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The Child

Episode:

27

Director:

Rob Bowman

Written by:

Jaron Summers, Jon Povill & Maurice Hurley

Story by:

Stardate:

42073.1

Synopsis:

The Enterprise tries to free the Rachelis System from a deadly plague, and Counsellor Troi shocks everyone with the news that she is pregnant. As it turns out, she has been impregnated by a non-corporeal alien, and the child, whom she names Ian Andrew in memory of her father, ages very rapidly and ultimately leaves the Enterprise.

Rating:

D

Notes:

Katherine Pulaski replaces Dr. Crusher as U.S.S. Enterprise CMO while Dr. Crusher takes up a one-year placement as head of Starfleet Medical.
This season was shortened from 26 episodes to 22 episodes because of a Writer's Guild Strike at the beginning of the season.

Where Silence Has Lease

Episode:

28

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Jack B. Sowards

Story by:

Stardate:

42193.6

Synopsis:

Picard is forced to make the most difficult decision of his career when the Enterprise enters a hole in space with no dimensions recognisable to humans.

Rating:

C

Notes:

Elementary, Dear Data

Episode:

29

Director:

Rob Bowman

Written by:

Brian Alan Lane

Story by:

Stardate:

42286.3

Synopsis:

During some free time, Data and Geordi use the holodeck to create a Sherlock Holmes fantasy for Data to solve. However, trouble ensues when it transpires that what they actually asked for was a mystery to defeat Data, not to defeat Holmes as Data.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

The Outrageous Okona

Episode:

30

Director:

Robert Becker

Written by:

Burton Armus

Story by:

Les Menchen, Lance Dickson & David Landsberg

Stardate:

42402.7

Synopsis:

The Enterprise assists a small vessel but doesn't realise that the ship's only resident, Captain Okona will cause many wandering feelings of love within the crew.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

Loud As A Whisper

Episode:

31

Director:

Larry Shaw

Written by:

Jaqueline Zambrano

Story by:

Stardate:

42477.2

Synopsis:

The Enterprise escorts a well-known deaf mediator and his 'chorus' to negotiate and end to the conflict on Solaris V, but one of the soldiers shoots without warning, killing the chorus. Because he now has no way to hear, he decides to pull out, but Captain Picard must persuade him to use the skills he uses in negotiating to teach the other parties how to use sign language.

Rating:

D+

Notes:

The Schizoid Man

Episode:

32

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Tracy Tormé

Story by:

Hans Beimler & Richard Manning

Stardate:

42437.5

Synopsis:

A brilliant scientist who is dying implants his mind in Data as a way of preserving his memories, but instead of benefiting Data, it turns him violently jealous. However, he also teaches Data a lot more about the human condition.

Rating:

C+

Notes:

Unnatural Selection

Episode:

33

Director:

Paul Lunch

Written by:

John Mason & Mike Gray

Story by:

Stardate:

42494.8

Synopsis:

The Enterprise encounters a starship whose crew have died of old age. Tracing their movements back to a science station, they discover that genetically enhanced children are the cause. However, using the transporter, they discover that it is possible to use DNA to recode the person and restore them to normal.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

A Matter Of Honour

Episode:

34

Director:

Rob Bowman

Written by:

Burton Armus

Story by:

Wanda M. Haight, Gregory Amos & Burton Armus

Stardate:

42506.5

Synopsis:

Commander Riker takes up an opportunity to serve as the first Starfleet officer to serve on a Klingon ships as part of the officer exchange program, but a misunderstanding leads to a showdown between the Klingon ship and the Enterprise, although ultimately, Riker gains the Klingons' respect and trust.

Rating:

B

Notes:

The Measure Of A Man

Episode:

35

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Written by:

Melinda M. Snodgrass

Story by:

Stardate:

42523.7

Synopsis:

A Starfleet scientist wants to take Data apart to continue his research to be able to create a fleet of Datas, but Picard argues that Data is a sentient being. Due to shortage of staff, Admiral Louvois orders an inquiry, but with Riker prosecuting and Picard defending Data. Ultimately, however, Data's future is secured.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

The Dauphin

Episode:

36

Director:

Rob Bowman

Written by:

Scott Rubenstein & Leonard Mlodinow

Story by:

Stardate:

42568.8

Synopsis:

The Enterprise escorts a young ruler, Anya and her guardian to Daled IV without realising their metamorphic powers, as they are both allasomorphs (shape shifters).

Rating:

C

Notes:

Contagion

Episode:

37

Director:

Joseph L. Scanlan

Written by:

Steve Gerber & Beth Woods

Story by:

Stardate:

42609.1

Synopsis:

When the Enterprise's sister ship, the U.S.S. Yamato, explodes, the Enterprise retraces its last mission, an investigation of a long dead civilisation. Soon the Enterprise's computer system falls prey to a mysterious electronic 'virus' which programs the ship to self destruct.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

The Royale

Episode:

38

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Keith Mills

Story by:

Stardate:

42625.4

Synopsis:

While investigating an uncharted system where a Federation pilot is thought to have crashed several years earlier, the away team become trapped in a seemingly never-ending story based on the dramatic novel "The Hotel Royale". Eventually they figure out that to leave the hotel and escape, they must finish the story, which means buying the hotel.

Rating:

B-

Notes:

Time Squared

Episode:

39

Director:

Joseph L. Scanlan

Written by:

Maurice Hurley

Story by:

Kurt Michael Bensmiller

Stardate:

42679.2

Synopsis:

The Enterprise discovers a Federation shuttle containing an exact double of Captain Picard from six hours in the future. The Enterprise crew struggle to find the answers to why the other Captain Picard had left the Enterprise and what fate awaited them.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

The Icarus Factor

Episode:

40

Director:

Robert Iscove

Written by:

David Assael & Robert L. McCullough

Story by:

David Assael

Stardate:

42686.4

Synopsis:

Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation starship, and is happy with this, that is, until he discovers that he is to be briefed by his estranged father, who deserted him when he was 15. Meanwhile, Worf is depressed because it is his anniversary of the Age of Ascension rite, but he cheers up when Wesley discovers this and sets up an appropriate celebration on the holodeck.

Rating:

C+

Notes:

Pen Pals

Episode:

41

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Melinda M. Snodgrass

Story by:

Hannah Louise Shearer

Stardate:

42695.3

Synopsis:

Data defies the Prime Directive while communicating to a young girl on Drema IV, whose parents have abandoned her because of volcanic activity. Picard must now find out what is causing the seismic activity and prevent it.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

Q Who?

Episode:

42

Director:

Rob Bowman

Written by:

Maurice Hurley

Story by:

Stardate:

42761.3

Synopsis:

Q throws the Enterprise thousands of light years away into the path of a cube-shaped vessel. Guinan tells them of the Borg, billions of drones with one mind, who destroyed her home planet, and will destroy the Enterprise as well, unless Picard can find a way to stop them.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Samaritan Snare

Episode:

43

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Robert L. McCullough

Story by:

Stardate:

42779.1

Synopsis:

As Captain Picard lies near death on an operating table during an operation to replace and adjust his artificial heart, the rest of the crew tries to outwit the dim-witted Pakleds who are holding Geordi hostage. Eventually, Doctor Pulaski is called in to resurrect the operation, despite the fact that Picard wanted it done at a starbase because he didn't want Dr. Pulaski to do it.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Up The Long Ladder

Episode:

44

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Melinda M. Snodgrass

Story by:

Stardate:

42823.2

Synopsis:

The crew's rescue of a missing earth colony leads to the discovery of a civilisation composed entirely of clones. The clones attempt to steal new DNA patterns from the Enterprise crew because their own patterns are degenerating each time the cloning process takes place, but Captain Picard convinces them to cohabit with the Bringloidis.

Rating:

C

Notes:

Manhunt

Episode:

45

Director:

Rob Bowman

Written by:

Terry Devereaux

Story by:

Stardate:

42859.2

Synopsis:

In her search for the perfect mate, Counsellor Troi's mother Lwaxana beams aboard the Enterprise and sets her sights on Captain Picard. He attempts to hide in the holodeck world of Dixon Hill, but Lwaxana tracks him down. However, she is distracted when Picard leaves and instead falls for the (holographic) bartender.

Rating:

D-

Notes:

The Emissary

Episode:

46

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Richard Manning & Hans Beimler

Story by:

Thomas H. Calder

Stardate:

42901.3

Synopsis:

An official mission becomes a personal matter when Worf's former lover shows up, K'Ehleyr, sent to the Enterprise to help deal with a Klingon vessel that is just returning from an 80-year long secret mission and know nothing of the peace treaty now in place with the Federation.

Rating:

C

Notes:

Peak Performance

Episode:

47

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Written by:

David Kemper

Story by:

Stardate:

42923.4

Synopsis:

Captain Picard and Commander Riker compete in a Starfleet battle simulation. However, trouble starts when a Ferengi ship stumbles across the simulation and starts firing on them for real.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Shades Of Gray

Episode:

48

Director:

Rob Bowman

Written by:

Maurice Hurley, Richard Manning & Hans Beimler

Story by:

Maurice Hurley

Stardate:

42976.1

Synopsis:

Riker is struck down by a deadly microbe which invades his central nervous system and attacks his brain. To cure him, Doctor Pulaski must lead his brain back to his most primitive memories of survival.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

This episode is mostly comprised of clips from earlier episodes, including "Encounter at Farpoint", "The Naked Now", "The Last Outpost", "Justice", "Angel One", "11001001", "Heart of Glory", "Symbiosis", "Skin of Evil", "Conspiracy", "The Child", "Loud as a Whisper", "Unnatural Selection", "A Matter of Honour", "The Dauphin", "The Icarus Factor" and "Up the Long Ladder".

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