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Season 1

Season 1

1987
25 Episodes

Picking up decades after the original Star Trek series, season one begins 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.

Episodes

Encounter at Farpoint
1

1. Encounter at Farpoint

Sep 28, 1987
91 min
6.7

Stardate: 41153.7. The new commander of the recently built U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC1701-D), Captain Jean-Luc Picard takes the crew on their first mission to discover the secret of Farpoint Station. During their journey, they encounter an omnipotent being known as Q. Q accuses humanity of barbarism, and places humanity on trial. Jean-Luc must prove otherwise or the human race will be annihilated.

The Naked Now
2

2. The Naked Now

Oct 5, 1987
46 min
6.4

Stardate: 41209.2. The crew of the Enterprise are infected with a virus contracted by the away team while they were investigating the mysterious deaths of the entire crew of the Starship Tsilkovsky.

Code of Honor
3

3. Code of Honor

Oct 12, 1987
46 min
5.1

Stardate: 41235.25. Tasha Yar must fight for her life and a vaccine to save a race of people when she is kidnapped and forced to battle with her abductor's wife.

The Last Outpost
4

4. The Last Outpost

Oct 19, 1987
46 min
6.1

Stardate: 41386.4. A powerful entity disables the Enterprise and a Ferengi ship. Their only means of escape is if they can correctly answer the riddles he asks.

Where No One Has Gone Before
5

5. Where No One Has Gone Before

Oct 26, 1987
46 min
7.1

Stardate: 41263.1. The Enterprise is flung across space into a distant galaxy billions of light years away when a propulsion engineer and his mysterious companion, attempt to re-design the ship's engine systems.

Lonely Among Us
6

6. Lonely Among Us

Nov 2, 1987
46 min
6.1

Stardate: 41249.3. Picard's mind is taken over by an energy field that the Enterprise passes through.

Justice
7

7. Justice

Nov 9, 1987
46 min
5.8

Stardate: 41255.6. Picard is forced to choose between friendship and the Prime Directive when Wesley Crusher is sentenced to death for accidentally breaking the law on Rubicon III.

The Battle
8

8. The Battle

Nov 16, 1987
46 min
6.5

Stardate: 41723.9. The Ferengi hand over an old ship which Picard once captained, the U.S.S. Stargazer. The Ferengi have installed a mind altering device that alters Picard's mind to make him think that he is reliving a past battle, and the target is the Enterprise.

Hide and Q
9

9. Hide and Q

Nov 23, 1987
46 min
6.8

Stardate: 41590.5. Q places the senior crew of the Enterprise in a war game that pits them against a boar-faced, Napoleonic enemy.

Haven
10

10. Haven

Nov 30, 1987
46 min
6.0

Stardate: 41294.5. The mother of Deanna Troi, Lwaxana, pays a surprise visit to the Enterprise and announces the prearranged marriage of Deanna to the son of her mother's late husband's best friend.

The Big Goodbye
11

11. The Big Goodbye

Jan 11, 1988
46 min
6.7

Stardate: 41997.7. Picard, Dr. Crusher and Data are placed in great danger when the holodeck malfunctions while they are running a Dixon Hill program, which pits them against 1940's mobsters.

Datalore
12

12. Datalore

Jan 18, 1988
46 min
7.3

Stardate: 41242.4. While exploring his homeworld, the crew of the Enterprise find android parts that are identical to Data's. When assembled, an 'evil' twin of Data named Lore is revived.

Angel One
13

13. Angel One

Jan 25, 1988
46 min
5.6

Stardate: 41636.9. The Enterprise discovers the male crew of a crashed Federation freighter are hiding as fugitives on the planet Angel One, which is dominated and ruled by women.

11001001
14

14. 11001001

Feb 1, 1988
46 min
7.1

Stardate: 41365.9. While undergoing repairs, the Bynar Engineers steal the Enterprise to save their planet from destruction.

Too Short a Season
15

15. Too Short a Season

Feb 8, 1988
46 min
6.3

Stardate: 41309.5. The aging and terminally ill Starfleet Admiral Mark Jameson, who is negotiating the release of hostages, suddenly begins growing younger through an unexplained phenomenon.

When the Bough Breaks
16

16. When the Bough Breaks

Feb 15, 1988
46 min
6.2

Stardate: 41509.1. The children of the Enterprise, including Wesley Crusher, are abducted by a race of sterile people who are unable to have children of their own.

Home Soil
17

17. Home Soil

Feb 22, 1988
46 min
6.7

Stardate: 41463.9. The members of an away team investigating the death of an engineer encounter vengeful microscopic life forms.

Coming of Age
18

18. Coming of Age

Mar 14, 1988
46 min
6.7

Stardate: 41416.2. While Wesley takes the entrance exam to Starfleet Academy, the Enterprise is investigated by the Inspector General's office and Picard's competency is questioned.

Heart of Glory
19

19. Heart of Glory

Mar 21, 1988
46 min
6.9

Stardate: 41503.7. Two Klingons, rescued by the Enterprise, try to take over the ship.

The Arsenal of Freedom
20

20. The Arsenal of Freedom

Apr 11, 1988
46 min
6.8

Stardate: 41798.2. The crew encounters bizarre phenomena while searching for the missing U.S.S. Drake.

Symbiosis
21

21. Symbiosis

Apr 18, 1988
46 min
6.8

Stardate: Unknown. Picard attempts to break an ancient co-dependency between two species on one planet without violating the Prime Directive.

Skin of Evil
22

22. Skin of Evil

Apr 25, 1988
46 min
6.5

Stardate: 41601.3. When Troi's shuttle crashes on an alien planet, a new being is discovered: an entity that thrives on the suffering of others.

We'll Always Have Paris
23

23. We'll Always Have Paris

May 2, 1988
46 min
6.2

Stardate: 41697.9. Picard meets an old flame, whose husband has created a haywire dimensional experiment.

Conspiracy
24

24. Conspiracy

May 9, 1988
46 min
7.3

Stardate: 41775.5. The strange behavior of high-ranking officers leads Picard to uncover a twisted alien conspiracy within Starfleet.

The Neutral Zone
25

25. The Neutral Zone

May 16, 1988
46 min
7.1

Stardate: 41986.0. A derelict satellite is found with cryonically frozen humans aboard as the USS Enterprise is sent to investigate the destruction of outposts near Romulan space.