Summary When Doctor Crusher leaps into another dimension of reality, Enterprise crew members mysteriously disappear. Our Take This one earns its reputation: tight writing, real stakes, and a payoff that lands. Peak Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Summary Picard faces a child custody dilemma after the Enterprise rescues an orphaned human child. Our Take A strong episode with a couple of wobbles, but Star Trek: The Next Generation keeps its grip throughout.
Summary While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and takes it to a distant planet. He learns that his creator has summoned him for an important meeting…
Summary Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf’s adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of…
Summary Riker is torn between saving Picard or humanity when the Borg plan to use the abducted captain in their scheme to destroy Earth and turn him into Locutus. Our Take A masterclass episode, confident, surprising, and completely earned.
Summary The Borg advance their plans to assimilate the human race by kidnapping Picard and making him into their spokesman. Our Take A standout hour, the kind of episode that justifies the whole series. Star Trek: The Next Generation at…
Summary The Enterprise crew saves a badly injured humanoid who possesses remarkable powers. Our Take Solid, satisfying television. The season’s engine keeps turning and the character work pays.
Summary The Ferengi kidnap Riker, Troi and her visiting mother. Our Take A solidly built episode with more hits than misses. Worth your time.
Summary Vulcan ambassador Sarek becomes temperamental while on the Enterprise with his wife. Our Take Solid, satisfying television. The season’s engine keeps turning and the character work pays.
Summary Stardate: 43872.2 The crew are shattered by the apparent death of Data in a shuttle explosion, and are prevented from carrying out a detailed investigation when Starfleet gives them orders for a new mission elsewhere. However, the crew don’t…