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Evolution

Episode:

49

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Michael Piller

Story by:

Michael Piller & Michael Wagner

Stardate:

43125.8

Synopsis:

The crew's lives are put on the line when the Enterprise's life-support systems are disabled by beings known as the nanites, which have escaped from one of Wesley's experiments and are now believed to be sentient.

Rating:

C+

Notes:

The Ensigns Of Command

Episode:

50

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Melinda M. Snodgrass

Story by:

Stardate:

43133.3

Synopsis:

The Enterprise discovers a human colony living on a planet which has been claimed by an alien race to be theirs under a treaty signed with the Federation, although the aliens knew nothing of the colony when the treaty was signed. An evacuation is started, and the alien race give them four days - or every person on the planet will be annihilated.

Rating:

C

Notes:

The Survivors

Episode:

51

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Michael Wagner

Story by:

Stardate:

43152.4

Synopsis:

The Enterprise arrives at Rana IV and discovers that the planet's entire population has been destroyed, with the exception of an elderly couple who seem reluctant to leave. Picard orders an investigation and it transpires that Kevin Uxbridge, the old man, is actually an immortal being, and he destroyed the entire Husnock race by one thought out of rage over the death of his wife.

Rating:

C+

Notes:

Who Watches The Watchers?

Episode:

52

Director:

Robert Wiemer

Written by:

Richard Manning & Hans Beimler

Story by:

Stardate:

43173.5

Synopsis:

After an explosion on a hidden observation station on Mintaka III, the Enterprise is forced to intervene, and the Away Team accidentally causes the inhabitants to view Captain Picard as a God. While assisting Federation anthropologists who were injured during an explosion on Mintaka III, the Away Team members accidentally cause the colonists to view Picard as a God. They then decide to capture Counselor Troi and sacrifice her to the Picard-god. In attempting to prove to them that he is not a God, Picard is shot with an arrow.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

The Bonding

Episode:

53

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Stardate:

43198.7

Synopsis:

When the Enterprise's archaeologist is killed on an Away Mission under Worf's command, the Klingon feels responsible for Lieutenant Aster's son who is now an orphan.

Rating:

B-

Notes:

Booby Trap

Episode:

54

Director:

Gabrielle Beaumont

Written by:

Ron Roman, Michael Piller & Richard Danus

Story by:

Michael Wagner & Ron Roman

Stardate:

43205.6

Synopsis:

An Away Team is sent to investigate after discovering an abandoned derelict warship, but the ship is trapped in an energy field, the same energy field that trapped the derelict ship a thousand years before, that drains the Enterprise and converts the energy to lethal levels of radiation. To escape from the trap, Geordi calls up a holographic projection of Dr. Leah Brahms, who designed the Galaxy-class Starship class, but he starts to fall in love with her...

Rating:

C+

Notes:

The Enemy

Episode:

55

Director:

David Carson

Written by:

David Kemper & Michael PIller

Story by:

Stardate:

43349.2

Synopsis:

A Romulan ship, commanded by Commander Tomalok, hinders attempts to rescue Geordi, who is stranded on the Federation planet Galorndon Core with another Romulan from a crashed Romulan craft. After one Romulan, who had already been rescued by the Enterprise, dies, despite the fact that Tomalok's ship could attack and destroy the Enterprise, Picard lowers the shields in order to beam Geordi and the Romulan survivor on board.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

The Price

Episode:

56

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Written by:

Hannah Louise Shearer

Story by:

Stardate:

43385.6

Synopsis:

Counsellor Troi is swept off her feet by a delegate who uses his telepathic powers to unfairly influence a business deal for rights to the newly discovered Barzan Wormhole, and meanwhile, investigating the wormhole's stability, an Enterprise and a Ferengi shuttle each travel through the Wormhole, but the Enterprise shuttle discover that the wormhole is unstable, and the Ferengi, paying no attention to them, are stranded in the Delta Quadrant as the wormhole mouth moves.

Rating:

B

Notes:

The fate of the two Ferengi stranded in the Delta Quadrant is told in Star Trek Voyager's "False Profits".

The Vengeance Factor

Episode:

57

Director:

Timothy Bond

Written by:

Sam Rolfe

Story by:

Stardate:

43421.9

Synopsis:

The crew attempts to mediate between two factions: the Acamarians and the Gatherers, a faction which broke away from the main body of the Acamarians during clan wars 100 years ago. However, their attempts are sabotaged by an assasin who was genetically engineered to be fatal to members of the Gatherers clan.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

The Defector

Episode:

58

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Stardate:

43462.5

Synopsis:

A Romulan pilot defects, but warns the crew of the Enterprise about an impending attack from a Romulan base being established in the Neutral Zone, but the Defector, Alidar Jarok, is not what he seems to be.

Rating:

C+

Notes:

The Hunted

Episode:

59

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Robin Bernheim

Story by:

Stardate:

43489.2

Synopsis:

The planet Angosia III applies for membership of the United Federation of Planets. They request assistance with an escaped prisoner who has been genetically enhanced, and who wishes to live a normal life, and not be imprisoned.

Rating:

B

Notes:

The High Ground

Episode:

60

Director:

Gabrielle Beaumont

Written by:

Melinda M. Snodgrass

Story by:

Stardate:

43510.7

Synopsis:

While delivering much-needed medical supplies to Rutia IV, Dr. Crusher is kidnapped by terrorists, and instigates a Civil War. Commander Riker attempts to negotiate for her release, but only drags the Federation deeper into the conflict, and meanwhile, Captain Picard is captured and a bomb is placed on the Enterprise.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Déjà Q

Episode:

61

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Richard Danus

Story by:

Stardate:

43539.1

Synopsis:

Q is stripped of his powers of omnipotence and immortality and, as a human, requests sanctuary on board the Enterprise, but he endangers the crew of the Enterprise and Data is almost killed when the Calamarain show up to exact revenge upon him. Realising this, he leaves the Enteprise in a shuttle in order to save the crew of the Enterprise, an act which allows his powers to be restored by another Q.

Rating:

A

Notes:

A Matter Of Perspective

Episode:

62

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Ed Zuckerman

Story by:

Stardate:

43610.4

Synopsis:

Just after beaming back from a space station orbiting Tanuga IV, the station blows up, and the research scientist who was in charge of the station is killed. His widow wants to press charges, and Picard allows the accident to be recreated on the holodeck to allow what really happened to be revealed. Meanwhile, unexplainable surges of radiation start burning through bulkheads on the ship.

Rating:

A

Notes:

Yesterday's Enterprise

Episode:

63

Director:

David Carson

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr, Richard Manning, Hans Beimler & Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Trent Christopher Ganino & Eric A. Stilwell

Stardate:

43625.2

Synopsis:

The Enterprise encounters a rift in the space-time continuum, and a ship comes out of it. Suddenly, the time-frame alters, and the Federation is now in the middle of a war with the Klingons, one which they will lose within six months. The ship that came out of the rift was the Enterprise-C, and Picard realises that if the Enterprise-C's mission to help the Klingons on Narendra III had been a success, the war with the Klingons could have been averted. Sensing that history has been changed, Guinan persuades Picard to send the Enterprise-C back through the rift to reset history. However, before the ship returns, Tasha Yar joins their crew, as she learns from Guinan about her death in the other timeline and would prefer that her death counted for something.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

The Offspring

Episode:

64

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Stardate:

43657.0

Synopsis:

Data becomes a father and creates an android daughter named Lal, but he encounters problems when Starfleet want to take her away to do research on her. In the end, it is inconsequential, as she dies from systemwide overloads.

Rating:

B

Notes:

This is the first episode directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Sins Of The Father

Episode:

65

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore & W. Reed Moran

Story by:

Drew Deighan

Stardate:

43685.2

Synopsis:

Worf meets a younger brother he never knew he had, Kurn, and he learns that his father has been accused of treason, by aiding the Romulans during the Khitomer assault. Picard, Worf and Kurn travel to Qo'noS to confront the Klingon High Council. They discover that Duras' father betrayed the Klingons to the Romulans, but as Duras has many allies, Worf accepts discommendation to prevent a Klingon Civil War. However, he does kill Duras before doing so.

Rating:

A

Notes:

Allegiance

Episode:

66

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Richard Manning & Hans Beimler

Story by:

Stardate:

43714.1

Synopsis:

Picard is removed from his quarters and removed with a not-quite-accurate replica whose behaviour gives the crew due cause to relieve him of Command (such as leading the crew in a sing-along in Ten Forward!). Meanwhile, Picard and three others who have also been captured must work together to uncover who is behind the plot.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Captain's Holiday

Episode:

67

Director:

Chip Chalmers

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr

Story by:

Stardate:

43745.2

Synopsis:

Picard goes on vacation on the pleasure planet Risa, but his vacation is cut short by aliens calling themselves the Vogons: they claim they have come from the 27th century, and have come to recover a weapon that has incredible power. While searching for it, Picard becomes involved with Vash, and they discover that they are not the only ones looking for this weapon, and the Vorgons from the 27th century may not actually be who they say they are.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Tin Man

Episode:

68

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Written by:

Dennis Putnam Bailey & David Bischoff

Story by:

Stardate:

43779.3

Synopsis:

The Enterprise risks war with the Romulans and a star on the verge of exploding to bring a Betazoid Federation emissary into contact with "Tin Man", which they believe to be a sentient silicon-based lifeform.

Rating:

C+

Notes:

Hollow Pursuits

Episode:

69

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Sally Caves

Story by:

Stardate:

43807.4

Synopsis:

A shy engineer called Barclay (and "Broccoli" by Geordi et al.) uses the holodeck to act out his fantasies, but he puts the Enterprise in danger when he neglects his engineering duties, and brings himself to the Captain's attention.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

The Most Toys

Episode:

70

Director:

Timothy Bond

Written by:

Shari Goodhartz

Story by:

Stardate:

43872.2

Synopsis:

The crew is convinced Data is dead after his shuttlecraft explodes, but are forced to leave on a missions without investigating to validate this. In fact, Data is not dead, but has been taken prisoner by a mad collector who specialises in the unique and who views Data as an object, and as the ultimate collector's item.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Sarek

Episode:

71

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Peter S. Beagle

Story by:

Marc Cushman & Jake Jacobs

Stardate:

43917.4

Synopsis:

Spock's father Sarek visits the Enterprise to negotiate diplomatic relations with the Legarans. In the course of a musical recital, he is seen to shed a tear, and it is discovered that he is suffering from Bendii Sydrome, which affects older Vulcans and causes them to lose emotional control.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Ménage À Troi

Episode:

72

Director:

Robert Legato

Written by:

Fred Bronson

Story by:

Stardate:

43930.7

Synopsis:

Riker and Troi's shore leave on Betazed gets interrupted by Lwaxana, who then gets them all captured as the Ferengi want to 'obtain' her to use her telepathic powers in their negotiations. However, Riker manages to send a distress call to the Enterprise, and Picard must try to win back Lwaxana from the Ferengi by professing his love for her.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Transfigurations

Episode:

73

Director:

Tom Benko

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Stardate:

43957.2

Synopsis:

After they rescue a severely injured humanoid from a damaged escape pod, the entire crew of the Enterprise is overcome with feelings of serenity, and witness the alien's healing power firsthand after Worf is killed in a fall, but brought back to life.

Rating:

B

Notes:

The Best Of Both Worlds, part I

Episode:

74

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Michael Piller

Story by:

Stardate:

43989.1

Synopsis:

After the Borg's encounter with the Enterprise in Season 2's "Q Who?", the Borg arrive in Federation space attempting to 'assimilate' all humans, to enhance their knowledge and perfection. To assist with their integration into Earth culture, Captain Picard is captured and assimilated to speak as a voice for the Borg.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Season 3 ends on a cliff-hanger as the Borg resume a course for Earth after capturing and assimilating Picard and his knowledge of the Enterprise's plans.

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