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THE NEXT GENERATION
SEASON THREE

1989-1990

EVOLUTION
EPISODE NUMBER - 301
AIR DATE - 09.25.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
The Enterprise studies the rare explosion of a star, but a computer malfunction on board threatens to destroy the ship. Wesley discovers that he may have been inadvertantly responsible.

THE ENSIGNS OF COMMAND
EPISODE NUMBER - 302
AIR DATE - 10.02.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Data must convince a group of colonists to evacuate their world before its rightful owners wipe them out.

THE SURVIVORS
EPISODE NUMBER - 303
AIR DATE - 10.09.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
The Enterprise crew finds a Federation colony annihilated by a hostile alien race -- all except an elderly couple, whose home appears completely untouched. Troi falls mysteriously ill.

WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS?
EPISODE NUMBER - 304
AIR DATE - 10.16.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
A Federation observatory on a primitive planet is exposed to the inhabitants, whom they have been studying. Picard is mistaken as a god, and the Mintakans threaten to sacrifice Troi to prove their devotion to him.

THE BONDING
EPISODE NUMBER - 305
AIR DATE - 10.23.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * 1/2
When an officer dies on an away mission, Worf offers to perform a Klingon ritual with her 12-year-old son, making them brothers forever. But young Jeremy is shocked when his deceased mother returns to the ship for him.

BOOBY TRAP
EPISODE NUMBER - 306
AIR DATE - 10.30.89
GATEWORLD RATING - unrated
The ship is ensnared in a booby trap left over from an ancient war, which threatens to kill everyone on board with lethal radiation. LaForge seeks assistance from a holographic recreation of an Earth scientist.

THE ENEMY
EPISODE NUMBER - 307
AIR DATE - 11.06.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Geordi is stranded on a planet ravaged by electrical storms, along with a Romulan officer. The crew face a stand-off with a Romulan warship, which threatens to destroy the Enterprise.

THE PRICE
EPISODE NUMBER - 308
AIR DATE - 11.13.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Counsellor Troi falls for a handsome delegate participating in negotiations on the Enterprise for the rights to a stable wormhole -- but discovers he has an unfair advantage.

THE VENGEANCE FACTOR
EPISODE NUMBER - 309
AIR DATE - 11.20.89
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
The Enterprise crew mediates peace talks between the Acamarians and a separatist clan, but a vendetta threatens to compromise their efforts.

THE DEFECTOR
EPISODE NUMBER - 310
AIR DATE - 01.01.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
A Romulan officer comes to the Enterprise with vital news about a Romulan plot to attack the Federation and control the Neutral Zone -- but his shady past throws suspicion on his claims.

THE HUNTED
EPISODE NUMBER - 311
AIR DATE - 01.08.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
The Enterprise apprehends a highly-trained war criminal who has escaped from a prison colony, and learns that the society that sent him there is hiding a dark secret.

THE HIGH GROUND
EPISODE NUMBER - 312
AIR DATE - 01.29.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
The crew of the Enterprise find themselves in the middle of a civil war when Dr. Crusher is taken hostage by a terrorist group.

DEJA Q
EPISODE NUMBER - 313
AIR DATE - 02.05.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
Q is dropped on the Enterprise after the Continuum passes judgment on him and removes his powers. The once omnipotent being must adjust to life as a human -- with nearly every race in the galaxy out to get him.

A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
EPISODE NUMBER - 314
AIR DATE - 02.12.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
The murder of a Federation scientist puts Commander Riker under scrutiny, and the players involved recount their own versions of the incident for a board of inquiry.

YESTERDAY'S ENTERPRISE
EPISODE NUMBER - 315
AIR DATE - 02.19.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * *
A temporal rift brings the Enterprise-C forward 22 years in time, radically altering history. Picard and his crew must send the ship back to the past while fighting a war against the Klingon Empire. Tasha Yar discovers her fatal destiny.

THE OFFSPRING
EPISODE NUMBER - 316
AIR DATE - 03.12.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
Data constructs an android child, who attempts to adjust to life on board the Enterprise -- and who exceeds even Data's programming.

SINS OF THE FATHER
EPISODE NUMBER - 317
AIR DATE - 03.19.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
The brother Worf never knew he had shows up, prompting Worf to challenge accusations against their father before the Klingon High Council.

ALLEGIANCE
EPISODE NUMBER - 318
AIR DATE - 03.26.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *
Captain Picard is kidnapped and imprisoned with three other hostages from different species, while an exact duplicate takes control of the Enterprise.

CAPTAIN'S HOLIDAY
EPISODE NUMBER - 319
AIR DATE - 04.02.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * *1/2
Picard is convinced to take his first vacation in years, to the planet Risa -- but finds himself in the middle of a race for a powerful weapon from the future.

TIN MAN
EPISODE NUMBER - 320
AIR DATE - 04.23.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * *
The Enterprise races the Romulans to an intelligent organic space vessel, where a Betazoid emissary tries to make first contact with the life form.

HOLLOW PURSUITS
EPISODE NUMBER - 321
AIR DATE - 04.30.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
LaForge and the other senior staff try to deal with Reginald Barclay, a sub-par officer who has found diversion from the real world by recreating his fellow officers on the holodeck.

THE MOST TOYS
EPISODE NUMBER - 322
AIR DATE - 05.07.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
A collector of rare objects kidnaps Data and stages his death, in order to add the android to his collection.

SAREK
EPISODE NUMBER - 323
AIR DATE - 05.14.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * 1/2
The Enterprise plays host to an important negotiation, led by Vulcan Ambassador Sarek -- who has begun to show signs of a crippling neurological disease.

MENAGE A TROI
EPISODE NUMBER - 324
AIR DATE - 05.28.90
GATEWORLD RATING - unrated
Riker, Troi, and her mother are kidnapped by the Ferengi, who hope to study the Betazoid telepathic ability with mind probes.

TRANSFIGURATIONS
EPISODE NUMBER - 325
AIR DATE - 06.04.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * 1/2
Dr. Crusher is stunned when an alien rescued from the wreckage of an escape pod begins to exhibit incredible healing powers. Picard tries to protect the amnesia-stricken man when his people's military come looking for him.

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, PART 1
EPISODE NUMBER - 326
AIR DATE - 06.18.90
GATEWORLD RATING - * * * *
The Enterprise investigates the destruction of an outer colony, and discovers that the Borg are on course to invade Earth. Riker struggles with a hotshot commander who is eyeing his position as first officer.