1x05: WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE

>EPISODE INFORMATION
Original Air Date: 26 October 1987
Stardate: 41263.1
Written By: Diane Duane and Michael Reaves
Directed By: Rob Bowman

>ABOUT
A Starfleet Propulsion Expert and his mysterious assistant conduct tests on the Enterprise's warp drive engines, and the Enterprise travels 2.7 million light years out of the galaxy and encounters an area of the universe where thoughts become reality.

>TRIVIA

• This episode marks the first episode to be directed by Rob Bowman.
• This episode marks the first appearance of Eric Menyuk (The Traveller). He will appear again in the Season 4 episode "Remember Me" & the Season 7 episode "Journey's End".
• The story of this episode is based on the Original Series episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
• Footage of the USS Fearless travelling next to the Enterprise D was previously seen as the USS Hood in the Season 1 episode "Encounter at Farpoint".
• Geordi's line about the ship passing warp 10 was looped in post-production, and the line as it was originally spoken ("warp 5" instead of "warp 10") is featured in the episode's trailer.
• This is the only episode where Picard says "cease red alert" to stand down red alert.

>STARRING

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
• Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar
• Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
• Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
• Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher

>GUEST STARS

• Stanley Kamel as Kosinski
• Eric Menyuk as The Traveller
• Herta Ware as Yvette Picard
• Biff Yeager as Argyle

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1x04: THE LAST OUTPOST

>EPISODE INFORMATION
Original Air Date: 19 October 1987
Stardate: 41386.4
Teleplay By: Herbert Wright
Story By: Richard Krzemien
Directed By: Richard Colla

>ABOUT
While chasing a Ferengi vessel for a stolen T9 energy device, both the Enterprise and Ferengi vessel's energy is drained, leaving them both dead in the water by an unkown force.

>TRIVIA

• Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) does not appear in this episode but is mentioned by Picard in sick bay.
• Armin Shimerman (Letek) will later play Daimon Bractor in the Season 2 episode "Peak Performance" and will have a permanent role as Quark in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
• Although unaware, Captain Picard had encountered the Ferengi when he was in command of the USS Stargazer in 2355.
• Tracey Walter (Kayron) and Mike Gomez (Daimon Tarr) went on to play two different Ferengi characters in the Season 6 episode "Rascals".
• Out of the entire show, this is the only episode where Doctor Crusher calls Picard "Jean" instead of "Jean-Luc".

>STARRING

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
• Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar
• Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
• Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data

>GUEST STARS

• Armin Shimerman as Letek
• Jake Dengel as Mordoc
• Tracey Walter as Kayron
• Darryl Henriques as Portal
• Mike Gomez as Daimon Tarr

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1x03: CODE OF HONOR

>EPISODE INFORMATION
Original Air Date: 12 October 1987
Stardate: 41235.25
Written By: Katharyn Powers and Michael Baron
Directed By: Russ Mayberry

>ABOUT
While on a life saving mission to collect some much-needed vaccine for people who are dying on the Federation planet, Styrus IV, Tasha Yar is kidnapped by the Ligons and is forced into a fight to the death for a treaty with Ligon II and the much-needed vaccine.

>TRIVIA

• Unhappy with the way this episode had turned out, Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry fired director Russ Mayberry and Les Landau was hired to direct the rest of this episode.
• Doctor Crusher is seen wearing an antiquated wrist-watch when Yareena is beamed to the ship.
• Michael Dorn (Worf) does not appear in this episode. This is his first non-appearance.
• In this episode, the floor of the holodeck is not yet covered by the familiar pattern of yellow stripes on black background; instead, the floor is covered by grey carpet.

>STARRING

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
• Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar
• Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
• Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher

>GUEST STARS

• Jessie Lawrence Ferguson as Lutan
• Karole Selmon as Yareena
• James Louis Watkins as Hagon
• Michael Rider as Transporter Chief

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1x02: THE NAKED NOW

>EPISODE INFORMATION
Original Air Date: 5 October 1987
Stardate: 41209.2
Written By: John D.F. Black and J. Michael Bingham
Directed By: Paul Lynch

>ABOUT
While examining the mysterious deaths of the crew on board the USS Tsiolkovsky, the crew become infected by a disease similar to alcohol intoxication which disables them while in the midst of a collapsing star that could destroy the Enterprise.

>TRIVIA

• This episode was based on the Original Series episode "The Naked Time". 
• Original Series actor George Takei described this episode as a total copy of one of the best Original Series episodes and that it was unoriginal. His words were "young children putting on their parents' clothes and trying to act like grown-ups".
• This episode marks the only appearance of Chief Engineer McDougal. After this episode, Lt. Commander Argyle, Lt. Logan and Lt. Commander Leland T. Lynch served as Chief Engineer. As said in the Season 1 episode "Where No One Has Gone Before", the Enterprise had several Chief Engineers before Geordi got the position of Chief Engineer in Season 2.
• Deanna Troi debuts her dark casual attire in this episode, which she wore during the rest of the first season.

>STARRING

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
• Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar
• Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
• Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
• Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher

>GUEST STARS

• Brooke Bundy as Lt. Commander McDougal
• Benjamin W.S. Lum as Jim Shimoda

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1x01: ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT

>EPISODE INFORMATION
Original Air Date: 28 September 1987
Stardate: 41153.7
Written By: D.C. Fontana & Gene Roddenberry
Directed By: Corey Allen

>ABOUT
Embarking on their first mission to Farpoint Station, the new Enterprise D meets the super-being known as Q, who puts humanity on trial and condemns humans to be a grieviously savage race.

>TRIVIA

• The old-style Red Alert sound is heard in this episode.
• This is the only episode to one, have a teaser (however in television airings, there is a teaser), two, it's the only episode to have the end credits scroll up, while other episodes have the credits fading to the next one, and three is the only episode where the actors are only credited as their actor names eg. PATRICK STEWART instead of PATRICK STEWART as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The reason for this was because the actors were billed as a movie length episode.
• This episode marks DeForest Kelley's final appearance on Star Trek before his death on 11 June 1999.
• Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry had originally planned for this episode to evolve around solving the mystery of Farpoint Station and to be a one hour episode. However, Parramount didn't agree with this and wanted a two hour episode and this is where Q came into the storyline.
• Colm Meaney (Comm) wears a red uniform in this episode and is not the transporter chief and has no name. He will be a security guard in the Season 1 episode "Lonely Among Us" and will wear a gold uniform and will start off as transporter chief in the Season 2 debut "The Child".
• The final scene is the only time Tasha is seen wearing a skirt style uniform.

>STARRING

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
• Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar
• Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
• Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
• Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher

>GUEST STARS

• John DeLancie as Q
• Michael Bell as Zorn
• Jimmy Ortega as Lieutenant Torres
• Timothy Dang as Main Bridge Security
• Evelyn Guerrero as Young Female Ensign
• David Erskine as Bandi Shopkeeper
• Cary-Hiroyuki as Mandarin Bailiff
• Chuck Hicks as Military Officer

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SEASON 1 EPISODE GUIDE

1. ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT
2. THE NAKED NOW
3. CODE OF HONOR
4. THE LAST OUTPOST
5. WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE
6. LONELY AMONG US
7. JUSTICE
8. THE BATTLE
9. HIDE AND Q
10. HAVEN
11. THE BIG GOODBYE
12. DATALORE
13. ANGEL ONE
14. 11001001
15. TOO SHORT A SEASON
16. WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
17. HOME SOIL
18. COMING OF AGE
19. HEART OF GLORY
20. THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM
21. SYMBIOSIS
22. SKIN OF EVIL
23. WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
24. CONSPIRACY
25. THE NEUTRAL ZONE