Prelude to Deep Space Nine

As I worked through seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, it was evident that the seeds the writers and producers were planting for the next spin-off, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. If you’ve not watched Star Trek: The Next Generation or the subsequent films recently (or at all), I highly recommend working […]

Chain of Command | Part II

Gul Madred and Captain Picard debate the utility of basic mathematics while Captain Jellico nearly starts a new border war with the Cardassians after confining Commander Riker to quarters. Data see’s the quartermaster for a red uniform and La Forge attempt to determine what the spoon-heads are up to. Side note, exactly how many lights […]

Chain of Command | Part I

Captain Picard, Lieutenant Commander Worf, and Doctor Crusher are unceremoniously reassigned by Vice Admiral Nechayev. Captain Edward Jellico takes command of the USS Enterprise much to the concern of the senior staff left aboard. Air Date 14 December 1992 Production Number 40274-236 Stardate 46357.4 Gregorian Calendar Date Wednesday, 25 December 2368 03:24:00 GMT Primary Arc […]

The Quality of Life

Something is going on with the exocomps used aboard the particle fountain orbiting Tyrus VIIA to affect repairs in dangerous parts of the device. Data investigates. Air Date 14 November 1992 Production Number 40274-235 Stardate 46307.2 Gregorian Calendar Date Thursday, 05 December 2368 03:14:33 GMT Primary Arc First Contact Secondary Arc Final Frontier Tertiary Arc […]

True Q

Q returns to torment a passenger aboard the starship Enterprise who harbors a dark secret that he’s intent on exposing to the captain and the crew. Air Date 26 October 1992 Production Number 40274-232 Stardate 46192.3 Gregorian Calendar Date Sunday, 20 October 2368 08:14:12 GMT Primary Arc Q Secondary Arc Of Gods and Men Tertiary […]

Relics

The Enterprise discovers the existence of a Dyson’s Sphere, a theoretical construct surrounding a star. What’s even more surprising is the discovery of survivors aboard a crashed transport, missing for more than seventy-five years. Air Date 12 October 1992 Production Number 40274-230 Stardate 46125.3 Gregorian Calendar Date Monday, 23 September 2368 15:23:21 GMT Primary Arc […]

Schisms

The Enterprise reaches the Amargosa Diaspora, a globular cluster, to being charting the region. Over the ensuing days, multiple crew members begin having trouble sleeping, describing disturbing dreams and stranding waking moments. Air Date 19 October 1992 Production Number 40274-231 Stardate 46154.2 Gregorian Calendar Date Saturday, 05 October 2368 03:48:52 GMT Primary Arc Final Frontier […]

Realm of Fear

Commander Troi struggles with Reginald Barclay’s phobia of transportation as a mode of conveyance during the rescue of the USS Yosemite, a missing Starfleet science vessel. There is something in the matter stream! Air Date 28 September 1992 Production Number 40274-228 Stardate 46041.1 Gregorian Calendar Date Wednesday, 21 August 2368 02:01:32 GMT Primary Arc O’Brien […]

Time’s Arrow | Part II

It’s the 1890’s and Data’s fate is still a mystery, though it does seem connected to the Devidians. Cholera runs rampant through the streets of San Francisco. Samuel Clemons and Jack London gets some new material for future novels while the crew of the Enterprise look for a way back to the future. Air Date […]

Time’s Arrow

The U.S.S. Enterprise is called back to Earth after a startling discovery is made at an archeological dig underneath San Francisco. Apparently extraterrestrials had visited the city five hundred years earlier. Air Date 15 June 1992 Production Number 40274-226 Stardate 45959.1 & August 1893 Gregorian Calendar Date Saturday, 20 July 2368 06:05:00 GMT Primary Arc […]

The Inner Light

Kamin makes a startling discovery about the star around which his home world, Kataan. He takes on a life-long quest to save the memory of his dying civilization, in what is easily one of the best episodes of the series (if not, the franchise). This outing of Star Trek: The Next Generation won the 1993 […]

The Next Phase

After a freak accident, the crew mourn the loss of Commander LaForge and Lieutenant Ro. Air Date 18 May 1992 Production Number 40274-224 Stardate 45892.4 Gregorian Calendar Date Sunday, 23 June 2368 16:15:33 GMT Primary Arc The Romulans Secondary Arc House of LaForge Tertiary Arc n/a See It or Skip It See It! Previously on […]

I, Borg

The Enterprise responds to distress signal only to discover that its from a crashed Borg scout ship. Doctor Crusher pulls rank to rescue its lone survivor. What follows is a moral exercise in genocide for the crew. Air Date 11 May 1992 Production Number 40274-223 Stardate 45854.2 Gregorian Calendar Date Saturday, 08 June 2368 10:58:06 […]

The Perfect Mate

Captain Picard becomes entangled with a mysterious and beautiful alien who is intended to be a gift of reconciliation between two warring planets. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew deal with a couple Ferengi they pick up along the way. Air Date 27 April 1992 Production Number 40274-221 Stardate 45761.3 Gregorian Calendar Date Thursday, 05 […]

Cost Of Living

Lwaxana Troi is getting married! Again. The Enterprise has been enlisted to ferry the respected diplomat to the Moselina system, but begins to experience technical issues after destroying an asteroid while en route. Air Date 20 April 1992 Production Number 40274-220 Stardate 45733.6 Gregorian Calendar Date Sunday, 21 April 2368 09:43:16 GMT Primary Arc House […]

The First Duty

Captain Picard is set to deliver the 2268 commencement speech at Starfleet Academy. Unfortunately, the event is marred by the death of a student during a flight demonstration during the ceremony, and Cadet Wesley Crusher is involved. Air Date 30 March 1992 Production Number 40274-219 Stardate 45703.9 Gregorian Calendar Date Tuesday, 09 April 2368 13:42:45 […]

Cause and Effect

The Enterprise enters the Typhon Expanse on a routine mission of exploration, until it is destroyed after colliding with an unidentified vessel. Air Date 23 March 1992 Production Number 40274-218 Stardate 45652.1, 45652.1, 45652.1, 45652.1, and 45652.1 Gregorian Calendar Date Tuesday, 19 March 2368 22:22:15 GMT Primary Arc Temporal Investigations Secondary Arc n/a Tertiary Arc […]

The Outcast

While assisting the J’naii in a search for a missing shuttle in their own solar system, Commander Riker strikes up a close friendship with a J’naii pilot who harbors a secret that could cost them everything. Air Date 16 March 1992 Production Number 40274-217 Stardate 45614.6 Gregorian Calendar Date Friday, 23 February 2368 02:42:56 GMT […]

Ethics

Lieutenant Commander Worf has a small accident in a cargo bay leading him to a dark conversation with his son. Meanwhile, Doctor Crusher struggles with a colleague’s approach to medicine Air Date 02 March 1992 Production Number 40274-216 Stardate 45587.3 Gregorian Calendar Date Friday, 23 February 2368 02:42:56 GMT Primary Arc House of Mogh Secondary […]

Power Play

O’Brien, Troi, and Data encounter lifeforms on Mab-Bu VI while investigating a faint distress signal from the U.S.S. Essex which has been missing for over 172 years. Air Date 24 February 1992 Production Number 40274-215 Stardate 45571.2 Gregorian Calendar Date Friday, 16 February 2368 16:45:29 GMT Primary Arc O’Brien Must Suffer Secondary Arc n/a Tertiary […]