The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(3570 votes)

   #1 - Descent (2)

   S7:E19/20/1993

   Stardate: 47025.4. Data abducts Picard, Troi and Geordi and holds them prisoners of the Borg, while he derives pleasure from being evil. Dr. Crusher is left in command of the Enterprise as it comes under attack from a Borg vessel.

   Director:Alexander Singer

   Writer:René Echevarria

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   Director:Alexander Singer

   Writer:René Echevarria
2. 

   6.6/10(3130 votes)

   #2 - Liaisons

   S7:E29/27/1993

   Stardate: Unknown. During an exchange program, Picard's shuttle crashes on an unknown planet where he is rescued by the sole survivor of another crash.

   Director:Cliff Bole

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Cliff Bole

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3. 

   6.2/10(3035 votes)

   #3 - Interface

   S7:E310/4/1993

   Stardate: 47215.5. Geordi defies direct orders from Captain Picard in an attempt to rescue his mother who had recently been reported as missing.

   Director:Robert Wiemer

   Writer:Joe Menosky

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   Director:Robert Wiemer

   Writer:Joe Menosky
4. 

   7.7/10(3462 votes)

   #4 - Gambit (1)

   S7:E410/11/1993

   Stardate: 47135.2. An away team investigates the apparent death of Jean-Luc Picard who was supposedly killed in a bar fight. When Riker is abducted by a band of criminals who loot archaeological digs, he is shocked to find Picard alive and well, and undercover as a renegade archaeologist.

   Director:Peter Lauritson

   Writers:Naren Shankar, Christopher Hatton

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   Director:Peter Lauritson

   Writers:Naren Shankar, Christopher Hatton
5. 

   7.9/10(3448 votes)

   #5 - Gambit (2)

   S7:E510/18/1993

   Stardate: 47160.1. Picard and Riker covertly work together in an attempt to find out why the criminals are looting archaeological digs.

   Director:Alexander Singer

   Writers:Naren Shankar, Ronald D. Moore

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   Director:Alexander Singer

   Writers:Naren Shankar, Ronald D. Moore
6. 

   7.5/10(3400 votes)

   #6 - Phantasms

   S7:E610/25/1993

   Stardate: 47225.7. Data's new dream subroutine causes him to experience nightmares which provide a unique insight into strange events that are occurring on board the Enterprise.

   Director:Patrick Stewart

   Writer:Brannon Braga

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   Director:Patrick Stewart

   Writer:Brannon Braga
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7. 

   6.4/10(3345 votes)

   #7 - Dark Page

   S7:E711/1/1993

   Stardate: 47254.1. Lwaxana Troi collapses with a repressed memory related illness. Her only chance for survival is if Deanna can probe her subconscious and find out what is killing her. However, the secret Lwaxana holds is deeper than Deanna imagined.

   Director:Les Landau

   Writer:Hilary Bader

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   Director:Les Landau

   Writer:Hilary Bader
8. 

   7.5/10(3308 votes)

   #8 - Attached

   S7:E811/8/1993

   Stardate: 47304.2. While on a a diplomatic mission, Dr. Crusher and Picard are captured and imprisoned. As a result, they are linked together via a telepathic device.

   Director:Jonathan Frakes

   Writer:Nick Sagan

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   Director:Jonathan Frakes

   Writer:Nick Sagan
9. 

   6.4/10(3176 votes)

   #9 - Force of Nature

   S7:E911/15/1993

   Stardate: 47310.2. The Enterprise is drawn to a region of space where many starships have been mysteriously disabled. They soon learn that a brother and sister team has been working together to bring attention to the fact that frequent high-warp travel is damaging the very fabric of space/time.

   Director:Robert Lederman

   Writer:Naren Shankar

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   Director:Robert Lederman

   Writer:Naren Shankar
10. 

    7.5/10(3310 votes)

    #10 - Inheritance

    S7:E1011/22/1993

    Stardate: 47410.2. Data is disturbed by the claims of a woman who says she is Noonien Soong's ex-wife.

    Director:Robert Scheerer

    Writers:René Echevarria, Dan Koeppel

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    Director:Robert Scheerer

    Writers:René Echevarria, Dan Koeppel
11. 

    8.8/10(4392 votes)

    #11 - Parallels

    S7:E1111/29/1993

    Stardate: 47391.2. Worf returns from a Klingon competition to find that he is shifting through different realities.

    Director:Robert Wiemer

    Writer:Brannon Braga

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    Director:Robert Wiemer

    Writer:Brannon Braga
12. 

    8.5/10(3906 votes)

    #12 - The Pegasus

    S7:E121/17/1994

    Stardate: 47457.1. Riker is placed on a covert mission to find the missing starship he was once a member aboard, but the mission holds a secret that could destroy the peace treaty between the Federation and the Romulans.

    Director:LeVar Burton

    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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    Director:LeVar Burton

    Writer:Ronald D. Moore
13. 

    7.0/10(3201 votes)

    #13 - Homeward

    S7:E131/17/1994

    Stardate: 47423.9. Worf's adoptive brother violates the Prime Directive to save an alien society whose planet is dying.

    Director:Alexander Singer

    Writer:Naren Shankar

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    Director:Alexander Singer

    Writer:Naren Shankar
14. 

    4.8/10(3745 votes)

    #14 - Sub Rosa

    S7:E141/31/1994

    Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Crusher attends her grandmother's funeral, to find that she had been in romantic encounters with a mysterious man who had been haunting the Howard family women for generations.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes

    Writers:Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor

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    Director:Jonathan Frakes

    Writers:Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor
15. 

    8.7/10(4752 votes)

    #15 - Lower Decks

    S7:E152/7/1994

    Stardate: 47566.7. Four young ensigns compete for a promotion that only one of them will receive. However, they are soon placed on a top secret mission that places some of their lives in danger.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont

    Writers:René Echevarria, Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor

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    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont

    Writers:René Echevarria, Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor
16. 

    7.8/10(3492 votes)

    #16 - Thine Own Self

    S7:E162/14/1994

    Stardate: 47611.2. Data find himself mysteriously stranded on a planet with no recollection of who he is or how he arrived there. Soon he is accused of spreading a plague among the inhabitants. Troi takes the bridge officer's test in an attempt to gain the rank of Commander.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Ronald D. Moore
17. 

    5.7/10(3494 votes)

    #17 - Masks

    S7:E172/21/1994

    Stardate: 47615.2. The Enterprise is slowly transformed into an ancient alien temple when Data discovers an alien archive full of information about an ancient culture. Shortly after opening the archive, Data becomes possessed with several different personalities.

    Director:Robert Wiemer

    Writer:Joe Menosky

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    Director:Robert Wiemer

    Writer:Joe Menosky
18. 

    6.6/10(3090 votes)

    #18 - Eye of the Beholder

    S7:E182/28/1994

    Stardate: 47622.1. While investigating the mysterious suicide of a crew member, Troi and Worf begin to show romantic feeling towards one another.

    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writers:René Echevarria, Brannon Braga

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    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writers:René Echevarria, Brannon Braga
19. 

    7.0/10(3482 votes)

    #19 - Genesis

    S7:E193/21/1994

    Stardate: 47653.2. Upon returning from an away mission, Picard and Data find the ship drifting in space, and the crew de-evolving into their animal ancestors.

    Director:Gates McFadden

    Writer:Brannon Braga

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    Director:Gates McFadden

    Writer:Brannon Braga
20. 

    6.2/10(3300 votes)

    #20 - Journey's End

    S7:E203/28/1994

    Stardate: 47751.2. Under the terms of the new Federation/Cardassian alliance, Picard is ordered to evacuate a colony of native Americans, but protests from Wesley hamper the process. Wesley's destiny is finally revealed to him when the Traveler returns.

    Director:Corey Allen

    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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    Director:Corey Allen

    Writer:Ronald D. Moore
21. 

    6.7/10(2963 votes)

    #21 - Firstborn

    S7:E214/25/1994

    Stardate: 47779.4. A disinterested Alexander must face his first Right of Ascension passage, but a mysterious warrior by the name of K'Mtar brings with him a disturbing request.

    Director:Jonathan West

    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, René Echevarria

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    Director:Jonathan West

    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, René Echevarria
22. 

    6.5/10(2891 votes)

    #22 - Bloodlines

    S7:E225/2/1994

    Stardate: 47829.1. Picard tries to save his newly-discovered son from the retaliation of a vengeful Ferengi whose only son was killed by Picard during the Battle of Maxia many years before.

    Director:Les Landau

    Writer:Nick Sagan

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    Director:Les Landau

    Writer:Nick Sagan
23. 

    6.5/10(2955 votes)

    #23 - Emergence

    S7:E235/9/1994

    Stardate: 47869.2. The Enterprise's computer systems starts having repeated malfunctions, leading the crew to believe that it may be evolving into a new life form.

    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writers:Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga

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    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writers:Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga
24. 

    7.9/10(3254 votes)

    #24 - Preemptive Strike

    S7:E245/16/1994

    Stardate: 47941.7. Fresh from Starfleet's Advanced Tactical Training course, Ro Laren is assigned to infiltrate the Maquis. However, over time she begins to sympathize with them, which forces her to choose between her loyalty to the Federation, and her new friends in the Maquis.

    Director:Patrick Stewart

    Writers:Naren Shankar, René Echevarria

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    Director:Patrick Stewart

    Writers:Naren Shankar, René Echevarria
25. 

    9.1/10(9854 votes)

    #25 - All Good Things...

    S7:E255/23/1994

    Stardate: 47988.0. Shortly after Picard is diagnosed with a long-term, potentially debilitating brain disorder, he starts experiencing bizarre shifts into three main time periods: 25 years into the future, a few days before the Enterprise-D is sent on its mission to Farpoint station, and the present. Picard realizes that Q is behind these shifts through time. Stardate: 47988.1. After his encounter with Q, Picard assembles the senior staff, and wonders if Q is actually giving him a chance to save humanity by showing him that the spatial anomaly also exists in the past. As they talk, the ship reaches the Neutral Zone, then Picard returns to the future, where Beverly's ship is also on the edge of the Neutral Zone. He convinces a reluctant Worf to accompany the group into Klingon territory, and then travels to the past, where he orders the crew into the Devron system.

    Directors:Winrich Kolbe, David Carson

    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga

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    Directors:Winrich Kolbe, David Carson

    Writers:Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga