Star Trek: The Next Generation – All Good Things [7.25]

Picard finds himself mysteriously moving back and forth between three different eras of his life:  the day when he first came aboard the Enterprise as Captain, far future when he is long-retired, and the “present day.”  In all three time frames he becomes aware of a mysterious anomaly in space that threatens to destroy the universe.  He is also told by Q that he must solve this mystery in order to prove that humanity is worthy to exist. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Unification II [5.8]

Picard discovers that Spock has moved to Romulus in an attempt to support an underground movement in favor of reunification between Romulus and Vulcan. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Redemption [4.26]

On the eve of Gowron’s official installation as Klingon chancellor, the family of Duras emerge with a new contender – the young Toral.  In his role as Arbiter of Succession, Picard discounts Toral’s claim, but Klingon civil war looms closer.  Worf teams up with his brother Kurn to gather allies for Gowron, in an attempt to convince him to restore Worf’s honor. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Mind’s Eye [4.24]

Geordi is kidnapped by the Romulans and secretly brainwashed into assassinating a Klingon governor in order to break up their alliance with the Federation. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Three Summary

Some argue that Season 3 is the best season of Next Generation.  I am withholding such judgments until I finish reviewing the whole series, but it is certainly miles ahead of what went on before.  Where Season 2 definitely displayed an overall upswing of quality, it’s with Season 3 that the show truly hits its stride, producing more than just a handful of truly “great” episodes.

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Yesterday’s Enterprise [3.15]

When a previous Starship Enterprise comes through a rift from the past into Picard’s time, history is changed so that the Federation has been at war with the Klingons for over 20 years.  Tasha Yar, who is alive in this timeline

Star Trek: The Next Generation – We’ll Always Have Paris [1.23]

The Enterprise investigates some mysterious temporal anomalies that are caused by dangerous experiments being performed by the husband of an old flame of Picard’s

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Skin of Evil [1.22]

A shuttle carrying Counselor Troi and another crew member crash, and the survivors are held prisoner by a Armus, an immensely powerful shapeshifting sludge-type creature who seeks to find some purpose in his rage and anger. He refuses to allow the shuttle survivors medical assistance and kills Tasha Yar

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Symbiosis [1.21]

After rescuing a distressed freighter, the Enterprise become involved in a dispute between representatives of two neighboring worlds who exist in a strange symbiotic relationship.