Star Trek: The Next Generation

This is an awesome look at how the entire restoration went, how the original film and audio elements were recovered in a monumental task of cataloguing. Berman talks about how he regretted not editing his show in an HD-ready format, but was excited when he found out they were remaking the entire show from scratch so they could do it. At first SD upconversion was used, but deemed totally unacceptable for this. If you want to see how something like this comes to pass then you really need to watch this. It's a fascinating look into how much work really went into this. Oh, and here's a little tidbit of information: the 13 seconds of lost footage in "Sins of the Father" that was released on the sampler disc, have since been found and will be included in that episode when its season comes out.

Joins cast and crew as they give all-new interviews about what it was like trying to Gene Roddenberry on board for another 'Star Trek' television show. These are wonderfully candid interviews and don't feel promotional in the least. Instead it's the principle actors and producers looking back fondly on the show's illustrious run.

Starts with Patrick Stewart discussing how he came to get the part and how Roddenberry convinced him to take the part over drinks. Here we get some original make-up and wardrobe footage also. Very in-depth information from everyone, including great behind-the-scenes footage of the crew getting ready to launch this new series. Along with the press conference footage that started it all.

People like producer David Livingston, production designer Herman Zimmerman, illustrator Rick Sternback, and special effects make-up artist Doug Drexler talking about filming the show, how different it was being a strictly syndicated show versus being owned by a single network, and how they filmed the miniature shots.

Mike and Denise Okuda, along with Dan Curry, discuss their on-set experiences in 1988 during the transition from season 1 to season 2, as well as the challenges they faced 25 years later in 2012 as they spearheaded the restoration project to bring season 2 to true HD.

A cast reunion show with Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton, and Michael Dorn all being interviewed on the same set.

Part 1 of a two-part documentary included on the restored blu-ray releas3. Features archival footage from Entertainment Tonight, new and old interviews with cast and crew.

Part 2 of a two-part documentary included with the restored blu-ray release. This features old and new interviews with the cast and crew as well as archival news footage.

In the “Reading Rainbow” episode “The Bionic Bunny Show” which aired on August 15, 1988, LeVar Burton takes young viewers behind-the-scenes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode was produced during the filming of the TNG episode “Symbiosis” (S01E21) and is considered one of the first “making-of” documentaries for the series. The Star Trek segment of the episode features interviews with crew members such as Robert Legato, insights into model work (e.g. on the Galaxy class and Shuttle drones), and a blooper reel – the first time TNG bloopers were broadcast.

Part one explores the creative redirection of the third season of “Star Trek: The Next Generation”. It focuses on the introduction of new writers, most notably Michael Piller, who gave the series greater emotional and character-focused depth. Through interviews and archival footage, it shows how the characters evolved and how the series began to explore more complex moral and social themes.

The second part is dedicated to the technical innovations that elevated the series to a new visual and narrative level. It shows how new special effects, sets, and designs – especially those surrounding the Borg – were created and how the production team overcame the technological challenges to realize the series’ vision.

The third part focuses on the series’ impact on the Star Trek franchise and its fan base. It examines how the Borg, as a collective threat, not only shaped the plot but also raised philosophical questions about individuality and community. Interviews and retrospectives reveal how these themes made “The Next Generation” a cultural milestone.

A thirty-minute documentary that was originally shown in select theaters on April 25, 2013 along with the remastered feature-length version of TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds". The event was held to celebrate the April 30, 2013 Blu-ray release of "The Best of Both Worlds". The documentary examines the creation of the Borg and features interviews with Next Generation cast, producers, writers, visual effects staff, and makeup artists.

Scenes from “The Most Toys” (S03E22) featuring David Rappaport, who was originally cast for the role of Kivas Fajo before the role was recast during production.

In this special feature, four of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s most influential writers – Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Naren Shankar, and René Echevarria – convene, moderated by Seth MacFarlane, to discuss their work on the series. Together, they reflect on the creation of iconic episodes, creative challenges in the writers' room, and the development of complex themes that made TNG one of the most important science fiction series. With personal anecdotes, candid insights, and plenty of humor, this feature offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creative heart of the series.

Michael Piller died in 2005. This retrospective features interviews with Michael's son and wife along with actors and producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation. They tell many stories of working with Michael including his creating of the first process for open script submission for Star Trek.

The challenges in producing Star Trek: The Next Generation’s fourth season are revealed by cast and crew while also exploring the show’s evolution after the critically acclaimed 3rd season turned the show into a crossover hit. This documentary also explores the Family theme for the show’s fourth season with behind-the-scenes details on such key episodes as REUNION and BROTHERS giving fans a look into the personal relationships and family bonds of the crew of the Enterprise.

A 30-minute behind-the-scenes documentary that was included as part of the special features on the Redemption Blu-ray release.

This special feature brings together the creative minds of the Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Art Department to discuss the visual design of the series. From iconic spaceship designs to technical interfaces and futuristic sets. Led by Production Designer Herman Zimmerman, illustrator Doug Drexler, illustrator and technical consultant Rick Sternbach, scenic art supervisor Michael Okuda, scenic artist Denise Okuda, and special FX maestro Dan Curry discuss the creative process that defined the look and feel of the 24th century. It reveals how their work not only influenced the design of future Star Trek series but also inspired real-life technological developments.

For the special "From One Generation to the Next", specials directors Robert Meyer Burnett and Roger Lay, Jr. were not able to secure the cooperation of Spock actor Leonard Nimoy, so they approached the "cross-over" aspect of Star Trek: The Original Series into Star Trek: The Next Generation, from another angle by having interviewees discuss the earlier cross-over episode "Sarek" from the third season, whose main guest character, Sarek (played by the late Mark Lenard) also appeared at the start of "Unification I"

In this special feature composers Ron Jones, Dennis McCarthy, and Jay Chattaway address such topics as the challenges for writing an original score every week, their use of a live orchestra for every episode, and their creative approach to scoring the series. They also share stories behind some of the fans favorite musical cues including the legendary Ressikan flute melody from “The Inner Light” (S05E25).

A 29-minute behind-the-scenes documentary that was included in the special features of the feature-length "Chain of Command" Blu-ray release.

A 26-minute behind-the-scenes documentary that looks at the making of Star Trek: The Next Generation's two-hour series finale, "All Good Things...". It is included in the 2014 Blu-ray release of All Good Things.... It features recollections from episode writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga as well as executive producer Rick Berman along with key members of the show's cast and crew. The special also featured several interviews and stills from a 1994 special of Enertainment Tonight which brought the viewer behind the scenes of the series finale.

David Livingstion (Supervising Producer), James Conway (Director), Jonathan West (Director of Photography), and Kris Krosskove (Camera Operator) talk about behind the camera of ST:TNG

Michael and Denise Okuda's home movie behind the scenes tour of the Enterprise set .

Join Jonathan Frakes, Next Generation's Commander Riker, for this fascinating chronicle of Gene Roddenberry's beloved, Emmy Award-winning series. You'll explore the Enterprise, meet the show's stars (and some villainous guest stars), learn special-effects secrets and makeup magic. Other highlights include a visit to a Star Trek convention, and a stop at the scoring stage. The retrospective concludes with a look at the series' final episode and a sneak peek at the crew's movie debut, Star Trek: Generations.

This special features the early days on "Encounter at Farpoint" as well as several behind the scenes interviews with Gene Roddenberry, Robert Justman, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Denise Crosby, Herman Zimmerman, Rick Berman, John de Lancie, Marina Sirtis, Wil Wheaton, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, as well as ILM artists Pat Sweeney and David Carson. The ILM part originated from that company's own 1987 promotional short, ILM Special Visual Effects, Star Trek The Next Generation, and was not a studio production.

The cast members who appeared in Season 1 discuss their roles. The three parts "Casting", "Character Notes", and "Camaraderie" feature interviews with Rick Berman, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Jonathan Frakes, Wil Wheaton, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Denise Crosby, and John de Lancie.

The production staff and actors who worked on Season 1 reminisce about their favorite episodes. This special includes the parts "Visual Effects", "Artistic Design", "Make-Up", "VISOR", and "Music" and features interviews with Rick Berman, Patrick Stewart, Herman Zimmerman, Jonathan Frakes, Robert Justman, Peter Lauritson, Dan Curry, Michael Okuda, Rick Sternbach, Michael Westmore, Michael Dorn, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Jay Chattaway.

Cast and crew discuss key episodes and the events of Season 1. This special features interviews with Rick Berman, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart, Dan Curry, Michael Westmore, Peter Lauritson, Armin Shimerman, Herman Zimmerman, Gene Roddenberry, and Denise Crosby.

Cast and crew discuss the major changes in Season 2 of TNG, also includes interview segments with Gene Roddenberry.

An in-depth look at the growth of continuing characters, plus a look at new crew members of the USS Enterprise-D.

A behind-the-scenes look at some of the specific key episodes, including interviews with the production staff.

Discussions on Season 2 episodes with the production crew, including Rick Berman.

An exclusive tour of an extraordinary array of Star Trek sets, props, and much more.

Both old and new footage of cast and crew as they discuss the major changes that occurred in Season Three. It includes interviews with Peter Lauritson, Michael Piller, Rick Berman, Denise Crosby, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Whoopi Goldberg, LeVar Burton, Dan Curry, and Eric Stillwell.

An in-depth look at the growth of the continuing characters as well as a closer look at returning crew member Doctor Beverly Crusher, played by Gates McFadden. It features interviews with Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Ira Steven Behr, Michael Piller, and LeVar Burton.

A behind-the-scenes look at particular episodes from the third season, including interviews with Michael Piller, Eric Stillwell, Dan Curry, Michael Okuda, John de Lancie, Richard D. James, Greg Jein, Rick Sternbach, and Jay Chattaway.

A collection of anecdotes about some of the Season 3 episodes with interviews of Patrick Stewart, Michael Westmore, Gerry Sackman, Michael Piller, Marina Sirtis, LeVar Burton, and Ethan Phillips.

Reveals the challenges in resolving the cliffhanger episode "The Best of Both Worlds"; provides a whimsical look at the Robin Hood-themed "Q-Pid"; and celebrates the historic 100th episode with Gene Roddenberry in the special "Celebrating 100 Episodes". This special features interviews with Michael Piller, Patrick Stewart, John de Lancie, Jonathan Frakes, Jennifer Hetrick, Marina Sirtis, and Wil Wheaton.

An in-depth look at the departure of Wesley Crusher; cast members discuss their experiences performing stunts; and a profile of Jennifer Hetrick as "Vash". Part of this interview is included as an Easter Egg on the DS9 Season 1 DVD. Interviewees in "Crew Profile: Wesley Crusher", "Crew Profile: Counselor Troi", and "Profile: Vash" include Wil Wheaton, Patrick Stewart, Marina Sirtis, Jennifer Hetrick, and Jonathan Frakes.

A behind-the-scenes look at directors Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, and David Livingston in the special "Production". Michael Westmore, Brent Spiner, Patrick Stewart, Mark Thompson, and Brian Phelps are interviewed for the special "Make Up".

An inside look at creating the landscapes of alien planets and shooting on location. Also explains the challenges of shooting the effects-packed episode "The Best of Both Worlds". Interviewees include David Livingston, Peter Lauritson, Wil Wheaton, Michael Okuda, and Gary Hutzel.

A discussion of Season Four's most extraordinary episodes and characters with pre-eminent writers Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor. Also interviewed for the subsections "Lt. Yar's Legacy Endures" and "Writing for Klingons" are Denise Crosby and David Livingston.

Featuring highlights of the most memorable events occurring in Season 5, including Leonard Nimoy's guest appearance, "The Inner Light" episode and the return of Denise Crosby. "A Visit from Spock", "Darmok", "The Inner Light", and "I Borg" feature interviews with Patrick Stewart, Michael Okuda, Jonathan Frakes, Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Denise Crosby, David Livingston, Brent Spiner, and Jonathan Del Arco.

"Production", "Cause and Effect", "The First Duty", & "Music", feature interviews with Peter Lauritson, Patrick Stewart, Michael Westmore, Brannon Braga, Jonathan Frakes, Ronald D. Moore, Michael Piller, & Jay Chattaway

Members of the cast and crew recall their favorite episodes and scenes from Season 5 including Marina Sirtis, Dan Curry, Michael Okuda, Robert Duncan McNeill, David Livingston, Dennis Madalone, Jay Chattaway, and Ronald D. Moore.

Includes interviews with Majel Barrett Roddenberry, The Next Generation cast and crew, and Gene Roddenberry; also includes the dedication of the Gene Roddenberry Building. The two sections "Gene Roddenberry Building Dedicated to Star Trek's Creator" and "Gene's Final Voyage" feature interviews with Guy Vardaman, Gene Roddenberry, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, William Shatner, Rick Berman, Herman Zimmerman, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Legato, John de Lancie, Marina Sirtis, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Michael Okuda, Wil Wheaton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Ronald D. Moore, and Jeri Taylor. At the end of the special, Patrick Stewart is performing a song for Gene Roddenberry.

Sections include: "Visual Effects", "Image G", & "Shooting Elements" Features Interviews (mostly in 2002) with Peter Lauritson, Robert Legato, Dan Curry, Mike Okuda, Gary Hutzel, and Dennis Hoerter

Cast and crew comment on Patrick Stewart's acclaimed performance in "Chain of Command". They also discuss some other highlights of Season 6, including James Doohan's appearance in "Relics," the cliffhanger episode "Time's Arrow," the appearance of Stephen Hawking in "Descent" and the launch of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The parts are titled "Resolving the Cliffhanger", "A Visit from Scotty", "January 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Debuts", "Chain of Command", and "Descent – Part 1 Featuring Stephen Hawking".

Explores Patrick Stewart's experience directing the episode "A Fistful of Datas" and LeVar Burton comments on his directorial debut, "Second Chances" in "A First Chance at Second Chances".

Ronald D. Moore discusses writing episodes for the sixth season, visual effects producer Dan Curry remembers the challenges of re-creating the Original Series Enterprise bridge for "Relics," and Michael Westmore and James Cromwell discuss make-up design. The parts are titled "Production", "Make Up", "Special Graphics Design", and "Writing".

Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry provides a fascinating tour of his home, containing unique props and weaponry that inspired many of the artistic designs for the series. The featurette also includes a demonstration of the Klingon bat'leth and Tai Chi moves he choreographed for The Next Generation.

This featurette gives an exclusive profile of Brent Spiner and his android character, Data, which also includes rare footage of Spiner recording Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back. It is split into the following sections: "Doubling Data", "An Android Sings", and "Acting with Spiner".

Cast and crew discuss the final season and their transition to the feature film Star Trek Generations. Also, LeVar Burton reminisces about working with Ben Vereen in "Interface" and Wil Wheaton and Ronald D. Moore recall "Journey's End".

Patrick Stewart pays tribute to each principal cast member.

Gates McFadden discusses her directorial debut in "Genesis", Jonathan Frakes recalls directing "Attached", McFadden and Jeri Taylor delve into the roles of strong women and Patrick Stewart remembers becoming more physical in episodes like "Bloodlines".

Cast and crew recollect the making of the final episode, including footage from the location filming.

Cast and crew look back on seven years of creating The Next Generation.

Picard must prove Data is legally a sentient being with rights and freedoms under Federation law when transfer orders demand Data's reassignment for study and disassembly.

Scene 15 and 16 Int. Ready Room Riker tries to come to terms with his promotion to Enterprise captain and with his feelings for having tried to kill Picard.

Scene 35 (partial) Int. Holodeck Wesley sees a hologram of Jack, his late father. Jack had recorded this message for his son on the day that Wesley was born. Most of Jack’s speech is in the finished episode, but two paragraphs which Jack tells his son about their family history were omitted.

Scene 37 (partial) Int. Dr. Soong’s Laboratory Data meets his creator, legendary scientist Dr. Soong, for the first time. Soong had long been thought to be dead, and Data is in awe of his “father”. Data and Soong are both played by Brent Spiner.

Scene 37 (partial) Int. Cavern Picard and Wesley are trapped in a cavern on a distant planet. Wesley tends to his captain, who has been very seriously injured. They share a close moment in this deleted dialog. Scene 63 Int. Main Bridge The bridge crew finally locates the crashed shuttlecraft that had carried Picard and Wesley.

Scene 15 (partial) Int. Main Bridge Picard’s staff is concerned about the impending visit of Cardassian officers to the Enterprise. In deleted lines of dialog, Picard gently admonishes them. Scene 16 (partial) Int. Transporter Room Chief O’Brien is about to beam Cardassian guests onto the Enterprise. But before he does, Riker needs to chat about Ben Maxwell, the chief’s beloved ex-commander. Scene 26 (partial) Int. O’Brien’s Quarters Miles and Keiko, sitting down for dinner. Keiko isn’t sure about Miles’s idea of comfort food. More importantly, she is concerned that something is bothering her husband. Scene 30 Int. Main Bridge Tracking the Starship Phoenix as Ben Maxwell prepares to ambush Cardassian ships. Picard is under orders to stop Maxwell at any cost. Scene 41 Int. Main Bridge Captain Ben Maxwell has finally come on board the Enterprise. On his way to Picard’s ready room, he is dismayed to see an old enemy being treated as a guest on the bridge.

Scene 13 (partial) Int. Main Bridge Everyone is fascinated by the bizarre space creature on the main viewer.

Scene 39 (partial) Ext. Castle Courtyard Q, as the Sheriff of Nottingham, schemes with Sir Guy of Gisbourne on how best to make life difficult for Robin Hood and Maid Marian.

Scene 34 Int. Data’s Quarters Poker night on the Enterprise. Although Odan has inhabited many hosts in his lifetime, he has never shared consciousness with his host. Now, joined with Riker, Odan finds it hard to face Riker’s friends.

Scene 56 (partial) Int. Observation Lounge Worf is deeply conflicted about how to deal with his rebellious son, Alexander. Sending him off to boarding school offers a neat solution, but Worf’s not sure if it’s the right thing to do. He waits for a quiet moment to seek Picard’s counsel.

Scene 39 Int. Worf’s Sickbay Room Dr. Beverly Crusher thinks Worf’s paralysis can be partially cured, despite the seriousness of his recent spinal injury. But that’s not the Klingon way.

Scenes 33 & 34 Int. Engineering Riker has shared a romantic moment with Soren. Unfortunately, gender-based attraction is strictly forbidden in J’naii society. And those who defy J’naii tradition are not looked upon kindly.

Scenes 10 (partial) & 11 Int. Academy Hearing Room Deleted dialogue from Scene 10 shows a hint of a father’s grief as Albert tries to learn about his son’s fatal accident. In Scene 11, Dr. Beverly Crusher tries to comfort the father. She does not yet know that Wesley shares responsibility for Cadet Albert’s death. Scene 51A Int. Corridor Dr. Beverly Crusher struggles with the awful realization that her son shares responsibility for the fatal accident. Picard has come to the same conclusion.

Scenes 53, 53A, & 53B Int. Transporter Room Lwaxana Troi has agreed to marry a man she’s never met. She’s taken aback when her free-spirited ways run into the brick wall of her fiancé’s inflexibility. Scene 57 Int. Troi’s Office Troi counsels Worf, but they’re not listening to each other. Each is consumed in their own family problems, reflecting the episode’s theme.

Scene 62 (partial) Int. Holodeck/Ceremonial Chamber Despite his best intentions, Picard has fallen in love with Kamala. She feels the same for him, but both know that duty requires her to marry another man. These deleted shots reveal Picard’s fantasy for their impossible love.

Scene 4 Int. Main Bridge The crew shares a casual moment, just before detecting the alien space probe. Scene 10 (partial) Int. Kamin Main Room Picard still does not know he is living another life on a long-dead planet. But Eline’s love and concern for Kamin is there, as always. This deleted dialog was originally to be just after the Main Title. Scene 25 Int. Main Bridge The bridge crew tries to figure out what has happened to Captain Picard. Scenes 74, 74A, & 74B Int. Main Bridge While Picard’s mind continues to experience the memory of Kamin’s life on the long-dead planet Kataan, Dr. Crusher uncovers subtle clues of what is happening to her captain – and to Kamin. Scene 77 (partial) Int. Kamin Main Room More heartbreak as Meribor tells her father she is determined that her child will live a good life, despite the sure knowledge that young Kamie will die along with the rest of the people of Kataan.

Scenes 10, 10A, & 11 Int. Infirmary & Ext. Infirmary Street Back in 19th century San Francisco, Beverly tries to cope with ancient medicine and ancient attitudes, while her shipmates are increasingly concerned about the mysterious invaders.

Scene 20 Int. Scott’s Quarters Scotty feels sorry for himself because he doesn’t fit into the world of the 24th century. In this deleted scene, Troi tries to help, but only manages to make things worse.

Scene 10 Int. Amanda’s Quarters Amanda is frightened that others will discover her new-found powers, but she clings to her dream of a normal life and a career in Starfleet. Also, she loves puppies.

Scene 3 (partial) Int. Holodeck/Corridor Barclay is surprised to learn that holodeck character Moriarty experiences discomfort whenever he flashes on or off. But Holmes’s adversary has much bigger things on his mind. Scene 8 (partial) Int. Holodeck/Corridor Moriarty wants desperately to gain physical existence. But the Enterprise crew does not yet know the lengths to which he’ll go to live in the material world.

Scene 10 (partial) Int. Deseve’s Quarters Deseve, the former Romulan defector, now realizes the Federation is no longer home to him. In this deleted clip, he realizes that he’s more alone than he’s ever been.

Scene 7 Ext. White Limbo Picard finds it hard to believe he’s really dead. Nevertheless, Q doesn’t mind taunting him a little bit more in this deleted clip. Scene 26 (partial) Int. Bonestell Facility – Bar Picard and Marta, the morning after. Everything’s different between them, but not in a good way. Deleted lines from Marta accentuate Picard’s chagrin even further. Scene 34 Int. Engineering Picard has avoided the “mistakes” of his youth. This deleted scene, which would have been the opening of Act V, brings the shocking dreariness of his new life into even sharper focus.

Scene 21 (partial) Int. Bridge Worf’s disappearance troubles the crew, especially the mystery surrounding his father. Scene 23 (partial) Int. Meeting Hall Worf’s escape fails. Tokath begins to realize his sanctuary may not survive. Scene 32 (partial) Ext. Compound Worf shares Klingon mythology, offering a unique version of the Kahless legend. Scene 40 (partial) Int. Ba’el’s Family’s Quarters Worf disapproves of a Klingon-Romulan relationship but is moved by Gi’ral’s pride. Scene 45 (partial) Ext. Jungle Worf continues legend of Kahless, which contradicts the version in “Rightful Heir” (S06E23). Scene 49 (partial) Int. Meeting Hall Tokath, a compassionate ex-soldier, faces Worf’s insistence on being executed. Scene 51 Ext. Compound Tokath tries to prevent Worf from becoming a martyr as tensions rise. Scene 55 Int. Bridge Our heroes finally hear from Worf. In the final episode Worf’s return is explained in Picard’s log.

Scene 36B Int. Sickbay Mr. Mot, the ship’s barber, is an important part of the crew, but maybe not quite as important as he’d like. A bit of comic relief in the midst of the mystery/adventure story.

Scene 16 (partial) Int. Borg Cell Data talks about his new-found emotions. These lines were cut because they are redundant, but they underscore the power of Data’s new feelings and Lore’s control over him. Scene 56 Int. Borg Cell Riker and Worf spring Troi and Geordi, setting the stage for the finale.

Scene 24 Int. Worf’s Quarters Worf needs no help being annoyed with Ambassador Byleth, but this deleted scene makes one wonder why the Klingon didn’t take care of the problem with a quick swing of the bat’leth.

Scene 2 (partial) Int. Bar Troi is an undercover investigator in a seedy alien bar. It’s dangerous work, but Troi obviously relishes it, even more so in these deleted lines. Scene 7 Int. Sickbay Riker and Crusher come to terms with the realization that Picard is (apparently) dead. In the final cut of this episode, the information in this scene is compressed into Riker’s log entry, which wasn’t in the script. Scene 11 (partial) Int. Yranac’s Quarters Yranac thinks he has the upper hand with Riker, but Riker’s no pushover. Just a bit of deleted additional banter between the two, interspersed into the scene. Scene 49 (partial) Int. Mercenary Bridge As Baran reveals his plans for the raid, Picard scrambles to manipulate the situation to protect the outpost while keeping his mission on track.

Scene 17 Int. Mercenary Ship – Bridge Riker improvises brilliantly, working to maintain his relationship with Baran while subtly dissuading the mercenary captain from unnecessary bloodshed. Scene 25 (partial) Int. Mercenary Ship – Bridge The news that the Klingon shuttle is on the Enterprise is bad for Baran. Picard and Riker continue to role-play as they improvise a brilliant response to the development.

Scenes 43 & 44 Int. Arboretum As Lwaxana Troi tells Deanna for the first time that she had an older sister, they experience a brief flashback to the memory of that awful moment, as shared by Lwaxana and her late husband. Scene 48 (partial) Int. Troi’s Quarters A warm mother-daughter exchange, as Lwaxana tells Deanna about the sister she never knew. The final episode omits their exchange, cutting directly to the photo closeup.

Scene 3 (partial) Int. Ten Forward Juliana is delighted to be reunited with her “son”, but Data has no memory of his “mother”. Juliana’s deleted recollection reminds us that Noonien Soong was not only brilliant, but eccentric. Scene 8B Int. Troi’s Quarters Data looks to Counselor Troi for advice. Although largely redundant, this scene includes a delightful callback to Data’s own experience with parenthood in “The Offspring” (S03E16). Scene 15 (partial) Int. Ten Forward Before Juliana’s revelation that she left Data behind on Omicron Theta, she tells of the power of the emotion of guilt. Believing that Data is fundamentally different from her, Juliana doesn’t expect him to understand. Scene 31 Int. Ten Forward Friends congratulate Data and Juliana after their recital. Deletion of this dialog allows the episode to cut directly from the recital to Data following through on his suspicions about this “mother”, better preserving the narrative.

Scene 44 Int. Observation Lounge Discussion of the “many worlds” interpretation of quantum mechanics. As weird as this sounds, this is a real scientific theory that suggests that all possible alternate histories may be real.

Scene 1 (partial) Ext. Planet Surface – Cemetery – Day Beverly eulogizes her beloved late grandmother. Felisa Howard was named for Star Trek: TNG production manager Merri Howard. Scene 9 (partial) Ext. Planet Surface – Cemetery – Day Beverly and Deanna chat after the funeral. This deleted dialog includes a brief reference to Jack Crusher, Beverly’s husband who died while serving aboard the Stargazer. Scene 19 (partial) Ext. Planet Surface – Cemetery – Day After their stormy initial meeting, Quint tries again to warn Beverly that something strange happened to her grandmother, and that the same thing could happen to her.

Scene 10 (partial) Int. Home – Day Little Gia wants to name the amnesiac Data after a character in a story. In deleted lines, Gia recalls the children’s story, echoing the theme of the episode itself.

Scene 8 Int. Ten Forward Strangeness with food and drinks hints at the mystery to come. We’d gently correct Geordi: Comets contain rock, but are largely ice, snow, and frozen gasses. This scene would have been the first after the main title. Scene 25 (partial) Int. Observation Lounge As the mystery deepens, our heroes recap what they’ve just learned about Data’s multiple alien personalities, hinting at the ancient conflict now playing out in Data’s body. Scene 37 (partial) Int. Bridge Speculation on the purpose of the alien archive’s takeover of the Enterprise. The final version of the scene cuts directly to Picard’s determination to do something about it.

Scene 18 Int. Bridge Riker and company are perplexed and behaving strangely. They don’t yet realize that they’re all suffering from Barclay’s Protomorphosis Syndrome.

Scene 5 Int. Wesley’s Quarters Wesley’s back on the Enterprise for a vacation from the Academy, but his first encounter with Picard goes very badly. Picard is gracious as always, but begins to suspect there may be something wrong that Wesley’s not talking about.

Scene 14 Int. Corridor (partial) Young Alexander has made it clear that he doesn’t like Klingon martial arts exercises. Worf is frustrated, but K’mtar has what he hopes is a better idea. Scene 23 Int. Troi’s Quarters Worf shares his doubts about his son’s future and about his choices as Alexander’s father. Troi helps him see that he’s done a good job, but larger issues remain.

Scene 40 Int. Ferengi Bridge As tensions between Picard and Bok continue to rise, Jason tries to use his street smarts to dissuade Bok from hurting him. Besides, Ferengi ethics might just work in his favor.

Scene 25 Ext. Maquis Settlement – Day Ensign Ro, an undercover agent in a Maquis settlement, is finally gaining acceptance in the close-knit group. Ro finds herself opening up to them, as well. Scene 45 (partial) Int. Observation Lounge As Picard details Starfleet’s plans to stop the Maquis, Ro begins to realize that her feelings for the freedom fighters are deeper than she had thought.

With John de Lancie

Wil Wheaton discusses the legacy of The Next Generation with scientists and technologists influenced by the series.

Star Trek: The Next Generation's Sir Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, and Wil Wheaton reunite to reminisce about TNG and discuss the cultural and personal significance of Star Trek. They also discuss reuniting for Star Trek: Picard.

A documentary detailing the filming usages of the studio models for the first three seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as the possible use of the earliest CGI applications for some of its visual effects (VFX) elements for its first season, which however, never came to fruition.

Brent Spiner performs William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

Stardate: 41153.7. The new commander of the recently built U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC1701-D), Captain Jean-Luc Picard takes the crew on their first mission to discover the secret of Farpoint Station. During their journey, they encounter an omnipotent being known as Q. Q accuses humanity of barbarism, and places humanity on trial. Jean-Luc must prove otherwise or the human race will be annihilated.

Stardate: 41209.2. The crew of the Enterprise are infected with a virus contracted by the away team while they were investigating the mysterious deaths of the entire crew of the Starship Tsilkovsky.

Stardate: 41235.25. Tasha Yar must fight for her life and a vaccine to save a race of people when she is kidnapped and forced to battle with her abductor's wife.

Stardate: 41386.4. A powerful entity disables the Enterprise and a Ferengi ship. Their only means of escape is if they can correctly answer the riddles he asks.

Stardate: 41263.1. The Enterprise is flung across space into a distant galaxy billions of light years away when a propulsion engineer and his mysterious companion, attempt to re-design the ship's engine systems.

Stardate: 41249.3. Picard's mind is taken over by an energy field that the Enterprise passes through.

Stardate: 41255.6. Picard is forced to choose between friendship and the Prime Directive when Wesley Crusher is sentenced to death for accidentally breaking the law on Rubicon III.

Stardate: 41723.9. The Ferengi hand over an old ship which Picard once captained, the U.S.S. Stargazer. The Ferengi have installed a mind altering device that alters Picard's mind to make him think that he is reliving a past battle, and the target is the Enterprise.

Stardate: 41590.5. Q places the senior crew of the Enterprise in a war game that pits them against a boar-faced, Napoleonic enemy.

Stardate: 41294.5. The mother of Deanna Troi, Lwaxana, pays a surprise visit to the Enterprise and announces the prearranged marriage of Deanna to the son of her mother's late husband's best friend.

Stardate: 41997.7. Picard, Dr. Crusher and Data are placed in great danger when the holodeck malfunctions while they are running a Dixon Hill program, which pits them against 1940's mobsters.

Stardate: 41242.4. While exploring his homeworld, the crew of the Enterprise find android parts that are identical to Data's. When assembled, an 'evil' twin of Data named Lore is revived.

Stardate: 41636.9. The Enterprise discovers the male crew of a crashed Federation freighter are hiding as fugitives on the planet Angel One, which is dominated and ruled by women.

Stardate: 41365.9. While undergoing repairs, the Bynar Engineers steal the Enterprise to save their planet from destruction.

Stardate: 41309.5. The aging and terminally ill Starfleet Admiral Mark Jameson, who is negotiating the release of hostages, suddenly begins growing younger through an unexplained phenomenon.

Stardate: 41509.1. The children of the Enterprise, including Wesley Crusher, are abducted by a race of sterile people who are unable to have children of their own.

Stardate: 41463.9. The members of an away team investigating the death of an engineer encounter vengeful microscopic life forms.

Stardate: 41416.2. While Wesley takes the entrance exam to Starfleet Academy, the Enterprise is investigated by the Inspector General's office and Picard's competency is questioned.

Stardate: 41503.7. Two Klingons, rescued by the Enterprise, try to take over the ship.

Stardate: 41798.2. The crew encounters bizarre phenomena while searching for the missing U.S.S. Drake.

Stardate: Unknown. Picard attempts to break an ancient co-dependency between two species on one planet without violating the Prime Directive.

Stardate: 41601.3. When Troi's shuttle crashes on an alien planet, a new being is discovered: an entity that thrives on the suffering of others.

Stardate: 41697.9. Picard meets an old flame, whose husband has created a haywire dimensional experiment.

Stardate: 41775.5. The strange behavior of high-ranking officers leads Picard to uncover a twisted alien conspiracy within Starfleet.

Stardate: 41986.0. A derelict satellite is found with cryonically frozen humans aboard as the USS Enterprise is sent to investigate the destruction of outposts near Romulan space.

Stardate: 42073.1. Troi undergoes a mysterious pregnancy when the Enterprise tries to escape from a system that has recently fallen victim to a deadly plague.

Stardate: 42193.6. A mysterious life form known as the 'Nagilum' threatens the life of the crew in his attempt to understand humanity.

Stardate: 42286.3. Data and Geordi become involved with a holodeck program about Sherlock Holmes and his investigations, when they create Sherlock's arch nemesis, Moriarty; however, modifications to the Moriarty character include the capability of out-smarting Data, which leads to some unexpected consequences.

Stardate: 42402.7. The Enterprise is placed in a compromising situation when the captain of a disabled starship places the crew in the middle of a love triangle.

Stardate: 42477.2. A deaf-mute mediator meets with disaster while being escorted by the Enterprise.

Stardate: 42437.5. Data is possessed by the consciousness of a brilliant scientist. However, it has a disturbing impact on Data's personality.

Stardate: 42494.8. A mysterious hyper-ageing sickness kills the crew of a Federation cargo ship, and Dr. Pulaski must race against time to find a cure.

Commander Riker participates in an officer's exchange program which lands him an assignment on a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Meanwhile, a Bezite ensign has trouble assimilating to the routines of the Enterprise.

Stardate: 42523.7. When Data's rights as a sentient individual are placed under trial, Starfleet forces Riker into a position where he must prove that Data is only an Android.

Stardate: 42568.8. Wesley falls in love with a passenger the Enterprise is escorting, who has the secret ability to shape-shift.

Stardate: 42609.1. A strange power source disables the Enterprise's computer systems, damages Data's programming and leaves the ship and crew vulnerable to a Romulan attack.

Stardate: 42625.4. An away team is trapped in an alien environment based around a novel entitled 'The Hotel Royale.'

Stardate: 42679.2. Picard encounters his double from six hours in the future, whose Enterprise had been destroyed.

Stardate: 42686.4. Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation ship. Worf must confront his past and his Klingon heritage.

Stardate: 42695.3. Wesley must investigate the causes of strange tectonic activity on the planet where Data's pen pal lives.

Stardate: 42761.3. Q hurls the Enterprise into the Delta Quadrant and introduces the Federation to a powerful new enemy that may destroy the Alpha Quadrant: The Borg.

Stardate: 42779.1. A race known as the Pakleds kidnap Geordi La Forge. Picard must face surgery when he is left in a near-dead state.

Stardate: 42823.2. Picard must convince two dying civilizations that they must co-exist on the same planet to survive, however, they have other plans to ensure their survival: in the form of clones of the Enterprise crew.

Stardate: 42859.2. While being escorted to a Federation conference by the Enterprise, Lwaxana hunts for a man to satisfy her needs when her sex-drive is quadrupled during a natural mid-life cycle.

Stardate: 42901.3. Worf is re-united with his former lover, K'Ehleyr, while the Enterprise is ordered to intercept a Klingon ship whose crew has been in stasis for a century.

Stardate: 42923.4. Trouble begins when a Ferengi warship stumbles over a war simulation between Riker and Picard, each on different ships, and begins attacking them.

Stardate: 42976.1. Riker is infected with an alien organism that takes over his mind. Dr. Pulaski must force Riker's mind back to a state where it can access primitive survival skills.

Stardate: 43125.8. A system-wide computer malfunction places the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in grave danger while they are escorting a scientist to a star in the process of exploding.

Stardate: 43133.3. A human colony is forced to evacuate a planet when the original inhabitants return and threaten the colonists with annihilation if they do not leave within four days.

Stardate: 43152.4. The Enterprise discovers a planet that has had all life eradicated, except for two mysterious residents and their home, which has been left in perfect condition.

Stardate: 43173.5. An away team inadvertently breaks the Prime Directive and reveal themselves to a primitive culture on Mintaka III, causing the inhabitants believe that Captain Picard is a God.

Worf and Wesley must help a 12 year old boy cope with the death of his mother; an archaeologist killed during an away mission to a deserted planet.

Stardate: 43205.6. While investigating an ancient ship left adrift in space, the Enterprise accidentally trips the ancient booby trap that disabled the old vessel over 1000 years ago.

Stardate:43349.2. A blind Geordie is trapped on a hazardous planet with a paranoid and severely injured Romulan. In orbit, a Romulan Warbird is preventing the Enterprise from attempting a rescue mission.

Stardate: 43385.6. The Enterprise hosts the negotiations for the rights to a newly discovered, stable wormhole to the Delta Quadrant. One of the negotiators, Devinoni Ral, becomes attracted to Deanna Troi, but he holds a dubious secret.

Stardate: 43421.9. The Enterprise crew tries to mend the relationship between a race known as the Acamarians and a faction known as the Gatherers.

Stardate: 43462.5. A defecting Romulan warns the Federation about an impending attack by the Romulans, who are secretly establishing bases within the Neutral Zone.

Stardate: 43489.2. A potentially new member of the Federation enlists the help of the Enterprise to track down a wanted criminal who has a reputation for his excessive violence. However, the fugitive's actions may not be of his own will.

Stardate: 43510.7. Dr. Crusher is abducted by a group of terrorists while delivering crucial medical supplies to a planet ravaged by civil war.

Stardate: 43539.1. A Calamarian starts attacking the Enterprise while seeking revenge on a powerless Q.

Stardate: 43610.4. Riker is accused of murder when a scientist is killed in an explosion. Picard must recreate the recent events in the holodeck to prove his commander's innocence.

Stardate: 43625.2. A rift in the space/time continuum brings the U.S.S. Enterprise - C forward into the 24th Century, and alters the timeline. In this future, the Federation is at war with the Klingons, Tasha Yar is on the bridge, Worf did not join the Federation, and only Guinan's unique perception of reality may restore the timeline.

Stardate: 43657.0. Data becomes a father when he creates a Soong-type android in the form of a daughter named Lal. Issues are complicated when Lal starts showing signs of a more evolved consciousness, including the ability to feel emotions, which attracts the attention of Starfleet scientists who want to take her away from Data and examine her advanced systems.

Stardate: 43685.2. Worf is reunited with his long-lost brother when their father is charged with treason for helping the Romulans. Together they make an appeal to the Klingon High Council to challenge the charges, and have them revoked.

Stardate: 43714.1. Picard is secretly abducted and switched with an alien double. The crews' suspicions are raised when he starts exhibiting unusual behaviour, and is relieved of command.

Stardate: 43745.2. While on vacation on Risa, Captain Picard encounters two Vorgons from the 27th Century who claim they are searching for a powerful weapon hidden somewhere on the planet.

Stardate: 43779.3. The Enterprise encounters a 'living' ship in the Neutral Zone, and risks breaking the Romulan Federation alliance in order to bring it into contact with a Betazoid emissary.

Stardate: 43807.4. A nervous and insecure officer, Lt. Reginald Barclay, places the Enterprise in great danger when he neglects his duties in Engineering, and instead spends his time acting out his fantasies on the holodeck.

Stardate: 43872.2. The crew are shattered by the apparent death of Data in a shuttle explosion, and are prevented from carrying out a detailed investigation when Starfleet gives them orders for a new mission elsewhere. However, the crew don't realize that he was actually abducted and placed on display as part of a collection of rare and valuable items held by a disreputable character.

Stardate: 43917.4. Spock's Vulcan father, Sarek, boards the Enterprise to negotiate political relations with the Legaran. However, Sarek has contract Bendii syndrome, which causes a Vulcan to gradually lose control, and become overpowered with emotions.

Stardate: 43930.7. Riker and Deanna, both on shoreleave, are unexpectedly joined by Deanna's mother, Lwaxana, on Betazed. Shortly, all three are kidnapped by the Ferengi who want to study Lwaxana's telepathic abilities.

Stardate: 43957.2. Dr. Crusher becomes attracted to an injured alien with mysterious powers, who is being tracked down by his government like a wanted criminal.

Stardate: 43989.1 An Starfleet expert on the Borg, Lt. Cmdr. Shelby, is assigned to the Enterprise to investigate the disappearance of a Federation colony. Picard is abducted by the Borg and assimilated into the Collective, which forces Riker to attempt a rescue mission.

Stardate: 44001.4. Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

Stardate 44012.3. Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of his crewmates.

Stardate: 44085.7 While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and takes it to a distant planet. He learns that his creator has summoned him for an important meeting that could change his life. However, Dr. Soong unknowingly summoned Data's twin brother Lore, into the bargain.

Stardate: 44143.7. A custody battle between Picard and a child's adoptive father arises when a boy showing evidence of abuse is discovered.

Stardate: 44161.2. Dr. Crusher begins to question her sanity when members of the crew start disappearing one by one, and all evidence of their existence is erased.

Stardate: 44215.2. The Enterprise is caught in the middle of a civil war when they encounter Tasha Yar's long-lost younger sister, Ishara.

Stardate: 44246.3. Picard is asked to choose between two candidates to succeed the current Chancellor of the Klingon High Council as the new ruler of the Empire. Worf is disturbed by unexpected news when he is paid a visit by his former lover.

Stardate: 44286.5. Riker awakens one morning to discover he is suddenly 16 years in the future as the captain of the Enterprise, and negotiating a peace treaty with the Romulans with no recollection of how he arrived at that point in time, or of any recent events.

Stardate: 44307.3. Wesley must keep Captain Picard alive on the eve of his entrance exam to Starfleet Academy when their shuttle crashes on a barren moon.

Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.

Stardate: 44356.9. A Vulcan Ambassador being escorted by the Enterprise starts exhibiting suspicious behavior. Miles O'Brien marries his fiancée, Keiko Ishikawa in Ten-Forward.

Stardate: 44429.6. When the Cardassians start re-arming themselves, a Federation Captain takes it upon himself to remove a potential threat before it escalated. Now, Picard must fight for the Cardassians and stop the renegade from slaughtering innocents.

Stardate: 44474.5. The crew of the Enterprise must defend the planet Ventax from a mythological Devil who re-appears when a 1000 year long era of peace comes to an end.

Stardate: 44502.7. Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.

Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.

Stardate: 44614.6. Geordi must work with the real Leah Brahms when she arrives on the Enterprise when a space-borne alien life form thinks the ship is its mother. Tensions rise when she learns that Geordi created a holographic version of her several months before in order to save the ship from danger.

Stardate: 44631.2. Troi faces a recurring nightmare when the Enterprise is caught in a rift in space. Soon, the crew begins to slip into insanity through dream deprivation.

Stardate: 44664.5. Geordi and a former crew mate begin evolving into bizarre creatures when they return to a planet both of them were on during an Away Mission five years earlier.

Stardate: 44704.2. An alien probe transforms Barclay from a shy, awkward character into an arrogant super-genius who is able to interface with the Enterprise's computer through the holodeck.

Stardate:44741.9. Q places Vash and the senior Enterprise crew in a recreation of Robin Hood and his merry men.

Stardate: 44769.2. Picard is accused of treason when an explosion aboard the Enterprise is investigated by a ruthless and paranoid Starfleet Admiral.

Stardate: 44805.3. Lwaxana Troi falls in love with a man who must return home to commit suicide, as is customary for their race when they reach a certain age.

Startdate: 44821.3. Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill Ambassador, until she discovers the Trill's symbiotic relationship.

Stardate: 44885.5. While en route to Risa for shore leave, Geordi is abducted by the Romulans and brainwashed into becoming an assassin.

Stardate: 44932.3. Data experiences the complexities of love when a fellow crewmate becomes attracted to him.

Stardate: 44995.3. Worf must choose between his people and the Federation when a civil war threatens to destroy the Klingon Empire.

Stardate: 45020.4. Picard suspects a Romulan influence in the recent Klingon civil war, and must force the Federation to intervene before the Empire collapses.

Stardate: 45047.2. Picard must find a way to communicate with the newly discovered Tamarians, who speak entirely in metaphors, when a Tamarian Captain is brutally killed.

Stardate: 45076.3. Picard exposes a planned genocidal attack on the Bajorans with the help of a new officer, Ensign Ro Laren.

Stardate: 45122.3. Picard attempts communications with the Crystalline Entity - a life form responsible for hundreds of deaths throughout the Alpha Quadrant. However, a scientist on board the Enterprise has plans of revenge over the death of her only son at the hands of the Entity.

Stardate: 45156.1. A natural disaster leaves Troi in command of the Enterprise, Picard stuck in a turbo lift with three small children and Keiko O'Brien stuck in Ten-Forward giving birth with an anxious Worf.

Stardate: 45208.2. An addictive game is distributed among the crew of the Enterprise, however, it appears that this game interferes with a person's logic and reason, which leaves the crew open to manipulation. Only a young Ensign and a vacationing Wesley Crusher are able to think for themselves, and must find a way to reverse the damage before the ship falls into the wrong hands.

Stardate: 45233.1. Ambassador Spock has disappeared and intelligence finds him on Romulus. Captain Picard is sent to Romulus to find Spock. Meanwhile Riker and the rest of the crew investigate the fragments of a Vulcan ship discovered in the wreck of a Ferengi vessel.

Stardate: 45245.8. Picard and Data find Spock and discover the reason behind the secret meetings. However, a darker scheme planned by the Romulans is also uncovered in the process.

Stardate: 45349.1. While on a mission to help a planet recently struck by an asteroid, the Enterprise is payed a visit by a man who claims to be from the future.

Stardate: 45376.3. Worf's son, Alexander, unexpectedly arrives on the Enterprise to stay with his father. However, Alexander wants to stay permanently.

Stardate: 45397.3. The Enterprise investigates the cause of an explosion that destroyed a small ship and its entire crew, except for a small boy.

Stardate: 45429.3. While escorting a group of telepaths, crew members on board the Enterprise suddenly start to slip into comas.

Stardate: 45470.1. A natural disaster in the core of a system's sun threatens to destroy a colony of genetically engineered people on an otherwise desolate planet. However, the crew's intervention may cause more harm than good.

Stardate: 45494.2. The Enterprise crew unknowingly receives a new first officer who claims that the Federation is at war with another species.

Stardate: 45571.2. While en route to the source of a subspace distress signal coming from a desolate moon, Data, Troi and O'Brien take over the bridge and force the ship to change course.

Stardate: 45587.3. When Worf is paralysed in an accident he must undergo drastic back surgery. However, this experimental technique may cost him his life.

Stardate: 45614.6. While investigating the disappearance of a J'naii shuttlecraft, the crew finds reason to believe the missing ship is stranded in an abnormal pocket called "null space." Riker and Soren, a member of the J'naii race, begin preparing to rescue the craft, and the two strike up a friendship. Their relationship develops quickly as the pair question each other about mating habits, since the J'naii are androgynous and do not identify themselves as either male or female. Despite this difference, sparks begin to fly between them.

Stardate: 45652.1. While exploring the Typhon Expanse, the Enterprise is caught in a time warp in which they are repeatedly destroyed while colliding with another starship.

Stardate: 45703.9. Wesley is involved in a cover-up at Starfleet Academy when a cadet is killed and five shuttles are destroyed during a forbidden maneuver performed by Starfleet Academy's best cadets.

Stardate: 45733.6. Deanna's mother pays a surprise visit to the Enterprise with even more surprising news: she plans to marry a man she has never met. After destroying an asteroid, the ship becomes infected with parasites that eat away at the ship's hull.

Stardate: 45761.3. The Ferengi try to abduct an empathic Metamorph who could bring peace between two warring worlds.

Stardate: 45832.1. While exploring a strange form of energy in a region of space, a little girl's imaginary friend becomes real and places the Enterprise in great danger.

Stardate: 45854.2. An injured Borg is discovered and brought back to the Enterprise where he is 'repaired' by Dr. Crusher and befriended by Geordi, who names him 'Hugh.' Soon, Hugh starts showing signs of individuality while Picard must choose between destroying him or returning him to the collective.

Stardate: 45092.4. While the Enterprise helps a Romulan science vessel, an accident occurs which forces Geordi LaForge and Ro Laren slightly out of 'phase', causing them to become undetectable to everyone but each other. As a result, the crew thinks they are dead and make arrangements for their funerals, even though they are closer than the crew realise.

Stardate: 45944.1. Picard awakes to find himself living in a small village where he is a well-known member of the community who is suffering from a delusion of being a starship captain.

Stardate: 45959.1. Data's head is uncovered in an archaeological dig on Earth, where evidence is also found that aliens may have been on Earth as early as the 19th Century. Using modified technology, an away team follows Data into the late 1890s to investigate.

Stardate: 46001.3. The away team's investigations are hampered by a nosy Samuel Clemens. Picard discovers that he originally met Guinan in the 1890s on Earth.

Stardate: 46041.1. Lt. Barclay's fear of using transporters is eerily justified when he sees bizarre aliens within the transporter beam.

Stardate: 46071.6. Deanna becomes attracted to an alien ambassador. Shortly thereafter, she starts ageing rapidly and starts becoming violent.

Stardate: 46125.3. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott is discovered suspended in a transporter beam 75 years after he disappeared. After the Enterprise crew re-materialise him, he has a hard time adjusting to the new society.

Stardate: 46154.2. Members of the crew are secretly abducted from the Enterprise to be used in bizarre experiments where they are dismembered and re-assembled without anyone's knowledge - including their own. The only signs that anything is wrong is a strange form of tiredness and no recollection of having slept well the night before.

Stardate: 46192.3. A young intern visiting the Enterprise captures the interest of Q when she starts displaying Q-like powers.

Stardate: 46235.7. A transporter accident transforms Picard, Ro Laren, Guinan and Keiko O'Brien into small children who appear to be about 12 years old. Matters are complicated when the Ferengi seize the Enterprise.

Stardate: 46271.5. Worf and his son, Alexander, become trapped in the holodeck when their Wild West program malfunctions. However, they must find a way to defeat the holographic bandits who have Data's appearance and abilities.

Stardate: 46315.2. Data discovers that the maintenance robots built by Dr. Farallon may have become sentient.

Stardate: 46357.4. Picard resigns as Captain of the Enterprise to lead a top-secret espionage mission into Cardassia with Worf and Dr. Crusher.

Stardate: 46360.8. Picard is captured and tortured by the Cardassians, while Riker tries to prevent a Federation attack on Cardassia.

Stardate: 46424.1. While performing holodeck maintenance, Barclay accesses the stored hologram of Professor Moriarty, who wreaks havoc on board the Enterprise.

Stardate: 46461.3. Geordie falls in love with a lieutenant who is the prime suspect in a murder case.

Stardate: 46519.1. Troi is abducted and surgically altered by the Romulans as part of a ploy to smuggle intelligence operatives into the Federation.

Stardate: Unknown. A mortally wounded Picard is forced into re-living a time of his life when he was back in Starfleet Academy, with the intervention of Q.

Stardate: 46578.4. While visiting Deep Space Nine, Worf learns that his father is still alive and being held captive in a secret Romulan prison camp.

Stardate: 46759.2. Worf is captured by the Romulans where he learns why the other captives did not attempt an escape years before.

Stardate: 46682.4. The crew evacuates the Enterprise when the ship needs to be cleaned of particles that have built up over the ship's hull. However, Picard accidentally stumbles over a terrorist group who plan on destroying the ship. He only has a short time to stop their attempts before the ship is swept by a beam of radiation to remove the particles that is lethal to all forms of life.

Stardate: 46693.1. Picard must choose between love and command when he must make a decision that could place the woman he loves in a potentially deadly and high-risk mission.

Stardate: 46731.5. Picard's old archaeology professor is found murdered, the crew try to complete his research. Soon, the crew must compete with Romulans and Klingons and Cardassians to uncover the truth behind his discoveries.

Stardate: 46778.1. Riker questions his sanity when his reality seems to shift between an alien psychiatric hospital and a play he is performing with other members of the crew.

Stardate: 46830.1. Dr. Crusher puts her career on the line when she tries to clear the name of a murdered scientist whose invention could allow starships to pass through a sun's corona.

Stardate: 46852.2. While on a quest to summon a vision of Kahless, Worf questions his faith when the real Kahless rises from the dead to lead the Empire.

Stardate: 46915.2. Riker discovers that eight years ago, an exact clone of him was created when he beamed through a planet's surface while returning to his starship. This clone, named Thomas Riker, has secretly remained on the planet for the past eight years, and still has romantic feelings for Troi.

Stardate: 46944.2. Picard, Geordi, Troi and Data return from a Federation conference to find the Enterprise frozen in time and under attack from a frozen Romulan Warbird.

Stardate: 46982.1. The Borg return to threaten the Federation under the new leadership of Lore. Data experiences a disturbing facet of human emotions - he feels pleasure after killing a Borg drone.

Stardate: 47025.4. Data abducts Picard, Troi and Geordi and holds them prisoners of the Borg, while he derives pleasure from being evil. Dr. Crusher is left in command of the Enterprise as it comes under attack from a Borg vessel.

Stardate: Unknown. During an exchange program, Picard's shuttle crashes on an unknown planet where he is rescued by the sole survivor of another crash.

Stardate: 47215.5. Geordi defies direct orders from Captain Picard in an attempt to rescue his mother who had recently been reported as missing.

Stardate: 47135.2. An away team investigates the apparent death of Jean-Luc Picard who was supposedly killed in a bar fight. When Riker is abducted by a band of criminals who loot archaeological digs, he is shocked to find Picard alive and well, and undercover as a renegade archaeologist.

Stardate: 47160.1. Picard and Riker covertly work together in an attempt to find out why the criminals are looting archaeological digs.

Stardate: 47225.7. Data's new dream subroutine causes him to experience nightmares which provide a unique insight into strange events that are occurring on board the Enterprise.

Stardate: 47254.1. Lwaxana Troi collapses with a repressed memory related illness. Her only chance for survival is if Deanna can probe her subconscious and find out what is killing her. However, the secret Lwaxana holds is deeper than Deanna imagined.

Stardate: 47304.2. While on a a diplomatic mission, Dr. Crusher and Picard are captured and imprisoned. As a result, they are linked together via a telepathic device.

Stardate: 47310.2. The Enterprise is drawn to a region of space where many starships have been mysteriously disabled. They soon learn that a brother and sister team has been working together to bring attention to the fact that frequent high-warp travel is damaging the very fabric of space/time.

Stardate: 47410.2. Data is disturbed by the claims of a woman who says she is Noonien Soong's ex-wife.

Stardate: 47391.2. Worf returns from a Klingon competition to find that he is shifting through different realities.

Stardate: 47457.1. Riker is placed on a covert mission to find the missing starship he was once a member aboard, but the mission holds a secret that could destroy the peace treaty between the Federation and the Romulans.

Stardate: 47423.9. Worf's adoptive brother violates the Prime Directive to save an alien society whose planet is dying.

Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Crusher attends her grandmother's funeral, to find that she had been in romantic encounters with a mysterious man who had been haunting the Howard family women for generations.

Stardate: 47566.7. Four young ensigns compete for a promotion that only one of them will receive. However, they are soon placed on a top secret mission that places some of their lives in danger.

Stardate: 47611.2. Data find himself mysteriously stranded on a planet with no recollection of who he is or how he arrived there. Soon he is accused of spreading a plague among the inhabitants. Troi takes the bridge officer's test in an attempt to gain the rank of Commander.

Stardate: 47615.2. The Enterprise is slowly transformed into an ancient alien temple when Data discovers an alien archive full of information about an ancient culture. Shortly after opening the archive, Data becomes possessed with several different personalities.

Stardate: 47622.1. While investigating the mysterious suicide of a crew member, Troi and Worf begin to show romantic feeling towards one another.

Stardate: 47653.2. Upon returning from an away mission, Picard and Data find the ship drifting in space, and the crew de-evolving into their animal ancestors.

Stardate: 47751.2. Under the terms of the new Federation/Cardassian alliance, Picard is ordered to evacuate a colony of native Americans, but protests from Wesley hamper the process. Wesley's destiny is finally revealed to him when the Traveler returns.

Stardate: 47779.4. A disinterested Alexander must face his first Right of Ascension passage, but a mysterious warrior by the name of K'Mtar brings with him a disturbing request.

Stardate: 47829.1. Picard tries to save his newly-discovered son from the retaliation of a vengeful Ferengi whose only son was killed by Picard during the Battle of Maxia many years before.

Stardate: 47869.2. The Enterprise's computer systems starts having repeated malfunctions, leading the crew to believe that it may be evolving into a new life form.

Stardate: 47941.7. Fresh from Starfleet's Advanced Tactical Training course, Ro Laren is assigned to infiltrate the Maquis. However, over time she begins to sympathize with them, which forces her to choose between her loyalty to the Federation, and her new friends in the Maquis.

Stardate: 47988.0. Shortly after Picard is diagnosed with a long-term, potentially debilitating brain disorder, he starts experiencing bizarre shifts into three main time periods: 25 years into the future, a few days before the Enterprise-D is sent on its mission to Farpoint station, and the present. Picard realizes that Q is behind these shifts through time. Stardate: 47988.1. After his encounter with Q, Picard assembles the senior staff, and wonders if Q is actually giving him a chance to save humanity by showing him that the spatial anomaly also exists in the past. As they talk, the ship reaches the Neutral Zone, then Picard returns to the future, where Beverly's ship is also on the edge of the Neutral Zone. He convinces a reluctant Worf to accompany the group into Klingon territory, and then travels to the past, where he orders the crew into the Devron system.