Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2

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The Child

1 - The Child

Air Date: November 21, 1988

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.

Where Silence Has Lease

2 - Where Silence Has Lease

Air Date: November 28, 1988

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

Elementary, Dear Data

3 - Elementary, Dear Data

Air Date: December 5, 1988

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.

The Outrageous Okona

4 - The Outrageous Okona

Air Date: December 12, 1988

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.

Loud as a Whisper

5 - Loud as a Whisper

Air Date: January 9, 1989

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

The Schizoid Man

6 - The Schizoid Man

Air Date: January 23, 1989

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

Unnatural Selection

7 - Unnatural Selection

Air Date: January 30, 1989

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.

A Matter of Honor

8 - A Matter of Honor

Air Date: February 6, 1989

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.

The Measure of a Man

9 - The Measure of a Man

Air Date: February 13, 1989

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.

The Dauphin

10 - The Dauphin

Air Date: February 20, 1989

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

Contagion

11 - Contagion

Air Date: March 20, 1989

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.

The Royale

12 - The Royale

Air Date: March 27, 1989

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

Time Squared

13 - Time Squared

Air Date: April 3, 1989

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

The Icarus Factor

14 - The Icarus Factor

Air Date: April 24, 1989

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

Pen Pals

15 - Pen Pals

Air Date: May 1, 1989

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

Q Who

16 - Q Who

Air Date: May 8, 1989

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.

Samaritan Snare

17 - Samaritan Snare

Air Date: May 15, 1989

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.

Up the Long Ladder

18 - Up the Long Ladder

Air Date: May 22, 1989

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.

Manhunt

19 - Manhunt

Air Date: June 19, 1989

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.

The Emissary

20 - The Emissary

Air Date: June 29, 1989

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.

Peak Performance

21 - Peak Performance

Air Date: July 10, 1989

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.

Shades of Gray

22 - Shades of Gray

Air Date: July 17, 1989

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.