The BEST episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 7

Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 7!

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.

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All Good Things... (2)
star
8.60
1086 votes

#1 - All Good Things... (2)

Season 7 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/23/1994

After his encounter with Q, Picard assembles the senior staff, and wonders if Q is actually giving him a chance to save humanity by showing him that the spatial anomaly also exists in the past...

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All Good Things... (1)
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8.45
2240 votes

#2 - All Good Things... (1)

Season 7 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/23/1994

Shortly after Picard is diagnosed with a long-term, potentially debilitating brain disorder, he starts experiencing bizarre shifts into three main time periods: 25 years into the future, a few days before the Enterprise-D is sent on its mission to Farpoint station, and the present...

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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The Pegasus
star
7.89
2156 votes

#3 - The Pegasus

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/1994

Riker is placed on a covert mission to find the missing starship he was once a member aboard, but the mission holds a secret that could destroy the peace treaty between the Federation and the Romulans.

Directors: LeVar Burton
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Parallels
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7.70
2197 votes

#4 - Parallels

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1993

Worf returns from a Klingon competition to find that he is shifting through different realities.

Directors: Robert Wiemer
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Gambit (2)
star
7.61
1753 votes

#5 - Gambit (2)

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1993

Picard and Riker covertly work together in an attempt to find out why the criminals are looting archaeological digs.

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Descent (2)
star
7.56
2416 votes

#6 - Descent (2)

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1993

Data abducts Picard, Troi and Geordi and holds them prisoners of the Borg, while he derives pleasure from being evil. Dr. Crusher is left in command of the Enterprise as it comes under attack from a Borg vessel.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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Gambit (1)
star
7.56
1862 votes

#7 - Gambit (1)

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1993

An away team investigates the apparent death of Jean-Luc Picard who was supposedly killed in a bar fight. When Riker is abducted by a band of criminals who loot archaeological digs, he is shocked to find Picard alive and well, and undercover as a renegade archaeologist.

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Lower Decks
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7.52
1889 votes

#8 - Lower Decks

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1994

Four young ensigns compete for a promotion that only one of them will receive. However, they are soon placed on a top secret mission that places some of their lives in danger.

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Inheritance
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7.46
1794 votes

#9 - Inheritance

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1993

Data is disturbed by the claims of a woman who says she is Noonien Soong's ex-wife.

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Thine Own Self
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7.44
1826 votes

#10 - Thine Own Self

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1994

Data find himself mysteriously stranded on a planet with no recollection of who he is or how he arrived there. Soon he is accused of spreading a plague among the inhabitants. Troi takes the bridge officer's test in an attempt to gain the rank of Commander.

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Genesis
star
7.37
1878 votes

#11 - Genesis

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/1994

Upon returning from an away mission, Picard and Data find the ship drifting in space, and the crew de-evolving into their animal ancestors.

Directors: Gates McFadden
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Preemptive Strike
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7.32
1696 votes

#12 - Preemptive Strike

Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/16/1994

Fresh from Starfleet's Advanced Tactical Training course, Ro Laren is assigned to infiltrate the Maquis. However, over time she begins to sympathize with them, which forces her to choose between her loyalty to the Federation, and her new friends in the Maquis.

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Attached
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7.29
1746 votes

#13 - Attached

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1993

While on a a diplomatic mission, Dr. Crusher and Picard are captured and imprisoned. As a result, they are linked together via a telepathic device.

Directors: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Nick Sagan
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Phantasms
star
7.23
1911 votes

#14 - Phantasms

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1993

Data's new dream subroutine causes him to experience nightmares which provide a unique insight into strange events that are occurring on board the Enterprise.

Directors: Patrick Stewart
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Force of Nature
star
7.14
1850 votes

#15 - Force of Nature

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1993

The Enterprise is drawn to a region of space where many starships have been mysteriously disabled. They soon learn that a brother and sister team has been working together to bring attention to the fact that frequent high-warp travel is damaging the very fabric of space/time.

Directors: Robert Lederman
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Homeward
star
7.06
1739 votes

#16 - Homeward

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/1994

Worf's adoptive brother violates the Prime Directive to save an alien society whose planet is dying.

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Firstborn
star
7.03
1653 votes

#17 - Firstborn

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/25/1994

A disinterested Alexander must face his first Right of Ascension passage, but a mysterious warrior by the name of K'Mtar brings with him a disturbing request.

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Eye of the Beholder
star
7.03
1683 votes

#18 - Eye of the Beholder

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1994

While investigating the mysterious suicide of a crew member, Troi and Worf begin to show romantic feeling towards one another.

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Bloodlines
star
7.01
1568 votes

#19 - Bloodlines

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/1994

Picard tries to save his newly-discovered son from the retaliation of a vengeful Ferengi whose only son was killed by Picard during the Battle of Maxia many years before.

Directors: Les Landau
Writer: Nick Sagan
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Emergence
star
7.00
1732 votes

#20 - Emergence

Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/1994

The Enterprise's computer systems starts having repeated malfunctions, leading the crew to believe that it may be evolving into a new life form.

Writer: Joe Menosky
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Journey's End
star
6.96
1893 votes

#21 - Journey's End

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/1994

Under the terms of the new Federation/Cardassian alliance, Picard is ordered to evacuate a colony of native Americans, but protests from Wesley hamper the process. Wesley's destiny is finally revealed to him when the Traveler returns.

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Dark Page
star
6.93
1703 votes

#22 - Dark Page

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1993

Lwaxana Troi collapses with a repressed memory related illness. Her only chance for survival is if Deanna can probe her subconscious and find out what is killing her. However, the secret Lwaxana holds is deeper than Deanna imagined.

Directors: Les Landau
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Liaisons
star
6.83
1939 votes

#23 - Liaisons

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1993

During an exchange program, Picard's shuttle crashes on an unknown planet where he is rescued by the sole survivor of another crash.

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Interface
star
6.79
1727 votes

#24 - Interface

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1993

Geordi defies direct orders from Captain Picard in an attempt to rescue his mother who had recently been reported as missing.

Directors: Robert Wiemer
Writer: Joe Menosky
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Masks
star
6.73
1656 votes

#25 - Masks

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1994

The Enterprise is slowly transformed into an ancient alien temple when Data discovers an alien archive full of information about an ancient culture. Shortly after opening the archive, Data becomes possessed with several different personalities.

Directors: Robert Wiemer
Writer: Joe Menosky
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