Episode Rankings — Holodeck 3

Here on Holodeck 3, we have decided to start ranking episodes overall as part of our reviews. A lot of thought has been put into what sort of scale we should use, modern S-A-B-C-D rankings? Grade School grades (if so, from what country)?

We admit, it took us way too long to realize the obvious, let's give them starfleet ranks. So here is our rating system.

Episode Ranks Explained

The following table shows available episode ranks and their descriptions, arranged along side the corresponding S-A-B-C-D grade of modern rank lists.

With the exception of the S-Tier, we've broken each tier into two ranks. This both allows us more granularity in our rankings, and also allows us to use all of the traditional Starfleet officer ranks.

We've also changed the colors of the tiers from the more common colors on ranked lists to match the colors of various TNG era uniforms. Light Grey for S-Tier indicating dress uniforms, Red for A-Tier indicating command uniforms, Gold for B-Tier indicating engineering/ops uniforms, Blue for C-Tier indicating science uniforms, and Dark Grey for D-Tier indicating civilian and cadet uniforms.

Rating	Insignia	Rank	Description
S		Admiral	The Best of the Best, essential Star Trek viewing.
A		Captain	Fantastically great episodes
A		Commander	Great episodes
B		Lieutenant Commander	Very Good episodes
B		Lieutenant	Good episodes
C		Lieutenant Junior Grade	Better then average episodes
C		Ensign	Average episodes
D		Cadet	Below Average episodes
D	Civilian	Civilian	Star Trek in Name Only

Currently Ranked Episodes

At the current time we have ranked 36 episodes of Star Trek.

The following table lists all episodes that have currently been ranked by their rank insignia. Note that within each section the episodes are listed by date, so within a ranking the order does not indicate which episodes we considered best within that ranking. This table and the above count are automatically updated as episodes are ranked.

Rating	Rank	Episodes
S		TNG: The Measure Of A Man TNG: The Best of Both Worlds TNG: The Inner Light DS9: The Visitor SNW: Ad Astra per Aspera SFA: Vox In Excelso SFA: Series Acclimation Mil
A		VOY: Real Life DS9: In the Pale Moonlight ENT: Twilight
A		TNG: Family ENT: Home SNW: Strange New Worlds SNW: Wedding Bell Blues SFA: Kids These Days SNW: A Case of Chiaroscuro
B		TNG: The Best of Both Worlds, Part II ENT: North Star ENT: Proving Ground ENT: Borderland SNW: The Broken Circle SNW: Hegemony SNW: Hegemony, Part II SFA: Beta Test SNW: Valles Marineris SNW: Human Best Friend
B		SFA: Vitus Reflux SNW: The Griffin Incident
C		SNW: Among the Lotus Eaters SNW: A Space Adventure Hour
C		ENT: The Xindi ENT: Similitude SNW: Shuttle to Kenfori SNW: What Is Starfleet?
D		SNW: Four-and-a-Half Vulcans
D	Civilian	TNG: Code of Honor