The Enterprise studies the rare explosion of a star, but a computer malfunction on board threatens to destroy the ship. Wesley discovers that he may have been inadvertently responsible.
The Enterprise crew finds a Federation colony annihilated by a hostile alien race -- all except an elderly couple, whose home appears completely untouched.
A Federation observatory on a primitive planet is exposed to the inhabitants, whom they have been studying. Picard is mistaken as a god, and the Mintakans threaten to sacrifice Troi to prove their devotion to him.
When an officer dies on an away mission, Worf offers to perform a Klingon ritual with her 12-year-old son, making them brothers forever. But young Jeremy is shocked when his deceased mother returns to the ship for him.
When the Enterprise is ensnared in a booby trap left over from an ancient war, Commander LaForge seeks assistance from a holographic recreation of an Earth scientist.
Geordi is stranded on a planet ravaged by electrical storms, along with a Romulan officer. The crew face a stand-off with a Romulan warship, which threatens to destroy the Enterprise.
Troi falls for a handsome delegate participating in negotiations on the Enterprise for the rights to a stable wormhole -- but discovers he has an unfair advantage.
A Romulan officer comes to the Enterprise with vital news about a Romulan plot to attack the Federation and control the Neutral Zone -- but his shady past throws suspicion on his claims.
The Enterprise apprehends a highly-trained war criminal who has escaped from a prison colony, and learns that the society that sent him there is hiding a dark secret.
Q is dropped on the Enterprise after the Continuum passes judgment on him and removes his powers. The once omnipotent being must adjust to life as a human -- with nearly every race in the galaxy out to get him.
The murder of a Federation scientist puts Commander Riker under scrutiny, and the players involved recount their own versions of the incident for a board of inquiry.
History is radically altered after a temporal rift brings the Enterprise-C forward 22 years in time. As Picard considers what to do with the ship and crew in the midst of a war against the Klingon Empire, Tasha Yar discovers her fatal destiny.
Picard is convinced to take his first vacation in years, to the planet Risa -- but finds himself in the middle of a race for a powerful weapon from the future.
LaForge and the other senior staff try to deal with Reginald Barclay, a sub-par officer who has found diversion from the real world by recreating his fellow officers on the holodeck.
The Enterprise plays host to an important negotiation, led by Vulcan Ambassador Sarek -- who has begun to show signs of a crippling neurological disease.
Dr. Crusher is stunned when an alien rescued from the wreckage of an escape pod begins to exhibit incredible healing powers. Picard tries to protect the amnesia-stricken man when his people's military come looking for him.
The Enterprise investigates the destruction of an outer colony, and discovers that the Borg are on course to invade Earth. Riker struggles with a hotshot commander who is eying his position as first officer.