star trek tng season 7

TNG Season 7

The Season 7 cast

• 3 Background information
• 4.3.1 Production companies
• 6 External links

Episodes [ ]

Summary [ ].

The crew defeats Lore and his group of rogue Borg . Geordi La Forge struggles with the loss of his mother , while Data discovers his own. The captain foils a terrorist plot by Vulcan isolationists. It is discovered that warp drive damages subspace . William T. Riker is forced to choose between his loyalties to an old captain and Picard. Deanna Troi and Beverly Crusher learn long-kept family secrets. Worf meets a future version of Alexander Rozhenko , and both he and Deanna consider a romance. Wesley Crusher leaves Starfleet to study with The Traveler . Ro Laren defects to the Maquis . Q concludes his trial of Humanity, giving Picard an opportunity to save Humanity.

Background information [ ]

Jeri Taylor with Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner on the set of "All Good Things…"

• This season was broadcast concurrent with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2 .
• This season earned Star Trek: The Next Generation an Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Drama Series", the first (and so far only) time a syndicated series has earned that distinction.
• While Michael Piller continued to be credited as Executive Producer, he chose to focus on DS9 more, and so Jeri Taylor took over as showrunner for the final season of the series. One of her first decisions was to put an end to the open-submission process that Piller had put in place for scripts, and focus the writing around a core team of regular staff, with freelancers occasionally invited to make submissions.
• Ronald D. Moore has admitted he was less than satisfied with this season. In an interview about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in SFX magazine #55 (published in 1999 and reprinted in 2006 ), he said, "Next Generation , I think, overstayed its welcome. The last season of that show is kind of rough. To be honest, there are chunks of it I haven't watched myself. The show just didn't know what it was trying to do in the last year. "
• Moore said a similar thing in 1998 ; " I wish we could've had a more coherent idea of what we wanted to accomplish in TNG's last year. Too much of it was random story-telling without a sense of bringing the show to a conclusion. " ( AOL chat , 1998 )
• This season marks the switch from ALL CAPS to Small Caps in the actor names of the main title.
• Characters which crossover from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine : Evek (in " Journey's End " and " Preemptive Strike "), Admiral Chekote (in " Gambit, Part I "), Quark (in " Firstborn "), and Miles O'Brien (in " All Good Things... ").
• Production of the seventh Star Trek movie, Star Trek Generations (the first one starring the Next Generation cast) began simultaneously with the last season of the series. Filming for the TNG main cast on the film began only ten days after principal photography was completed on the series finale, " All Good Things... ".

Credits [ ]

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge ("Descent, Part II” – “Dark Page", "Force of Nature” – “All Good Things…")
• Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf
• Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Lieutenant Commander Data
• Gene Roddenberry
• Peter Lauritson ("Sub Rosa” – “All Good Things…")
• Brannon Braga
• Wendy Neuss
• Ronald D. Moore
• Peter Lauritson ("Descent, Part II” – “Homeward")
• Merri D. Howard
• David Livingston
• Jeri Taylor
• Michael Piller
• Rick Berman
• René Echevarria
• Naren Shankar
• Junie Lowry-Johnson , C.S.A.
• Jay Chattaway ("Descent, Part II", "Interface” – “Gambit, Part II", "Dark Page", "Inheritance", "Sub Rosa” – “Lower Decks", "Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End", "Emergence” – “Preemptive Strike")
• Dennis McCarthy ("Liaisons", "Phantasms", "Attached” – “Force of Nature", "Parallels", "Homeward", "Thine Own Self” – “Masks", "Genesis", "Firstborn” – “Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• John Debney ("The Pegasus")
• Jerry Goldsmith
• Alexander Courage
• Jonathan West ("Descent, Part II” – “Genesis", "Bloodlines” – “All Good Things…")
• Kris Krosskove ("Journey's End” – “Firstborn")
• Richard D. James
• J.P. Farrell ("Descent, Part II")
• David Ramirez ("Liaisons", "Gambit, Part II", "Attached", "Parallels", "Sub Rosa", "Masks", "Journey's End", "Emergence", "All Good Things…")
• Steve Tucker ("Interface", "Phantasms", "Force of Nature", "The Pegasus", "Lower Decks", "Eye of the Beholder", "Firstborn", "Preemptive Strike")
• Daryl Baskin ("Gambit, Part I", "Dark Page", "Inheritance", "Homeward", "Thine Own Self", "Genesis", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Brad Yacobian
• Jerry Fleck ("Descent, Part II", "Interface", "Gambit, Part II", "Dark Page", "Force of Nature", "Parallels", "Homeward", "Lower Decks", "Masks", "Genesis", "Firstborn", "All Good Things…")
• Adele G. Simmons ("Liaisons", "Gambit, Part I", "Phantasms", "Attached", "Inheritance", "The Pegasus", "Sub Rosa", "Thine Own Self", "Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End", "Bloodlines", "Preemptive Strike")
• Richard Wells ("Emergence")
• Arlene Fukai
• David Trotti ("All Good Things…")
• Robert Blackman
• Abram Waterhouse ("Journey's End” – “All Good Things…")
• Ronald B. Moore ("Descent, Part II", "Interface", "Gambit, Part II", "Dark Page", "Force of Nature", "Parallels", "Homeward", "Lower Decks", "Masks", "All Good Things…") (credited as Ronald D. Moore in "Gambit, Part II")
• David Stipes ("Liaisons", "Gambit, Part I", "Phantasms", "Attached", "Inheritance", "The Pegasus", "Sub Rosa", "Thine Own Self", "Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Michael Backauskas ("Genesis", "Firstborn")
• Philip Barberio ("Emergence")
• Joe Bauer ("Preemptive Strike")
• Wendy Knoller
• John P. Farrell (credited as J.P. Farrell from "Gambit, Part I" on)
• Rick Sternbach
• Michael Okuda ("Descent, Part II” – “Journey's End")
• Michael Okuda ("Firstborn” – “All Good Things…")
• Michael Westmore
• Andy Neskoromny
• Gary Speckman
• Michael Backauskas ("Descent, Part II", "Interface", "Gambit, Part II", "Dark Page", "Force of Nature", "Parallels", "Homeward", "Lower Decks", "Masks", "All Good Things…")
• Philip Barberio ("Descent, Part II” – “Parallels")
• Joe Bauer ("Liaisons", "Gambit, Part I", "Phantasms", "Attached", "Inheritance", "The Pegasus", "Sub Rosa", "Thine Own Self", "Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Edward L. Williams ("Genesis", "Firstborn", "Emergence", "All Good Things…")
• Philip Barberio ("The Pegasus” – “Bloodlines", "Preemptive Strike” – “All Good Things…")
• Edward L. Williams ("Descent, Part II” – “Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End", "Bloodlines", "Preemptive Strike")
• Frederick G. Alba ("All Good Things…")
• Cosmo Genovese
• Dick Brownfield
• Jim Magdaleno ("Descent, Part II", "Interface", "Gambit, Part II", "Dark Page", "Force of Nature", "Parallels", "Homeward", "Lower Decks", "Masks", "Genesis", "Firstborn", "Emergence", "All Good Things…")
• Wendy Drapanas ("Liaisons", "Gambit, Part I", "Phantasms", "Attached", "Inheritance", "The Pegasus", "Sub Rosa", "Thine Own Self", "Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End", "Bloodlines", "Preemptive Strike” – “All Good Things…")
• June Abston-Haymore
• Patti Miller
• Michael Moore ("Descent, Part II” – “Liaisons")
• Eddie Barron ("Interface")
• Lee Crawford ("Gambit, Part I” – “Gambit, Part II")
• Laura Connolly ("Phantasms” – “All Good Things…")
• Alan Bernard , C.A.S.
• Kris Krosskove ("Descent, Part II” – “Genesis", "Bloodlines” – “All Good Things…")
• Steve Gausche
• Kimberley Thompson ("Descent, Part II", "Interface", "Dark Page", "Force of Nature", "Parallels", "Homeward", "Lower Decks", "Masks", "Genesis", "Firstborn", "Emergence", "All Good Things…")
• Matt Hoffman ("Descent, Part II", "Interface", "Gambit, Part II", "Dark Page", "Force of Nature", "Parallels", "Homeward", "Lower Decks", "Masks", "Genesis", "Firstborn")
• Dave Powell ("Liaisons", "Gambit, Part I", "Phantasms", "Attached", "Inheritance", "The Pegasus", "Sub Rosa", "Thine Own Self", "Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End", "Bloodlines", "Preemptive Strike")
• Deborah Hall ("Liaisons", "Gambit, Part I", "Phantasms", "Attached", "Inheritance", "The Pegasus", "Sub Rosa", "Thine Own Self", "Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End", "Bloodlines", "Preemptive Strike")
• Carol Kunz ("Gambit, Part II")
• Maurice Palinski ("Emergence", "All Good Things…")
• Gerry Sackman
• E. Gedney Webb ("All Good Things…")
• Mace Matiosian
• Miguel Rivera
• Masanobu Tomita
• Guy Tsujimoto
• Ruth Adelman
• Chris Haire , C.A.S. ("All Good Things…)
• Doug Davey ("All Good Things…)
• Richard Morrison , C.A.S. ("All Good Things…)
• Modern Sound
• Diane Overdiek
• Dawn Velazquez
• Lisa De Moraes ("All Good Things…")
• Michael Westmore, Jr. ("All Good Things…")
• Arthur J. Codron ("All Good Things…")
• Kim Fitzgerald
• Kristine Fernandes
• Dave Rossi ("All Good Things…")
• Cheryl Gluckstern ("All Good Things…")
• Zayra Cabot ("All Good Things…")
• Lolita Fatjo
• Helen Mossler , C.S.A.
• Dennis Madalone ("Descent, Part II” – “Liaisons", "Gambit, Part I” – “Attached", "Inheritance", "Sub Rosa” – “All Good Things…")
• Lisa White ("Descent, Part II", "Gambit, Part I", "Attached", "Homeward", "All Good Things…")
• Herman Zimmerman
• André Bormanis
• William N. Stape ("Homeward")
• Jeanna F. Gallo ("Sub Rosa")
• Shawn Piller & Anatonia Napoli ("Journey's End")
• Sony Corp. of America ("Descent, Part II", "Gambit, Part I” – “Gambit, Part II", "All Good Things…")

Filmed with Panavision © Lenses and Cameras ("Liaisons” – “All Good Things…")

• Industrial Light and Magic , A Division of Lucasfilm, Ltd.
• Image "G" ("Descent, Part II” – “Preemptive Strike")
• Erik Nash ("All Good Things…")
• Digital Magic
• CIS Hollywood ("Descent, Part II” – “Preemptive Strike")
• Don Lee ("All Good Things…")
• John Carroll ("All Good Things…")
• Unitel Video ("Descent, Part II” – “Preemptive Strike")

Uncredited [ ]

• Greg Agalsoff – Mike Operator ("Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Eric Alba – Visual Effects Artist ("Genesis")
• Melissa Antablin – Costumer ("Descent, Part II", "Dark Page", "Inheritance", "Homeward", "Lower Decks” – “Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End” – “All Good Things…")
• Dolores Arce – Assistant Accountant
• Camille Argus – Costumer ("Homeward")
• William L. Asman – "A" Camera Operator ("Journey's End” – “Firstborn") / "B" Camera Operator ("All Good Things")
• Richard Balder – Special Effects Labor Artist ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• David Bernard – Sound Cable Person ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Rob Bloch – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema ("Descent Part II", "Phantasms", "Dark Page", "Force of Nature", "Genesis", "All Good Things…")
• Tom Bookout – Grip ("Descent, Part II” – “All Good Things…")
• Brannon Braga – Writer ("Liaisons")
• Lloyd A. Buswell – Construction Foreman
• Zayra Cabot – Production Associate
• Ernie Camacho – Digital Effects Artist: CIS Hollywood ("All Good Things…")
• Ed Charnock – Painter
• Eric Chauvin – Matte Artist: ILM ("All Good Things…")
• Richard Chronister – Special Effects Artist ("Homeward", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Ray Clarke – DFX Paint FX Artist: The Post Group
• Joe Conti – Video Toaster Contractor ("Sub Rosa")
• Brian Cooper – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Ed Cooper – Lamp Operator ("All Good Things…")
• Roy Cunningham – Costumer Cutter Fitter
• Dick D'Angelo – Swing Gang ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Doug Davey – Effect Re-Recording Mixer ("Genesis")
• Robert De La Garza – Assistant Property Master ("Homeward")
• Yvonne DePatis-Kupka – Hair Stylist ("Homeward")
• Robert Dollwet – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema ("Dark Page")
• René Echevarria – Writer ("Interface", "Dark Page")
• Hank Edds – Makeup Artist ("Homeward", "Genesis")
• Bobbi Edrington – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema ("Dark Page")
• Chris Edrington – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema ("Dark Page")
• Carolyn Elias – Hair Stylist ("Firstborn")
• Mark E. Fenlason – Prop Fabricator/Model Maker/Set Construction ("All Good Things…")
• Alfred T. Ferrante – ADR Mixer ("Descent, Part II” – “All Good Things…")
• Larry Field – Final Colorist ("Descent, Part II” – “All Good Things…")
• Anthony Fredrickson – Scenic Artist ("Parallels"); Model Maker ("Eye of the Beholder")
• Hala Gabriel – Accountant
• Jeff Gersh – Sound Editor ("Genesis")
• John E. Glassco – Medical Adviser ("Genesis")
• Cheryl Gluckstern – Production Assistant
• David Goldfarb – DGA Trainee
• Jacques Gravett – Assistant Editor
• Don Greenberg – Lead Compositor: The Post Group ("Liaisons", "Gambit, Part I", "Phantasms", "Attached", "Inheritance", "The Pegasus", "Sub Rosa", "Thine Own Self", "Eye of the Beholder", "Journey's End", "Bloodlines", "Preemptive Strike” – “All Good Things…")
• John Grower – Head of Santa Barbara Studios ("Masks")
• Eric Guaglione – Animation Supervisor: Santa Barbara Studios ("Masks")
• Chris Haire – Dialogue Re-Recording Mixer ("Genesis")
• Deborah Hall – Set Costumer ("Homeward", "All Good Things…")
• Kevin Haney – Makeup Artist ("Genesis")
• Bill Hawk – Miniature Fabricator ("The Pegasus")
• Bill Henderson – Sound Re-Recording Engineer ("Preemptive Strike"); Sound Re-Recording Mixer ("All Good Things…")
• Paul Hill – Visual Effects Compositor: Digital Magic
• Matt Hoffman – Set Costumer ("Bloodlines")
• Tina Hoffman – Makeup Artist ("Homeward", "Genesis")
• Adam Howard – Visual Effects Compositor ("Descent, Part II” – “Phantasms", "Attached” – “The Pegasus", "Sub Rosa” – “All Good Things…")
• Adrian Hurley – Special Effects Camera Operator ("Force of Nature")
• Gregory Jein – Model Maker ("Descent, Part II” – “All Good Things…")
• Brian Johnson – Crab Dolly Grip ("Homeward", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Ralph Johnson – Lamp Operator ("Homeward", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Bruce Jones – Visual Effects Producer: Santa Barbara Studios ("Masks")
• Brian Q. Kelley – Video Segments Editor ("Eye of the Beholder", "Firstborn", "Preemptive Strike")
• Richard Kelley – Assistant Camera Operator ("Descent, Part II")
• Michael Key – Makeup Artist ("Gambit, Part I", "Genesis")
• Barry R. Koper – Makeup Artist ("Homeward")
• Erwin H. Kupitz – Wig Maker ("Descent, Part II” – “All Good Things…")
• Stephen Lebed – Model Maker ("Liaisons")
• Don Lehman – Lamp Operator ("Homeward", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Michael Mack – Writing Intern
• Jill MacKay – Jewelry Designer
• Cary McCrystal – Second Assistant Camera Operator ("Homeward", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Tim McHugh – Video Toaster Contractor ("Sub Rosa")
• Scott McKnight – Lamp Operator ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Kim McLaren – First Assistant Accountant ("The Pegasus” – “All Good Things…")
• Ed Miarecki – Prop Maker ("Descent, Part II” – “All Good Things…")
• Susie Money – Costumer ("Bloodlines")
• Richard L. Morrison – Re-Recording Mixer ("Genesis")
• Murata – DGA Trainee ("Homeward")
• Danny Nero – Extras Casting: Central Casting
• John Nesterowicz – Swing Gang ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Josée Normand – Hair Stylist ("Phantasms", "All Good Things…")
• Renee North – Costume Cutter Fitter
• Frank O'Hea – Painter ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Dave Powell – Costumer ("Homeward")
• Daniel R. Purinton – Rigging Gaffer/Lot Best Boy
• Tom Purser – Construction Worker
• David Quashnick – Makeup Artist ("Homeward", "Genesis")
• Scott Rader – Compositing Animator ("All Good Things…")
• A.J. Raitano – Visual Effects Camera Operator: Image "G" ("The Pegasus")
• Bernd Rantscheff – Makeup Artist ("Homeward")
• Tim Roller – First Assistant Camera Operator ("Homeward", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• LuJean Rose – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema ("All Good Things…")
• David Rossi – Production Associate
• Rick Rowe – Craft Service ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Charlie Russo – Set Property Person ("Homeward", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• John Saint John – Background Casting: Native Americans ("Journey's End")
• Jim Samson – Assistant Property Person ("Bloodlines")
• Stewart Satterfield – Transportation Coordinator ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Roger Senders – DGA Trainee ("Gambit, Part II")
• Fernando Sepulveda – Property Lead Person ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Don Sheldon – Hair Stylist ("Firstborn")
• Suzie Shimizu – Production Accountant
• Debbie Silverman – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema ("All Good Things…")
• Steph Silvestri – Production Assistant
• Mike Smithson – Makeup Artist ("Genesis", "Bloodlines")
• Mark Stimson – Special Effects Artist ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Phil Stirling – Mike Operator ("Homeward")
• Thomas E. Surprenant – Makeup Artist ("Homeward", "Thine Own Self")
• Jeri Taylor – Writer ("Interface")
• Karen Thomas-Kolakowski – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema ("Descent Part II", "Phantasms", "Force of Nature", "Genesis", "All Good Things…")
• Kimberley Thompson – Costumer ("Bloodlines")
• Wil Thoms – Special Effects Artist ("Homeward", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Carrie Toth – Animal Trainer: Critters of the Cinema ("All Good Things…")
• Daryl Towles – Script Typist
• Audrey Trent – Foley Artist ("Genesis")
• Jerry Trent – Foley Artist ("Descent, Part II” – “All Good Things…")
• David G. Trotti – Second Assistant Director ("Gambit, Part II", "Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Elaina M. Vescio – Set Security ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Patrick J. Vitolla – Grip ("Homeward", "Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Jana Wallace – Script Typist
• L.Z. Ward – Set Security ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Mark Wendell – Digital Effects Artist: Santa Barbara Studios ("Masks")
• Jack White – Second Grip ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Joe White – Visual Effects Artist ("Phantasms", "Parallels")
• Murphy Wiltz – Lamp Operator ("Homeward", "Bloodlines")
• Darrell Woodard – DGA Trainee ("Bloodlines", "All Good Things…")
• Susan Zietlow-Maust – Hair Stylist ("Firstborn")
• Debbie Zoller – Makeup Artist ("Homeward", "Genesis", "All Good Things…")

Production companies [ ]

• Amblin Imaging – CGI Company ("Emergence")
• Central Casting – Extras Casting
• Critters of the Cinema – Animal Casting and Training ("Descent Part II", "Phantasms", "Dark Page", "Force of Nature", "Genesis", "All Good Things…")
• Diligent Dwarves Effects Lab – Specialty Costume: Knight in Armor ("Emergence")
• Santa Barbara Studios – Special Effects Company ("Masks")

See also [ ]

• TNG Season 7 performers
• TNG Season 7 UK VHS
• TNG Season 7 US VHS
• TNG Season 7 DVD
• TNG Season 7 Blu-ray

External links [ ]

• Star Trek: The Next Generation season 7 at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• The Next Generation Season 7 episode reviews  at Ex Astris Scientia
• 1 Bell Riots
• 3 Daniels (Crewman)

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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Episode Guide - Season 7

As Star Trek: The Next Generation was set to wrap the entire series, season 7 is loaded with a sense of finality, final appearances, truly life-changing seasons and the like. As in season 6, the stories of seasons 7 feel smaller in scope and scale.

In general, season 7 is a bit uneven in quality as TNG itself feels to be running out of gas at the end of a “continuing mission.” A few highlights are dotted throughout and the series certainly goes out on a high, thanks to perhaps the season’s two strongest scripts with “Preemptive Strike” and “All Good Things.” Indeed, the latter is so often cited as fan favorite and/or TNG classic, the tendency of the four movies with this crew to essentially keep carrying on seems a little off…

1. Descent, Part II – The Borg on the planet are revealed to be part of a splinter group that was accidentally created when Hugh returned to the collective from the Enterprise. Lore has helped them to survive and wants Data to join his merry band, unwillingly if necessary: Lore has control over Data’s emotions. Demanding that Data torture Geordi and kill Picard proves to be a bit too much, and lots of Borgs fight each other hand-to-hand, thus hitting a new plateau of wussiness. Ultimately, Lore is deactivated and never to be seen again, whereas he might have been very (very!) useful in Star Trek: Nemesis. ***

2. Liaisons – Now here’s a one-liner of an episode for you: The Iyaarans are experiential learners, passively-aggressively observing emotional responses of alien species and role-playing to compile information. In this case, the guinea pigs are Worf, Troi and Picard. Compelling mysteries and occasional hijinks abound. ****

3. Interface – A grab bag of Star Trek tropes. Realizing they haven’t messed with Geordi’s VISOR in a while, he, Dr. Crusher and Data decide to do so. Though the idea to piggybacking technology is highly dangerous in this case, LaForge uses it anyway to communicate with his mother, who’s not what she seems -but rather a disembodied gaseous alien. **

4. Gambit, Part I – Picard fakes his own death in order to work undercover posing as a member of a mercenary band that had ransacked a Romulan archaeological site. Said mercenaries kill a Red Shirt, capture Riker, and it only gets wackier from there … ****

5. Gambit, Part II – Riker gets the inside dope on what the mercenaries sought when pillaging the site, revealing that they’ve been tasked with retrieving an ancient Vulcan weapon. Picard and Data soon have enough of these minor-league players and settle everyone’s hash. ***

6. Phantasms – Data has some incredibly trippy and mysterious dreams – suddenly, from out of nowhere, he stabs Counselor Troi. Suspenseful and bizarre; Patrick Stewart directed, so basically there’s nothing he can’t do. ****

7. Dark Page – Regardless of feelings about Lwaxana Troi, Star Trek Guide believes we can all agree that she should never be played for drama. Yet, this episode does exactly that and retros a whole lot of unbelievable extraneous garbage into both Trois’ backstories. *

8. Attached – Picard and Dr. Crusher are abducted while transporting and imprisoned on charges of suspected espionage. They’ve also been subjected to mutual telepathy and find that their thoughts are mostly of one another. (Sigh.) **

9. Force of Nature – A rather one-note parable for environmentalism: Apparently, warp drive is polluting spacetime. **

10. Inheritance – A woman introducing herself as Mrs. Julianna Soong boards the Enterprise. She acts as a mother figure to Data until the Enterprise folks realize – all together now – that she’s not all that she seems … ***

11. Parallels – Head trip for Worf: Upon returning to the Enterprise, he finds himself slowly moving through alternate realities, with Enterprise crewmates and the universe itself changing radically at random. ****

12. The Pegasus – Right, time for a Federation conspiracy episode! Riker’s loyalties are divided when Picard checks out the circumstances regarding the destruction of the Pegasus, as commanded by Riker’s former captain. And somehwere in here, Riker gets a chance to screw around on the holodeck and ruin the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. ***

13. Homeward – Worf’s human foster brother is introduced and then immediately completely forgotten about in “Homeward.” Federation anthropologist Nikolai Rozhenko seeks to save a village worth of Stone Age-level humanoids from the imminent destruction of their planet, which the Enterprise crew manage by leaving the people in the holodeck while transporting them to another planet. ***

14. Sub Rosa – Really? A ghost story in a science-fiction series? Come on… *

15. Lower Decks – The Red Shirts are at the forefront in this episode focusing on five Starfleet greenhorns (well, four Starfleet greenhorns and one waiter) looking to get promoted in the ranks. ***

16. Thine Own Self – Data loses his memory and unwittingly become part of a pre-industrial culture. In a subplot that’s well more interesting than it should be, Troi studies up on becoming a bridge officer (just in time to take the helm in Star Trek: Generations and help wreck the ship…) ****

17. Masks – Possession time! This time it’s Data, who’s taken over by an extinct civilization that can impringe its information in the android’s positronic net. ***

18. Eye of the Beholder – It’s a case of … MURDER again on the Enterprise as the investigation of a suicide onboard the ship leads to the discovery of a long-ago homicide. ***

19. Genesis – Look, any time the words “evolution” or “devolution” appear in the synopsis of a Star Trek episode, that’s essentially a big STAY AWAY label (we’re looking at you, Tom Paris and Threshold!); “Genesis” is no exception whatsoever, as the Enterprise crew turns into various animals and … o, it’s ridiculous. 0

20. Journey’s End – a.k.a. Wesley’s End. A surprisingly bitchy Wesley visits the Enterprise after leaving the Enterprise. The Traveler returns to assist him and the Enterprise crew, who are in charge of relocating denizens of a planet under attack by Cardassians. (It’s gotta be Chakotay’s people, right?) ***

21. Firstborn – Squeezing as much out of the Alexander character as possible, here’s an episode with Worf trying to make the boy more appreciative of his Klingon cultural heritage. **

22. Bloodlines – After a hasty viewing of Star Treks II and III, Cardassian baddie Daimon Bok seeks to exact revenge on Picard by killing the son he never knew he had. Not all is as it seems, etc. etc. **

23. Emergence – Very reminiscent of “Phatasms” in tone and style, “Emergence” is unfortunately made all the more insipid by involving a malfunctioning holodeck as primary to the plot. Said plot involves the Enterprise itself gaining sentience, creating an offspring and then immediately becoming non-sentient again. Silly, really. *

24. Preemptive Strike – Despite serious misgivings and hints of conflicting loyalty, Picard nevertheless sends Ensign Ro on a difficult assignment involving terrorists. Nicely dramatically plotted, incredibly well acted and meticulously directed. ****

25. All Good Things – Fantastic stuff that wraps seven seasons of ST:TNG beautifully with a story containing all the hallmarks of the show: A head trip, time paradoxes, Q and lots of screen time for Picard. As Picard’s consciousness shifts between three times (The Enterprise’s first mission, the present and several decades in the future), he must both convince three crews to help him stop a temporal paradox he may have created himself. By the time the Captain asserts, “Mister Data, you are a clever man – in any time period,” the pace is frenetic and fans are further on the seat’s edge since the “Best of Both Worlds” cliffhanger. The best conclusion to any Star Trek series by far. *****

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Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episodes

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A new crew boards a revamped USS Enterprise in the first spin-off from the '60s cult classic.

Season 7 Episode Guide

26 Episodes 1993 - 1994

Descent Part II

Mon, Sep 20, 1993 60 mins

Conclusion. Data, under the influence of Lore, imprisons Picard, Troi and La Forge among the Borg. Meanwhile, the Enterprise, commanded by Dr. Crusher, comes under attack. Hugh: Jonathan Del Arco. Taitt: Alex Datcher. Crosis: Brian Cousins.

Mon, Sep 27, 1993 60 mins

The crew hosts Iyaaran ambassadors: one is assigned to Troi; the other seeks to provoke Worf. Meanwhile, Picard is rescued by a woman (Barbara Williams) who falls in love with him. Voval: Eric Pierpoint. Loquel: Paul Eiding. Byleth: Michael Harris. Worf: Michael Dorn. Troi: Marina Sirtis.

Mon, Oct 4, 1993 60 mins

Geordi, attached to an experimental probe, thinks he sees his mother on a stranded ship---although the craft was reported missing more than 300 light years away. Capt. La Forge: Madge Sinclair. Dr. La Forge: Ben Vereen. Adm. Holt: Warren Munson. Data: Brent Spiner.

Gambit, Part I

Mon, Oct 11, 1993 60 mins

While investigating the apparent death of Picard, Riker is kidnapped and taken to a ship that's been looting archaeological sites---only to discover Picard among the crew. Part 1 of two. Baran: Richard Lynch. Tallera: Robin Curtis. Vekor: Caitlin Brown. Narik: Cameron Thor.

Gambit, Part II

Mon, Oct 18, 1993 60 mins

Conclusion. Picard and Riker, having ingratiated themselves with the mercenaries, seek to drive them to mutiny---and learn the true nature of the artifacts they seek. Baran: Richard Lynch. Tallera: Robin Curtis. Vekor: Caitlin Brown. Narik: Cameron Thor. Riker: Jonathan Frakes.

Mon, Oct 25, 1993 60 mins

Data's dream program begins to produce nightmares that dangerously affect his behavior---but that may hold clues to unusual occurrences aboard the ship. Freud: Bernard Kates. Adm. Nakamura: Clyde Kusatsu. Ens. Tyler: Gina Ravarra. Workman: David L. Crowley. Picard: Patrick Stewart (who also directed).

Mon, Nov 1, 1993 60 mins

Troi's mother, Lwaxana (Majel Barrett), suffers a breakdown while the Enterprise hosts a delegation of telepathic aliens. Mr. Troi: Amick Byram. Troi: Marina Sirtis. Picard: Patrick Stewart. Dr. Crusher: Gates McFadden. Riker: Jonathan Frakes. Data: Brent Spiner.

Mon, Nov 8, 1993 60 mins

Picard and Dr. Crusher discover their true feelings for each other via a telepathic link when they become imprisoned together during a mission. Mauric: Robin Gammell. Lorin: Lenore Kasdorf. Riker: Jonathan Frakes (who also directed). Picard: Patrick Stewart.

Force of Nature

Mon, Nov 15, 1993 60 mins

While searching for a missing ship, the Enterprise encounters an alien brother and sister who insist that warp engines are destroying their region of space. Rabal: Michael Corbett. Seroca: Margaret Reed. Prak: Lee Arenberg. Data: Brent Spiner. La Forge: LeVar Burton.

Inheritance

Mon, Nov 22, 1993 60 mins

Data meets a woman (Fionnula Flanagan) who claims to be Juliana Soong---Noonian Soong's ex-wife and Data's mother. Pran: William Lithgow. Picard: Patrick Stewart. La Forge: LeVar Burton. Dr. Crusher: Gates McFadden. Riker: Jonathan Frakes

Mon, Nov 29, 1993 60 mins

Worf finds he is the only one who notices reality changing---and his sanity ebbing---after he returns from a competition. Wesley: Wil Wheaton. Gul Nador: Mark Bramhall. Ogawa: Patti Yasutake. Picard: Patrick Stewart. Troi: Marina Sirtis.

The Pegasus

Mon, Jan 10, 1994 60 mins

Riker's loyalties are divided when his former commanding officer (Terry O'Quinn) risks the Enterprise on a mission to salvage his former ship. Adm. Blackwell: Nancy Vawter. Riker: Jonathan Frakes. La Forge: LeVar Burton (who also directed).

Mon, Jan 17, 1994 60 mins

On a mission to a planet that is losing its atmosphere, Worf encounters his adoptive brother---who violates the Prime Directive in a desperate attempt to save the inhabitants. Worf: Michael Dorn. Dobara: Penny Johnson. Vorin: Brian Markinson. Kateras: Edward Penn.

Mon, Jan 31, 1994 60 mins

After Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) attends her grandmother's funeral, strange happenings lead her to believe she's inherited the family ghost (Duncan Regehr). Maturin: Michael Keenan. Riker: Jonathan Frakes (who also directed). Picard: Patrick Stewart.

Lower Decks

Mon, Feb 7, 1994 60 mins

Four junior officers find themselves tested beyond their expectations when a secret mission takes the place of their promotion evaluation. Lavelle: Dan Gauthier. Ben: Bruce Beatty. Ogawa: Patti Yasutake. Joret: Don Reilly. Picard: Patrick Stewart.

Thine Own Self

Mon, Feb 14, 1994 60 mins

Data (Brent Spiner) finds himself stranded on a planet with a preindustrial society---with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Meanwhile, Troi takes the Bridge Officer's test. Talur: Ronnie Claire Edwards. Gia: Kimberly Cullum. Kura: Michael G. Hagerty.

Mon, Feb 21, 1994 60 mins

After the Enterprise encounters a mysterious comet, Data (Brent Spiner) exhibits multiple personalities---and the ship is transformed into an ancient city. Picard: Patrick Stewart. Troi: Marina Sirtis. La Forge: LeVar Burton. Worf: Michael Dorn. Riker: Jonathan Frakes.

Eye of the Beholder

Mon, Feb 28, 1994 60 mins

During the investigation of a crew member's suicide, Troi and Worf (Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn) find their relationship taking a romantic turn. Pierce: Mark Rolston. Lt. Nara: Nancy Harewood. Calloway: Johanna McCloy. Riker: Jonathan Frakes.

Mon, Mar 21, 1994 60 mins

The crew begins to exhibit strange behavioral changes---eventually regressing into primitive creatures. Dr. Crusher: Gates McFadden (who also directed). Barclay: Dwight Schultz. Ogawa: Patti Yasutake. Data: Brent Spiner. Picard: Patrick Stewart. Worf: Michael Dorn.

Journey's End

Mon, Mar 28, 1994 60 mins

Wesley (Wil Wheaton), on a break from Starfleet Academy, becomes involved in a dispute over the relocation of Native Americans from a planet annexed by the Cardassians. Adm. Necheyev: Natalia Nogulich. Anthwara: Ned Romero. Picard: Patrick Stewart.

Mon, Apr 25, 1994 60 mins

An enigmatic family friend (James Sloyan) gives Worf (Michael Dorn) some unexpected help in teaching his son Alexander (Brian Bonsall) to be a Klingon warrior. B'etor: Gwynyth Walsh. Lursa: Barbara March. Quark: Armin Shimerman. Yog: Joel Sewtow.

Mon, May 2, 1994 60 mins

A renegade Ferengi promises revenge on Picard---by killing the son the captain never knew he had.

Mon, May 9, 1994 60 mins

Mysterious malfunctions in the Enterprise's computer systems lead the crew to the holodeck, where passengers on a train hold the only clues.

Preemptive Strike

Mon, May 16, 1994 60 mins

Ro Laren is recruited to infiltrate the Maquis, renegade colonists believed to be smuggling weapons into the Demilitarised Zone.

All Good Things...

Mon, May 23, 1994 60 mins

Mankind's existence hangs in the balance as Picard travels between the past, present and future to reconcile a space-time anomaly. Part 1 of two.

Conclusion. In the series finale, Picard tries to decipher Q's clues and coordinate the past, present and future to save mankind.

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25 Days of TNG, Day 17: The Best and Worst of Season 7

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I’m not sure when exactly we knew that the seventh season of TNG was going to be the final one, but as far as final seasons go, it didn’t really blow me away. Compared to other final seasons — House , Buffy * , and Deep Space Nine , to name but a few — it was decidedly lackluster… but there were a few high points.

Worst Episode: Oh, boy, did this season have some epic stinkers. Instead of giving you one, I’m going to give you all of them:

• Liaisons (7.02): Bad premise, bad love story, just bad overall.
• Interface (7.03): Geordi’s mom’s dead. Oh, wait, no, she’s not. She’s just conveniently lost in a place where our new technology (that we never use again) can find her. Oh, wait, no, that was an alien. Nevermind. She’s dead.
• Dark Page (7.07): Mrs. Troi goes crazy because her firstborn retconned daughter died while on a picnic. I realize that’s a traumatic and terrible event, but why now ?
• Inheritance (7.10): Data’s mom’s a robot. O-kay…
• Homeward (7.13): Worf’s brother broke the Prime Directive. What a waste of Paul Sorvino. Also… “it is the Sign of La Forge!”
• Sub Rosa (7.14): A family ghost gives Gates McFadden an orgasm on-set. Oh joy.
• Eye of the Beholder (7.18): An empathic impression is killing people on the Enterprise. That was a thing that was happening.
• Bloodlines (7.22): Picard’s youthful indiscretion comes home to roost… or does he???
• Emergence (7.23): So, let me get this straight… the Enterprise… is a train ?

Most Overrated: I hate to heap more pain onto this season, but “Journey’s End” (7.20) is often an overrated episode — not because of the “return of Wesley” angle, because, hey, we did need to know what happened, but because it’s also the return of the Traveler and the ascension of Wesley to a higher plane of existence. It pays off earlier episodes, sure, but it does so in such a clunky fashion that I really could never get behind it. It also completely misses out on what DS9 did so much better with the Maquis — show us how people being displaced by Cardassians are going to react to things. Should’ve been better. Honorable mentions: Force of Nature (7.09), The Pegasus (7.12), Firstborn (7.21)

Best Guest Star: I can’t use Michael Dorn playing all the other Worfs, can I? No? Oh well; I’ll give it to Terry O’Quinn as Admiral Pressman in “The Pegasus”. Riker had beaucoup respect for this dude, and he squandered it by bringing Riker in on a cover-up that Riker knew was wrong in the first place. In the end, the multiphasic cloak ends up saving everyone’s ass, but it doesn’t help Pressman escape the long arm of Federation law. O’Quinn is a great actor, especially in these types of morally-righteous-but-legally-wrong roles, and he does an excellent job here. Honorable mentions: Brent Spiner (Lore), Shannon Fill (Ensign Sito), John de Lancie (Q)

Worst Missed Opportunity: Y’know how in horror stories when everything’s over and then the writer throws in a tiny twist to make the main character think that maybe, just maybe, something is still wrong? At the end of “Parallels”, with Worf and Troi alone in Worf’s quarters, that would’ve been the perfect place to throw in a little something to make Worf think that he wasn’t quite back home where he should have been. It could’ve been something simple, almost innocuous, that just leaves Worf shaken as he realizes there’s no way to fix this mistake. I don’t know what it would’ve been, but it would’ve been cool.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 7, Episode 10

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• Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 received critical acclaim and high ratings.
• The Next Generation's series finale, "All Good Things," is considered one of the best Star Trek episodes.
• Challenges faced during The Next Generation Season 7 led to character growth and excellent storytelling.

When Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted, it was a series that wasn't supposed to succeed. No sequel show ever ran longer than or surpassed the original in popularity before and is still a rarity. While fans will point to one of the middle seasons as the best of Star Trek: The Next Generation , a case can be made for Season 7, the final for the ensemble cast. The Next Generation could've gone past Season 7, but it might have had to do so without Captain Jean-Luc Picard , as Patrick Stewart was eager to move on. In fact, according to The Fifty-Year Mission by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, there was a tense period of negotiations between Stewart's representatives and the studio to get him back for Season 7.

A big part of what sold his return, apparently, was the plan for the cast to finish the show and immediately begin filming the seventh Star Trek movie that became 1994's Generations . This led to three more films and, after a break of about 20 years, Star Trek: Picard . While many of the most iconic storylines involving the crew of the USS Enterprise-D happened in The Next Generation Seasons 3, 4, 5 and 6, the seventh doesn't get enough credit. The finale, "All Good Things," is unquestionably one of the best Star Trek finales of any series, even Picard 's award-winning final episode. However, there are plenty of wonderful things throughout the season, the ill-advised romance between Troi and Worf notwithstanding.

Why Star Trek: The Next Generation Ended With Season 7

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Star Trek: The Original Series only got three seasons in which to make itself an unforgettable pop culture icon. Even without the requisite 100 episodes, The Original Series became the highest-rated scripted series in syndication for two decades, supplanted only by The Next Generation . Seven seasons was a dream the producers dared not even hope for, but circumstances aligned that made it the "right" year to end the series . While fans and cast didn't understand the decision, it wasn't necessarily unwelcome. "Everybody pretty much would agree…the seventh season got off to a…rocky start," story editor Naren Shankar said in The Fifty-Year Mission , adding, "we went out of the sixth season on a real roll, and it was creatively very exhausting."

A feature in Entertainment Weekly published in 1994 quoted castmembers like Jonathan Frakes who simply didn't understand the move just the same. In the same article, executive producer Rick Berman offered up an answer. "All I can tell you is that the decision to end Next Generation after a seven-season run was made at least two years and two Paramount regimes ago," he said . With the perfection of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ending the run of the The Original Series actors, Paramount simply believed a feature film series with these characters at the height of their popularity would be more profitable.

Additionally, the budget for The Next Generation kept going up as the actors commanded higher quotes and the stories became more elaborate. The writers were also exhausted. There was no break between the final seasons. Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga were writing multiple episodes of the series and the script for Generations . Showrunner Michael Piller was overseeing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , developing Voyager with Jeri Taylor and said he felt like "an absentee landlord" when he worked on The Next Generation , in The Fifty-Year Mission . In the same book, Taylor said every "year it got harder…to find things that haven't been dealt with" on the series before. The most heavily featured actors, Stewart and Brent Spiner, were also reaching exhaustion. Yet, despite all these challenges, Season 7 was excellent.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Critical Scores

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As any passionate Star Trek fan will admit, every season has some episodes that simply aren't very good. Of course, one of the ironies of this is that fans will never agree on which episodes they are. One such episode in contention for the "worst" is Season 7's "Masks," in which an ancient space-library transforms Data and the ship itself into a version of their society. Yet, while the episode is, as Moore said, "pretty out there," he also agreed the series had to "take those risks and…do something bizarre." (And it's still not as bad as Season 6's "Aquiel," where Geordi's dog is an evil shapeshifting alien.)

While the "bad" episodes were at least centered on interesting concepts, the better-received episodes were some of the series' best . "There were about five episodes in the middle of the seventh season that were as strong a group of episodes as I have ever been a part of, going from "Parallels" to "Pegasus" to "Lower Decks," which was really one of the wonderful shows of the year," Piller said in The Fifty-Year Mission . He even included "Sub Rosa" in which Beverly Crusher has an affair with a ghost. Piller is right, as these stories stuck with Star Trek fans, including Mike McMahan, creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks . They played with sci-fi concepts, like time travel, and Star Trek sacred cows, like the Prime Directive.

Another episode seen as a low point, "Force of Nature," doesn't really deserve that reputation. The writers wanted to play with the idea that warp drives were harming spacetime, creating an environmental allegory that's one of the most heavy-handed in the show. Still, the episode features great character moments like Data's training of his cat Spot. The episode even brought back the Ferengi, which were originally hated by fans , with a DaiMon character that felt like a real person and not just a sinister villain. Even exhausted, the writers, directors, cast and crew were turning in excellent work week to week.

'All Good Things' Is a Great Series Finale, and May Be TNG's Best Episode of All Time

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It's no accident the final scene of Star Trek: Picard evokes the final scene of The Nexte Generation's "All Good Things," with Picard and his Enterprise family playing a friendly game of poker. It was the perfect way to end those characters' stories, and after the films and the series, refocusing the final moment on their friendship was the right call. "We knew we wanted it to be special and the culmination of everything that makes Star Trek special," co-writer Brannon Braga said in The Fifty-Year Mission . While everyone loves a starship and cool alien species, what makes Gene Roddenberry's universe stand apart from others is all too human.

The series finale wasn't just a story about Picard slipping through time, but how his connections to the crew were his constant. While Picard is distant from the crew because of his position as captain, he's actually more involved in their lives than Captain Kirk ever was for Chekov, Sulu and Scotty. In "All Good Things," that dynamic changes as an increasingly angry Picard becomes more confused as he's unstuck in time. He shows the vulnerability it took Kirk three movies (and losing his son) to uncover. Meanwhile, the rest of the characters realize their potential, but in their success, it's still not as "good" as when they were all serving on the Enterprise together.

Why Star Trek: The Next Generation's Final Season May Be Its Best

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Like any series, Star Trek: TNG struggled in early seasons , but it faced pressures no new series does. The Next Generation had to stand on its own as a worthy science fiction series, while also living up to Star Trek 's place in American culture. Perhaps because of all the hurdles in their way, the cast and producers pushed themselves to live up to both standards. Things were even more difficult in The Next Generation Season 7, and perhaps the new level of pressure "made diamonds," as Braga put it.

The journey to its final season was satisfying and full of important, wonderful Star Trek stories. However, if overseen by different executives with different priorities, The Next Generation might have joined the ranks of series like Smallville or Supernatural in terms of longevity. Season 7 delivered as many excellent episodes as previous seasons, but it also allowed characters to grow and change. Deanna Troi seeks a promotion , and she starts a committed relationship with Worf. Data continues to evolve, and Wesley Crusher goes off to become a traveler. Ro Laren defects from Starfleet.

The Next Generation never really leaned into lasting change for its characters. As a first-run syndicated series, audiences were not guaranteed to see the episodes in order. There were emotional and character arcs throughout seasons, but with the end coming, the writers made much bigger moves. Season 7 of Star Trek: The Next Generation didn't feel like a final season so much as it felt like an evolution . It promised change and bigger stories that might have been easier to deliver on television than in feature films.

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While searching for a missing Federation medical transport, the Enterprise is accosted by two scientists from a nearby planet who claim that cumulative exposure to warp energy is weakening t... Read all While searching for a missing Federation medical transport, the Enterprise is accosted by two scientists from a nearby planet who claim that cumulative exposure to warp energy is weakening the fabric of space. While searching for a missing Federation medical transport, the Enterprise is accosted by two scientists from a nearby planet who claim that cumulative exposure to warp energy is weakening the fabric of space.

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• Trivia The episode derived from a premise Joe Menosky had created back in the sixth season, known as "Limits". Menosky's allegory for modern-day environmental problems was dropped as an element from several episodes that season, including Suspicions (1993) .
• Goofs Previously Data's cat, Spot, has always been a male. However starting with this episode, and continuing through the end of the series, Spot is suddenly a female. It was mentioned in the Star Trek: Encyclopedia that the writers said in a later interview when questioned about this that perhaps Spot had some sort of transporter accident.

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[it has been revealed that warp fields can cause subspace instabilities, which would make warp flight potentially impossible]

Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You know, Geordi, I spent the better part of my life exploring space. I have charted new worlds, I've... met dozens of new species. And I believe that these were all valuable ends in themselves. And now it seems that... all this while, I was... helping to damage the thing that I hold most dear.

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : It won't turn out that way, Captain. We still have time to make it better.

• Connections Edited from Star Trek: The Next Generation: Suddenly Human (1990)
• Soundtracks Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

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The final three seasons of the hit series STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION are finally here! Each set contains an entire season of original broadcast episodes in 5.1 surround sound, plus many exciting brand new featurettes!

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• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 8.8 ounces
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Box set, Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen, Subtitled, Multiple Formats
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 19 hours and 32 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ April 16, 2013
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton
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I can't believe star trek only teamed up these 2 tng characters once.

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• Data & Q should have been paired more - their dynamic is compelling.
• Characters Data and Q have fascinating conversations in their limited interactions.
• Data taught Q about selflessness.

I wish Star Trek: The Next Generation had teamed up two of my favorite characters more often than they did. Following the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-D, Star Trek: TNG 's cast of characters was one of the franchise's most beloved. When I first watched TNG, the android Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) quickly became my favorite character. With his childlike curiosity and desire to be human, Data was always observing and learning from the people around him.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3, episode 13, "Deja Q," John de Lancie's Q is dumped on the Enterprise after being stripped of his powers. As the Enterprise works to save a nearby planet from its falling moon, Picard has bigger things to worry about than Q's troubles. Although Picard initially throws Q in the brig, he later allows Q to help the engineering team work on a way to save the planet. To keep Q from getting into trouble, Picard assigns Data to watch him. Q and Data have an incredibly compelling dynamic, leaving me wishing TNG had paired the two up more often.

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Star Trek: TNG Should Have Brought Data & Q Together More Than Once

Data was the perfect person to give q a lesson in humanity.

Upon being assigned to basically babysit Q, Data comments on the irony of achieving "in disgrace" what Data has "always aspired to be." Q does not understand Data's fascination with humanity , remarking that humans are "commonplace little creatures." Still, throughout "Deja Q," Q learns a lot from Data about what it means to be human, proving that Data has always understood humanity better than most. I love the dynamic between Data and Q, and they have some fascinating conversations that offer insight into both characters.

Brent Spiner and John de Lancie are both strong actors who understand their respective characters well, and every scene with the two of them works.

Data treats Q the same way he treats everyone else and has endless patience for Q's complaints about being human. When Q is attacked by one of his many enemies, Data risks his own life to save him. Q has difficulty understanding why Data would do this, and he eventually comes to the surprisingly self-aware conclusion that he does not have what it takes to be human. Q then decides to risk his own life with the hope of saving the Enterprise, which so impresses the Q Continuum that they restore his powers.

I Really Hope Future Star Trek Projects Revisit Data & Q's Dynamic

Q should reach out to the newly upgraded data.

Throughout his eight appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Q was most often paired with Captain Picard, as John de Lancie and Patrick Stewart played off of one another particularly well. In Star Trek: Picard season 2 , Q reunited with Picard, sending his old friend/enemy into the past to confront his childhood trauma. When Q believed he was dying, he and Jean-Luc shared a heartfelt goodbye, but despite Q's "death," he popped back up at the end of Picard season 3. Of course, Q does not experience time linearly, so he could appear in any future Star Trek project.

Data finally received the ultimate upgrade in Picard season 3, becoming as close to human as he could ever hope to be. I hope Star Trek continues to explore Data's journey in some way, and that he gets the chance to reunite with Q. At the end of "Deja Q," Q grants Data the gift of laughter, and it would be a nice callback for Q to meet a version of Data who can laugh on his own.

Data taught Q how to be selfless, ultimately helping him regain his powers, which seems like something even Q would not forget. As the characters had such a fun dynamic on Star Trek: The Next Generation, I would love to see Q check up on the newly upgraded version of Data.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

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34 Years Later, Star Trek's Most Disappointing TNG Character Exit Still Hurts

• Wesley Crusher faced backlash due to mishandling by early TNG writers.
• Wesley had potential but lacked significant development in the later seasons.
• Wesley's return in Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 provided closure for his character.

Wesley Crusher may not have been the most popular one on Star Trek: The Next Generation , but I wish he would have stuck around longer. Centering on Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise-D, TNG introduced an incredible cast of characters who came to feel like family. While I agree with the general consensus that Star Trek: TNG's first season is the show's weakest, a lot about the series worked from the very beginning, including most of its characters.

Wil Wheaton's Wesley Crusher was the youngest main cast member by far, and he offered a glimpse of what life on a starship would be like for a teenage boy. While Wesley was not my absolute favorite character, I never understood all the backlash and hate he has received from some viewers. The writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation did not seem to know quite what to do with Wesley much of the time, but I think the character had a lot of potential and I wish he had stayed on the show longer.

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Wesley Crusher Was Mishandled During Star Trek: The Next Generation's Early Seasons

Tng's early season writers didn't quite know what to do with wesley..

Wesley Crusher was originally conceived as a bit of a stand-in for Gene Roddenberry, and who wouldn't want to be a young boy genius who gets to live on a starship? But Wesley's genius was part of the problem. As a child prodigy, Wes sometimes found solutions to problems that had evaded even the most senior members of the Enterprise crew. This made the more experienced crew members look incompetent, which didn't exactly endear Wesley to viewers. Still, it wasn't the character's fault (or Wil Wheaton's) that Wes was too often written poorly in TNG .

Wil Wheaton delivered a solid performance and Wes had a lot of potential if only he had been taken more seriously as a character and given better storylines. Episodes like TNG season 1, episode 3, "The Naked Now" and season 1, episode 8, "Justice" both feature Wesley stories that fall flat. But these two episodes had weak stories from the beginning, suggesting Wesley wasn't the problem. In these early episodes, it was clear the writers were still developing the characters, and Wes just didn't get the development that many of the other characters did.

Wesley Crusher's Later Star Trek: TNG Stories Prove He Had Much More To Give

Tng's "final mission" & "the first duty" are both strong episodes..

Wesley had a few standout moments throughout TNG seasons 1 and 2, such as "Where No One Has Gone Before" and "Pen Pals," but he doesn't get much to do in season 3. It feels like the people behind the scenes saw that Wes wasn't quite working as a character, so they stopped giving him significant storylines. But then the last episode with Wesley as a member of the main cast is surprisingly good. In TNG season 4, episode 9, "Final Mission," Captain Picard travels with Wes to Starfleet Academy, but their shuttle crashes on the way there.

I enjoyed that Wes behaved like a normal teenager in "The First Duty," but still proved himself to be a genuinely good person.

When Picard is seriously injured, Wes has to keep him alive until the Enterprise arrives, and he comes across as smart and capable. I have a particular fondness for "Final Mission," as well as TNG 's "The First Duty," which shows another side to Wes. After he's involved in a flight accident that kills another cadet, Wesley participates in a cover-up with his fellow Nova Squadron members which results in him receiving a dressing down from Captain Picard. I enjoyed that Wes behaved like a normal teenager in "The First Duty," but still proved himself to be a genuinely good person.

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I'm So Glad Wesley Crusher Finally Returned To Star Trek

Wes's return in star trek: prodigy season 2 was a welcome surprise..

Way back in TNG season 1's "Where No One Has Gone Before," a mysterious being known as the Traveler (Eric Menyuk) informed Picard that Wesley was destined for greatness. After Wesley left to join the Travelers in "Journey's End," he remained mostly absent from Star Trek for 28 years (aside from a brief cameo in Star Trek: Nemesis ) . Although he popped up in Star Trek: Picard season 2, Traveler Wesley made a more significant return in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2. I'm glad we finally got to see Wes having fun, galavanting throughout time and space, and saving the universe.

I can't help thinking of all of the adventures we could have witnessed had Wesley joined the Travelers earlier in TNG . Still, Prodigy delivered a great Wesley Crusher story, providing some closure for the character if it does turn out to be the last we see of him. Although, since Wes can travel throughout time and space, he could make an appearance in any Star Trek project, regardless of its place in the timeline. I, for one, really hope future Trek projects take advantage of this, giving Wil Wheaton's Wesley Crusher the fun and compelling storylines he never got on Star Trek: The Next Generation .

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Cast Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden

Release Date September 28, 1987

Showrunner Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Rick Berman

Star Trek: Prodigy

Cast Rylee Alazraqui, Kate Mulgrew, John Noble, Jason Mantzoukas, Brett Gray, Angus Imrie, Ella Purnell, Dee Bradley Baker

Release Date October 28, 2021

Showrunner Kevin Hageman, Dan Hageman