WHERE SILENCE HAS LEASE
EPISODE NUMBER - 202
AIR DATE - 11.28.88
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
The Enterprise is trapped inside a dimensionless void in space, where an alien entity studies them.

ELEMENTARY, DEAR DATA
EPISODE NUMBER - 203
AIR DATE - 12.05.88
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Data and LaForge indulge in the holographic fantasy of the world of Sherlock Holmes -- only to discover that the villainous Moriarty has gained the ability to affect the Enterprise, and is holding Dr. Pulaski captive.

THE OUTRAGEOUS OKONA
EPISODE NUMBER - 204
AIR DATE - 12.12.88
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
The crew comes to the aid of a disabled cargo ship, and welcomes its charismatic captain on board -- who begins to charm the crew. Data explores the concept of humor.

LOUD AS A WHISPER
EPISODE NUMBER - 205
AIR DATE - 01.09.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
The Enterprise ferries a famous mediator to an alien peace summit, but the deaf Riva loses his ability to communicate when his "chorus" of telepaths are killed.

THE SCHIZOID MAN
EPISODE NUMBER - 206
AIR DATE - 01.23.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
The crew of the Enterprise are sent to provide medical aid to a dying scientist, who secretly transfers his consciousness into Commander Data.

UNNATURAL SELECTION
EPISODE NUMBER - 207
AIR DATE - 01.30.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
Dr. Pulaski finds a ship full of young people who have died of old age, and ends up afflicted with the same mysterious disease.

A MATTER OF HONOR
EPISODE NUMBER - 208
AIR DATE - 02.06.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
An exchange program makes Commander Riker the first Federation officer to serve on board a Klingon ship, while the Enterprise crew discovers a strain of bacteria eating away at the ship's hull.

THE MEASURE OF A MAN
EPISODE NUMBER - 209
AIR DATE - 02.13.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * 1/2
A Federation scientist arrives on board with orders to take Data back with him for study. Picard petitions on Data's behalf, defending the android's right to make decisions for himself.

THE DAUPHIN
EPISODE NUMBER - 210
AIR DATE - 02.20.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
The Enterprise is assigned to ferry a young girl to her new home -- the planet she was bred to rule. The girl's overprotective guardian stands in the way when Wesley falls for the princess.

CONTAGION
EPISODE NUMBER - 211
AIR DATE - 03.20.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
An advanced alien computer program causes the destruction of a Federation ship, and infects the Enterprise. Picard and crew investigate an ancient and extinct race, and must beat the Romulans in a race to their technology.

THE ROYALE
EPISODE NUMBER - 212
AIR DATE - 03.27.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * 1/2
The crew discover a surreal, Earth-style casino on a planet in an uncharted system, and find themselves living out the story of an ancient novel.

TIME SQUARED
EPISODE NUMBER - 213
AIR DATE - 04.03.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
The Enterprise encounters one of its own shuttlecraft, containing Captain Picard from six hours in the future. The two Picards must avoid the Enterprise's destruction and prevent the loop from starting over.

THE ICARUS FACTOR
EPISODE NUMBER - 214
AIR DATE - 04.24.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Riker is offered his first captain's chair, and is reunited with his estranged father. Worf's friends help him celebrate the tenth anniversary of his Age of Ascension.

PEN PALS
EPISODE NUMBER - 215
AIR DATE - 05.01.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
Data begins to correspond with a young girl on a planet being investigated by the Enterprise, and learns that her world is in danger of self-destruction.

Q WHO?
EPISODE NUMBER - 216
AIR DATE - 05.08.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * *
The powerful alien Q returns to challenge the crew's right to explore the universe, hurtling the ship thousands of light years away to a deadly encounter with the Borg.

SAMARITAN SNARE
EPISODE NUMBER - 217
AIR DATE - 05.15.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
Geordi comes to the aid of a damaged Pakled ship, and is taken hostage in an attempt to acquire Federation technology. Picard undergoes a dangerous surgical procedure to replace his artificial heart.

UP THE LONG LADDER
EPISODE NUMBER - 218
AIR DATE - 05.22.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
After rescuing an endangered civilization, the Enterprise finds a dying race that has survived through cloning. The crew refuses to donate DNA samples, but find that they have been cloned against their will.

MANHUNT
EPISODE NUMBER - 219
AIR DATE - 06.19.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
Picard uses the holodeck to avoid the amorous advances of Lwaxana Troi, as the Enterprise ferries a group of delegates to a Federation conference.

THE EMISSARY
EPISODE NUMBER - 220
AIR DATE - 06.26.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
The Enterprise takes on board a Klingon emissary, whose mission is to help them stop a crew of Klingons -- who do no know that peace has been made -- from attacking Federation outposts after awakening from cyrogenic stasis. But Worf has personal history with the visitor.

PEAK PERFORMANCE
EPISODE NUMBER - 221
AIR DATE - 07.10.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
Picard and Riker command opposing ships in a war games simulation, only to have the exercise interrupted by a Ferengi battleship.

SHADES OF GRAY
EPISODE NUMBER - 222
AIR DATE - 07.17.89
GATEWORLD RATING - *
An alien infection threatens Commander Riker's life, and Troi and Pulaski try to save him by stimulating specific kinds of memories of his past.