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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 25 - All Good Things...
    9.1/10(10026 votes)

    S7:E25

    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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  2. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 11 - Parallels
    8.8/10(4548 votes)

    S7:E11

    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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  3. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 15 - Lower Decks
    8.7/10(4926 votes)

    S7:E15

    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:Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Jeri Taylor

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  4. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 12 - The Pegasus
    8.5/10(4058 votes)

    S7:E12

    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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  5. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 24 - Preemptive Strike
    7.9/10(3377 votes)

    S7:E24

    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:René Echevarria, Naren Shankar

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  6. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 5 - Gambit (2)
    7.8/10(3577 votes)

    S7:E5

    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:Ronald D. Moore, Naren Shankar

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  7. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 16 - Thine Own Self
    7.8/10(3613 votes)

    S7:E16

    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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  8. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 1 - Descent (2)
    7.7/10(3691 votes)

    S7:E1

    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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  9. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 4 - Gambit (1)
    7.7/10(3596 votes)

    S7:E4

    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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  10. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 6 - Phantasms
    7.5/10(3533 votes)

    S7:E6

    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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  11. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 8 - Attached
    7.5/10(3444 votes)

    S7:E8

    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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  12. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 10 - Inheritance
    7.5/10(3440 votes)

    S7:E10

    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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  13. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 13 - Homeward
    7.0/10(3322 votes)

    S7:E13

    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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  14. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 19 - Genesis
    7.0/10(3615 votes)

    S7:E19

    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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  15. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 21 - Firstborn
    6.7/10(3068 votes)

    S7:E21

    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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  16. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 2 - Liaisons
    6.6/10(3266 votes)

    S7:E2

    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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  17. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 18 - Eye of the Beholder
    6.6/10(3202 votes)

    S7:E18

    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:Brannon Braga, René Echevarria

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  18. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 22 - Bloodlines
    6.5/10(3004 votes)

    S7:E22

    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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  19. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 23 - Emergence
    6.5/10(3062 votes)

    S7:E23

    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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  20. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 7 - Dark Page
    6.4/10(3484 votes)

    S7:E7

    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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  21. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 9 - Force of Nature
    6.4/10(3297 votes)

    S7:E9

    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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  22. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 3 - Interface
    6.2/10(3157 votes)

    S7:E3

    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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  23. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 20 - Journey's End
    6.2/10(3438 votes)

    S7:E20

    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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  24. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 17 - Masks
    5.7/10(3642 votes)

    S7:E17

    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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  25. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 7 Episode 14 - Sub Rosa
    4.8/10(3902 votes)

    S7:E14

    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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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"All Good Things..." is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 7. It scored 9.1/10 based on 10026 votes. Directed by Winrich Kolbe, David Carson and written by Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, it aired on 5/23/1994. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Parallels".