Written by Nicholas Sagan, Rene Echevarria, and Naren ShankarDirected by Les Landau Family came out of the woodwork (is there woodwork on a starship?) during the seventh and final season of Star […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Firstborn
Written by Rene Echevarria, Mark Kalbfeld, Rene Echevarria, and Naren ShankarDirected by Jonathan West The previous episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation gave some closure for Dr. Crusher’s son Wesley. Firstborn […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Force of Nature
Written by Naren Shankar and Rene EchevarriaDirected by Robert Lederman In most television shows, when the episode is designed to send a “message”, the most effective way is very subtle. Usually, there’s […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Perfect Mate
Written by Reuben Leder, Michael Piller, and Rene EchevarriaDirected by Cliff Bole Although the character of Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) was created to take over for “boffing the galaxy” a la Captain […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Menage a Troi
Written by Fred Bronson, Susan Sackett, and Ronald D. MooreDirected by Robert Legato Every now and then, just when you think Star Trek: The Next Generation is taking itself way too seriously, […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Captain’s Holiday
Written by Ira Steven Behr and Ronald D. MooreDirected by Chip Chalmers One of the biggest problems I have seen with the string of Star Trek: The Next Generation movies is that […]
Star Trek – The Next Generation: The Battle
Written by Herbert Wright, Larry Forrester, and Tracy TormeDirected by Rob Bowman Here is an episode that I find supports a familiar axiom many Trekkers have: a bad Star Trek episode is […]
Star Trek – The Next Generation: The Last Outpost
Written by Herbert Wright, Richard Krzemien, and Tracy TormeDirected by Richard Colla The most wonderful thing about the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Last Outpost is that it introduces us […]
Thoughts From the Mountain Top 