2x01: THE CHILD

>EPISODE INFORMATION

Original Air Date: 21 November 1988

Stardate: 42073.1

Written By: Jaron Summers, Jon Povill and Maurice Hurley

Directed By: Rob Bowman

>ABOUT

Counselor Troi becomes pregnant when a prescence enters her body. When she gives birth to the baby, he rapidly ages and becomes a threat to the crew.

>TRIVIA

• The bridge set has been modified with lockers at the side of the bridge, the helm and con chairs are rised and Picard's computer control on his chair permanently sticks out.
• Wesley Crusher is seen wearing a grey officer's uniform for the first time as of this episode. He stops wearing this and is promoted to full Ensign in the Season 3 episode "Menage a Troi".
• The sickbay set is modified with lights on the bottom of the ceiling.
• A new set, Ten Forward, is introduced as of this episode, with a new recurring character who tends bar, named Guinan (played by Whoopi Goldberg). According to Counselor Troi in the finale "All Good Things...", Ten Forward was always on the ship as she said there was a reception in Ten Forward after Picard takes command of the Enterprise.
• This episode marks the first appearance of Diana Muldaur (Doctor Pulaski) on the series. Gates McFadden (Doctor Crusher) was renowned from the Season 2 contract because there were disagreements between her and one of the show's producers as to how the Crusher character should develop. However, Muldaur's character, Doctor Pulaski proved unpopular and Gates returned to the series in Season 3 and Muldaur's final episode is the Season 2 finale "Shades of Gray". Dr Crusher was explained in the show to have left the ship to go to Starfleet Medical.
• Riker is seen with a beard for the first time as of this episode. Apparently actor Jonathan Frakes had planned to shave his beard before returning for TNG's second season, but Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry told Frakes the beard looked good and asked him to keep it so Frakes did. Riker later shaves his beard in the film ST: Insurrection.
• The warp drive visual effect, shown inside the Enterprise, debuts in this episode.

>STARRING

• Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr. William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
• Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
• Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
• Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher

>SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY

• Diana Muldaur as Doctor Pulaski

>SPECIAL GUEST STAR

• Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan

>GUEST STARS

• Colm Meaney as Transporter Chief
• R.J. Williams as Ian
• Seymour Cassel as Hester Dealt
• Dawn Arnemann as Miss Gladstone
• Zachary Benjamin as Young Ian
• Dore Keller as Crewman

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SEASON 2 EPISODE GUIDE

1. THE CHILD
2. WHERE SILENCE HAS LEASE
3. ELEMENTARY, DEAR DATA
4. THE OUTRAGEOUS OKONA
5. LOUD AS A WHISPER
6. THE SCHIZOID MAN
7. UNNATURAL SELECTION
8. A MATTER OF HONOR
9. THE MEASURE OF A MAN
10. THE DAUPHIN
11. CONTAGION
12. THE ROYALE
13. TIME SQUARED
14. THE ICARUS FACTOR
15. PEN PALS
16. Q WHO
17. SAMARITAN SNARE
18. UP THE LONG LADDER
19. MANHUNT
20. THE EMISSARY
21. PEAK PERFORMANCE
22. SHADES OF GRAY

NOTE: EPISODES IN BALD MEANS THERE IS A POST CREATED FOR THEM.

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THE CHILD:

1. RANDOM ENERGY TRANSFERENCE
2. AN UNEXPLAINED PREGNANCY
3. PLASMA PLAGUE
4. IAN ANDREW
5. DEADLY CARGO
6. ADVICE FROM GUINAN
7. EICHNER RADIATION
8. PERMISSION TO STAY

WHERE SILENCE HAS LEASE:

1. WORF'S CALISTHENICS PROGRAMME
2. MORGANA QUADRANT
3. INSIDE THE VOID
4. PHANTOM SHIP
5. NAGILUM
6. DESTROY THE ENTERPRISE
7. FACING DEATH
8. COMMON GROUND

ELEMENTARY, DEAR DATA:

1. THE VICTORY
2. DEDUCTIVE REASONING
3. IN ORIGINAL MYSTERY
4. THE GAME IS AFOOT
5. PROFESSOR MORIARTY
6. BAITING THE HOOK
7. MORE THAN A HOLOGRAM
8. IN PERFECT ORDER

THE OUTRAGEOUS OKONA:

1. CAPTAIN OKONA, AT YOUR SERVICE
2. QUALITIES OF A ROGUE
3. A "TOUGH ROOM"
4. SEEKING A CRIMINAL
5. ANCIENT MORALITY PLAY
6. MAKING A STAND
7. THE RIGHTFUL HEIR
8. NEW JOKES

LOUD AS A WHISPER:

1. PICARD'S AWAY TEAM
2. RIVA'S CHORUS
3. EMOTIONAL REVELATIONS
4. SILENT WORDS
5. FAILED NEGOTIATIONS
6. WITHDRAWN MEDIATOR
7. A PEACEMAKER'S SECRETS
8. ADVANTAGE FROM DISADVANTAGE

THE SCHIZOID MAN:

1. DR. IRA GRAVES
2. DARNAY'S DISEASE
3. WALKING PURGATORY
4. DATA'S ODD BEHAVIOUR
5. HUMAN EMOTION
6. TWO PERSONALITIES
7. MAN AND MACHINE
8. TERMINATE THE EXPERIMENT

UNNATURAL SELECTION:

1. DISTRESS CALL
2. U.S.S. LANTREE
3. DARWIN GENETIC RESEARCH STATION
4. THE CHILDREN
5. INFECTED
6. ADAPTIVE ANTIBODIES
7. OUT OF TIME
8. BEAMING BACK

A MATTER OF HONOR:

1. OFFICER EXCHANGE PROGRAMME
2. KLINGON DELICACIES
3. LOYALTY TO THE PAGH
4. A NEW LIFE FORM
5. NO OLD WARRIORS
6. ATTACK INTENTIONS
7. CHARGE INTO DESTRUCTION
8. "I'M YOUR CAPTAIN NOW."

THE MEASURE OF A MAN:

1. A POKER FACE
2. MADDOX'S PROPOSAL
3. DATA RESIGNS
4. PROPERTY OF STARFLEET
5. THE HEARING BEGINS
6. SLAVERY
7. A SENTIENT BEING
8. THE RULING

THE DAUPHIN:

1. VISITORS FROM KLAVDIA III
2. THE LAST AND ONLY CHANCE
3. RELATIONSHIP ADVICE
4. ANYA TAKES ACTION
5. REAL FEELINGS
6. ARRIVAL AT DALED IV
7. READY FOR WHAT AWAITS
8. MEMORIES OF HUMANITY

CONTAGION:

1. U.S.S. YAMATO
2. ICONIA
3. SYSTEM FAILURES
4. ALIEN COMPUTER PROGRAM
5. A MUTUAL PROBLEM
6. THE GATEWAY
7. DAMAGED
8. COMPLETE SHUTDOWN

THE ROYALE:

1. PUZZLING DEBRIS
2. "WELCOME TO THE HOTEL ROYALE."
3. FIVE CARD CHARLIE
4. OUT OF CONTACT
5. HUMAN REMAINS
6. BLENDING IN
7. ALL PART OF THE NOVEL
8. FOREIGN INVESTORS

TIME SQUARED:

1. OWON EGGS
2. ANOTHER PICARD
3. OUT OF PHASE
4. FROM THE FUTURE
5. THE BREAKING POINT
6. ENERGY VORTEX
7. THE CYCLE MUST END
8. INTO THE VORTEX

THE ICARUS FACTOR:

1. A PROMOTION FOR RIKER
2. CIVILIAN ADVISOR
3. WORF'S ECCENTRICITIES
4. COMPETITIVE FATHER
5. FEELINGS OF SADNESS
6. KLINGON RITE OF ASCENSION
7. ANBO-JYTSU COMPETITION
8. CHANGE OF HEART

PEN PALS:

1. DANGEROUS PLANETARY EVENTS
2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMAND
3. WHISPER FROM THE DARKNESS
4. AUTHORITY AND JUDGEMENT
5. MORAL CERTITUDES
6. GETTING IN DEEPER
7. SARJENKA
8. OBLIGATIONS BEYOND DUTY

Q WHO:

1. FIRST IMPRESSIONS
2. SEARCHING FOR THE CAPTAIN
3. A HOMELESS ENTITY
4. PROTECT YOURSELF
5. BORG ATTACK
6. INSIDE THE BORG SHIP
7. TERMINATE THIS ENCOUNTER
8. THEY WILL BE COMING...

SAMARITAN SNARE:

1. A MATTER OF IMAGE
2. THE PAKLEDS
3. PERCEIVING GREAT DANGER
4. STRAIGHT QUESTIONS
5. REMINISCING PAST LESSONS
6. NO OPTIONS
7. DECEPTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
8. NOT A COMMONPLACE MAN

UP THE LONG LADDER:

1. S.O.S FROM THE FICUS SECTOR
2. "KLINGONS DO NOT FAINT."
3. WORF THE ROMANTIC
4. BOWING TO THE ABSURD
5. SHIPBOARD PLEASURES
6. NOT QUITE DESCENDANTS
7. CLONED
8. AVAILABLE BREEDING STOCK

MANHUNT:

1. UNEXPECTED BETAZED
2. INTIMATE DINNER
3. QUADRUPLED SEX DRIVE
4. THE OFFICE OF DIXON HILL
5. LWAXANA'S OTHER INTERESTS
6. REX'S BAR
7. ONE HELL OF A DEAL
8. ALL IN A DAYS WORK

THE EMISSARY:

1. "TALK OR PLAY."
2. PROBE INTERCEPTION
3. K'EHLEYR'S MISSION
4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
5. ORDERS TO RELAX
6. THE T'ONG AWAKENS
7. FACE TO FACE
8. MORE THAN HONOUR

PEAK PERFORMANCE:

1. MASTER STRATEGIST
2. THE HONOUR IS TO SERVE
3. U.S.S. HATHAWAY
4. KOLRAMI'S PREJUDICE
5. ANDROID HAND-HOLDING
6. THE HUNT BEGINS
7. FERENGI WARSHIP
8. KLINGON GUILE

SHADES OF GRAY:

1. UNIDENTIFIED MICROBE
2. PREDATORY IN NATURE
3. THE INFECTION SPREADS
4. STIMULATED R.E.M. STATE
5. INTENSIFIED MEMORIES
6. ENDORPHIN SENSITIVITY
7. PRIMAL EMOTIONS
8. "YOU'RE STILL HERE?"

1x25: THE NEUTRAL ZONE

>EPISODE INFORMATION
Original Air Date: 16 May 1988
Stardate: 41986.0
Teleplay By: Maurice Hurley
Story By: Deborah McIntyre and Mona Clee
Directed By: James L. Conway

>ABOUT
While on an important mission for a first-hand encounter with the Romulans over destroyed Federation and Romulan outposts, three humans who have been in cryogenic sleep are re-awakened and have a hard time settling into the new environment.
>TRIVIA

• Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) does not appear in this episode.
• This episode marks the final appearance of Gates McFadden (Doctor Crusher) until the Season 3 debut episode "Evolution".
• Marc Alaimo (Tebok) makes a second appearance as a different character in TNG. 
• This is the first episode where the Borg are mentioned, although at this point their presence is unknown.
• This episode marks the first time a year is referenced in relation to the time setting of the Star Trek series. The year is 2364.
• Associate Producer Peter Lauritson makes an uncredited appearance as Clare Raymond's living relative in the 24th century.
• This episode marks the first appearance of the Romulans on TNG.
• Worf mentions that the Romulans killed his parents at an attack on Khitomer when they were supposed to be the Klingon's allies, however the Season 4 episode "Reunion" references that the Klingons and Romulans have been blood enemies for centuries.
• This is 2 of 3 episodes of TNG that is directed by James L. Conway, the last being the Season 6 episode "Frame of Mind".

>STARRING

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
• 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

• Marc Alaimo as Tebok
• Anthony James as Thei
• Leon Rippy as L.Q. "Sonny" Clemonds
• Gracie Harrison as Clare Raymond
• Peter Mark Richman as Ralph Offenhouse

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1x24: CONSPIRACY

>EPISODE INFORMATION

Original Air Date: 9 May 1988

Stardate: 41775.5

Teleplay By: Tracy Torme

Story By: Robert Sabaroff

Directed By: Cliff Bole

>ABOUT

Picard suspects a conspiracy in the highest ranks of Starfleet and the Enterprise returns to Earth to demand an answer as to what's happening.

>TRIVIA

• Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) does not appear in this episode.
• A noticed filming error was when Riker tells Geordi to increase to warp 6 and Geordi replies "aye sir, full impulse". However, most Star Trek sources and sites do not include this piece of information because they believe it to be "nitpicking".
• This episode marks the first appearance of Earth on TNG. 
• When Data is commenting on the orders he has read, the computer responds "thank you, sir, I comprehend". This is the only time in all of Star Trek when a computer uses the first-person narrative "I".
• While the producers had originally intended for storyline of this episode to lead to the Season 2 episode "Q Who" and for the parasites to be the Borg, budget costs prevented this from happening.
• Robert Schenkkan (Lt. Cmdr. Remmick) and Ward Costello (Gregory Quinn) make a final appearance in this episode.

>STARRING

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
• 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

• Henry Darrow as Savar
• Ward Costello as Gregory Quinn
• Robert Schenkkan as Dexter Remmick
• Ray Reinhardt as Aaron
• Jonathan Farwell as Walker Keel
• Michael Berryman as Captain Rixx
• Ursaline Bryant as Captain Tryla Scott

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ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT:

1. STARDATE 41153.7 DESTINATION: DENEB IV
2. A DANGEROUS, SAVAGE CHILD-RACE
3. NO MARGIN FOR ERROR
4. WE SURRENDER
5. PROSECUTE AND JUDGE
6. TEST US
7. FARPOINT STATION
8. THE NEW FIRST OFFICER
9. ADMIRAL BONES
10. A TERRIBLE LONELINESS AND DESPAIR
11. DATA
12. THE UNDERSIDE OF FARPOINT
13. PERIMETER ALERT
14. THE OLD BANDI CITY
15. CIVILISED CONDUCT
16. NOT MERELY A VESSEL
17. GREAT JOY AND GRATITUDE
18. "LET'S SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE..."

THE NAKED NOW:

1. THEY'RE ALL DEAD
2. BURNING UP
3. INTOXICATION
4. OUT OF UNIFORM
5. THE COLLAPSING STAR
6. MY DEAR CAPTAIN
7. REPULSOR BEAM
8. IT NEVER HAPPENED

CODE OF HONOR:

1. LIGON II, STARDATE 41235.25
2. A SIGN OF RESPECT
3. UNFRIENDLY ACTS
4. HONOUR IS EVERYTHING
5. THE CHALLENGE
6. THE HUMAN EQUATION
7. A STRUGGLE TO THE DEATH
8. CIVILISED BEHAVIOR

THE LAST OUTPOST:

1. THE FERENGI
2. A FLOATING TARGET
3. TERMS OF SURRENDER
4. THE TKON EMPIRE
5. TRADE
6. ENERGY COLLECTORS
7. PORTAL
8. KNOW YOUR ENEMY

WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE:

1. EMPTY SPACE
2. THE KOSINSKI SCALE
3. SUCH DANGEROUS NONSENSE
4. THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
5. THOUGHT AND REALITY
6. A GENIUS
7. THE TRAVELLER
8. ACTING ENSIGN

LONELY AMONG US:

1. THE ENERGY CLOUD
2. TEMPORARY MENTAL ABERRATION
3. SUDDEN VULNERABILITY
4. ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR RIKER
5. A FEELING OF DUALITY
6. UNDER ALIEN INFLUENCE
7. AN ENTITY
8. "P" FOR PICARD

JUSTICE:

1. SHORE LEAVE
2. THE EDO
3. A WARNING
4. THE PUNISHMENT ZONE
5. A PEOPLE OF LAW
6. RETURN MY CHILD
7. A NEMESIS
8. THE QUESTION OF JUSTICE

THE BATTLE:

1. BAITING THE TRAP
2. THE BATTLE OF MAXIA
3. THE STARGAZER
4. A FALSE CONFESSION
5. PHANTOMS OF THE PAST
6. AN OLD DEBT
7. RELIVING THE PAST
8. DESTROY THE SPHERE

HIDE AND Q:

1. ADMIRAL Q
2. A DEADLY GAME
3. PENALTY BOX
4. THE POWER OF THE Q
5. HUMAN COMPULSION
6. A PROMISE
7. POWER CORRUPTS
8. GIFTS OF AFFECTION

HAVEN:

1. GENETIC BONDING
2. TOO MUCH HONESTY
3. WYATT
4. A PLAGUE SHIP
5. PETTY BICKERING
6. IMZADI
7. THE TARELLIANS
8. ARIANA

THE BIG GOODBYE:

1. DIXON HILL, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
2. THE JARADAN RENDEZVOUS
3. WEALTHY SOCIALITE MURDERED
4. A HEP LOOKING BROAD
5. NOT A GAME
6. CYRUS REDBLOCK
7. THE BIG GOODBYE
8. WORDS OF GREETING

DATALORE:

1. WELCOME HOME
2. A DEAD WORLD
3. LORE
4. MY BROTHER
5. LESS PERFECT
6. THE GREAT CRYSTAL ENTITY
7. WESLEY'S SUSPICIONS
8. HUMAN QUALITIES

ANGEL ONE:

1. ANGEL ONE
2. A MATRIARCHIAL SOCIETY
3. THE ODIN SURVIVORS
4. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
5. RAMSEY
6. THE VIRUS
7. MORAL IMPERATIVE
8. THE FORCE OF EVOLUTION

11001001:

1. STARBASE 74
2. ENHANCEMENTS
3. BOURBON ST. BARN, 1958
4. ABANDON SHIP
5. THE BYNARS
6. AUTODESTRUCT SEQUENCE
7. FILE 11001001
8. NOT MINUET

TOO SHORT A SEASON:

1. ADMIRAL MARK JAMESON
2. IVERSON'S DISEASE
3. GETTING YOUNGER
4. REVENGE
5. AN ARMED MISSION
6. LET ME GO
7. THE BLOOD CUT
8. GOLDEN HAIR

WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS:

1. ALDEA
2. THE CHILDREN
3. HONOURED GUESTS
4. THE CUSTODIAN
5. NEGOTIATIONS
6. TERMINALLY ILL
7. PASSIVE RESISTANCE
8. GOING HOME

HOME SOIL:

1. VELARA III
2. THE TERRAFORMING PROJECT
3. THE LASER DRILL
4. INORGANIC LIFE
5. TRYING TO COMMUNICATE
6. BAGS OF MOSTLY WATER
7. A STATE OF WAR
8. MORE LIGHT, PLEASE

COMING OF AGE:

1. ADMIRAL QUINN
2. THE FOUR FINALISTS
3. UNDER INVESTIGATION
4. JAKE
5. INTERROGATING THE OFFICERS
6. REMMICK'S REPORT
7. THE PSYCH TEST
8. FINAL DECISIONS

HEART OF GLORY:

1. A DISTURBANCE IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE
2. THE TALARIAN FREIGHTER
3. KLINGON GUESTS
4. DEATH RITUAL
5. THE MARK OF A WARRIOR
6. PRISONERS
7. KORRIS ESCAPES
8. THE CHALLENGE OF DESTINY

THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM:

1. MINOS
2. CAPTAIN RICE
3. STRANDED
4. A DISAPPEARING TARGET
5. STAY AWAKE
6. SAUCER SEPARATION
7. THE ECHO PAPA 607
8. FINAL ATTACK

SYMBIOSIS:

1. THE DELOS SYSTEM
2. THE SANCTION
3. ORNARAN/BREKKIAN DISPUTE
4. FELICIUM
5. FALSE PLAGUE
6. VOLUNTARY ADDICTION
7. NON-INTERFERENCE
8. ONLY ONE DECISION

SKIN OF EVIL:

1. VAGRA II
2. ARMUS
3. A MEANINGLESS ACT
4. THE EMPTINESS
5. RIKER IS ABSORBED
6. ENTERTAIN ME
7. FILLED WITH RAGE
8. TASHA'S FAREWELL

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS:

1. TIME DISTORTION
2. PERSONAL ISSUES
3. VANDOR IV
4. JENICE
5. BETWEEN TWO DIMENSIONS
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7. THE MANHEIM EFFECT
8. A PROPER GOODBYE

CONSPIRACY:

1. CODE 47
2. SECRET MEETING
3. CANCER WITHIN THE RANKS
4. EARTH
5. INFECTED OFFICERS
6. A PARASITE
7. ONE OF US
8. THE MOTHER CREATURE

THE NEUTRAL ZONE:

1. ANCIENT CAPSULE
2. FROZEN PEOPLE
3. WELCOME TO THE 24TH CENTURY
4. HOSTILE INTENTIONS
5. ADJUSTMENTS
6. THE MISSING OUTPOSTS
7. THE ROMULANS
8. MUCH TO LEARN

1x23: WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS

>EPISODE INFORMATION

Original Air Date: 2 May 1988

Stardate: 41697.9

Written By: Deborah Dean Davis and Hannah Louise Shearer

Directed By: Robert Becker

>ABOUT

Picard is reunited with an old flame, who's husband is responsible for a time distortion affect which is affecting the Enterprise.

>TRIVIA

• This is one of two episodes that was directed by Robert Becker. The next episode is "The Outrageous Okona".
• Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) does not appear in this episode, neither does Denise Crosby (Lt. Tasha Yar), although Crosby remained in the opening credits for the remainder of Season 1.
• When Data attempts to determine which version of him is in the correct time distortion, he uses a contraction when he says "Me! It's me!".
• Lance Spellerberg (Chief Herbert) makes a first appearance in this episode. He also appears in the Season 2 episode "The Icarus Factor".

>STARRING

• Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
• 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

• Michelle Phillips as Jenice Manheim
• Rod Loomis as Paul Manheim
• Isabel Lorca as Gabrielle
• Dan Kern as Lt. Dean
• Jean-Paul Vignon as Edourd
• Kelly Ashmore as Francine
• Lance Spellerberg as Chief Herbert

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