The BEST episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4
Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4!
A century after Captain Kirk's five year mission, the next generation of Starfleet officers begins their journey aboard the new flagship of the Federation. Commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard the Galaxy class starship Enterprise NCC-1701-D will seek out new life and new civilizations - to boldly go where no one has gone before.
#1 - The Best of Both Worlds (2)
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1990
Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
#2 - Redemption (1)
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/17/1991
Worf must choose between his people and the Federation when a civil war threatens to destroy the Klingon Empire.
#3 - The Drumhead
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1991
Picard is accused of treason when an explosion aboard the Enterprise is investigated by a ruthless and paranoid Starfleet Admiral.
#4 - First Contact
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/1991
Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.
#5 - The Wounded
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/1991
When the Cardassians start re-arming themselves, a Federation Captain takes it upon himself to remove a potential threat before it escalated. Now, Picard must fight for the Cardassians and stop the renegade from slaughtering innocents.
#6 - Data's Day
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1991
A Vulcan Ambassador being escorted by the Enterprise starts exhibiting suspicious behavior. Miles O'Brien marries his fiancée, Keiko Ishikawa in Ten-Forward.
#7 - Family
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1990
Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of his crewmates.
#8 - Reunion
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1990
Picard is asked to choose between two candidates to succeed the current Chancellor of the Klingon High Council as the new ruler of the Empire. Worf is disturbed by unexpected news when he is paid a visit by his former lover.
#9 - The Nth Degree
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/1991
An alien probe transforms Barclay from a shy, awkward character into an arrogant super-genius who is able to interface with the Enterprise's computer through the holodeck.
#10 - Remember Me
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1990
Dr. Crusher begins to question her sanity when members of the crew start disappearing one by one, and all evidence of their existence is erased.
#11 - Clues
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1991
Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.
#12 - Future Imperfect
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1990
Riker awakens one morning to discover he is suddenly 16 years in the future as the captain of the Enterprise, and negotiating a peace treaty with the Romulans with no recollection of how he arrived at that point in time, or of any recent events.
#13 - The Mind's Eye
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/27/1991
While en route to Risa for shore leave, Geordi is abducted by the Romulans and brainwashed into becoming an assassin.
#14 - In Theory
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/3/1991
Data experiences the complexities of love when a fellow crewmate becomes attracted to him.
#15 - Brothers
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1990
While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and takes it to a distant planet. He learns that his creator has summoned him for an important meeting that could change his life. However, Dr. Soong unknowingly summoned Data's twin brother Lore, into the bargain.
#16 - Devil's Due
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/1991
The crew of the Enterprise must defend the planet Ventax from a mythological Devil who re-appears when a 1000 year long era of peace comes to an end.
#17 - Final Mission
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1990
Wesley must keep Captain Picard alive on the eve of his entrance exam to Starfleet Academy when their shuttle crashes on a barren moon.
#18 - Night Terrors
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/1991
Troi faces a recurring nightmare when the Enterprise is caught in a rift in space. Soon, the crew begins to slip into insanity through dream deprivation.
#19 - Half a Life
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1991
Lwaxana Troi falls in love with a man who must return home to commit suicide, as is customary for their race when they reach a certain age.
#20 - Qpid
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/1991
Q places Vash and the senior Enterprise crew in a recreation of Robin Hood and his merry men.
#21 - Legacy
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1990
The Enterprise is caught in the middle of a civil war when they encounter Tasha Yar's long-lost younger sister, Ishara.
#22 - Galaxy's Child
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/1991
Geordi must work with the real Leah Brahms when she arrives on the Enterprise when a space-borne alien life form thinks the ship is its mother. Tensions rise when she learns that Geordi created a holographic version of her several months before in order to save the ship from danger.
#23 - Identity Crisis
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1991
Geordi and a former crew mate begin evolving into bizarre creatures when they return to a planet both of them were on during an Away Mission five years earlier.
#24 - The Host
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1991
Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill Ambassador, until she discovers the Trill's symbiotic relationship.
#25 - The Loss
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1990
Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.