Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 4
1990 · 26 episodes · ★ 7.2
What Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season four opens with the Enterprise crew facing the Borg, who have gained information about the Federation after assimilating Captain Jean-Luc Picard. From there, the series mixes exploration missions with more personal stories. Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, remains the heart of the ship, while Data tries to understand human emotions and meets his creator. Wesley Crusher begins his training at Starfleet Academy, and Worf gets caught up in matters involving the Klingon Empire. The conflicts range from external threats to internal crises and moral dilemmas.
Season 4 Episodes
4x01 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.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: Michael Piller · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Wil Wheaton, Elizabeth Dennehy, Colm Meaney
4x02 Family
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.
Directed by: Les Landau · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Jeremy Kemp
4x03 Brothers
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.
Directing: Rob Bowman · Writing: Rick Berman · Starring: Colm Meaney, Cory Danziger, Adam Ryen, James Lashly
4x04 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.
Directing: Gabrielle Beaumont · Writing: Ralph Phillips, Jeri Taylor, John Whelpley · Starring: Wil Wheaton, Sherman Howard, Chad Allen, Barbara Townsend
4x05 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.
Directed by: Cliff Bole · Written by: Lee Sheldon · Starring: Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Eric Menyuk, Bill Erwin
4x06 Legacy
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.
Directed by: Robert Scheerer · Written by: Joe Menosky · Starring: Colm Meaney, Beth Toussaint, Christopher Michael, Don Mirault
4x07 Reunion
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.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Thomas Perry · Starring: Robert O'Reilly, April Grace, Charles Cooper, Michael Rider
4x08 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.
Directed by: Les Landau · Written by: David Bennett Carren, J. Larry Carroll · Starring: Carolyn McCormick, April Grace, Andreas Katsulas, Chris Demetral
4x09 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.
Directed by: Corey Allen · Written by: Jeri Taylor, Kacey Arnold-Ince · Starring: Wil Wheaton, Nick Tate, Kim Hamilton, Mary Kohnert
4x10 The Loss
Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.
Directed by: Chip Chalmers · Written by: Hilary Bader · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Kim Braden, Mary Kohnert, Cameron Oppenheimer
4x11 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.
Directing: Robert Wiemer · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Colm Meaney, Rosalind Chao, April Grace, Alan Scarfe
4x12 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.
Directed by: Chip Chalmers · Written by: Stuart Charno, Jeri Taylor, Sara B. Cooper · Starring: Rosalind Chao, Bob Gunton, Colm Meaney, Time Winters
4x13 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.
Directing: Tom Benko · Writing: Philip LaZebnik · Starring: Marta DuBois, Paul Lambert, Marcelo Tubert, Thad Lamey
4x14 Clues
Stardate: 44502.7. Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.
Directed by: Les Landau · Written by: Joe Menosky, Bruce D. Arthurs · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Colm Meaney, Pamela Winslow, Tom Knickerbocker
4x15 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.
Directed by: Cliff Bole · Written by: Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore, David Bischoff · Starring: Bebe Neuwirth, George Coe, Michael Ensign, Steven Anderson
4x16 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.
Directing: Winrich Kolbe · Writing: Joe Menosky, Maurice Hurley · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Gibney, April Grace, Lanei Chapman
4x17 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.
Directed by: Les Landau · Written by: Pamela Douglas, Jeri Taylor · Starring: Rosalind Chao, Whoopi Goldberg, Colm Meaney, Brian Tochi
4x18 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.
Directed by: Winrich Kolbe · Written by: Brannon Braga · Starring: Amick Byram, Mona Grudt, Maryann Plunkett, Dennis Madalone
4x19 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.
Directed by: Robert Legato · Written by: Joe Menosky · Starring: Kay E. Kuter, Dwight Schultz, David Coburn, Jim Norton
4x20 Qpid
Stardate:44741.9. Q places Vash and the senior Enterprise crew in a recreation of Robin Hood and his merry men.
Directed by: Cliff Bole · Written by: Ira Steven Behr · Starring: John de Lancie, Jennifer Hetrick, Clive Revill, Joi Staton
4x21 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.
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes · Written by: Jeri Taylor · Starring: Bruce French, Earl Billings, Henry Woronicz, Jean Simmons
4x22 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.
Directing: Les Landau · Writing: Peter Allan Fields · Starring: Majel Barrett, David Ogden Stiers, Michelle Forbes, Colm Meaney
4x23 The Host
Startdate: 44821.3. Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill Ambassador, until she discovers the Trill's symbiotic relationship.
Directing: Marvin V. Rush · Writing: Michel Horvat · Starring: Robert Harper, Franc Luz, Barbara Tarbuck, Buddy Daniels Friedman
4x24 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.
Directing: David Livingston · Writing: René Echevarria · Starring: Lawrence Dobkin, Colm Meaney, Edward Wiley, John Fleck
4x25 In Theory
Stardate: 44932.3. Data experiences the complexities of love when a fellow crewmate becomes attracted to him.
Directing: Patrick Stewart · Writing: Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Rosalind Chao, Whoopi Goldberg, Colm Meaney, Pamela Winslow
4x26 Redemption (1) Season Finale
Stardate: 44995.3. Worf must choose between his people and the Federation when a civil war threatens to destroy the Klingon Empire.
Directed by: Cliff Bole · Written by: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Jordan Lund, Robert O'Reilly, Colm Meaney
Season 4 Cast
Tracee CoccoJae (uncredited)11 episodes
Cameron OppenheimerEnsign Kellogg6 episodes
Wil WheatonWesley Crusher5 episodes
Patti YasutakeNurse Alyssa Ogawa4 episodes
Robert O'ReillyGowron2 episodes
Pamela WinslowEnsign McKnight2 episodes
Lanei ChapmanSariel Rager2 episodes
Todd MerrillGleason2 episodes
Denise Lynne RobertsPatti (uncredited)2 episodes
Susan GibneyDr. Leah BrahmsEpisode 1All Seasons
Season 11987 · 25 ep. · ★ 6.6
Season 21988 · 22 ep. · ★ 6.7
Season 31989 · 26 ep. · ★ 7.2
Season 51991 · 26 ep. · ★ 7.1
Season 61992 · 26 ep. · ★ 7.2
Season 71993 · 25 ep. · ★ 6.8Where to Watch Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes are in Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation?
Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation has 26 episodes.
When did Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation air?
Premiered on September 24, 1990.
Where to Watch Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4
Currently not available on the major subscription platforms (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 4?
According to TMDB user ratings, episode 4x01, «The Best of Both Worlds (2)», with a 8.7.