The D returns home to Earth to decompress after the Borg attack. Picard rolls in the mud with his brother while Worf tries to keep his father from pestering O’Brien and LaForge too much. And Wes gets a special message from his dead father.
As the Borg approach Earth, prepared to assimilate errbody, Riker chooses the needs of the one and launches a covert operation to save his Captain.
With our appreciation for your patience during a summer break, Allie and Sarah return to look ahead at the episode list to see what they remember from this upcoming season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The Federation is caught with its pants down when the Borg finally turn up on course for Earth. But when Captain Picard is chosen as Speaker of the Borg, Riker must assume command, try to stop a Borg invasion, AND attempt to rescue his friend and Captain.
The Enterprise saves an alien from death, an alien who turns out to have Space Jesus powers. But when the leaders of his world criminalize him as “a disruptive influence” threatening the natural order, Sarah and Allie recognize the familiar machinery of people in power treating marginalized identities as social contagions.
Episode writers Susan Sackett and Fred Bronson join us for this review and discussion of “Ménage à Troi”.
When a Ferengi falls ears over heels for Lwaxana Troi, she finds herself kidnapped along with Bill and Deanna. While Mrs. Troi distracts her captor with an earjob, Picard combines threats with Shakespeare to free her.
When Sarek, Vulcan Ambassador of the Federation, boards the D to perform one last negotiation to cap off a lifetime of achievement, seemingly random violent outbursts begin to ravage the crew. But when Sarek is identified as the cause, Star Trek takes a big swing at mental health in aging.
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In yet another exploration of “The Cage”, Kivas Fajo, possible owner of Hobby Lobby and collector of rare and valuable things, moves on from smuggling religious artefacts looted from Iraq, and Lt Cmdr Data finds himself the newest piece in his collection. Will Data’s ethical programming to value all life prevent him from killing to survive?
When Lt. Reginald Barclay joins the crew, Geordi must learn to manage an employee with severe anxiety who hides out in the Holodeck all the time. But when mysteries start popping up all over the D, it’s Barclay who must try to set aside his fears to help save the ship.
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