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The Best Of Both Worlds, part II

Episode:

75

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Michael Piller

Story by:

Stardate:

44001.4

Synopsis:

After the unsuccessful attempt to destroy the Borg Cube, the Enterprise is left helpless as the Borg resume their course for Sector 001. Meanwhile, a Federation fleet of 40 starships masses at Wolf 359. Having completed sufficient repairs, the Enterprise heads for Wolf 359, only to find the entire fleet has been destroyed. Riker, now promoted to Captain, is persuaded by Guinan to throw away everything he was taught by Picard, and he devises a plan to rescue Picard and use his link to the Borg Collective to their advantage.

Rating:

A

Notes:

Family

Episode:

76

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Susanne Lambdin & Bryan Stuart

Stardate:

44012.3

Synopsis:

Recovering from his ordeal with the Borg, Picard returns home to France for R&R while he considers leaving Starfleet. Meanwhile, on the Enterprise, Worf is embarrassed by the arrival of his human adoptive parents, Sergey and Helena Rozhenko.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Brothers

Episode:

77

Director:

Rob Bowman

Written by:

Rick Berman

Story by:

Stardate:

44085.7

Synopsis:

While rushing a seriously ill boy to a Starbase for lifesaving treatment, Data seizes control of the Enterprise, seizes control of the Main computer and forces the senior staff to leave the bridge, while setting a course for a remote planet. It transpires that this planet is the home of the android's creator, Noonien Soong, and he has summoned Data to install an emotion chip in him. However, his signal also summons Lore, Data's evil twin brother, and the two clash after Lore steals the emotion chip and almost kills Soong.

Rating:

A

Notes:

Suddenly Human

Episode:

78

Director:

Gabrielle Beaumont

Written by:

John WHelpley & Jeri Taylor

Story by:

Ralph Phillips

Stardate:

44143.7

Synopsis:

A human boy is found injured on a Talarian ship in distress. Picard risks war by refusing to return the child when his adoptive Talarian father returns and demands that Picard surrenders the boy to him.

Rating:

C+

Notes:

Remember Me

Episode:

79

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Lee Sheldon

Story by:

Stardate:

44161.2

Synopsis:

Members of the Enterprise crew start disappearing into thin air, Dr. Crusher finds she's the only one who can remember them. She becomes the only member of the crew, with the computer unable to explain why she's the only member of the crew for a mission of exploration when the computer tells her that she cannot complete the mission by herself.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

Legacy

Episode:

80

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Written by:

Joe Menosky

Story by:

Stardate:

44215.2

Synopsis:

The Enterprise gets caught up in the middle of a war on the home planet of the late Tasha Yar, but they encounter Tasha's sister, Ishara, who manipulates them all in order to get close enough to their enemy's shield generator so their faction can win the war.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

This episode, the 80th Star Trek TNG episode, marks a milestone as it surpasses the Classic Series' run of 79 episodes.

Reunion

Episode:

81

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Written by:

Thomas Perry, Jo Perry, Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga

Story by:

Drew Deighan, Thomas Perry & Jo Perry

Stardate:

44246.3

Synopsis:

Klingon leader K'mpec discovers that he has been poisoned, and will die shortly. He asks Picard to serve as Arbiter of Succession to determine which of two rivals - Gowron and Duras - should become leader of the Empire, because no Klingon could be trusted to make a decision in the best interests of the Klingon Empire. Worf receives surprising news from his former lover, K'Ehleyr.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

This is the second episode directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Future Imperfect

Episode:

82

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren

Story by:

Stardate:

44286.5

Synopsis:

After an Away Mission fails, Riker awakens in Sickbay to find that sixteen years have passed, and that he is now Captain of the Enterprise, Picard is an Admiral, Troi is married - and that he has a son. However, he discovers that he is not actually on the Enterprise, and it seems that the Romulans have been immersing him in a simulation ... or have they?

Rating:

C

Notes:

Final Mission

Episode:

83

Director:

Corey Allen

Written by:

Kacey Arnold-Ince & Jeri Taylor

Story by:

Kacey Arnold-Ince

Stardate:

44307.3

Synopsis:

On his final mission before leaving the Enterprise to study at Starfleet Academy, he must save the life of Captain Picard when their shuttle crashes on a desert planet with no water - except a single fountain that is surrounded by a force field.

Rating:

B-

Notes:

This episode marks the departure of Wesley Crusher from the TNG regular cast.

The Loss

Episode:

84

Director:

Chip Chalmers

Written by:

Hilary J. Bader, Alan J. Adler & Vanessa Greene

Story by:

Hilary J. Bader

Stardate:

44356.9

Synopsis:

Troi is horrified when the loses her empathic powers as the Enterprise is caught in the force of a black-hole-like phenomenon. She prepares to leave the Enterprise as she claims that she can no longer be of any use as the ship's counselor, but Picard persuades her to stay on, and she eventually recovers her powers.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

Data's Day

Episode:

85

Director:

Robert Wiemer

Written by:

Harold Apter & Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Harold Apter

Stardate:

44390.1

Synopsis:

A 'day-in-the-life' episode for Data, who must contend with the various problems thrown at him: Keiko gets cold feet about her wedding to Miles, and then a Vulcan Ambassador starts acting oddly.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Miles O'Brien and Keiko Ishikawa get married in this episode.

The Wounded

Episode:

86

Director:

Chip Chalmers

Written by:

Jeri Taylor

Story by:

Stuart Charno, Sara Charno & Cy Chermak

Stardate:

44429.6

Synopsis:

Disbelieving the treaty with the Cardassians, and fearing that they are rearming, Federation captain Ben Maxwell, under whom Miles O'Brien served as Tactical Officer, takes matters into his own hands and attacks Cardassian ships that seem to be making a harmless freight run. However, although he is stopped, Picard sees what the Cardassians are doing and warns them not to.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Devil's Due

Episode:

87

Director:

Tom Benko

Written by:

Philip Lazebnick

Story by:

Philip Lazebnick & William Douglas Lansford

Stardate:

44474.5

Synopsis:

Picard fights to save a terrorised planet from a powerful woman who claims to be the devil, and claims the obediance of an entire race in slavery as promised in an anicent myth of a deal with the Devil.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Clues

Episode:

88

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Bruce D. Arthurs & Joe Menosky

Story by:

Bruce D. Arthurs

Stardate:

44502.7

Synopsis:

Data appears to be lying about an M-class planet that does or does not exist, so Picard orders a covert investigation that finds out that Picard ordered Data not to disclose information about a planet they discovered whose inhabitants are xenophobic. The Enterprise crew are given one more chance to erase all the information about the planet, and Picard orders Data not to reveal its whereabouts to anyone, as everyone else on board's memory is erased.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

First Contact

Episode:

89

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Dennis Russell Bailey, David Bischoff, Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore & Michael Piller

Story by:

Marc Scott Zicree

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

On an undercover First Contact mission, Riker is injured and the xenophobic people (more of them - see "Clues") fear that he is part of an advance scouting party for an invading army.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

Galaxy's Child

Episode:

90

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Maurice Hurley

Story by:

Thomas Kartozian

Stardate:

44614.6

Synopsis:

Geordi is depressed upon meeting his fantasy, Dr. Leah Brahms, designer of the Enterprise, when he finds out that she doesn't love him, is very critical of the work he has done on what she considers to be her engines, and - worst of all - that she is already married. However, the two must work together to detach a space-borne life form that thinks the Enterprise is its mother and has attached itself to the hull.

Rating:

D

Notes:

Night Terrors

Episode:

91

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Pamela Douglas & Jeri Taylor

Story by:

Shari Goodhartz

Stardate:

44631.2

Synopsis:

The Enterprise is trapped in a Tyken's rift, an area of space that deprives the crew of REM-sleep (the part of sleep when dreams occur) that causes them to start going insane, all except Deanna, who experiences the same nightmare over and over again.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Identity Crisis

Episode:

92

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Timothy DeHaas

Stardate:

44664.5

Synopsis:

Geordi and a former shipmate from the USS Victory are drawn to Tarchannen III, where they start to undergo genetic transformation into another being altogether.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

The Nth Degree

Episode:

93

Director:

Robert Legato

Written by:

Joe Menosky

Story by:

Stardate:

44704.2

Synopsis:

While investigating an alien probe, a brilliant flash of light transforms the shy Reg Barclay into a genius who takes over the Main Computer when a subspace antenna array begins to self-destruct. He risks the Enterprise and her crew by traveling at speeds faster than Warp 10, and it turns out that his brain was 'reprogrammed' by the probe, which was sent by the Cytherians. They sent the probe to bring others to their homeworld, as they cannot leave it to explore.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Qpid

Episode:

94

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Ira Steven Behr

Story by:

Randee Russell & Ira Steven Behr

Stardate:

44741.9

Synopsis:

Q transforms Picard into a condemned Robin Hood, and Vash (from season 3's "Déjà Q") into Maid Marian. It is up to the senior staff - Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi, Deanna and Beverly, cast as "The Merry Men" (to which Worf objects vehemently) to prevent Picard from being executed.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

The Drumhead

Episode:

95

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Written by:

Jeri Taylor

Story by:

Stardate:

44769.2

Synopsis:

An explosion aboard the Enterprise leads to an investigation on board the Enterprise, with Picard accused of treason (and just about everyone else on board accused of something), until Picard realises that this prosecution could incriminate innocent people.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Half A Life

Episode:

96

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Peter Allan Fields

Story by:

Ted Roberts & Peter Allan Fields

Stardate:

44805.3

Synopsis:

Lwaxana Troi falls in love with a scientist from a world where it is ritually required that everyone commits suicide at the age of 60.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

The Host

Episode:

97

Director:

Marvin Rush

Written by:

Michel Horvat

Story by:

Stardate:

44821.3

Synopsis:

Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trillian ambassador, but their relationship is put to the test when she discovers that Odan is actually a symbiont, and the body she sees is only a host for the symbiont.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

The Mind's Eye

Episode:

98

Director:

David Livingston

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Ken Schafer & René Echevarria

Stardate:

44885.5

Synopsis:

While traveling to Risa for a vacation, Geordi is kidnapped by the Romulans and brainwashed into being their assassin. He is returned to the Enterprise, and ordered to kill a group of Klingons. However, Data detects strange signals and deduces that something fishy is going on between Geordi and one of the Klingons.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

In Theory

Episode:

99

Director:

Patrick Stewart

Written by:

Joe Menosky & Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Stardate:

44932.3

Synopsis:

Data struggles when a fellow crew member falls in love with him, and he creates a program to process his romantic side. Eventually, Ensign D'Sora realises she can't fall in love with a machine who isn't capable of emotions.

Rating:

D

Notes:

This episode marks the debut of Patrick Stewart in the director's chair.

Redemption, part I

Episode:

100

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Stardate:

44995.3

Synopsis:

Captain Picard returns to Qo'noS to complete his duty as Klingon Arbiter of Succession and perform the ceremony to install Gowron as head of the Klingon Empire. After rejecting a challenge from a boy who was supposed to have been a son of the late Duras, Picard installs Gowron as leader of the Empire. However, the Duras sisters are not happy with this.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

The season ends with the 100th episode and the Klingon Empire poised on the brink of a Civil War, and some rather disturbing news about the Romulans comes to light. Worf has his family name restored to him.

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