We take a look at some of the best Star Trek episodes directed by Star Trek actors.
A well-known fact about the Star Trek franchise is that several actors caught the directing bug while working on their respective shows and have gone on to carve out successful careers behind the camera. Though some actors dabbled only within the franchise, others branched out and have credits across genres, television shows, and films.
Star Trek: Voyager: Season 1, Episode 8: “Ex Post Facto” LeVar Burton has plenty of Star Trek: Voyager directing credits, starting with “Ex Post Facto”. This Season 1 episode directly riffs on classic whodunits, which is hardly a surprise since The Next Generation included many nods to murder mysteries, especially Sherlock Holmes stories. In the episode, Tom Paris is sentenced to relive the final moments of the man he supposedly murdered on an alien planet.
Star Trek: Enterprise: Season 1, Episode 7: “The Andorian Incident” Though Star Trek: Enterprise is disliked by many, one of the episodes heralded as a success in the series is “The Andorian Incident”. This was the first of many episodes that Roxann Dawson would go on to direct on the series. On a trip to a Vulcan monastery, Captain Jonathan Archer , “Trip” Tucker , and T’Pol find the place swarming with uninvited guests—the Andorians.
Star Trek: Discovery: Season 2, Episode 9: “Project Daedalus” “Project Daedalus”, directed by Jonathan Frakes, has a little of everything, but this Star Trek: Discovery episode is emphatically an emotional rollercoaster. While the crew tries to discover the location of the evil secret department Section 31, and Michael Burnham attempts to make peace with her estranged brother Spock , they have no idea that evil is closer home than they think.
Star Trek: Voyager: Season 5, Episode 22: “Someone to Watch Over Me” Another episode featuring an oddball pairing, this time it’s the Doctor and former Borg Seven of Nine. When the Doctor teaches Seven how to socialize, new feelings emerge that neither is prepared for. Robert Duncan McNeill brings to the screen a romantic story that’s funny, silly, and heartbreaking all at the same time. McNeill’s ability to leverage Picardo and Ryan’s easy chemistry sells the story.
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