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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Episode Guide - Season 4

This is the season of Next Generation that grabs you by the throat directly after resolving the most spellbinding cliffhanger in American TV history (Quick: Do you remember how “The Best of Both Worlds, Part II” begins? Funny, that) and just simply does not let go of the attention for 25 episodes thereafter. Season 4 of TNG includes some of the best character-driven ST episodes ever, some of ST’s best (or worst, depending on perspective) head trips ever, cadres of Klingons and Wesley’s departure.

1. The Best of Both Worlds, Part II – Acting captain Riker’s attempt to destroy the Borg vessel commanded by Picard-cum-Locutus fails. The Borg go on to lay waste to 39 ships at the Battle of Wolf 359, now infamous in Star Trek lore. A heroic away mission in which nearly every crew member gets a fist-pumping moment, Picard is rescued and his connection to the Borg is used by Lt. Commander Data to stop another impending attack. Epic, edge-of-the-seat stuff. *****

2. Family – After the adrenaline-pumping space battle action of “Best of Both Wolds” comes this quiet, character-centric story much loved by ST:TNG fans. While Picard revisits both the family vineyard and a contentious relationship with his brother, Worf hosts his extremely proud and enthusiastic adoptive Russian parents, and Wesley receives a hologram message from his father. *****

3. Brothers – And since Brent Spiner doesn’t appear at all in “Family,” he gets three roles to play in this episode, certainly every Data groupie’s favorite. Data’s creator Dr. Soong summons the android to his planet, and the signal also attracts Data’s “brother” Lore. A tour de force performance by Mr. Spiner. *****

4. Suddenly Human – An Enterprise away team finds five soldiers of the Talarian army requiring medical attention. However, one of them is discovered to be human and appears to have been a victim of abuse. thereby triggering a debate as to the young man’s proper place. **

5. Remember Me – Dr. Crusher’s head trip: Crew members suddenly begin disappearing, along with any memory of them to anyone aside from Crusher, until she is the only person left aboard the Enterprise. Gates McFadden kills it with all the extra screen time given her character, much of which involves her monologuing. And “Computer, what is the nature of the universe?” is probably her best line of dialogue ever. ****

6. Legacy – Ishara Yar, sister of dearly departed comrade Lt. Yar, calls on the Enterprise to help resolve conflict on a Federation colony. Naturally, she is – get this – not what she seems. And Data proves that, when crossed, no one can be colder than an android. **

7. Reunion – Ambassador K’Ehleyr, Worf’s former love, returns with child in tow (guess whose). Picard and she begin in attempts to avert a full-on civil war within the Klingon Empire. Spoilers: They aren’t very successful, and things end badly for K’Ehleyr. This episode also includes the first appearance of Gowron, the gleefully insane popeyed Klingon chancellor. ***

8. Future Imperfect – Commander Riker’s head trip: Sixteen years in the future, he’s captain of an Enterprise with Ferengi ensigns and higher technology – plus he’s got a son. And he remembers none of the past 1½ decades…****

9. Final Mission – Before Wesley departs the Enterprise for Starfleet Academy, Picard has him take part in a simple away mission which rapidly goes south. Kinda one note stuff in general. **

10. The Loss – If you disliked the Counselor Troi character before this episode, you’ll despise her during this one. When the Enterprise encounters two-dimensional beings, somehow Troi loses her empathic abilities. This causes her to whine about her uselessness, bitch about her terrible personal tragedy and act haughty to the limited non-empaths. *

11. Data's Day – I downloaded the subspace news today, oh- boy… more service to Data fandom with a nicely done day-in-the-life vignette. Seen through the eyes of Data are a strange incident involving a Vulcan ambassador and Romulans. Also, the wedding of Miles and Keiko O’Brien. ****

12. The Wounded – Aaaaand introducing the Cardassians, big bad of Deep Space Nine! Federation starship captain Maxwell, a former commander of O’Biren, has taken it upon himself to act against Cardassians along the Cardassian-Federation border. A fairly straightforward story with a neat twist at the end. ***

13. Devil’s Due – One heck of a sexy devil claiming to be an ancient goddess “returns” to an unsuspecting planet to recoup a contract legendarily made between the planet’s rulers and her 1,000 years ago. ***

14. Clues – The entire Enterprise crew’s head trip: After awakening from a ship-wide bout of unconsciousness, those on the ship slowly realize they’ve been robbed of a whole day. ****

15. First Contact – The Next Generation was always at its best when tweaking the cliched trope just a tiny bit; “First Contact” is a prime example of this, with the “aliens walk among us” storyline reversed, with Riker the mysterious outsider disguised as local. Includes a brilliant cameo from Bebe Neuwirth, a nurse whose interest in the alien isn’t strictly … scientific. ****

16. Galaxy's Child – The Enterprise mistakes a huge-ass, space-dwelling creature that the crew mistakes for a hostile ship. They kill the beast, only to assist in birthing a space calf which imprints on the Enterprise. Needless to say, Captain Picard is not amused when the being latches onto the ship for some breastfeeding. In a subplot, Geordi LaForge meets the actual scientist behind his obsession-inducing holodeck program in “Booby Trap” and further ickiness ensues. The man plot we’ll give ***, the subplot gets another 0.

17. Night Terrors – The crew (except Data, natch) is slowly driven mad by nightmares, while Troi has only recurring nightmares. It’s up to Data and her to solve both this problem and that of the grounded Enterprise. ***

18. Identity Crisis – Why does LaForge get saddled with all the lame plots? In this one, he morphs into a member of an alien species with fluorescent veins. Because spores or something. *

19. The Nth Degree – TNG tweaks the tropes again: In “Nth Degree”, Lt. Barclay becomes a pawn (with an IQ in the thousands) of aliens who have a different way of seeking out new life and new civilizations… ***

20. Qpid – Q is back, as is Vash (of “The Captain’s Holiday”). For no serious reason, Q plays around with Picard and the crew, making them play out a twisted version of the Robin Hood story. To say that Worf’s “I protest – I am not a merry man!” is the line of the season would be an understatement, but his subsequently “Sorry” is criminally underrated as well – still hilarious after multiple viewings. ****

21. The Drumhead – Season 4 of TNG sees the Federation grow increasingly insidious. “The Drumhead” has members of the Enterprise crew all the way up to Picard investigated by a fanatical admiral on a McCarthy-like witch hunt for Romulan collaborators. ***

22. Half a Life – Since when does a second banana get the chief plotline in a TNG episode? When she’s played by Gene Roddenberry’s wife, that’s when! A Dr. Timcin boards the Enterprise to work on experiments to save his planet’s sun, and Lwxana Troi immediately sinks her claws in. She charms him, distracts him from the work (just trying to save a planet here, after all) and eventually puts up a storm upon discovering that he intends to soon commit the ritual suicide demanded by his culture. *

23. The Host – Introducing the Trill, about to made a lot more commonly-known (not to mention more fun) on Deep Space Nine in the personage of Dax. In “The Host”, Dr. Crusher falls for the Federation negotiator Odan, who turns out to be a bit of a 2-in-1 deal, i.e. a humanoid host housing a cantaloupe-sized alien. When the humanoid body meets with terminal misfortune, Odan is first transferred bodily into Riker, which Crusher figures isn’t too bad. Finally, Odan comes to rest in the body of the female Kareel, which Crusher feels is too big a leap to make, attraction-wise, but with which 21st-century TV producers would definitely have gotten plenty of mileage… **

24. The Mind’s Eye – Perhaps in retribution for featuring in “Identity Crisis”, Romulans kidnap LaForge while on shore leave and then brainwash him, Manchurian Candidate-style, to act as a sleeper assassin. Klingon ambassador Kell is also aboard and his interplay with Worf advances the happenings within the Klingon Empire. ***

25. In Theory – A cutesy episode focusing on Data’s attempt at getting romantically involved with an ensign that looks a bit like Linda Hamilton. An hour drippy with sentiment and hackneyed relationship jokes is made bearable by Brent Spiner, who could make just about anything short of Independence Day II watchable, and some funny contributions from the others. **

26. Redemption, Part I – No way could the Next Generation producers match the awesomeness of the season 3 cliffhanger, but “Redemption” is pretty awesome stuff nevertheless, particularly for Klingon devotees. Picard brings the Enterprise to Q’onoS for his participation in the formal confirmation of Gowron as leader of the Klingon High Council, while Worf attempts to clear his father’s name. Meanwhile, the Duras sisters conspire with Romulan forces to overthrow Gowron and his allies. Civil war breaks out in the Klingon Empire and, in what looks like the mother of all twists, the leader of the Duras sisters’ allies appears to be … Tasha Yar? ****  

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The Best of Both Worlds (2)

Stardate: 44001.4. Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

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Stardate 44012.3. Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of his crewmates.

Stardate: 44085.7 While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and takes it to a distant planet. He learns that his creator has summoned him for an important meeting that could change his life. However, Dr. Soong unknowingly summoned Data's twin brother Lore, into the bargain.

Suddenly Human

Stardate: 44143.7. A custody battle between Picard and a child's adoptive father arises when a boy showing evidence of abuse is discovered.

Remember Me

Stardate: 44161.2. Dr. Crusher begins to question her sanity when members of the crew start disappearing one by one, and all evidence of their existence is erased.

Stardate: 44215.2. The Enterprise is caught in the middle of a civil war when they encounter Tasha Yar's long-lost younger sister, Ishara.

Stardate: 44246.3. Picard is asked to choose between two candidates to succeed the current Chancellor of the Klingon High Council as the new ruler of the Empire. Worf is disturbed by unexpected news when he is paid a visit by his former lover.

Future Imperfect

Stardate: 44286.5. Riker awakens one morning to discover he is suddenly 16 years in the future as the captain of the Enterprise, and negotiating a peace treaty with the Romulans with no recollection of how he arrived at that point in time, or of any recent events.

Final Mission

Stardate: 44307.3. Wesley must keep Captain Picard alive on the eve of his entrance exam to Starfleet Academy when their shuttle crashes on a barren moon.

Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.

Data's Day

Stardate: 44356.9. A Vulcan Ambassador being escorted by the Enterprise starts exhibiting suspicious behavior. Miles O'Brien marries his fiancée, Keiko Ishikawa in Ten-Forward.

The Wounded

Stardate: 44429.6. When the Cardassians start re-arming themselves, a Federation Captain takes it upon himself to remove a potential threat before it escalated. Now, Picard must fight for the Cardassians and stop the renegade from slaughtering innocents.

Devil's Due

Stardate: 44474.5. The crew of the Enterprise must defend the planet Ventax from a mythological Devil who re-appears when a 1000 year long era of peace comes to an end.

Stardate: 44502.7. Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.

First Contact

Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.

Galaxy's Child

Stardate: 44614.6. Geordi must work with the real Leah Brahms when she arrives on the Enterprise when a space-borne alien life form thinks the ship is its mother. Tensions rise when she learns that Geordi created a holographic version of her several months before in order to save the ship from danger.

Night Terrors

Stardate: 44631.2. Troi faces a recurring nightmare when the Enterprise is caught in a rift in space. Soon, the crew begins to slip into insanity through dream deprivation.

Identity Crisis

Stardate: 44664.5. Geordi and a former crew mate begin evolving into bizarre creatures when they return to a planet both of them were on during an Away Mission five years earlier.

The Nth Degree

Stardate: 44704.2. An alien probe transforms Barclay from a shy, awkward character into an arrogant super-genius who is able to interface with the Enterprise's computer through the holodeck.

Stardate:44741.9. Q places Vash and the senior Enterprise crew in a recreation of Robin Hood and his merry men.

The Drumhead

Stardate: 44769.2. Picard is accused of treason when an explosion aboard the Enterprise is investigated by a ruthless and paranoid Starfleet Admiral.

Half a Life

Stardate: 44805.3. Lwaxana Troi falls in love with a man who must return home to commit suicide, as is customary for their race when they reach a certain age.

Startdate: 44821.3. Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill Ambassador, until she discovers the Trill's symbiotic relationship.

The Mind's Eye

Stardate: 44885.5. While en route to Risa for shore leave, Geordi is abducted by the Romulans and brainwashed into becoming an assassin.

Stardate: 44932.3. Data experiences the complexities of love when a fellow crewmate becomes attracted to him.

Redemption (1)

Stardate: 44995.3. Worf must choose between his people and the Federation when a civil war threatens to destroy the Klingon Empire.

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Star Trek: Discovery is cracking open a box Next Gen closed on purpose

The USS Discovery is on a mad chase across the galaxy for one of Star Trek’s biggest secrets

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Calling back to a single 30-year-old episode of television is a time-honored Star Trek tradition , one that’s led the franchise to some of its most fascinating detours. And in its two-episode season premiere, Star Trek: Discovery seems to be kicking off an entire season calling back to one particular episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation .

And not just any episode! The 1993 installment of Next Gen in question delivered a revelation so seemingly earth-shaking that it should have rewritten galactic politics on a massive scale. But then, as was the way in the 1990s era of episodic TV, nobody ever mentioned it again.

At least until now.

[ Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for the first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 5.]

Writer Michelle Paradise and director Olatunde Osunsanmi lay out the connection at the end of the first of two episodes released this week, “Red Directive.” Discovery’s mission is to follow a series of ancient clues leading to a cache of ancient technology, and to get there before a couple of professional thieves, Moll (Eve Harlow) and L’ak (Elias Toufexis), do.

The technology, as Doctor Kovich (David Cronenberg) explains, belongs to the so-called Progenitors, a barely understood ancient spacefaring species that “created life as we know it […] every humanoid species in the galaxy.” Presumably such tech holds the key to understanding how the Progenitors did that, and how that power could be used again.

The Progenitors are from the Star Trek episode “The Chase”

Kovich also calls up a helpful video presentation of the moment the Progenitors were discovered by an assembled group of Federation, Klingon, Romulan, and Cardassian captains, including Jean-Luc Picard. But you don’t have to be a Star Trek lore nerd to know you’re actually just looking at clips from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation .

Specifically, from the 20th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation ’s sixth season, “The Chase,” in which Picard and crew discover pieces of a computer program hidden inside the DNA of species from dozens of different planets. Questions abound: What does the program do? And what kind of entity could have been so ancient and powerful that it had determined the genetic legacy of most of the known galaxy before sentient life had even evolved here — and then left no trace of its existence except the genetic codes themselves?

In a nutshell, the mysterious death of Captain Picard’s old archeology professor (did you know that if he hadn’t gone into Starfleet, Jean-Luc was studying to be a space archeologist? Well, now you do) sets the captain and the Enterprise on a search for the missing DNA fragments necessary to complete his unfinished work.

The action of the episode becomes a grand chase, as Klingon and Cardassian captains come to believe the program must be a great weapon or dangerous secret. Eventually Picard and his rivals all discover the lonely planet with the final DNA strain — and when they get there, some Romulans who’ve been secretly following all of them show up, too, just to make things even more tense.

In the end, the program isn’t a weapon or a secret, but a message from an ancient race of humanoids that apparently created sentient life in our galaxy as we know it.

Actor Salome Jens appears as a Progenitor hologram, and delivers a speech that’s stirring by any standard of Star Trek monologues, telling the story of a race of sentients that took to the stars and found them empty. They had evolved too early to meet other forms of sentient life, and knew that their time was too limited to ever expect to.

“We knew that one day we would be gone; that nothing of us would survive, so we left you,” Jens’ Progenitor explains. The Progenitors seeded humanoid life across the galaxy in their own image; life that tended to evolve into bipedal, tailless, largely hairless creatures with two eyes and two arms and five fingers on each hand. And they left clues in the genetic signature of their work, broken up among the stars.

Wait, was this really all about lampshading the limits of Star Trek’s alien design?

Kinda, yes! The writers of “The Chase,” Ron Moore and Joe Menosky, were inspired by elements of Carl Sagan’s Contact , but also by Menosky’s pet fascination creating an in-universe explanation for why all the common alien species in Star Trek are basically shaped like humans (albeit with latex on their faces).

In other hands, it would be hokey and trite, but even under heavy makeup, Jens sells the hell out of her single scene on voice and stance alone — it’s no wonder she was asked back to the Trek fold to play a major antagonist role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .

“It was our hope that you would have to come together in fellowship and companionship to hear this message, and if you can see and hear me, our hope has been fulfilled,” the Progenitor hologram concludes, with gentle compassion. “You are a monument, not to our greatness, but to our existence. That was our wish: That you, too, would know life. [...] There is something of us in each of you, and so something of you in each other.”

But though “The Chase” carried a sweeping revelation, nothing ever really panned out from it. You’d think that a message of togetherness that fundamentally rewrote the origin of life in the universe would have to have tweaked Star Trek’s galactic politics a bit, right? Seems like this would give the Star Trek setting a radically different understanding of the origins of life than we have in the real world — this is literally intelligent design! At the very least there’d be some other characters talking about how humans and Vulcans, Klingons and Romulans and Ferengi and Cardassians and Trill and Bajorans, all share the same genetic ancestor.

But nope: The Pandora’s box of Progenitor lore remained closed. Gene Roddenberry’s successor and Trek producer Rick Berman seems to have been disenchanted with the episode’s reveal — and you can’t really blame him for not wanting to rock the whole cosmology of Star Trek in an episode that’s mostly about explaining how if you turn the DNA snippets like this they make a cool spiral. Now look at this computer screen with the spiral :

Except now, Star Trek: Discovery is opening the box and rocking the boat. This new mad, puzzle-box chase around the galaxy promises to expand on the Progenitors, an idea so big that not even The Next Generation was willing to touch it. It’s a tall order, but Discovery has never been more free to shake up Star Trek continuity than it is right now — we’ll have to wait for more episodes of the show’s final season to find out how free it intends to be.

Star Trek: Discovery is finally free to do whatever it wants

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’s Connection to ‘The Next Generation’ Explained

...And it involves a new crew.

The Big Picture

• The USS Discovery embarks on a red directive mission with ties to Star Trek lore, focusing on the Progenitors' technology.
• New faces join the crew on a mission to uncover an artifact related to the Progenitors in the Next Generation era.
• The technology to create life poses a powerful threat if misused, as Moll and L'ak aim to sell the artifact to the highest bidder.

The first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 are finally available on Paramount+, putting Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery back on the boldly going business. This time, they're not going another 800 years into the future, but instead, their mission has a connection to another time: the Star Trek: The Next Generation era. Back then, Captain Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) once led the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on a mission that uncovered the secrets of life itself as we know it . It may have been a one-episode story, but it's now getting the proper arc it deserves; the time has finally come to learn the secrets of the Progenitors.

Star Trek: Discovery

Taking place almost a decade before Captain Kirk's Enterprise, the USS Discovery charts a course to uncover new worlds and life forms.

The Discovery Is Given a Red Directive Mission by Dr. Kovich

The final season of Discovery starts off with its foot on the door, with ties to past Star Trek lore and the return of Dr. Kovich ( David Cronenberg ), which always means business for the Discovery crew. This time, his mission is so important that it interrupts a Starfleet event, but can't be disclosed because it's a red directive (a mission of a highly classified and dangerous nature that takes precedence over all other tasks) . Captain Burnham doesn't like the idea of keeping secrets from her crew, but since the Discovery is the only ship that can take this mission thanks to its spore drive, she accepts it.

The secretive mission introduces some new faces to Discovery , including couriers, Moll ( Eve Harlow ) and L'ak ( Elias Toufexis ), as well as U.S.S. Antares Captain Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ). The mission was to retrieve an artifact from a Romulan science ship that had been adrift for 800 years, but Moll and L'ak beat them to it, then take the artifact to the planet, Q'mau, where the synthetic antique dealer, Fred ( J. Adam Brown ), opens it up and reveals a diary written by the Romulan scientist, Vellek ( Michael Copeman ). Even though Moll and L'ak have escaped Starfleet in Q'mau, Admiral Charles Vance ( Oded Fehr ) helps officer Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) obtain information on Vellek.

As it turns out, Vellek was once part of a group that—under the leadership of Captain Jean-Luc Picard —attempted to solve the mystery of the planet Vilmor II. There, they found out about a race of humanoid aliens known only as the Progenitors , who have created life in its humanoid form and are the common link between all present humanoid species in the galaxy. The Discovery's mission, however, isn't about the Progenitors themselves, but rather about the technology they used to do what they did.

The Progenitors’ Story Comes From a Single Episode in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’

Season 6, Episode 20 of The Next Generation , "The Chase," is one of the wildest in the entire series. For the first time ever, a Star Trek episode shows Humans, Klingons, Romulans, and more together in the same scene. That's all thanks to one of the most interesting plots in the franchise, which sees these races coming together to discover the secret of their common origin. Unfortunately, The Next Generation didn't carry on with this plotline, but Discovery is finally giving it the sequence it deserves.

"The Chase" starts off with Captain Picard meeting his old mentor, Professor Galen ( Norman Lloyd ), aboard the Enterprise-D. The scholar is there to recruit Picard for a long-term mission that will result in the most important scientific discovery of their time, but Picard can't give up his post on Starfleet. Picard decides to take the Enterprise-D and finish what Galen started. He begins by analyzing the data his mentor had gathered (large blocks of numbers laid out in a sort of sequence). Following this trail, he eventually discovers that the numbers are actually a DNA sequence. On the planet, Loren III, Picard intervenes and mediates their conflict upon learning that both of them are there for the same reason the Enterpreise-D is, calling for them to analyze the combined DNA strands they have. They learn that those are all part of a puzzle, with each sequence complementing one another, but that there are still missing pieces.

The Enterprise-D follows the Cardassians to Vilmor II with the Klingon emissary on board, and they find out the planet has lichen growing on the dried-up ocean floor. Discreetly, Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) inserts all the DNA samples they now have onto her tricorder, which then projects the recording of a humanoid woman ( Salome Jens ). Thankfully, everyone stops arguing to listen to the projection, as the woman explains that she belonged to a race of ancient aliens from 4.5 billion years earlier. Her species eventually came to terms with their extinction, but they sowed pieces of their own DNA on many planets where life could grow across the galaxy as a way of ensuring a lasting legacy . Their intention was for all those future species to come together upon discovering their shared ancestry . Cardassians and Klingons immediately resume their bickering, unable to accept that they have anything in common. Later, Picard ponders with the Romulans that one day, in the future, perhaps all species will learn to coexist for the sake of their shared ancestry.

Where Does This Leave Captain Burnham and the Discovery Crew?

The race of ancient humanoids is never named onscreen, but they are referred to as the Progenitors from then on. With Discovery finally finishing this loose thread in Star Trek lore, it's important to ponder that the Progenitors must have used powerful tech to sow their DNA across the galaxy, which is what the overall plot of the season is going to be. The technology to create life is powerful by definition , and can be used for terrible things if it falls in the wrong hands. Right now, Moll and L'ak have the diary, but they're unwilling to cooperate with the Federation after a failed negotiation attempt by Cleveland "Book" Booker ( David Ajala ). However, they're looking to sell the diary to the highest bidder.

After the events of the first part of the season premiere , "Red Directive," Captain Rayner has been discharged from his command of the U.S.S. Antares. As sad as it is to see an officer of 30-plus years being discharged, it's also very serendipitous, as Captain Burnham is in need of a new number one for the Discovery as Saru ( Doug Jones ) is about to take a new diplomatic post for the Federation. During their chase on Q'mau, Rayner mentions that he has history chasing Moll and L'ak, which will surely come in handy . Also, Book finds out he has a past connection to Moll that makes them all but family, which is another potential lead to finding her.

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Star Trek Is Ending Another Show — But Just Renewed Its Biggest Hit

The foundational sci-fi franchise is consolidating.

2024 will see the series finales of not one, but two different distinct Star Trek series. In addition to the swan song of Discovery , it's now been revealed that Lower Decks will have its final season this year, too. At the same time, the most popular Star Trek series since The Next Generation — Strange New Worlds — will continue for at least two more seasons. If you're a casual fan, this announcement will likely be a shoulder shrug. If you’re a diehard Trekkie, you’re probably devastated.

As revealed on the official Star Trek website, the animated comedy Star Trek: Lower Decks will air its fifth season later in 2024, which, will become its finale. Simultaneously, the hit series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — which is currently filming its third season — has been renewed for a fourth season. So, is Lower Decks really done? How long will Strange New Worlds last? And is the Star Trek TV renaissance over? Here’s what this (probably) means for the future of the Final Frontier.

Lower Decks comes to an end

Lower Decks is ending with Season 5, later in 2024.

Over on StarTrek.com, Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan and producer Alex Kurtzman issued a joint statement , confirming that “this fall will be the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks .” Tellingly, this statement mentions that “five seasons of any series these days seems like a miracle.”

While fans are already raging about this ending, it’s worth remembering that Mike McMahan warned fans about this very real possibility in 2023. In an interview with Inverse in October 2023, McMahan made it very clear how and why Lower Decks could end, saying:

“If people want more Lower Decks , they’ve got to tune in and get a couple of other people to tune in. So instead of a letter-writing campaign, let’s all watch Lower Decks right away, please. I’m working on Season 5 right now, but by the time people realize Lower Decks has been canceled, it will be too late. We do these seasons a year in advance. So the only trick here is early and consistent viewership. That will help me make more Lower Decks .”

For all of its philosophical musings about an ideological future, Star Trek is not a nonprofit organization. The reality is, in terms of streaming numbers, it would seem that Lower Decks simply didn’t find a broader audience beyond the core group of Trek fans who watch everything. “It’s not the largest fan base,” producer Akiva Goldsman told Variety earlier this year, noting that Star Trek’s numbers are not on the level of Star Wars or Marvel. McMahan’s comment about “getting a couple of other people to tune in,” seems to support this idea. Just like in every other previous decade — and just like any other media empire — Star Trek needs mainstream crossover success to sustain multiple TV series. It is not Lower Deck’s fault that it didn’t find that mainstream crossover audience.

Strange New Worlds rising

The crew of the Enterprise in the Season 2 finale of Strange New Worlds .

Since 2022, the debut of Strange New Worlds has represented a kind of shift for the new era of Trek on TV. If Discovery Seasons 1-3 and Picard Season 1 were Phase I, then Strange New Worlds definitely represented Phase 2. More colorful, more buoyant, and — crucially — more accessible than its immediate predecessors, Strange New Worlds is a back-to-basics Star Trek show, that is also somewhat unapologetic about its format. Unlike most of the other shows, Strange New Worlds is mostly episodic; you can skip episodes and not feel confused. This format describes most of TV prior to the end of the 20th century, but it also highlights what kept The Original Series alive in the 1970s, after it was canceled in 1969, and, also what made The Next Generation into a bonafide mainstream hit in the 1990s. In short, the Trekkie barrier to entry is less intimidating with Strange New Worlds than with any of the other new shows.

Cynics might say that Strange New Worlds plays it safe, and that’s why it’s so much more popular than the other new shows. But Strange New Worlds actually takes a lot of risks, including, but not limited to, a musical episode , an animated crossover episode, and an ongoing, radical reimagining of one of Trek’s most iconic aliens . The cocktail that is working with SNW is fairly easy to understand: It’s a risky show disguised as a familiar one. It looks like Star Trek and feels like Star Trek to a casual fan, but rewards and validates a longtime fan, too.

The future of Star Trek on TV

Ethan Peck as Spock in a preview scene from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3.

Will Strange New Worlds last beyond its now greenlit Season 4? Right now, that seems very likely. Other than SNW , the only other new Star Trek series currently in production is the YA live-action series Starfleet Academy . Interestingly, Tawny Newsome — the voice of Mariner on Lower Decks — is in the writers’ room for Starfleet Academy, indicating that the Lower Decks flavor is certainly not leaving the franchise. Plus, both Kurtzman and McMahan are “hopeful” that the Lower Decks characters might pop up in other parts of the franchise. After their live-action debut in Strange New Worlds in 2023, the idea of seeing the Cerritos crew in other Trek shows feels less of a question of if, and more of a question of when.

But, for now, it seems that the Star Trek franchise on TV is consolidating a bit. Considering Paramount itself is up for sale, and possibly entering a merger with Skydance , this isn’t too surprising. The media economy isn’t exactly what it was five years ago, and the instability of the entertainment industry certainly isn’t unique to Star Trek.

This little sci-fi show has been canceled, shut down, and gone dormant before. Not having five TV shows on the air at the same time isn’t a sign of failure nor is it the end of the universe. Star Trek will endure because unlike some of its competitors, it's scrappy. That said, when you’re scrappy, you sometimes have to make hard decisions.

Lower Decks Season 5 will air on Paramount+ later in 2024. Strange New Worlds Season 3 is currently filming, while Season 4 is in development.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Renewed for Fourth Season

The acclaimed hit original series is currently in production for its third season.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will return for a fourth season.

Co-showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers and executive producer Alex Kurtzman confirms in a statement, "On behalf of the cast and crew of ‘ Strange New Worlds ’ we are thrilled and grateful to continue our voyages together. We can't wait for you to join us and the crew of the Enterprise on another season of exploration and adventure."

The third season, set to debut in 2025, is officially under way with production continuing in Toronto.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds  is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the  U.S.S. Enterprise . The series features fan favorites from Season 2 of  Star Trek: Discovery  — Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Una Chin-Riley (Number One) in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the  U.S.S. Enterprise , as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds  also stars Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as La’An Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds  is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serve as co-showrunners. Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet serve as executive producers in addition to Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth and Aaron Baiers.

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Gets Season 4 on Paramount Plus

Fifth season of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ will be final one

Paramount Plus has ordered a fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , and said the fifth season of Star Trek: Lower Decks will be the final one. Season five of Lower Decks comes out in the fall.  

“It has been incredibly rewarding to continue to build the Star Trek universe, and we're so grateful to Secret Hideout and our immensely talented casts and producers,” said Jeff Grossman, executive VP, programming, Paramount Plus. “ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has found the perfect blend of action, adventure and humor, and we're elated to announce another season ahead of our season three premiere. Similarly, Star Trek: Lower Decks has brought the laughs with an ample amount of heart to the franchise across its four seasons. We can’t wait for audiences to see what is in store for the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos in this final season.”

Strange New Worlds is based on the years Capt. Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise . The cast includes Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn. 

Lower Decks is an animated comedy about the support crew on the not so important U.S.S. Cerritos. Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid are in the voice cast. 

“ Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds are integral to the Star Trek franchise, expanding the boundaries of the universe and exploring new and exciting worlds,” said David Stapf, president, CBS Studios. “We are extraordinarily proud of both series as they honor the legacy of what Gene Roddenberry created almost 60 years ago. We are so grateful to work with Secret Hideout, [executive producers] Alex Kurtzman, Mike McMahan, Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers and the cast, crews and artists who craft these important and entertaining stories for fans around the world.”

Star Trek: Discovery debuted its fifth and final season on Paramount Plus April 4.   

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Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 4, Episode 12

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1 star trek: tng episode was so bad, it inspired 3 writers to write their own episode.

Three Star Trek writers decided they could write a better episode than one from Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2 they disliked.

• A weak Star Trek: TNG season 2 episode inspired 3 writers to write a better season 3 story.
• "Samaritan Snare" was criticized for TNG characters behaving oddly.
• "Tin Man" offers a better TNG episode, even if it's not one of the classics.

One particularly weak episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation inspired three writers to write their own, much better, episode. Following the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-D, TNG took a couple of seasons to truly find its footing. While there were some genuinely great episodes during TNG season 2, there were also a few flops. Still, the characters were what ultimately made TNG a success, and even the bad episodes sometimes inspired others to imagine their own stories with Captain Picard and his crew.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2, episode 17, "Samaritan Snare," Captain Picard travels to Starbase 515 for a cardiac replacement surgery, leaving Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) in command . When the Enterprise receives a distress call from a Pakled ship, Riker underestimates the dumb aliens, and Lt. Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) is taken hostage. Although Riker has proven himself to be a capable commander in the past, he makes several questionable decisions throughout "Samaritan Snare," behaving out of character in service of the plot.

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3 star trek writers decided to write their own tng episode after seeing "samaritan snare", dennis russell bailey, david bischoff, and lisa putman white went on to write tng's "tin man.".

According to Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, "Samaritan Snare" inspired writers Dennis Russell Bailey, David Bischoff, and Lisa Putman White to pen their own Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. When talking about "Samaritan Snare," Bailey said: "None of the plot could have happened if all of the characters hadn't suddenly become morons that week." Morons may be a bit harsh, but Commander Riker does send the Chief Engineer alone to an alien ship they know little about. He also ignores the advice of both Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), which is, again, out of character.

In the secondary storyline, Captain Picard's surgery has complications, and Dr. Katherine Pulaski (Diana Muldaur) has to travel to the Starbase to complete the operation. Initially, Picard refused to have Pulaski perform the surgery on the Enterprise because he did not want to appear weak in front of the crew. Although it's stated multiple times that the procedure is routine, something still goes wrong and none of the doctors on the Starbase are equipped to handle it. This is another element that Dennis Russell Bailey points out as being odd, and he eventually decided to write his own episode. Together with David Bischoff and Lisa Putman White, Bailey then wrote the script that became Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3, episode 20, "Tin Man."

The story for "Tin Man" was based on a short story called Tin Woodman by Dennis Russell Bailey and David Bischoff. Co-writer Lisa Putman White was not officially credited for the episode, but Bailey was listed as Dennis Putman Bailey.

"Tin Man" Is A Much Better Star Trek: TNG Episode

The name of the episode is inspired by the tin woodman from l. frank baum's the wonderful wizard of oz..

The Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3 episode "Tin Man" may not be perfect, but it's a better episode than season 2's "Samaritan Snare." When the Enterprise-D encounters a living alien ship, Betazoid Federation emissary Tam Elbrun (Harry Groener) comes aboard to the aid with first contact. Because of his extremely powerful telepathic abilities, Elbrun struggles to tune out the voices of the many crewmembers on the Enterprise-D . He forms a connection with Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), whose thoughts Elbrun cannot hear.

Tam Elbrun was the first male Betazoid seen on screen. Actor Harry Groener also appeared as different characters in episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise .

Elbrun begins communicating with the sentient ship, who is initially referred to as Tin Man before revealing his name to be Gomtuu. In the end, Elbrun helps save Gomtuu and ultimately decides to remain with the alien ship creature. Elbrun is a fascinating character and Gomtuu makes for a truly alien lifeform. The story of "Tin Man" is classic science fiction, and the episode avoids the out-of-character behaviors that plagued "Samaritan Snare." Not every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation was a winner, but sometimes even the bad episodes led to something great.

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Galaxy's Child

• Episode aired Mar 9, 1991

As Geordi La Forge finally meets the real Dr. Leah Brahms, a tragic first contact leaves the Enterprise with a gigantic galactic infant suckling the ship's energy. As Geordi La Forge finally meets the real Dr. Leah Brahms, a tragic first contact leaves the Enterprise with a gigantic galactic infant suckling the ship's energy. As Geordi La Forge finally meets the real Dr. Leah Brahms, a tragic first contact leaves the Enterprise with a gigantic galactic infant suckling the ship's energy.

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• Trivia Before finding the holodeck program, Leah Brahms reviews an engineering log of modifications made to the ship by La Forge. The last entry on the list which is only seen very briefly is "Tonight on HBO."
• Goofs In Ten Forward, Geordi describes Dr. Brahms as unfriendly and too focused on her work, and says that she hates what he's done to her engines; yet, in their previous scene together, Brahms expresses admiration for one of Geordi's modifications, to the point of encouraging him to publish a paper.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We're out here to explore, to make contact with other life forms, to establish peaceful relations but not to interfere, and absolutely not to destroy - and yet look at what we have just done.

• Connections Referenced in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Relics (1992)
• Soundtracks Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

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