Star Trek: Every Two-Parter Ranked From WORST To BEST

32. A Moral Star, Part 1, A Moral Star, Part 2

At the start of Star Trek: Prodigy's first season, the kids had risked it all to escape their prison on Tars Lamora. Now, in the mid-season two-parter, they dared to return with a plan to save the rest of the "Unwanted" from the dastardly Diviner and his Drednok.

A Moral Star, Parts 1 & 2 do in about 40 minutes what other two-part episodes have failed to do in twice that time. The premise is established with astounding proficiency, leaving way for the action, delicately intertwined with moments of genuine pathos and laugh-out-loud comedy.

A Moral Star, Part 2 ended on a dramatic cliffhanger — a future doomsday for Starfleet — and saw the return of Vice Admiral Janeway, last seen in Star Trek: Nemesis. The end of A Moral Star, Part 2 also marked a particularly long pause for answers between Parts 1 and 2 of the season itself — from the beginning of February 2022 to nearly the end of October that same year.