Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Star Trek: The Next Generation was a popular and influential Science Fiction series that aired from 1987 to 1994 as a continuation of the Star Trek franchise. It followed the crew of the Enterprise-D as she boldly went where no one has gone before.
Trivia:

The bug-like parasites in this episode were the writers' initial incarnation of the Borg, being a hive mind collective that assimilates civilizations by growing inside a host body. The "homing signal" sent out at the end of Conspiracy was intended to call for the insects' invasion of the Federation. Instead, in some part due to negative feedback from viewers, the writers introduced the Borg as a cybernetic collective instead. The "Conspiracy" aliens never appeared again.

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Mr. Worf... fire.

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Most Episode Appearances
LeVar Burton Geordi La Forge 176 eps.
Patrick Stewart Jean-Luc Picard 176 eps.
Brent Spiner Data 176 eps.
Jonathan Frakes William T. Riker 176 eps.
Michael Dorn Worf 176 eps.
Marina Sirtis Deanna Troi 175 eps.
Gates McFadden Beverly Crusher 154 eps.
Wil Wheaton Wesley Crusher 83 eps.
Tracee Cocco 54 eps.
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry Lwaxana Troi 47 eps.
List of Episodes
Season 1(25 episodes)
1Encounter at Farpoint09/26/1987
2The Naked Now10/03/1987
3Code of Honor10/10/1987
4The Last Outpost10/17/1987
5Where No One Has Gone Before10/24/1987
6Lonely Among Us10/31/1987
7Justice11/07/1987
8The Battle11/14/1987
9Hide and Q11/21/1987
10Haven11/28/1987
11The Big Goodbye01/09/1988
12Datalore01/16/1988
13Angel One01/23/1988
141100100101/30/1988
15Too Short a Season02/06/1988
16When the Bough Breaks02/13/1988
17Home Soil02/20/1988
18Coming of Age03/12/1988
19Heart of Glory03/19/1988
20The Arsenal of Freedom04/09/1988
21Symbiosis04/16/1988
22Skin of Evil04/23/1988
23We'll Always Have Paris04/30/1988
24Conspiracy05/07/1988
25The Neutral Zone05/14/1988
Season 2 (22 episodes)
Season 3 (26 episodes)
Season 4 (26 episodes)
Season 5 (26 episodes)
Season 6 (26 episodes)
Season 7 (25 episodes)

Plot Summary

A new generation of Starfleet Officers set off on their journey on the Enterprise-D flagship of the United Federation of Planets. Captain Picard has a crew of unique individuals. Commander William T. Riker, a young man with a strong sense of duty. Counselor Deanna Troi, a half-betazoid whos empathic skills becomes an important asset. Lt. Commander Data, an android who yearns to understand human behaviour and feelings.  Lt. Tasha Yar, the ships security officer who has a difficult past. The ships chief engineer is Lt. Geordi La Forge, blinded he wears a visor that enables him to see what others don't. Doctor Beverly Crusher and her son who gets the rank of acting Ensign, Wesley - has a history with the Captain. The Fedeartion and the Klingons have ceased hostilities and are galactic allies. Therefore the Klingon officer has joined the crew, Lt. Worf. Raised by human forsterparents on Earth he is torn between his Human side and his Klingon side. The main themes of the show will be mankinds identity as a galactic power and its place as the guardian of the sacred Federation and its Prime Directive. The crew of the Enterprise will encounter worlds and situations that mirrors those of Earth's past. This will force them to make decisions that are both unpopular and in great contrast with their duty towards the Federation. Upholding the established rules of engagement and borders will lead to many conflicts but their sense of exploration will also lead to great discoveries. A red line througout the show is what mankind is and what it can be - as it expands into the future. With such a tormented and brutal past, should mankind be the galaxies Judge of what is right?
 
The famous logo.
The famous logo.
On its maiden voyage the crew on the Enterprise encounters  a powerful entity that call itself the Q. This leads to the Federation learning about the Borg, which will become the main villain in this show. Each member of the crew has its own story and journey to complete. As we follow them through moments of joy, sadness, suffering and mystery, we see them grow and change. Some will choose paths that leads to tragic events, while others are too stubborn to take the big leap forward. 
Time travel and manipulation will test the crew and push them to open their eyes of what is beyond to win over the paradoxes and perceived reality.
The series also dives into the tension between the Federation and the Romulans. The efforts of the crew aboard the Enterprise eventually leads to a greater insight and understanding of their adversarie. As the Romulans fight among themselves for what is the true path of the Romulan people - some of them goes to great lengths to prevent a war between them and the Federation. We meet other large alien cultures as well, the Cardassian who are very curious about the threath the Federation is to them.  The greediest of them all, the Ferengi will give the Captain a few headaches along  their journey. This is the 24h century, a new frontier for the bold and valiant. The galaxy is full of drama, action and romance, but all good things must come to an end. The crew aboard the Enterprise will dare, sacrifice and prevail to discover the unknown.

Season 1

Trapped!
Trapped!
I'ts 100 years after the era of James T. Kirk, a lot has changed. The Federation and Klingons are now allies and it would seem the only big treath in the galaxy is the mysterious Romulans and the hostile Cardassians. A new Galaxy-class Starship sits ready in spacedock. The USS Enterprise-D, captained by Jean-Luc Picard. With a crew of seasoned officers and an android at the helm, Data - they set off for their maiden voyage through the stars. Their first mission is to investigate Farpoint Station. However, when they encounter an omnipotent being named Q, things take a turn. It seems that the Q wants to put humanity on a trial. Evading judgement by the hands of this strange entity, they continue their journey. Loosing a member of the crew is a wake up call for all the people onboard, but they remain strong and united under their Captain. Taking on various assignments from Starfleet and discovering new worlds is a great education for what is to come. The Enterprise meet the greedy Ferengi and gets trapped in a powerful forcefield. Data learns more about his past and they discover the Captains old ship, the Stargazer. After learning about a conspiracy within Starfleet, Captain Picard meets with the finest commanders of the service and eventually heads to Earth to look for answers. The Romulans breaks decades of silence when bases along the Neutral Zone on both sides have been wiped out.

Season 2

A Borg encounter.
A Borg encounter.
Dr. Beverly Crusher leaves and Dr. Katherine Pulaski takes her place as ships doctor. The new doctor finds it difficult to fit in, realizing the void left behind by Dr. Crusher is hard to fill. Data and La Forge begins their Sherlock Holmes themed adventures on the holodeck, which leads to unforseen consequenses later in the series. To create stronger bonds between Klingon and Human officers, Riker serves aboard a Klingon vessel. After the death his friend, Worf becomes chief of security and Guinan comes aboard the ship to sever as the bartender in Ten Forward, the ships cantine. Data resigns when he fears to be dismantled by a scientist who wants to learn how he functions- so that to create more androids like him. The crew also finds lerics from mankinds space exploration history, a NASA spacecraft. The prime directive is testet to its limits when a young girl and her people face certain death unless the crew save them. Q returns and shows them the Borg, a costly encounter of which the crew never forgets. 
 

Season 3

Romulans & Enterprise
Romulans & Enterprise
The Enterprise experience crew shortage this season, a string of abductions and even the Captain dissapears and is replaced by an imposter. Dr. Crusher comes back and we say goodbye to Dr. Pulaski. They recieve a message from the Sheliac system informing them that they will be colonizing a planet where there allready is a human one. Seeing as they own this sector of space, the humans should leave or get removed forcefully. A Romulan defects to the Federation claiming that a war is iminent between them and the Romulans. Legendary Federation ambassador Sarek visits the Enterprise, soon after his arrival the crew experience unusual emotional outbursts. Responding to a distress call they travel to Federation's outer-most colonies. When they arrive the find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack. Captain Picard is captured by the Borg, leaving Riker with the choice to attempt a rescue or not.
 

Season 4

Locutus of borg.
Locutus of borg.
Captain Picard is rescued from the Borg. Lt. Data manages to save Picard from his half-borg state. With the aid of all the information the Captain know has, they defeat the Borg. However, the defeat of the Borg comes at a great cost. Many Starfleet ships were lost.
As Picard takes a vacation back home in France, we learn more about his life before Starfleet.  Back in command of the Enterprise, Picard and the crew finds out about a Duras- Romulan plot against the Federation. Meanwhile Lt. Worf is trying to reclaim his families honor. Commander Riker finds himself trapped in a future of which is very different from the reality he know. Something odd happens to the crew when they pass through a wormhole and it would seem that Data knows - but are lying about it. A retired admiral and judge boards the Enterprise when an act of sabotage and possible treason threatens the ship. Lt. Worf leaves the Enterprise to fight in a Klingon civil war.
 

Season 5

Spock on Romulus.
Spock on Romulus.
Ensign Ro Laren joins the crew and the Enterprise must stop the Romulans interferance in the Klingon civil war. Captain Picard gets stuck on a planet with another ships captain, Darmok. Who only speaks in metaphores. Ambassador Spock is on Romulus, aiding a Romulan underground movement - "cowboy diplomacy" to give growth to a Vulcan-Romulan unification. It would also seem that a person very similar to Tasha Yar is in command of the Romulan forces. The crew also encounters a single Borg drone, which they plan to use to distrupt the entire Borg Collective. A time loop catches the Enterprise and the crew has to use withs and trickery to escape. Picard finds himself living an entire life in a small village on a calm and peaceful planet. When Data's head is found in San Francisco and dated to be from the 1800's, the crew turn their heads around this mystery.
 

Season 6

The full monty!
The full monty!
Data is in the 1800's trying to get home, meanwhile the crew travels back in time to find him. They uncover evidence of alien interference and plots out how to stop it. Lt. Barclay discoveres that something is really odd with the transporter. Upon discovering a sphere and a crashed ship, they beam out Montgomery Scott who has been trapped there for a long time. Captain Picard is assigned to do a dangerous espionage mission against the Cadassians, only to be captured and tortured. Deanna Troi find herself disguised as a Romulan aboard a Romulan ship against her will. Q appears again and teaches Picard a lesson about life and choices. The Sherlock Holmes adventures of La Forge and Data comes back to haunt them when Dr. Moriarty takes control of the ship. The Enterprise encounters the Borg whom seem to be lead by Data's evil brother, Lore.
 

Season 7

two old friends.
two old friends.
A Data full of emotions struggle with himself and the choices he made, while the crew defeats Lore. Picard's shuttle crashes and meets someone who has been marooned on the deserted planet for seven years. Commander Riker is kidnapped by galactic thieves whom seem very interested in archaeology. A lietenant commits suicide aboard the Enterprise and Riker's past haunts him when his former superior comes aboard the Enterprise. Worf lears about a place where is father may still live. The Maquis is a growing problem and one of the crew defects. Q gives Picard a chance to save mankind. Trapped in three different points in time, Picard has to organize an assault  on weird space anomely. However, friends young and old find it hard to trust him. It all concludes back on the trial he found himself at the beginning of the show. Q as the judge of mankind, explaining that the trial never ends for humanity.
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General Information Edit
Name Star Trek: The Next Generation
Status Ended
Date of 1st Airing Sept. 26, 1987
Date of Last Airing May 23, 1994
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Show Length 60
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