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Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Season 1

  • Encounter at Farpoint
    6.9/107,632 votes
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    Encounter at Farpoint

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1987

    Stardate: 41153.7. The new commander of the recently built U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC1701-D), Captain Jean- Luc Picard takes the crew on their first mission to discover the secret of Farpoint Station. During their journey, they encounter an omnipotent being known as Q. Q accuses humanity of barbarism, and places humanity on trial. Jean-Luc must prove otherwise or the human race will be annihilated.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: Gene Roddenberry, D.C. Fontana

  • The Naked Now
    6.5/104,955 votes
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    The Naked Now

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1987

    Stardate: 41209.2. The crew of the Enterprise are infected with a virus contracted by the away team while they were investigating the mysterious deaths of the entire crew of the Starship Tsilkovsky.

    Director: Paul Lynch

    Writer: D.C. Fontana, John D.F. Black

  • Code of Honor
    5.1/104,869 votes
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    Code of Honor

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1987

    Stardate: 41235.25. Tasha Yar must fight for her life and a vaccine to save a race of people when she is kidnapped and forced to battle with her abductor's wife.

    Director: Russ Mayberry, Les Landau

    Writer: Michael Baron, Katharyn Powers, Kathryn Powers

  • The Last Outpost
    6.3/104,392 votes
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    The Last Outpost

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1987

    Stardate: 41386.4. A powerful entity disables the Enterprise and a Ferengi ship. Their only means of escape is if they can correctly answer the riddles he asks.

    Director: Richard A. Colla

    Writer: Herbert Wright

  • Where No One Has Gone Before
    7.5/104,824 votes
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    Where No One Has Gone Before

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1987

    Stardate: 41263.1. The Enterprise is flung across space into a distant galaxy billions of light years away when a propulsion engineer and his mysterious companion, attempt to re-design the ship's engine systems.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: Michael Reaves, Diane Duane

  • Lonely Among Us
    6.3/104,013 votes
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    Lonely Among Us

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1987

    Stardate: 41249.3. Picard's mind is taken over by an energy field that the Enterprise passes through.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: D.C. Fontana

  • Justice
    6.0/104,374 votes
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    Justice

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1987

    Stardate: 41255.6. Picard is forced to choose between friendship and the Prime Directive when Wesley Crusher is sentenced to death for accidentally breaking the law on Rubicon III.

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: Worley Thorne

  • The Battle
    6.8/104,056 votes
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    The Battle

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1987

    Stardate: 41723.9. The Ferengi hand over an old ship which Picard once captained, the U.S.S. Stargazer. The Ferengi have installed a mind altering device that alters Picard's mind to make him think that he is reliving a past battle, and the target is the Enterprise.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: Herbert Wright

  • Hide and Q
    6.9/104,229 votes
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    Hide and Q

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1987

    Stardate: 41590.5. Q places the senior crew of the Enterprise in a war game that pits them against a boar-faced, Napoleonic enemy.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Maurice Hurley, Gene Roddenberry

  • Haven
    6.2/103,926 votes
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    Haven

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1987

    Stardate: 41294.6. The mother of Deanna Troi, Lwaxana, pays a surprise visit to the Enterprise and announces the prearranged marriage of Deanna to the son of her mother's late husband's best friend.

    Director: Richard Compton

    Writer: Tracy Tormé

  • The Big Goodbye
    7.2/104,213 votes
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    The Big Goodbye

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/1988

    Stardate: 41997.7. Picard, Dr. Crusher and Data are placed in great danger when the holodeck malfunctions while they are running a Dixon Hill program, which pits them against 1940's mobsters.

    Director: Joseph L. Scanlan

    Writer: Tracy Tormé

  • Datalore
    7.6/104,387 votes
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    Datalore

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/1988

    Stardate: 41242.4. While exploring his homeworld, the crew of the Enterprise find android parts that are identical to Data's. When assembled, an 'evil' twin of Data named Lore is revived.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: N/A

  • Angel One
    5.7/103,991 votes
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    Angel One

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/25/1988

    Stardate: 41636.9. The Enterprise discovers the male crew of a crashed Federation freighter are hiding as fugitives on the planet Angel One, which is dominated and ruled by women.

    Director: Michael Ray Rhodes

    Writer: Patrick Barry

  • 11001001
    7.4/104,300 votes
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    11001001

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/1988

    Stardate: 41365.9. While undergoing repairs, the Bynar Engineers steal the Enterprise to save their planet from destruction.

    Director: Paul Lynch

    Writer: Maurice Hurley, Robert Lewin

  • Too Short a Season
    6.1/103,819 votes
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    Too Short a Season

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/8/1988

    Stardate: 41309.5. The aging and terminally ill Starfleet Admiral Mark Jameson, who is negotiating the release of hostages, suddenly begins growing younger through an unexplained phenomenon.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: D.C. Fontana, Michael Michaelian

  • When the Bough Breaks
    6.4/103,738 votes
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    When the Bough Breaks

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/15/1988

    Stardate: 41509.1. The children of the Enterprise, including Wesley Crusher, are abducted by a race of sterile people who are unable to have children of their own.

    Director: Kim Manners

    Writer: Hannah Louise Shearer

  • Home Soil
    6.8/103,704 votes
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    Home Soil

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/22/1988

    Stardate: 41463.9. The members of an away team investigating the death of an engineer encounter vengeful microscopic life forms.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: Robert Sabaroff

  • Coming of Age
    7.1/103,880 votes
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    Coming of Age

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/1988

    Stardate: 41416.2. While Wesley takes the entrance exam to Starfleet Academy, the Enterprise is investigated by the Inspector General's office and Picard's competency is questioned.

    Director: Michael Vejar

    Writer: Sandy Fries

  • Heart of Glory
    7.2/103,783 votes
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    Heart of Glory

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/1988

    Stardate: 41503.7. Two Klingons, rescued by the Enterprise, try to take over the ship.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: Maurice Hurley

  • The Arsenal of Freedom
    7.1/103,855 votes
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    The Arsenal of Freedom

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/11/1988

    Stardate: 41798.2. The crew encounters bizarre phenomena while searching for the missing U.S.S. Drake.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Richard Manning, Hans Beimler

  • Symbiosis
    6.9/103,844 votes
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    Symbiosis

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/18/1988

    Stardate: Unknown. Picard attempts to break an ancient co-dependency between two species on one planet without violating the Prime Directive.

    Director: Win Phelps

    Writer: Robert Lewin, Richard Manning, Hans Beimler

  • Skin of Evil
    6.8/104,286 votes
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    Skin of Evil

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/25/1988

    Stardate: 41601.3. When Troi's shuttle crashes on an alien planet, a new being is discovered: an entity that thrives on the suffering of others.

    Director: Joseph L. Scanlan

    Writer: Joseph Stefano

  • We'll Always Have Paris
    6.5/103,675 votes
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    We'll Always Have Paris

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/2/1988

    Stardate: 41697.9. Picard meets an old flame, whose husband has created a haywire dimensional experiment.

    Director: Robert Becker

    Writer: Hannah Louise Shearer, Deborah Dean Davis

  • Conspiracy
    8.1/104,539 votes
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    Conspiracy

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/9/1988

    Stardate: 41775.5. The strange behavior of high-ranking officers leads Picard to uncover a twisted alien conspiracy within Starfleet.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Tracy Tormé

  • The Neutral Zone
    7.4/104,093 votes
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    The Neutral Zone

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/16/1988

    Stardate: 41986.0. A derelict satellite is found with cryonically frozen humans aboard as the USS Enterprise is sent to investigate the destruction of outposts near Romulan space.

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: N/A