Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 7)

Star Trek: The Next Generation season 7
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	Broadcast syndication
Original release	September 20, 1993 – May 23, 1994

The seventh and final season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation commenced airing in broadcast syndication in the United States on September 20, 1993 and concluded on May 23, 1994 after airing 26 episodes. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet starship Enterprise-D.

The season begins with the crew defeating Lore and his group of rogue Borg, resulting in the disassembly of Lore. It continued this theme of family history with most of the episodes. After dealing with Lore, Data also confronts the realization that his “mother” is still alive ("Inheritance"). In "Interface", Geordi attempts to save his mother from a damaged ship and is forced to deal with his loss. Worf meets a future version of his son, Alexander, in "Firstborn" and his foster brother in "Homeward".

Both Troi and Dr. Crusher confront old family secrets in "Dark Page" and "Sub Rosa". Picard also faces challenges with a son he never knew he had in "Bloodlines" and his relationship with his family – past, present, and future – in the series finale "All Good Things..."

The series ends with Q concluding his trial of humanity, giving Picard an opportunity to save all of mankind.

Cast

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker
• Brent Spiner as Lt Cmdr. Data
• Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
• LeVar Burton as Lt Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
• Marina Sirtis as Councillor Deanna Troi
• Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf

Recurring Characters

• Majel Barrett – Computer Voice (6 episodes)
• Patti Yasutake – Alyssa Ogawa (4 episodes)
• Wil Wheaton – Wesley Crusher (2 episodes)
• Majel Barrett – Lwaxana Troi (1 episode)
• Dwight Schultz – Lt. Reginald Barclay (1 episode)
• Eric Menyuk – The Traveler (1 episode)
• Brian Bonsall – Alexander Rozhenko (1 episode)
• Armin Shimerman – Quark (1 episode)
• Michelle Forbes – Ro Laren (1 episode)
• Denise Crosby – Tasha Yar (1 episode)
• Colm Meaney – Miles O'Brien (1 episode)
• John de Lancie – Q (1 episode)

Episodes

In the following table, episodes are listed by the order in which they aired.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Stardate	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
153	1	"Descent, Part II"	47025.4	Alexander Singer	René Echevarria	September 20, 1993	13.0[1]
The Borg are being led by Lore. Data falls under his control by being fed negative emotions.
154	2	"Liaisons"	Unknown	Cliff Bole	Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci & Lisa Rich (teleplay) Roger Eschbacher & Jaq Greenspon (story)	September 27, 1993	12.2[1]
Worf and Troi reluctantly play host to two Iyaaran ambassadors while Picard crashes in a shuttle with another Iyaaran. He is rescued by a human female who exhibits strange behavior.
155	3	"Interface"	47215.5	Robert Wiemer	Joe Menosky	October 4, 1993	11.7[1]
Geordi tries to rescue his mother's starship via a remotely controlled probe.
156	4	"Gambit, Part I"	47135.2	Peter Lauritson	Naren Shankar (teleplay) Christopher Hatton and Naren Shankar (story)	October 11, 1993	11.9[1]
The Enterprise crew investigate the apparent murder of Captain Picard during an archaeological trip. Riker is kidnapped by mercenaries and finds Picard working as part of their crew.
157	5	"Gambit, Part II"	47160.1	Alexander Singer	Ronald D. Moore (teleplay) Naren Shankar (story)	October 18, 1993	12.0[1]
Picard and Riker help mercenaries collect archaeological artifacts to prevent an ancient Vulcan weapon from falling into the wrong hands.
158	6	"Phantasms"	47225.7	Patrick Stewart	Brannon Braga	October 25, 1993	12.2[1]
Data experiences strange dreams while the Enterprise has issues with its renewed warp core. But all is not as it seems.
159	7	"Dark Page"	47254.1	Les Landau	Hilary J. Bader	November 1, 1993	11.6[1]
A psychic breakdown puts Lwaxana Troi in a coma and Deanna works to save her life. This episode features a young Kirsten Dunst playing the little girl Hedril.
160	8	"Attached"	47304.2	Jonathan Frakes	Nicholas Sagan	November 8, 1993	12.1[1]
Reclusive aliens imprison Picard and Dr. Crusher on charges of espionage. Experimental implants linking their minds telepathically cause them to face their latent feelings for each other.
161	9	"Force of Nature"	47310.2	Robert Lederman	Naren Shankar	November 15, 1993	11.9[1]
A pair of scientists show that warp drives are harming the fabric of space.
162	10	"Inheritance"	47410.2	Robert Scheerer	Dan Koeppel and René Echevarria (teleplay) Dan Koeppel (story)	November 22, 1993	11.6[1]
Data encounters a woman claiming to be his "mother".
163	11	"Parallels"	47391.2	Robert Wiemer	Brannon Braga	November 29, 1993	12.8[1]
Worf finds himself randomly shifting between alternate realities.
164	12	"The Pegasus"	47457.1	LeVar Burton	Ronald D. Moore	January 10, 1994	11.9[1]
Riker's former Captain boards the Enterprise to retrieve the USS Pegasus. Picard investigates the circumstances of its loss and finds that there has been a cover-up. Features Terry O'Quinn as Admiral Eric Pressman.
165	13	"Homeward"	47423.9	Alexander Singer	Naren Shankar (teleplay) Spike Steingasser (story) Based on material by William N. Stape	January 17, 1994	11.8[1]
Worf's human foster brother violates the Prime Directive to save a doomed primitive race.
166	14	"Sub Rosa"	Unknown	Jonathan Frakes	Brannon Braga (teleplay) Jeri Taylor (story) Based on material by Jeanna F. Gallo	January 31, 1994	11.5[1]
Dr. Crusher attends her grandmother's funeral and takes on an unusual family tradition.
167	15	"Lower Decks"	47566.7	Gabrielle Beaumont	René Echevarria (teleplay) Ron Wilkerson & Jean Louise Matthias (story)	February 7, 1994	11.9[1]
Junior officers buck for promotion as one of them is assigned the dangerous task of helping a Cardassian spy.
168	16	"Thine Own Self"	47611.2	Winrich Kolbe	Ronald D. Moore (teleplay) Christopher Hatton (story)	February 14, 1994	11.4[1]
Data loses his memory after retrieving radioactive fragments on a planet's surface and endangers the humanoid settlement he encounters, while Deanna studies to become a bridge officer.
169	17	"Masks"	47615.2	Robert Wiemer	Joe Menosky	February 21, 1994	11.8[1]
The Enterprise finds an ancient library that recreates its civilization by taking possession of Data and transforming the ship.
170	18	"Eye of the Beholder"	47622.1	Cliff Bole	René Echevarria (teleplay) Brannon Braga (story)	February 28, 1994	13.3[1]
Deanna investigates the suicide of a crewman and uncovers a murder that took place during construction of the Enterprise.
171	19	"Genesis"	47653.2	Gates McFadden	Brannon Braga	March 21, 1994	11.3[1]
A routine medical treatment inadvertently creates a virus that begins to de-evolve the Enterprise crew while Picard and Data are on an away mission. This is the first and only episode to be directed by Gates McFadden, who plays Dr. Crusher.
172	20	"Journey's End"	47751.2	Corey Allen	Ronald D. Moore (teleplay) Shawn Piller and Antonia Napoli (story)	March 28, 1994	11.9[1]
Wesley considers his future as the Enterprise is ordered to remove Native Americans from a planet that is about to fall under Cardassian jurisdiction. Guest stars Richard Poe as Gul Evek and Tom Jackson as Lakanta. Final appearance of Eric Menyuk as The Traveler.
173	21	"Firstborn"	47779.4	Jonathan West	René Echevarria (teleplay) Mark Kalbfeld (story)	April 25, 1994	11.4[1]
Worf attempts to convince his son Alexander to embrace his warrior heritage. Guest star James Sloyan as K'mtar.
174	22	"Bloodlines"	47829.1	Les Landau	Nicholas Sagan	May 2, 1994	11.3[1]
DaiMon Bok (guest star Lee Arenberg) returns to exact revenge on Picard by trying to kill the son Picard never knew he had.
175	23	"Emergence"	47869.2	Cliff Bole	Joe Menosky (teleplay) Brannon Braga (story)	May 9, 1994	11.3[1]
The Enterprise becomes an emergent intelligence.
176	24	"Preemptive Strike"	47941.7	Patrick Stewart	René Echevarria (teleplay) Naren Shankar (story)	May 16, 1994	11.8[1]
Lieutenant Ro graduates from advanced tactical training and is sent by Picard to lure Maquis terrorists into a trap. Guest star Richard Poe as Gul Evek.
177 178	25 26	"All Good Things..."	47988	Winrich Kolbe	Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga	May 23, 1994	17.4[1]
Picard finds himself being transported between three time periods, thanks to Q, with a spacetime distortion that threatens to destroy reality growing larger in the past, and smaller in the future.

See also

• Star Trek portal
• Science Fiction portal

Footnotes

1. "Star Trek: The Next Generation Nielsen Ratings – Season 7". TrekNation. Archived from the original on October 5, 2000. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

External links

• Episode guide at Star Trek.com