8.392 minSeason 7 • Episode 25
LatestStardate: 47988.0. 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. Picard realizes that Q is behind these shifts through time. Stardate: 47988.1. 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. As they talk, the ship reaches the Neutral Zone, then Picard returns to the future, where Beverly's ship is also on the edge of the Neutral Zone. He convinces a reluctant Worf to accompany the group into Klingon territory, and then travels to the past, where he orders the crew into the Devron system.
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Acting
Patrick Stewart elevating every speech into masterclass
Writing
Moral dilemmas that aged unsettlingly well
Production
That orchestral theme still gives chills
Creator
Gene Roddenberry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Whoopi Goldberg begged for the role of Guinan after seeing Uhura on original Trek as a child—she told Roddenberry it 'meant the world wasn't impossible.'
TNG invented the modern 'bottle episode' and proved space opera could be talky, slow, and still dominate ratings—directly enabling Breaking Bad's patience.
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