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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DVD MENU CHAPTERS: SEASON 1

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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1x22: SKIN OF EVIL

>EPISODE INFORMATION
Original Air Date: 25 April 1988
Stardate: 41601.3
Teleplay By: Joseph Stefano and Hannah Louise Shearer
Story By: Joseph Stefano
Directed By: Joseph L. Scanlan

>ABOUT
While attempting to rescue Counselor Troi and a pilot in a shuttle on the planet Vagra II, Tasha Yar is killed by an entity known as Armus, as a demonstration of his power.

>TRIVIA

• This marks Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar)'s final regular appearance on the show however Denise Crosby is still credited for her role for the remainder of the first season. 
• This episode marks the final Season 1 appearance of Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher).
• Mart McChesney (Armus) later plays the Sheliak Leader in the Season 3 episode "The Ensigns of Command".
• This is the second episode that is directed by Joseph L. Scanlan. Scanlan later directed two more TNG episodes, those being the Season 2 episodes "Contagion" & "Time Squared".
• A noticed filming error is when Picard tells Worf to go to Yellow Alert and the alert indicator's top and bottom has not light up. 

>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

• Mart McChesney as Armus
• Ron Gans as Voice of Armus
• Walker Boone as Leland T. Lynch
• Brad Zerbst as Nurse
• Raymond Forchion as Ben Prieto

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1x21: SYMBIOSIS

>EPISODE INFORMATION
Original Air Date: 18 April 1988
Stardate: Unknown
Teleplay By: Robert Lewin, Richard Manning, and Hans Beimler
Story By: Robert Lewin
Directed By: Win Phelps

>ABOUT
Two alien races struggle to come to an agreement over a powerful drug which apparently is needed to cure supposedly dying people.

>TRIVIA

• This is the first episode of TNG in which no stardate was specified. Further TNG episodes to have no stardate will be "First Contact", "Tapestry", "Liaisons" and "Sub Rosa".
• Although this episode aired before the next episode "Skin of Evil", this episode was filmed before the next episode and therefore was Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar's) final regular appearance on the show. Tasha is seen waving at Picard and Beverly as they are walking out of the cargo bay at the end of the episode.
• This is the only episode in TNG that is directed by Win Phelps.

>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

• Judson Scott as Sobi
• Merritt Butrick as T'Jon
• Richard Lineback as Romas
• Kimberly Farr as Langor

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1x20: THE ARSENAL OF FREEDOM

>EPISODE INFORMATION
Original Air Date: 11 April 1988
Stardate: 41798.2
Teleplay By: Richard Manning and Hans Beimler
Story By: Maurice Hurley and Robert Lewin
Directed By: Les Landau

>ABOUT
The Enterprise crew investigates the disappearance of the USS Drake on the planet Minos and soon after encounters an advanced killing machine which continues to improve it's power to try and destroy the crew.


>TRIVIA

• The saucer seperation effects is a reuse from "Encounter at Farpoint".
• Director Les Landau makes his directing debut with this episode. Landau went on to direct other TNG episodes, as well as DS9 and ST: Voyager episodes.
• The theme music used for the end credits of this episode was previously used as the Enterprise seperating music in "Encounter at Farpoint".
• Footage of Jonathan Frakes (Riker) with Rice was later used in the finale "All Good Things..." so he would appear younger and beardless.
• This episode marks the third appearance of one of the Enterprise's first season Chief Engineers. In this case, it's Lieutenant Logan.
• Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) does not appear in this episode.
• This is the final episode in the first season to have Red Alert sounded and is also the final episode to show the old-style Red Alert. The next episode to have Red Alert sounded "Where Silence Has Lease" will feature a different style Red Alert where the lights flash entirely on and off and will appear like that for the rest of the show's run, rather than just the top and bottom in the old-style Red Alert.
• This is the second and last episode to show La Forge in command.
• This is Marco Rodriguez's first of two Star Trek appearances. He later appears as the Cardassian Glinn Telle in the Season 4 episode "The Wounded".

>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

• Vincent Schiavelli as Minosian peddler
• Marco Rodriguez as Captain Paul Rice
• Vyto Ruginis as Lieutenant Logan
• Julia Nickson as Ensign Lian T'Su
• George De La Peria as Lt. Orfil Solis

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