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22 episodes

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2

First aired Nov 21, 1988Season 2

In season two, the Enterprise continues on its journey across the galaxy with the birth of a new member. Picard once again leads the team as unknown civilizations take notice of the ship and wishes to know more about the crew and their operations. Riker struggles with his loyalty to the Enterprise as his life is threatened and Data tries to become more human to understand his role upon the Enterprise. This season looks closer into the relationship of man vs. machine as Q once again tries to test Picard against a new enemy. The Ferengi threatens the Enterprise and the mystery of the holodeck pits the crew against the clock as lives hang in the balance.

Episodes

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Episode 1

The Child

5.7
Nov 21, 198846 min66 votes

Stardate: 42073.1. Troi undergoes a mysterious pregnancy when the Enterprise tries to escape from a system that has recently fallen victim to a deadly plague.

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Episode 2

Where Silence Has Lease

7.0
Nov 28, 198846 min62 votes

Stardate: 42193.6. A mysterious life form known as the 'Nagilum' threatens the life of the crew in his attempt to understand humanity.

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Episode 3

Elementary, Dear Data

8.0
Dec 5, 198846 min70 votes

Stardate: 42286.3. Data and Geordi become involved with a holodeck program about Sherlock Holmes and his investigations, when they create Sherlock's arch nemesis, Moriarty; however, modifications to the Moriarty character include the capability of out-smarting Data, which leads to some unexpected consequences.

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Episode 4

The Outrageous Okona

6.2
Dec 12, 198846 min62 votes

Stardate: 42402.7. The Enterprise is placed in a compromising situation when the captain of a disabled starship places the crew in the middle of a love triangle.

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Episode 5

Loud as a Whisper

6.3
Jan 9, 198946 min60 votes

Stardate: 42477.2. A deaf-mute mediator meets with disaster while being escorted by the Enterprise.

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Episode 6

The Schizoid Man

7.0
Jan 23, 198946 min63 votes

Stardate: 42437.5. Data is possessed by the consciousness of a brilliant scientist. However, it has a disturbing impact on Data's personality.

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Episode 7

Unnatural Selection

6.2
Jan 30, 198945 min59 votes

Stardate: 42494.8. A mysterious hyper-ageing sickness kills the crew of a Federation cargo ship, and Dr. Pulaski must race against time to find a cure.

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Episode 8

A Matter of Honor

7.5
Feb 6, 198946 min66 votes

Commander Riker participates in an officer's exchange program which lands him an assignment on a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Meanwhile, a Bezite ensign has trouble assimilating to the routines of the Enterprise.

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Episode 9

The Measure of a Man

8.8
Feb 13, 198946 min81 votes

Stardate: 42523.7. When Data's rights as a sentient individual are placed under trial, Starfleet forces Riker into a position where he must prove that Data is only an Android.

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Episode 10

The Dauphin

6.1
Feb 20, 198946 min57 votes

Stardate: 42568.8. Wesley falls in love with a passenger the Enterprise is escorting, who has the secret ability to shape-shift.

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Episode 11

Contagion

7.3
Mar 20, 198946 min60 votes

Stardate: 42609.1. A strange power source disables the Enterprise's computer systems, damages Data's programming and leaves the ship and crew vulnerable to a Romulan attack.

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Episode 12

The Royale

6.5
Mar 27, 198946 min63 votes

Stardate: 42625.4. An away team is trapped in an alien environment based around a novel entitled 'The Hotel Royale.'

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Episode 13

Time Squared

7.3
Apr 3, 198946 min61 votes

Stardate: 42679.2. Picard encounters his double from six hours in the future, whose Enterprise had been destroyed.

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Episode 14

The Icarus Factor

5.9
Apr 24, 198946 min55 votes

Stardate: 42686.4. Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation ship. Worf must confront his past and his Klingon heritage.

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Episode 15

Pen Pals

6.5
May 1, 198946 min61 votes

Stardate: 42695.3. Wesley must investigate the causes of strange tectonic activity on the planet where Data's pen pal lives.

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Episode 16

Q Who

8.4
May 8, 198946 min72 votes

Stardate: 42761.3. Q hurls the Enterprise into the Delta Quadrant and introduces the Federation to a powerful new enemy that may destroy the Alpha Quadrant: The Borg.

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Episode 17

Samaritan Snare

6.5
May 15, 198946 min57 votes

Stardate: 42779.1. A race known as the Pakleds kidnap Geordi La Forge. Picard must face surgery when he is left in a near-dead state.

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Episode 18

Up the Long Ladder

6.1
May 22, 198946 min55 votes

Stardate: 42823.2. Picard must convince two dying civilizations that they must co-exist on the same planet to survive, however, they have other plans to ensure their survival: in the form of clones of the Enterprise crew.

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Episode 19

Manhunt

5.7
Jun 19, 198946 min55 votes

Stardate: 42859.2. While being escorted to a Federation conference by the Enterprise, Lwaxana hunts for a man to satisfy her needs when her sex-drive is quadrupled during a natural mid-life cycle.

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Episode 20

The Emissary

7.0
Jun 29, 198946 min60 votes

Stardate: 42901.3. Worf is re-united with his former lover, K'Ehleyr, while the Enterprise is ordered to intercept a Klingon ship whose crew has been in stasis for a century.

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Episode 21

Peak Performance

7.4
Jul 10, 198946 min59 votes

Stardate: 42923.4. Trouble begins when a Ferengi warship stumbles over a war simulation between Riker and Picard, each on different ships, and begins attacking them.

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Episode 22

Shades of Gray

3.5
Jul 17, 198946 min61 votes

Stardate: 42976.1. Riker is infected with an alien organism that takes over his mind. Dr. Pulaski must force Riker's mind back to a state where it can access primitive survival skills.

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