Episode:501
Redemption (Part II)

Jack's Rating:

A fleet of 23 Federation ships blockades Romulan support to the Duras family, resulting in Gowron's installation as Chancellor.

Features: The Klingons The Romulans
Stardate: 45021.3
Air Date: 09/23/91
Director: David Carson

Episode:502
Darmok

Jack's Rating:

Picard must learn to communicate with an alien captain who speaks in metaphors before a dangerous beast kills them both.

Features:
Stardate: 45047.2
Air Date: 09/30/91
Director: Winrich Kolbe

Episode:503
Ensign Ro

Jack's Rating:

After an attack on a Federation outpost, Picard is sent to locate a Bajoran terrorist, with the help of Ensign Ro Laren.

Features:
Stardate: 45076.3
Air Date: 10/07/91
Director: Les Landau

Episode:504
Silicon Avatar

Jack's Rating:

The crew, with the help of a scientist whose son lived on Data's home world, attempt to communicate with the Crystalline Entity.

Features:
Stardate: 45122.3
Air Date: 10/14/91
Director: Cliff Bole

Episode:505
Disaster

Jack's Rating:

The Enterprise is without power, trapping Picard in a turbolift with three children and trapping others in various locations. Command of the bridge falls to Counselor Troi, who feels ill-prepared.

Features:
Stardate: 45156.1
Air Date: 10/21/91
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont

Jack's Review
Easily one of my favorites. It has humor, thrills, and emotional moments. Quintessential Trek.

Episode:506
The Game

Jack's Rating:

Wesley visits the Enterprise, but finds the crew addicted to a mind-altering computer game.

Features:
Stardate: 45208.2
Air Date: 10/28/91
Director: Corey Allen

Episode:507
Unification (Part I)

Jack's Rating:

Spock is reported to have defected to the Romulans. Picard and Data travel to Romulus on a cloaked Klingon vessel to investigate.

Features: The Romulans
Stardate: 45236.4
Air Date: 11/04/91
Director: Les Landau

Episode:508
Unification (Part II)

Jack's Rating:

Spock attempts to unify the Vulcans and Romulans in peace, but falls into a Romulan trap.

Features: The Romulans
Stardate: 45245.8
Air Date: 11/11/91
Director: Cliff Bole

Episode:509
A Matter of Time

Jack's Rating:

A historian from the 26th century visits the Enterprise, while they help a planet prevent a nuclear winter.

Features: Time Travel
Stardate: 45349.1
Air Date: 11/18/91
Director: Paul Lynch

Episode:510
New Ground

Jack's Rating:

Worf tries to be a father to his son, Alexander, while the Enterprise helps to test a new propulsion technology.

Features:
Stardate: 45376.3
Air Date: 01/06/92
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:511
Hero Worship

Jack's Rating:

Data saves the life of an orphaned boy, who begins to emulate him.

Features:
Stardate: 45397.3
Air Date: 01/27/92
Director: Patrick Stewart

Episode:512
Violations

Jack's Rating:

An alien traveling aboard the Enterprise telepathically molests Troi and invades the minds of Beverly Crusher and William Riker.

Features:
Stardate: 45429.3
Air Date: 02/03/92
Director: Robert Wiemer

Episode:513
The Masterpiece Society

Jack's Rating:

The Enterprise helps a far-flung eugenic human colony avoid destruction, but upsets its delicate balance by ending 200 years of isolation.

Features:
Stardate: 45470.1
Air Date: 02/10/92
Director: Winrich Kolbe

Episode:514
Conundrum

Jack's Rating:

The crew's memory is erased, and they discover they are being manipulated into being the key part of a war.

Features:
Stardate: 45494.2
Air Date: 02/17/92
Director: Les Landau

Jack's Review
This episode has become one of my favorites over the years. It is terrific fun, playful at times, and exciting.

Episode:515
Power Play

Jack's Rating:

Troi, O'Brien, and Data are possessed by entities who want control of the ship.

Features:
Stardate: 45571.2
Air Date: 02/24/92
Director: David Livingston

Episode:516
Ethics

Jack's Rating:

Worf becomes paralyzed and suicidal and Dr. Crusher consults a risk-taking researcher to save his life.

Features: The Klingons
Stardate: 45587.3
Air Date: 03/02/92
Director: Chip Chalmers

Episode:517
The Outcast

Jack's Rating:

Riker falls in love with an androgynous person after rescuing some others trapped in "null space."

Features:
Stardate: 45614.6
Air Date: 03/16/92
Director: Robert Scheerer

Episode:518
Cause and Effect

Jack's Rating:

The Enterprise becomes stuck in a causality loop, but the crew retain some memory of previous instances.

Features: Time Travel
Stardate: 45652.1
Air Date: 03/23/92
Director: Jonathan Frakes

Episode:519
The First Duty

Jack's Rating:

Wesley is questioned over a Starfleet Academy flight-training accident.

Features:
Stardate: 45703.9
Air Date: 03/30/92
Director: Paul Lynch

Episode:520
Cost of Living

Jack's Rating:

Deanna's mother, Lwaxana, arrives to marry a man she has never met. Worf has difficulty rearing Alexander, which is exacerbated when Lwaxana takes the boy under her wing.

Features: The Holodeck
Stardate: 45733.6
Air Date: 04/20/92
Director: Winrich Kolbe

Episode:521
The Perfect Mate

Jack's Rating:

Picard forces himself to resist the charms of a female empathic metamorph, who is sent to marry an alien leader as a peace offering.

Features: The Ferengi
Stardate: 45761.3
Air Date: 04/27/92
Director: Cliff Bole

Episode:522
Imaginary Friend

Jack's Rating:

A child's imaginary playmate takes on real form and threatens the well-being of the Enterprise.

Features:
Stardate: 45832.1
Air Date: 05/04/92
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont

Jack's Review
First of all, Noley Thornton (Clara) is adorable - which adds a ton of goodness to this episode. While there are a few odd moments with Isabella, I really enjoy this one. It has a classic Trek feel to it.

Episode:523
I, Borg

Jack's Rating:

The Enterprise rescues a Borg survivor, and Picard plans to use him as a weapon against his nemesis by exposing him to a computer virus.

Features: The Borg
Stardate: 45854.2
Air Date: 05/11/92
Director: Robert Lederman

Episode:524
The Next Phase

Jack's Rating:

A transporter accident traps Geordi and Ensign Ro out of phase; while the others plan their funeral they must find a way to reverse the process and save the Enterprise from destruction.

Features: The Romulans
Stardate: 45092.4
Air Date: 05/18/92
Director: David Carson

Episode:525
The Inner Light

Jack's Rating:

A space probe creates a telepathic tether and causes Picard to experience, in twenty-five minutes, a lifetime as a married man on a world that was destroyed a millennium ago.

Features:
Stardate: 45944.1
Air Date: 06/01/92
Director: Peter Lauritson

Episode:526
Time's Arrow (Part I)

Jack's Rating:

A 500-year-old artifact is uncovered on Earth: Data's severed head. The Enterprise investigates alien involvement in Earth's past and Data fulfills his destiny.

Features: Time Travel
Stardate: 45959.1
Air Date: 06/15/92
Director: Les Landau