Exiled on Vulcan, Kirk makes a plan to return to Earth and stand trial for stealing the Enterprise, nearly starting a war with the Klingons, and disobey the orders of a superior officer! As luck would have it, on their way (ahem) voyage home, the crew of the H.M.S. Bounty intercepts a distress call from Earth apparently under attack from a giant probe. Spock hatches a plan to communicate with the alien probe using a pair of extinct humpback whales. So, where are they to find some extinct whales? 1986.
Directed by Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek IV: The Voyage, Home wraps up the Project Genesis trilogy with the most financially successful film of The Original Series motion pictures. Its success is credited with Paramount’s decision to move forward with a new series titles Star Trek: The Next Generation.
| Air Date | 26 November 1986 |
| Production Number | n/a |
| Stardate | 8390.0 & 18 – 19 December 1986 |
| Gregorian Calendar Date | Sunday, 25 October 2285 02:59:00 GMT Thursday, 05 November 2285 12:26:40 GMT |
| Primary Arc | Project Genesis |
| Secondary Arc | The Vulcan Way |
| Tertiary Arc | Artificial Intelligence |
| See It or Skip It | See It! |
| Previously on Star Trek | Order | Next Time on Star Trek |
|---|---|---|
| Ephraim and Dot | Chronological | The Final Frontier |
| The Search for Spock | Air Date | Encounter at Farpoint |
| The Search for Spock | Production | Encounter at Farpoint |
| The Search for Spock | Primary Arc | n/a |
| The Search for Spock | Secondary Arc | The Final Frontier |
| The Motion Picture | Tertiary Arc | Datalore |
Bonus Arc: “Temporal Investigations” is preceded by “All Our Yesterdays” and followed by “We’ll Always Have Paris.”
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