Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 7

1993 · 25 episodes · ★ 6.8

What Season 7 of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season seven opens with the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D in the middle of exploring the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The focus falls on Data, who explores a world of new emotions. The crew tries to disable an ancient Vulcan weapon, and Picard must overcome a tough test set by Q. The Borg, led by Lore, subdue Data when his negative feelings leave him vulnerable. The ship is designed for exploration and diplomacy, though it must be ready for combat if absolutely necessary.

25episodes

Sep 20, 1993premiered

May 23, 1994latest episode

19.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 7 Episodes

7x01 Descent (2)
Sep 20, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 7.3
Stardate: 47025.4. Data abducts Picard, Troi and Geordi and holds them prisoners of the Borg, while he derives pleasure from being evil. Dr. Crusher is left in command of the Enterprise as it comes under attack from a Borg vessel.
Directed by: Alexander Singer · Written by: René Echevarria · Starring: Benito Martinez, Jonathan Del Arco, Alex Datcher, James Horan
7x02 Liaisons
Sep 27, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: Unknown. During an exchange program, Picard's shuttle crashes on an unknown planet where he is rescued by the sole survivor of another crash.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: Jeanne Carrigan-Fauci, Lisa Rich · Starring: Paul Eiding, Barbara Williams, Eric Pierpoint, Michael Harris
7x03 Interface
Oct 4, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 6.1
Stardate: 47215.5. Geordi defies direct orders from Captain Picard in an attempt to rescue his mother who had recently been reported as missing.
Directing: Robert Wiemer · Writing: Joe Menosky · Starring: Ben Vereen, Madge Sinclair, Warren Munson
7x04 Gambit (1)
Oct 11, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 7.3
Stardate: 47135.2. An away team investigates the apparent death of Jean-Luc Picard who was supposedly killed in a bar fight. When Riker is abducted by a band of criminals who loot archaeological digs, he is shocked to find Picard alive and well, and undercover as a renegade archaeologist.
Directing: Peter Lauritson · Writing: Naren Shankar, Christopher Hatton · Starring: Bruce Gray, Richard Lynch, Robin Curtis, James Worthy
7x05 Gambit (2)
Oct 18, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 7.3
Stardate: 47160.1. Picard and Riker covertly work together in an attempt to find out why the criminals are looting archaeological digs.
Directing: Alexander Singer · Writing: Ronald D. Moore, Naren Shankar · Starring: Richard Lynch, Robin Curtis, James Worthy, Julie Caitlin Brown
7x06 Phantasms
Oct 25, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 7.1
Stardate: 47225.7. Data's new dream subroutine causes him to experience nightmares which provide a unique insight into strange events that are occurring on board the Enterprise.
Directed by: Patrick Stewart · Writing: Brannon Braga · Starring: Clyde Kusatsu, Bernard Kates, Gina Ravera, David L. Crowley
7x07 Dark Page
Nov 1, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: 47254.1. Lwaxana Troi collapses with a repressed memory related illness. Her only chance for survival is if Deanna can probe her subconscious and find out what is killing her. However, the secret Lwaxana holds is deeper than Deanna imagined.
Directed by: Les Landau · Written by: Hilary Bader · Starring: Majel Barrett, Kirsten Dunst, Amick Byram, Norman Large
7x08 Attached
Nov 8, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
Stardate: 47304.2. While on a a diplomatic mission, Dr. Crusher and Picard are captured and imprisoned. As a result, they are linked together via a telepathic device.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: Nick Sagan · Starring: Robin Gammell, Lenore Kasdorf, James Castle Stevens, Tracee Cocco
7x09 Force of Nature
Nov 15, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 6.6
Stardate: 47310.2. The Enterprise is drawn to a region of space where many starships have been mysteriously disabled. They soon learn that a brother and sister team has been working together to bring attention to the fact that frequent high-warp travel is damaging the very fabric of space/time.
Directing: Robert Lederman · Writing: Naren Shankar · Starring: Lee Arenberg, Michael Corbett, Margaret Reed, Tracee Cocco
7x10 Inheritance
Nov 22, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 7.2
Stardate: 47410.2. Data is disturbed by the claims of a woman who says she is Noonien Soong's ex-wife.
Directed by: Robert Scheerer · Writing: René Echevarria, Dan Koeppel · Starring: Fionnula Flanagan, Bill Lithgow, Tracee Cocco
7x11 Parallels
Nov 29, 1993 · 45 min · ★ 8.1
Stardate: 47391.2. Worf returns from a Klingon competition to find that he is shifting through different realities.
Directed by: Robert Wiemer · Written by: Brannon Braga · Starring: Wil Wheaton, Mark Bramhall, Patti Yasutake, Tracee Cocco
7x12 The Pegasus
Jan 10, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 7.7
Stardate: 47457.1. Riker is placed on a covert mission to find the missing starship he was once a member aboard, but the mission holds a secret that could destroy the peace treaty between the Federation and the Romulans.
Directing: LeVar Burton · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Terry O'Quinn, Nancy Vawter, Michael Mack, Joyce Robinson
7x13 Homeward
Jan 17, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
Stardate: 47423.9. Worf's adoptive brother violates the Prime Directive to save an alien society whose planet is dying.
Directing: Alexander Singer · Writing: Naren Shankar · Starring: Penny Johnson Jerald, Brian Markinson, Edward Penn, Paul Sorvino
7x14 Sub Rosa
Jan 31, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 4.8
Stardate: Unknown. Dr. Crusher attends her grandmother's funeral, to find that she had been in romantic encounters with a mysterious man who had been haunting the Howard family women for generations.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: Brannon Braga, Jeri Taylor · Starring: Duncan Regehr, Ellen Albertini Dow, Shay Duffin, Michael Keenan
7x15 Lower Decks
Feb 7, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
Stardate: 47566.7. Four young ensigns compete for a promotion that only one of them will receive. However, they are soon placed on a top secret mission that places some of their lives in danger.
Directing: Gabrielle Beaumont · Writing: Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Jeri Taylor · Starring: Dan Gauthier, Shannon Fill, Alexander Enberg, Bruce Beatty
7x16 Thine Own Self
Feb 14, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 7.4
Stardate: 47611.2. Data find himself mysteriously stranded on a planet with no recollection of who he is or how he arrived there. Soon he is accused of spreading a plague among the inhabitants. Troi takes the bridge officer's test in an attempt to gain the rank of Commander.
Directed by: Winrich Kolbe · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Ronnie Claire Edwards, Kimberly Cullum, Mike Hagerty, Michael Rothhaar
7x17 Masks
Feb 21, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 5.6
Stardate: 47615.2. The Enterprise is slowly transformed into an ancient alien temple when Data discovers an alien archive full of information about an ancient culture. Shortly after opening the archive, Data becomes possessed with several different personalities.
Directing: Robert Wiemer · Writing: Joe Menosky · Starring: Rickey D'Shon Collins, Tracee Cocco
7x18 Eye of the Beholder
Feb 28, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: 47622.1. While investigating the mysterious suicide of a crew member, Troi and Worf begin to show romantic feeling towards one another.
Directed by: Cliff Bole · Written by: Brannon Braga, René Echevarria · Starring: Mark Rolston, Nancy Harewood, Tim Lounibos, Johanna McCloy
7x19 Genesis
Mar 21, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: 47653.2. Upon returning from an away mission, Picard and Data find the ship drifting in space, and the crew de-evolving into their animal ancestors.
Directed by: Gates McFadden · Writing: Brannon Braga · Starring: Dwight Schultz, Carlos Ferro, Patti Yasutake, Tracee Cocco
7x20 Journey's End
Mar 28, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.0
Stardate: 47751.2. Under the terms of the new Federation/Cardassian alliance, Picard is ordered to evacuate a colony of native Americans, but protests from Wesley hamper the process. Wesley's destiny is finally revealed to him when the Traveler returns.
Directing: Corey Allen · Writing: Ronald D. Moore · Starring: Wil Wheaton, Eric Menyuk, Natalija Nogulich, Ned Romero
7x21 Firstborn
Apr 25, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: 47779.4. A disinterested Alexander must face his first Right of Ascension passage, but a mysterious warrior by the name of K'Mtar brings with him a disturbing request.
Directed by: Jonathan West · Written by: Ronald D. Moore, René Echevarria · Starring: Brian Bonsall, Armin Shimerman, Barbara March, Rickey D'Shon Collins
7x22 Bloodlines
May 2, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.4
Stardate: 47829.1. Picard tries to save his newly-discovered son from the retaliation of a vengeful Ferengi whose only son was killed by Picard during the Battle of Maxia many years before.
Directed by: Les Landau · Written by: Nick Sagan · Starring: Lee Arenberg, Ken Olandt, Amy Pietz, Peter Marx
7x23 Emergence
May 9, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Stardate: 47869.2. The Enterprise's computer systems starts having repeated malfunctions, leading the crew to believe that it may be evolving into a new life form.
Directing: Cliff Bole · Writing: Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga · Starring: Vinny Argiro, David Huddleston, Thomas Kopache, Arlee Reed
7x24 Preemptive Strike
May 16, 1994 · 45 min · ★ 7.2
Stardate: 47941.7. Fresh from Starfleet's Advanced Tactical Training course, Ro Laren is assigned to infiltrate the Maquis. However, over time she begins to sympathize with them, which forces her to choose between her loyalty to the Federation, and her new friends in the Maquis.
Directing: Patrick Stewart · Writing: René Echevarria, Naren Shankar · Starring: Michelle Forbes, Natalija Nogulich, John Franklyn-Robbins, William Thomas, Jr.
7x25 All Good Things... Season Finale
May 23, 1994 · 92 min · ★ 8.5
Stardate: 47988.0. Shortly after Picard is diagnosed with a long-term, potentially debilitating brain disorder, he starts experiencing bizarre shifts into three main time periods: 25 years into the future, a few days before the Enterprise-D is sent on its mission to Farpoint station, and the present. Picard realizes that Q is behind these shifts through time.Stardate: 47988.1. After his encounter with Q, Picard assembles the senior staff, and wonders if Q is actually giving him a chance to save humanity by showing him that the spatial anomaly also exists in the past. As they talk, the ship reaches the Neutral Zone, then Picard returns to the future, where Beverly's ship is also on the edge of the Neutral Zone. He convinces a reluctant Worf to accompany the group into Klingon territory, and then travels to the past, where he orders the crew into the Devron system.
Directing: Winrich Kolbe, David Carson · Writing: Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga · Starring: Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Clyde Kusatsu, Colm Meaney