10 Worst Sequels In Star Trek

10. Among The Lotus Eaters

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds shone in its debut season, offering audiences a hopeful view of the future with a return to episodic form, boldly going into the 23rd Century once more. Though it played fast and loose with canon, it was able to largely create its own universe, but there were those episodes that began to confuse those following closely.

Among The Lotus Eaters serves as a sequel to both If Memory Serves and The Cage, with the Enterprise returning to Rigel VII - the scene of the ill-fated mission that had occurred just before the events of the first Star Trek pilot. 

While the episode itself deals with loss, responsibility, and guilt, it also stumbles from some production errors. For example, a rogue Starfleet officer is wearing a uniform that is noticeably incorrect, despite having been marooned for years. The episode If Memory Serves, from Discovery's second season, re-confirmed that the events of The Cage did take place in the years before Discovery picks up. The uniforms worn by the crew in Strange New Worlds are new variations - ones that would not have been available to Nguyen. 

This, combined with the fake-out of an Ortegas episode, makes Among The Lotus Eaters a frustrating follow-up to the Pike stories that had come before.