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Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV·1987–1994·7 seasons, 178 episodes·Syndication·Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction·1h·8.7·Created by Gene Roddenberry

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Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) focuses on the 24th century adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-D). This incarnation of the famous starship is much larger than the one captained by James T. Kirk a century earlier, and, accordingly, it carries a larger crew complement: 1,012 men, women…and, surprisingly, children. This era's Starfleet Command believes that men and women are more likely to sign up for long-term exploratory missions if they think of their ship as home. Thus, Picard's crew enjoys many of the comforts they'd have otherwise left behind, including a wide variety of recreational opportunities, "replicated" food dishes to suit every palate, and quarters large enough to share with spouses and offspring. There are schools for the children and a bar (stocked with synthetic alcohol, or synthehol) where the adults can unwind. However, the ongoing mission—no longer limited to a mere five years—remains virtually the same as it was during Kirk's time: to seek out new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E16Q Who?S02E16 · 9.3After Picard refuses to let Q join the crew, Q hurls the Enterprise into a far quadrant of space where they have a encounter with a unknown cybernetic race. A little bit of Guinan's past is revealed when she senses something is wrong on board Enterprise.
  2. 02Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E26The Best of Both WorldsS03E26 · 9.2The Borg advance their plans to assimilate the human race by kidnapping Picard and making him into their spokesman.
  3. 03Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E01The Best of Both Worlds Part IIS04E01 · 9.0Riker is torn between saving Picard or humanity when the Borg plan to use the abducted captain in their scheme to destroy Earth and turn him into Locutus.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode26Episodes1987–88Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S01E01Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E01Encounter at FarpointSeptember 28, 1987 7.3Captain Picard takes command of the Galaxy Class Federation starship, the ‘Enterprise. Picard not only takes over the ‘Enterprise' but has h
  2. S01E02Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E02Encounter at FarpointSeptember 28, 1987 7.6At the end of the trial, Q gives Captain Picard 24 hours to solve the mystery of Farpoint station and save the human race. Picard and his te
  3. S01E03Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E03The Naked NowOctober 5, 1987 6.4The Enterprise away team is investigating mysterious deaths and Geordi becomes infected with a illness that is mind-altering and starts spre
  4. S01E04Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E04Code of HonorOctober 12, 1987 5.7While involved in a treaty discussion with the inhabitants of Ligon II, Tasha is abducted and Picard is forced to abide by the inhabitants C
  5. S01E05Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E05The Last OutpostOctober 19, 1987 7.1Ferengi and Enterprise teams beam down to an unknown world to discover who or what has sapped power from both vessels.
  6. S01E06Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E06Where No One Has Gone BeforeOctober 26, 1987 7.7Teenager Wesley Crusher and a dying alien are the crew's only hope for escape from a bizarre galaxy where thoughts become real.
  7. S01E07Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E07Lonely Among UsNovember 2, 1987 6.7Passing through a series of complex energy patterns, the Enterprise crew find themselves trying to solve the mystery surrounding the death o
  8. S01E08Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E08JusticeNovember 9, 1987 6.9To learn the origin of a mysterious ship, Picard must get help from a planet where Wesley faces a death sentence.
  9. S01E09Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E09The BattleNovember 16, 1987 7.5A vengeful Ferengi captain returns Picard's long-lost ship, the Stargazer, after installing a mind-altering device.
  10. S01E10Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E10Hide and QNovember 23, 1987 7.8Q gives the powers of the Q to Riker and tells him his shipmates wishes will be granted if he joins with those of the Q Continuum.
  11. S01E11Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E11HavenNovember 30, 1987 7.4Counselor Troi faces an arranged marriage when the Enterprise arrives at a planet, her future husband to be has had dreams of a unknown woma
  12. S01E12Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E12The Big GoodbyeJanuary 11, 1988 7.3Captain Picard, Data and Dr. Crusher are trapped in a holodeck program as 1940's detectives during a holdeck malfunction that interferes wit
  13. S01E13Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E13DataloreJanuary 18, 1988 8.1The Enterprise explores Data's home planet, Omicron Theta. They find his brother, and the dark secret he carries.
  14. S01E14Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E14Angel OneJanuary 25, 1988 6.5An Enterprise away team beams down to a planet with a matriarchal society to search for survivors of a crashed Federation freighter.
  15. S01E15Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E1511001001February 1, 1988 7.6At a Federation space station aliens known as the Binars come aboard to upgrade the Enterprises computer and Holographic systems. During thi
  16. S01E16Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E16Too Short a SeasonFebruary 8, 1988 7.0A diplomat is requested to mediate a hostage situation and the leader of the world wants the same diplomat that negotiated more than 40 year
  17. S01E17Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E17When the Bough BreaksFebruary 15, 1988 7.6Inhabitants of an advanced planet, who can no longer reproduce, plan to kidnap children from the Enterprise to rebuild their race.
  18. S01E18Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E18Home SoilFebruary 22, 1988 7.4On Velara III, Data and Geordi discover a microscopic creature responsible for the death of an engineer.
  19. S01E19Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E19Coming of AgeMarch 14, 1988 7.6Wesley is put to the test as he competes with the other top candidates to get into Starfleet Academy. Meanwhile the Enterprise is put under
  20. S01E20Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E20Heart of GloryMarch 21, 1988 8.0The Enterprise rescues the crew of a damaged vessel in the Neutral zone, discovering several renegade Klingons who decide that they want Lt.
  21. S01E21Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E21The Arsenal of FreedomApril 11, 1988 7.3While investigating the disappearance of the star ship Drake, an away team beams down to a strange planet where they received a message abou
  22. S01E22Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E22SymbiosisApril 18, 1988 7.4When the Enterprise rescues a freighter with engine problems and is being drawn into a planets gravitational field, Picard gets more than he
  23. S01E23Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E23Skin of EvilApril 25, 1988 7.4Deanna is held hostage by a black oil-like alien creature capable of infinite sadism… and infinite power. To save her, one of the Enterprise
  24. S01E24Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E24We'll Always Have ParisMay 2, 1988 7.5Captain Picard reflects on a missed liason at a Paris cafe years in his past when the Enterprise gets a distress call from a scientist who i
  25. S01E25Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E25ConspiracyMay 9, 1988 7.8Spurred by reports of misdeeds in Starfleet's top echelon, Captain Picard heads for Earth to uncover the truth.
  26. S01E26Star Trek: The Next Generation S01E26Season's bestThe Neutral ZoneMay 16, 1988 8.5The Enterprise encounters a ancient capsule containing cryogenically frozen people from 20th Century Earth. Data then brings them on board w

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode22Episodes1988–89Aired 7.5Season avg
  1. S02E01Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E01The ChildNovember 21, 1988 7.2Counselor Deanna Troi announces she is pregnant; the crew sets out to bring a deadly plasma plague to a laboratory.
  2. S02E02Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E02Where Silence Has LeaseNovember 28, 1988 7.9A being conducting an experiment traps the Enterprise in a region void of energy and matter.
  3. S02E03Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E03Elementary, Dear DataDecember 5, 1988 7.5Data dons a deerstalker to solve a Sherlock Homes mystery in a holodeck recreation of Victorian London.
  4. S02E04Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E04The Outrageous OkonaDecember 12, 1988 6.9A roguish space captain charms all; Data consults a comic about humor.
  5. S02E05Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E05Loud as a WhisperJanuary 9, 1989 7.6A deaf mediator's mission to a warring planet is jeopardized when his chorus of interpreters is killed.
  6. S02E06Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E06The Schizoid ManJanuary 23, 1989 7.1A brilliant, dying scientist who seeks immortality transfers his mind and knowledge into Data.
  7. S02E07Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E07Unnatural SelectionJanuary 30, 1989 7.9After discovering a unresponsive federation starship, Dr. Pulaski contracts a disease and starts to age.
  8. S02E08Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E08A Matter of HonorFebruary 6, 1989 8.4Commander Riker swaps positions and becomes a temporary first officer on the Klingon ship the Pah. A new crew member of the Enterprise scans
  9. S02E09Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E09The Measure of a ManFebruary 13, 1989 8.4Commander Maddox, a scientist who opposed Data's entrance to Stafleet, now wants to dismantle Data in order to study him and create more and
  10. S02E10Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E10The DauphinFebruary 20, 1989 7.4When the Enterprise transports a future leader to another world, a guardian stands between Wesley and a potential love interest.
  11. S02E11Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E11ContagionMarch 20, 1989 8.0When coming to the aid of another Federation ship that is having problems in the Romulan neutral zone, the Enterprise starts having computer
  12. S02E12Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E12The RoyaleMarch 27, 1989 7.2Riker, Worf and Data are trapped in the Hotel Royale and are unable to find their way out.
  13. S02E13Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E13Time SquaredApril 3, 1989 8.3The Enterprise picks up a Star Fleet shuttle floating in space and much to the crew's surprise, another Captain Picard is on board the shutt
  14. S02E14Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E14The Icarus FactorApril 24, 1989 6.8Riker is offered a possible command of his own and in the process encounters his estranged father who brings him the news. Lt. Worf starts h
  15. S02E15Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E15Pen PalsMay 1, 1989 7.5Data makes contact with a alien girl and pen pals with her. He then discovers that her planet is in danger fand she could be killed.
  16. S02E16Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E16Season's bestQ Who?May 8, 1989 9.3After Picard refuses to let Q join the crew, Q hurls the Enterprise into a far quadrant of space where they have a encounter with a unknown
  17. S02E17Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E17Samaritan SnareMay 15, 1989 7.1Geordi's life is jeopardized when an alien race kidnaps him; Picard is near death with heart complications.
  18. S02E18Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E18Up the Long LadderMay 22, 1989 7.4The Enterprise crew encounters a SOS from a lost colony ship and encounters a group of primitive colonists and after assisting them, they en
  19. S02E19Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E19ManhuntJune 19, 1989 7.3On her way to a conference, Troi's mother boards the Enterprise and flirts with Picard.
  20. S02E20Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E20The EmissaryJune 29, 1989 7.3Worf's old love, a human-Klingon hybrid, arrives to deal with a shipload of Klingons in cryogenic sleep.
  21. S02E21Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E21Peak PerformanceJuly 10, 1989 8.2The Ferengi ambush the Enterprise and another vessel during a battle simulation.
  22. S02E22Star Trek: The Next Generation S02E22Shades of GrayJuly 17, 1989 5.1Stardate: 42976.1 - Riker being infected by an alien is used as the basis for a clip show.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode26Episodes1989–90Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S03E01Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E01EvolutionSeptember 25, 1989 7.3The Enterprise brings eminent scientist Dr. Paul Stubbs to the site of a binary star system, expecting a massive stellar explosion to occur
  2. S03E02Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E02The Ensigns of CommandOctober 2, 1989 7.9When a alien race demands that a lost human colony is to be evacuated, Data is sent to deal with the issue and has problems convincing the l
  3. S03E03Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E03The SurvivorsOctober 9, 1989 8.5Captain Picard and the crew visit a isolate planet that is the home to two people who lived through a devastating attack. Picard then begins
  4. S03E04Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E04Who Watches the WatchersOctober 16, 1989 8.5When a secret Federation observation post is accidentally revealed, a primitive culture ends up worshiping Picard as a god and prepares to s
  5. S03E05Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E05The BondingOctober 23, 1989 7.2Worf takes responsibility for a boy when his mother, the ships archaeologist is killed on a away mission.
  6. S03E06Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E06Booby TrapOctober 30, 1989 7.8The Enterprise experiences a rapid energy drain that leaves the crew vulnerable to radiation exposure while exploring in a area of space whe
  7. S03E07Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E07The EnemyNovember 6, 1989 7.7A Romulan warship thwarts attempts to rescue Geordi, stranded on a planet swept by electrical storms.
  8. S03E08Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E08The PriceNovember 13, 1989 7.3Troi falls for a handsome delegate who uses underhanded tactics in negotiations.
  9. S03E09Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E09The Vengeance FactorNovember 20, 1989 7.4Picard offers to mediate a dispute between a peaceful society and a renegade clan that steals to live.
  10. S03E10Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E10The DefectorJanuary 1, 1990 8.3A Romulan defector leads the Enterprise into a confrontation that could erupt into war.
  11. S03E11Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E11The HuntedJanuary 8, 1990 7.9A prison escapee claims he is a soldier brainwashed by his goverment to kill.
  12. S03E12Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E12The High GroundJanuary 29, 1990 7.6A radical takes Dr. Crusher hostage to treat his injured Comrades.
  13. S03E13Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E13Déjà QFebruary 5, 1990 8.9Picard's nemesis Q, claiming to have lost his powers, appears on the Enterprise.
  14. S03E14Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E14A Matter of PerspectiveFebruary 12, 1990 7.4A widow accuses Riker of seducing her and killing her husband, a respected scientist.
  15. S03E15Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E15Yesterday's EnterpriseFebruary 19, 1990 8.7An Enterprise from the past breaks through a time rift, altering the course of history.
  16. S03E16Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E16The OffspringMarch 12, 1990 8.3An admiral (Nicolas Coster) wants to remove Data's creation, a female android, from the Enterprise.
  17. S03E17Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E17Sins of the FatherMarch 19, 1990 8.3Lt. Worf and his brother Kurn defend their family honor when the Klingon high council accuses their late father of treason.
  18. S03E18Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E18AllegianceMarch 26, 1990 8.0Stardate: 43714.1 Picard is secretly abducted and switched with an alien double. The crews' suspicions are raised when he starts exhibiting
  19. S03E19Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E19Captain's HolidayApril 2, 1990 7.6Stardate: 43745.2 While on vacation on Risa, Captain Picard encounters two Vorgons from the 27th Century who claim they are searching for a
  20. S03E20Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E20Tin ManApril 23, 1990 7.9Stardate: 43779.3 The Enterprise encounters a 'living' ship in the Neutral Zone, and risks breaking the Romulan Federation alliance in order
  21. S03E21Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E21Hollow PursuitsApril 30, 1990 8.1Stardate: 43807.4 A nervous and insecure officer, Lt. Reginald Barclay, places the Enterprise in great danger when he neglects his duties in
  22. S03E22Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E22The Most ToysMay 7, 1990 8.1Stardate: 43872.2 The crew are shattered by the apparent death of Data in a shuttle explosion, and are prevented from carrying out a detaile
  23. S03E23Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E23SarekMay 14, 1990 8.3Vulcan ambassador Sarek becomes temperamental while on the Enterprise with his wife.
  24. S03E24Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E24Ménage à TroiMay 28, 1990 8.2The Ferengi kidnap Riker, Troi and her visiting mother.
  25. S03E25Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E25TransfigurationsJune 4, 1990 7.7The Enterprise crew saves a badly injured humanoid who possesses remarkable powers.
  26. S03E26Star Trek: The Next Generation S03E26Season's bestThe Best of Both WorldsJune 18, 1990 9.2The Borg advance their plans to assimilate the human race by kidnapping Picard and making him into their spokesman.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode26Episodes1990–91Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S04E01Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E01Season's bestThe Best of Both Worlds Part IISeptember 24, 1990 9.0Riker is torn between saving Picard or humanity when the Borg plan to use the abducted captain in their scheme to destroy Earth and turn him
  2. S04E02Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E02FamilyOctober 1, 1990 8.0Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's ad
  3. S04E03Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E03BrothersOctober 8, 1990 8.2While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and
  4. S04E04Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E04Suddenly HumanOctober 15, 1990 8.1Picard faces a child-custody dilemma after the Enterprise rescues an orphaned human child.
  5. S04E05Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E05Remember MeOctober 22, 1990 8.5When Doctor Crusher leaps into another dimension of reality, Enterprise crew members mysteriously disappear.
  6. S04E06Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E06LegacyOctober 29, 1990 7.6Tasha Yar's sister helps the Enterprise rescue Federation members held hostage on her planet.
  7. S04E07Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E07ReunionNovember 5, 1990 8.2Worf deals with a personal dilemma, Picard mediates a power struggle between successors to the Klingon Empire.
  8. S04E08Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E08Future ImperfectNovember 12, 1990 8.0After an aborted mission to an uninhabited planet, Riker awakens in the future with no memory of the past 16 years.
  9. S04E09Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E09Final MissionNovember 19, 1990 8.1Wesley goes on one last mission with Captain Picard that jeopardizes the Captains life before going to Starfleet academy.
  10. S04E10Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E10The LossDecember 31, 1990 7.4Troi loses her empathic sense at the same time the Enterprise encounters a mysterious life form that appears to be heading toward self-destr
  11. S04E11Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E11Data's DayJanuary 7, 1991 8.2While the USS Enterprise heads towards a secret rendezvous, a friend's upcoming wedding compounds Data's confusion about the nuances of huma
  12. S04E12Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E12The WoundedJanuary 28, 1991 8.3Picard and the crew attempt to apprehend a renegade Federation starship that has attacked a Cardassian space station without provocation.
  13. S04E13Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E13Devil's DueFebruary 4, 1991 7.6Picard tries to save a terrorized planet and the Enterprise from a woman claiming to be the devil who has returned after 1,000 years to clai
  14. S04E14Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E14CluesFebruary 11, 1991 8.7Upon investigating a newly discovered Class M planet, the crew are knocked unconscious. Data claims that they had only lost 30 seconds, but
  15. S04E15Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E15First ContactFebruary 18, 1991 8.8A first-contact mission puts Riker in an alien hospital, leaving Picard to convince the planet's leaders that the Enterprise poses no threat
  16. S04E16Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E16Galaxy's ChildMarch 11, 1991 8.2After killing an attacking life form, the Enterprise discovers a "baby" within its womb; Geordi meets the object of his admiration, but his
  17. S04E17Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E17Night TerrorsMarch 18, 1991 7.4When the Enterprise becomes stuck in an energy-draining rupture in space known as a Tyken's Rift, the crew begins experiencing severe sleep
  18. S04E18Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E18Identity CrisisMarch 25, 1991 7.5Geordi begins to exhibit signs of mutating into another life form as a result of a parasite picked up on an Away Team mission.
  19. S04E19Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E19The Nth DegreeApril 1, 1991 8.5An alien probe threatens the Enterprise when it emits an energy surge that turns an innocuous crew member into a superhuman.
  20. S04E20Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E20QpidApril 22, 1991 7.9Q questions the dispassionate Captain Picard about his relationship with a beautiful archaeologist, but when Picard refuses to give him any
  21. S04E21Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E21The DrumheadApril 29, 1991 7.7When an explosion damages the Enterprise's warp engine, a retired Starfleet admiral boards the ship and begins an investigation that ultimat
  22. S04E22Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E22Half a LifeMay 6, 1991 8.1Lwaxana Troi pays another visit to the Enterprise, where she falls in love with a scientist from Kaelon II, but she is shocked to learn that
  23. S04E23Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E23The HostMay 13, 1991 7.2While on a peacekeeping mission to the Peliar system, a Trill ambassador begins a relationship with Dr. Crusher, but when he is injured in a
  24. S04E24Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E24The Mind's EyeMay 27, 1991 8.1The Romulans brainwash Geordi as part of a plot to drive a wedge between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
  25. S04E25Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E25In TheoryJune 3, 1991 7.5While the Enterprise explores a nebula with unusual properties, Data becomes involved with a crew member.
  26. S04E26Star Trek: The Next Generation S04E26RedemptionJune 17, 1991 8.1Part 1 of 2. Picard tries to keep the Federation neutral when the Klingon Empire faces civil war; Lt. Worf struggles with divided loyalties.

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season05Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode26Episodes1991–92Aired 7.7Season avg
  1. S05E01Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E01Redemption IISeptember 23, 1991 8.2Part 2 of 2: Suspecting Romulan interference, Picard gets involved in the Klingon civil war.
  2. S05E02Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E02DarmokSeptember 30, 1991 8.1Picard encounters the leader of a civilization which communicates only in metaphor.
  3. S05E03Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E03Ensign RoOctober 7, 1991 7.7A Starfleet admiral, unwittingly being used by outside forces, involves the Enterprise crew in a deadly conspiracy.
  4. S05E04Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E04Silicon AvatarOctober 14, 1991 7.6When the Crystalline Entitiy reappears, Picard and Data try to establish communication with it before it is destroyed by a vengeful scientis
  5. S05E05Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E05DisasterOctober 21, 1991 8.0A natural force damages the Enterprise, trapping Picard and forcing Troi to act as captain.
  6. S05E06Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E06The GameOctober 28, 1991 7.6The Enterprise gets a surprise visit from Starfleet Academy Cadet Wesley Crusher, who discovers something alien and sinister controlling the
  7. S05E07Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E07Unification INovember 4, 1991 8.6Picard and Data follow Spock on an unauthorized mission to Romulus.
  8. S05E08Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E08Season's bestUnification IINovember 11, 1991 8.7Spock proceeds with his quest for the reunification of Vulcan and Romulans even though he and Picard are suspicious of Romulan motives.
  9. S05E09Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E09A Matter of TimeNovember 18, 1991 7.9As the Enterprise crew struggles to save Penthara IV following an asteroid collision, a historian from the 26th century arrives on board.
  10. S05E10Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E10New GroundJanuary 6, 1992 6.9When Worf's mother tells him that his son's Earth parents can no longer care for him, Worf tries to be a father to his child, Alexander.
  11. S05E11Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E11Hero WorshipJanuary 27, 1992 7.0When a Starfleet ship crashes inside a thick, black cloud, Data attempts to coax the traumatised young sole survivor into revealing what exa
  12. S05E12Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E12ViolationsFebruary 3, 1992 6.6Several crew members suffer violent hallucinations and comas as alien researchers visit the ship.
  13. S05E13Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E13The Masterpiece SocietyFebruary 10, 1992 7.2The Enterprise tries to save a "perfect" colony from destruction, but the assistance causes damage of its own.
  14. S05E14Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E14ConundrumFebruary 17, 1992 7.8When an alien ship crosses the Enterprise's path, its strong scanners cause all of the crew members to completely lose their memories
  15. S05E15Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E15Power PlayFebruary 24, 1992 7.9The Enterprise crew discovers a Federation starship missing for 200 years. However, Troi, O'Brien and Data find themselves haunted by demons
  16. S05E16Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E16EthicsMarch 2, 1992 7.2When he loses the ability to walk after an accident in the Cargo bay, a traumatised Worf asks Riker to assist him in a Klingon suicide ritua
  17. S05E17Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E17The OutcastMarch 16, 1992 6.5Riker finds himself falling for a Gennai when the two races collaborate on a mission to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a shuttl
  18. S05E18Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E18Cause and EffectMarch 23, 1992 8.4The future of the Enterprise looks bleak when the ship gets trapped in a time warp, causing the crew members to continually repeat their exp
  19. S05E19Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E19The First DutyMarch 30, 1992 7.8When Wesley Crusher's team suffers an accident at Starfleet Academy, Picard helps investigate its cause, and believes a cover-up is taking p
  20. S05E20Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E20Cost of LivingApril 20, 1992 6.6As the ship encounters mechanical problems, Lwaxana Troi takes Worf's son under her wing while she prepares for her wedding.
  21. S05E21Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E21The Perfect MateApril 27, 1992 7.1Picard finds himself attracted to a beautiful woman being given as a gift to promote reconciliation between two warring systems.
  22. S05E22Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E22Imaginary FriendMay 4, 1992 6.8While exploring a rare nebula around a neutron star, the Enterprise's safety is threatened by a little girl's imaginary playmate.
  23. S05E23Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E23I, BorgMay 11, 1992 8.7An encounter with a injured adolescent Borg gives Picard the opportunity to remove the Borg threat forever.
  24. S05E24Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E24The Next PhaseMay 18, 1992 7.9Geordi and Ro disappear and are presumed dead after a transporting maneuver from a disabled Romulan science ship goes awry.
  25. S05E25Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E25The Inner LightJune 1, 1992 8.3Picard awakens after being hit by a mysterious particle stream from a type of probe/satellite the ship discovered, to find he is living anot
  26. S05E26Star Trek: The Next Generation S05E26Time's ArrowJune 15, 1992 8.6Data is transported back in time to 19th century San Francisco, where he hopes to solve the mystery of his death after a Enterprise away tea

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season06Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode26Episodes1992–93Aired 7.8Season avg
  1. S06E01Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E01Time's Arrow, Part IISeptember 21, 1992 8.5The away team after encountering Mark Twain and Guinan in the 19th century, try to solve the mystery of who and what alien is killing people
  2. S06E02Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E02Realm of FearSeptember 28, 1992 7.8A skittish member of Geordi's engineering staff encounters a bizarre creature while in the process of transporting from another ship.
  3. S06E03Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E03Man of the PeopleOctober 5, 1992 6.4A visiting ambassador conceals the deadly secret to his successful negotiations as he attempts to use Troi to further is reputation.
  4. S06E04Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E04RelicsOctober 12, 1992 8.8The Enterprise discovers a Dyson Sphere, in the process they discover a disabled ship that still has a crew member on board. When beaming ov
  5. S06E05Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E05SchismsOctober 19, 1992 7.6Adjustments to the subspace sensor array inadvertently establish a link to aliens who begin kidnapping crew members for experiments.
  6. S06E06Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E06True QOctober 26, 1992 7.9A young honor student serving aboard the Enterprise is torn between remaining a part of the crew or accepting an offer made by Q.
  7. S06E07Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E07RascalsNovember 2, 1992 7.7Picard, Guinan, Ro and Keiko experience trouble aboard their shuttlecraft and transport back to the Enterprise...as 12 year old children.
  8. S06E08Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E08A Fistful of DatasNovember 9, 1992 7.6After a computer malfunction,Worf, his son Alexander Rozhenko, and Counselor Deanna Troi are trapped in an Old West holodeck program wherein
  9. S06E09Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E09The Quality of LifeNovember 16, 1992 7.7Data discovers a group of robots that he believes qualify as lifeforms.
  10. S06E10Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E10Chain of Command, Part IDecember 14, 1992 8.6Picard, Worf, and Dr. Crusher are reassigned from the Enterprise to a secret mission. Meanwhile, the Enterprise is under the command of Capt
  11. S06E11Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E11Chain of Command, Part IIDecember 21, 1992 8.8Captain Picard's secret mission fails, leading to him being captured by Cardassians. As he is tortured by his captors, Captain Jellico and t
  12. S06E12Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E12Ship in a BottleJanuary 25, 1993 8.1Data is playing Sherlock Holmes on the Holodeck, a glitch appears and Lt. Barclay is called to investigate and he discovers protected Holode
  13. S06E13Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E13AquielFebruary 1, 1993 6.7A Starfleet Lieutenant and a Klingon officer is implicated in the murder of the missing starfleet officer on a remote relay station. One of
  14. S06E14Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E14Face of the EnemyFebruary 8, 1993 8.6Troi wakes up as a Romulan intelligence officer much to her surprise. She then finds out that it is part of a elaborate scheme for Romulan d
  15. S06E15Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E15TapestryFebruary 15, 1993 7.5Picard is near death and Q makes him relive a tragedy from his Starfleet Academy days.
  16. S06E16Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E16Birthright, Part IFebruary 22, 1993 7.6Data is zapped by a energy stream and has strange memories from during the time he was out. Worf hears a story that his father may not have
  17. S06E17Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E17Birthright, Part IIMarch 1, 1993 7.7Data explores the experience he had while zapped, Worf is held prisoner by Romulans with the Khitomer survivors.
  18. S06E18Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E18Starship MineMarch 29, 1993 8.1Captain Picard and a desperate gang of thieves are trapped on board the Enterprise while the ship is being swept with deadly baryon rays to
  19. S06E19Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E19LessonsApril 5, 1993 6.9Picard becomes intrigued and then involved with a brilliant new crew member, creating complications when a potentially deadly mission arises
  20. S06E20Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E20The ChaseApril 26, 1993 7.8The death of Picards archaeology professor results in a tantalizing mystery involving Klingons, Cardassians and Romulans.
  21. S06E21Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E21Frame of MindMay 3, 1993 7.4On a secret mission to a troubled planet, Riker questions his mental stability after experiencing a series of confusing vignettes.
  22. S06E22Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E22SuspicionsMay 10, 1993 7.2The death of a pioneering Ferengi scientist ebroils Dr. Crusher in a mystery that may end her Starfleet career.
  23. S06E23Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E23Rightful HeirMay 17, 1993 7.3Warrior Kahless returns from death to reclaim the Klingon empire.
  24. S06E24Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E24Second ChancesMay 24, 1993 7.8Riker returns to the site of a 8-year old mission, to retrieve important research data and is unnerved to encounter his identical twin.
  25. S06E25Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E25Season's bestTimescapeJune 14, 1993 8.9When returning to the Enterprise, Picard, Data, Troi and Geordi find that the Enterpise is frozen in time with a Romulan ship and in the mid
  26. S06E26Star Trek: The Next Generation S06E26Descent, Part IJune 21, 1993 8.5Data experiences anger for the first time during a Borg attack that differs from previous encounters.  Picard and the crew try to track the

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

Season07Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode26Episodes1993–94Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S07E01Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E01Descent, Part IISeptember 20, 1993 8.1Imprisoned by the Borg and cut off from his ship, Picard, Troi and LaForge attempt to break Lore's hold on Data. Meanwhile, Dr. Crusher trie
  2. S07E02Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E02LiaisonsSeptember 27, 1993 7.2A cultural exchange teams Worf with an obnoxious ambassador and strands Picard with a woman who seems to be obsessed with him.
  3. S07E03Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E03InterfaceOctober 4, 1993 7.1In defiance of Picard's orders, Geordi uses a risky procedure in an effort to find and save his missing mother.
  4. S07E04Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E04Gambit, Part IOctober 11, 1993 7.8Captain Picard infiltrates a smuggling ring that is searching for Romulan artifacts.
  5. S07E05Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E05Gambit, Part IIOctober 18, 1993 7.9Captain Picard and commander Riker pose as enemies in order to retrieve a deadly artifact.
  6. S07E06Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E06PhantasmsOctober 25, 1993 7.5The crew helps Data investigate when his dream program begins suddenly generating nightmares. Meanwhile, Picard attempts to avoid attending
  7. S07E07Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E07Dark PageNovember 1, 1993 7.1Lwaxana Troi visits the Enterprise, but she's preoccupied by a dark secret she has carried for years.
  8. S07E08Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E08AttachedNovember 8, 1993 7.9After escaping imprisonment on an alien world, Picard and Beverly find that their thoughts are connected by brain implants.
  9. S07E09Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E09Force of NatureNovember 15, 1993 7.1The crew is shocked when an alien brother and sister sneak on board and claim their planet is being destroyed by the Enterprise's warp drive
  10. S07E10Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E10InheritanceNovember 22, 1993 7.9During a mission to save an endangered planet, Data is stunned when he meets a native scientist who claims to be his estranged mother.
  11. S07E11Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E11ParallelsNovember 29, 1993 8.3After Worf returns from a bat'leth tournament, he is the only person who notices subtle changes on theEnterprise.
  12. S07E12Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E12The PegasusJanuary 10, 1994 8.1Riker's loyalties are tested when he is reunited with his former captain, Pressman, now Admiral, of the missing ship Pegasus.
  13. S07E13Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E13HomewardJanuary 17, 1994 7.5Worf's brother violates the Prime Directive in order to save an alien race whose existence is threatened when violent storms bombard their p
  14. S07E14Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E14Sub RosaJanuary 31, 1994 5.4Dr Crusher is shocked to come across a family secret when she attends her grandmothers funeral.
  15. S07E15Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E15Lower DecksFebruary 7, 1994 7.9Four young officers become embroiled in a secret - and potentially dangerous - mission as they vie for promotion.
  16. S07E16Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E16Thine Own SelfFebruary 14, 1994 7.4Data trails a probe which has crashed on to a primitive planet. But when he crashes too, he finds himself unable to remember anything prior
  17. S07E17Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E17MasksFebruary 21, 1994 6.4Picard discovers that an 87-million-years-old comet has been housing alien beings, which attack both Data and the Enterprise' computer syste
  18. S07E18Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E18Eye of the BeholderFebruary 28, 1994 6.7A suicide on the Enterprise leaves the crew stunned by the loss. Meanwhile, Deanna and Worf begin to form a relationship.
  19. S07E19Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E19GenesisMarch 21, 1994 7.3Picard and Data brave going into an asteroid field when a new torpedo's guidance system malfunctions. Meanwhile, the crew begin to act stran
  20. S07E20Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E20Journey's EndMarch 28, 1994 6.4When the Federation gives the Cardassians access to a planet inhabited by Native American Indians, Picard has the unenviable task of trying
  21. S07E21Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E21FirstbornApril 25, 1994 7.1Alexander must face his first rite of ascension initiation, during which a Klingon warrior named K'Mtar has a disturbing request for him.
  22. S07E22Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E22BloodlinesMay 2, 1994 6.9Captain Picard battles to rescue his son from a vengeful Ferengi whose own son was killed by Picard during the Battle of Maxia.
  23. S07E23Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E23EmergenceMay 9, 1994 7.5The computer systems on board the Enterprise begin experiencing repeated malfunctions, leading the crew to suspect that the ship itself may
  24. S07E24Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E24Preemptive StrikeMay 16, 1994 7.9When Ro is assigned to infiltrate the Maquis, she finds herself sympathising with their plight, forcing her to choose between her divided lo
  25. S07E25Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E25Season's bestAll Good Things... (1)May 23, 1994 8.7Captain Picard finds himself travelling between the past, present and future, but discovers he may be responsible for the end of mankind.
  26. S07E26Star Trek: The Next Generation S07E26All Good Things... (2)May 23, 1994 8.1In the second of the two-part series finale, Picard continues his race against time to try and end the threat to the future of mankind.

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