Star Trek: EVERY Season Ranked Worst To Best

This was the last series of Star Trek to premiere on its own until Voyager's sixth season. It would also be the year that Gene Roddenberry died of cardiac arrest, with the cast and crew finding out during filming of the Patrick Stewart directed episode Hero Worship.

The episode Unification is dedicated to his memory, while also featuring the return of Leonard Nimoy to the small screen as Ambassador Spock, simultaneously appearing as Captain Spock in The Undiscovered Country.

One of the stand-out episodes is Darmok, which is essentially a two-hander between Stewart and guest star Paul Winfield. The episode deals with the root of communication, partnership and understanding - something Stewart felt so strongly about that he referred back to the episode during Roddenberry's funeral, which was less than a month later. He felt that Darmok would have been one of the episodes Roddenberry would be most proud of.

Michelle Forbes joined the cast as Ro Laren, introducing the Bajorans to Star Trek. While initially hostile to the crew, her gradual development and growth serve as a teaser for what would come in Deep Space Nine.

The strongest episode of the season, and potentially of the show as a whole, is The Inner Light. Star Trek Picard showrunner Michael Chabon cites both this episode and Far Beyond The Stars as the best that Trek has to offer. The episode won a Hugo Award, while the music would go on to be one of the most requested pieces in Paramount's history.