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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 2

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22 episodes · premiered Nov 21, 1988

In season two, the Enterprise continues on its journey across the galaxy with the birth of a new member. Picard once again leads the team as unknown civilizations take notice of the ship and wishes to know more about the crew and their operations. Riker struggles with his loyalty to the Enterprise as his life is threatened and Data tries to become more human to understand his role upon the Enterprise. This season looks closer into the relationship of man vs. machine as Q once again tries to test Picard against a new enemy. The Ferengi threatens the Enterprise and the mystery of the holodeck pits the crew against the clock as lives hang in the balance.

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  1. Episode 1: The Child Nov 21, 1988 · 46m · TMDB 5.7 Stardate: 42073.1. Troi undergoes a mysterious pregnancy when the Enterprise tries to escape from a system that has recently fallen victim to a deadly plague.
  2. Episode 2: Where Silence Has Lease Nov 28, 1988 · 46m · TMDB 7.0 Stardate: 42193.6. A mysterious life form known as the 'Nagilum' threatens the life of the crew in his attempt to understand humanity.
  3. Episode 3: Elementary, Dear Data Dec 5, 1988 · 46m · TMDB 8.0 Stardate: 42286.3. Data and Geordi become involved with a holodeck program about Sherlock Holmes and his investigations, when they create Sherlock's arch nemesis, Moriarty; however…
  4. Episode 4: The Outrageous Okona Dec 12, 1988 · 46m · TMDB 6.2 Stardate: 42402.7. The Enterprise is placed in a compromising situation when the captain of a disabled starship places the crew in the middle of a love triangle.
  5. Episode 5: Loud as a Whisper Jan 9, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 6.3 Stardate: 42477.2. A deaf-mute mediator meets with disaster while being escorted by the Enterprise.
  6. Episode 6: The Schizoid Man Jan 23, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 7.0 Stardate: 42437.5. Data is possessed by the consciousness of a brilliant scientist. However, it has a disturbing impact on Data's personality.
  7. Episode 7: Unnatural Selection Jan 30, 1989 · 45m · TMDB 6.2 Stardate: 42494.8. A mysterious hyper-ageing sickness kills the crew of a Federation cargo ship, and Dr. Pulaski must race against time to find a cure.
  8. Episode 8: A Matter of Honor Feb 6, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 7.6 Commander Riker participates in an officer's exchange program which lands him an assignment on a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Meanwhile, a Bezite ensign has trouble assimilating to the routines…
  9. Episode 9: The Measure of a Man Feb 13, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 8.8 Stardate: 42523.7. When Data's rights as a sentient individual are placed under trial, Starfleet forces Riker into a position where he must prove that Data is only an Android.
  10. Episode 10: The Dauphin Feb 20, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 6.1 Stardate: 42568.8. Wesley falls in love with a passenger the Enterprise is escorting, who has the secret ability to shape-shift.
  11. Episode 11: Contagion Mar 20, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 7.3 Stardate: 42609.1. A strange power source disables the Enterprise's computer systems, damages Data's programming and leaves the ship and crew vulnerable to a Romulan attack.
  12. Episode 12: The Royale Mar 27, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 6.4 Stardate: 42625.4. An away team is trapped in an alien environment based around a novel entitled 'The Hotel Royale.'
  13. Episode 13: Time Squared Apr 3, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 7.3 Stardate: 42679.2. Picard encounters his double from six hours in the future, whose Enterprise had been destroyed.
  14. Episode 14: The Icarus Factor Apr 24, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 5.9 Stardate: 42686.4. Riker is promoted to Captain of another Federation ship. Worf must confront his past and his Klingon heritage.
  15. Episode 15: Pen Pals May 1, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 6.5 Stardate: 42695.3. Wesley must investigate the causes of strange tectonic activity on the planet where Data's pen pal lives.
  16. Episode 16: Q Who May 8, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 8.4 Stardate: 42761.3. Q hurls the Enterprise into the Delta Quadrant and introduces the Federation to a powerful new enemy that may destroy the Alpha Quadrant: The Borg.
  17. Episode 17: Samaritan Snare May 15, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 6.5 Stardate: 42779.1. A race known as the Pakleds kidnap Geordi La Forge. Picard must face surgery when he is left in a near-dead state.
  18. Episode 18: Up the Long Ladder May 22, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 6.1 Stardate: 42823.2. Picard must convince two dying civilizations that they must co-exist on the same planet to survive, however, they have other plans to ensure their survival: in the form…
  19. Episode 19: Manhunt Jun 19, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 5.7 Stardate: 42859.2. While being escorted to a Federation conference by the Enterprise, Lwaxana hunts for a man to satisfy her needs when her sex-drive is quadrupled during a natural…
  20. Episode 20: The Emissary Jun 29, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 7.0 Stardate: 42901.3. Worf is re-united with his former lover, K'Ehleyr, while the Enterprise is ordered to intercept a Klingon ship whose crew has been in stasis for a century.
  21. Episode 21: Peak Performance Jul 10, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 7.4 Stardate: 42923.4. Trouble begins when a Ferengi warship stumbles over a war simulation between Riker and Picard, each on different ships, and begins attacking them.
  22. Episode 22: Shades of Gray Jul 17, 1989 · 46m · TMDB 3.5 Stardate: 42976.1. Riker is infected with an alien organism that takes over his mind. Dr. Pulaski must force Riker's mind back to a state where it can access primitive survival skills.