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126. Time's Arrow: Part
II |
The
Away Team returns to the 19th century to rescue Data and
save Earth from the depredations of a strange alien life
form from the planet Devida Two, which has travelled back in
time to feed on mankind's neural energy. All working out
fine until Mark Twain ends up in the 24th century.
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127. Realm of Fear |
Resident Enterprise milquetoast Barclay is attacked by a
strange creature while transporting for the first time in
his life, yes he's afraid of transporting. Neat first
persons perspective effects while Barclay's being
transported. |
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128. Man of the People |
Lumerian Ambassador Alkar uses Counsellor Troi as the
receptacle for his negative emotions while mediating a
dispute and his earlier receptacle died. Troi soon finds her
self flowing with these negative emotions becoming jumpy,
loose and jealous of everything. Good performance by Marina
Sirtis in an otherwise rather dull episode. |
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129. Relics |
The
Enterprise rescues Montgomery Scott suspended for 75 years
in a transporter beam on board a doomed Federation transport
ship. A man out of time, Scotty proves vital in saving the
Enterprise, one last time, from destruction inside a Dyson's
sphere. |
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130. Schisms |
Geordi's experiments with a new scanning system result in
members of the crew being abducted and experimented on in a
distant realm of subspace by a strange alien species. Great
character moments, which serve to light up this other wise
eerie episode, include a teaser in which Data gives poetry
reading while Riker struggles to stay awake. |
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131. True Q |
A
lively Q visit in which the omnipotent super being reveals
that Enterprise inter Amanda is actually a Q, a plot that
echoes first season's "Hide & Q". A heavy handed B-story
involves the Tagrians facing environmental disaster. |
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132. Rascals |
Picard, Guinan, Ensign Ro, Keiko are transformed into
children during a freak shuttle/transporter accident. This
show is against all odds a rather entertaining comedy
episode, a B-story is the Ferengi take-over off the
Enterprise. There is a great technobabble parody moment
where Riker erroneously explains the Enterprise's operations
to a befuddled Ferengi. |
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133. A Fistful of Datas |
When the Holodeck malfunctions, Worf, Alexander and Troi
find themselves facing off against the spectre of many
gunmen when duplicates of Data take over the
computer-generated western. Great fun to watch Brent Spiner
playing six different characters in the show and a there is
also a rather nice western score by James Chattaway a NG
vet. |
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134. Quality of Life |
Scientist Dr. Farallon, the creator of a revolutionary
method for mining using a solar particle fountain, invents
an even more miraculous tool, the Exocomp, a computerised
brain capable of learning-leading Data to the conclusion
that the mechanical devices are a life form and struggles to
convince others to recognise that. |
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135. Chain of Command:
Part I |
When hostilities flare with the Cardassians, Picard is
reassigned on a secret mission and Captain Edward Jellico is
assigned to the Enterprise as its Captain. Jellico
immediately takes a dislike to Riker and inspires loathing
among most of the Enterprise. |
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136. Chain of Command:
Part II |
Picard is captured during the covert mission established in
part I. He is then brutally tortured by a Cardassian
inquisitor, Gul Madred, while Captain Jellico attempts to
ascertain the Cardassian's military strategy and manages to
come up with a few good ones of his own. |
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137. Ship in a Bottle |
A
clever script laced with wry irony proves a wonderful sequel
to second season's "Elementary Dear Data". In the show
Sherlock Holmes arch enemy Moriarty reappears from storage
and to everyone's surprise walks of the Holodeck. |
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138. Aquiel |
Geordi falls for the prime suspect in a murder
investigation, an opportunity for a real Geordi love story
that ultimately disappoints, thanks to it gratuitous science
fiction twist. |
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139. Face of the Enemy |
In
an atypical Star Trek adventure, Troi awakens aboard a
Romulan Warbird and finds she has been transformed into
Romulan officer, Major Rakal, a member of the feared
security force Tal Shiar, responsible for helping the
defection of several important Romulan dignitaries to the
Federation. A terrific instalment that continues the story
introduced in "Unification" and is helped by a tour de force
performance by Marina Sirtis. |
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140. Tapestry |
It's not such a wonderful life for Picard when Q gives him a
chance to relieve his rambunctious Y outh to prevent being
killed on an Away Team mission in one of the new TREK's
finest instalments. One of the most compelling and
well-realised stories ever told on TNG with magnificent
performance from Stewart and Lancie. |
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141. Birthright: Part I |
On
a visit to Deep Space Nine, Worf learns that his father may
still be alive in a Romulan prison camp while a power surge
results in Data experiencing a mysterious vision. A two-parter
that makes good use of the expanded format by telling a
captivating, surreal Data story while also slowly laying the
groundwork for Worf's quest. |
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142. Birthright: Part II |
Worf attempts to instil a sense of heritage into the
Klingons living in a Romulan prisoner-of-war camp while
trying to execute an escape. Worf most also battle his own
racial prejudice when he finds out that the Klingon Ba'El is
also a Romulan. |
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143. Starship Mine |
During a routine Baryon particle elimination sweep on the
Enterprise, terrorists attempt to steal trilithium from the
ship's engines, leading Picard to play Bruce Willis as he
single-handedly saves himself and the vessel during a rare
Next Generation "run and jump" romp. The episode works best
with it's comic moments including Data's testing of a
small-talk program. |
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144. Lessons |
A
potentially mundane and maudlin hour in which Picard becomes
romantically involved with the new chief of the onboard
Stellar Science department, Nella Daren, avoids potential
pitfalls thanks to some extraordinary character drama
courtesy of unaccredited story editor Rene Echevarria which
broadens the character of Picard and provides the most
satisfying romantic entanglement depicted on the show. |
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145. The Chase |
When Picard's mentor is killed the Captain pursues an
archaeological quest for DNA fragments which lead the ship
to a planet which has already attracted feuding Cardassians,
Klingons and Romulans all in a search for the secret encoded
within the DNA. A homage to "classic TREK", capturing the
larger-than-life messages which typified the now classic
voyages of the original starship Enterprise. |
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146. Frame of Mind |
Beginning in the midst of an eerie and dissonant teaser,
scripter Brannon Braga crafts a dark and brooding instalment
in which Riker finds himself propelled between life aboard
the Enterprise and as an inmate of an alien mental asylum.
Good performance by Jonathan Frakes. |
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147. Suspicions |
Beverley is relieved of duty after investigating what she
believes is the murder of a Ferengi scientist who has
created a metaphysic shield designed to take a shuttle
through a star's corona. |
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148. Rightful Heir |
While undergoing a spiritual crisis, Worf visits a Klingon
monastery on Boreth where the image of the legendary Klingon
warrior, Kehless appears to him, seeking to reclaim his
position as leader of the Klingon empire. |
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149. Second Chances |
A
superb freshman directorial outing for LeVar Burton, with
Jonathan Frakes in two roles, that of Commander Riker and
Lieutenant Riker, a duplicate created in a freak transporter
accident eight years before. |
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150. Timescape |
The
Enterprise appears to become trapped in time in mid-battle
with a Romulan warbird, due to a strange temporal distortion
in an entertaining scientific mystery which fizzles in its
last two acts. The only mistake is to use the Romulans in
this episode, they appear to be too nice. |
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151. Descent
|
It's all set-up and little payoff when the Borg return to
menace the Federation as vicious, individualistic killing
machines during which Data feels his first emotion, anger
and subsequently pleasure, in killing one of the
metamorphosed automatons. Full of great little moments but
lacks the ominously fatalistic mood and searing
interpersonal histrionics of its Borg predecessor. Data's
personal dilemma is absorbing. |
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