The BEST episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6
Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6!
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 - Time's Arrow (2)
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1992
The away team's investigations are hampered by a nosy Samuel Clemens. Picard discovers that he originally met Guinan in the 1890s on Earth.
#2 - Chain of Command (2)
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1992
Picard is captured and tortured by the Cardassians, while Riker tries to prevent a Federation attack on Cardassia.
#3 - Relics
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1992
Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott is discovered suspended in a transporter beam 75 years after he disappeared. After the Enterprise crew re-materialise him, he has a hard time adjusting to the new society.
#4 - Timescape
Season 6 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/14/1993
Stardate: 46944.2 - Picard, Geordi, Troi and Data return from a Federation conference to find the Enterprise frozen in time and under attack from a frozen Romulan Warbird.
#5 - The Chase
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/1993
Picard's old archaeology professor is found murdered, the crew try to complete his research. Soon, the crew must compete with Romulans and Klingons and Cardassians to uncover the truth behind his discoveries.
#6 - Ship in a Bottle
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/1993
While performing holodeck maintenance, Barclay accesses the stored hologram of Professor Moriarty, who wreaks havoc on board the Enterprise.
#7 - Tapestry
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1993
A mortally wounded Picard is forced into re-living a time of his life when he was back in Starfleet Academy, with the intervention of Q.
#8 - Chain of Command (1)
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1992
Picard resigns as Captain of the Enterprise to lead a top-secret espionage mission into Cardassia with Worf and Dr. Crusher.
#9 - Descent (1)
Season 6 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/21/1993
Stardate: 46982.1 - The Borg return to threaten the Federation under the new leadership of Lore. Data experiences a disturbing facet of human emotions - he feels pleasure after killing a Borg drone.
#10 - True Q
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1992
A young intern visiting the Enterprise captures the interest of Q when she starts displaying Q-like powers.
#11 - Starship Mine
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/1993
The crew evacuates the Enterprise when the ship needs to be cleaned of particles that have built up over the ship's hull. However, Picard accidentally stumbles over a terrorist group who plan on destroying the ship. He only has a short time to stop their attempts before the ship is swept by a beam of radiation to remove the particles that is lethal to all forms of life.
#12 - Second Chances
Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/24/1993
Riker discovers that eight years ago, an exact clone of him was created when he beamed through a planet's surface while returning to his starship. This clone, named Thomas Riker, has secretly remained on the planet for the past eight years, and still has romantic feelings for Troi.
#13 - Face of the Enemy
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1993
Troi is abducted and surgically altered by the Romulans as part of a ploy to smuggle intelligence operatives into the Federation.
#14 - The Quality of Life
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1992
Data discovers that the maintance robots built by Dr. Farallon may have become sentient.
#15 - Realm of Fear
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1992
Lt. Barclay's fear of using transporters is eerily justified when he sees bizarre aliens within the transporter beam.
#16 - Birthright (1)
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1993
While visiting Deep Space Nine, Worf learns that his father is still alive and being held captive in a secret Romulan prison camp.
#17 - Rascals
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1992
A transporter accident transforms Picard, Ro Laren, Guinan and Keiko O'Brien into small children who appear to be about 12 years old. Matters are complicated when the Ferengi seize the Enterprise.
#18 - Lessons
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/1993
Picard must choose between love and command when he must make a decision that could place the woman he loves in a potentially deadly and high-risk mission.
#19 - Birthright (2)
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1993
Worf is captured by the Romulans where he learns why the other captives did not attempt an escape years before.
#20 - Suspicions
Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1993
Dr. Crusher puts her career on the line when she tries to clear the name of a murdered scientist whose invention could allow starships to pass through a sun's corona.
#21 - Schisms
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1992
Members of the crew are secretly abducted from the Enterprise to be used in bizarre experiments where they are dismembered and re-assembled without anyone's knowledge - including their own. The only signs that anything is wrong is a strange form of tiredness and no recollection of having slept well the night before.
#22 - Frame of Mind
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/1993
Riker questions his sanity when his reality seems to shift between an alien psychiatric hospital and a play he is performing with other members of the crew.
#23 - A Fistful of Datas
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1992
Worf and his son, Alexander, become trapped in the holodeck when their Wild West program malfunctions. However, they must find a way to defeat the holographic bandits who have Data's appearance and abilities.
#24 - Rightful Heir
Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/17/1993
While on a quest to summon a vision of Kahless, Worf questions his faith when the real Kahless rises from the dead to lead the Empire.
#25 - Aquiel
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1993
Geordie falls in love with a lieutenant who is the prime suspect in a murder case.