The Next Generation season 6The sixth season on DVD? check here: The sixth season episode guideTime's Arrow (2) / season 6 - episode 1
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Jeri Taylor
Story: Joe Menosky
Director: Les Landau
In this conclusion to the previous season's cliffhanger, Riker, Troi, Dr. Crusher, Geordi and Captain Picard follow Data into the past to solve the mystery of the how Data's head ended up in the cavern and what the strange aliens are up to in 19th century San Francisco. Picard meets Guinan for the second time although it's Guinan's first meeting with Picard. Mark Twain is portrayed by Mr. Hardin as a nosy, suspicious cuss who follows Riker, Troi, Dr. Crusher and Geordi back to the future and volunteers to return to the past in order to save the captain and returning him to the Enterprise.
Realm of Fear / season 6 - episode 2
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Brannon Braga
Director: Cliff Bole
Dwight Schultz appears as the highly neurotic Lt. Barclay for the third time in this episode. The Enterprise is sent to search for a research vessel that had been exploring a strange plasma cloud and lost contact with the Federation. Because of ionization in the cloud, the Enterprise is forced to link their transporter to the research vessel's in order to be able to transport to that ship to investigate the disappearance of its crew. Lt. Barclay turns out to be afraid of transporters but is finally convinced that there is "nothing to be afraid of" in the transporter.
Man of the People / season 6 - episode 3
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: frank Abatemarco
Director: Winrich Kolbe
The Enterprise is assigned to rescue Ambassador Alcar's and his team after his ship was nearly destroyed by one of two sides involved in a war. Although the Ambassador would rather travel in a transport ship to avoid any show of military strength, the Enterprise is assigned to convey him to the negotiations. On board the Enterprise, Alcar's mother dies a sudden death and Alcar asks Troi to partake in a memorial ceremony with him. After that ceremony, Troi begins to act strangely and begins aging rapidly.
Relics / season 6 - episode 4
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
Director: Alexander Singer
While investigating a Dyson sphere, the Enterprise finds the wreck of the
U.S.S. Jenolan, which had crashed while investigating the sphere. On board that ship, locked in a diagnostic loop in the transporter system the discover Captain Montgomery Scott, who had put himself and another crewmember into the transporter system to await rescue. Scotty had been on his way to a retirement planet when his transport ship crashed on the sphere. The Enterprise eventually is trapped inside the Dyson sphere with the sun about to explode and Scotty and LaForge must find a way to save the ship using the wrecked Jenolan.
Schisms / season 6 - episode 5
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Brannon Braga
Story: Jean Louise Matthias, Ron Wilkerson
Director: Robert Wiemer
Riker finds himself suffering from extreme exhaustion, even after a full night's sleep while the rest of the crew tries to discover what has gone wrong with one of Geordi's experiments. The experiment has caused a dimensional rift in one of the cargo bays and as it grows in size, more members of the crew begin complaining of exhaustion and other strange symptoms. All of the crew who suffer from the odd ailments have one thing in common - the memory of a strange room with an examining table in it.
True Q / season 6 - episode 6
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Rene Echevarria
Director: Robert Scheerer
A young intern aboard the Enterprise exhibits strange powers and prompts a visit from the mysterious and annoying Q. Is the young woman an orphaned member of the continuum as Q claims? Or just a human with highly developed psychic powers?
Rascals / season 6 - episode 7
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Allison Hock
Story: Ward Botsford, Diana Bru Botsford, Michael Piller
Director: Adam Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy's (Spock) son directed this wonderful episode which featured younger versions of several of the crew members. On the way back from shore leave on Malonia, the shuttlecraft carrying Picard, Guinan, Keiko and Ro gets caught in an unknown energy field. As the shuttle is about to break up, they are transported off the ship but they appear on the Enterprise's transporter pad as youngsters. Dr. Crusher must find the cause and a cure while the Enterprise races to rescue scientists on Ligos 7 who have sent out a distress signal.
A Fistful of Datas / season 6 - episode 8
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Brannon Braga
Story: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Director: Patrick Stewart
During a brief rest while awaiting a rendezvous with another ship, several members of the crew take the time-off to enjoy themselves or work on special projects. Picard attempts to learn the recorder, Dr. Crusher, with Commander Riker work on rehearsals for a play, Geordi and Data work on an experiment to tie Data in to the computer system, and Worf, Alexander and Counselor Troi enjoy themselves in a holodeck adventure set in the "Ancient West" in which Worf and Alexander are the sheriff and deputy faced with the task of bringing Eli Hollander to justice. Troi takes the role of Durango, the "mysterious stranger just passing through town."
The Quality of Life / season 6 - episode 9
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Naren Shankar
Director: Jonathan Frakes
A researcher (Dr. Farallon) looking for ways to improve mining techniques on an experimental station orbiting Tyrus 7A has a hobby creating mechanical robots known as exocomps. She uses the exocomps to repair problems on the station and believes that with a little work, they can be used to solve a multitude of problems faced by other workers in other applications. The only problem is, Data believes the exocomps have become self-aware, intelligent beings.
Chain of Command (1) / season 6 - episode 10
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore
Story: Frank Abatemarco
Director: Robert Scheerer
The Cardassian's are massing troops for an attack and the Federation sends their flagship, the Enterprise, to negotiate a peace. However, Admiral Necheyev relieves Captain Picard of command of the Enterprise turning over the ship to Captain Jellico. Picard has been relieved of command in order to head a secret commando team consisting of himself, Dr. Crusher and Lt. Worf - their mission is to infiltrate a secret installation in Cardassian space suspected of developing metagenic weapons and to destroy that installation.
Chain of Command (2) / season 6 - episode 11
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Frank Abatemarco
Director: Les Landau
Captain Picard has been captured by the Cardassians and undergoes torture designed to break him and get him to reveal the Federations plans for fighting the Cardassians. Meanwhile, Jellico, in command of the Enterprise meets with resistance not only from the Cardassians but from Commander Riker as well.
Ship in a Bottle / season 6 - episode 12
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Rene Echevarria
Director: Alexandar Singer
Professor Moriarity, a holodeck creation imbued with self-awareness and
last seen in ELEMENTARY, DEAR DATA returns to plague Picard and the crew of the Enterprise. While playing in a Holmes adventure on the holodeck, Moriarity manages to gain control of the adventure and the ship and lures Picard, Data, and Barclay into his world and demands they give him entrance to theirs.
Aquiel / season 6 - episode 13
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore
Story: Jeri Taylor
Director: Cliff Bole
The Enterprise investigates the disappearance of the crew of a communications relay station. The two officers assigned to the station have disappeared and their are traces of DNA on the ship indicating they have been killed. The computer has been tampered with in an attempt to access security codes. The investigation centers on the actions of the junior officer, Aquiel Unari whom Geordi has come to know and love through her personal logs and letters in the station's computer system.
Face of the Enemy / season 6 - episode 14
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Naren Shankar
Story: Rene Echevarria
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Deanna Troi wakes to find herself on board a Romulan ship and surgically altered to look like a Romulan. She has been kidnapped by N'Vek, a Romulan dissident, in order to help several high Romulan officials defect to the Federation while posing as a member of the Tal Shiyar (a Romulan organization which promotes "loyalty" within the Empire). Meanwhile, a former Federation member named DeSeve, who had previously defected to the Romulan Empire returns to the Federation and is taken on board by the Enterprise.
Tapestry / season 6 - episode 15
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Ronald D. Moore
Director: Les Landau
Picard is mortally wounded and his artificial heart gives out. As Dr. Crusher struggles to save his life, Q takes Picard on a journey through his past and offers Picard the chance to avoid the fight that cost him his real heart.
Birthright (1) / season 6 - episode 16
Writer: Brannon Braga
Director: Winrich Kolbe
The Enterprise makes a stop at Deep Space 9 to assist the station crew in
rebuilding the Bajoran aquaduct system destroyed by the Cardassians when they left the station. Dr. Bashir is caught by Data using the Enterprise computer system to analyze medical equipment discovered in the Gamma quadrant. During their investigation, Data is struck by an energy beam from the equipment causing him to lose consciousness and experience a dormant program installed by his creator that was meant to be activated when Data achieved a certain level of development.
Birthright (2) / season 6 - episode 17
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Rene Echevarria
Director: Dan Curry
In the conclusion to this two-part episode, Worf attempts to discover the reason why a group of surviving Klingons from Kitomer are willingly living in peace with Romulans in a Romulan camp and what really happened to his father.
Starship Mine / season 6 - episode 18
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Morgan Gendel
Director: Cliff Bole
The Enterprise is in drydock so that a special procedure can be run on the
ship to eliminate build-up of certain elements caused by the warp engines. The process is deadly to life so the crew must be evacuated while the station staff do their work. Picard, briefly returning to the ship to get his saddle so he can ride horses on the planet, learns that thieves are attempting to steal the trilithium from the ship and he must stop them single-handedly.
Lessons / season 6 - episode 19
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias
Director: Robert Wiemer
Romantic sparks fly between Captain Picard and the new head of Stellar Sciences, Commander Daren, when they discover their mutual interests including music.
The Chase / season 6 - episode 20
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Joe Menosky
Story: Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Picard's old professor pays a visit to the Enterprise and attempts to convince the captain to leave his post and join him on an expedition to new worlds. The professor claims to be on the verge of a remarkable discovery, but will not share the details with the captain unless the captain joins him. Picard declines, and professor Galen leaves the ship but sends a distress call some time later when his ship is attacked by a strange vessel.
Frame of Mind / season 6 - episode 21
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Brannon Braga
Directory: James L. Conway
Riker undergoes severe mental anxiety while rehearsing and performing a play about a man jailed for a murder he didn't commit and believed insane. Riker begins to see a strange alien figure on the Enterprise, imagines himself captured by aliens, and begins to lose track of what is real and what isn't.
Suspicions / season 6 - episode 22
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Joe Menosky, Naren Shankar
Director: Cliff Bole
A Ferengi scientist (Rega) has developed a device capable of protecting a ship inside a sun's corona. His theory is not accepted by his fellow scientists at a scientific conference which Beverly Crusher attended. However, Dr. Crusher believes in the theory and wants to give him a chance to prove himself so she invites several scientists to the Enterprise to test the theory. Only a few of all invited attend - Kurak, Jo'Bril, Christopher and T'Pan. In the first test of the device, the pilot of the shuttlecraft, Jo'Bril dies and Dr. Rega and his theory are discredited leading Beverly to an investigation of the failed experiment and Dr. Rega's subsequent mysterious death, that could cost her her career.
Rightful Heir / season 6 - episode 23
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore
Story: James E. Brooks
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Worf's weakening faith leads him to a Klingon planet where the people await the coming of an ancient leader, Kahless, who promised to return and lead the Klingons to greatness. While he is there, Kahless does, in fact, return causing suspicion in some and fanaticism in others.
Second Chances / season 6 - episode 24
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Rene Echevarria
Story: Michael A. Medlock
Director: LeVar Burton
The Enterprise returns to an outpost to retrieve information from the computers that was not taken when the post was evacuated several years ago. The planet is apparently surrounded by an energy field that prevents transport to the planet except during brief periods. When the away team transports down, they find another Will Riker, who was apparently stranded there years ago and who is still very much in love with Deanna Troi.
Timescape / season 6 - episode 25
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Writer: Brannon Braga
Director: Adam Nimoy
When Picard, Geordi, Troi, and Data return from a conference, they find the Enterprise frozen in time apparently in the middle of combat with a Romulan War Bird.
Descent (1) / season 6 - episode 26
Producer: Peter Lauritson
Teleplay: Ronald D. Moore
Story: Jeri Taylor
Director: Alexander Singer
This cliffhanger finale to the sixth season finds the Enterprise in combat once more with the Borg but, this time, the Borg are different. They have become individuals and have changed their tactics confusing the crew of the Enterprise. When one of the Borg is captured, they discover that the Borg are now lead by someone who has taught them new ideas.
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