| Episode
Number
|
Title |
UK Tape
Number
|
Rating
|
Description |
|
150
|
Descent,
Part 2 |
77
|
|
More Borg silliness, with Lore doing his David Koresh impersonation.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Rene Echevarria |
|
Director :
|
Alexander Singer |
|
|
151
|
Liasions |
77
|
|
Our Heroes encounter a species who take their alien relations very
seriously.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Roger Eschbacher
Jaq Greenspan |
|
Director :
|
Cliff Bole |
|
|
152
|
Interface |
78
|
|
Geordis mother is presumed dead when her starship vanishes without
trace. But the engineer thinks he knows where she is - and is prepared
to sacrifice his career to prove it.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Joe Menosky |
|
Director :
|
Robert Wiemer |
|
|
153
|
Gambit,
Part 1 |
78
|
|
The crew of the Enterprise are shocked to learn that Picard has been
killed and immediately begin an investigation of the mercenary group responsible.
But in short order the bandits kidnap Riker right from his own ship and
start blasting the Enterprise. Have the Federations finest met their match?
|
Writer(s) :
|
Christopher Hatton
Naren Shankar |
|
Director :
|
Peter Lauritson |
|
|
154
|
Gambit,
Part 2 |
79
|
|
Data must deal with a First Officer who may not be up to the job while
trying to defeat the mercenaries and rescue Riker and the still-alive Picard.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Naren Shankar |
|
Director :
|
Alexander Singer |
|
|
155
|
Phantasms |
79
|
|
Data starts having really strange dreams. Has he finally reached
his use-by date, or is something odd going on?
|
Writer(s) :
|
Brannon Braga |
|
Director :
|
Patrick Stewart |
|
|
156
|
Dark Page |
80
|
|
When Lwuxana Troi starts having a nervous breakdown, Deanna finds out
the truth about the sister she never knew. Emotional stuff, a definite
"chick episode".
|
Writer(s) :
|
Hillary J. Bader |
|
Director :
|
Les Landau |
|
|
157
|
Attached |
80
|
|
Escaping captivity on the planet Kesprit, a neural implant forces Picard
and Crusher to come to terms with their true feelings at last. So superbly
acted all round that it's only on about the fifth viewing that you ralise
that the ending makes no sense.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Nicolas Sagan |
|
Director :
|
Jonathan Frakes |
|
|
158
|
Force of Nature |
81
|
|
Some Hekaran scientists emulate Greenpeace when they realise that warp
drive is polluting the universe. A fair premise drowns under the weight
of the technobabble.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Naren Shankar |
|
Director :
|
Robert Lederman |
|
|
159
|
Inheritance |
81
|
|
When Data meets the wife of his creator, he is reluctant to take her
at face value. And so he should be, as it turns out. A very good twist
rescues another "Datas past" episode.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Dan Koeppel |
|
Director :
|
Robert Scheerer |
|
|
160
|
Parallels |
82
|
|
Returning from a bat'leth tournament, Worf finds that the Enterprise
is not quite as he left it. Spot the ever-changing differences in this
intriguing episode, and see the fleet to end all fleets!
|
Writer(s) :
|
Brannon Braga |
|
Director :
|
Robert Wiemer |
|
|
161
|
The Pegasus |
82
|
|
Riker is put in a difficult position when his old commanding officer
shows up, determined to protect a revolutionary - and illegal - Federation
project.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Ron D. Moore |
|
Director :
|
LeVar Burton |
|
|
162
|
Homeward |
83
|
|
Worfs Human brother decides that the Prime Directive isn't for him
when a group of primitive tribesfolk are threatened with destruction.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Spike Steingasser
William N. Stape |
|
Director :
|
Alexander Singer |
|
|
163
|
Sub Rosa |
83
|
|
Beverly quits Starfleet to sit up all night with a candle. Picard responds
by joining Ghostbusters.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Jeri Taylor
Jeanna F. Gallo |
|
Director :
|
Jonathan Frakes |
|
|
164
|
Lower Decks |
84
|
|
A look at life among the junior officers of the Enterprise-D. Great
characters and acting and a very moving ending make this another high point.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Ronald Wilkerson
Jean Louise Matthias |
|
Director :
|
Gabrielle Beaumont |
|
|
165
|
Thine Own Self |
84
|
|
After loosing his memory in an accident, Data settles down in a small
village - trading for goods with some metal fragments from a container
marked "Radioactive". Meanwhile, Troi must face up to what it really
means to sit in the big chair.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Christopher Hatton |
|
Director :
|
Winrich Kolbe |
|
|
166
|
Masks |
85
|
|
Data becomes the ultimate schizophrenic in an episode thats actually
embarrasing to watch.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Joe Menosky |
|
Director :
|
Robert Weimer |
|
|
167
|
Eye of the Beholder |
85
|
|
After a crew member commits suicide, Troi goes crazy and tries to do
the same. Silly episode notable mostly for the chance to see bits of the
Enterprise-D where no camera has gone before...
|
Writer(s) :
|
Brannon Braga |
|
Director :
|
Cliff Bole |
|
|
168
|
Genesis |
86
|
|
A virus makes the Enterprise crew start acting wild. Controversial
episode that's good fun if you don't think about it too much.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Brannon Braga |
|
Director :
|
Gates McFadden |
|
|
169
|
Journey's end |
86
|
|
The Enterprise must evacuate a Federation colony - by force. Wesley
Crusher pops up to remind everybody why he was written out.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Ronald D. Moore |
|
Director :
|
Corey Allen |
|
|
170
|
Firstborn |
87
|
|
Worfs son Alexander befriends a mysterious stranger. Worf finds the
man vaguely familiar.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Mark Kalbfeld |
|
Director :
|
Jonathan West |
|
|
171
|
Bloodlines |
87
|
|
Picard must fight to protect the son he never knew he had from those
nasty Ferengi. Some good scenes wrapped around a fairly daft plot.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Nicholas Sagan |
|
Director :
|
Jonathan West |
|
|
172
|
Emergence |
88
|
|
When the holodecks start acting up yet again, the crew realise that
the Enterprise-D is feeling broody.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Brannon Braga |
|
Director :
|
Cliff Bole |
|
|
173
|
Preemptive Strike |
88
|
|
Ensign Ro must fight on the side of the Cardassians against her own
people - or betray Captain Picard.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Naren Shankar |
|
Director :
|
Patrick Stewart |
|
|
174
|
All Good Things |
89
|
|
Q shows us that some trials last forever as Picard must save the Human
race from annhilation by leaping between past, present and future to make
the ultimate journey of exploration. TNG finishes off its run by showing
us just how good it can get.
|
Writer(s) :
|
Ronald D. Moore
Brannon Braga |
|
Director :
|
Winrich Kolbe |
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