Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
Episode:501
"Redemption" (Part 2)
Jack's Rating:
A fleet of 23 Federation ships blockades Romulan support to the Duras family, resulting in Gowron's installation as Chancellor.
Features:
The Klingons The Romulans
Stardate: 45021.3
Air Date: 09/23/91
Director: David Carson
Episode:502
"Darmok"
Jack's Rating:
Picard must learn to communicate with an alien captain who speaks in metaphors before a dangerous beast kills them both.
Features:
Stardate: 45047.2
Air Date: 09/30/91
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Episode:503
"Ensign Ro"
Jack's Rating:
After an attack on a Federation outpost, Picard is sent to locate a Bajoran terrorist, with the help of Ensign Ro Laren.
Features:
Stardate: 45076.3
Air Date: 10/07/91
Director: Les Landau
Episode:504
"Silicon Avatar"
Jack's Rating:
The crew, with the help of a scientist whose son lived on Data's home world, attempt to communicate with the Crystalline Entity.
Features:
Stardate: 45122.3
Air Date: 10/14/91
Director: Cliff Bole
Episode:505
"Disaster"
Jack's Rating:
The Enterprise is without power, trapping Picard in a turbolift with three children and trapping others in various locations. Command of the bridge falls to Counselor Troi, who feels ill-prepared.
Features:
Stardate: 45156.1
Air Date: 10/21/91
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Jack's Notes
Easily one of my favorites. It has humor, thrills, and emotional moments. Quintessential Trek.
Episode:506
"The Game"
Jack's Rating:
Wesley visits the Enterprise, but finds the crew addicted to a mind-altering computer game.
Features:
Stardate: 45208.2
Air Date: 10/28/91
Director: Corey Allen
Episode:507
"Unification" (Part 1)
Jack's Rating:
Spock is reported to have defected to the Romulans. Picard and Data travel to Romulus on a cloaked Klingon vessel to investigate.
Features:
The Romulans
Stardate: 45236.4
Air Date: 11/04/91
Director: Les Landau
Episode:508
"Unification" (Part 2)
Jack's Rating:
Spock attempts to unify the Vulcans and Romulans in peace, but falls into a Romulan trap.
Features:
The Romulans
Stardate: 45245.8
Air Date: 11/11/91
Director: Cliff Bole
Episode:509
"A Matter of Time"
Jack's Rating:
A historian from the 26th century visits the Enterprise, while they help a planet prevent a nuclear winter.
Features:
Time Travel
Stardate: 45349.1
Air Date: 11/18/91
Director: Paul Lynch
Episode:510
"New Ground"
Jack's Rating:
Worf tries to be a father to his son, Alexander, while the Enterprise helps to test a new propulsion technology.
Features:
Stardate: 45376.3
Air Date: 01/06/92
Director: Robert Scheerer
Episode:511
"Hero Worship"
Jack's Rating:
Data saves the life of an orphaned boy, who begins to emulate him.
Features:
Stardate: 45397.3
Air Date: 01/27/92
Director: Patrick Stewart
Episode:512
"Violations"
Jack's Rating:
An alien traveling aboard the Enterprise telepathically molests Troi and invades the minds of Beverly Crusher and William Riker.
Features:
Stardate: 45429.3
Air Date: 02/03/92
Director: Robert Wiemer
Episode:513
"The Masterpiece Society"
Jack's Rating:
The Enterprise helps a far-flung eugenic human colony avoid destruction, but upsets its delicate balance by ending 200 years of isolation.
Features:
Stardate: 45470.1
Air Date: 02/10/92
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Episode:514
"Conundrum"
Jack's Rating:
The crew's memory is erased, and they discover they are being manipulated into being the key part of a war.
Features:
Stardate: 45494.2
Air Date: 02/17/92
Director: Les Landau
Jack's Notes
This episode has become one of my favorites over the years. It is terrific fun, playful at times, and exciting.
Episode:515
"Power Play"
Jack's Rating:
Troi, O'Brien, and Data are possessed by entities who want control of the ship.
Features:
Stardate: 45571.2
Air Date: 02/24/92
Director: David Livingston
Episode:516
"Ethics"
Jack's Rating:
Worf becomes paralyzed and suicidal and Dr. Crusher consults a risk-taking researcher to save his life.
Features:
The Klingons
Stardate: 45587.3
Air Date: 03/02/92
Director: Chip Chalmers
Episode:517
"The Outcast"
Jack's Rating:
Riker falls in love with an androgynous person after rescuing some others trapped in "null space."
Features:
Stardate: 45614.6
Air Date: 03/16/92
Director: Robert Scheerer
Episode:518
"Cause and Effect"
Jack's Rating:
The Enterprise becomes stuck in a causality loop, but the crew retain some memory of previous instances.
Features:
Time Travel
Stardate: 45652.1
Air Date: 03/23/92
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Episode:519
"The First Duty"
Jack's Rating:
Wesley is questioned over a Starfleet Academy flight-training accident.
Features:
Stardate: 45703.9
Air Date: 03/30/92
Director: Paul Lynch
Episode:520
"Cost of Living"
Jack's Rating:
Deanna's mother, Lwaxana, arrives to marry a man she has never met. Worf has difficulty rearing Alexander, which is exacerbated when Lwaxana takes the boy under her wing.
Features:
The Holodeck
Stardate: 45733.6
Air Date: 04/20/92
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Episode:521
"The Perfect Mate"
Jack's Rating:
Picard forces himself to resist the charms of a female empathic metamorph, who is sent to marry an alien leader as a peace offering.
Features:
The Ferengi
Stardate: 45761.3
Air Date: 04/27/92
Director: Cliff Bole
Episode:522
"Imaginary Friend"
Jack's Rating:
A child's imaginary playmate takes on real form and threatens the well-being of the Enterprise.
Features:
Stardate: 45832.1
Air Date: 05/04/92
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Episode:523
"I, Borg"
Jack's Rating:
The Enterprise rescues a Borg survivor, and Picard plans to use him as a weapon against his nemesis by exposing him to a computer virus.
Features:
The Borg
Stardate: 45854.2
Air Date: 05/11/92
Director: Robert Lederman
Episode:524
"The Next Phase"
Jack's Rating:
A transporter accident traps Geordi and Ensign Ro out of phase; while the others plan their funeral they must find a way to reverse the process and save the Enterprise from destruction.
Features:
The Romulans
Stardate: 45092.4
Air Date: 05/18/92
Director: David Carson
Episode:525
"The Inner Light"
Jack's Rating:
A space probe creates a telepathic tether and causes Picard to experience, in twenty-five minutes, a lifetime as a married man on a world that was destroyed a millennium ago.
Features:
Stardate: 45944.1
Air Date: 06/01/92
Director: Peter Lauritson
Episode:526
"Time's Arrow" (Part 1)
Jack's Rating:
A 500-year-old artifact is uncovered on Earth: Data's severed head. The Enterprise investigates alien involvement in Earth's past and Data fulfills his destiny.
Features:
Time Travel
Stardate: 45959.1
Air Date: 06/15/92
Director: Les Landau