THE NEXT GENERATION
SEASON ONE
1987-1988

ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT, PART 1
EPISODE NUMBER -
101
AIR DATE -
09.28.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
* * *
Jean-Luc Picard is assigned to the U.S.S. Enterprise, taking the ship to Farpoint Station.
But along the way, the crew is stopped by the powerful being Q, who challenges their right
to be exploring the galaxy.
ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT, PART 2
EPISODE NUMBER -
102
AIR DATE -
09.28.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
* * *
Picard and crew must learn the secret of Farpoint Station to prove the ability of the human
race to Q. Things are complicated when a giant space organism shows up in orbit and begins
attacking the station.
THE NAKED NOW
EPISODE NUMBER -
103
AIR DATE -
10.05.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
The Enterprise crew is infected with a contaminant that impairs their judgment, driving them
to do things they would never do.
CODE OF HONOR
EPISODE NUMBER -
104
AIR DATE -
10.12.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
* *
The Enterprise negotiates a treaty for a rare vaccine, and Lieutenant Yar must fight for her
life in a ritualistic combat scenario when she is kidnapped.
THE LAST OUTPOST
EPISODE NUMBER -
105
AIR DATE -
10.19.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
Picard and his crew must confront a gang of Ferengi bandits on a hostile alien planet when
the theft of an energy converter renders the Enterprise powerless.
WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE
EPISODE NUMBER -
106
AIR DATE -
10.26.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
* * *
A test of the Enterprise's new propulsion system backfires, sending the ship into another
galaxy.
LONELY AMONG US
EPISODE NUMBER -
107
AIR DATE -
11.02.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
The crew begins to experience unexplainable phenomenon on board after the Enterprise passes
through an energy cloud, revealing the presence of a powerful alien
consciousness.
JUSTICE
EPISODE NUMBER -
108
AIR DATE -
11.09.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
The crew enjoy shore leave on an inviting and peaceful planet, but an accident causes Wesley
to be sentences to death. The Enterprise encounters a strange alien vessel in
orbit.
THE BATTLE
EPISODE NUMBER -
109
AIR DATE -
11.16.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
Captain Picard discovers the wreckage of his former ship, and is caught in a Ferengi ploy to
take revenge on him.
HIDE AND Q
EPISODE NUMBER -
110
AIR DATE -
11.23.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
* *
The powerful alien entity Q puts the crew of the Enterprise in the middle of a lethal
contest, and gives Riker the unlimited power of the Q Continuum.
HAVEN
EPISODE NUMBER -
111
AIR DATE -
11.30.87
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
Counsellor Troi's mother unexpectedly arrives on board, informing Deanna of her impending
arranged marriage.
THE BIG GOODBYE
EPISODE NUMBER -
112
AIR DATE -
01.11.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* 1/2
Captain Picard takes a vacation in the holodeck, but a malfunction locks him and three other
crew members inside.
DATALORE
EPISODE NUMBER -
113
AIR DATE -
01.18.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* * *
The crew discovers a disassembled android, and learns that it is Data's twin brother. They
reassemble him, and soon learn the truth about the fate of the colony where the two androids
were constructed.
ANGEL ONE
EPISODE NUMBER -
114
AIR DATE -
01.25.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* 1/2
The Enterprise search for survivors from a lost Federation freighter on a planet ruled by
women, where Riker is forced to fight for the lives of the missing men.
11001001
EPISODE NUMBER -
115
AIR DATE -
02.01.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* * 1/2
A group of super-intelligent alien scientists hijack the Enterprise, leaving only Picard and
Riker to try and retake the ship -- and learn the Bynars' secret.
TOO SHORT A SEASON
EPISODE NUMBER -
116
AIR DATE -
02.08.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* *
The Enterprise ferries an elderly Federation ambassador to negotiate a hostage crisis, and
the crew watches as he begins to grow younger and younger.
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
EPISODE NUMBER -
117
AIR DATE -
02.15.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
Wesley Crusher and a group of the Enterprise children are taken captive by a secret,
advanced society, in order to help propogate their dying race.
HOME SOIL
EPISODE NUMBER -
118
AIR DATE -
02.22.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* * 1/2
The Enterprise visits a planet in the process of being terraformed, and discover that a
microscopic alien life form is attacking the engineers.
COMING OF AGE
EPISODE NUMBER -
119
AIR DATE -
03.14.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* *
Wesley takes the rigorous Starfleet Academy entrance exam, while Picard's competance is
investigated by a Federation inquisitor.
HEART OF GLORY
EPISODE NUMBER -
120
AIR DATE -
03.21.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
A pair of Klingon fugitives seize control of the Enterprise, forcing Worf to choose between
his Klingon heritage and his loyalty to Starfleet.
THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM
EPISODE NUMBER -
121
AIR DATE -
04.11.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* * *
The crew investigates the disappearance of a Federation starship on an alien planet, and are
attacked by the former residents' automated defense system.
SYMBIOSIS
EPISODE NUMBER -
122
AIR DATE -
04.18.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
The Enterprise answers a distress call, and the crew find themselves in the middle of a feud
between two neighboring worlds over the cure to a plague that has gripped one of them for
two centuries.
SKIN OF EVIL
EPISODE NUMBER -
123
AIR DATE -
04.25.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* * 1/2
An evil alien entity holds Counsellor Troi hostage in a downed shuttlecraft, forcing Picard
and the crew to negotiate for her life. One crewmember pays the ultimate price at the
alien's cruel hands.
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
EPISODE NUMBER -
124
AIR DATE -
05.02.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
Picard is reunited with his first love, as the Enterprise investigates a distortion in the
space-time continuum.
CONSPIRACY
EPISODE NUMBER -
125
AIR DATE -
05.09.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
* * * 1/2
Picard learns that alien parasites have taken control of several high-ranking Starfleet
officers. He and Riker must infiltrate Starfleet headquarters to expose the
conspiracy.
THE NEUTRAL ZONE
EPISODE NUMBER -
126
AIR DATE -
05.16.88
GATEWORLD RATING -
unrated
The Enterprise encounters three cryogenically frozen people from the twentieth century, but
is rushed off to investigate the destruction of Federation outposts along the Romulan
Neutral Zone.