1. Series overview

2. Episodes
    Season 2 (1988–89)  Season 3 (1989–90)  Season 4 (1990–91)  Season 5 (1991–92)  Season 6 (1992–93)  Season 7 (1993–94) 

3. Two-part episodes summary

4. Main cast appearances

5. Cross-overs with DS9

6. Home media
    DVD and Blu-Ray  Streaming 

7. See also

8. Notes

9. References

10. Bibliography

11. External links

The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series which aired in syndication from September 1987 through May 1994. It is the second live action series of the Star Trek franchise, and comprises a total of 178 episodes over seven seasons. The series picks up about 95 years after the original series is said to have taken place.

The television episodes are listed here in chronological order by original air date, which match the episode order in each season's DVD set. This list also includes the stardate on which the events of each episode took place within the fictional Star Trek universe.

The main cast consisted of Patrick Stewart as captain Jean-Luc Picard, Jonathan Frakes as his second-in-command William Riker, Brent Spiner as chief of operations Data, LeVar Burton as chief engineer Geordi La Forge, Marina Sirtis as counselor Deanna Troi, Michael Dorn as chief of security Worf, and Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher. McFadden left the show after the first season and was replaced for the second season with Diana Muldaur as Dr. Katherine Pulaski, but returned for the third season and remained with the cast thereafter. Wil Wheaton starred as Wesley Crusher in seasons 1–4, returning for guest appearances in seasons 5 and 7. Denise Crosby played chief security officer Tasha Yar in the first season but her character was killed in the episode "Skin of Evil".

The Next Generation cast also appears in four feature films: Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis.

Series overview

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Episodes

Both the series' premiere ("Encounter at Farpoint") and finale ("All Good Things...") originally aired as single two-hour presentations, but have since aired as two one-hour episodes.

===Season 1 (1987–88)===

Season 2 (1988–89)

Season 3 (1989–90)

Season 4 (1990–91)

Season 5 (1991–92)

Season 6 (1992–93)

Season 7 (1993–94)

Two-part episodes summary

The two-part episodes are sometimes edited into one showing and released as a single feature. Typically the short summary of Part I at the start of Part II, as well as the second showing of the opening credits, is cut.

• "Encounter at Farpoint" (the two-hour series premiere)
• "The Best of Both Worlds"
• "Redemption"
• "Unification"
• "Time's Arrow"
• "Chain of Command"
• "Birthright"
• "Descent"
• "Gambit"
• "All Good Things..." (the two-hour series finale)

Main cast appearances

This is a graph of when the main cast made appearances.

The story of Worf and O'Brien and several other characters are further extended on the Deep Space Nine TV show, which debuted in 1993 while TNG was in mid-season

Character story-arcs

A number of episodes continue story arcs for certain characters. Examples:

• Sito Jaxa (played by Shannon Fill)
  • "The First Duty" (S5 E19)
  • "Lower Decks" (S7 E15)
• Ro Laren (played by Michelle Forbes and Megan Parlen)
  • "Ensign Ro (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (S5 E3)
  • "Disaster (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (S5 E5)
  • "Conundrum (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (S5 E14)
  • "The Next Phase" (S5 E24) (Geordi focused episode also)
  • "Rascals (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (S6 E7)
  • "Preemptive Strike (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (S7 E24)
• Lore (played by Brent Spiner)
  • "Datalore" (S1 E13)
  • "Brothers (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (S4 E13)
  • "Descent (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (S6E26 + S7E1 (two-part show))
• Kurn (played by Tony Todd)
  • "Sins of the Father (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (S3 E17)
  • "Redemption (Star Trek: The Next Generation)" (S4E26 + S5E1 (two-part show))

Home media

TNG was released on VHS cassette tapes, and these usually put two episodes on one tape.^[1] For some releases the credits of both shows on the tape were shown combined at the end of the tape not separately.^[1]

DVD and Blu-Ray

Certain episodes of the series have also been released on eight "best of" collections.^[2]

The four Next Generation movies were released together on a Blu-ray set in 2009.^[12][13] They have subsequently been re-released individually.

Three episodes were released on region-free Blu-ray Disc in January 2012.^[2] The complete series was digitally remastered in 1080p high definition and will be available for Blu-ray releases, syndication on television, and distribution digitally.^[14]{{outdated inline|reason=No way this is still accurate.|date=December 2017}}

There were also five fan collective DVD collections, that released a set of episodes across the Star Trek franchise but included episodes from TNG.^[15] The five sets are Borg, Klingon, Q, Time Travel, and Captain's Log.^[15]

Streaming

The digital distribution of the remastered series has been through services such as iTunes and Amazon Video. Seasons 1 and 2 were released on the US, Canadian and UK iTunes stores in early 2013, in both high and standard definition. Seasons 3 and 4 were released on the US and Canadian iTunes stores in the second half of 2013, and on the UK store in March 2014 - again in both high and standard definition. In early 2014, the first four seasons were added to the Australian iTunes Store in both high and standard definition. Both high and standard definition versions of Season 5 were released digitally in the US via Amazon Video and iTunes in early May 2014, and later in the UK, Canadian and Australian iTunes stores. In December 2014, Season 6 was added in both high and standard definition to the US iTunes Store.

The complete series was added to the Netflix streaming service in the US in 2011. In 2015, the series was updated to the high-definition remastered version of the show.

See also

• List of Star Trek characters
• List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes
• List of Star Trek: The Animated Series episodes
• List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes
• List of Star Trek: Voyager episodes
• List of Star Trek: Enterprise episodes

Notes

References

Bibliography

• {{cite book|last=Nemecek|first=Larry|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion|year=2003|edition=3rd|publisher=Pocket Books|location=New York|isbn= 0-7434-5798-6|ref=Nemecek1995}}

External links

• Memory Alpha – a Star Trek wiki containing detailed episode guides
• Episode guide at startrek.com
• {{IMDb episodes|0092455|Star Trek: The Next Generation}}

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