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The Next Generation (TNG) Season 1

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Encounter at Farpoint Stardate 41153.7: The year is 2364. Captain Jean-Luc Picard assumes command of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D. En route to Farpoint Station, an immensely powerful being called "Q" inhibits the ship and accuses the crew of being an immature species. To prove their worthiness, they have to solve the "mystery of Farpoint Station". It turns out that the inhabitants of Deneb IV, the Bandi, have captured a huge space-dwelling being to serve as the starbase. The Enterprise helps to free the creature and Q, disappointed that the crew was smarter than he thought, retreats.

The Naked Now Stardate 41209.2: An away team examining an apparent mass suicide on the U.S.S. Tsiolkovsky brings a virus aboard the Enterprise that makes the crew forget their duty and behave irrationally. While Dr. Crusher is developing a cure, the situation becomes critical when Wesley locks himself up in the engine room and disables the propulsion systems, while a stellar fragment is approaching the ship. When propulsion would come online a few seconds too late, a tractor beam is used to push away the Tsiolkovsky, thereby gaining the missing time.

Code of Honor Stardate 41235.23: Picard needs to purchase an urgently needed vaccine from the Ligonians, a proud but antiquated culture. The Ligonian leader Lutan kidnaps Tasha and wants her to kill his wife Yareena in a ritual combat, to inherit her property. His plan fails when Yareena, after her death, is revived by Dr. Crusher. The marriage is over, but since she is still alive he loses his claim on her fortune. Yareena is gracious and accepts Lutan as her "second one", after Lutan's former subordinate Hagon.

Haven Stardate 41294.5: At the planet Haven, Lwaxana Troi and her friends, the Millers, urge Deanna to marry Wyatt Miller, as it was agreed on since their childhood. When a ship with the last surviving Tarellians arrives, a race which was believed to have been extinct by a plague. Among the survivors, Wyatt recognizes a woman, Ariana, of whom he has been dreaming for years. Wyatt decides to stay with them.

Where No One Has Gone Before Stardate 41263.1: The engineer Kosinski is supposed to improve the Enterprise's warp drive. A strange accident takes the ship to the galaxy M 33, two million light years away, and the attempt to escape ends up in a region where thoughts become reality. Kosinski's assistant, underestimated by everyone but Wesley, turns out an interdimensional "Traveler". The Traveler manages to take the ship back to the Federation, but he eventually disappears from our space.

The Last Outpost Stardate 41386.4: The Enterprise is in pursuit of a Ferengi vessel, when both ships are disabled in orbit around an unexplored planet. It turns out to be an outpost of the long-dead Tkon Empire. The Ferengi agree to a common away mission, but they ambush and disable Riker's away team. "Portal", the automated guard of the planet, acknowledges that the goals of the Federation are peaceful and, on Riker's request, frees the Ferengi ship too.

Lonely Among Us Stardate 41249.3: The Enterprise is transporting delegates of the ferocious Anticans and the allegedly distinguished Selay who are keen on killing each other. When the ship has passed a strange cloud, an energy being comes aboard, takes over several crew members and finally remains in Picard's body. Picard, under this influence, resigns his command and beams into the cloud, but he manages to rematerialize again.

Justice Stardate 41255.6: The planet Rubicun III is a paradise inhabited by a peaceful and naive people, the Edo. They agree to a shore leave of the Enterprise crew, but forget to tell them an essential detail of their jurisdiction, that there is only one punishment for any crime: death. When Wesley steps into a flower-bed, this is a crime. Picard has to deal with the Edo while respecting the Prime Directive, but a huge machine in orbit, claiming to be the Edo's god, won't let Wesley go. Picard argues that when laws are absolute there can be no real justice, and manages to convince the "god".

The Battle Stardate 41723.9: Picard is amazed when the Ferengi DaiMon Bok presents him his old ship, the U.S.S. Stargazer, as a gift. Actually, Bok wants to take revenge, for his son was killed in the battle with the Stargazer nine years ago. He uses a device to manipulate Picard's mind and makes him relive the battle, this time against the Enterprise. Riker manages to break through, and Picard destroys the device. Bok is removed from his command because of his unprofitable actions.

Hide and Q Stardate 41590.5: While the Enterprise is en route to help a disaster-struck mining colony, Q appears and kidnaps crew members for a game. Q supplies Riker with the same superior abilities he has himself. Riker has to employ them when Worf and Wesley are killed in Q's battle scenario, but doesn't use them to help the mining colony. He finally decides to turn down the gift and a humiliated Q, having lost his bet, returns to the Continuum.

Too Short a Season Stardate 41309.5: 45 years ago, Admiral Jameson negotiated the release of hostages on the Mordan IV by supplying General Karnas with weapons, but to "alleviate" his violation of the PD, he also delivered weapons to his enemies. Karnas now wants to take revenge, and lures the Enterprise with Jameson to Mordan IV by taking hostages again. Jameson takes an illegal drug which reverses his aging. When he arrives, he is a young man again, but he dies of the drug's effects. Karnas is satisfied and releases the hostages.

The Big Good-bye Stardate 41997.7: Picard strives to find distraction with the Dixon Hill holoprogram before negotiating with the protocol-obsessed Jarada. A long-range scan by the Jarada ship, however, causes a malfunction, and Picard, Data, Beverly and the historian Whalen are trapped in the holodeck, threatened by the now deadly holographic bullets of the mob. They escape, and despite all this trouble, Picard manages to deliver a perfect Jaradan greeting.

Datalore Stardate 41242.4: Parts for a second android of the Soong type, identical to Data, are found on Data's home planet Omicron Theta. The android, Lore, is reactivated. It turns out that Lore once had an alliance with a crystalline entity which consumed the lives of all 411 colonists on the planet. He assumes Data's place and lures the entity to the Enterprise. Fortunately, Wesley is suspicious about Data/Lore's behavior and, while fighting with the real Data, Lore can be beamed into space.

Angel One Stardate 41636.9: Riker, Deanna and Tasha beam down on the matriarchal planet Angel One, searching for survivors from the freighter S.S. Odin that has been missing for seven years. The men from the freighter are now married to resident women who don't support the matriarchy. While the dissenters on the planet are facing their execution, the Enterprise can't help the away team, because the whole crew except for Data is disabled by a virus infection. Riker manages to convince the planet's leader, Beata, to forgo the execution.

11001001 Stardate 41365.9: The Bynars, a race completely dependent on computers, are supposed to upgrade the Enterprise's computer in Starbase 74, when suddenly the ship has to be evacuated because of an allegedly pending antimatter containment failure. Picard and Riker don't notice any of this, they are on the holodeck, where the Bynars have created a jazz club and a stunningly realistic holographic woman, Minuet. The Enterprise approaches Bynaus, where the purpose of the hijacking becomes clear: The Bynars need the Enterprise computer memory as a backup, since their own system was malfunctioning and had to be rebooted.

Home Soil Stardate 41463.9: The Enterprise visits a terraforming station on Velara III, when an engineer is mysteriously killed by a laser drill. Data and Geordi discover an inorganic lifeform indigenous to the planet which would have been killed by the terraforming and therefore declared war on the intruders. It is decided to quarantine the planet.

When the Bough Breaks Stardate 41509.1: The Enterprise discovers the world Aldea which is usually hidden behind a cloaking field. The Aldeans have become sterile, which is actually a consequence of their ecology ruined by the cloaking technology. They kidnap seven children from the Enterprise, including Wesley. When Wesley organizes a hunger strike, Picard and Dr. Crusher beam down, and Riker and Data manage to take control of the Aldean cloaking shield. Having retrieved the children, Picard offers Aldea the help of the Federation.

Coming of Age Stardate 41416.2: While Wesley is taking his entrance exam to Starfleet Academy on Relva VII, Picard's old friend, Admiral Quinn, and his assistant Remmick beam up for an annoying series of interrogations of the crew. The purpose turns out a test of Picard's loyalty -there are rumors of a conspiracy-, for he will be offered the lead of Starfleet Academy. Picard eventually declines the offer. In the meantime, Wesley has passed all tests but is not yet accepted, since another candidate, Mordok, was still better, thanks to Wesley's help.

Heart of Glory Stardate 41503.7: The Enterprise finds three Klingons on the damaged Talarian freighter Batris. They say that the ship was attacked by the Ferengi, but they are actually outcasts who despise the Klingon-Federation alliance and are now chased by their own people. After one of them has died and an unsuccessful attempt to persuade Worf to join them, they try to get the control over the Enterprise and are killed.

The Arsenal of Freedom Stardate 41798.2: On the search for the lost starship U.S.S. Drake, Riker, Data and Tasha beam down to Minos, the now devastated home of former arms dealers, where they are attacked by an automated weapon. Picard and Beverly follow them, but they fall into a cavern, and Beverly is severely hurt. In the meantime the Enterprise is attacked too, and Geordi orders a saucer separation to fight the weapon with his inexperienced battle bridge crew. Picard learns that the attacks are nothing but a demonstration, and he ends it by simply agreeing to buy the weapons.

Skin of Evil Stardate 41601.3: Deanna's shuttle crashes on Vagra III, home to the malicious being Armus. An away team supposed to rescue Deanna is held hostages by a forcefield generated by Armus - and Tasha is killed. Armus was created by the former inhabitants of the planet, as a concentrate of their whole bad emotions - the pure evil. The crew members on the planet can be beamed up when Picard provokes Armus such that he neglects his forcefield. Back on the Enterprise, the crew attend a commemoration with a recorded hologram of Tasha.

Symbiosis Stardate not given: The Enterprise helps the deranged crew of a hardly operational Ornaran freighter. Obviously the cargo is extremely important to them, it's a substance called felicium produced on Brekka and urgently needed to cure a disease on Ornara. While the Ornarans and Brekkians are disputing to whom the salvaged felicium belongs, Beverly discovers that the alleged medicine is actually a narcotic, and the Brekkians have deliberately made the Ornarans addictive. The Prime Directive prohibits any interference, but Picard refuses to repair any of the Ornaran ships, so the drug trade will come to an end.

We'll Always Have Paris Stardate 41697.9: The Enterprise receives a distress call from Dr. Paul Manheim's science outpost on Vandor IV, where he has been conducting experiments with non-linear time with the disastrous result that interdimensional rifts were created. Manheim's wife, Jenice, turns out to be an old love of Picard's. While Manheim appears to be dying, Picard ponders why he left her in Paris without notice 22 years ago. Using Manheim's directions, Data succeeds in sealing the dimensional breach, although he finds himself in three time continuums at once. Manheim is cured and continues with his work.

Conspiracy Stardate 41775.5: Picard attends a secret meeting with his old friend Walker Keel and two other captains on a planetoid, where it is rumored that there is a conspiracy within Starfleet. Briefly after that Keel's ship, the Horatio, explodes seemingly with no reason. The Enterprise heads for Earth. When Admiral Quinn visits the ship, it is discovered that he is controlled by an alien parasite. The same applies to the admirals who have invited Picard for dinner in the meantime. Riker manages to fool them, pretending that he is one of the infected himself. Picard and Riker follow the creatures which try to hide in Remmick's body. They shoot Remmick and see that he was hosting the mother creature, coordinating the alien intrusion.

The Neutral Zone Stardate 41986.0: Three cryogenically frozen persons from the 20th century found in an ancient satellite are revived by Dr. Crusher; Deanna and Data help them to cope with their situation. Meanwhile, Picard has to deal with the Romulans who show up in the Neutral Zone for the first time in 53 years to examine the disappearance of some of their outposts. A conflict can be avoided, but the Romulans announce that they must be reckoned with again.

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