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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6

Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6!

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 6 Ratings Summary

"Time's Arrow (2)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 6. It scored 8.2/10 based on 3845 votes. Directed by Les Landau and written by Jeri Taylor, it aired on 9/21/1992. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Realm of Fear".

  • Time's Arrow (2)
    8.2/103,845 votes

    #1 - Time's Arrow (2)

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1992

    Stardate: 46001.3. The away team's investigations are hampered by a nosy Samuel Clemens. Picard discovers that he originally met Guinan in the 1890s on Earth.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Jeri Taylor

  • Realm of Fear
    7.3/103,171 votes

    #2 - Realm of Fear

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1992

    Stardate: 46041.1. Lt. Barclay's fear of using transporters is eerily justified when he sees bizarre aliens within the transporter beam.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Brannon Braga

  • Man of the People
    5.7/103,039 votes

    #3 - Man of the People

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1992

    Stardate: 46071.6. Deanna becomes attracted to an alien ambassador. Shortly thereafter, she starts ageing rapidly and starts becoming violent.

    Director: Cliff Bole, Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Brannon Braga, Frank Abatemarco

  • Relics
    8.5/104,167 votes

    #4 - Relics

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1992

    Stardate: 46125.3. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott is discovered suspended in a transporter beam 75 years after he disappeared. After the Enterprise crew re-materialise him, he has a hard time adjusting to the new society.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Schisms
    7.5/103,313 votes

    #5 - Schisms

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1992

    Stardate: 46154.2. Members of the crew are secretly abducted from the Enterprise to be used in bizarre experiments where they are dismembered and re-assembled without anyone's knowledge - including their own. The only signs that anything is wrong is a strange form of tiredness and no recollection of having slept well the night before.

    Director: Robert Wiemer

    Writer: Brannon Braga

  • True Q
    7.4/103,346 votes

    #6 - True Q

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1992

    Stardate: 46192.3. A young intern visiting the Enterprise captures the interest of Q when she starts displaying Q-like powers.

    Director: Robert Scheerer

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Rascals
    7.2/103,468 votes

    #7 - Rascals

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1992

    Stardate: 46235.7. A transporter accident transforms Picard, Ro Laren, Guinan and Keiko O'Brien into small children who appear to be about 12 years old. Matters are complicated when the Ferengi seize the Enterprise.

    Director: Adam Nimoy

    Writer: Michael Piller

  • A Fistful of Datas
    7.4/103,403 votes

    #8 - A Fistful of Datas

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1992

    Stardate: 46271.5. Worf and his son, Alexander, become trapped in the holodeck when their Wild West program malfunctions. However, they must find a way to defeat the holographic bandits who have Data's appearance and abilities.

    Director: Patrick Stewart

    Writer: Brannon Braga, Robert Hewitt Wolfe

  • The Quality of Life
    7.4/103,094 votes

    #9 - The Quality of Life

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1992

    Stardate: 46315.2. Data discovers that the maintenance robots built by Dr. Farallon may have become sentient.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Naren Shankar

  • Chain of Command (1)
    8.3/103,868 votes

    #10 - Chain of Command (1)

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1992

    Stardate: 46357.4. Picard resigns as Captain of the Enterprise to lead a top-secret espionage mission into Cardassia with Worf and Dr. Crusher.

    Director: Robert Scheerer

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Chain of Command (2)
    8.9/104,237 votes

    #11 - Chain of Command (2)

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1992

    Stardate: 46360.8. Picard is captured and tortured by the Cardassians, while Riker tries to prevent a Federation attack on Cardassia.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Frank Abatemarco

  • Ship in a Bottle
    8.5/103,862 votes

    #12 - Ship in a Bottle

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/1993

    Stardate: 46424.1. While performing holodeck maintenance, Barclay accesses the stored hologram of Professor Moriarty, who wreaks havoc on board the Enterprise.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Aquiel
    6.0/103,011 votes

    #13 - Aquiel

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1993

    Stardate: 46461.3. Geordie falls in love with a lieutenant who is the prime suspect in a murder case.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor, Ronald D. Moore

  • Face of the Enemy
    7.9/103,415 votes

    #14 - Face of the Enemy

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1993

    Stardate: 46519.1. Troi is abducted and surgically altered by the Romulans as part of a ploy to smuggle intelligence operatives into the Federation.

    Director: Gabrielle Beaumont

    Writer: René Echevarria, Naren Shankar

  • Tapestry
    8.8/104,517 votes

    #15 - Tapestry

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1993

    Stardate: Unknown. A mortally wounded Picard is forced into re-living a time of his life when he was back in Starfleet Academy, with the intervention of Q.

    Director: Les Landau

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Birthright (1)
    7.5/103,126 votes

    #16 - Birthright (1)

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1993

    Stardate: 46578.4. While visiting Deep Space Nine, Worf learns that his father is still alive and being held captive in a secret Romulan prison camp.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe, Les Landau

    Writer: Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore

  • Birthright (2)
    7.3/103,101 votes

    #17 - Birthright (2)

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1993

    Stardate: 46759.2. Worf is captured by the Romulans where he learns why the other captives did not attempt an escape years before.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Starship Mine
    7.9/103,438 votes

    #18 - Starship Mine

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/1993

    Stardate: 46682.4. The crew evacuates the Enterprise when the ship needs to be cleaned of particles that have built up over the ship's hull. However, Picard accidentally stumbles over a terrorist group who plan on destroying the ship. He only has a short time to stop their attempts before the ship is swept by a beam of radiation to remove the particles that is lethal to all forms of life.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Morgan Gendel

  • Lessons
    7.5/103,391 votes

    #19 - Lessons

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/1993

    Stardate: 46693.1. Picard must choose between love and command when he must make a decision that could place the woman he loves in a potentially deadly and high-risk mission.

    Director: Robert Wiemer

    Writer: Ron Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias

  • The Chase
    8.0/103,633 votes

    #20 - The Chase

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/1993

    Stardate: 46731.5. Picard's old archaeology professor is found murdered, the crew try to complete his research. Soon, the crew must compete with Romulans and Klingons and Cardassians to uncover the truth behind his discoveries.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore

  • Frame of Mind
    8.1/103,606 votes

    #21 - Frame of Mind

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/1993

    Stardate: 46778.1. Riker questions his sanity when his reality seems to shift between an alien psychiatric hospital and a play he is performing with other members of the crew.

    Director: James L. Conway

    Writer: Brannon Braga

  • Suspicions
    7.0/102,962 votes

    #22 - Suspicions

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1993

    Stardate: 46830.1. Dr. Crusher puts her career on the line when she tries to clear the name of a murdered scientist whose invention could allow starships to pass through a sun's corona.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: Joe Menosky, Naren Shankar

  • Rightful Heir
    7.1/102,865 votes

    #23 - Rightful Heir

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/17/1993

    Stardate: 46852.2. While on a quest to summon a vision of Kahless, Worf questions his faith when the real Kahless rises from the dead to lead the Empire.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • Second Chances
    7.5/103,095 votes

    #24 - Second Chances

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 5/24/1993

    Stardate: 46915.2. Riker discovers that eight years ago, an exact clone of him was created when he beamed through a planet's surface while returning to his starship. This clone, named Thomas Riker, has secretly remained on the planet for the past eight years, and still has romantic feelings for Troi.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Timescape
    8.5/103,594 votes

    #25 - Timescape

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 6/14/1993

    Stardate: 46944.2. Picard, Geordi, Troi and Data return from a Federation conference to find the Enterprise frozen in time and under attack from a frozen Romulan Warbird.

    Director: Adam Nimoy

    Writer: Brannon Braga