The Next Generation-Season Two-Ritterson's Episode Guides

Star Trek The Next Generation Episode Guide

SEASON TWO (2365)

#27 "THE CHILD"

Written by Jaron Summer, Jon Povil and Maurice Hurley

Directed by Rob Bowman

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Lt. Commander Hester Dealt-Seymour Cassel, Ian Andrew Troi-R.J. Williams, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Miss Gladstone-Dawn Arnemann, Guinan-Whoopi Goldberg, Young Ian-Zachary Benjamin, Engineering Ensign-Dore Keller

Stardate 42073.1

Airdate 11/1988

As the crew rushes samples of a diseased organism to a research station, Troi announces that she's pregnant. Whoopi Goldberg joins the cast as Guinan.

#28 "WHERE SILENCE HAS LEASE"

Written by Jack B. Sowards

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Nagilum-Earl Boen, Ensign Haskell-Charles Douglass, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney

Stardate 42193.6

Airdate 11/26/88

En Route to the Morgana Quadrant, The Enterprise is trapped in an inexplicable void, where the crew discovers a deserted spacecraft.

#29 "ELEMENTARY, DEAR DATA"

Written by Brian Alan Lane

Directed by Rob Bowman

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Professor James Moriarty-Daniel Davis, Lestrade-Alan Shearman, Ruffian-Biff Manard, Prostitute-Diz White, Assistant Engineer Clancy-Anne Elizabeth Ramsay, Pie Man-Richard Merson

Stardate 42286.3

Airdate 12/03/88

When the crew gets a few days off, La Forge plans a diversion for himself and Data on the holodeck-they play Holmes and Watson in Victorian England.

#30 "THE OUTRAGEOUS OKONA"

Teleplay by Burton Armus

Story by Les Menchen, Lance Dickson and Kieran Mulroney

Directed by Robert Becker

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Captain Thaduin Okona-William O. Campbell, Debin-Douglas Rowe, Kushell-Albert Stratton, Yanar-Rosalind Ingledew, Benzan-Kiernan Mulroney, Lt. B.G. Robinson-Teri Hatcher, The Comic-Joe Piscopo, Guinan-Whoopi Goldberg

Stardate 42402.7

Airdate 12/10/88

The crew hosts the captain of a disabled ship, a charming rogue who's accused of philandering and jewel theft; meanwhile, Data tries to understand humor.

#31 "THE SCHIZOID MAN"

Teleplay by Tracy Torme'

Story by Richard Manning and Hans Beimler

Directed by Les Landau

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Dr. Ira Graves-W. Morgan Sheppard, Lt. Selar-Suzie Plakson, Kareen Branon-Barbara Alyn Woods

Stardate 42437.5

Airdate 01/21/89

The Away team led by Data, goes on a mission of mercy to help a dying scientist whose final act causes the android to suffer a split personality.

#32 "LOUD AS A WHISPER"

Written by Jacqueline Zambrano

Directed by Larry Shaw

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Riva-Howie Seago, Warrior-Adonis-Leo Damian, Woman-Marnie Mosiman, Scholar-Thomas Oglesby Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Warrior #1 (Blond Solari Leader)-Richard Lavin, Warrior #2 (Brunette Solari Leader)-Chip Heller, Lt. (Traitor Solari) John Garrett

Stardate 42477.2

Airdate 01/07/89

A deaf war mediator is escorted by the Away Team to the site of a centuries-long conflict.

#33 "UNNATURAL SELECTION"

Written by John Mason and Mike Gray

Directed by Paul Lynch

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Dr. Sara Kingsley-Patricia Smith, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Captain Taggert-J. Patrick McNamara, Transporter Ensign-Scott Trost

Stardate 42494.8

Airdate 01/28/89

Responding to an emergency call for help from a supply ship, the Enterprise encounters an epidemic that causes rapid aging and death.

#34 "A MATTER OF HONOR"

Teleplay by Burton Armus

Story by Wanda M. Haight, Gregory Amos and Burton Armus

Directed by Rob Bowman

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Ensign Mendon-John Putch, Captain Kargan-Christopher Collins, Lt. Klagg-Brian Thompson, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Tactics Officer-Peter Parros, Vekma-Laura Drake

Stardate 42506.5

Airdate 02/04/89

An exchange program that allows Riker to become the first Federation officer to serve on a Klingon vessel turns into a dangerous confrontation.

#35 "THE MEASURE OF A MAN"

Written by Melinda Snodgrass

Directed by Robert Scheerer

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Judge Advocate General Captain Phillipa Louvois-Amanda McBroom, Admiral Nakamura-Clyde Kusatsu, Commander Bruce Maddox-Brian Brophy, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Guinan-Whoopi Goldberg

Stardate 42523.7

Airdate 02/11/89

The officer in charge of a new starbase orders Data to be disassembled for study, when Data refuses, a Judge Advocate General sets up a hearing.

#36 "THE DAUPHIN"

Written by Scott Rubinstein and Leonard Mlodinow

Directed by Rob Bowman

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Anya-Paddi Edwards, Salia-Jamie Hubbard, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Crewman Aron-Peter Neptune, Anya as Teenage Girl-Madchen Amick, Anya as Furry Animal-Cindy Sorenson, Ensign Gibson-Jennifer Barlow

Stardate 42568.8

Airdate 02/18/89

When the Enterprise is assigned to escort a young woman to Daled 4, her overprotective guardian tries to keep a lovestruck Wesley at bay.

#37 "CONTAGION"

Written by Steve Gerber and Beth Woods

Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Captain Donald Varley-Thalmus Rasulada, Sub-Commander Taris-Carolyn Seymour, Tactical Ensign-Dana Sparks, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Doctor Folkert Schmidt

Stardate 42609.1

Airdate 03/18/89

When a computer virus renders the Enterprise vulnerable to Romulan attack in the Neutral Zone, Picard and the Away the Away Team beam down to the site of a lost civilization to find the source of the infection.

#38 "THE ROYALE"

Written by Keith Mills (AKA Tracy Torme')

Directed by Cliff Bole

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Texas-Nobel Willingham, Assistant Manager-Sam Anderson, Vanessa-Jill Jacobson, Bellboy-Leo Garcia, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Mickey D-Gregory Beecroft

Stardate 42625.4

Airdate 03/25/89

Hunting for clues about a wreckage of an Air Force ship, the Away Team lands in the Hotel Royale, where Riker, Worf and Data are cutoff from the Enterprise and can find no exit.

#39 "TIME SQUARED"

Teleplay by Maurice Hurley

Story by Kurt Michael Bensmiller

Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney

Stardate 42679.2

Airdate 04/01/89

The Enterprise encounters a shuttlecraft with an unconscious double of Picard on board.

#40 "THE ICARUS FACTOR"

Teleplay by David Assael and Robert L. McCullough

Story by David Assael

Directed by Robert Iscove

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Kyle Riker-Mitchell Ryan, Ensign Herbert-Lance Spellerberg

Stardate 42686.4

Airdate 04/22/89

When Riker is offered the captaincy of a starship, his delight turns to hostility when the officer assigned to brief him turns out to be his estranged father, meanwhile, Worf suffers a spiritual crisis.

#41 "PEN PALS"

Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass

Story by Hannah Louise Schearer

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Davies-Nicholas Cascone, Sarjenka-Nikki Cox, Hildebrandt-Anne H. Gillespie, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Alans-Whitney Rydbeck

Stardate 42695.3

Airdate 04/29/89

A little girl contacts Data when her planet is imperiled by a series of violent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and Wesley is put in charge of finding the cause.

#42 "Q WHO"

Written by Maurice Hurley

Directed by Rob Bowman

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Q-John de Lancie, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Guinan-Whoopi Goldberg

Stardate 42761.3

Airdate 05/06/89

Picard's archnemesis Q tosses the Enterprise into a deadly battle with the Borg, whose collective mind overpowers the starship's defenses.

#43 "SAMARITAN SNARE"

Written by Maurice Hurley

Directed by Rob Bowman

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Grebnedlog-Christopher Collins, Reginod-Leslie Morris, Surgeon-Daniel Benzali, Ensign Sonia Gomez-Lycia Naff, Biomolecular Specialist-Tzi Ma

Stardate 42779.1

Airdate 05/13/89

After Picard is taken to Starbase Scylla 515 for a heart operation, the Enterprise answers a distress call from a vessel crewed by the Pakleds, who take La Forge hostage.

#44 "UP THE LONG LADDER"

Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass

Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Danilo O'Dell-Barrie Ingham, Granger-John de Vries, Brenna-Rosalyn Landor, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney,

Stardate 42823.2

Airdate 05/20/89

The Enterprise encounters two threatened cultures: The Bringloidis, descendants of colonists from Earth; and the Mariposans, clones who desperately need genetic material.

STAR TREK V

THE FINAL FRONTIER

PREMIERE JUNE 9,1989

STARDATE 8454.1

#45 "MANHUNT"

Written by Terry Devereaux (AKA Tracy Torme')

Directed by Rob Bowman

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Lwaxana Troi-Majel Barrett, Slade Bender-Robert Costanza, Mr. Homm-Carel Struycken, Rex-Rod Arrants, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Scarface-Robert O'Rielly, Secretary Madeline-Rhonda Aldrich, Antedian Dignitary-Mick Fleetwood, Transport Pilot-Wren T. Brown

Stardate 42859.2

Airdate 06/17/89

En route to a Federation conference, the crew picks up two delegates from the planet Antede 3, and gets a surprise visit from Lwaxana, who avidly pursues Picard.

#46"THE EMISSARY"

Television Story and Teleplay by Richard Manning and Hans Beimler

Based on an unpublished Story by Thomas H. Calder

Directed by Cliff Bole

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, K'Ehleyr-Suzie Plakson, K'Temoc-Lance le Gault, Admiral Gromek-Georgann Johnson, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney, Ensign Clancy-Anne Elizabeth Ramsey, Tactical Crewman-Dietrich Bader

Stardate 42901.3

Airdate 06/24/89

A half-Klingon woman from Worf's past boards the Enterprise as a special agent to intercept a Klingon vessel carrying a crew in cyrogenic suspension.

#47 "PEAK PERFORMANCE"

Written by David Kemper

Directed by Robert Scheerer

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Sima Kolrami-Roy Brocksmith, Bractor-Armin Shimerman, Ferengi Tactician-David L. Lander, Ensign Nagel-Leslie Neale, Ensign Burke-Glenn Morshower

Stardate 42923.4

Airdate 07/08/89

Riker and Picard are pitted against each other in a Starfleet war game, with Picard helming the Enterprise and Riker the Hathaway, an 80-year-old clunker.

#48 "SHADES OF GREY"

Teleplay by Maurice Hurley, Richard Manning and Hans Beimler

Story by Maurice Hurley

Directed by Rob Bowman

Guest Stars: Dr. Kathryn Pulaski-Diana Muldaur, Miles O'Brien-Colm Meaney

Stardate 42976.1

Airdate 07/15/89

Riker contracts a mysterious disease that attacks the central nervous system, and Dr. Pulaski tries to save him with a potentially lethal course of treatment.

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