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.
Season 6 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 6 is "Time's Arrow (2)", rated 8.2/10 from 3791 user votes. It was directed by Les Landau and written by Jeri Taylor. "Time's Arrow (2)" aired on 9/21/1992 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Realm of Fear".
8.2/10 3,791 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
7.2/10 3,123 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
5.7/10 2,993 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
8.5/10 4,097 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
7.5/10 3,265 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
7.4/10 3,297 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
7.2/10 3,416 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
7.4/10 3,354 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
7.4/10 3,056 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
8.3/10 3,817 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
8.9/10 4,177 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
8.5/10 3,811 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
6.0/10 2,970 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
7.9/10 3,368 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
8.8/10 4,453 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
7.5/10 3,078 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
7.3/10 3,050 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
7.9/10 3,389 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
7.5/10 3,342 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
8.0/10 3,578 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
8.1/10 3,553 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
7.0/10 2,917 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
7.1/10 2,819 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
7.5/10 3,054 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
8.5/10 3,535 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