The sci-fi series may start its third season in a standard way - the premiere, Evolution,, is a technology-run-amok episode - but the 1989-1990 year supplies some of the show's most acclaimed hours. Sarek brings Spock's father (Mark Lenard) to the new Enterprise, and A Matter of Perspective is a Rashomon-like murder mystery where Commander Riker ...
Fondly remembered by Next Generation devotees as "The Sherlock Holmes episode," "Elementary, Dear Data" originally aired December 10, 1988. While awaiting their next assignment, Data, Geordi, and Dr. Pulaski head to the Holodeck to participate in a virtual reality Sherlock Holmes mystery. Insisting that Data's deductive skills are no match for a ...
The Enterprise is sent to the Morgana Quadrant, only to be detoured into a bizarre, mazelike "space void." While trying to figure out a means of escape, the crew comes across a derelict space vessel. Unbeknownst to them, the vessel contains an alien observer named Nagilium (Earl Boen), who happens to be conducting an experiment in behavioral ...
The title character in this episode is none other than our old android friend, Lt. Cmdr. Data. Along with several other crew members, Data rushes to the aid of dying scientist Ira Graves (W. Morgan Sheppard). Fascinated by Data, Graves bestows upon him a split personality, then unceremoniously expires. The motivation behind Graves' final gesture ...
Howie Seaago guest stars as Riva, a deaf war mediator who the Enterprise transports to a battle-scarred planet. It is Riva's aim to settle a centuries-old dispute between two rival factions, many of whose members cannot even remember what they're fighting about. The outcome hinges upon Deanna Troi's efforts to emulate Riva's peculiar negotiation ...
The title character in this tongue-in-cheek Next Generation entry is a charming scoundrel named Captain Thadiun Okona, played by William O. Campbell. The skipper of a disabled space vessel, Okona is accused of being a jewel thief and, even worse, an insatiable womanizer. Meanwhile, Data, in his never-ending efforts to become a full human being, ...
Scrapping the original series' limited "five-year mission" for a more ambitious ongoing one, Star Trek: The Next Generation aims high from its first episode. The Enterprise D is captained by Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), a leader more reserved and thought-driven than the beloved Captain Kirk. Other notable crew members include Klingon ...
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