The worst episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation
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- 01
Stardate: 42976.1 - Riker being infected by an alien is used as the basis for a clip show.
- 02
Dr Crusher is shocked to come across a family secret when she attends her grandmothers funeral.
- 03
While involved in a treaty discussion with the inhabitants of Ligon II, Tasha is abducted and Picard is forced to abide by the inhabitants Code of Honor to obtain her release.
- 04
The Enterprise away team is investigating mysterious deaths and Geordi becomes infected with a illness that is mind-altering and starts spreading throughout the rest of the ships crew.
- 05
A visiting ambassador conceals the deadly secret to his successful negotiations as he attempts to use Troi to further is reputation.
- 06
Picard discovers that an 87-million-years-old comet has been housing alien beings, which attack both Data and the Enterprise' computer systems.
- 07
When the Federation gives the Cardassians access to a planet inhabited by Native American Indians, Picard has the unenviable task of trying to relocate them.
- 08
An Enterprise away team beams down to a planet with a matriarchal society to search for survivors of a crashed Federation freighter.
- 09
Riker finds himself falling for a Gennai when the two races collaborate on a mission to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a shuttle.
- 10
Several crew members suffer violent hallucinations and comas as alien researchers visit the ship.
- 11
As the ship encounters mechanical problems, Lwaxana Troi takes Worf's son under her wing while she prepares for her wedding.
- 12
Passing through a series of complex energy patterns, the Enterprise crew find themselves trying to solve the mystery surrounding the death of Assistant Chief Engineer Singh and the altered personalities of Lt. Worf, Dr. Crusher and the Captain.
- 13
A Starfleet Lieutenant and a Klingon officer is implicated in the murder of the missing starfleet officer on a remote relay station. One of the shuttlecraft's is missing as well. Aquiel Uhnari is befriended by Geordi after he reads her personal logs during the investigation.
- 14
A suicide on the Enterprise leaves the crew stunned by the loss. Meanwhile, Deanna and Worf begin to form a relationship.
- 15
Riker is offered a possible command of his own and in the process encounters his estranged father who brings him the news. Lt. Worf starts having emotional issues and Wesley digs into Klingon traditions to discover the cause.
- 16
While exploring a rare nebula around a neutron star, the Enterprise's safety is threatened by a little girl's imaginary playmate.
- 17
To learn the origin of a mysterious ship, Picard must get help from a planet where Wesley faces a death sentence.
- 18
A roguish space captain charms all; Data consults a comic about humor.
- 19
When 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.
- 20
Picard becomes intrigued and then involved with a brilliant new crew member, creating complications when a potentially deadly mission arises.
- 21
Captain Picard battles to rescue his son from a vengeful Ferengi whose own son was killed by Picard during the Battle of Maxia.
- 22
A diplomat is requested to mediate a hostage situation and the leader of the world wants the same diplomat that negotiated more than 40 years before. The Admiral who did the negotiations in the past comes on board and starts acting more strangely as time passes.
- 23
When a Starfleet ship crashes inside a thick, black cloud, Data attempts to coax the traumatised young sole survivor into revealing what exactly happened.
- 24
Ferengi and Enterprise teams beam down to an unknown world to discover who or what has sapped power from both vessels.
- 25
A brilliant, dying scientist who seeks immortality transfers his mind and knowledge into Data.
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