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Star Trek: Season 2

26 episodes Premiered Sep 15, 1967 Updated Sep 23, 2026

Star Trek Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 26 episodes.

Previously on Star Trek

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Star Trek Season 1.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Star Trek Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 26 episodes.

Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (23): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

Amok Time

Sep 15, 1967

First Officer Spock returns to his home world for a brutal Vulcan mating ritual.

S2·E2 Core

Who Mourns for Adonais?

Sep 22, 1967

The crew of the Enterprise are held captive by an alien who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo.

S2·E3 Core

The Changeling

Sep 29, 1967

The crew of the USS Enterprise deals with an indestructible planet-destroying space probe.

S2·E4 Core

Mirror, Mirror

Oct 6, 1967

A transporter mishap swaps Captain Kirk and his companions with their evil counterparts in a parallel universe. In the so-called Mirror Universe, the Enterprise is a ship of the Te

S2·E5 Core

The Apple

Oct 13, 1967

The crew of the Enterprise visits a mysterious paradisical planet controlled by a computer that is served by the local inhabitants.

S2·E6 Core

The Doomsday Machine

Oct 20, 1967

The starship Enterprise and its heavily-damaged sister ship, the USS Constellation, must work together to stop an alien planet-killing machine headed for the heart of Federation te

S2·E7 Core

Catspaw

Oct 27, 1967

Two powerful aliens threaten the well-being of the Enterprise and her crew.

S2·E8 Core

I, Mudd

Nov 3, 1967

Captain Kirk has a second run-in with the conman, Harry Mudd. Mudd is now the supreme ruler of a planet of androids who cater to his every whim.

S2·E9 Core

Metamorphosis

Nov 10, 1967

A shuttle crew from the USS Enterprise encounters a man out of history and his mysterious alien companion.

S2·E10 Core

Journey to Babel

Nov 17, 1967

The Enterprise must transport dignitaries to a peace conference, with an assassin on the loose.

S2·E11 Core

Friday's Child

Dec 1, 1967

The crew of the Enterprise become entangled in a planet's tribal power struggle.

S2·E12 Core

The Deadly Years

Dec 8, 1967

Strange radiation exposes the command crew of the Enterprise to the effects of rapid aging.

S2·E13 Core

Obsession

Dec 15, 1967

Captain James T. Kirk becomes obsessed with destroying a deadly entity he once encountered in his youth.

S2·E14 Core

Wolf in the Fold

Dec 22, 1967

A series of bizarre murders points to Mr. Scott as the prime suspect.

S2·E15 Core

The Trouble With Tribbles

Dec 29, 1967

The Enterprise must protect a very important shipment of grain from both Klingons and some adorable creatures called tribbles.

S2·E16 Core

The Gamesters of Triskelion

Jan 5, 1968

Captain Kirk and his companions are abducted into slavery and trained to fight as gladiators for the gambling entertainment of three disembodied beings.

S2·E17 Core

A Piece of the Action

Jan 12, 1968

The Enterprise visits a planet with an Earth-like 1920s gangster culture.

S2·E18 Core

The Immunity Syndrome

Jan 19, 1968

The crew of the Enterprise encounters an energy-draining field which may be able to destroy the galaxy.

S2·E19 Core

A Private Little War

Feb 2, 1968

The crew of the Enterprise discovers Klingon interference in the development of a formerly peaceful planet and is forced to help maintain a balance of power.

S2·E20 Core

Return to Tomorrow

Feb 9, 1968

Ancient alien minds are given control of Captain Kirk's and First Officer Spock's bodies.

S2·E21 Core

Patterns of Force

Feb 16, 1968

The crew of the Enterprise tracks down a Federation observer on a planet dominated by a "Naziesque" regime.

S2·E22 Core

By Any Other Name

Feb 23, 1968

Beings from another galaxy commandeer the Enterprise in an attempt to return home.

S2·E23 Core

The Omega Glory

Mar 1, 1968

Captain Kirk must find the cure to a deadly disease and put an end to another Starfleet captain's cultural interference.

S2·E24 Core

The Ultimate Computer

Mar 8, 1968

A skeleton Enterprise crew are assigned to test a revolutionary computer system that is given total control of the ship.

S2·E25 Mytharc

Bread and Circuses

Mar 15, 1968

The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of a ship's crew on a planet that is a modern version of the Roman Empire.

S2·E26 Mytharc

Assignment: Earth

Mar 29, 1968

While back in time observing Earth in 1968, the Enterprise crew encounters the mysterious Gary Seven who has his own agenda on the planet.