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Descent, part II

Episode:

153

Director:

Alexander Singer

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Stardate:

47025.4

Synopsis:

Picard, Deanna and Geordi are held hostage by Data, while Dr. Crusher, who has been left in command of the Enterprise, tries to outwit a Borg vessel in orbit and beam up the rescue teams without being destroyed.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

Liaisons

Episode:

154

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Jeanne Carrigan Fauci & Lisa Rich

Story by:

Roger Eschbacher & Jaq Greenspon

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

During a cultural exchange program, two Lyaaran Ambassadors visit the Enterprise while Picard travels to Lyar. However, he crashes on an unknown planet, and encounters a woman who crashed there several years earlier, who falls in love with Picard - although she is not what she seems.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Interface

Episode:

155

Director:

Robert Wiemer

Written by:

Joe Menosky

Story by:

Stardate:

47215.5

Synopsis:

Geordi learns that his mother has been reported missing, but he believes that he may be able to find her by linking his mind using an experimental interface into the ship's sensors. However, when Picard orders him not to because of the risk to himself, he defies Picard's direct orders and attempts to save her.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

Gambit, part I

Episode:

156

Director:

Peter Lauritson

Written by:

Naren Shankar

Story by:

Christopher Hatton & Naren Shankar

Stardate:

47135.2

Synopsis:

Riker is kidnapped, and is surprised to find Captain Picard, missing and presumed dead, working with the crew of a mercenary ship which has been looting archaelogical sites for their artifacts.

Rating:

B-

Notes:

Gambit, part II

Episode:

157

Director:

Alexander Singer

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Naren Shankar

Stardate:

47160.1

Synopsis:

Picard and Riker must work as part of the mercenary crew while secretly trying to undermine Baran's leadership, and find out the real reason behind the looting.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Phantasms

Episode:

158

Director:

Patrick Stewart

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Stardate:

47225.7

Synopsis:

Data uses his dream program, but his dreams start to affect his behaviour and endanger the crew, but provide clues to other strange events on board the Enterprise.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

This is the fourth episode directed by Patrick Stewart.

Dark Page

Episode:

159

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Hilary J. Bader

Story by:

Stardate:

47254.1

Synopsis:

Lwaxana Troi collapses and Deanna must venture inside her mind to determine what caused her to collapse, and how to stop it before she dies.

Rating:

A

Notes:

Attached

Episode:

160

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Written by:

Nicholas Sagan

Story by:

Stardate:

47304.2

Synopsis:

While on a diplomatic mission, Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher are connected by a telepathic link, and are forced to admit their feelings for one another.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Force Of Nature

Episode:

161

Director:

Robert Lederman

Written by:

Naren Shankar

Story by:

Stardate:

47310.2

Synopsis:

The Enterprise encounters a pair of terrorists, a brother and sister, who are disabling starships to draw attention to their claim that travelling at warp speed is damaging the fabric of space.

Rating:

C

Notes:

Inheritance

Episode:

162

Director:

Robert Scheerer

Written by:

Dan Koeppel & René Echevarria

Story by:

Dan Koepel

Stardate:

47410.2

Synopsis:

During a routine mission, Data is disturbed when he encounters a scientist who claims to be Data's 'mother' and Noonien Soong's ex-wife, but it turns out she is not all she appears to be.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

Parallels

Episode:

163

Director:

Robert Wiemer

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Stardate:

47391.2

Synopsis:

Worf returns from a Klingon contest and finds himself shifting into multiple realities. He is disturbed when no-one else on board the Enterprise reports the same phenomenon.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

The Pegasus

Episode:

164

Director:

LeVar Burton

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Stardate:

47457.1

Synopsis:

Commander Riker is torn between his loyalty between Captain Picard and his former Captain, Pressman, who returns to the Enterprise after the wreckage of the USS Pegasus is found, on board which Pressman conducted illegal experiments using a cloaking device. However, when the Ferengi seal the Enterprise inside an asteroid, Commander Riker must risk his career to escape from the asteroid.

Rating:

A-

Notes:

This is the second episode directed by LeVar Burton.

Homeward

Episode:

165

Director:

Alexander Singer

Written by:

Naren Shankar

Story by:

Spike Steingasser

Stardate:

47423.9

Synopsis:

Worf clashes with his adoptive brother, Nikolai Rozhenko after he violates the Prime Directive to rescue a primitive society which is on the verge of dying out.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

Sub Rosa

Episode:

166

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Jeri Taylor

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

After attending her maternal grandmother's funeral on her home planet of Caldos IV, Dr. Crusher is seduced by a ghost who claims that he has romanced the women of Dr. Crusher's family for years. However, she becomes suspicious of his intentions

Rating:

A

Notes:

Lower Decks

Episode:

167

Director:

Gabrielle Beaumont

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Ronald Wilkerson & Jean Louise Matthias

Stardate:

47566.7

Synopsis:

Four young junior officers, one of whom was involved in a cover-up at Starfleet Academy in 2378 ("The First Duty"), become involved in a top-secret mission that could be extremely dangerous.

Rating:

B+

Notes:

Thine Own Self

Episode:

168

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Christopher Halton

Stardate:

47611.2

Synopsis:

Having completely lost his memory, Data finds himself stranded on a planet, where the inhabitants fear he is the source of a plague. Meanwhile, on board the Enterprise, Deanna takes the Bridge test, which would allow her to be promoted to the rank of Commander.

Rating:

C-

Notes:

Masks

Episode:

169

Director:

Robert Wiemer

Written by:

Joe Menosky

Story by:

Stardate:

47615.2

Synopsis:

When an alien archive is discovered, it begins to transform the Enterprise, and Data is posessed with different personalities, each of which he embodies wearing a different mask. To reclaim the Enterprise, Captain Picard must discover what is happening and draw it to its conclusion.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Eye Of The Beholder

Episode:

170

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Brannon Braga

Stardate:

Not Given

Synopsis:

While investigating events that occurred while the Enterprise was under construction at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards orbiting Mars, Worf and Troi find themselves becoming romantically involved.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Genesis

Episode:

171

Director:

Gates McFadden

Written by:

Brannon Braga

Story by:

Stardate:

47653.2

Synopsis:

After returning from a routine missions, Picard and Data find the Enterprise adrift, and the crew de-evolving: Worf into a primal animal, Troi into a reptile and Riker into a neanderthal man. Picard and Data rush to find the cause and restore the crew - but Picard is affected as well and it is all left up to Data.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

This episode marks the debut of Gates McFadden as director.

Journey's End

Episode:

172

Director:

Corey Allen

Written by:

Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Shawn Piller & Antonio Napoli

Stardate:

47751.2

Synopsis:

The Federation and the Cardassians come to a settlement that means the Cardassians take posession of several Federation colonies near Cardassian space. Picard is ordered to remove one of these colonies using any means possible, but Wesley urges the natives to resist the Enterprise crew's efforts. Wesley finally realises his true destiny, as hinted by the Traveller (see "Where No One Has Gone Before").

Rating:

B

Notes:

Firstborn

Episode:

173

Director:

Jonathan West

Written by:

Christopher Halton & Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Mark Kalbfeld

Stardate:

47779.4

Synopsis:

A mysterious Klingon turns up to help Alexander with his First Rite of Ascension, but Alexander seems reluctant to become a Klingon warrior.

Rating:

C+

Notes:

Bloodlines

Episode:

174

Director:

Les Landau

Written by:

Nicholas Sagan

Story by:

Stardate:

47869.2

Synopsis:

Picard discovers he has a son, and the Enterprise travels to Camor V to allow Picard to meet his son. However, DaiMon Bok - the Ferengi who revealed the existence of Picard's son and whose own son was killed by Picard during the Battle of Maxia - shows up to avenge his son's death by killing Picard's son.

Rating:

B-

Notes:

Emergence

Episode:

175

Director:

Cliff Bole

Written by:

Joe Menosky

Story by:

Brannon Braga

Stardate:

47869.2

Synopsis:

A series of unexplainable malfunctions in the main computer lead the Enterprise crew to believe that the compter is developing its own intelligence - and forming a new life form in the process.

Rating:

B

Notes:

Preemptive Strike

Episode:

176

Director:

Patrick Stewart

Written by:

René Echevarria

Story by:

Naren Shankar

Stardate:

47941.7

Synopsis:

Ro Laren poses as a Starfleet deserter to try an inflitrate a group of Federation breakaways who call themselves "The Maquis", but she finds her orders more and more difficult to carry out as she starts becoming sympathetic to the group's cause. She is forced to choose between her loyalty to Picard and the Federation and her sympathy for The Maquis. The Maquis surface again in Deep Space Nine's "The Maquis, part I", "The Maquis, part II" and "Defiant".

Rating:

B+

Notes:

This is the fifth episode directed by Patrick Stewart.

All Good Things...

Episode:

177 & 178

Director:

Winrich Kolbe

Written by:

Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore

Story by:

Stardate:

47988.1

Synopsis:

Picard finds himself jumping between time periods: the past, just before "Encounter at Farpoint, parts I & II", the present, and 25 years in the future, when Admiral Riker is in command of the Enterprise and the rest of the crew have retired and drifted apart. Q shows up one last time to try and help Picard, as Q claims that Picard is responsible for the destruction of humanity.

Rating:

A+

Notes:

The last episode of the Next Generation ends with Picard finally joining his crewmates for their Thursday night Poker game, and - as Q puts it - "All good things must come to an end...".

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