Season Guide
Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2
Season 2 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered 1988-11-21 and ran 22 episodes through 1989-07-17.
Episodes
1
Summary Counselor Deanna Troi announces she is pregnant; the crew sets out to bring a deadly plasma plague to a laboratory. Our Take A shaky way to kick off season…
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 Star…
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
Summary A roguish space captain charms all; Data consults a comic about humor. Our Take A lightweight hour that wants to be a romantic comedy but mostly coasts on Okona's…
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 why…
6
Summary A brilliant, dying scientist who seeks immortality transfers his mind and knowledge into Data. Our Take A middling hour saved by Brent Spiner, who clearly relishes getting to play…
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
Summary When the Enterprise transports a future leader to another world, a guardian stands between Wesley and a potential love interest. Our Take A middling hour saved by its bookends.…
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
Summary Riker, Worf and Data are trapped in the Hotel Royale and are unable to find their way out. Our Take A gloriously silly hour that leans fully into pulp…
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 an alien girl and pen pals with her. He then discovers that her planet is in danger fand she could be killed.Our TakeA sturdy episode with…
16
Summary After 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.…
17
Summary Geordi’s life is jeopardized when an alien race kidnaps him; Picard is near death with heart complications. Our Take A weirdly lopsided hour where the Pakled plot lands as…
18
Summary The 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…
19
Summary On her way to a conference, Troi’s mother boards the Enterprise and flirts with Picard. Our Take Lwaxana Troi chasing Picard around the ship is a one-joke premise, but…
20
Summary Worf’s old love, a human-Klingon hybrid, arrives to deal with a shipload of Klingons in cryogenic sleep. Our Take A solid mid-tier episode that leans on Worf and K'Ehleyr's…
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
Summary Stardate: 42976.1 – Riker being infected by an alien is used as the basis for a clip show. Our Take This is the infamous budget-saving clip show, and it…