Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 2

1988 · 22 episodes · ★ 6.7

What Season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season two opens with the crew of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D exploring the Alpha and Beta quadrants under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Each episode takes the ship to strange worlds and unknown civilizations, and diplomacy coexists with the threat of combat. Conflicts come from both outside and within. Counselor Troi faces an unexpected pregnancy, Data must prove in a trial that he is a living being, and Riker considers leaving the ship. The Borg appear in the Delta quadrant and put everyone to the test, while Picard takes on missions where dialogue matters as much as force.

22episodes

Nov 21, 1988Aired

Jul 17, 1989latest episode

16.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 The Child
Nov 21, 1988 · 46 min · ★ 5.8
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.
Directed by Rob Bowman · Written by Maurice Hurley, Jon Povill, Jaron Summers · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Colm Meaney, R.J. Williams, Majel Barrett
2x02 Where Silence Has Lease
Nov 28, 1988 · 46 min · ★ 7.0
Stardate: 42193.6. A mysterious life form known as the 'Nagilum' threatens the life of the crew in his attempt to understand humanity.
Directing: Winrich Kolbe · Writing: Jack B. Sowards · Starring: Colm Meaney, Earl Boen, Charles Douglass
2x03 Elementary, Dear Data
Dec 5, 1988 · 46 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directing: Rob Bowman · Writing: Brian Alan Lane · Starring: Daniel Davis, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Alan Shearman
2x04 The Outrageous Okona
Dec 12, 1988 · 46 min · ★ 6.2
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.
Directing: Robert Becker · Writing: Burton Armus · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Joe Piscopo, Rosalind Allen
2x05 Loud as a Whisper
Jan 9, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: 42477.2. A deaf-mute mediator meets with disaster while being escorted by the Enterprise.
Directing: Larry Shaw · Writing: Jacqueline Zambrano · Starring: Howie Seago, Colm Meaney, Randy Oglesby, Michael Braveheart
2x06 The Schizoid Man
Jan 23, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 7.0
Stardate: 42437.5. Data is possessed by the consciousness of a brilliant scientist. However, it has a disturbing impact on Data's personality.
Directed by: Les Landau · Written by: Tracy Tormé · Starring: Barbara Alyn Woods, William Morgan Sheppard, Suzie Plakson, Michael Braveheart
2x07 Unnatural Selection
Jan 30, 1989 · 45 min · ★ 6.2
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.
Directed by Paul Lynch · Written by Mike Gray, John Mason · Starring: Colm Meaney, Patricia Smith, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart
2x08 A Matter of Honor
Feb 6, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directed by Rob Bowman · Written by Gregory W. Amos, Burton Armus · Starring: Christopher Collins, Colm Meaney, Brian Thompson, Peter Parros
2x09 The Measure of a Man
Feb 13, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 8.8
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.
Directing: Robert Scheerer · Writing: Melinda M. Snodgrass · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Clyde Kusatsu, Colm Meaney, Amanda McBroom
2x10 The Dauphin
Feb 20, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 6.1
Stardate: 42568.8. Wesley falls in love with a passenger the Enterprise is escorting, who has the secret ability to shape-shift.
Directed by Rob Bowman · Written by Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Paddi Edwards, Colm Meaney, Michael Braveheart
2x11 Contagion
Mar 20, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan · Written by Steve Gerber, Beth Woods · Starring: Carolyn Seymour, Colm Meaney, Thalmus Rasulala, Dana Sparks
2x12 The Royale
Mar 27, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 6.4
Stardate: 42625.4. An away team is trapped in an alien environment based around a novel entitled 'The Hotel Royale.'
Directed by Cliff Bole · Written by Tracy Tormé · Starring: Noble Willingham, Colm Meaney, Greg Beecroft, Jill Jacobson
2x13 Time Squared
Apr 3, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 7.3
Stardate: 42679.2. Picard encounters his double from six hours in the future, whose Enterprise had been destroyed.
Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan · Written by Maurice Hurley · Starring: Colm Meaney
2x14 The Icarus Factor
Apr 24, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 5.9
Stardate: 42686.4. Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation ship. Worf must confront his past and his Klingon heritage.
Directed by Robert Iscove · Written by Robert McCullough, David Assael · Starring: Colm Meaney, Mitchell Ryan, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart
2x15 Pen Pals
May 1, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 6.5
Stardate: 42695.3. Wesley must investigate the causes of strange tectonic activity on the planet where Data's pen pal lives.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe · Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Melinda M. Snodgrass · Starring: Colm Meaney, Nikki Cox, Nicholas Cascone, Ann Gillespie
2x16 Q Who
May 8, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Directing: Rob Bowman · Writing: Maurice Hurley · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, John de Lancie, Colm Meaney, Lycia Naff
2x17 Samaritan Snare
May 15, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 6.5
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.
Directed by Les Landau · Written by Robert McCullough · Starring: Daniel Benzali, Lycia Naff, Christopher Collins, Leslie Morris
2x18 Up the Long Ladder
May 22, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 6.1
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.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe · Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass · Starring: Colm Meaney, Rosalyn Landor, Barrie Ingham, Jon DeVries
2x19 Manhunt
Jun 19, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 5.8
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.
Directed by Rob Bowman · Written by Tracy Tormé · Starring: Colm Meaney, Mick Fleetwood, Majel Barrett, Robert Costanzo
2x20 The Emissary
Jun 29, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 7.0
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.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: Richard Manning, Hans Beimler · Starring: Colm Meaney, Lance LeGault, Anne Ramsay, Suzie Plakson
2x21 Peak Performance
Jul 10, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directed by Robert Scheerer · Written by David Kemper · Starring: Roy Brocksmith, Glenn Morshower, Leslie Neale, Armin Shimerman
2x22 Shades of Gray Season Finale
Jul 17, 1989 · 46 min · ★ 3.5
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.
Directing: Rob Bowman · Writing: Richard Manning, Maurice Hurley, Hans Beimler · Starring: Colm Meaney