STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
    An Armchair Guide
    First Edition

    By Jim Shaun Lyon (72571,3002)


The following is a list of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION episodes designed
for reference.  Listed after the title is the episode number/code (order of
airing/order of production), the stardate, main guests if any (G) and one-line 
summary (S).

Regular Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Com-
mander William Riker), LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge), Denise Crosby (Tasha 
Yar), Michael Dorn (Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis
(Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Cmdr. Data), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher),
Diana Muldaur (Dr. Katherine Pulaski), Colm Meaney (Chief O'Brien)




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ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT    (1-2/101-102)  41153.5
G: John deLancie (Q), Michael Bell (Zorn), DeForest Kelley (McCoy)
S: En route to Deneb IV to discover how the inhabitants built Farpoint Station
   so quickly, the Enterprise is stopped by Q, an advanced life form that con-
   demns humanity as a savage race.

THE NAKED NOW    (3/103)  41209.2
G: Brooke Bundy (MacDougal)
S: The Enterprise inherits a virus from the USS Tsiolkovsky, which makes the
   crew lose their inhibitions -- and the antidote can be traced back to the
   Enterprise under Captain Kirk.

CODE OF HONOR    (4/104)  41235.25
G: Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (Lutan), Karole Selmon (Yareena)
S: While orbiting Ligon II, Tasha Yar is kidnapped by leader Lutan in a pecu-
   liar bid of "counting coup".

THE LAST OUTPOST    (5/108)  41386.4
S: The Enterprise and a Ferengi vessel are trapped above Delphi Ardu, the last
   outpost of the Tkon Empire, where a strange gnome challenges them to solve
   a riddle.

WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE     (6/106)  41253.1
G: Eric Menyuk (the Traveler), Stanley Kamel (Kosinski), Herta Ware (Mamon)
S: While undergoing enhancements on its engines, the Enterprise is propelled by
   an alien traveler into an alternate universe where thought becomes reality.

LONELY AMONG US     (7/107)  41249.3
S: Ferrying warring diplomats to a conference on Parliament, the ship passes
   through a living cloud that infiltrates the computer...and eventually takes
   control of Captain Picard.

JUSTICE     (8/109)  41255.6
G: Jay Louden (Liator), Brenda Bakke (Rivan)
S: The Enterprise visits Rubicam Three, whose hedonistic occupants welcome the
   crew with open arms...but the mysterious, transparent "god" in orbit has a
   different attitude.

THE BATTLE     (9/110)  41723.9
G: Frank Corsentino (Bok), Doug Warhit (Kazago)
S: A Ferengi DaiMon offers Picard the derelict of his former command, the USS
   Stargazer, which carries aboard it a mind-control sphere that puts him in
   the captain's seat...against the Enterprise!

HIDE AND Q     (10/111)  41590.5
G: John deLancie (Q)
S: Riker is given the powers of the Q Continuum, which when balanced against 
   his duties on the Enterprise seem a little more important.

HAVEN     (11/105)  41294.5
G: Majel Barrett (Lwaxana Troi), Rob Knepper (Wyatt Miller), Robert Ellenstein
   (Stephen Miller), Nan Martin (Victoria Miller), Carel Strucyken (Mr. Homn)
S: Troi's mother reminds Deanna of her arranged marriage to Wyatt Miller, a
   young doctor plagued by dreams of another woman...which leads him to a dying
   group of refugees.

THE BIG GOODBYE     (12/113)  41997.7
G: Lawrence Tierney (Cyrus Redblock), Harvey Jason (Felix Leech)
S: Picard, Data, Beverly and historian Whalen visit 1941 San Francisco via the
   holodeck, but an alien sensor scan disrupts the equipment, leaving the four
   essentially stranded in the 20th Century.

DATALORE     (13/114)  41240.2
S: On Omicron Theta, Data's homeworld, a duplicate android is discovered, but
   this one, Lore, is much more human...and possesses the ability to kill.

ANGEL ONE     (14/115)  41636.9
G: Karen Montgomery (Beate), Sam Hennings (Ramsey), Patricia McPherson (Ariel)
S: Searching for the missing vessel SS Odin, the Enterprise finds the survivors
   as fugitives on Angel One, a planet where the women are the controlling gen-
   der and men are subservient.

11001001     (15/116)  41365.9
G: Carolyn McCormick (Minuet), Gene Dynarski (Quinteros)
S: At Starbase 74, the Enterprise undergoes a refit on its holodeck, and while
   Picard and Riker are entertained by a holographic beauty, the repairmen,
   the Bynars, steal the vessel.

TOO SHORT A SEASON     (16/112)  41309.5
G: Clayton Rohner (Mark Jameson), Marsha Hunt (Anne Jameson), Michael Pataki
   (Karnas)
S: Responding to a hostage situation on Mordan IV, the Enterprise takes along
   Mark Jameson, a famous Admiral whose use of a youth drug may kill him --
   unless Karnas, Mordan's revolutionary ruler, gets to him first.

WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS     (17/118)  41509.1
G: Jerry Hardin (Radue), Brenda Strong (Rashella)
S: The planet Aldea, cursed by ozone depletion, captures children from the
   Enterprise in an attempt to repopulate the planet.

HOMESOIL     (18/117)  41463.9
G: Walter Gotell (Kurt Mandl), Elizabeth Lindsey (Luisa Kim)
S: Terraformers on Velara III are mysteriously being killed, and the answer
   lies in a unique, never-before-discovered life form which, once aboard the
   Enterprise, begins to grow at a fantastic rate.

COMING OF AGE     (19/119)  41416.2
G: John Putch (Mordock), Ward Costello (Quinn), Robert Schenkkan (Remmick)
S: Wesley undergoes testing to enter Starfleet Academy on Relva Seven, while
   Picard and his crew are investigated by Remmick in an effort to determine
   if Picard is still loyal to Starfleet.

HEART OF GLORY     (20/120)  41503.7
G: Vaughn Armstrong (Korris), Charles Hyman (Konmil), David Froman (K'Nera)
S: Renegade Klingons, believing in the old ways of their Empire, come aboard
   the Enterprise, attempt to convert Worf to their cause and then set out to
   capture the ship.

THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM     (21/121)  41798.2
G: Vincent Schiavelli (the Peddler)
S: Searching for the missing USS Drake, the Enterprise stumbles upon Minos, 
   whose people were destroyed by their technology, but whose weapons survive,
   trapping Picard, Beverly, Riker, Data and Tasha on the planet and leaving
   Geordi in command of the ship.

SYMBIOSIS     (22/123)  No Stardate
G: Merritt Butrick (T'Jon), Judson Scott (Sobi)
S: The Enterprise mediates a trade dispute between representatives from Ornara
   and Brekka, but when Beverly stumbles upon the mysterious secret of the two
   planets' symbiotic relationship, Picard must intervene.

SKIN OF EVIL     (23/122)  41601.3
S: When an evil alien being kidnaps Deanna Troi, Picard must fight for his 
   Counselor....but a terrible mistake sentences Tasha to death.

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS     (24/124)  41697.9
G: Michelle Phillips (Jenice Manheim), Rod Loomis (Paul Manheim)
S: Dr. Paul Manheim's experiments trap the universe in a time loop, and the
   solution rests with Picard, if he can separate himself from his feelings
   for Manheim's wife Jenice, an old flame.

CONSPIRACY    (25/125)  41775.5
G: Henry Darrow (Admiral Savar), Ward Costello (Quinn), Robert Schenkkan (Rem-
   mick), Jonathan Farwell (Walker Keel)
S: Warned of a plot to infiltrate Starfleet Command by old friend Walker Keel,
   whose ship is subsequently destroyed, Picard journeys to Earth and uncovers
   a terrible conspiracy....and a race of parasites' plan to conquer the Fede-
   ration!

THE NEUTRAL ZONE     (26/126)  41986.0
G: Peter Mark Richman (Ralph Offenhouse), Leon Rippy (Sonny Clemons), Gracie
   Harrison (Clare Raymond), Marc Alaimo (T'Bok)
S: The Enterprise discovers an old Earth satellite with three frozen humans
   from the 20th Century aboard, and must hold them on the Enterprise while en
   route to a meeting with the Romulans to determine the reason why border
   outposts have been mysteriously destroyed.




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THE CHILD     (27/127)  42073.1
G: Seymour Cassel (Hester Dealt), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan)
S: New medical officer Kate Pulaski pronounces Troi pregnant at the hands of
   a traveling alien who is born in two days...and advances at a frightening
   rate.  But when it is discovered the child is endangering a dangerous ship-
   ment of plasma plague, can Picard save the ship?

WHERE SILENCE HAS LEASE     (28/128)  42193.6
G: Earl Boen (Nagilum)
S: An advanced alien traps the crew in a mysterious black void, pawns in its
   game of research and discovery.

ELEMENTARY, DEAR DATA     (29/129)  42286.3
G: Daniel Davis (Moriarty)
S: Data, Geordi and Pulaski play out a Sherlock Holmes mystery in the holodeck,
   but when Geordi challenges the computer to create an adversary capable of
   defeating Data, the evil Professor Moriarty achieves consciousness....and
   takes control of the Enterprise.

THE OUTRAGEOUS OKONA     (30/130)  42402.7
G: William O. Campbell (Okona), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Joe Piscopo (Comic),
   Douglas Rowe (Debin), Albert Stratton (Kushell)
S: The Enterprise grants asylum to Okona, a roguish captain pursued by the pla-
   nets Atlek and Streleb.  Meanwhile, Guinan sets out to teach Data about 
   human humor.

LOUD AS A WHISPER     (31/132)  42477.2
G: Howie Seago (Riva), Marnie Mosiman (Woman), Thomas Oglesby (Scholar), Leo
   Damian (Warrior/Adonis)
S: To settle a dispute on Soleis Five, the Enterprise seeks Riva, the deaf 
   Great Mediator, but when Riva's Chorus of telepathic translators are killed,
   Troi alone has the power to help Riva.

THE SCHIZOID MAN     (32/131)  42437.5
G: W. Morgan Sheppard (Dr. Ira Graves), Barbara Alyn Woods (Kareen Brianon),
   Suzie Plakson (Lt. Selar)
S: Plagued with a fatal disease, Dr. Ira Graves transfers his consciousness
   into Data, and separating the two disparate personalities rests with Pi-
   card's ability to persuade Graves of his mistake.

UNNATURAL SELECTION     (33/133)  42494.8
G: Patricia Smith (Sara Kingsley)
S: After the crew of the USS Lantree dies of old age, the Enterprise traces the
   scourge to the Darwin Genetic Research Station, where a genetic experiment
   gone awry holds the children at bay....and infects Dr. Pulaski.

A MATTER OF HONOR     (34/134)  42506.5
G: Christopher Collins (Kargan), Brian Thompson (Klag), John Putch (Mendon)
S: A Starfleet exchange program brings a green young Benzite ensign on board
   the Enterprise and sends Riker to the Klingon vessel Pagh, whose distrust-
   ful captain attacks the Enterprise, suspecting Picard of sabotage.

THE MEASURE OF A MAN     (35/135)  42523.7
G: Amanda McBroom (Philipa Louvois), Brian Brophy (Bruce Maddox), Whoopi Gold-
   berg (Guinan)
S: Data's rights are put to the test in court as Picard battles Bruce Maddox,
   a cyberneticist who wants to create more androids for Starfleet at the cost
   of Data's life -- and the prosecuting attorney is Commander Riker!

THE DAUPHIN     (36/136)  42568.8
G: Paddi Edwards (Anya), Jamie Hubbard (Salia), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan)
S: The Enterprise is assigned to transport Salia, future ruler of Daled Four,
   to her home planet...and en route, falls for young Wesley Crusher.

CONTAGION      (37/137)  42609.1
G: Thalmus Rasulala (Captain Varley), Carolyn Seymour (Toras)
S: A mysterious computer virus created on the lost world of Iconia destroys the
   USS Yamato, and threatens the Enterprise -- until a Romulan ship in orbit
   around the planet forces Picard to go after the secrets of Iconia.

THE ROYALE     (38/138)  42625.4
G: Nobel Willingham (Texas), Sam Anderson (Assistant Manager), Jill Jacobsen
   (Vanessa)
S: After finding wreckage from a NASA vessel around Theta Eight, Riker, Worf
   and Data become trapped in the Hotel Royale, a reconstruction of a trashy
   Earth novel.

TIME SQUARED     (39/139)  42679.2
S: The Enterprise stumbles upon one of its own shuttlepods carrying an exact
   duplicate of Picard from six hours in the future, where the ship has been
   destroyed.

THE ICARUS FACTOR     (40/140)  42686.4
G: Mitchell Ryan (Kyle Riker)
S: Riker's father visits with a message -- Will has been promoted to command
   the USS Ares, but first he must deal with the problems between himself and
   Kyle.

PEN PALS     (41/141)  42695.3
G: Nicholas Cascone (Davies), Nikki Cox (Sarjenka)
S: Data breaks the Prime Directive while communicating with a young girl on
   a distant planet, which is about to be destroyed by seismic disruptions.

Q WHO     (42/142)  42761.3
G: John deLancie (Q), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan)
S: Q takes the Enterprise to another part of the galaxy to encounter the Borg,
   a race of cyborgs to whom technology is all powerful.

SAMARITAN SNARE     (43/143)  42779.1
G: Christopher Collins (Grebnedlog)
S: Geordi is kidnapped by a Pakled vessel whose captain wishes to make his
   crew omnipotent, while an all-important operation on Picard's heart goes
   awry.

UP THE LONG LADDER     (44/144)  42823.2
G: Rosalyn Landor (Brenna), Barrie Ingham (Danilo), Jon de Vries (Granger)
S: While rescuing one colony in the Ficus Sector from solar flares, Picard
   learns of a second colony comprised of a dying race of clones....and must
   solve the problems of both cultures.

MANHUNT     (45/145)  42859.2
G: Majel Barrett (Lwaxana Troi), Rod Arrants (Rex), Carel Struycken (Homn), 
   Robert Costanzo (Bender), Rhonda Aldrich (Madeline), Mick Fleetwood (Ante-
   dian Delegate)
S: En route to a diplomatic conference, Troi's mother shows up while undergoing
   "the Phase"; fleeing Lwaxana, Picard hides in the holodeck in the Dixon
   Hill scenario.

THE EMISSARY     (46/146)  42901.3
G: Suzie Plakson (K'Ehleyr), Lance LeGault (K'Temoc)
S: Special Emissary K'Ehleyr, a half-human, half-Klingon representative and
   former lover of Worf, is called in to mediate a special problem: a group of
   Klingons from a century ago in suspended animation have just revived and
   are bent on attacking the Federation.

PEAK PERFORMANCE     (47/147)  42923.4
G: Roy Brocksmith (Sirna Kolrami)
S: The Enterprise is pitted against the USS Hathaway in war-games, but when
   a Ferengi vessel shows up, Picard must play a real-life game of chess.

SHADES OF GRAY     (48/148)  42976.1
S: Riker's body is invaded by a mysterious parasite and Pulaski's only recourse
   seems to be the stimulation (via flashbacks) of his mind with memories.




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EVOLUTION     (49/150)  43125.8
G: Ken Jenkins (Paul Stubbs), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan)
S: The Enterprise assists Dr. Paul Stubbs in a research experiment, but when
   Wesley accidentally releases microscopic nanites, the ship is plagued by
   serious malfunction and possible disaster.

THE ENSIGNS OF COMMAND     (50/149)  No Stardate
G: Eileen Seeley (Ard'rian Mackenzie), Grainger Hines (Gosheven)
S: Data is sent to Tau Cygna Five to evacuate the human settlers there before
   the Sheliak, the alien rulers of the area, come to destroy them.

THE SURVIVORS     (51/151)  43142.4
G: John Anderson (Kevin Uxbridge), Anne Haney (Rishon Uxbridge)
S: The Enterprise finds only two survivors of the 11,000 occupants on Delta
   Rana IV, an old man and his wife who refuse to leave.  Meanwhile, Troi is
   being driven mad by strange music in her mind, and Picard wrestles with an
   elusive alien vessel in orbit.

WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS     (52/152)  43173.5
G: Kathryn Leigh Scott (Nuria), Ray Wise (Liko)
S: Riker and Troi masquerade as Mintakans, proto-Vulcanoids, in an attempt to
   find a missing anthropologist.  But when a Mintakan sees Picard and believes
   him to be a god, the Prime Directive becomes much more complicated.

THE BONDING     (53/153)  43198.7
G: Susan Powell (Marla Aster)
S: An archaeologist is killed on an Away mission, leaving behind a young son.
   But when she mysteriously reappears to him, Picard must play a game of wits
   with a powerful alien force who wants to raise the boy.

BOOBY TRAP     (54/154)  43205.6
G: Susan Gibney (Leah Brahms), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan)
S: When the Enterprise becomes ensnared in a 1000-year-old booby trap, Geordi
   recreates one of the Enterprise's designers in the holodeck....and falls in
   love with her.

THE ENEMY     (55/155)  43349.2
G: John Snyder (Bochra), Andreas Katsulas (Commander Tomalak)
S: Marooned on Galorndan Cor with a Romulan crash survivor, Bochra, Geordi and
   he must learn to put their differences aside in order to survive.

THE PRICE     (56/156)  43385.6
G: Matt McCoy (Devinoni Ral), Elizabeth Hoffman (Bhavani), Castulo Guerra
   (Mendoza), Scott Thomson (DaiMon Goss)
S: The Enterprise plays host to the negotiations of the rights to the Barzan
   Wormhole, a fantastic new transportation corridor.  But a Ferengi DaiMon
   has plans to sabotage the conference, and Troi learns a dark secret about
   Ral, a delegate that she falls head-first for.

THE VENGEANCE FACTOR     (57/157)  43421.9
G: Lisa Wilcox (Yuta), Joey Aresco (Brul), Nancy Parsons (Marruk)
S: The Enterprise attempts to assist in the cease-fire between the Acamarians
   and the Gatherers, a nomadic party that broke away from them -- but blood
   feuds still exist, and racial hatred is something that isn't easily broken.




- to be continued...