Season Guide
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1
Season 1 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered 1987-09-28 and ran 26 episodes through 1988-05-16.
Episodes
1
Summary Captain Picard takes command of the Galaxy Class Federation starship, the ‘Enterprise. Picard not only takes over the ‘Enterprise’ but has his first encounter with a extremely powerful life…
2
Summary At the end of the trial, Q gives Captain Picard 24 hours to solve the mystery of Farpoint station and save the human race. Picard and his team come…
3
Summary The Enterprise away team is investigating mysterious deaths and Geordi becomes infected with an illness that is mind altering and starts spreading throughout the rest of the ships crew.…
4
Summary While involved in a treaty discussion with the inhabitants of Ligon II, Tasha is abducted and Picard is forced to abide by the inhabitants Code of Honor to obtain…
5
SummaryFerengi and Enterprise teams beam down to an unknown world to discover who or what has sapped power from both vessels.Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the…
6
SummaryTeenager Wesley Crusher and a dying alien are the crew's only hope for escape from a bizarre galaxy where thoughts become real.Our TakeA carefully constructed episode with more hits than…
7
SummaryPassing through a series of complex energy patterns, the Enterprise crew find themselves trying to solve the mystery surrounding the death of Assistant Chief Engineer Singh and the altered personalities…
8
SummaryTo learn the origin of a mysterious ship, Picard must get help from a planet where Wesley faces a death sentence.Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget the…
9
SummaryA vengeful Ferengi captain returns Picard's thought gone forever ship, the Stargazer, after installing a mind altering device.Our TakeSolid, satisfying television. The season's engine keeps turning and the character work…
10
SummaryQ gives the powers of the Q to Riker and tells him his shipmates wishes will be granted if he joins with those of the Q Continuum.Our TakeVery good, not…
11
Summary Counselor Troi faces an arranged marriage when the Enterprise arrives at a planet, her future husband to be has had dreams of a unknown woman for years before meeting…
12
Summary Captain Picard, Data and Dr. Crusher are trapped in a holodeck program as 1940’s detectives during a holdeck malfunction that interferes with a meeting with a alien species that…
13
SummaryThe Enterprise explores Data's home planet, Omicron Theta. They find his brother, and the dark secret he carries.Our TakeA tightly put together episode with more hits than misses. Worth your…
14
Summary An Enterprise away team beams down to a planet with a matriarchal society to search for survivors of a crashed Federation freighter. Our Take A clunky outing that leans…
15
SummaryAt a Federation space station aliens known as the Binars come aboard to upgrade the Enterprises computer and Holographic systems. During this process, the Enterprise is hijacked while Captain Picard…
16
Summary A diplomat is requested to mediate a hostage situation and the leader of the world wants the same diplomat that negotiated more than 40 years before. The Admiral who…
17
Summary Inhabitants of an advanced planet, who can no longer reproduce, plan to kidnap children from the Enterprise to rebuild their race. Our Take A decent midseason episode carried almost…
18
Summary On Velara III, Data and Geordi discover a microscopic creature responsible for the death of an engineer. Our Take A solid mid-season mystery that plays better than most first…
19
SummaryWesley is put to the test as he competes with the other top candidates to get into Starfleet Academy. Meanwhile the Enterprise is put under the scrutiny of a Starfleet…
20
SummaryThe Enterprise rescues the crew of a damaged vessel in the Neutral zone, discovering several renegade Klingons who decide that they want Lt. Worf to join them.Our TakeA soundly crafted…
21
Summary While investigating the disappearance of the star ship Drake, an away team beams down to a strange planet where they received a message about arms sales upon arriving in…
22
Summary When the Enterprise rescues a freighter with engine problems and is being drawn into a planets gravitational field, Picard gets more than he bargained for when it is discovered…
23
Summary Deanna is held hostage by a black oil like alien creature capable of infinite sadism… and infinite power. To save her, one of the Enterprise crew will die. Our…
24
SummaryCaptain Picard reflects on a missed liason at a Paris cafe years in his past when the Enterprise gets a distress call from a scientist who is experimenting with Time…
25
Summary Spurred by reports of misdeeds in Starfleet’s top echelon, Captain Picard heads for Earth to uncover the truth. Our Take A rare first-season hour with actual tension and some…
26
SummaryThe Enterprise encounters an ancient capsule containing cryogenically frozen people from 20th Century Earth. Data then brings them on board while the Enterprise is on its way to investigate a…