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Star Trek: 13 best Strange New Worlds episodes ranked from worst to best

Strange New Worlds has 20 incredible episodes, but which ones are truly considered the best ones? Let's take a look at 13 fantastic episodes and how they rank against each other.

By Camila Domingues

Pictured: Rebecca Romijn as Una, Anson Mount as Pike and Ethan Peck as Spock of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS. Photo Cr: Marni Grossman/Paramount+ ©2022 ViacomCBS. All Rights Reserved.
Pictured: Rebecca Romijn as Una, Anson Mount as Pike and Ethan Peck as Spock of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS. Photo Cr: Marni Grossman/Paramount+ ©2022 ViacomCBS. All Rights Reserved. /
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13. "Among the Lotus Eaters" (Season 2, episode 4)

"Among the Lotus Eaters" lis first up and it's not hard to see why. This is an episode centered around memory loss, which isn't just extremely relatable to me personally, but ironically ends up being so unmemorable that you might not remember the details and intricacies of it. The irony is almost too perfect. The episode tries to give us a tale of intrigue and forgotten identities but ends up feeling like a spaceship drifting aimlessly in space.

The biggest twist? It seems to erase itself from your memory faster than the crew's own forgotten adventures. Ouch, that's harsh. But it's true. I actually completely forgot I had made a joke about it to my friends, saying that if anyone wants to know how my worsening memory problems feel they should watch that episode. Insert meme of Palpatine saying "Ironic" here.

Then there's the subplot with one of my favorites, Ortegas. It could've been done a little better, but it was more like a one-note symphony played on repeat. Her mantra, “I’m Erica Ortegas and I fly the ship,” unintentionally becomes the laugh track of the episode, which makes me sad. Her character is so underexplored, it would have been a much better idea to develop her more in different episodes that made more sense. The episode had the potential to dive deep into the complexities of memory and identity but ended up floating on the surface, leaving us searching for something - anything - to grasp onto in this unfortunately forgettable episode.

It's still great but not Strange New Worlds' very best.