Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1

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Encounter at Farpoint

1 - Encounter at Farpoint

Air Date: September 28, 1987

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.

The Naked Now

2 - The Naked Now

Air Date: October 5, 1987

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.

Code of Honor

3 - Code of Honor

Air Date: October 12, 1987

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.

The Last Outpost

4 - The Last Outpost

Air Date: October 19, 1987

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.

Where No One Has Gone Before

5 - Where No One Has Gone Before

Air Date: October 26, 1987

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.

Lonely Among Us

6 - Lonely Among Us

Air Date: November 2, 1987

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

Justice

7 - Justice

Air Date: November 9, 1987

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.

The Battle

8 - The Battle

Air Date: November 16, 1987

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.

Hide and Q

9 - Hide and Q

Air Date: November 23, 1987

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

Haven

10 - Haven

Air Date: November 30, 1987

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.

The Big Goodbye

11 - The Big Goodbye

Air Date: January 11, 1988

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.

Datalore

12 - Datalore

Air Date: January 18, 1988

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.

Angel One

13 - Angel One

Air Date: January 25, 1988

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.

11001001

14 - 11001001

Air Date: February 1, 1988

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

Too Short a Season

15 - Too Short a Season

Air Date: February 8, 1988

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.

When the Bough Breaks

16 - When the Bough Breaks

Air Date: February 15, 1988

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.

Home Soil

17 - Home Soil

Air Date: February 22, 1988

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

Coming of Age

18 - Coming of Age

Air Date: March 14, 1988

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.

Heart of Glory

19 - Heart of Glory

Air Date: March 21, 1988

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

The Arsenal of Freedom

20 - The Arsenal of Freedom

Air Date: April 11, 1988

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

Symbiosis

21 - Symbiosis

Air Date: April 18, 1988

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

Skin of Evil

22 - Skin of Evil

Air Date: April 25, 1988

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.

We'll Always Have Paris

23 - We'll Always Have Paris

Air Date: May 2, 1988

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

Conspiracy

24 - Conspiracy

Air Date: May 9, 1988

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

The Neutral Zone

25 - The Neutral Zone

Air Date: May 16, 1988

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.