Timothy Lynch's Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Reviews

Season 4

9/22/90 175 44001.4 Best of Both Worlds Part II

Riker must choose between saving Picard and saving humanity when the Borg use the kidnapped captain as part of their plan to destroy Earth.

9/29/90 178 44012.3 Family

While the Enterprise undergoes repairs on Earth, crew members reunite with family as Picard comes face to face with his jealous brother.

10/06/90 177 44085.7 Brothers

After being summond home by his elderly creator, Data clashes with his evil brother, Lore.

10/13/90 176 44143.7 Suddenly Human

Picard risks war when he refuses to return a human boy to the alien father who raised him, and may have abused him.

10/20/90 179 44161.2 Remember Me

Wesley's experiment with warp fields result in the mysterious disappearance of the crew.

10/27/90 180 44215.2 Legacy

A rescue mission leads the crew to the birthplace of their late comrade Tasha Yar, where they encounter her mysterious sister.

11/03/90 181 44246.3 Reunion

When Picard is chosen to mediate a Klingon power struggle, Worf confronts the Klingon who disgraced him.

11/10/90 182 44286.5 Future Imperfect

After an Away Team mission fails, Riker awakens in sickbay to discover sixteen years have passed and he now commands the Enterprise.

11/17/90 183 44307.3 Final Mission

After being accepted to Starfleet Academy, Wesley accompanies Picard on a final mission, only to find himself struggling to keep the captain alive.

12/29/90 184 44356.9 The Loss

Counselor Troi resigns her post after experiencing a mysterious loss of her empathetic powers.

1/05/91 185 44390.1 Data's Day

A friend's impending wedding compounds Data's confusion about the nuances of human feelings.

1/26/91 186 44429.6 The Wounded

Picard must stop a renegade Federation starship which is making unprovoked attacks on a former enemy's ship.

2/02/91 187 44474.5 Devil's Due

Picard fights to save a terrorist planet from a powerful woman who claims to be the devil.

2/09/91 188 44502.7 Clues

Picard and the crew are shocked to discover that Data is lying to them.

2/16/91 189 not given First Contact

Critically wounded during a first contact mission, Riker is mistaken for a hostile alien.

3/09/91 190 44614.6 Galaxy's Child

The Enterprise becomes surrogate mother to a huge alien creature after Picard is forced to destroy its real mother.

3/16/91 191 44631.2 Night Terrors

Trapped in a rift in space, the crew of the Enterprise are palgued by unexplained paranoia and hallucinations.

3/23/91 192 44664.5 Identity Crisis

Dr. Crusher races against time to locate a parasite that threatens to transform Geordi into an alien creature.

3/30/91 193 44704.2 The Nth Degree

When Barclay is endowed with super human intelligence by an alien probe, he threatens the fate of the Enterprise.

4/20/91 194 44741.9 Qpid

The mischievous Q turns Picard into Robin Hood and sends him on a quest designed to force him to prove his love for an old flame.

4/27/91 195 44769.2 The Drumhead

A search for a spy aboard the Enterprise turns into a witch hunt in which Picard is implicated as a traitor.

5/04/91 196 44805.3 Half a Life

Picard risks war when he offers asylum to a visiting scientist who wishes to escape the ritual suicide mandated by his society.

5/11/91 197 44821.3 The Host

Dr. Crusher's love is put to the test when she falls for an alien who exists in different "host bodies" in order to survive.

5/25/91 198 44885.5 The Mind's Eye

Romulan forces kidnap Geordi and turn him into a killing machine.

6/01/91 199 44923.3 In Theory

Data experiments with love by pursuing a romantic relationship with a fellow crew member.

6/15/91 200 44995.3 Redemption

As civil war threatens the Klingon Empire, Worf's loyalties are torn between the Federation and his people.

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