7.7/103,305 votes#1 - Descent (2)
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1993
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
6.6/102,899 votes#2 - Liaisons
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1993
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: N/A
6.2/102,803 votes#3 - Interface
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1993
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
7.7/103,193 votes#4 - Gambit (1)
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1993
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
Writer: Naren Shankar, Christopher Hatton
7.9/103,181 votes#5 - Gambit (2)
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1993
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
Writer: Ronald D. Moore, Naren Shankar
7.5/103,129 votes#6 - Phantasms
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1993
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
6.4/103,081 votes#7 - Dark Page
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1993
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
7.5/103,038 votes#8 - Attached
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1993
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
6.3/102,935 votes#9 - Force of Nature
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1993
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
7.5/103,044 votes#10 - Inheritance
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1993
Stardate: 47410.2. Data is disturbed by the claims of a woman who says she is Noonien Soong's ex-wife.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: René Echevarria, Dan Koeppel
8.8/104,073 votes#11 - Parallels
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1993
Stardate: 47391.2. Worf returns from a Klingon competition to find that he is shifting through different realities.
Director: Robert Wiemer
Writer: Brannon Braga
8.5/103,618 votes#12 - The Pegasus
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/1994
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
7.0/102,938 votes#13 - Homeward
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/1994
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
4.8/103,458 votes#14 - Sub Rosa
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/1994
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
Writer: Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor
8.7/104,391 votes#15 - Lower Decks
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1994
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
Writer: Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor, René Echevarria
7.8/103,223 votes#16 - Thine Own Self
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1994
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
5.8/103,207 votes#17 - Masks
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1994
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
6.6/102,851 votes#18 - Eye of the Beholder
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1994
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
Writer: Brannon Braga, René Echevarria
7.0/103,211 votes#19 - Genesis
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/1994
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
6.2/103,040 votes#20 - Journey's End
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/1994
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
6.7/102,737 votes#21 - Firstborn
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/25/1994
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
Writer: Ronald D. Moore, René Echevarria
6.5/102,673 votes#22 - Bloodlines
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/1994
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 buring the Battle of Maxia many years before.
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Nick Sagan
6.5/102,729 votes#23 - Emergence
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/1994
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
Writer: Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky
7.9/103,006 votes#24 - Preemptive Strike
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/16/1994
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
Writer: René Echevarria, Naren Shankar
9.1/109,484 votes#25 - All Good Things...
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 5/23/1994
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.
Director: Winrich Kolbe, David Carson
Writer: Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore
The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7
Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7!
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.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaMystery
Network:Syndication
Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Descent (2)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 7. It scored 7.7/10 based on 3305 votes. Directed by Alexander Singer and written by René Echevarria, it aired on 9/20/1993. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Liaisons".