feature-length episode on the list, Dark Frontier aired both parts on the same night and served as the quintessential back story for Seven of Nine.
92. The Menagerie Part I (TOS) – (68 points)
Season 1, Episode 15
The first part of a two-parter, Menageries Part I features Spock attempting to help his former Captain, Christopher Pike, after he sustained horrific injuries, with used footage from the original pilot.
91. Time’s Arrow (TNG) – 68.1 points
Season 5, Episode 26
The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise finds Data’s head on Earth, discovering it to be several hundred years older than the present-day Data, all this on the same day our favorite android gets sucked back in time due to an alien attack.