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.