Season Guide
Star Trek: The Next Generation — Season 2
Season 2 Review
Season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered 1988-11-21 and ran 22 episodes through 1989-07-17.
Episodes
1
SummaryCounselor Deanna Troi announces she is pregnant; the crew sets out to bring a deadly plasma plague to a laboratory.Our TakeFine. Just fine. Star Trek: The Next Generation has better…
2
SummaryA being conducting an experiment traps the Enterprise in a region void of energy and matter.Our TakeVery good — not the series' peak, but an hour that reminds you why…
3
SummaryData dons a deerstalker to solve a Sherlock Homes mystery in a holodeck recreation of Victorian London.Our TakeSolid, satisfying television. The season's engine keeps turning and the character work pays.
4
SummaryA roguish space captain charms all; Data consults a comic about humor.Our TakeA transition episode that sets up more than it delivers. Necessary, not thrilling.
5
SummaryA deaf mediator's mission to a warring planet is jeopardized when his chorus of interpreters is killed.Our TakeVery good — not the series' peak, but an hour that reminds you…
6
SummaryA brilliant, dying scientist who seeks immortality transfers his mind and knowledge into Data.Our TakeServiceable television — it advances the story without ever surprising you.
7
SummaryAfter discovering a unresponsive federation starship, Dr. Pulaski contracts a disease and starts to age.Our TakeSolid, satisfying television. The season's engine keeps turning and the character work pays.
8
SummaryCommander Riker swaps positions and becomes a temporary first officer on the Klingon ship the Pah. A new crew member of the Enterprise scans the Pagh and discovers a micro…
9
SummaryCommander Maddox, a scientist who opposed Data's entrance to Stafleet, now wants to dismantle Data in order to study him and create more androids. Data is forced to resign from…
10
SummaryWhen the Enterprise transports a future leader to another world, a guardian stands between Wesley and a potential love interest.Our TakeServiceable television — it advances the story without ever surprising…
11
SummaryWhen coming to the aid of another Federation ship that is having problems in the Romulan neutral zone, the Enterprise starts having computer problems that leave the ship helpless. Picard…
12
SummaryRiker, Worf and Data are trapped in the Hotel Royale and are unable to find their way out.Our TakeServiceable television — it advances the story without ever surprising you.
13
SummaryThe Enterprise picks up a Star Fleet shuttle floating in space and much to the crew's surprise, another Captain Picard is on board the shuttle. They then learn that the…
14
SummaryRiker is offered a possible command of his own and in the process encounters his estranged father who brings him the news. Lt. Worf starts having emotional issues and Wesley…
15
SummaryData makes contact with a alien girl and pen pals with her. He then discovers that her planet is in danger fand she could be killed.Our TakeA well-built episode with…
16
SummaryAfter Picard refuses to let Q join the crew, Q hurls the Enterprise into a far quadrant of space where they have a encounter with a unknown cybernetic race. A…
17
SummaryGeordi's life is jeopardized when an alien race kidnaps him; Picard is near death with heart complications.Our TakeA mixed bag: some good moves, some filler. Star Trek: The Next Generation…
18
SummaryThe Enterprise crew encounters a SOS from a lost colony ship and encounters a group of primitive colonists and after assisting them, they encounter the remaining colonists that traveled with…
19
SummaryOn her way to a conference, Troi's mother boards the Enterprise and flirts with Picard.Our TakeFine. Just fine. Star Trek: The Next Generation has better hours than this one.
20
SummaryWorf's old love, a human-Klingon hybrid, arrives to deal with a shipload of Klingons in cryogenic sleep.Our TakeA transition episode that sets up more than it delivers. Necessary, not thrilling.
21
SummaryThe Ferengi ambush the Enterprise and another vessel during a battle simulation.Our TakeSolid, satisfying television. The season's engine keeps turning and the character work pays.
22
SummaryStardate: 42976.1 - Riker being infected by an alien is used as the basis for a clip show.Our TakeAn off episode. Even great shows stub their toes; this is Star…