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The Next Generation (TNG) Season 4

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Family Stardate 44012.3: While the Enterprise is undergoing repairs at McKinley station, Picard visits his brother's family in Labarre, France. Robert Picard is not fond of modern technology and he fears that the captain might have a bad influence on his son René who is as enthusiastic about Starfleet as Jean-Luc once was himself. Picard, on the other hand, is tempted to leave Starfleet and join the Atlantis Project, to create a new continent in the Atlantic Ocean. After a fight in the vineyard, Jean-Luc and Robert manage to settle their dispute. In the meantime, Sergey and Helena Rozhenko, Worf's adoptive parents, visit the Enterprise - not to Worf's pleasure. Wesley views a holographic message his father recorded for him before he died.

Brothers Stardate 44085.7: While the Enterprise is hurrying to save a young boy's life, Data suddenly seizes control of the ship and heads for an unknown planet. Data has unknowingly been called home by his creator, Dr. Noonien Soong. On the planet, Data meets Soong and, to his surprise, his brother Lore who was left adrift in space almost two years ago. Soong reveals that Lore is actually the first prototype and was deactivated because he turned out unstable. It was Soong's intention to supply Data with an emotion chip, but Lore gets the chip and hurts Soong who dies briefly after. While Lore escapes, the Enterprise continues to the next starbase to save the boy.

Suddenly Human Stardate 44143.7: Following a distress call, the away team is surprised to find a human boy on a Talarian ship. He is called Jono, but his actual name is Jeremiah Rossa. The Talarian Captain Endar once killed Jeremiah's parents and adopted the child as it is the custom in Talarian culture. Both Endar and Jeremiah's grandmother demand that the boy be returned. Jono, who is used to the patriarchic and violent Talarian society, does not fit into life on the Enterprise. The only authority Jono accepts is Picard, but as the decision becomes more and more pressing, Jono even attempts to kill Picard. This is why Picard finally decides to hand him out to Endar.

Remember Me Stardate 44161.2: Dr. Dalen Quaice, Beverly's old mentor, comes aboard. Just as Wesley is performing a warp field experiment, Beverly enters the engineering room. The next day Quaice is gone, and no one except for Beverly remembers him. Crew members keep disappearing, until only Beverly is left. Beverly learns from the ship's computer that the entire universe has a diameter of 750m. She is actually trapped inside a static warp bubble Wesley created. On the other side, Wesley and the Traveler generate a vortex through which Beverly is supposed to escape, and finally she realizes that she must not avoid but use this exit.

Legacy Stardate 44215.2: The Federation freighter Arcos crashes on Turkana IV, Tasha's devastated home planet. The surviving crew members are taken hostages by the Alliance, while their enemies, the Coalition, offer their help to find them. They send Ishara Yar, Tasha's sister, to the Enterprise. Ishara leaves a very good impression, but her actual goal is to disable the proximity detectors both Turkana factions agreed to years ago, so she would be able to destroy the Alliance's power plant. The hostages are freed, and just when Ishara is manipulating the reactor, Data stops her. Disappointed about the betrayal, the Enterprise crew leaves Ishara on Turkana IV. 

Reunion Stardate 44246.3: Ambassador K'Ehleyr beams aboard with disturbing news: Klingon leader K'mpec is about to die. To Worf's surprise she is accompanied by Alexander, their common son. K'mpec wants Picard as a neutral judge to select the new leader, since he suspects that one of the two contenders poisoned him. He dies briefly after. One contender is Duras, whose father once betrayed his people for which the blame was put on Worf's father Mogh; the other one is Gowron, who has few supporters in the High Council. When K'Ehleyr is about to find out the truth, Duras kills her. Worf, in turn, kills Duras. Gowron is named chancellor, and Worf decides to let the Rozhenkos raise his son Alexander.

Future Imperfect Stardate 44286.5: Riker gets unconscious in a cave on Alpha Onias III, and he wakes up on the Enterprise sixteen years later. Apparently a virus has wiped out his whole memory of the time in between. Riker tries to fit into his new role as the ship's captain and father of young Jean-Luc, but he remains suspicious because of the many malfunctions of the ship's computer. When he discovers that he was allegedly married to Minuet, he knows this must be a ruse, because Minuet was only a hologram. Riker ends the simulation and he finds himself in a Romulan holodeck where he was supposed to reveal the location of Outpost 23. He meets Jean-Luc again, who now calls himself Ethan, and together they try to escape from their Romulan prison. Ethan, however, accidentally mentions that Tomalak was an ambassador in the Romulan simulation which he should not know. Riker urges him to end this simulation too, and the two find themselves in the cave again. The boy is actually an alien who was left behind by his parents. A hologenerator being his only company, he was seeking a friend.

Final Mission Stardate 44307.3: Briefly before Wesley is leaving for Starfleet Academy, he accompanies Picard and Dirgo to negotiations on Pentarus III. Their shuttle, however, crashes on the desert moon Lambda Paz. A remote mountain range is the only protection against the burning sun. They find a water fountain which is protected by a forcefield. Dirgo is killed when he tries to destroy the forcefield with his phaser, Picard is severely hurt. Analyzing the forcefield, Wesley finally manages to get the water and save the captain. In the meantime, the Enterprise has saved the population of Gamelan V from an old freighter with a radiation leak in their orbit.

The Loss Stardate 44356.9: While the Enterprise is surrounded by what turns out a two-dimensional lifeform, Deanna's telepathic abilities vanish. She is desperate about it, and although her friends and colleagues encourage her to carry on, she decides to resign as the ship's counselor. The creatures are heading for a cosmic string which would be fatal for the Enterprise. When Data creates a "dummy" string to
the ship's rear, the creatures are confused and stop long enough for the Enterprise to break free; Deanna's abilities are restored. 

Data's Day Stardate 44390.1: When Keiko Ishikawa tells Data she would better call off her wedding with Miles O'Brien, Data thinks it would be a good idea to tell O'Brien. Of course, O'Brien is not really glad about it. The Enterprise meets with a Warbird in the Neutral Zone, where Federation Ambassador T'Pel is supposed to negotiate with the Romulans. T'Pel is killed in a transporter accident. After a closer examination it is assumed that the accident was a ruse and T'Pel was actually abducted by the Romulans. The Enterprise follows the Romulan ship, only to learn that T'Pel is a Romulan spy whose real name is Selok and who has returned home. The wedding takes place as scheduled.

The Wounded Stardate 44429.6: The renegade starship U.S.S. Phoenix under the command of Captain Benjamin Maxwell violates the peace treaty with the Cardassians and destroys an outpost and several ships. The Cardassian Gul Macet comes aboard to urge Picard to destroy the Phoenix, if necessary. Maxwell lost his family in a Cardassian attack on Setlik III and believes that they are planning a new war. When Picard does not manage to stop him, O'Brien who served under Maxwell beams to the Phoenix and convinces him to surrender. Picard warns the Cardassians that he believes Maxwell, but wants to preserve peace.

Devil's Due Stardate 44474.5: Chaos rules Ventax II, a world which is about to be handed over to a woman called Ardra. According to an old legend, Ardra, the resident devil, promised the Ventaxians one thousand years of peace, in exchange for their souls. Now Ardra has apparently returned to claim the fulfillment of the old treaty, and she scares the Ventaxians with her magic. Ardra and Picard engage in a contest to prove or disprove her supernatural powers. Geordi finally locates her cloaked ship and enables Picard to tap into its power systems, giving him the same power she had.

Clues Stardate 44502.7: Just as the Enterprise is going to investigate a mysterious planet, the ship falls into a wormhole and the crew except for Data is rendered unconscious. The whole incident lasted only thirty seconds according to Data, but soon it is suspected that it must have been more than a day - supported by evidence like plants that have grown more than they should and a recent fracture in Worf's wrist. Is Data lying? Picard orders a course to the planet again, and as the ship arrives, a Paxan occupies Deanna's body to speak for them. The xenophobic Paxans want to avoid any contact with other civilizations. They usually render every ship crew unconscious and alter computer data and course which didn't work because Data was immune. They were about to destroy the Enterprise, but Picard ordered Data to be silent about the Paxans at any cost, and they did their best to eliminate all evidence. Picard asks the Paxans to try it again, and they are even more careful this time not to leave anything that needs investigation. Only Data knows about the Paxans.

First Contact Stardate not given: Riker, cosmetically altered, observes Malcor III, a planet which is about to develop warp drive. He is injured and taken to a hospital where his alien physiology is discovered. To prevent further confusion, Picard and Troi beam down and establish a proper first contact. While Chancellor Durken and Science Minister Mirasta Yale welcome the aliens, security officer Krola veils Riker's whereabouts and interrogates him with harmful drugs. When his methods fail, Krola stages his on death and makes Riker appear to be the assassin. Fortunately, the truth is revealed, but Durken, angry about the observation of his planet, states that his people are not yet ready to meet aliens. Mirasta Yale, on the other hand, leaves the planet on board the Enterprise.

Galaxy's Child Stardate 44614.6: Geordi is looking forward to meeting Leah Brahms, the woman whose holodeck image he fell in love with, but the real Dr. Brahms is only angry about the changes he made to her engine design. Meanwhile, a space creature has been accidentally killed. The new-born baby thinks the Enterprise is its mother, and drains energy from the ship. La Forge and Dr. Brahms set to work to get the baby off the ship, but unfortunately she finds her idealized image in Geordi's old holodeck program. They finally succeed by changing the energy frequency so as to "sour the milk". The baby leaves the ship, and joins a swarm of other creatures of its kind.

Night Terrors Stardate 44631.2: The Enterprise finds the starship Brattain adrift in space, with all the crew except for the ship's Betazoid counselor dead. Neither the Brattain's not the Enterprise's engines are working because they are trapped in a Tyken's Rift. While Troi is plagued by nightmares, especially one of a moon spinning around a planet, the rest of the Enterprise crew is not dreaming at all, which will render them insane sooner or later. Together with Data, Deanna finds out that her nightmare is actually a message from another ship, asking to release hydrogen (=electron spinning around a nucleus). Data vents the stored hydrogen, and both ships are freed.

Identity Crisis Stardate 44664.5: All crew members of the Victory who have visited the planet Tarchannen III five years ago have mysteriously returned there and vanished without trace. Only Susanna Leitjen and Geordi are left. After an examination on Tarchannen III Leitjen's blood chemistry is altered and she feels the urge to leave the ship. Beverly suspects that the other crew members have been transformed into a species indigenous to the planet. Geordi reconstructs the away mission on the holodeck, but soon his transformation begins, and he leaves the ship. Down on the planet, Geordi has been almost completely transformed and can only be found using ultraviolet light. Susanna succeeds in convincing him to come back.

The Nth Degree Stardate 44704.2: After being hit by an energy surge from an alien probe during the inspection of a subspace telescope, Lt. Barclay shows amazing abilities he never had before. He is obviously evolving to the most advanced human to exist. After he has saved telescope from exploding by tapping into the Enterprise computer, he creates a subspace tunnel through which the ship travels to a point 30,000ly away. A Cytherian appears and explains that they explore other civilizations by bringing them to their home system. After an extensive exchange of information, Barclay is restored to normal. 

QPid Stardate 44741.9: While Picard is preparing a speech for the Federation Archaeology Council, he is disturbed by the appearances of Vash, the woman he met on Risa, and Q. When Q discovers that Picard and Vash are reluctant lovers, he transforms the two into Robin Hood and Maid Marian, the senior staff being their companions. Picard successfully ends the scenario when he defeats Sir Guy. Back on the Enterprise, Vash announces she plans to travel through the galaxy with Q. Picard has to admit the two do have much in common.

The Drumhead Stardate 44769.2: J'Dan, a Klingon exchange officer, is suspected to have caused an explosion in the Enterprise's dilithium chamber. Admiral Norah Satie comes out of retirement to lead the investigation. While the Klingon was smuggling plans to the Romulans, he turns out to have nothing to do with the explosion. Even as it is found to be an accident, Satie keeps looking for possible traitors, especially the young crewman Tarses who is of partially Romulan origin, and finally even Picard who doesn't want to take part in her witch-hunt. Admiral Henry finally relieves Satie of her post and ends the investigation. 

Half a Life Stardate 44805.3: Lwaxana returns, and she meets the Kaelon scientist Dr. Timicin who is testing stellar ignition theories that may enable him to save his world's dying star. Timicin is nearly sixty years old, the age of the resolution, when Kaelons have to commit ritual suicide. When Picard refuses to intervene, she tries to persuade Timicin to stay alive, also to be able to save his planet. Timicin asks for asylum, and his people even send warships to retrieve him. Eventually, his daughter convinces him to return and fulfill his duty. Surprisingly, Lwaxana beams down to join him in his last moments.

The Host Stardate 44821.3: Beverly falls in love with the Trill Odan who is going to settle a dispute between Peliar Zel's Alpha and Beta moons. When he is wounded, Beverly is shocked that there a parasite living inside him. She learns that Odan himself is the parasite occupying the host body in a joint symbiotic arrangement. Riker volunteers to be Odan's host until a replacement arrives. Completely controlling Riker's body, Odan strives to continue his relationship with Beverly. Odan/Riker's negotiations are successful. Odan's replacement host, however, turns out to be female. Beverly says that she can't cope with his/her frequent changes, and they separate. 

The Mind's Eye Stardate 44885.5: Geordi is kidnapped by the Romulans and his VISOR modified in a plan to split the Klingon-Federation alliance. Meanwhile, Klingon Ambassador Kell has come aboard the Enterprise to investigate phaser rifles allegedly supplied by the Federation to rebels in Governor Vagh's Klingon colony. The rifles turn out Romulan replications. Geordi, mind-controlled by Kell who is actually a Romulan sympathizer, is supposed to kill Vagh, but Data picks up the signal controlling him in time. Picard denies Kell's request for asylum, while Troi helps Geordi to regain his lost memory. 

In Theory Stardate 44932.3: When a shipmate, Jenna D'Sora, begins to view him as more than a friend, Data feels ready to engage in a romantic relationship. He creates a special program to provide a guide to love. Meanwhile, the Mar Oscura nebula the Enterprise is investigating is found to contain pockets that phase anything they get in contact with out of normal space. Picard takes a shuttle to guide the ship out of the nebula. Data and Jenna end their brief relationship, after Jenna realizes that she was intentionally seeking for the unemotional after she had broken up with her long-time boyfriend. 

Redemption Stardate 44995.3/45020.4: Picard returns to Qo'noS to fulfill his duty as arbiter of the succession. Gowron intercepts the Enterprise and tells Picard that he is challenged by Lursa and B'Etor, the sisters of Duras, who present his son Toral as their candidate for the throne. Picard denies Toral's challenge, but he also denies Gowron the help of the Federation in this internal affair. Worf who wants to restore his honor resigns from Starfleet and joins Gowron and his brother Kurn in the now unavoidable civil war. The Enterprise leaves Qo'noS. In Lursa and B'Etor's quarters a Romulan woman shows up who bears a striking resemblance to Tasha Yar. When it becomes clear that the Duras family is supported by the Romulans, Picard plans to take starships to the Klingon/Romulan border to act as a blockade. Various Enterprise officers are assigned to other ships, most noticeably Data as commander of the Sutherland whose crew initially mistrusts an android captain. Commander Sela demands that Starfleet leave the border. She is the daughter of the parallel Tasha Yar who returned to the past on the Enterprise-C. Sela tries to slip past the Sutherland, but Data foils the plan and the Romulans are revealed and forced to retreat, leaving Lursa and B'etor helpless. They escape and abandon Toral, leaving him to Gowron. Gowron offers Worf a chance to slay Toral, but Worf chooses to spare the helpless boy. He rejoins Starfleet.

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