History Recap / StarTrekTheNextGeneration

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E17Lessons Lessons]]: Picard falls in love with a scientist under his command, but finds it difficult to have a love life when his own life is wrought with danger. April 5, 1993

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E11TheBigGoodbye The Big Goodbye]]: Picard and Data finds themselves trapped on the holodeck while playing out a detective story. January 12, 1988

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# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E9FinalMission Final Mission]]: A trip to Starfleet Academy is halted when Wesley and an injured Picard find themselves stranded on a desert planet. November 19, 1990

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E13TimeSquared Time Squared]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' beam aboard another Captain Picard from six hours in the future, who carries grave tidings. April 3, 1989

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint Encounter at Farpoint]]: The maiden voyage of the USS ''Enterprise''-D under Captain Jean-Luc Picard runs into difficulty when he and his crew run afoul of Q, an omnipotent alien entity who holds humanity in contempt. '''September 28, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E2TheNakedNow The Naked Now]]: A strange illness is spreading among the crew of the ''Enterprise'', releasing everyone's inhibitions. '''October 5, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E3CodeOfHonor Code of Honor]]: A humanitarian mission to deliver a vaccine to people in need is endangered when the ruler of one planet demands to marry Yar. '''October 12, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E4TheLastOutpost The Last Outpost]]: The ''Enterprise'' and a ship carrying Ferengi marauders become stranded around a planet that is draining their ships' power. '''October 19, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E5WhereNoOneHasGoneBefore Where No One Has Gone Before]]: An experiment with a new warp drive modification goes awry when the ''Enterprise'' finds itself hurtled across the known universe. '''October 26, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E6LonelyAmongUs Lonely Among Us]]: An energy being is endangering the lives of the ''Enterprise'' crew as it takes over their bodies. '''November 2, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E7Justice Justice]]: What at first appears to be an idyllic planet turns out to be anything but when Wesley is sentenced to death for what should be a minor infraction of the law. '''November 10, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle The Battle]]: Picard is haunted by visions of a past battle as an old Ferengi enemy plots to dispose of him. '''November 16, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E9HideAndQ Hide and Q]]: Q returns to the ''Enterprise'' with a most enticing offer for Riker; the power to alter reality, the same as any Q! '''November 23, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E10Haven Haven]]: Lwaxana Troi arranges a marriage for her daughter Deanna, leading to mounting tensions on the ship as they investigate a plague ravaging a planet. '''November 30, 1987'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E11TheBigGoodbye The Big Goodbye]]: Picard and Data finds themselves trapped on the holodeck while playing out a detective story. '''January 12, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E12Datalore Datalore]]: The ''Enterprise'' returns to the Omicron Theta colony, where they discover Data's android "brother", Lore. '''January 18, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E13AngelOne Angel One]]: Riker travels to a planet where women rule over a male underclass in order to save the crew of a crashed freighter. '''January 25, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1411001001 11001001]]: A group of technologically enhanced aliens upgrade the holodecks on the ''Enterprise'', but their modifications may be further reaching than they should be. '''February 1, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E15TooShortASeason Too Short a Season]]: While attempting to defuse a hostage situation, an elderly Starfleet admiral starts taking medicine that reverses his aging, but at great cost. '''February 8, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E16WhenTheBoughBreaks When the Bough Breaks]]: Several children onboard the ''Enterprise'' are kidnapped, and Wesley must look after them while finding a way to escape back to the ship. '''February 15, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E17HomeSoil Home Soil]]: A mission to terraform a seemingly dead planet hits a snag when the crew of the ''Enterprise'' discovers a new in-organic lifeform. '''February 22, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E18ComingOfAge Coming of Age]]: An inquisition is made into Picard's command of the ''Enterprise'' as Wesley takes the entrance exam for Starfleet Academy. '''March 14, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E19HeartOfGlory Heart of Glory]]: A trio of Klingon fugitives come onboard the ''Enterprise'', and Worf will need to decide for whom his loyalties lie. '''March 22, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E20TheArsenalOfFreedom The Arsenal of Freedom]]: Picard and an away team find themselves in the crosshairs of an automated weapon system on an otherwise uninhabited planet. '''April 11, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E21Symbiosis Symbiosis]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes onboard a pair of refugees suffering from what seems to be illness, but in truth, is withdrawal from narcotics. '''April 18, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E22SkinOfEvil Skin of Evil]]: A rescue party on a deserted planet find themselves face-to-face with an entity of pure evil on an away mission where someone will pay the ultimate price. '''April 25, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E23WellAlwaysHaveParis We'll Always Have Paris]]: Picard meets an old friend while investigating a science experiment that is playing havoc on the fabric of time. '''May 2, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E24Conspiracy Conspiracy]]: Picard and Riker must investigate a wicked plot that threatens to destroy the Federation from within. '''May 9, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E25TheNeutralZone The Neutral Zone]]: In the neutral zone bordering Federation and Romulan space, the ''Enterprise'' discovers a group of humans from the 20th century who were kept alive in cryogenic preservation. '''May 16, 1988'''

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E1TheChild The Child]]: Counselor Troi is pregnant, but how? And why is the child maturing at such a rapid rate? '''November 21, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E2WhereSilenceHasLease Where Silence Has Lease]]: The ''Enterprise'' is trapped in the void and at the mercy of a sadistic entity that kills off members of Picard's crew out of morbid curiosity. '''November 28, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E3ElementaryDearData Elementary, Dear Data]]: To create a Sherlock Holmes mystery that can give even Data a challenge, La Forge instructs the computer to make an opponent that can outwit even his android friend, and they both end up getting ''exactly'' what they ask for. '''December 5, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E4TheOutrageousOkona The Outrageous Okona]]: A puckish rogue is brought onboard the ''Enterprise'' after being stranded in space. It turns out that he is in trouble with two sovereigns, stealing a precious gem from one while impregnating the other's daughter. '''December 12, 1988'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E5LoudAsAWhisper Loud As a Whisper]]: To end a civil war, the ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of a negotiator who is deaf and can only communicate through sign language. '''January 9, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E6TheSchizoidMan The Schizoid Man]]: The ''Enterprise'' crew meet an old colleague of Data's creator who is dying of old age and illness...but not if he has something to say about it. '''January 23, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E7UnnaturalSelection Unnatural Selection]]: The crew of another ship has fallen prey to a disease that is accelerating their aging. '''January 30, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E8AMatterOfHonor A Matter of Honor]]: As part of an officer exchange program, Riker takes up post on a Klingon warship, learning more about Klingon culture than he could have ever anticipated. '''February 6, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan The Measure of a Man]]: Data's sentience and humanity are put on trial when a Starfleet scientist argues that he is Starfleet property and not subject to the same rights as a "living" officer. '''February 13, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E10TheDauphin The Dauphin]]: The young ruler of a war-torn planet is brought onboard the ''Enterprise'', but trouble brews when Wesley falls head-over-heels for her. '''February 20, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E11Contagion Contagion]]: The ''Enterprise'' and a Romulan ship fall under siege by a deadly computer virus. '''March 20, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E12TheRoyale The Royale]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' discover that the interior of a crashed ship contains a casino, where the events of an old novel are playing out. '''March 27, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E13TimeSquared Time Squared]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' beam aboard another Captain Picard from six hours in the future, who carries grave tidings. '''April 3, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E14TheIcarusFactor The Icarus Factor]]: Riker meets with his estranged father, and long-lingering resentments between parent and child are brought to the surface. '''April 24, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E15PenPals Pen Pals]]: Data makes friends with a young girl on a dying world. Is it worth violating the Prime Directive just to save her? '''May 1, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E16QWho Q Who]]: Q returns to force the ''Enterprise'' to make first contact with one of the most dangerous and destructive races in the entire galaxy: ''the Borg''. '''May 8, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E17SamaritanSnare Samaritan Snare]]: Picard must take medical leave to replace his prosthetic heart while the ''Enterprise'' contends with the crew of an alien ship who wants to steal technology. '''May 15, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E18UpTheLongLadder Up the Long Ladder]]: The ''Enterprise'' must convince a technologically advanced yet genetically stagnant people to cooperate with colonists living the lifestyle of Irish migrants. '''May 22, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E19Manhunt Manhunt]]: Lwaxana Troi returns, and she's on the hunt for a new man. '''June 19, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E20TheEmissary The Emissary]]: To defuse a situation with Klingons who don't realize the war with the Federation had ended, the ''Enterprise'' brings on an emissary, who also happens to be Worf's old flame. '''June 26, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E21PeakPerformance Peak Performance]]: A combat training exercise between the ''Enterprise'' and an old Federation ship is interrupted by Ferengi privateers. '''July 10, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E22ShadesOfGray Shades of Gray]]: An alien parasite has infected Riker's nervous system, requiring risky treatment that forces him to relive key moments through his time aboard the ''Enterprise''. '''July 17, 1989'''

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E1Evolution Evolution]]: A once-in-a-lifetime experiment goes awry when a cluster of nanites form a collective consciousness. '''September 25, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E2TheEnsignsOfCommand The Ensigns of Command]]: The owners of a planet are coming to forcibly remove its settlers, and Data must convince them to leave before then. '''October 2, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E3TheSurvivors The Survivors]]: The ''Enterprise'' discover a planet that is desolate, save for one idyllic patch of land and the two elderly survivors living on it. '''October 9, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E4WhoWatchesTheWatchers Who Watches the Watchers]]: An away mission gone wrong on a pre-space flight planet leads one tribe living on it to mistake Picard for a god. '''October 16, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E5TheBonding The Bonding]]: Worf takes a young boy whose mother died in the line of duty under his wing. However, the boy's mother suddenly appears on the ship again, alive and well. '''October 23, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E6BoobyTrap Booby Trap]]: An investigation of a derelict ship causes the ''Enterprise'' to be trapped, and La Forge must work with a hologram of one of the engineers who built the ''Enterprise'' to escape. '''October 30, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E7TheEnemy The Enemy]]: La Forge is forced to cooperate with a Romulan to survive on a desolate planet, while an injured Romulan on board is doomed to die unless Worf donates his blood. '''November 6, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E8ThePrice The Price]]: A wormhole has appeared, and the ''Enterprise'' serves as the negotiating table for ownership of the wormhole. '''November 13, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E9TheVengeanceFactor The Vengeance Factor]]: Peace negotiations are jeopardized in the wake of a spate of mysterious deaths. '''November 20, 1989'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E10TheDefector The Defector]]: A Romulan turncoat seeks asylum on the ''Enterprise'', offering vital intelligence in exchange for his safety. '''January 1, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E11TheHunted The Hunted]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' seek to admit a new world into the Federation, but difficulties arise when escaped convicts run amok on the ship. '''January 8, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E12TheHighGround The High Ground]]: Doctor Crusher is kidnapped by terrorists using an experimental teleportation device. '''January 29, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E13DejaQ Déjà Q]]: Q returns, but something is different: he has no powers, and is just as mortal as Picard. Worse still, an alien race that Q had terrorized in the past has come for revenge. '''February 5, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E14AMatterOfPerspective A Matter of Perspective]]: Riker is accused of murder, and a trial is arranged, using testimony from Riker and the victim's wife to get to the bottom of his death. '''February 12, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E15YesterdaysEnterprise Yesterday's Enterprise]]: History has been altered by the appearance of another ''Enterprise'', and Guinan is the only one to realize something is amiss. '''February 19, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E16TheOffspring The Offspring]]: Data builds an android "daughter" who quickly outpaces her father in her ability to relate with humans. '''March 12, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E17SinsOfTheFather Sins of the Father]]: Worf's late father is accused of betraying the Klingon Empire, and Worf must bear the consequences of this grievous dishonor. '''March 19, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E18Allegiance Allegiance]]: Picard is trapped in a strange room with three other captives while a body double causes havoc on the ship. '''March 26, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E19CaptainsHoliday Captain's Holiday]]: Picard takes a vacation to Risa, where he becomes involved in a high-stakes game of intrigue with an adventurous young woman named Vash. '''April 2, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E20TinMan Tin Man]]: The ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of a Betazoid with exceptionally strong telepathy to make first contact with a mysterious and powerful entity. '''April 23, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E21HollowPursuits Hollow Pursuits]]: Barclay, a shy and introverted engineer, copes with his struggles to socialize with holodeck fantasies. '''April 30, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E22TheMostToys The Most Toys]]: Data is abducted by a collector who wants him to be the crowning jewel of his collection. '''May 7, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E23Sarek Sarek]]: Sarek, the father of Spock, joins the ''Enterprise'' on a diplomatic mission. The mission falls into jeopardy when an illness causes Sarek to lose control over his emotions. '''May 14, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E24MenageATroi Ménage à Troi]]: Lwaxana Troi, Deanna, and Riker are abducted by Ferengis, with the leader of the kidnappers taking a shine to Lwaxana. '''May 28, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E25Transfigurations Transfigurations]]: The ''Enterprise'' rescues an alien who has lost his memories and is undergoing a strange transformation. '''June 4, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds The Best of Both Worlds]] (Part 1): The Borg have set their sights on the Federation, and abduct Picard as part of their plot. '''June 18, 1990'''

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds The Best of Both Worlds]] (Part 2): Picard has been assimilated into the Borg, and is forced to use his knowledge and expertise against the Federation. Riker, now the acting captain of the ''Enterprise'', is faced with a hard decision; protect the Federation by killing Picard, or attempt the impossible and rescue him. '''September 24, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E2Family Family]]: Picard returns to France to reconnect with his family and come to terms with the trauma he suffered while assimilated in the Borg. '''October 1, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E3Brothers Brothers]]: Data receives a distress signal that reunites him with Dr. Noonien Soong, his creator. Unfortunately for them, Lore is not far behind. '''October 8, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E4SuddenlyHuman Suddenly Human]]: The ''Enterprise'' discovers a young human boy who had been raised among alien soldiers, and must decide whether to reunite him with his human family or let him remain with his adoptive father. '''October 15, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E5RememberMe Remember Me]]: Dr. Crusher realizes that people on the ship are disappearing, but no one else seems to notice. '''October 22, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E6Legacy Legacy]]: The ''Enterprise'' mounts a rescue mission to a colony, where they meet the younger sister of the late Lt. Yar. '''October 29, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E7Reunion Reunion]]: As Picard is asked to investigate the death of the Klingon chancellor, Worf learns that he and K'Ehleyr have a son. '''November 5, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E8FutureImperfect Future Imperfect]]: Riker awakens after a long coma to find that a whole lot has changed on the ''Enterprise''. '''November 12, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E9FinalMission Final Mission]]: A trip to Starfleet Academy is halted when Wesley and an injured Picard find themselves stranded on a desert planet. '''November 19, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E10TheLoss The Loss]]: As the ''Enterprise'' is threatened by a two-dimensional alien entity, Troi loses her empathic abilities. '''December 31, 1990'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E11DatasDay Data's Day]]: Data makes a record of the typical goings on in a day of his life as the ''Enterprise'' investigates a mysterious death while two crew members get married. '''January 7, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded The Wounded]]: A Starfleet captain has gone rogue and is seeking to instigate a war with Cardassia. '''January 28, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E13DevilsDue Devil's Due]]: A planet is falling into chaos as a "devil" seeks to collect on a contract that would give her total dominion. '''February 4, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E14Clues Clues]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' awakens after falling unconscious with no memories as to what happened just before, save for Data, who is being unhelpful. '''February 11, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E15FirstContact First Contact]] (''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact no relation]]''): Riker goes undercover to investigate a pre-space flight civilization, but an injury causes his identity to be called into question and endangers his life. '''February 18, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E16GalaxysChild Galaxy's Child]]: A large alien lifeform is draining power from the ''Enterprise'', and La Forge must figure out how to chase it away without killing it. '''March 11, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E17NightTerrors Night Terrors]]: The ''Enterprise'' crew becomes unable to sleep, save for Troi, who is troubled by confusing dreams. '''March 18, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E18IdentityCrisis Identity Crisis]]: La Forge must figure out why members of an away team he was a member years ago are trying to return to a planet they visited. '''March 25, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E19TheNthDegree The Nth Degree]]: The discovery of an alien artifact results in Barclay's intelligence increasing severalfold. '''April 1, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E20Qpid Qpid]]: Just as Vash reunites with Picard, Q rears his head and decides to see just how far Picard is willing to go to save a woman he fancies. '''April 22, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E21TheDrumhead The Drumhead]]: An investigation into possible sabotage on the ''Enterprise'' leads to a witch hunt, and Picard finds himself in the crosshairs. '''April 29, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E22HalfALife Half a Life]]: Lwaxana Troi becomes engaged to a man who is mere days away from committing suicide as part of his people's culture. '''May 6, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E23TheHost The Host]]: Doctor Crusher becomes involved with a trill ambassador. When the trill is killed, the symbiont is transplanted into Riker, causing difficulties in their relationship. '''May 13, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E24TheMindsEye The Mind's Eye]]: La Forge is kidnapped by the Romulans and forced to undergo a mind control experiment. '''May 27, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E25InTheory In Theory]]: Data enters into a relationship with a fellow officer in order to experience human intimacy. '''June 3, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]] (Part 1): The Klingon homeworld is on the verge of civil war, which Picard must avert. This is also the chance for Worf to reclaim his family's honor. '''June 17, 1991'''

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]] (Part 2): Worf must stop the Duras Sisters' scheme to take the Klingon throne while Picard fights to keep the Romulans from interfering. '''September 23, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E2Darmok Darmok]]: The ''Enterprise'' makes first contact with a race that speaks exclusively in metaphors, leading to a breakdown in communication. '''September 30, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E3EnsignRo Ensign Ro]]: To find a group of Bajoran terrorists threatening the peace, the ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of Ro Laren, a hot-headed Bajoran patriot. '''October 7, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E4SiliconAvatar Silicon Avatar]]: The Crystaline Entity responsible for the destruction of Data's homeworld is on the attack, and the ''Enterprise'' seeks to stop it peacefully. But someone else has other ideas. '''October 14, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E5Disaster Disaster]]: After a quantum filament cripples the ''Enterprise'', Troi finds herself thrust into a command position as Crusher and La Forge contend with a plasma fire, Picard looks after a group of scared children, and Worf delivers a baby. '''October 21, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E6TheGame The Game]]: Riker brings a new head-mounted game onto the ''Enterprise'', but it causes the crew to begin to act strangely. Wesley must find a way to reverse its effects. '''October 28, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E7Unification1 Unification, Part 1]]: Ambassador Spock has traveled to Romulus. Worried that Spock may have defected, Picard and Data are sent undercover to investigate. '''November 4, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E8Unification2 Unification, Part 2]]: Spock is seeking to pave the way for peace between Vulcan and Romulus, but not if those within the Romulan government have anything to say about it. '''November 11, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E9AMatterOfTime A Matter of Time]]: A time traveler arrives on the ''Enterprise'' to pay witness to an attempt to save a planet. '''November 18, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E10NewGround New Ground]]: Worf's son, Alexander, returns to the ''Enterprise'' to live with his father while the crew is conducting an experiment into new propulsion systems. '''December 30, 1991'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E11HeroWorship Hero Worship]]: A young boy befriends Data after being saved following the death of his family, and copes with his loss by emulating his android idol. '''January 6, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E12Violations Violations]]: Members of the ''Enterprise'' crew are falling into comas when a member of a telepathically-gifted race psychically assaults them. '''January 28, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E13TheMasterpieceSociety The Masterpiece Society]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' tries to save a colony where the inhabitants are genetically engineered and their futures are predetermined. '''February 3, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E14Conundrum Conundrum]]: Every member of the ''Enterprise'' crew comes down with a sudden case of amnesia as they find themselves thrust into a new war. '''February 10, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E15PowerPlay Power Play]]: Data, O'Brien, and Troi fall under the thrall of alien entities who hold many members of the crew hostage. '''February 17, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E16Ethics Ethics]]: Worf has been paralyzed in an accident, and his only hope at regaining his mobility, and his will to live, is a risky new medical procedure. '''February 24, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E17TheOutcast The Outcast]]: The ''Enterprise'' make contact with a race of aliens that eschew the concept of gender, where anyone who identifies on the gender binary are deemed deviants. '''March 16, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect Cause and Effect]]: The ''Enterprise'' is caught in a time loop within which the ship is repeatedly destroyed. '''March 23, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E19TheFirstDuty The First Duty]]: One of Wesley's classmates at Starfleet Academy dies in an accident, and Wesley knows why, but is reluctant to divulge under a misguided sense of loyalty to another classmate. '''March 30, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E20CostOfLiving Cost of Living]]: Lwaxana Troi and Worf butt heads over how best to raise Alexander when the Betazoid ambassador comes onto the ''Enterprise'' with her fiance. '''April 20, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E21ThePerfectMate The Perfect Mate]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes on a passenger who can help broker peace between two races through marriage, but her telepathic qualities makes her irresistible to the men aboard. '''April 27, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E22ImaginaryFriend Imaginary Friend]]: An alien entity takes the form of a young girl's imaginary friend, and becomes fiercely jealous of anyone or anything that tries to separate them. '''May 4, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E23IBorg I Borg]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes on the sole survivor of a crashed Borg ship, who is troubled at the prospect of being an individual separated from the collective as the crew decides whether to weaponize their new passenger against the Borg. '''May 11, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E24TheNextPhase The Next Phase]]: La Forge and Ro are believed to be dead when, in truth, they still live, albeit unable to interact with the crew around them. '''May 18, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E25TheInnerLight The Inner Light]]: An alien probe renders Picard unconscious as it psychically places him in the body of a member of a dying race. '''June 1, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E26S6E1TimesArrow Time's Arrow]] (Part 1): The discovery of Data's head in a cave on Earth dated hundreds of years leads to members of the ''Enterprise'' crew being thrown back in time. '''June 15, 1992'''

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E26S6E1TimesArrow Time's Arrow]] (Part 2): Picard, Data, and the past version of Guinan must work together to stop time-travelling aliens from killing people while finding a way to get the ''Enterprise'' crew back in their proper time. '''September 21, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Realm of Fear]]: Barclay's attempts to overcome his fear of the transporter leads to an encounter with aliens in the matter stream. '''September 28, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E3ManOfThePeople Man of the People]]: Troi falls in love with an alien ambassador who is trying to broker peace, but begins to age rapidly and grows fiercely jealous towards him. '''October 5, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E4Relics Relics]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' enlist the aid of the engineer of their ship's predecessor, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, to investigate a Dyson sphere. '''October 12, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E5Schisms Schisms]]: As the crew contends with fatigue, a hole in subspace opens in the cargo bay. '''October 19, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E6TrueQ True Q]]: A young woman hoping to enter Starfleet exhibits the ability to manipulate reality, attracting the attention of Q. '''October 26, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E7Rascals Rascals]]: A transporter accident causes Picard and others to regress in age back to pre-adolescence as Ferengi pirates target the ''Enterprise''. '''November 2, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E8AFistfulOfDatas A Fistful of Datas]]: What began as a fun Wild West holodeck program in which Worf and Alexander bond takes a turn for the deadly when a glitch causes Data to take the place of characters in the program while Data, himself, begins to act like an old west bandit. '''November 9, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E9TheQualityOfLife The Quality of Life]]: A group of robotic drones begin to exhibit signs of intelligence and sentience. '''November 16, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E10ChainOfCommand Chain of Command]]: Picard, Worf, and Crusher are sent to investigate a Cardassian secret weapon, with a militaristic new captain taking command of the ''Enterprise''. '''December 21, 1992'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E11ShipInABottle Ship in a Bottle]]: Moriarty returns, and traps Picard in an elaborate holodeck program in a bid to escape into the real world. '''January 25, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E12Aquiel Aquiel]]: La Forge falls in love with a woman suspected of murder. '''February 1, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E13FaceOfTheEnemy Face of the Enemy]]: Troi is abducted by Romulans and surgically altered to appear as one to aid to oust a traitor in their ranks. '''February 8, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Tapestry]]: After dying, Picard is given a chance by Q to correct the mistakes he made in his youth...but the changes he makes in his life and history could have far-reaching consequences. '''February 15, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E15Birthright Birthright]]: Worf learns that his father may yet still live and goes to investigate while Data has visions of his own "father", Dr. Soong. '''March 1, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E16StarshipMine Starship Mine]]: A group of terrorists attempt to commandeer the ''Enterprise'' during a routine, but lethal, beam sweep, and Picard is the only one who can stop them. '''March 29, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E17Lessons Lessons]]: Picard falls in love with a scientist under his command, but finds it difficult to have a love life when his own life is wrought with danger. '''April 5, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E18TheChase The Chase]]: Picard sets himself to the task of solving an ancient puzzle that can unveil the common origins of humans, Romulans, Klingons, and Cardassians. '''April 26, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E19FrameOfMind Frame of Mind]]: Riker finds himself trapped in an alien asylum, with the doctors trying to convince him that he is mentally ill. '''May 3, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E20Suspicions Suspicions]]: Crusher finds herself in hot water, and her career in jeopardy, after violating one of her ethics as a physician. '''May 10, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E21RightfulHeir Rightful Heir]]: Kahless, the mythological warrior of Klingon legend, has returned, and his appearance can change the course of his people's history. '''May 17, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E22SecondChances Second Chances]]: Riker discovers a doppleganger created by a transporter accident trapped on an old science station. Both Rikers are alike in appearance and DNA, but what about their personalities? '''May 24, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E23Timescape Timescape]]: Picard and other officers find the ''Enterprise'' and a Romulan warbird frozen in time. '''June 14, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent Descent]] (Part 1): The Borg are on the attack again, and Data begins to experience sudden and intense bursts of emotion. '''June 21, 1993'''

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent Descent]] (Part 2): Lore has taken over as leader of a group of violent Borg and intends to lead them into war against biological lifeforms. '''September 20, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E2Liaisons Liaisons]]: Picard crashlands on a planet, and is nursed back to health by a woman who had been trapped there for years. '''September 27, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E3Interface Interface]]: While using a probe to explore a derelict ship, La Forge sees visions of his long-lost mother. '''October 4, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E4Gambit Gambit]]: Picard is mistaken for dead while the ''Enterprise'' contends with pirates. '''October 18, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E5Phantasms Phantasms]]: Data has started experimenting with sleep and dreams, but the dreams he has are nightmarish and making him a danger to others. '''October 25, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E6DarkPage Dark Page]]: Lwaxana Troi falls into a coma, and her daughter Deanna must enter her mind to discover the dark secret that is killing her. '''November 1, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E7Attached Attached]]: Picard and Crusher are trapped on an alien world with their minds linked together. They must find a way to return to the ''Enterprise'' while contending with the deep-seated feelings they hold towards each other. '''November 8, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E8ForceOfNature Force of Nature]]: Several ships have gone missing, and two scientists believe they are related to the potentially destructive nature of warp drives. '''November 15, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E9Inheritance Inheritance]]: Data meets a scientist who was once married to Dr. Soong, making her the android's "mother". '''November 22, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E10Parallels Parallels]]: Worf finds himself being thrown across multiple parallel timelines and must find a way back to his original timeline. '''November 29, 1993'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E11ThePegasus The Pegasus]]: Riker's old commander enlists his aid in finding a ship that is carrying a dangerous secret. '''January 10, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E12Homeward Homeward]]: Worf's human brother asks for his help, but what he asks would be a direct violation of the Prime Directive. '''January 18, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E13SubRosa Sub Rosa]]: A strange spirit that had been romantically involved with Crusher's grandmother now sets its sights on her. '''January 31, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks Lower Decks]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks no relation]]''): A group of officers speculate as to the strange decisions the senior staff makes. '''February 7, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E15ThineOwnSelf Thine Own Self]]: Data crash-lands on a pre-space flight planet, losing his memory as he is taken in by a primitive community. Troi decides to take the Bridge Commanders Test. '''February 14, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E16Masks Masks]]: A strange mask the crew brings onto the ship causes Data to act out the personalities of several people from a long-gone civilization. '''February 21, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E17EyeOfTheBeholder Eye of the Beholder]]: An investigation into a bizarre suicide indicates that there may have been a murder on the ''Enterprise''. '''February 28, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E18Genesis Genesis]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' become infected with a disease that causes them to devolve into primitive creatures. '''March 21, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E19JourneysEnd Journey's End]]: Wesley must decide where he stands when the Federation tries to relocate colonists living on a planet that belongs to Cardassia. '''March 28, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E20Firstborn Firstborn]]: A member of Worf's house comes to the ''Enterprise'' to teach Alexander how to become a warrior. '''April 25, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E21Bloodlines Bloodlines]]: An old Ferengi enemy of Picard threatens to kill the son he never knew he had. '''May 3, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E22Emergence Emergence]]: The ''Enterprise'' begins to develop its own sentience, and the crew must find a way to protect both this new lifeform and themselves. '''May 10, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike Preemptive Strike]]: Ro Laren returns to carry out a mission to investigate the Maquis, an insurgent group in the DMZ. '''May 17, 1994'''
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E24AllGoodThings All Good Things...]]: An incursion of anti-time threatens the entire human race, and Picard must find a way to stop it in the past, present, and future as Q's test of humanity reaches its conclusion. '''May 23, 1994'''
# "Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation": A documentary retrospective filmed at the same time as "All Good Things..." was being produced. '''May 15, 1994'''

# [[Film/StarTrekGenerations Generations]] '''November 18, 1994'''
# [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]] '''November 22, 1996'''
# [[Film/StarTrekInsurrection Insurrection]] '''December 11, 1998'''
# [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Nemesis]] '''December 13, 2002'''

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E12Violations Violations]]: Members of the ''Enterprise'' crew are falling into comas when a member of a telepathically-gifted race psychically assaults them. '''January 27, 1992'''

# "Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation": A documentary retrospective filmed at the same time as "All Good Things..." was being produced.

[[folder:Season 5 (September 23, 1991 to June 15, 1992)]]
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]] (Part 2): Worf must stop the Duras Sisters' scheme to take the Klingon throne while Picard fights to keep the Romulans from interfering.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E2Darmok Darmok]]: The ''Enterprise'' makes first contact with a race that speaks exclusively in metaphors, leading to a breakdown in communication.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E3EnsignRo Ensign Ro]]: To find a group of Bajoran terrorists threatening the peace, the ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of Ro Laren, a hot-headed Bajoran patriot.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E4SiliconAvatar Silicon Avatar]]: The Crystaline Entity responsible for the destruction of Data's homeworld is on the attack, and the ''Enterprise'' seeks to stop it peacefully. But someone else has other ideas...
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E5Disaster Disaster]]: After a quantum filament cripples the ''Enterprise'', Troi finds herself thrust into a command position as Crusher and La Forge contend with a plasma fire, Picard looks after a group of scared children, and Worf delivers a baby.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E6TheGame The Game]]: Riker brings a new head-mounted game onto the ''Enterprise'', but it causes the crew to begin to act strangely. Wesley must find a way to reverse its effects.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E7Unification1 Unification, Part 1]]: Ambassador Spock has traveled to Romulus. Worried that Spock may have defected, Picard and Data are sent undercover to investigate.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E8Unification2 Unification, Part 2]]: Spock is seeking to pave the way for peace between Vulcan and Romulus, but not if those within the Romulan government have anything to say about it.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E9AMatterOfTime A Matter of Time]]: A time traveler arrives on the ''Enterprise'' to pay witness to an attempt to save a planet.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E10NewGround New Ground]]: Worf's son, Alexander, returns to the ''Enterprise'' to live with his father while the crew is conducting an experiment into new propulsion systems.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E11HeroWorship Hero Worship]]: A young boy befriends Data after being saved following the death of his family, and copes with his loss by emulating his android idol.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E12Violations Violations]]: Members of the ''Enterprise'' crew are falling into comas when a member of a telepathically-gifted race psychically assaults them.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E13TheMasterpieceSociety The Masterpiece Society]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' tries to save a colony where the inhabitants are genetically engineered and their futures are predetermined.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E14Conundrum Conundrum]]: Every member of the ''Enterprise'' crew comes down with a sudden case of amnesia as they find themselves thrust into a new war.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E15PowerPlay Power Play]]: Data, O'Brien, and Troi fall under the thrall of alien entities who hold many members of the crew hostage.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E16Ethics Ethics]]: Worf has been paralyzed in an accident, and his only hope at regaining his mobility, and his will to live, is a risky new medical procedure.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E17TheOutcast The Outcast]]: The ''Enterprise'' make contact with a race of aliens that eschew the concept of gender, where anyone who identifies on the gender binary are deemed deviants.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect Cause and Effect]]: The ''Enterprise'' is caught in a time loop within which the ship is repeatedly destroyed.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E19TheFirstDuty The First Duty]]: One of Wesley's classmates at Starfleet Academy dies in an accident, and Wesley knows why, but is reluctant to divulge under a misguided sense of loyalty to another classmate.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E20CostOfLiving Cost of Living]]: Lwaxana Troi and Worf butt heads over how best to raise Alexander when the Betazoid ambassador comes onto the ''Enterprise'' with her fiance.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E21ThePerfectMate The Perfect Mate]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes on a passenger who can help broker peace between two races through marriage, but her telepathic qualities makes her irresistible to the men aboard.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E22ImaginaryFriend Imaginary Friend]]: An alien entity takes the form of a young girl's imaginary friend, and becomes fiercely jealous of anyone or anything that tries to separate them.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E23IBorg I Borg]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes on the sole survivor of a crashed Borg ship, who is troubled at the prospect of being an individual separated from the collective as the crew decides whether to weaponize their new passenger against the Borg.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E24TheNextPhase The Next Phase]]: La Forge and Ro are believed to be dead when, in truth, they still live, albeit unable to interact with the crew around them.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E25TheInnerLight The Inner Light]]: An alien probe renders Picard unconscious as it psychically places him in the body of a member of a dying race.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E26S6E1TimesArrow Time's Arrow]] (Part 1): The discovery of Data's head in a cave on Earth dated hundreds of years leads to members of the ''Enterprise'' crew being thrown back in time.

[[folder:Season 6 (September 21, 1992 to June 21, 1993)]]
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E26S6E1TimesArrow Time's Arrow]] (Part 2): Picard, Data, and the past version of Guinan must work together to stop time-travelling aliens from killing people while finding a way to get the ''Enterprise'' crew back in their proper time.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear Realm of Fear]]: Barclay's attempts to overcome his fear of the transporter leads to an encounter with aliens in the matter stream.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E3ManOfThePeople Man of the People]]: Troi falls in love with an alien ambassador who is trying to broker peace, but begins to age rapidly and grows fiercely jealous towards him.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E4Relics Relics]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' enlist the aid of the engineer of their ship's predecessor, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, to investigate a Dyson sphere.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E5Schisms Schisms]]: As the crew contends with fatigue, a hole in subspace opens in the cargo bay.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E6TrueQ True Q]]: A young woman hoping to enter Starfleet exhibits the ability to manipulate reality, attracting the attention of Q.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E7Rascals Rascals]]: A transporter accident causes Picard and others to regress in age back to pre-adolescence as Ferengi pirates target the ''Enterprise''.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E8AFistfulOfDatas A Fistful of Datas]]: What began as a fun Wild West holodeck program in which Worf and Alexander bond takes a turn for the deadly when a glitch causes Data to take the place of characters in the program while Data, himself, begins to act like an old west bandit.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E9TheQualityOfLife The Quality of Life]]: A group of robotic drones begin to exhibit signs of intelligence and sentience.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E10ChainOfCommand Chain of Command]]: Picard, Worf, and Crusher are sent to investigate a Cardassian secret weapon, with a militaristic new captain taking command of the ''Enterprise''.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E11ShipInABottle Ship in a Bottle]]: Moriarty returns, and traps Picard in an elaborate holodeck program in a bid to escape into the real world.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E12Aquiel Aquiel]]: La Forge falls in love with a woman suspected of murder.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E13FaceOfTheEnemy Face of the Enemy]]: Troi is abducted by Romulans and surgically altered to appear as one to aid to oust a traitor in their ranks.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Tapestry]]: After dying, Picard is given a chance by Q to correct the mistakes he made in his youth...but the changes he makes in his life and history could have far-reaching consequences.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E15Birthright Birthright]]: Worf learns that his father may yet still live and goes to investigate while Data has visions of his own "father", Dr. Soong.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E16StarshipMine Starship Mine]]: A group of terrorists attempt to commandeer the ''Enterprise'' during a routine, but lethal, beam sweep, and Picard is the only one who can stop them.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E17Lessons Lessons]]: Picard falls in love with a scientist under his command, but finds it difficult to have a love life when his own life is wrought with danger.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E18TheChase The Chase]]: Picard sets himself to the task of solving an ancient puzzle that can unveil the common origins of humans, Romulans, Klingons, and Cardassians.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E19FrameOfMind Frame of Mind]]: Riker finds himself trapped in an alien asylum, with the doctors trying to convince him that he is mentally ill.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E20Suspicions Suspicions]]: Crusher finds herself in hot water, and her career in jeopardy, after violating one of her ethics as a physician.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E21RightfulHeir Rightful Heir]]: Kahless, the mythological warrior of Klingon legend, has returned, and his appearance can change the course of his people's history.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E22SecondChances Second Chances]]: Riker discovers a doppleganger created by a transporter accident trapped on an old science station. Both Rikers are alike in appearance and DNA, but what about their personalities?
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E23Timescape Timescape]]: Picard and other officers find the ''Enterprise'' and a Romulan warbird frozen in time.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent Descent]] (Part 1): The Borg are on the attack again, and Data begins to experience sudden and intense bursts of emotion.

[[folder:Season 7 (September 20, 1993 to May 23, 1994)]]
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent Descent]] (Part 2): Lore has taken over as leader of a group of violent Borg and intends to lead them into war against biological lifeforms.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E2Liaisons Liaisons]]: Picard crashlands on a planet, and is nursed back to health by a woman who had been trapped there for years.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E3Interface Interface]]: While using a probe to explore a derelict ship, La Forge sees visions of his long-lost mother.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E4Gambit Gambit]]: Picard is mistaken for dead while the ''Enterprise'' contends with pirates.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E5Phantasms Phantasms]]: Data has started experimenting with sleep and dreams, but the dreams he has are nightmarish and making him a danger to others.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E6DarkPage Dark Page]]: Lwaxana Troi falls into a coma, and her daughter Deanna must enter her mind to discover the dark secret that is killing her.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E7Attached Attached]]: Picard and Crusher are trapped on an alien world with their minds linked together. They must find a way to return to the ''Enterprise'' while contending with the deep-seated feelings they hold towards each other.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E8ForceOfNature Force of Nature]]: Several ships have gone missing, and two scientists believe they are related to the potentially destructive nature of warp drives.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E9Inheritance Inheritance]]: Data meets a scientist who was once married to Dr. Soong, making her the android's "mother".
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E10Parallels Parallels]]: Worf finds himself being thrown across multiple parallel timelines and must find a way back to his original timeline.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E11ThePegasus The Pegasus]]: Riker's old commander enlists his aid in finding a ship that is carrying a dangerous secret.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E12Homeward Homeward]]: Worf's human brother asks for his help, but what he asks would be a direct violation of the Prime Directive.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E13SubRosa Sub Rosa]]: A strange spirit that had been romantically involved with Crusher's grandmother now sets its sights on her.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks Lower Decks]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks no relation]]''): A group of officers speculate as to the strange decisions the senior staff makes.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E15ThineOwnSelf Thine Own Self]]: Data crash-lands on a pre-space flight planet, losing his memory as he is taken in by a primitive community. Troi decides to take the Bridge Commanders Test.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E16Masks Masks]]: A strange mask the crew brings onto the ship causes Data to act out the personalities of several people from a long-gone civilization.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E17EyeOfTheBeholder Eye of the Beholder]]: An investigation into a bizarre suicide indicates that there may have been a murder on the ''Enterprise''.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E18Genesis Genesis]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' become infected with a disease that causes them to devolve into primitive creatures.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E19JourneysEnd Journey's End]]: Wesley must decide where he stands when the Federation tries to relocate colonists living on a planet that belongs to Cardassia.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E20Firstborn Firstborn]]: A member of Worf's house comes to the ''Enterprise'' to teach Alexander how to become a warrior.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E21Bloodlines Bloodlines]]: An old Ferengi enemy of Picard threatens to kill the son he never knew he had.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E22Emergence Emergence]]: The ''Enterprise'' begins to develop its own sentience, and the crew must find a way to protect both this new lifeform and themselves.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike Preemptive Strike]]: Ro Laren returns to carry out a mission to investigate the Maquis, an insurgent group in the DMZ.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E24AllGoodThings All Good Things...]]: An incursion of anti-time threatens the entire human race, and Picard must find a way to stop it in the past, present, and future as Q's test of humanity reaches its conclusion.

[[folder:Films]]

# [[Film/StarTrekGenerations Generations]]
# [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]
# [[Film/StarTrekInsurrection Insurrection]]
# [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Nemesis]]

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E1Evolution Evolution]]: A once-in-a-lifetime experiment goes awry when a cluster of nanites form a collective consciousness.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E2TheEnsignsOfCommand The Ensigns of Command]]: The owners of a planet are coming to forcibly remove its settlers, and Data must convince them to leave before then.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E3TheSurvivors The Survivors]]: The ''Enterprise'' discover a planet that is desolate, save for one idyllic patch of land and the two elderly survivors living on it.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E4WhoWatchesTheWatchers Who Watches the Watchers]]: An away mission gone wrong on a pre-space flight planet leads one tribe living on it to mistake Picard for a god.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E5TheBonding The Bonding]]: Worf takes a young boy whose mother died in the line of duty under his wing. However, the boy's mother suddenly appears on the ship again, alive and well!
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E6BoobyTrap Booby Trap]]: An investigation of a derelict ship causes the ''Enterprise'' to be trapped, and La Forge must work with a hologram of one of the engineers who built the ''Enterprise'' to escape.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E7TheEnemy The Enemy]]: La Forge is forced to cooperate with a Romulan to survive on a desolate planet, while an injured Romulan on board is doomed to die unless Worf donates his blood.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E8ThePrice The Price]]: A wormhole has appeared, and the ''Enterprise'' serves as the negotiating table for ownership of the wormhole.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E9TheVengeanceFactor The Vengeance Factor]]: Peace negotiations are jeopardized in the wake of a spate of mysterious deaths.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E10TheDefector The Defector]]: A Romulan turncoat seeks asylum on the ''Enterprise'', offering vital intelligence in exchange for his safety.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E11TheHunted The Hunted]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' seek to admit a new world into the Federation, but difficulties arise when escaped convicts run amok on the ship.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E12TheHighGround The High Ground]]: Doctor Crusher is kidnapped by terrorists using an experimental teleportation device.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E13DejaQ Déjà Q]]: Q returns, but something is different: he has no powers, and is just as mortal as Picard. Worse still, an alien race that Q had terrorized in the past has come for revenge.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E14AMatterOfPerspective A Matter of Perspective]]: Riker is accused of murder, and a trial is arranged, using testimony from Riker and the victim's wife to get to the bottom of his death.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E15YesterdaysEnterprise Yesterday's Enterprise]]: History has been altered by the appearance of another ''Enterprise'', and Guinan is the only one to realize something is amiss.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E16TheOffspring The Offspring]]: Data builds an android "daughter" who quickly outpaces her father in her ability to relate with humans.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E17SinsOfTheFather Sins of the Father]]: Worf's late father is accused of betraying the Klingon Empire, and Worf must bear the consequences of this grievous dishonor.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E18Allegiance Allegiance]]: Picard is trapped in a strange room with three other captives while a body double causes havoc on the ship.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E19CaptainsHoliday Captain's Holiday]]: Picard takes a vacation to Risa, where he becomes involved in a high-stakes game of intrigue with an adventurous young woman named Vash.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E20TinMan Tin Man]]: The ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of a Betazoid with exceptionally strong telepathy to make first contact with a mysterious and powerful entity.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E21HollowPursuits Hollow Pursuits]]: Barclay, a shy and introverted engineer, copes with his struggles to socialize with holodeck fantasies.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E22TheMostToys The Most Toys]]: Data is abducted by a collector who wants him to be the crowning jewel of his collection.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E23Sarek Sarek]]: Sarek, the father of Spock, joins the ''Enterprise'' on a diplomatic mission. The mission falls into jeopardy when an illness causes Sarek to lose control over his emotions.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E24MenageATroi Ménage à Troi]]: Lwaxana Troi, Deanna, and Riker are abducted by Ferengis, with the leader of the kidnappers taking a shine to Lwaxana.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E25Transfigurations Transfigurations]]: The ''Enterprise'' rescues an alien who has lost his memories and is undergoing a strange transformation.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds The Best of Both Worlds]] (Part 1): The Borg have set their sights on the Federation, and abduct Picard as part of their plot.

[[folder:Season 4 (September 24, 1990 to June 17, 1991)]]
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds The Best of Both Worlds]] (Part 2): Picard has been assimilated into the Borg, and is forced to use his knowledge and expertise against the Federation. Riker, now the acting captain of the ''Enterprise'', is faced with a hard decision; protect the Federation by killing Picard, or attempt the impossible and rescue him.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E2Family Family]]: Picard returns to France to reconnect with his family and come to terms with the trauma he suffered while assimilated in the Borg.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E3Brothers Brothers]]: Data receives a distress signal that reunites him with Dr. Noonien Soong, his creator. Unfortunately for them, Lore is not far behind.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E4SuddenlyHuman Suddenly Human]]: The ''Enterprise'' discovers a young human boy who had been raised among alien soldiers, and must decide whether to reunite him with his human family or let him remain with his adoptive father.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E5RememberMe Remember Me]]: Dr. Crusher realizes that people on the ship are disappearing, but no one else seems to notice.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E6Legacy Legacy]]: The ''Enterprise'' mounts a rescue mission to a colony, where they meet the younger sister of the late Lt. Yar.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E7Reunion Reunion]]: As Picard is asked to investigate the death of the Klingon chancellor, Worf learns that he and K'Ehleyr have a son.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E8FutureImperfect Future Imperfect]]: Riker awakens after a long coma to find that a whole lot has changed on the ''Enterprise''.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E9FinalMission Final Mission]]: A trip to Starfleet Academy is halted when Wesley and an injured Picard find themselves stranded on a desert planet.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E10TheLoss The Loss]]: As the ''Enterprise'' is threatened by a two-dimensional alien entity, Troi loses her empathic abilities.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E11DatasDay Data's Day]]: Data makes a record of the typical goings on in a day of his life as the ''Enterprise'' investigates a mysterious death while two crew members get married.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded The Wounded]]: A Starfleet captain has gone rogue and is seeking to instigate a war with Cardassia.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E13DevilsDue Devil's Due]]: A planet is falling into chaos as a "devil" seeks to collect on a contract that would give her total dominion.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E14Clues Clues]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' awakens after falling unconscious with no memories as to what happened just before, save for Data, who is being unhelpful.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E15FirstContact First Contact]] (''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact no relation]]''): Riker goes undercover to investigate a pre-space flight civilization, but an injury causes his identity to be called into question and endangers his life.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E16GalaxysChild Galaxy's Child]]: A large alien lifeform is draining power from the ''Enterprise'', and La Forge must figure out how to chase it away without killing it.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E17NightTerrors Night Terrors]]: The ''Enterprise'' crew becomes unable to sleep, save for Troi, who is troubled by confusing dreams.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E18IdentityCrisis Identity Crisis]]: La Forge must figure out why members of an away team he was a member years ago are trying to return to a planet they visited.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E19TheNthDegree The Nth Degree]]: The discovery of an alien artifact results in Barclay's intelligence increasing severalfold.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E20Qpid Qpid]]: Just as Vash reunites with Picard, Q rears his head and decides to see just how far Picard is willing to go to save a woman he fancies.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E21TheDrumhead The Drumhead]]: An investigation into possible sabotage on the ''Enterprise'' leads to a witch hunt, and Picard finds himself in the crosshairs.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E22HalfALife Half a Life]]: Lwaxana Troi becomes engaged to a man who is mere days away from committing suicide as part of his people's culture.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E23TheHost The Host]]: Doctor Crusher becomes involved with a trill ambassador. When the trill is killed, the symbiont is transplanted into Riker, causing difficulties in their relationship.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E24TheMindsEye The Mind's Eye]]: La Forge is kidnapped by the Romulans and forced to undergo a mind control experiment.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E25InTheory In Theory]]: Data enters into a relationship with a fellow officer in order to experience human intimacy.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]] (Part 1): The Klingon homeworld is on the verge of civil war, which Picard must avert. This is also the chance for Worf to reclaim his family's honor.

[[folder:Season 1 (September 28, 1987 to May 16, 1988)]]

# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint Encounter at Farpoint]]: The maiden voyage of the USS ''Enterprise''-D under Captain Jean-Luc Picard runs into difficulty when he and his crew run afoul of Q, an omnipotent alien entity who holds humanity in contempt.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E2TheNakedNow The Naked Now]]: A strange illness is spreading among the crew of the ''Enterprise'', releasing everyone's inhibitions.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E3CodeOfHonor Code of Honor]]: A humanitarian mission to deliver a vaccine to people in need is endangered when the ruler of one planet demands to marry Yar.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E4TheLastOutpost The Last Outpost]]: The ''Enterprise'' and a ship carrying Ferengi marauders become stranded around a planet that is draining their ships' power.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E5WhereNoOneHasGoneBefore Where No One Has Gone Before]]: An experiment with a new warp drive modification goes awry when the ''Enterprise'' finds itself hurtled across the known universe.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E6LonelyAmongUs Lonely Among Us]]: An energy being is endangering the lives of the ''Enterprise'' crew as it takes over their bodies.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E7Justice Justice]]: What at first appears to be an idyllic planet turns out to be anything but when Wesley is sentenced to death for what should be a minor infraction of the law.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle The Battle]]: Picard is haunted by visions of a past battle as an old Ferengi enemy plots to dispose of him.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E9HideAndQ Hide and Q]]: Q returns to the ''Enterprise'' with a most enticing offer for Riker; the power to alter reality, the same as any Q!
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E10Haven Haven]]: Lwaxana Troi arranges a marriage for her daughter Deanna, leading to mounting tensions on the ship as they investigate a plague ravaging a planet.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E11TheBigGoodbye The Big Goodbye]]: Picard and Data finds themselves trapped on the holodeck while playing out a detective story.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E12Datalore Datalore]]: The ''Enterprise'' returns to the Omicron Theta colony, where they discover Data's android "brother", Lore.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E13AngelOne Angel One]]: Riker travels to a planet where women rule over a male underclass in order to save the crew of a crashed freighter.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1411001001 11001001]]: A group of technologically enhanced aliens upgrade the holodecks on the ''Enterprise'', but their modifications may be further reaching than they should be.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E15TooShortASeason Too Short a Season]]: While attempting to defuse a hostage situation, an elderly Starfleet admiral starts taking medicine that reverses his aging, but at great cost...
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E16WhenTheBoughBreaks When the Bough Breaks]]: Several children onboard the ''Enterprise'' are kidnapped, and Wesley must look after them while finding a way to escape back to the ship.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E17HomeSoil Home Soil]]: A mission to terraform a seemingly dead planet hits a snag when the crew of the ''Enterprise'' discovers a new in-organic lifeform.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E18ComingOfAge Coming of Age]]: An inquisition is made into Picard's command of the ''Enterprise'' as Wesley takes the entrance exam for Starfleet Academy.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E19HeartOfGlory Heart of Glory]]: A trio of Klingon fugitives come onboard the ''Enterprise'', and Worf will need to decide for whom his loyalties lie.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E20TheArsenalOfFreedom The Arsenal of Freedom]]: Picard and an away team find themselves in the crosshairs of an automated weapon system on an otherwise uninhabited planet.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E21Symbiosis Symbiosis]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes onboard a pair of refugees suffering from what seems to be illness, but in truth, is withdrawal from narcotics.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E22SkinOfEvil Skin of Evil]]: A rescue party on a deserted planet find themselves face-to-face with an entity of pure evil on an away mission where someone will pay the ultimate price.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E23WellAlwaysHaveParis We'll Always Have Paris]]: Picard meets an old friend while investigating a science experiment that is playing havoc on the fabric of time.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E24Conspiracy Conspiracy]]: Picard and Riker must investigate a wicked plot that threatens to destroy the Federation from within.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E25TheNeutralZone The Neutral Zone]]: In the neutral zone bordering Federation and Romulan space, the ''Enterprise'' discovers a group of humans from the 20th century who were kept alive in cryogenic preservation.

[[folder:Season 2 (November 21, 1988 to July 17, 1989)]]
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E1TheChild The Child]]: Counselor Troi is pregnant, but how? And why is the child maturing at such a rapid rate?
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E2WhereSilenceHasLease Where Silence Has Lease]]: The ''Enterprise'' is trapped in the void and at the mercy of a sadistic entity that kills off members of Picard's crew out of morbid curiosity.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E3ElementaryDearData Elementary, Dear Data]]: To create a Sherlock Holmes mystery that can give even Data a challenge, La Forge instructs the computer to make an opponent that can outwit even his android friend, and they both end up getting ''exactly'' what they ask for.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E4TheOutrageousOkona The Outrageous Okona]]: A puckish rogue is brought onboard the ''Enterprise'' after being stranded in space. It turns out that he is in trouble with two sovereigns, stealing a precious gem from one while impregnating the other's daughter!
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E5LoudAsAWhisper Loud As a Whisper]]: To end a civil war, the ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of a negotiator who is deaf and can only communicate through sign language.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E6TheSchizoidMan The Schizoid Man]]: The ''Enterprise'' crew meet an old colleague of Data's creator who is dying of old age and illness...but not if he has something to say about it.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E7UnnaturalSelection Unnatural Selection]]: The crew of another ship has fallen prey to a disease that is accelerating their aging.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E8AMatterOfHonor A Matter of Honor]]: As part of an officer exchange program, Riker takes up post on a Klingon warship, learning more about Klingon culture than he could have ever anticipated.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan The Measure of a Man]]: Data's sentience and humanity are put on trial when a Starfleet scientist argues that he is Starfleet property and not subject to the same rights as a "living" officer.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E10TheDauphin The Dauphin]]: The young ruler of a war-torn planet is brought onboard the ''Enterprise'', but trouble brews when Wesley falls head-over-heels for her.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E11Contagion Contagion]]: The ''Enterprise'' and a Romulan ship fall under siege by a deadly computer virus.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E12TheRoyale The Royale]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' discover that the interior of a crashed ship contains a casino, where the events of an old novel are playing out.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E13TimeSquared Time Squared]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' beam aboard another Captain Picard from six hours in the future, who carries grave tidings.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E14TheIcarusFactor The Icarus Factor]]: Riker meets with his estranged father, and long-lingering resentments between parent and child are brought to the surface.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E15PenPals Pen Pals]]: Data makes friends with a young girl on a dying world. Is it worth violating the Prime Directive just to save her?
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E16QWho Q Who]]: Q returns to force the ''Enterprise'' to make first contact with one of the most dangerous and destructive races in the entire galaxy: ''the Borg''.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E17SamaritanSnare Samaritan Snare]]: Picard must take medical leave to replace his prosthetic heart while the ''Enterprise'' contends with the crew of an alien ship who wants to steal technology.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E18UpTheLongLadder Up the Long Ladder]]: The ''Enterprise'' must convince a technologically advanced yet genetically stagnant people to cooperate with colonists living the lifestyle of Irish migrants.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E19Manhunt Manhunt]]: Lwaxana Troi returns, and she's on the hunt for a new man.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E20TheEmissary The Emissary]]: To defuse a situation with Klingons who don't realize the war with the Federation had ended, the ''Enterprise'' brings on an emissary, who also happens to be Worf's old flame.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E21PeakPerformance Peak Performance]]: A combat training exercise between the ''Enterprise'' and an old Federation ship is interrupted by Ferengi privateers.
# [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E22ShadesOfGray Shades of Gray]]: An alien parasite has infected Riker's nervous system, requiring risky treatment that forces him to relive key moments through his time aboard the ''Enterprise''.

[[folder:Season 3 (September 25, 1989 to June 18, 1990)]]

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint}} Encounter at Farpoint]]: The maiden voyage of the USS ''Enterprise''-D under Captain Jean-Luc Picard runs into difficulty when he and his crew run afoul of Q, an omnipotent alien entity who holds humanity in contempt.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E2TheNakedNow}} The Naked Now]]: A strange illness is spreading among the crew of the ''Enterprise'', releasing everyone's inhibitions.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E3CodeOfHonor}} Code of Honor]]: A humanitarian mission to deliver a vaccine to people in need is endangered when the ruler of one planet demands to marry Yar.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E4TheLastOutpost}} The Last Outpost]]: The ''Enterprise'' and a ship carrying Ferengi marauders become stranded around a planet that is draining their ships' power.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E5WhereNoOneHasGoneBefore}} Where No One Has Gone Before]]: An experiment with a new warp drive modification goes awry when the ''Enterprise'' finds itself hurtled across the known universe.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E6LonelyAmongUs}} Lonely Among Us]]: An energy being is endangering the lives of the ''Enterprise'' crew as it takes over their bodies.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E7Justice}} Justice]]: What at first appears to be an idyllic planet turns out to be anything but when Wesley is sentenced to death for what should be a minor infraction of the law.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle}} The Battle]]: Picard is haunted by visions of a past battle as an old Ferengi enemy plots to dispose of him.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E9HideAndQ}} Hide and Q]]: Q returns to the ''Enterprise'' with a most enticing offer for Riker; the power to alter reality, the same as any Q!
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E10Haven}} Haven]]: Lwaxana Troi arranges a marriage for her daughter Deanna, leading to mounting tensions on the ship as they investigate a plague ravaging a planet.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E11TheBigGoodbye}} The Big Goodbye]]: Picard and Data finds themselves trapped on the holodeck while playing out a detective story.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E12Datalore}} Datalore]]: The ''Enterprise'' returns to the Omicron Theta colony, where they discover Data's android "brother", Lore.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E13AngelOne}} Angel One]]: Riker travels to a planet where women rule over a male underclass in order to save the crew of a crashed freighter.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1411001001}} 11001001]]: A group of technologically enhanced aliens upgrade the holodecks on the ''Enterprise'', but their modifications may be further reaching than they should be.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E15TooShortASeason}} Too Short a Season]]: While attempting to defuse a hostage situation, an elderly Starfleet admiral starts taking medicine that reverses his aging, but at great cost...
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E16WhenTheBoughBreaks}} When the Bough Breaks]]: Several children onboard the ''Enterprise'' are kidnapped, and Wesley must look after them while finding a way to escape back to the ship.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E17HomeSoil}} Home Soil]]: A mission to terraform a seemingly dead planet hits a snag when the crew of the ''Enterprise'' discovers a new in-organic lifeform.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E18ComingOfAge}} Coming of Age]]: An inquisition is made into Picard's command of the ''Enterprise'' as Wesley takes the entrance exam for Starfleet Academy.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E19HeartOfGlory}} Heart of Glory]]: A trio of Klingon fugitives come onboard the ''Enterprise'', and Worf will need to decide for whom his loyalties lie.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E20TheArsenalOfFreedom}} The Arsenal of Freedom]]: Picard and an away team find themselves in the crosshairs of an automated weapon system on an otherwise uninhabited planet.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E21Symbiosis}} Symbiosis]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes onboard a pair of refugees suffering from what seems to be illness, but in truth, is withdrawal from narcotics.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E22SkinOfEvil}} Skin of Evil]]: A rescue party on a deserted planet find themselves face-to-face with an entity of pure evil on an away mission where someone will pay the ultimate price.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E23WellAlwaysHaveParis}} We'll Always Have Paris]]: Picard meets an old friend while investigating a science experiment that is playing havoc on the fabric of time.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E24Conspiracy}} Conspiracy]]: Picard and Riker must investigate a wicked plot that threatens to destroy the Federation from within.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E25TheNeutralZone}} The Neutral Zone]]: In the neutral zone bordering Federation and Romulan space, the ''Enterprise'' discovers a group of humans from the 20th century who were kept alive in cryogenic preservation.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E1TheChild}} The Child]]: Counselor Troi is pregnant, but how? And why is the child maturing at such a rapid rate?
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E2WhereSilenceHasLease}} Where Silence Has Lease]]: The ''Enterprise'' is trapped in the void and at the mercy of a sadistic entity that kills off members of Picard's crew out of morbid curiosity.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E3ElementaryDearData}} Elementary, Dear Data]]: To create a Sherlock Holmes mystery that can give even Data a challenge, La Forge instructs the computer to make an opponent that can outwit even his android friend, and they both end up getting ''exactly'' what they ask for.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E4TheOutrageousOkona}} The Outrageous Okona]]: A puckish rogue is brought onboard the ''Enterprise'' after being stranded in space. It turns out that he is in trouble with two sovereigns, stealing a precious gem from one while impregnating the other's daughter!
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E5LoudAsAWhisper}} Loud As a Whisper]]: To end a civil war, the ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of a negotiator who is deaf and can only communicate through sign language.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E6TheSchizoidMan}} The Schizoid Man]]: The ''Enterprise'' crew meet an old colleague of Data's creator who is dying of old age and illness...but not if he has something to say about it.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E7UnnaturalSelection}} Unnatural Selection]]: The crew of another ship has fallen prey to a disease that is accelerating their aging.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E8AMatterOfHonor}} A Matter of Honor]]: As part of an officer exchange program, Riker takes up post on a Klingon warship, learning more about Klingon culture than he could have ever anticipated.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan}} The Measure of a Man]]: Data's sentience and humanity are put on trial when a Starfleet scientist argues that he is Starfleet property and not subject to the same rights as a "living" officer.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E10TheDauphin}} The Dauphin]]: The young ruler of a war-torn planet is brought onboard the ''Enterprise'', but trouble brews when Wesley falls head-over-heels for her.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E11Contagion}} Contagion]]: The ''Enterprise'' and a Romulan ship fall under siege by a deadly computer virus.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E12TheRoyale}} The Royale]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' discover that the interior of a crashed ship contains a casino, where the events of an old novel are playing out.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E13TimeSquared}} Time Squared]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' beam aboard another Captain Picard from six hours in the future, who carries grave tidings.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E14TheIcarusFactor}} The Icarus Factor]]: Riker meets with his estranged father, and long-lingering resentments between parent and child are brought to the surface.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E15PenPals}} Pen Pals]]: Data makes friends with a young girl on a dying world. Is it worth violating the Prime Directive just to save her?
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E16QWho}} Q Who]]: Q returns to force the ''Enterprise'' to make first contact with one of the most dangerous and destructive races in the entire galaxy: ''the Borg''.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E17SamaritanSnare}} Samaritan Snare]]: Picard must take medical leave to replace his prosthetic heart while the ''Enterprise'' contends with the crew of an alien ship who wants to steal technology.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E18UpTheLongLadder}} Up the Long Ladder]]: The ''Enterprise'' must convince a technologically advanced yet genetically stagnant people to cooperate with colonists living the lifestyle of Irish migrants.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E19Manhunt}} Manhunt]]: Lwaxana Troi returns, and she's on the hunt for a new man.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E20TheEmissary}} The Emissary]]: To defuse a situation with Klingons who don't realize the war with the Federation had ended, the ''Enterprise'' brings on an emissary, who also happens to be Worf's old flame.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E21PeakPerformance}} Peak Performance]]: A combat training exercise between the ''Enterprise'' and an old Federation ship is interrupted by Ferengi privateers.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E22ShadesOfGray}} Shades of Gray]]: An alien parasite has infected Riker's nervous system, requiring risky treatment that forces him to relive key moments through his time aboard the ''Enterprise''.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E1Evolution}} Evolution]]: A once-in-a-lifetime experiment goes awry when a cluster of nanites form a collective consciousness.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E2TheEnsignsOfCommand}} The Ensigns of Command]]: The owners of a planet are coming to forcibly remove its settlers, and Data must convince them to leave before then.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E3TheSurvivors}} The Survivors]]: The ''Enterprise'' discover a planet that is desolate, save for one idyllic patch of land and the two elderly survivors living on it.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E4WhoWatchesTheWatchers}} Who Watches the Watchers]]: An away mission gone wrong on a pre-space flight planet leads one tribe living on it to mistake Picard for a god.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E5TheBonding}} The Bonding]]: Worf takes a young boy whose mother died in the line of duty under his wing. However, the boy's mother suddenly appears on the ship again, alive and well!
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E6BoobyTrap}} Booby Trap]]: An investigation of a derelict ship causes the ''Enterprise'' to be trapped, and La Forge must work with a hologram of one of the engineers who built the ''Enterprise'' to escape.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E7TheEnemy}} The Enemy]]: La Forge is forced to cooperate with a Romulan to survive on a desolate planet, while an injured Romulan on board is doomed to die unless Worf donates his blood.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E8ThePrice}} The Price]]: A wormhole has appeared, and the ''Enterprise'' serves as the negotiating table for ownership of the wormhole.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E9TheVengeanceFactor}} The Vengeance Factor]]: Peace negotiations are jeopardized in the wake of a spate of mysterious deaths.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E10TheDefector}} The Defector]]: A Romulan turncoat seeks asylum on the ''Enterprise'', offering vital intelligence in exchange for his safety.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E11TheHunted}} The Hunted]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' seek to admit a new world into the Federation, but difficulties arise when escaped convicts run amok on the ship.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E12TheHighGround}} The High Ground]]: Doctor Crusher is kidnapped by terrorists using an experimental teleportation device.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E13DejaQ}} Déjà Q]]: Q returns, but something is different: he has no powers, and is just as mortal as Picard. Worse still, an alien race that Q had terrorized in the past has come for revenge.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E14AMatterOfPerspective}} A Matter of Perspective]]: Riker is accused of murder, and a trial is arranged, using testimony from Riker and the victim's wife to get to the bottom of his death.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E15YesterdaysEnterprise}} Yesterday's Enterprise]]: History has been altered by the appearance of another ''Enterprise'', and Guinan is the only one to realize something is amiss.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E16TheOffspring}} The Offspring]]: Data builds an android "daughter" who quickly outpaces her father in her ability to relate with humans.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E17SinsOfTheFather}} Sins of the Father]]: Worf's late father is accused of betraying the Klingon Empire, and Worf must bear the consequences of this grievous dishonor.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E18Allegiance}} Allegiance]]: Picard is trapped in a strange room with three other captives while a body double causes havoc on the ship.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E19CaptainsHoliday}} Captain's Holiday]]: Picard takes a vacation to Risa, where he becomes involved in a high-stakes game of intrigue with an adventurous young woman named Vash.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E20TinMan}} Tin Man]]: The ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of a Betazoid with exceptionally strong telepathy to make first contact with a mysterious and powerful entity.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E21HollowPursuits}} Hollow Pursuits]]: Barclay, a shy and introverted engineer, copes with his struggles to socialize with holodeck fantasies.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E22TheMostToys}} The Most Toys]]: Data is abducted by a collector who wants him to be the crowning jewel of his collection.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E23Sarek}} Sarek]]: Sarek, the father of Spock, joins the ''Enterprise'' on a diplomatic mission. The mission falls into jeopardy when an illness causes Sarek to lose control over his emotions.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E24MenageATroi}} Ménage à Troi]]: Lwaxana Troi, Deanna, and Riker are abducted by Ferengis, with the leader of the kidnappers taking a shine to Lwaxana.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E25Transfigurations}} Transfigurations]]: The ''Enterprise'' rescues an alien who has lost his memories and is undergoing a strange transformation.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds}} The Best of Both Worlds]] (Part 1): The Borg have set their sights on the Federation, and abduct Picard as part of their plot.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds}} The Best of Both Worlds]] (Part 2): Picard has been assimilated into the Borg, and is forced to use his knowledge and expertise against the Federation. Riker, now the acting captain of the ''Enterprise'', is faced with a hard decision; protect the Federation by killing Picard, or attempt the impossible and rescue him.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E2Family}} Family]]: Picard returns to France to reconnect with his family and come to terms with the trauma he suffered while assimilated in the Borg.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E3Brothers}} Brothers]]: Data receives a distress signal that reunites him with Dr. Noonien Soong, his creator. Unfortunately for them, Lore is not far behind.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E4SuddenlyHuman}} Suddenly Human]]: The ''Enterprise'' discovers a young human boy who had been raised among alien soldiers, and must decide whether to reunite him with his human family or let him remain with his adoptive father.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E5RememberMe}} Remember Me]]: Dr. Crusher realizes that people on the ship are disappearing, but no one else seems to notice.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E6Legacy}} Legacy]]: The ''Enterprise'' mounts a rescue mission to a colony, where they meet the younger sister of the late Lt. Yar.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E7Reunion}} Reunion]]: As Picard is asked to investigate the death of the Klingon chancellor, Worf learns that he and K'Ehleyr have a son.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E8FutureImperfect}} Future Imperfect]]: Riker awakens after a long coma to find that a whole lot has changed on the ''Enterprise''.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E9FinalMission}} Final Mission]]: A trip to Starfleet Academy is halted when Wesley and an injured Picard find themselves stranded on a desert planet.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E10TheLoss}} The Loss]]: As the ''Enterprise'' is threatened by a two-dimensional alien entity, Troi loses her empathic abilities.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E11DatasDay}} Data's Day]]: Data makes a record of the typical goings on in a day of his life as the ''Enterprise'' investigates a mysterious death while two crew members get married.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded}} The Wounded]]: A Starfleet captain has gone rogue and is seeking to instigate a war with Cardassia.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E13DevilsDue}} Devil's Due]]: A planet is falling into chaos as a "devil" seeks to collect on a contract that would give her total dominion.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E14Clues}} Clues]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' awakens after falling unconscious with no memories as to what happened just before, save for Data, who is being unhelpful.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E15FirstContact}} First Contact]] (''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact no relation]]''): Riker goes undercover to investigate a pre-space flight civilization, but an injury causes his identity to be called into question and endangers his life.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E16GalaxysChild}} Galaxy's Child]]: A large alien lifeform is draining power from the ''Enterprise'', and La Forge must figure out how to chase it away without killing it.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E17NightTerrors}} Night Terrors]]: The ''Enterprise'' crew becomes unable to sleep, save for Troi, who is troubled by confusing dreams.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E18IdentityCrisis}} Identity Crisis]]: La Forge must figure out why members of an away team he was a member years ago are trying to return to a planet they visited.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E19TheNthDegree}} The Nth Degree]]: The discovery of an alien artifact results in Barclay's intelligence increasing severalfold.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E20Qpid}} Qpid]]: Just as Vash reunites with Picard, Q rears his head and decides to see just how far Picard is willing to go to save a woman he fancies.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E21TheDrumhead}} The Drumhead]]: An investigation into possible sabotage on the ''Enterprise'' leads to a witch hunt, and Picard finds himself in the crosshairs.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E22HalfALife}} Half a Life]]: Lwaxana Troi becomes engaged to a man who is mere days away from committing suicide as part of his people's culture.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E23TheHost}} The Host]]: Doctor Crusher becomes involved with a trill ambassador. When the trill is killed, the symbiont is transplanted into Riker, causing difficulties in their relationship.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E24TheMindsEye}} The Mind's Eye]]: La Forge is kidnapped by the Romulans and forced to undergo a mind control experiment.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E25InTheory}} In Theory]]: Data enters into a relationship with a fellow officer in order to experience human intimacy.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption}} Redemption]] (Part 1): The Klingon homeworld is on the verge of civil war, which Picard must avert. This is also the chance for Worf to reclaim his family's honor.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption}} Redemption]] (Part 2): Worf must stop the Duras Sisters' scheme to take the Klingon throne while Picard fights to keep the Romulans from interfering.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E2Darmok}} Darmok]]: The ''Enterprise'' makes first contact with a race that speaks exclusively in metaphors, leading to a breakdown in communication.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E3EnsignRo}} Ensign Ro]]: To find a group of Bajoran terrorists threatening the peace, the ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of Ro Laren, a hot-headed Bajoran patriot.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E4SiliconAvatar}} Silicon Avatar]]: The Crystaline Entity responsible for the destruction of Data's homeworld is on the attack, and the ''Enterprise'' seeks to stop it peacefully. But someone else has other ideas...
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E5Disaster}} Disaster]]: After a quantum filament cripples the ''Enterprise'', Troi finds herself thrust into a command position as Crusher and La Forge contend with a plasma fire, Picard looks after a group of scared children, and Worf delivers a baby.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E6TheGame}} The Game]]: Riker brings a new head-mounted game onto the ''Enterprise'', but it causes the crew to begin to act strangely. Wesley must find a way to reverse its effects.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E7Unification1}} Unification, Part 1]]: Ambassador Spock has traveled to Romulus. Worried that Spock may have defected, Picard and Data are sent undercover to investigate.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E8Unification2}} Unification, Part 2]]: Spock is seeking to pave the way for peace between Vulcan and Romulus, but not if those within the Romulan government have anything to say about it.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E9AMatterOfTime}} A Matter of Time]]: A time traveler arrives on the ''Enterprise'' to pay witness to an attempt to save a planet.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E10NewGround}} New Ground]]: Worf's son, Alexander, returns to the ''Enterprise'' to live with his father while the crew is conducting an experiment into new propulsion systems.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E11HeroWorship}} Hero Worship]]: A young boy befriends Data after being saved following the death of his family, and copes with his loss by emulating his android idol.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E12Violations}} Violations]]: Members of the ''Enterprise'' crew are falling into comas when a member of a telepathically-gifted race psychically assaults them.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E13TheMasterpieceSociety}} The Masterpiece Society]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' tries to save a colony where the inhabitants are genetically engineered and their futures are predetermined.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E14Conundrum}} Conundrum]]: Every member of the ''Enterprise'' crew comes down with a sudden case of amnesia as they find themselves thrust into a new war.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E15PowerPlay}} Power Play]]: Data, O'Brien, and Troi fall under the thrall of alien entities who hold many members of the crew hostage.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E16Ethics}} Ethics]]: Worf has been paralyzed in an accident, and his only hope at regaining his mobility, and his will to live, is a risky new medical procedure.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E17TheOutcast}} The Outcast]]: The ''Enterprise'' make contact with a race of aliens that eschew the concept of gender, where anyone who identifies on the gender binary are deemed deviants.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect}} Cause and Effect]]: The ''Enterprise'' is caught in a time loop within which the ship is repeatedly destroyed.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E19TheFirstDuty}} The First Duty]]: One of Wesley's classmates at Starfleet Academy dies in an accident, and Wesley knows why, but is reluctant to divulge under a misguided sense of loyalty to another classmate.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E20CostOfLiving}} Cost of Living]]: Lwaxana Troi and Worf butt heads over how best to raise Alexander when the Betazoid ambassador comes onto the ''Enterprise'' with her fiance.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E21ThePerfectMate}} The Perfect Mate]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes on a passenger who can help broker peace between two races through marriage, but her telepathic qualities makes her irresistible to the men aboard.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E22ImaginaryFriend}} Imaginary Friend]]: An alien entity takes the form of a young girl's imaginary friend, and becomes fiercely jealous of anyone or anything that tries to separate them.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E23IBorg}} I Borg]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes on the sole survivor of a crashed Borg ship, who is troubled at the prospect of being an individual separated from the collective as the crew decides whether to weaponize their new passenger against the Borg.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E24TheNextPhase}} The Next Phase]]: La Forge and Ro are believed to be dead when, in truth, they still live, albeit unable to interact with the crew around them.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E25TheInnerLight}} The Inner Light]]: An alien probe renders Picard unconscious as it psychically places him in the body of a member of a dying race.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E26S6E1TimesArrow}} Time's Arrow]] (Part 1): The discovery of Data's head in a cave on Earth dated hundreds of years leads to members of the ''Enterprise'' crew being thrown back in time.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E26S6E1TimesArrow}} Time's Arrow]] (Part 2): Picard, Data, and the past version of Guinan must work together to stop time-travelling aliens from killing people while finding a way to get the ''Enterprise'' crew back in their proper time.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear}} Realm of Fear]]: Barclay's attempts to overcome his fear of the transporter leads to an encounter with aliens in the matter stream.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E3ManOfThePeople}} Man of the People]]: Troi falls in love with an alien ambassador who is trying to broker peace, but begins to age rapidly and grows fiercely jealous towards him.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E4Relics}} Relics]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' enlist the aid of the engineer of their ship's predecessor, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, to investigate a Dyson sphere.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E5Schisms}} Schisms]]: As the crew contends with fatigue, a hole in subspace opens in the cargo bay.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E6TrueQ}} True Q]]: A young woman hoping to enter Starfleet exhibits the ability to manipulate reality, attracting the attention of Q.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E7Rascals}} Rascals]]: A transporter accident causes Picard and others to regress in age back to pre-adolescence as Ferengi pirates target the ''Enterprise''.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E8AFistfulOfDatas}} A Fistful of Datas]]: What began as a fun Wild West holodeck program in which Worf and Alexander bond takes a turn for the deadly when a glitch causes Data to take the place of characters in the program while Data, himself, begins to act like an old west bandit.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E9TheQualityOfLife}} The Quality of Life]]: A group of robotic drones begin to exhibit signs of intelligence and sentience.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E10ChainOfCommand}} Chain of Command]]: Picard, Worf, and Crusher are sent to investigate a Cardassian secret weapon, with a militaristic new captain taking command of the ''Enterprise''.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E11ShipInABottle}} Ship in a Bottle]]: Moriarty returns, and traps Picard in an elaborate holodeck program in a bid to escape into the real world.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E12Aquiel}} Aquiel]]: La Forge falls in love with a woman suspected of murder.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E13FaceOfTheEnemy}} Face of the Enemy]]: Troi is abducted by Romulans and surgically altered to appear as one to aid to oust a traitor in their ranks.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry}} Tapestry]]: After dying, Picard is given a chance by Q to correct the mistakes he made in his youth...but the changes he makes in his life and history could have far-reaching consequences.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E15Birthright}} Birthright]]: Worf learns that his father may yet still live and goes to investigate while Data has visions of his own "father", Dr. Soong.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E16StarshipMine}} Starship Mine]]: A group of terrorists attempt to commandeer the ''Enterprise'' during a routine, but lethal, beam sweep, and Picard is the only one who can stop them.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E17Lessons}} Lessons]]: Picard falls in love with a scientist under his command, but finds it difficult to have a love life when his own life is wrought with danger.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E18TheChase}} The Chase]]: Picard sets himself to the task of solving an ancient puzzle that can unveil the common origins of humans, Romulans, Klingons, and Cardassians.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E19FrameOfMind}} Frame of Mind]]: Riker finds himself trapped in an alien asylum, with the doctors trying to convince him that he is mentally ill.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E20Suspicions}} Suspicions]]: Crusher finds herself in hot water, and her career in jeopardy, after violating one of her ethics as a physician.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E21RightfulHeir}} Rightful Heir]]: Kahless, the mythological warrior of Klingon legend, has returned, and his appearance can change the course of his people's history.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E22SecondChances}} Second Chances]]: Riker discovers a doppleganger created by a transporter accident trapped on an old science station. Both Rikers are alike in appearance and DNA, but what about their personalities?
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E23Timescape}} Timescape]]: Picard and other officers find the ''Enterprise'' and a Romulan warbird frozen in time.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent}} Descent]] (Part 1): The Borg are on the attack again, and Data begins to experience sudden and intense bursts of emotion.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent}} Descent]] (Part 2): Lore has taken over as leader of a group of violent Borg and intends to lead them into war against biological lifeforms.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E2Liaisons}} Liaisons]]: Picard crashlands on a planet, and is nursed back to health by a woman who had been trapped there for years.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E3Interface}} Interface]]: While using a probe to explore a derelict ship, La Forge sees visions of his long-lost mother.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E4Gambit}} Gambit]]: Picard is mistaken for dead while the ''Enterprise'' contends with pirates.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E5Phantasms}} Phantasms]]: Data has started experimenting with sleep and dreams, but the dreams he has are nightmarish and making him a danger to others.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E6DarkPage}} Dark Page]]: Lwaxana Troi falls into a coma, and her daughter Deanna must enter her mind to discover the dark secret that is killing her.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E7Attached}} Attached]]: Picard and Crusher are trapped on an alien world with their minds linked together. They must find a way to return to the ''Enterprise'' while contending with the deep-seated feelings they hold towards each other.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E8ForceOfNature}} Force of Nature]]: Several ships have gone missing, and two scientists believe they are related to the potentially destructive nature of warp drives.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E9Inheritance}} Inheritance]]: Data meets a scientist who was once married to Dr. Soong, making her the android's "mother".
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E10Parallels}} Parallels]]: Worf finds himself being thrown across multiple parallel timelines and must find a way back to his original timeline.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E11ThePegasus}} The Pegasus]]: Riker's old commander enlists his aid in finding a ship that is carrying a dangerous secret.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E12Homeward}} Homeward]]: Worf's human brother asks for his help, but what he asks would be a direct violation of the Prime Directive.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E13SubRosa}} Sub Rosa]]: A strange spirit that had been romantically involved with Crusher's grandmother now sets its sights on her.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks}} Lower Decks]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks no relation]]''): A group of officers speculate as to the strange decisions the senior staff makes.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E15ThineOwnSelf}} Thine Own Self]]: Data crash-lands on a pre-space flight planet, losing his memory as he is taken in by a primitive community. Troi decides to take the Bridge Commanders Test.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E16Masks}} Masks]]: A strange mask the crew brings onto the ship causes Data to act out the personalities of several people from a long-gone civilization.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E17EyeOfTheBeholder}} Eye of the Beholder]]: An investigation into a bizarre suicide indicates that there may have been a murder on the ''Enterprise''.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E18Genesis}} Genesis]]: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' become infected with a disease that causes them to devolve into primitive creatures.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E19JourneysEnd}} Journey's End]]: Wesley must decide where he stands when the Federation tries to relocate colonists living on a planet that belongs to Cardassia.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E20Firstborn}} Firstborn]]: A member of Worf's house comes to the ''Enterprise'' to teach Alexander how to become a warrior.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E21Bloodlines}} Bloodlines]]: An old Ferengi enemy of Picard threatens to kill the son he never knew he had.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E22Emergence}} Emergence]]: The ''Enterprise'' begins to develop its own sentience, and the crew must find a way to protect both this new lifeform and themselves.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike}} Preemptive Strike]]: Ro Laren returns to carry out a mission to investigate the Maquis, an insurgent group in the DMZ.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E24AllGoodThings}} All Good Things...]]: An incursion of anti-time threatens the entire human race, and Picard must find a way to stop it in the past, present, and future as Q's test of humanity reaches its conclusion.

# "Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation": A documentary retrospective filmed at the same time as "All Good Things...".

# {{Recap/Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation}}: A documentary retrospective filmed at the same time as "All Good Things...".

# Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation: A documentary retrospective filmed at the same time as "All Good Things...".

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks}} Lower Decks]]: A group of officers speculate as to the strange decisions the senior staff makes.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E10TheDauphin}} The Dauphin]]: The young ruler of war-torn planet is brought onboard the ''Enterprise'', but trouble brews when Wesley falls head-over-heels for her.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E9AMatterOfTime}} A Matter of Time]]: A time traveler arrives on the ''Enterprise'' to pay witness to a failed attempt to save a ship.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike}} Preemptive Strike]]: Ro Laren returns to carry out a mission to investigate the Maquis, an insurgent group in th DMZ.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E15ThineOwnSelf}} Thine Own Self]]: Data crash-lands on a pre-space flight planet, losing his memory as he is taken in by a primitive community.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E23PreemptiveStrike}} Preemptive Strike]]: Ro Laren returns to carry out a mission to investigate the Maquis, a Bajoran insurgent group.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E5LoudAsAWhisper}} Loud As A Whisper]]: To end a civil war, the ''Enterprise'' enlists the aid of a negotiator who is deaf and can only communicate through sign language.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E8AMatterOfHonor}} A Matter Of Honor]]: As part of an officer exchange program, Riker takes up post on a Klingon warship, learning more about Klingon culture than he could have ever anticipated.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan}} The Measure Of A Man]]: Data's sentience and humanity are put on trial when a Starfleet scientist argues that he is Starfleet property and not subject to the same rights as a "living" officer.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E18UpTheLongLadder}} Up The Long Ladder]]: The ''Enterprise'' must convince a technologically advanced yet genetically stagnant people to cooperate with colonists living the lifestyle of Irish migrants.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E22ShadesOfGray}} Shades Of Gray]]: An alien parasite has infected Riker's nervous system, requiring risky treatment that forces him to relive key moments through his time aboard the ''Enterprise''.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E21Symbiosis}} Symbiosis]]: The ''Enterprise'' takes onboard a pair of refugees suffering from what seems to be illness, but in truth, is withdrawl from narcotics.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E16StarshipMine}} Starship Mine]]: A group of terrorists attempt to commander the ''Enterprise'' during a routine, but lethal, beam sweep, and Picard is the only one who can stop them.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E10ChainOfCommand}} Chain of Command]]: Picard, Worf, and Crusher are sent to investigate Cardassians while an antagonistic admiral takes command of the ''Enterprise''.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E7Attached}} Attached]]: Picard and Crusher are trapped on an alien world with their minds linked together. They must find a way to return to the ''Enterprise'' while contending with the deep-seeded feelings they hold towards each other.

# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E7Reunion}} Reunion]]: As Picard is asked to investigate the death of the Klingon chancellor, Worf realizes that he has a son.
# [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E8FutureImperfect}} Future Imperfect]]: Riker awakens after a long coma to find that much and more has changed on the ''Enterprise''.