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The Enterprise tries to negotiate an end to raids launched by a group called the “Gatherers,” but a murder threatens to prevent peace. First Broadcast:  20th November 1989. Quote:  “Your ambushes would be more successful if you bathed more often!” Score: 4 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

The Enterprise hosts negotiations for possession of the only known stable wormhole. First Broadcast:  13th November 1989. Quote:  “People have been doing that for thousands of years!” Score: 6 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

La Forge and a Romulan are trapped on a planet ravaged by electromagnetic storms; Worf turns out to be the only viable donor to save the life of an injured Romulan aboard the Enterprise. First Broadcast:  6th November 1989. Quote:  “It would appear our away team has rescued a second man from your one-man ship.” […]

While investigating a 1,000-year-old alien derelict, the Enterprise gets caught in the same energy trap which doomed that vessel a millennium ago. First Broadcast:  30th October 1989. Quote:  “Now the machines are flying us.” Score: 7 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

Worf decides to take into his house the child of a slain subordinate, but the child is having trouble accepting his mother’s death, especially when she mysteriously reappears. First Broadcast:  23rd October 1989. Quote:  “Jeremy, on the starship Enterprise, no one is alone… No one.” Score: 5 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, […]

The Enterprise must undo the damage when a primitive civilization discovers a Federation observation team and concludes that the Starfleet personnel are gods. First Broadcast:  16th October 1989. Quote:  “Perhaps one day, my people will travel above the skies…” Score: 8 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

The Enterprise investigates two survivors living on the only undamaged patch of land on a devastated planet. First Broadcast:  9th October 1989. Quote:  “Number One, I think you had better see who’s at home.” Score: 8 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

Data must convince a colony of 15,000 people to evacuate before the aliens who own the planet arrive. First Broadcast:  2nd October 1989. Quote:  “Splendid. Splendid. Carry on.” Score: 7 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

An obsessed scientist arrives on the Enterprise-D to perform a once-in-a-lifetime experiment. Accidentally released nanites, however, threaten both it and the ship. First Broadcast:  25th September 1989. Quote:  “I’ve missed about 2 inches of him.” Links: More info about Type 1A Supernovae Score: 8 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

Rob and Grant discuss the ups and downs of Season Two of TNG. There were a couple of great episodes, but the general rating was very low. We cover the best and worst episodes, and characters – and we respond to some comments that people have posted during the podcasts. MP3 can be downloaded here.

Commander Riker fights for his life in sickbay after he is infected by an alien parasite while on an away-mission. Dr. Pulaski soon discovers that the only way to save Riker’s life is to force his mind to relive painful memories. First Broadcast:  17th July 1989. Quote:  “He’s dreaming.” Score: 0 MP3 can be downloaded here. More […]

With the Borg threat in mind, Starfleet stages a war-game simulation pitting Captain Picard and the Enterprise against Commander Riker and the eighty-year-old starship Hathaway. However, when the Ferengi suddenly attack, the Enterprise is crippled forcing Picard into a seemingly no-win situation. First Broadcast:  17th July 1989. Quote:  “Very unfortunate. We will be dead.” Score: […]

The Enterprise is ordered to proceed to an emergency rendezvous to collect a special envoy who is traveling from Starbase 153 to meet them. First Broadcast:  24th June 1989. Quote:  “Computer, level 2” Score: 6 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

Lwaxana Troi arrives on the Enterprise, intent on finding a husband. First Broadcast:  19th June 1989. Quote:  “Last time I saw something like that, it was being severed on a plate!” Score: 4 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

The Enterprise discovers two threatened colonies which must cooperate to survive. First Broadcast:  22nd May 1989. Quote:  “William Riker, you’re a mess!” Score: 5 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia

Picard must undergo a serious medical procedure while the Enterprise-D deals with a Pakled ship, which lures the Enterprise away in hopes of stealing its technology.   First Broadcast:  15th May 1989. Quote:  “I stood toe-to-toe with the worst of the three and I told him what I thought of him, his pals, his planet […]

Q throws the Enterprise into uncharted space where it encounters and is engaged by a vessel of a previously unknown species: the Borg. When the vessel instantly and effortlessly overwhelms the Enterprise, Picard realizes that the Federation may not be as ready for the future as he thought. First Broadcast:  8th May 1989. Quote:  “If […]

  Data makes contact with a young girl from a pre-warp civilization on a planet facing imminent annihilation. The Enterprise must wrestle with the moral dilemma of violating the Prime Directive or standing by while Data’s friend dies.     First Broadcast:  1st May 1989. Quote:  “In your position it’s important to ask yourself one […]

  When Commander Riker is offered command of the starship Aries, his estranged father, Kyle Riker, is sent by Starfleet to brief him on the mission. Meanwhile, Data, La Forge, Dr. Pulaski, Wesley, and O’Brien help Worf celebrate the anniversary of his Rite of Ascension.     First Broadcast:  24th Apr 1989. Quote:  “I know her, […]

The Enterprise discovers a duplicate of Picard from six hours in the future. First Broadcast:  3rd Apr 1989. Quote:  “A lot of questions, Number One. Damn few answers.” Score: 4 MP3 can be downloaded here. More episode info on IMDB, Memory Alpha, and Wikipedia