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Time's Arrow, part II

Episode:

127

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Jeri Taylor

Story by:

Joe Menosky

Stardate:

46001.3

Synopsis:

Having travelled back in time to the 19th Century San Francisco, Picard an the other must find Data and at the same time prevent aliens from interfering in the natural flow of History. After they return to the 24th century, the Away Team discover that Picard is not with them - but they have also found someone who definitely does not belong in the 19th Century.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Realm Of Fear

Episode:

128

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Stardate:

46041.4

Synopsis:

Lieutenant Barclay's fear of using the transporter is heightened when he is 'bitten' while in the pattern buffer, however he later discovers that there may actually be beings living inside the transporter beam.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Man Of The People

Episode:

129

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Frank Abatemarco

Story by:

Stardate:

46071.6

Synopsis:

Deanna Troi is attracted to a Lumerian Ambassador during negotiations, but she mysteriously starts ageing, and also becoming extremely hostile toward the crew. Upon discovering that the Ambassador has been using Deanna as a 'receptacle' for his negative thoughts and emotions, the crew discover a way to break his link with Deanna - but the attempt may cost Deanna her life.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Relics

Episode:

130

Director:

Alexander Singer

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Stardate:

46125.3

Synopsis:

The Enterprise discovers the U.S.S. Jenolen, a Federation ship that was declared lost more than 70 years before, crashed on the surface of a Dyson Sphere. Beaming over to investigate, Geordi discovers that a pattern has been suspended in the transporter, and he manages to rematerialise none other than Captain Montgomery Scott. However, the Starfleet legend is dejected when he realises that he's only a relic on the Enterprise-D. However, he and Geordi must work together when the Enterprise apparently vanishes.

Rating:

A

Notes:

Schisms

Episode:

131

Director:

Robert Wiemer

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Jean Louise Matthias & Ron Wilkerson

Stardate:

46154.2

Synopsis:

When an alien energy source is discovered in a Cargo Bay, the crew are shocked to find that they may have undergone alien experiments in which limbs were cut off and crudely reattached without their knowledge. A bold plan is devised to expose these aliens, who live in a subspace domain, and to block their access to our universe.

Rating:

B

Notes:

True Q

Episode:

132

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Matthew Corey

Stardate:

46192.3

Synopsis:

A young intern is surprised to learn that she may have omnipotent powers. Q shows up and reveals that she is an orphan of two members of the Q continuum who left the continuum, but were killed by a freak tornado. Under Q's guidance, she learns to use her powers.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Rascals

Episode:

133

Director:

Adam Nimoy

Written by:

Allison Hock

Story by:

Ward Botsford, Diana Dru Botsford & Michael Piller

Stardate:

46235.7

Synopsis:

A transporter accident transforms Picard, Ro, Keiko and Guinan into Children, and Picard must let Riker assume command as the Ferengi try to capture the ship. However, the 'children' manage to outwit the Ferengi, and the crew is left with the problem of how to restore Picard and the others to their former selves.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

This episode was directed by Adam Nimoy, son of Leonard Nimoy who plays Spock.
This is the final appearance of Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien on the Enterprise - D, he now transfers to Deep Space Nine.

A Fistful Of Datas

Episode:

134

Director:

Patrick Stewart

Written by:

Robert Hewitt Wolfe & Brannon Braga

Story by:

Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Stardate:

46271.5

Synopsis:

Worf and Alexander take part in a Wild West simulation in the holodeck, but an experiment linking Data to the Main Computer goes wrong, causing every holodeck character to take on Data's appearance and abilities, and the safety protocols have malfunctioned, leaving Worf, Alexander and Deanna's lives in the balance.

Rating:

B

Notes:

The Quality Of Life

Episode:

135

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Written by:

Naren Shankar

Story by:

Stardate:

46304.2

Synopsis:

Data risks the lives of Captain Picard and Geordi when he prevents the destruction of machines known as "exocomps" during an experimental mining project that has gone wrong when he realises that they are sentient beings.

Rating:

D

Notes:

Chain Of Command, part I

Episode:

136

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Frank Abatemarco

Stardate:

46357.4

Synopsis:

Picard is relieved of command of the U.S.S. Enterprise and ordered to lead Worf and Dr. Crusher on a top-secret intelligence mission deep into Cardassian territory. Meanwhile, Captain Edward Jellico is given command of the Enterprise, and is unpopular with some of the senior staff.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Chain Of Command, part II

Episode:

137

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Frank Abatemarco

Story by:

Stardate:

46360.8

Synopsis:

Picard's willpower is put to the test when he is captured and tortured by the Cardassians. On the Enterprise, tensions run high as Data becomes acting first officer after Jellico relieves Riker for challenging Jellico's judgement.

Rating:

A

Notes:

Ship In A Bottle

Episode:

138

Director:

Alexander Singer

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Stardate:

46424.1

Synopsis:

Professor Moriarty, a character from one of Data's Sherlock Holmes holonovels, shocks the crew of the Enterprise when he takes control of the ship - and steps outside the holodeck into the real world.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Aquiel

Episode:

139

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Jeri Taylor

Stardate:

46461.3

Synopsis:

Geordi becomes enamoured with a Starfleet Lieutenant, who is then accused of murder aboard the Subspace Relay station on board which she worked, and fights to prove her innocence.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Face Of the Enemy

Episode:

140

Director:

Gabrielle Beaumont

Written by:

Naren Shankar

Story by:

René Echevarria

Stardate:

46519.1

Synopsis:

Deanna wakes up on board a Romulan Warbird to find that she's been surgically altered to look Romulan, and she is part of an elaborate scheme to smuggle Romulan defectors into the Federation. Meanwhile, on board the Enterprise, a defected Starfleet ensign returns from Romulus claiming to carry a message from Ambassador Spock.

Rating:

B-

Notes:

Tapestry

Episode:

141

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

After an alien attack, Picard appears to die, and Q appears to him and shows him that his being stabbed in a bar fight with three Nausicaans during his Academy days was responsible for his artificial heart and therefore his 'death' after the alien attack. Q gives Picard a second chance at life, and he manages to avoid being stabbed, but the consequences are far from what the Captain expected.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

Birthright, part I

Episode:

142

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Stardate:

46578.4

Synopsis:

During a layover at Deep Space Nine, Worf learns that his father may be alive, and being held hostage by the Romulans, and sets off on a mission to find him. Data meanwhile has seemingly unexplainable dreams about his father/creator, Noonien Soong.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine makes a guest appearance.

Birthright, part II

Episode:

143

Director:

Dan Curry

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Stardate:

46759.2

Synopsis:

Worf suffers a fate worse than death for Klingons, when he is captured an imprisoned in a Romulan prison camp. Having discovered that his father did die at the Khitomer massacre and is not still alive, he is disgusted to find out that the Klingons who are imprisoned there live in peaceful coexistence with their captors. Worf begins to mastermind an escape plan, but his fellow Klingons may not join him.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Starship Mine

Episode:

144

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Morgan Gendel

Story by:

Stardate:

46682.4

Synopsis:

The crew evacuates the Enterprise when it docks at the Remmler Array for a periodic cleansing sweep of Baryons, which build-up during space travel. However, after Captain Picard goes back to the ship to retrieve something, main power is terminated, and Captain Picard is trapped - and is shocked to discover that he's not the only one on board.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

Lessons

Episode:

145

Director:

Robert Wiemer

Written by:

Ronald Wilkerson & Jean Louise Matthias

Story by:

Stardate:

46693.1

Synopsis:

Picard is torn when he falls in love with a woman, but must then send her on a mission which could easily kill her in the process.

Rating:

C+

Notes:

The Chase

Episode:

146

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Written by:

Joe Menosky

Story by:

Joe Menosky & Ronald D. Moore

Stardate:

46731.5

Synopsis:

When Picard's old archaeology Professor comes on board and invites him to join the search for a great mystery, Picard is severely tempted, but ultimately declines. However, the Professor's shuttle is attacked soon after leaving the Enterprise and Picard finds himself in a race with Cardassians, Klingons and Romulans to solve a four-billion-year old genetic puzzle, which may unleash the galaxy's most dangerous secret.

Rating:

A

Notes:

This is the sixth episode directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Frame Of Mind

Episode:

147

Director:

James L. Conway

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Stardate:

46778.1

Synopsis:

Riker struggles to maintain his sanity as he shifts between a play he is performing on the Enterprise and an alien asylum where it seems he is a patient.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Suspicions

Episode:

148

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Joe Menosky & Naren Shankar

Story by:

Stardate:

46830.1

Synopsis:

When a pioneering Ferengi scientist's shuttle is destroyed and the pilot killed, Dr. Crusher becomes unravelled in a mystery to prove that he was murdered, because of his discoveries that may allow a starship to enter a star's corona without damage to the hull.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Rightful Heir

Episode:

149

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

James Brooks

Stardate:

46852.2

Synopsis:

Worf visits the planet Boreth to summon up a vision of Kahless, the greatest Klingon Warrior of all time, but he finds his faith tested when Kahless returns from the dead - with the intention of leading the Empire once more.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Second Chances

Episode:

150

Director:

LeVar Burton

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Michael A. Medlock

Stardate:

46915.2

Synopsis:

Riker returns to the site of an away mission he went on years ago, and from which he only just escaped, to find that a transporter accident created a duplicate copy of himself - a copy that is only a Lieutenant in Starfleet - and who is still in love with Deanna.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

The Tom Riker story line is continued in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "Defiant".
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American astronaut in space makes a cameo appearance as transporter operator Ensign Palmer.
This episode marks the debut of LeVar Burton, who plays Geordi LaForge, as director.

Timescape

Episode:

151

Director:

Adam Nimoy

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Stardate:

44694.2

Synopsis:

Picard, Data, Geordi and Deanna return from a Federation conference to find that the Enterprise has been frozen in time - on the verge of destruction as a Romulan Warbird's disruptor is being fired at it. Picard must unravel the mystery and save the Enterprise.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

This is the second episode directed by Adam Nimoy, son of Leonard Nimoy.

Descent, part II

Episode:

152

Director:

Alexander Singer

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Jeri Taylor

Stardate:

46982.1

Synopsis:

The Borg, armed with a new sense of individuality, and led by Lore, Data's evil twin brother, return to destroy the Federation, but the Enterprise crew land problems when Data defects to them after feeling emotion.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

The penultimate season ends as the audience wonders what is going to happen to Data and the Federation... after Data's proclamation: "The Sons of Soong have joined together - and together, we will destroy the Federation".

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