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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season Four Episode Summaries

Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
Family
Brothers
Suddenly Human
Remember Me
Legacy
Reunion
Future Imperfect
Final Mission
The Loss
Data's Day
The Wounded
Devil's Due
Clues
First Contact
Galaxy's Child
Night Terrors
Identity Crisis
Nth Degree
Qpid
The Drumhead
Half a Life
The Host
Mind's Eye
In Theory
Redemption Part 1

REGULAR CAST:
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Patrick Stewart
Commander Will Riker: Jonathan Frakes
Counselor Deanna Troi: Marina Sirtis
Dr. Beverly Crusher: Gates McFadden
Commander Data: Brent Spiner
Lt. Tasha Yar: Denise Crosby
Lt. Worf: Michael Dorn
Chief Engineer Geordi LaForge: LeVar Burton
Wesley Crusher: Wil Wheaton
Guinan: Whoopi Goldberg (joins in season 2)
Miles O’Brien: Colm Meaney
Dr. Katherine Pulaski: Diana Muldaur (joins for season 2)
Ensign Ro: Michelle Forbes (joins in season 5)

The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
GUEST STARS:
Lt. Commander Shelby: Elizabeth Dennehy
Admiral Hanson: George Murdock
Ensign Gleason: Todd Merrill

In the sesason opener and conclusion to the third season's finale, Riker must try everything he can to save Earth, including destroying Picard, who has been assimilated by the Borg and is being used for his knowledge of Federation defenses.
Family
GUEST STARS:
Robert Picard: Jeremy Kemp
Marie Picard: Samantha Eggar
Sergey Rozhenko: Theodore Bikel
Helena Rozhenko: Georgia Brown
Louis: Dennis Creaghan
Jack R. Crusher: Doug Wert
René Picard: David Tristan Birkin

Picard reunites with his older brother on Earth (France, to be exact) and considers leaving Starfleet. On the Enterprise, Worf's adoptive parents embarass him with their displays of affection the way only parents can. Meanwhile, on Earth, Picard's brother Robert helps Picard deal with the tragedy of the recent events concerning the Borg.
Brothers
GUEST STARS:
Jake Potts: Cory Danzinger
Willie Potts: Adam Ryen
Ensign Kopf: James Lashly
Lore/Dr. Noonian Soong: Brent Spiner

While rushing a seriously ill boy to a nearby Starbase for life-saving treatment, Data inexplicably seizes control of the Enterprise, taking it to a remote planet. There he finds his creator, Dr. Soong, and later they both encounter Data's evil twin brother Lore. (Brent Spiner does a superhuman job, portraying THREE different characters!)
Suddenly Human
GUEST STARS:
Jono: Chad Allen
Captain Endar: Sherman Howard
Admiral Connaught Rossa: Barbara Townsend

A human boy showing signs of abuse is found on a Talarian ship in distress. When the child's adoptive Talarian father asks for his return, Picard risks war by refusing to surrender him.
Remember Me
GUEST STARS:
Traveler: Eric Menyuk
Commander Dalen Quaice, M.D.: Bill Erwin

Whe crew members of the Enterprise begin to disappear, Dr. Crusher finds she's the only one who can remember them.
Legacy
GUEST STARS:
Ishara Yar: Beth Toussaint
Hayne: Don Mirault
Tan Tsu: Vladimir Velasco
Coalition Lieutenant: Christopher Michael

The Enterprise crew gets caught in the middle of a war on the home planet of the late Tasha Yar where they meet Tasha's sister -- a member of one of the warring factions.
Reunion
GUEST STARS:
K'Ehleyr: Suzie Plakson
Gowron: Robert O'Reilly
Duras: Patrick Massett
Alexander: Jon Steuer
K'mpec: Charles Cooper
Security Guard: Michael Rider
Transporter Chief Hubbell: April Grace
Klingon Guard No. 1: Basil Wallace
Klingon Guard No. 2: Mirron E. Willis

Klingon leader K'mpec asks Picard to choose between two contenders to succeed him as head of the Klingons and determine which has been poisoning him. And Worf receives startling news from his former lover.
Future Imperfect
GUEST STARS:
Ambassador Tomalak: Andreas Katsulas
Jean-Luc/Ethan: Chris Demetral
Minuet: Carolyn McCormick
Nurse Alyssa Ogawa: Patti Yasutake
Transporter Chief Hubbell: April Grace
Barash: Chris Demetral

After an aborted mission, Riker awakens to a universe 16 years in the future where he is captain of the Enterprise in the midst of negotiating a treaty with the Romulans -- and has no memory of how he got there.
Final Mission
GUEST STARS:
Dirgo: Nick Tate
Chairman Songi: Kim Hamilton
Ensign Tess Allenby: Mary Kohnert

On a final mission before entering Starfleet Academy, Wesley must save the life of his mentor, Captain Picard, when their shuttle crashes on a lifeless moon.
The Loss
GUEST STARS:
Ensign Janet Brooks: Kim Braden
Ensign Tess Allenby: Mary Kohnert

Deanna Troi is horrified when she loses her empathic powers and is unable to help the Enterprise, which is caught in a gravitational pull and is headed towards a black hole-like phenomenon.
Data's Day
GUEST STARS:
Ambassador T'Pel (Sub Commander Selok): Sierra Pecheur
Admiral Mendak: Alan Scarfe
Transporter Chief Hubbell: April Grace
V'Sal: Shelly Desai
Keiko: Rosalind Chao

Data is saddled with problems: First, he's faced with a jittery bride on the day of her wedding, and then a Vulcan ambassador headed for treaty negotiations with the Romulans starts behaving oddly.
The Wounded
GUEST STARS:
Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien: Rosalind Chao
Gul Macet: Marc Alaimo
Glinn Telle: Marco Rodriguez
Glinn Daro: Time Winters
Admiral Haden: John Hancock

Fearing the Cardassians are rearming, a Federation captain takes matters into his own hands and attacks their ships. The Enterprise must help their former enemies stop the renegade.
Devil's Due
GUEST STARS:
Ardra: Marta DuBois
Dr. Clarke: Paul Lambert
Jared: Marcello Tubert
Devil Monster: Thad Lamey
Klingon Monster: Tom Magee
Marley: William Glover

Picard must defend his soul and the planet Ventax from a woman claiming to be the devil.
Clues
GUEST STARS:
Ensign McKnight: Pamela Winslow
Madeline: Rhonda Aldrich
Nurse Alyssa Ogawa: Patti Yasutake
Gunman: Thomas Knickerbocker

The crew suspects Data is lying about a wormhole, so Picard orders a covert investigation.
First Contact
GUEST STARS:
Chancellor Avel Durken: George Coe
Mirasta: Carolyn Seymour
Berel: George Hearn
Krola: Michael Ensign
Nilrem: Steven Anderson
Dr. Tava: Savhi Parker
Lanel: Bebe Neuwirth

On a first contact mission, Riker is captured by xenophobic people who fear he is an advance scout for an invading force.
Galaxy's Child
GUEST STARS:
Dr. Leah Brahms: Susan Gibney
Ensign Rager: Lanei Chapman
Ensign Pavlik: Jana Marie Hupp
Transporter Chief Hubbell: April Grace

Geordi is dejected upon meeting his dream woman, Dr. Leah Brahms, who has no interest in him. However, the two must work together to detach a parasitic life form that thinks the Enterprise is its mother.
Night Terrors
GUEST STARS:
Keiko: Rosalind Chao
Andrus Hagan: John Vickery
Ensign Gillespie: Duke Moosekian
Ensign Peeples: Craig Hurley
Ensign Kenny Lin: Brian Tochi
Ensign Rager: Lanei Chapman
Captain Chantal Zaheva: Deborah Taylor

The Enterprise crew gets trapped in a rift in space where Troi is tormented by a recurring nightmare while the rest of the crew slip into insanity from dream deprevation.
Identity Crisis
GUEST STARS:
Lt. Commander Susanna Leitjen: Maryann Plunkett
Nurse Alyssa Ogawa: Patti Yasutake
Lt. Hickman: Amick Byram
Transporter Chief Hendrick: Dennis Madalone
Ensign Graham: Mona Grundt
Brevelle: Paul Tompkins

Geordi and a former shipmate exhibit symptoms of genetic transformation when drawn to a planet they investigated five years earlier.
Nth Degree
GUEST STARS:
Lt. Reginald Barclay: Dwight Schultz
Einstein: Jim Morton
Cytherian: Kay E. Kuter
Lt. Linda Larson: Saxon Trainor
Ensign April Anaya: Page Leong
Ensign Brower: David Coburn

An alien probe turns the shy and timid Lieutenant Barclay into a genius who can argue theoretical mathematics with Einstein and interface with the ship's computer.
Qpid
GUEST STARS:
Q: John DeLancie
Vash: Jennifer Hetrick
Sir Guy: Clive Revill

Q transforms Vash into a condemned Maid Marian, Picard into Robin Hood, and Worf , Data, and Troi into "Merry Men".
The Drumhead
GUEST STARS:
Admiral Norah Satie: Jean Simmons
Sabin Genestra: Bruce French
Simon Tarses: Spencer Garrett
Lt. J'Ddan: Henry Woronicz
Admiral Thomas Henry: Earl Billings
Nellen Tore: Ann Shea

An explosion aboard the Enterprise leads to an investigation headed by a retired Starfleet admiral who accuses Picard of treason.
Half a Life
GUEST STARS:
Dr. Timicin: David Ogden Stiers
Dara: Michelle Forbes
Lwaxana Troi: Majel Barrett
B'Tardat: Terrence McNally
Mr. Homn: Carel Struycken

Troi's mother, Lwaxana, falls in love with a scientist, Dr. Timicin, who must return to his home planet to commit ritual suicide, as required by his society.
The Host
GUEST STARS:
Odan: Franc Luz
Governor Leka Trion: Barbara Tarbuck
Kareel: Nicole Orth-Pallavicini
Kalin Trose: William Newman
Nurse Ogawa: Patti Yasutake
Lathal Bine: Robert Harper

Dr. Crusher's love for a Trillan ambassador is tested when she discovers he is actually an alien creature living inside a humanoid host.
The Mind's Eye
GUEST STARS:
Ambassador Kell: Larry Dobkin
Taibak: John Fleck
Governor Vagh: Edward Wiley

En route to the blissful planet Risa for his vacation, Geordi is kidnapped by a group of hostile Romulans and is brainwashed into being their assasin.
In Theory
GUEST STARS:
Keiko O'Brien: Rosalind Chao
Ensign Jenna D'Sora: Michele Scarabelli
Ensign McKnight: Pamela Winslow

Data struggles with the intricacies of love when he becomes romantically involved with a crewmate.
Redemption, Part 1
GUEST STARS:
Gowron: Robert O'Reilly
Cmdr. Kurn: Tony Todd
Lursa: Barbara March
B'Etor: Gwynyth Walsh
K'Tal: Ben Slack
General Movar: Nicholas Kepros
Toral: J.D. Cullum
Klingon First Officer: Tom Ormeny
Cmdr. Sela: Denise Crosby
Helmsman: Clifton Jones

Worf is torn between his duty to the Federation and his Klingon heritage when civil war threatens the Klingon Empire. Part one of two.


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