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Episode:103
The Naked Now

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A mysterious, communicable contaminant causes the crew to experience symptoms similar to alcohol intoxication.

Features:
Stardate: 41209.2
Air Date: 10/05/87
Director: Paul Lynch

Jack's Review
I know many people hate this episode on the premise that the writers were not ready for the series so they just reached back to the original series for a story. Personally that is what does it for me in this episode. Until the Next Generation the only Star Trek we had known was the original series and the movies it spawned. Giving viewers a familiar story with new characters really works.

Episode:115
11001001

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Bynars upgrade the Enterprise's computers in spacedock. Riker and Picard become distracted by a surprisingly realistic holodeck character.

Features: The Holodeck
Stardate: 41365.9
Air Date: 02/01/88
Director: Paul Lynch

Jack's Review
I remember watching this one when it first aired. This classifies as the second holodeck episode ever and overall it's a terrific story. The HD effects make this one stand out very well and the Bynar characters are actually a lot of fun. One of the more enjoyable episodes of the first season.

Episode:207
Unnatural Selection

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The Enterprise receives a distress call from the USS Lantree where the crew find all hands dead from, apparently, old age. The cause of the accelerated aging must be found before scientists on a research colony suffer the same fate.

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Stardate: 42494.8
Air Date: 01/30/89
Director: Paul Lynch

Jack's Review
Here we have the second accelerated aging episode - unless you count "Too Short a Season"...but that has reverse aging, so. Anyway, this is a terrific Pulaski episode too. Lots of folks dislike her character, but her early abrasiveness and disdain for Data softens over the course of season two. She is exactly what the series needed at the time - a mild injection of Dr. McCoy's grouchy demeanor and moral compass.