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Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 1

1987 · 25 episodes · 19h 55m in all · 6.6/10

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

  1. 1. Encounter at Farpoint

    28 Sept 1987 · 91 min · 6.7/10

    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.

  2. 2. The Naked Now

    5 Oct 1987 · 46 min · 6.4/10

    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.

  3. 3. Code of Honor

    12 Oct 1987 · 46 min · 5.2/10

    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.

  4. 4. The Last Outpost

    19 Oct 1987 · 46 min · 6.2/10

    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.

  5. 5. Where No One Has Gone Before

    26 Oct 1987 · 46 min · 7.3/10

    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.

  6. 6. Lonely Among Us

    2 Nov 1987 · 46 min · 6.1/10

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

  7. 7. Justice

    9 Nov 1987 · 46 min · 5.9/10

    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.

  8. 8. The Battle

    16 Nov 1987 · 46 min · 6.6/10

    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.

  9. 9. Hide and Q

    23 Nov 1987 · 46 min · 6.9/10

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

  10. 10. Haven

    30 Nov 1987 · 46 min · 6.0/10

    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.

  11. 11. The Big Goodbye

    11 Jan 1988 · 46 min · 6.8/10

    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.

  12. 12. Datalore

    18 Jan 1988 · 46 min · 7.3/10

    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.

  13. 13. Angel One

    25 Jan 1988 · 46 min · 5.8/10

    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.

  14. 14. 11001001

    1 Feb 1988 · 46 min · 7.2/10

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

  15. 15. Too Short a Season

    8 Feb 1988 · 46 min · 6.4/10

    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.

  16. 16. When the Bough Breaks

    15 Feb 1988 · 46 min · 6.4/10

    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.

  17. 17. Home Soil

    22 Feb 1988 · 46 min · 6.8/10

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

  18. 18. Coming of Age

    14 Mar 1988 · 46 min · 6.9/10

    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.

  19. 19. Heart of Glory

    21 Mar 1988 · 46 min · 7.0/10

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

  20. 20. The Arsenal of Freedom

    11 Apr 1988 · 46 min · 6.9/10

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

  21. 21. Symbiosis

    18 Apr 1988 · 46 min · 6.9/10

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

  22. 22. Skin of Evil

    25 Apr 1988 · 46 min · 6.6/10

    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.

  23. 23. We'll Always Have Paris

    2 May 1988 · 46 min · 6.4/10

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

  24. 24. Conspiracy

    9 May 1988 · 46 min · 7.5/10

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

  25. 25. The Neutral Zone

    16 May 1988 · 46 min · 7.2/10

    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.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1: quick answers

How many episodes are in Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1?

Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation has 25 episodes, about 20 hours in total.

When did Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 come out?

Season 1 premiered on 28 Sept 1987.

What is the best episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1?

By viewer score, episode 24, “Conspiracy”, at 7.5/10.

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